My friend Dulcy and I were in the Shabbos dinner rotation this week. Our Chabad house has communal Friday night dinners every single week. I love to cook with Dulcy. We both like to have fun in the kitchen and try to do something a little different from the usual chicken, gefilte fish and matzoh ball soup Shabbos dinner.
What is a traditional Shabbos dinner? Depends on who you ask, where you grew up, what your mother always made... Well, we decided to make meatloaf. Not exactly exotic, but it really is a treat in our community. Sometimes we can't even get chicken, but ground beef? Only through the community kosher co-op.
So we found someone who had a case of ground beef and was looking for a buyer for some of it. I know, to those of you who live in South Florida or New York, that sounds a little strange. Around here, it's normal. Sort of.
Anyway, after securing ten pounds of ground beef, we decided to make real mashed potatoes and green beans. Talk about adventurous! Yes, the mashed potatoes came out kind of gluey, but excellent when smothered with the onion gravy. I did stray from the path on the green beans. I cooked them with red onion and sgarlantro. I couldn't help myself.
And Dulcy put her stamp on the cafeteria menu as well. One thing I like about cooking with Dulcy is that she always has me doing something that I never would have thought of on my own, like putting cumin and cinnamon in the meatloaf! You should have smelled the kitchen!
Anyway, I took a picture of the main entree and thought it looked like a funny face. So here it is, mostly for the entertainment of my grandkiddles!
Shabbat Shalom!
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