I have thought about this and maybe you could surprise them with a couple dishes brought with love and then you could do the 3 bite rule for the rest.
Here is some info I got for you.
REMEMBER that you need to change some of the ingredients to follow SBD.
GOOD LUCK.
Desserts for Rosh Hashanah
The Jewish New Year
Rosh Hashanah is the 2 holy days that begin the Jewish New Year. Yom Kippor is a day of fasting, reflection and prayers.
The desserts of Rosh Hashanah are mainly composed of seasonal fresh fruits like apples, pears, and figs. Honey is the most important staple at this time. Honey symbolizes a wish for a sweet year.
On Rosh Hashanah it is customary to eat foods that are sweet with flavor. This symbolizes the "sweetness and good fortune" of the New Year ahead. Foods flavored with honey, apples and carrots are commonly served. The Rosh Hashanah meal begins with apple and challah dipped in honey.
Challah, the bread usually eaten on the Sabbath, is also specially prepared for the holiday. Instead of the traditional braided loaf, the Rosh Hashanah challah is round - symbolizing the cycle of the new year. The design of ladders or birds are added to the holiday challah by some families to commemorate the prayers rising to Heaven.
Now here for your holiday eating pleasure are recipes to help you celebrate a happy and tasty New Year!
Leshana tova tikotevu
"May you be inscribed for a good and sweet year."
Challah - Honey Whole Wheat
Ingredients:
4 cups Flour
4 cups Flour, Whole-Grain Wheat
2 pkgs Active Rapid-Rise Yeast
1 1/2 tsp Salt
2 cups Hot Water
1/2 cup Honey
1/4 cup Margarine
2 Eggs -- beaten
1Egg Yolk
1 tsp Water
Sesame Seeds -- or poppy seeds
Instructions:
Combine flours in a large bowl, setting aside 1 cup; add yeast and salt to flour in bowl
Combine 2 cups water, honey, and margarine; stir until margarine melts
Stir warm liquids into flour mixture
Stir in eggs
Knead dough on lightly floured board 7-10 minutes adding as much of reserved flour as needed ot form a smooth, elastic dough. Cover dough; let rest 10 minutes
Halve dough and shape into balls. Place on greased cookie sheets. Cover; let rise in warm, draft-free place until doubled in size.
Beat egg yolk with remaining 1 tsp water. Brush loaves with glaze; sprinkle with sesame or poppy seeds.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 minutes or until brown. Remove from pan and cool on wire rack. Makes 2 loaves, 24 servings.
*For Rosh Hashanah do not braid but form the challah into a round shape
Carrot Kugel
Ingredients:
1/2 cup margarine -- See Notes
3/4 cup brown sugar -- Use 1 cup if your carrots aren't sweet
2 eggs -- or 4 egg whites
2 cups whole wheat flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup hot water -- or juice
4 cups carrots -- shredded
Instructions:
Cream the margarine and sugar. Beat in eggs.
Mix the flour, baking powder and salt.
Dissolve the soda in the hot water.
Add flour mixture alternately with the soda mixture to the creamed mixture.
Mix in the carrots.
Spoon into a greased or Pammed baking dish (about 8"x12").
Bake at 350F for 30-40 minutes .
NOTES : Part or all of the margarine may be replaced by applesauce to lower the fat content. The texture will be heavier, but it will still taste great. Freezes well
Source: Annice Grinberg
Smoked Salmon and Goat Cheese Pizza
Ingredients:
Two 6-inch pita loaves
2 tablespoons olive oil
8 ounces mild fresh goat cheese log
1 cup very thinly sliced red onion
8 ounces Blue Hill Bay cold smoked salmon
¾ cup shredded fresh basil leaves
1 teaspoon crushed fennel seeds
freshly ground black pepper
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 400º F and set a rack in the upper third of oven.
Split the pita loaves horizontally and lay the 4 rounds cut sides up on a baking sheet.
Drizzle them with the oil and spread them evenly with the goat cheese. Scatter the onion slices on top.
Bake on oven's upper rack for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden and crisp.
Lay a thin layer of salmon over each pizza, and sprinkle with basil, fennel and pepper to taste. Cut each pizza into wedges and serve at room temperature.
Makes 32 wedges
Source: ACME Smoked Fish Corp.
Orange Candied Sweet Potatoes (Yams)
Ingredients:
6 large sweet potatoes
12 oz. orange juice concentrate
1 1/2 boxes dark brown sugar
1 stick margarine
1 C. white sugar
1/2 C. water
Instructions:
Parboil potatoes. Peel and quarter potatoes and set them aside.
Make syrup by mixing remaining ingredients together. Bring syrup to boil, check seasonings -- may need salt.
Add potatoes to syrup and cook until potatoes are tender. May be frozen.
Source: Paula Miller Jacobson
Carrot and Sweet Potato Tzimmes
Ingredients:
1 bunch carrots, scraped and cut into 1-inch pieces
6 large sweet potatoes, peeled and quartered
1/2 cup pitted prunes
1 cup orange juice
1/2 cup honey
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 cup parve margarine
Instructions:
Cook carrots and sweet potatoes in boiling salted water to cover until tender but still firm.
Line a shallow 2-quart casserole with heavy duty foil.
Drain carrots and sweet potatoes and place in casserole with prunes. Stir gently.
Mix orange juice, honey, salt and cinnamon.
Pour evenly over casserole. Dot top with margarine.
Bake, covered with foil, in a preheated 350-degree oven for 30 minutes.
Stir gently and bake uncovered for another 10 minutes.
Whole-Wheat Carrot Cake
I have a great whole-wheat carrot cake that I make in the microwave and it's very easy. I use grated raw carrots--can be thickly grated.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup oil
less than 1 cup sugar (brown or white or mixed)
2 eggs
vanilla, cinnamon, whatever you like, both (don't you love these recipes?)
1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 packet baking powder
(the recipe calls for baking soda and salt but I don't bother with them)
about a cup or more of raw carrots
Instructions:
Mix ingredients
Put it into a microwave-safe pyrex, preferably round, and in about 7 minutes it's ready! You might need a little more baking time than 7 minutes but check it after 7 minutes.
You can add raisins or chopped nuts before baking and it's delicious.
Marcie
Holiday Help Needed!
Worst part is that the foods are all EXTREMELY off plan!!! "Ancient" Eastern European dishes which are fatty and mostly carbs!!! I have no idea where to begin! I don't even know how to plan for this! 
Chicken soup with matzah balls (dumplings) Brisket and onions and potatoesand carrots... and kasha (buck wheat groats) with bow-tie noodles... and noodle pudding (like a sweet dessert-type lasagna or a bread pudding made with pasta instead of bread), and jello molds with fruit and nuts inside...and challah bread (a white egg bread) and honeycake...
