The Lederman Kitchen

At this point, Fall 2015 seems like a lifetime ago.  The end of the year flew by for us and by the time the holidays arrived, we had an 18 month old on our hands.   We kicked off Fall with a trip to the pumpkin patch with our friends the Vadas's.  It was a cute farm with a few animals, a play area, hay bails and, of course pumpkins.  The Vadas's also invited us over for Halloween night.  They live in a popular neighborhood for trick-or-treating and since it's probably the last year we can get by without going trick-or-treating ourselves, it was fun to be able to see all the other kiddos coming by.  I made Sydney and owl costume, but wasn't organized enough to make costumes for Brian and I.  She still wears her owl hat and always says "whoo whoo" when she see it. A little pumpkin for our little pumpkin August & Sydney having a chat on the hay bails family photo Well, this is fun Getting read...

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: ...