The Hanukkah Meal
relax, it's a woman's holiday!

First, remember that our dedication to family and community is a mantle of royalty. We sometimes feel a burden that keeps us from our mission in life. This IS our mission. If you run a home, you have a leadership role, and every leader must have a PLAN.

That's why I am giving you some of my all time best recipes and planning tips to keep under your crown, from Cooking for The King. I hope you'll try them and don't forget to let me know how your Chanukah went with your Queen in the kitchen meal plan. Consider it a Hanukkah gift, especially for you.

Kosher Beef Bourguignon ~delicious Jewish version of Julia Child's very un-kosher recipe

Smoke n'Cola Brisket ~a Hanukkah tradition with a sauce that is wonderful with latkes

A Better Deli Roll ~make ahead comfort food

Oven Fried Chicken ~you don't have to tell them it's not fried!

Chicken and Wild Rice Pilaf ~easy and elegant

Garden Vegetable Chili ~can serve this in so many ways

Oven Barbecue Salmon ~for your dairy meals

Classic Potato Latkes ~and video!

Winter Vegetable Fritters with Creamy Dill Sauce ~a different kind of latke

Oven Fried Eggplant ~creamy on the inside, crispy on the outside

Low Fat Latkes ~baked in a muffin tin

Dixie Corn Dollars with Honey Mustard Sauce ~a Southern tradition, perfect for Chanukah

Caesar Salad ~you can make Chicken Caesar Salad with this because it's pareve!

Snappy Slaw ~great make ahead, gets better every day

Frittata This! ~easy dairy dinners

Olive Oil Dips ~two simple recipes to bring the tradition of cooking with oil on Chanukah to your table without frying

Bumuelos ~for a scrumptious Sephardic Hanukkah treat

Cupcake Menorah ~everyone decorates a cupcake, light them before dinner and eat them for dessert

Sufganiyot Cupcakes ~lower in fat and calories than fried, and so much less to clean up

NEW! Tahini Cookies ~made with olive oil and tahini paste, a flavorful exotic combination, so easy, the kids will want to get in on the fun

Sepahrdic Wedding Cookies ~for Hanukkah we call these "Snow Cookies"

Linda's Fruit Salad ~with cinnamon and a hint of vanilla

Plan to enjoy relationships with all the people Hashem has placed in your life. You'll plant memories that bond you each to one another~ and to the generations that came before us. It is not only their historic triumph over the darkness that we celebrate on Chanukkah...but our own tiny triumphs throughout our every day that we celebrate as well.

Hanukkah is a holiday bursting with meaning, ideas that we can apply to our daily lives. We eat traditional foods fried in oil at our Hanukkah meals to remind us of the miracles and bravery, the dedication and purity of our forefathers~attributes we can use to build our families and ourselves.