Recipes: Rosh Hashanah 2014
This year, the Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year celebration) dinner I hosted was my
immediate family only: my mom, dad, step-mother, half-brother and a friend of
his, Emily. So six people.
Here was the menu with links, everything tree nut-free and seafood free
for me.
Apples and honey
Challah
Chicken with honey and cumin
Sautéed green beans with fried shallots
Everything was Allergic Girl friendly, aside from the
challah and the kugel, which were not gluten-free. I’ve been anaphylactic to
tree nuts and fish since childhood; I discovered a wheat, lactose and soy
intolerance in 2004-2005 and since then have maintained a diet free of those
items as well. There are some nice gluten-free challah options out there but nothing that really compares to the real thing, at
least not that I know of, yet. Similarly, with sweet noodle kugel. I made it
lactose and gluten-free one year, I was not impressed with my own results and
didn’t feel compelled to keep recipes
testing.
My Rosh plate, pictured below was simply perfect for this
Allergic Girl: chicken, brisket, veg and tzimmes. And a dessert I made:
caramelized apple upside-down spice cake.
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| My lovely Rosh plate |
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| Apple spice cake |
Especially as the gluten-full challah
and kugels are a beloved holiday staple, why would I deny those pleasures to my
guests and family when having them at the table does me no harm? A nutty fish
loaf however would not be welcome but those too have shown up at family events
and yes, I was perfectly fine.
What are you food intolerance or food allergy “rules” for
your communal family table?
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