Celebrate {Hanukkah Dinner for Two}

Like I mentioned in my last post, a few weeks back, Brian and I celebrated Hanukkah, over a dinner made for 2.

Matzo ball soup and latkes were a must, that went without saying.  And for the main, Brian found a lamb recipe with some veggies that he thought would be nice.

The beginning of all the dishes:

Boiling a chicken and veggies for the matzo ball soup stock

The mato meal was mixed with water, oil and some seasoning,
refrigerated then rolled into perfect matzo balls

Potatoes were grated, rinsed and squeezed dry.  Then onion,
egg, matzo and seasonings were added for latkes

My addition to the meal was homemade applesauce for the latkes.
Apples were pealed (ok, there are still a few peels in there) and diced,
and set to boil with a little water, sugar and cinnamon. 

The lamb was prepared

Things start to come together:

The latkes are formed and ready to be cooked

The Veg for the lamb is starting to cook

 Finishing touches:

The applesauce finished boiling and was blended with a potato masher and hand mixer

Lamb and Veg are cooking together

Latkes are being cooked

Finally, time to enjoy!

Latkes were amazing!

I take mine with a little applesauce and a little sour cream

Matzo ball soup was equally as amazing

And the lamb finished off our meal quite nice.

The meal was delicious. Brian sure knows how to cook up a special holiday meal.  The only thing missing was the family and friends that we usually celebrate with.