Rosh Hashanah and Trying New Recipes!

The High Holy Days are (mostly) over! Which means schedules can begin to return to normal. Yay! Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the High Holy Days, the services are beautiful and meaningful, the time with family and friends is memorable, and the start of a new year is invigorating. But as the mother of 3 young kiddos, having a mixed up schedule can be difficult.

But on to the fun! We invited a bunch of friends over for dinner after the final service for Rosh Hashanah. It's traditional to eat apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah so I dug through my recipes and my Facebook saves to see what I could find. And find things I did!

Firstly, since we were having people over pretty much right after Taschlich, I made most of the recipes as much as possible the day (and night) before. In fact, I was up at 2 am rolling out pie crust. Such is my life. I made Moravian Chicken Pie, a recipe I got from America's Test Kitchen. It is my husband's favorite meal. I had to make 2 of them and I had to adjust one considerably as one of my guests has a severe milk allergy. I subbed goat-yogurt for the sour cream and shortening for the butter and coconut milk for half and half. It made the crust a lot softer but it all turned out well and I'm told tasted just as good as the original.

Then I made some Facebook recipes! The appetizer I made is an apple, honey, and brie cheesey pull-apart bread. It turned out fabulously! I barely got any. You can find the recipe here. For dessert I made apple crisp cookie cups, you can get that recipe here. I will definitely be making there recipes again! In fact, I was asked to make the bread just last weekend which I did, again, to rave reviews.

I also made deviled eggs, always a favorite. Especially for my kiddos. I had people bring drinks and veggies/salads. Lastly, just to double check that we all had our apples and honey, I made a honey cup out of an apple (see picture) and then cut apple slices to dip into it. This was SO much easier than I expected it to be. I cut off the top of the apple then, using a mini-ice cream scoop that I use for making cookies, I scooped out the inside of the apple and filled that sucker with honey. It worked beautifully.

I love throwing dinner parties...I just need to remember to take pictures before unleashing my loved ones on the food. Any questions? And suggestions for future recipes? Let me know!