Anybody dealing with the Jewish holidays?? I got through baking last night with barely a lick of honey and a couple of dried apricots, but am dreading cooking without too much tasting tomorrow!
I ordered all of the sides so I wouldn't be up to my elbows in carbs all day, and made sure I got a big tray of roasted vegetables and a big salad so I could try to stay OP at dinner, but.... oy! I'm cooking for 25 people and know that a bite or two to try each dish as I go will add up quickly!

good for you for all that work, and for the smart ordering!

I am lucky and don't have to cook so I don't have to taste! We are having turkey and stuffed cabbage and lots of carby sides that I will pass up in exchange for roasted veggies too.

I'm going to stay on plan and try to walk a lot during the holiday period. I will be cooking for the family, but will have some foods set aside for myself. My oven isn't working, so I can't make my fall kugel, which I suppose is a good thing, because I'm not sure I could resist.

Shana tova! Wishing you health and happiness this coming year.

I can't relate to the Jewish holidays, but I'm already stressing about Christmas!

I don't have to do much cooking, which is a good thing. I taste constantly and probably consume half again as many calories as I need when I cook big. Fortunately, I don't have to bake. My DD love to bake (I don't) and she does a lot of what I might have done in the past. I live away from my brothers and their families, so I usually travel to spend holidays with them. My one SIL is as good a cook as Paula Deen and Rachel Ray rolled into one, so I have the luxury of being able to just "help." My other SIL bakes the best cookies in the world, so I'm off the hook once again. I just have to be able to stop myself from having a feeding frenzy while visiting them!

Happy holidays to all who are celebrating.

Lin

I'm not Jewish but I play one on tv. Well, I worked for a Jewish nonprofit so I fell in love with Jewish holidays. It's the FOOD. OY! Sukkot is my favorite. Blintz casserole. YUM.

I use Rosh Hashanah as an excuse to revisit the New Year's Resolutions I made this year and January and to renew the effort.

OK - Wednesday, the day I cooked for and hosted I stayed at 1300 calories and worked out. Thursday not so good. We went to one lunch gathering after temple and another for dinner, and despite my good intentions (small tastes of caloric things, protein and vegetables, half a dessert) I wound up at 2300 calories and 150 carbs
Under the today is a new day (and apparently a new Jewish year), however, I woke up early and went to the gym before temple... Now if I can just stay strong in the face of a refrigerator full of leftover brisket...

freefall - good job on the new day & new start! Stay strong!!

I just bought a big box of Cohen's kosher appetizers a few days ago for the first time ... frozen & ready to bake.
They are delicious and would save a lot of work and time.


There are 80 in the box. If you live near a Gordon Food Store, they are on sale into October ... half off.
Try them. You'll like them, and so will all your guests.



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The penalty for success is to be bored by the people who used to snub you.
Nancy Astor (1879 - 1964)

Another Jew here. Yep, this is a tough time of year not only because of the Jewish holidays but because of all the food I still am exposed to with the Christian holidays. I've recently decided to allow myself one treat meal a week so we'll see if that helps me control myself around all the temptations. Luckily, I don't cook (not so unluckily due to my chronic migraines) so I don't have to taste....THAT I don't envy at all.

As a newbie to 3FC, I was excited to read this thread! Being a Jew is NOT a low calorie religion but I can't say because I joined during sukkot - had plenty of food so far and can skip challah and go straight until Channukah - even if it means skipping jelly donuts! So...I'd like to just say hey (or Shalom) from the DC area. Another Jew on the path to health and fitness! dawn

Nowhere does it say in the Torah that you have to go on a baking spree every time there's a religious festival, nor that your guests have to be stuffed like geese! In my experience, guests welcome a change, including if it's healthier. The Claudia Roden Book of Jewish Food (very international) is good, especially if you're used to Ashke**** heart-attack-on-a-plate cooking. We were showered in praise for a fabulous Iranian Rosh Hashanah stew we made one year, for instance.

(Not in the 100lb club, and come to that no longer practising Judaism, I just spotted this thread on the front page.)

Sorry, totally off topic, but this is probably the funniest, most ironic mistake I've ever seen an automatic word-filter make!

Carter - help me out here - I am totally unfamiliar with what was displayed and with what was supposed to be displayed! Translate, please, and forgive my ignorance.

Lin

It was supposed to be Ashke n a z i but I guess the last 4 letters go bleeped. (Lin, that's the term for Eastern European Jews, vs. Sepharic, which are those from the middle east). It is definitely funny.

And hello to BzyVaMom!!

and lol @ Esofia "heart attack on a plate." So true! I do like some of that food although I also enjoy a lot of Sephardic foods too, even though I don't have that background.