#cream soup is the best winter food

[estcaligo]

I need to lock in and study Clip Studio more....😥since it's holidays and I have time...but all I want now is some warm cream soup and a new croc plush😭

[random-writer-23]

Logan with a reader who loves to cook for him?? I’m from the south and food is a love letter here!! 😤 deer steak, peach cobbler, biscuits and gravy!!!

Need to fatten him up before the Canadian winter gets to him 🥺 come home Logan your dinners gettin cold

~~~Wonderful request gorgeous!!!! Had my stomach grumbling while I was writing it. I hope you enjoy it and that this is at least somewhere along the lines of what you were looking for!! This was the only photo of Logan I could find where he’s eating~~~

~~~On a separate note, I'm sorry I've been away for a bit y'all I've been having a rough time, my nana passed away recently so I've been struggling with that. I may be posting less frequently for a while, hope y'all understand. But I did wanna get back into writing and I feel this is the perfect request to write to make my return. My nana was always making that good Southern food for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Her collard greens had to be the best I've ever had in my life, her broccoli casserole, mac and cheese, biscuits the whole shebang. She always had me in the kitchen with her insisting I learn how to make everything so I could carry on her recipes so when I saw this request I knew I had to pull out her recipe book. I know she'd also want me to go back to writing cause she loved Wolverine. She never got to see Deadpool and Wolverine but I showed her the clip where Hugh's shirt explodes and she went WOWIE! and watched it at least 10 times so I feel this is a good way to honor her memory, she'd want me to be thinking about Hugh Jackman. Nana this one is for you I love you.~~~

~~~Mostly fluff, implied oral at the end but nothing is explicitly written, also mostly unedited cause it's just a quick little thing~~~

I focus on my Nana's broccoli casserole recipe in front of me, carefully mixing the blend of cream of mushroom soup, eggs, onions and mayonnaise in a bowl until it’s thick and creamy. I pull the bag of broccoli florets out of the freezer and add them to the mixture taking care to make sure they’re thoroughly coated. I take some of the cheddar cheese shreds and sprinkle it into the bowl stirring it in thoroughly before pouring the ingredients into a dish. I take extra care in sprinkling whatever shredded cheese I have left on the top of the casserole. I read from my Nana's recipe, crumbling up a few packets of Ritz crackers, and sprinkling the crumbs along the top of the casserole alongside the shredded cheese, just as she taught me when I was little. I grab my oven mitts opening the oven door, gripping the casserole dish tightly in my hands, slipping it into the oven. I set the oven timer to 45 minutes, pulling my oven mitts off. I turn my attention back to the pots on the stove, lifting up the lids to check on my collard greens and mashed potatoes. As soon as I lift the lids up the sweet aroma of a home-cooked meal fills the kitchen. A smile making its way onto my face. I begin clearing the table setting up the placemats and getting the plates and silverware ready. I jump slightly as the front door opens and closes, Logan's voice wafting through the air. “Darlin I’m home!” He calls out and I grin as I hear his voice, I poke my head out of the kitchen and I sight watch him kicking off his shoes at the front door. He looks up catching sight of me and I watch him take a deep breath inhaling the smell of my cooking. “Something smells delicious” He chuckles taking a few steps towards me, I step out of the kitchen, meeting him halfway and his eyes roam my figure hungrily taking in the sight of me in my apron. “And something else looks delicious” He chuckles wrapping his arms around me.

“Hi baby” I grin, giggling as he nuzzles his nose against the top of my head, “have a good day?” I ask softly, and he grunts running his hands through my hair and kissing the top of my head. 

“Better now I’m with you” He chuckles gruffly holding me tighter and I smile, “So whatcha got cooking for me” he pulls away slightly, his hand cupping my face, tucking my hair behind my ear, his other hand finding its place on my lower back.

“Hmm, some broccoli casserole, mashed potatoes, collard greens…” I grin looking up at him, fingers lightly tracing shapes on his chest. He groans, his lips falling down to mine in a passionate kiss. 

“Oh darlin you treat me so well” He chuckles, his lips falling from mine, ghosting along my jaw where he presses light kisses against it. His lips kiss down my neck and I let my head fall back slowly as he nips gently at the skin of my collarbone “Always cooking delicious meals f’me” he groans lightly, burying his nose in the crook of my neck inhaling deeply.

“Well you take such good care of me, only fair I take care of you too” I giggle.

“And you do it wonderfully” he grins, tightening his hold on me, I wrap my arms around his neck. “I appreciate everything you do for me" He kisses me, murmuring against my lips "lemme show you how much” He kisses me again, his hands leaving my lower back to palm at the fat of my thighs, massaging the skin rhythmically. I giggle leaning into his touch, closing my eyes only to have them spring open at the sound of the oven alarm going off I chuckle lightly as he groans loudly at the interruption. Keeping his forehead pressed against mine.

“Baby as much as I’d love that,  I gotta go check on the food… can’t let it burn” I say softly pushing lightly against his chest and he grumbles reluctantly letting me go. 

“Fine fine, just so all your hard work doesn’t go to waste” He grumbles and I smile patting his cheek lightly, weaseling out of his arms and walking back into the kitchen. He trails after me sniffing the air, humming quietly to himself. I grab a pair of oven mitts, opening the oven taking the food out putting the dish on the kitchen counter. I turn the stovetop off stirring the collard greens and mashed potatoes one last time before grabbing two plates gently scooping a large portion of food onto Logan's plate. Repeating the process and scooping a slightly smaller portion onto mine. I hand the plates over to Logan who sets them down on the table pulling my chair out for me. 

“Thanks honey” I grin and he pushes my chair in when I sit down, he grins at me slyly pouring me a glass of wine. Pouring another for himself before settling himself in the chair on the opposite side of the table. I take a small bite of each food giving it a small taste test, while Logan across the table digs in like a man starved, practically scarfing down his food. I chuckle lightly sipping my glass of wine. 

“Oh baby you outdid yourself” He mumbles through a mouthful of food, making me laugh. “Absolutely delicious” He compliments and I smile. 

“Used Nana’s recipe” I grin, “same one she used for Thanksgiving dinner” I chuckle, scooping up another forkful of food and guiding it into my mouth. “well thank you, Nana” He chuckles raising his glass of wine, waiting till I tap mine against his, before he takes a sip. It doesn’t take too long for us to finish up our food and I start to stand up as soon as Logan's plate is cleared, reaching across the table to grab it from him, but he tsks shaking his head at me. “Oh no you don’t” he says making me pause my movements my hand hovering over his empty plate. He smiles walking behind me putting his hands on my shoulders massaging gently kissing the back of my neck, gently pushing me back down into my chair.

“What?” I laugh, letting him guide me back into my chair.

“You cooked, which means I do dishes” He insists, and I chuckle.

“Alright, alright” I smile watching as he clears the plates from the table, he puts all the leftovers in containers and stores them in the fridge. Carrying the pots to the sink pouring soap in the pots letting the hot water run and fill them up. I watch him from my seat at the table taking another sip of wine, watching the muscles in Logan's arms flex as he scrubs the pots and pans rinsing them of soap before putting them in the dish rack to dry. He grabs a tea towel using it to dry his hands, as he turns around leaning back against the kitchen counter, his gaze landing on my figure. 

“Well I’m stuffed” he smiles setting the tea towel aside, “but…” He grins standing behind my chair massaging my shoulders again. He takes my hand tugging me out of my chair, holding me close to him, kissing me softly hands gripping my thighs, lifting me up slightly to sit on the dining table. He pulls my body to the edge of the table, making me lay back leaning on my elbows. He pulls up the chair I was previously sitting on, perching himself on the edge of my chair. He pulls my shorts off, my panties following not far behind. He tosses them aside letting them land in a forgotten corner of the room, his lips trailing along my thighs kissing them gently groaning softly at the taste of my skin. He grips my thighs guiding my legs over his shoulders, biting softly at my upper thighs, “I think I’ve saved just enough room for dessert” He purrs, his head dipping down between my legs. 

[desire4ella]

relationship headcannon for solo???

𝐃𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐬: (𝐬𝐟𝐰+𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐰)

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆: Solo Sikoa x Reader

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘: Relationship goals and shi

𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓: 1,018

𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆: You’ll find out…

🎀 𝒮𝐹𝒲 🎀

˚౨ৎ˚ 1. Even tho he might not sometimes verbally express it, he loves you so much. Sometimes he misses the scent of your vanilla bean shampoo hair , your coco buttered lotioned skin and your strawberry cream scented purfume while he’s on tour, so in those moments he calls you and starts smiling like a mad man as soon as he sees your pretty face.

˚౨ৎ˚ 2. In public he doesn’t really do allat pda stuff, the most he’ll do Is wrap his arms around your shoulder or hold ya hand while crossing the road.

˚౨ৎ˚ 3. But In private It’s a whole different storyyyyy, this man hands will NEVER leave your body. He has to be touching you in some form of way.

˚౨ৎ˚ 4. He’s a buff man, so obviously his hugs are ELITE. Top notch shi right there. You feel so warm and so secure. He has this special hug for you called “ The solo Tornado” in which he picks you up and spins you around, don’t take it for granted cuz he don’t do it often.

˚౨ৎ˚ 5. He acts like a mama bear all the time, it’s so cuteeeeee, he’ll make you soup when your sick ( and even feed it you if you want) he’ll make sure you wear a scarf and a coat in the winter before you go outside, or else you ain’t going outside at all. I don’t make up the rules 🤷🏾‍♀️.

˚౨ৎ˚ 6. He acts like a body guard at times. Anytime you’re talking to someone or just doing regular things in public, he’s standing behind you , ready to fight a hoe If they dare, try ether him or you especially. It’s so funny because he’s this tall, buff and menacing man,standing behind you and then your short ass just chilling in the front.

˚౨ৎ˚ 7. Expect to be spoiled all the time. Your walking past a shop and see a bracelet you like ,The next day he’s presenting it you with a smirk.

˚౨ৎ˚ 8. This man gets downnnnn in da kitchen, HE DONT PLAY. When i’m tellin ya he makes the BEST barbecue wings and seasoned potatoe wedges, it’ll have you running back for more. And he can cook plenty more food e.g Macaroni, Cornbread, Cakes,Chicken,Rice, Cookies n cream cheesecake and just plentyyy more. You’ll never have to order fast food again. ( yes it’s THAT good )

˚౨ৎ˚ 9. Overall he’s just a big teddy bear, wanting to be loved on.

🎀 𝒩𝒮𝐹𝒲 🎀

𝜗𝜚˚⋆ 1. Let’s get straight into it. He loves when you call him “ Daddy” or “Sir”, Something bout the way your lips tremble when you say it, or the way your eyes roll back behind you head when he’s pounding your shit in so good, by the end of it you’ll already flooded the whole bed with your juices.

𝜗𝜚˚⋆ 2. 𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 1: He groaned and pushed your hand away that was prying against his stomach “ Move ya hand princess,I ain’t gon tell you again ” you whined in complaint, his dick was too big, you felt like he was hitting up against your uterus. “ Daddyyy, It’s to muchhhh!” you wailed as his hands reached down to vigorously rub your clit, he breathlessly chuckled “ You gon take this dick, ether way pretty girl, cuz just a minutes ago you wanted to show yo lil ass out infront of people ”.

𝜗𝜚˚⋆ 3. Every session,he has to at least cream pie you once. The sensation of his cream dripping down from your abused hole to your puckered asshole feels euphoric. The way he would use his tip and swipe up the residue that was dribbling down and push it right back into your cunt was so filthy, but you couldn’t give af because you liked being a whore just for him ONLY. The squelching sound that emitted right after was down right nasty, your pussy can’t get enough of his dick,can it ?.

𝜗𝜚˚⋆ 4. 𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 2: You took a shaky breath as you watched his cock slowly re enter your pussy, It was an extremely tight fit,cause his dick was girthy, your cum filled hole felt full and again, nice and stuffed like a jelly filled donut. Your head fell back against the satin pillow as he brung your two legs and placed them above his shoulder, you knew he was about to put in that deep workkk. Sweat dripped down his furrowed eyebrows ,veins protruding out of his neck as he pistoned back and forth out of you “ Fuc-ckk babyyy, Take daddy’s dick like a good girl”.

𝜗𝜚˚⋆ 5. Sometimes when he’s feeling rather….hungry, he’ll sit there for hours if he could and eat you out like a starved man. I’m not even kidding, he wouldn’t stop until you tap out or just pass out for overstimulation.

𝜗𝜚˚⋆ 6. 𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐎 3: “Ohhhh fu-ckkk daaa-dyyy” you whined out as he wrapped his arms around your thighs to drag your sore pussy closer to his mouth. The vibrations of him moaning went straight into your pussy further amplifying your release . He prodded his long tongue in and out of your sloppy hole while he used his two fingers to repeatedly slam into you, your pussy was clenching hard around him. He spat your juices back unto your clit and sucked it up back again, making sure to stare you right in the eyes when doing it, cause he knew that was your weakness. Your whole body trembled , you instinctively reached your hand out to grip his hair back “Just like that daddy” you panted out as your body convulsed. One more tug of his juicy,pink lips against your clit and you squirted all over his face like a water hose. And yes,he made sure to lick up EVERY.LAST.DROP. You got yourself a pro pussy eater ladies.

MY FIRST EVER SOLO WRITING .WHOOHOOO. Look at me feeding y’all content, you must be full🙄😭. But on a serious note , I love y’all fr fr, I didn’t think I would’ve made it this far, but I did because of you guys, so I will forever love you for that🩷.

p.s REQUESTS ARE CLOSED MY LOVLIES .I REAPT CLOSSEDDDD UNTIL FUTHER NOTICE.

- 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 🎀 signing out

[kitchenwitchtingss]

RECIPES I KEEP IN MY ONLINE KITCHEN WITCH JOURNAL #2

I love making these oh my gosh.

Why?

It's really fun

It's been a while since my last one

I get an excuse to try yummy recipes

You all are way too good at what you do

It's fun x2

Teas, Drinks, And Syrups

🍊 Orange Peel Tea 🍊

Violet Lemonade

Coconut Summer Drink

Dandelion Honey

The Best Hot Spiced Cider recipe you’ll ever try

Apple Cider is basically a homesteading spell

Rose Lemonade Syrup

100-Year Garlic (Garlic Honey)

Fire Cider Spell for Winter Protection

Blackberry & Apple Jam

Witchy Recipes - Blackberry Lemonade

Baked Goods + Sweets

Prosperity Bread

Lavender Earl Grey Cookies

Easy Rosemary Focaccia Loaf for Love and Protection

Heavenly Lavender Scones

Honey Vanilla Peach Butter 🍑

Pumpkin Pie Dip 🎃

Vanilla-Pumpkin Cupcakes

Soups, Stews, And Dinners

Super simple secret potato soup

Forest Porridge

Heartwarming potato soup

Perfect Homemade Garlic Bread

Creamy vegetable soup

Springtime Soup

Stuffed Maple dijon glazed roasted butternut squash

Summertime stir fry

Sabbat Stuff

Litha Orange Honey Cake

Litha Thyme Chicken

Stuffed Apples for Mabon

Mabon Mug

Imbolc Pretzel wreath

Oatmeal Bread for Lughnasadh

Samhain Mulled Cider

Samhain Irish Apple Cake

Angel's Best

(my favorite recipe posts I've made over the years, plus backstories that sound like your grandmother's reminiscing over the past.)

LATE WINTER BUTTER ROLLS

My first post I ever made. I was pretty new to the tumblr community at the time. I loved kitchen witchcraft, and I'm the type of person who will ramble on about how much I love cooking and baking. This blog gave me an outlet to express my love of cooking, baking, paganism, and witcraft. And these rolls are very tasty, I make them to this day!

WITCHY TOMATO BASIL SOUP

Tasty, simple, and a crowd-pleaser. It's perfect for a beginner kitchen witch! It was also the second recipe I ever posted.

SWEET CREAM BUNS

It was a recipe given to me by one of my good friends at the time. Every time I make it, it gets devoured in less than 10 minutes. It was also my first recipe to get over 50 notes. I was shocked but ecstatic that so many people would even give it the time of day lol.

WITCHY THUMBPRINT COOKIES

These ones were just fun to make and delicious lol.

A WITCH’S COZY BUTTERNUT WINTER SOUP

A quick soup that feeds a lot of people during the fall season. Fall is my favorite season, so of course I'm very biased lol.

SAMHAIN PUMPKIN BREAD

I love pumpkin bread and apple cider... So why not combine the two? This one was definitely one of my favorites of all time. Moist pumpkin bread and chocolate chips have to be one of my favorite things on this planet. It also makes for the perfect gift for friends and family. Yummy!

ANGEL’S AWARD-WINNING LEMON POPPY SEED BREAD

I love dessert loaves of any kind, so naturally, this would be on the list lol.

MAPLE BUTTER COOKIES

Super simple comfort food! I love any time of cookie with brown sugar.

BRING ME POSITIVITY PECAN FRENCH TOAST BAKE

I love French toast, and I love positivity~

SAMHAIN SOUL CAKES RECIPE

These are really good! And traditional. If you celebrate Samhain, I recommend you make some soul cakes and have friends and family help decorate. I give the littles a bag of orange frosting and let them go crazy lol.

FEEL BETTER CHICKEN SOUP

One of my most recent is my witchy twist on chicken noodle soup!

[konigsblog]

Hi! This is my first time asking something :D 

Do you do anything, not nsfw? And if so, what would some random könig headcanons you agree with? Like habits and stuff you’d think he’d do? (does that make sense lmao)

If you just do nsfw you could make them nsfw headcanons.. Or just combine both aha

**HII.. i do write for sfw and fluff, as well as angst it's just not really requested as much as smut :) but here, hope you enjoy this!!! 🌙

silly könig headcannons

⭒ mentions of weed use, fluff.. 🌷🎀

⭒könig who prefers cats over dogs. they're quieter and calmer, has a ginger cat called ‘spice’ that's fiesty to new people. he loves the animal to death, and hands it to his oma when he's on deployment.

⭒i've mentioned this before, but i feel like könig was in a band as a kid, just a school one. he played the drums and was pretty emo in his teenager years...

⭒he sleeps in the weirdest positions. he'll either wake up with his body contorted into different ways, his arms above his head and across his chest with his legs intertwined with eachother.

⭒he's an easily jealous person, always top of his classes and getting 100% on his tests. his mother always wanted the best outcome for her son, so she was shocked when he decided to join the kommando spezialkräfte instead of becoming a doctor or a lawyer.

⭒has 100% attempted to get up but fell because his legs were stuck and tangled in his bedsheets.

⭒gets second hand embarrassment far too easily. he's cringing on the inside when someone does/says something stupid.

⭒absolutely hates the summer. it's horrible; everybody's sweaty and stinks, missions make him want to peal his skin off. definitely prefers autumn/winter.

⭒his favourite food to eat whilst sick is soup, a special homemade soup him and his mother made together while growing up. her own special recipe that he only teaches to his closest of friends.

⭒loves late night conversations. they're so deep and understanding, chatting for hours 'til your jaw hurts and the sun his peaking through the curtains.

⭒either drinks black coffee, really bitter. or drinks the most sugary coffee ever, no in-between. (tell me your opinions)

⭒is a morning person. gets up early and has his breakfast, something quick and easy, like toast or porridge (oatmeal), has a morning shower 'nd everything. (i love adding salt to my porridge/oatmeal)

⭒hates when people say germany and austria are the same. will definitely have a whole rant about the differences 'til you understand fully.

⭒smokes weed a lot, pretty much an addict. he says it's to calm his nerves down but he gradually started doing it more and more often. a stoner fs.

⭒enjoys movies, a lot. he loves sitting down with a blanket beside him, covered in orange cat hair. will probably make a bowl of popcorn to eat whilst watching, but ends up eating it all before he's even 30 minutes in.

big, bear hugs. we all know that the big, brute and towering man gives amazing hugs, but he really wants to lay atop of you, to cage you with his warmth.

⭒has a tendency to over share, rants sometimes while pretending to be confident, finding anything to talk about before feeling a bit uncomfortable with what he'd said.

⭒isn't shy. it's my biggest pet peeve when people make könig out to be someone shy, scared, ect.. he's not shy, he's socially anxious, but that doesn't make him quiet. he either puts on a front and pretends to be confident with a cocky, loud personality.

⭒absolutely adores milk. he drinks like a gallon in two days, that's why he's 6’10.

⭒enjoys mint chocolate chip ice cream, hates strawberry, especially if they have chunks. (self projecting)

⭒enjoys doing the dishes, finds it satisfying. until he touches food and gags.

⭒avid banana hater, the texture to the taste, everything about it makes him feel ill.

⭒listens to music for hours, usually something rock or heavy metal, loud music in his ears and the loud explosions gives him some hearing damage.

⭒usually smells woodsy, fresh cut trees and vanilla.

⭒germaphobe. doesn't like being near people when they're sick and will avoid them, probably because he gets sick too easily, despite having a strong immune system.

⭒isn't a very emotional person, he has sympathy for others but can't express it through tears and emotions. he's cold and aggressive to the recruits, blaming them for his issues because he struggles taking blame and fault for situations and needs a punching bag.

⭒owned a fish when he was around 7, cried because it died. turns out it was alive and he saw it swim down the toilet. never got another fish again, traumatized.

⭒doesn't like being told he's in the wrong, will refuse and deny it 'til he's forced to either apologise or end the friendship.

⭒curly ginger, or wavy ginger, you can't change my mind.

⭒doesn't really understand tiktok that much, or instagram. not really something that he's interested in, but occasionally uses twitter for like 5 minutes.

⭒has anemia, or iron deficiency. takes a couple naps a day because he doesn't like taking his supplements.

these are all i could think off 😵‍💫 tell me your personal headcannons!!

banner credit; @cafekitsune

[jadeshifting]

— CHRISTMAS FEAST AT HOGWARTS

(AKA. SHIFTMAS)

day 7. WHAT’S YOUR DR’S HOLIDAY DINNER LIKE? is it a grand feast with everything from turkey to trifle? a cosy, intimate dinner by candlelight? or something unique, like a themed dinner party or a picnic-style meal by the fire?

˚　　　　���　　　.　　. 　 ˚　.　　　　　 . ✦　　　 　˚　　　　 . ★⋆. ࿐࿔

the magnitude of the Christmas feast at Hogwarts can best be expressed by the fact that first-year students often throw up in their dorms afterwards, since the average witch or wizard is so unaccustomed to having so much food in front of them that they simply must overeat

the Great Hall itself is transformed into a winter wonderland, with floating enchanted snowflakes, towering Christmas trees adorned with golden fairy lights (meaning the actual magical glow of thousands of fairies), and warm hearths crackling with roaring fires, casting a golden glow over the feast:

౨ৎ STARTERS

— ROASTED CHESTNUT SOUP (with a drizzle of spiced cream)

— CRANBERRY and BRIE TARTELETS (with a thyme-infused crust)

— SMOKED SALMON BLINIS (with dill and lemon)

— TRUFFLE-STUFFED ARANCINI (with a garlic aioli dip)

— PUMPKIN PASTIES (with a hint of cinnamon and nutmeg)

— miniature BEEF EMPANADAS (with chimichurri sauce)

— assorted BREAD TOLLS (that steam with various savory scents)

౨ৎ MAIN COURSES

— ROAST TURKEY (with golden, crispy skin and a rich herb stuffing)

— HONEY-GLAZED HAM (with cloves and a maple-butter glaze)

— slow-cooked VENISON (with a red wine and juniper berry reduction)

— HERB-CRUSTED SALMON (with a lemon-butter sauce)

— vegetarian MUSHROOM & CHESTNUT WELLINGTON (wrapped in flaky pastry)

— GARLIC BUTTER LOBSTER TAILS (with a squeeze of enchanted lemon)

— CAULDRON-ROASTED POTATOES (with garlic and rosemary)

— buttered PARSNIPS, CARROTS, and SPROUTS (with chestnuts and bacon)

౨ৎ SIDE DISHES

— CRANBERRY & ORANGE COMPOTE (with enchanted sparkling sugar)

— spiced APPLE & PEAR CHUTNEY

— mediterranean ROASTED VEGETABLE MEDLEY (with balsamic glaze)

— mulled wine-infused RED CABBAGE

— fluffy MASHED POTATOES (an enchantment makes the butter swirl into patterns)

— treacle-glazed ROASTED ONIONS

౨ৎ DESSERTS

— enchanted CHRISTMAS PUDDING (glowing softly with a warming spell, served with flaming sauce)

— TREACLE TART (with a lattice of sugared holly leaves)

— CHOCOLATE YULE LOG (dusted with enchanted edible snowflakes)

— CHURROS (dusted with cinnamon sugar, served with a warm chocolate dipping sauce)

— PEPPERMINT BARK CHEESECAKE (with a chocolate biscuit base)

— glistening CRANBERRY SORBET (served in frosted crystal goblets)

౨ৎ DRINKS

— hot BUTTERBEER

— warm mulled PUMPKIN JUICE (with cinnamon sticks)

— SPARKLING ENCHANTED CIDER (it shifts colors with each sip)

— PEPPERMINT HOT CHOCOLATE (with whipped cream and sugar quills)

— a selection of TEAS (each with a unique seasonal charm)

[viola-verse]

Get to know Viola

*Songs and albums names are made up and not actual songs.

Main Masterlist | Kprofile | Background | More Facts - coming soon

Viola Kwon ❨ Kwon Ha-Neul; born Dec 26th 1993 ❩, is a Korean-New Zealand former singer and dancer. Born in Wellington New Zealand, she lived there until she was 11 when she moved to her father’s hometown in South Korea. She was a member of the k-pop girl group Le Fleurs that disbanded three years after they debuted in 2014. After much convincing from Hybe/Big Hit and a lot of encouragement from her friends and family, she debuted as a solo artist in 2023. 

BASICS:

Birth Name: Viola Ha-Neul Kwon 

Korean Name: 권하늘 (Kwon Ha-Neul) 

Stage Name: Viola 

Birthdate: Dec 26th, 1993 

Birthplace: Wellington, New Zealand 

Nationality: Korean-New Zealand 

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 

MBTI: INFJ 

Hobbies: photography, crocheting, painting, writing, gaming, looking up useless facts, going to the beach

APPEARANCE:

Height: 164cm ❨ 5’3" ❩ 

Weight: 45kg ❨ 101lbs ❩ 

Hair Color: Brunette (natural), does occasionally dye her hair.

Eye Color: Brown 

Piercings: She only has her ears pierced. She doesn’t wear earrings often. 

Tattoos: She has a 7 in roman numerals on her wrist, because it's her favourite number. She has a cursive “Y” tattoo on her ribcage next to where her heart is for Yoongi.

Unique Features: She has a light scattering of freckles across her nose which are easily seen when she’s not wearing makeup. Fox-like eyes, heart shaped lips and small ears.  

Medical Conditions: Migraines, she broke her ankle three years after debuting, social anxiety

FAMILY: 

Parents: Jessica Nelsen and Kwon Myung-Dae 

Siblings: 3 brothers and 1 sister. Twins Simon (Su-Han) & Robert (Chan - 1994), Michael (Seong-Yu - 1997), and Daisy (Mun-Hee - 2016). 

Other Relatives: Kwon Soonyoung (Hoshi) from SEVENTEEN is her cousin. Their dads are brothers. They are super close and act more like siblings and best friends than cousins. They’re often seen together and are pretty much everyone’s favorite cousin duo. 

LIKES & DISLIKES:

Likes:

Colours: Black & Green are her favourite colours but she also likes blue, purple, peacock, teal.

Food: Pasta, beef, pavlova, strawberries, sweet and sour wontons, lemon chicken, fish & chips, mochi ice cream, spicy ramen, salads, korean fried chicken, hot chips (fries), soup, anything Yoongi cooks.

Drinks: Soju, Jack Daniels, Bacardi, peach iced tea, green tea, herbal teas, water, Dr. Pepper.

Music/Bands/Singers: BTS and their solo music, The Rose, Seventeen, Stray Kids, Ateez, TXT, Le Sserafim, Twice, Jessi, Hwasa, Blackpink and their solo music and many more. She's also a big fan of heavy rock music and listens to it every time she works out or needs physical motivation. She has Halestorm, Nightwish, Pantera, Metallica, and others on her playlist. Some of her favourite groups and singers of all time are Fleetwood Mac, Queen, The Eagles & Stevie Ray Vaughn. She also loves the older music and was raised on it.

Seasons: Summer & Spring. In New Zealand she's a summer baby.

TV Shows: She watches mostly K-Dramas. She loves the psychological crime thrillers the most. Mouse, Mr. Plankton, Squid Games, Missing: The Other Side, The Uncanny Counter, Hi Bye, Mama, Bulgasal Immortal Souls, Bloodhounds, Move to Heaven, Taxi Driver. She'll watch anything with Lee Je-Hoon in it.

Dislikes:

Colours: Orange

Food: bags of mixed veges, corn, peas, pumpkin, potato in the form of anything but fries, sweet potato. She's very much a texture eater. She doesn't look mushy foods.

Drinks: Coffee, hot chocolate

Seasons: Winter, she hates feeling cold.

Will add more when I think of them.

IDOL CAREER: 

Group Debut:

Group Name: Le Fleurs  

Fandom Name: Bouquets  

Company: Big Hit/Hybe 

Debut Date: 16th Jan 2014 

Disband Date: 09th Sept 2017

Number Of Members: 5 

Concept: Fantasy - fairy-like, sweet, innocent, whimsical 

Debut Album Name: Flower Garden - 2 versions - Flora & Fauna 

Debut Song: Flowers. 

The Most Popular Song: I'll be her. 

Members:    Lee Jun-Ha/Aster (1992 - leader/rapper)   Lee Su-Jo/Daisy (1992 - rapper/songwriter),   Kwon Ha-Neul/Viola (1993 - main dancer/songwriter/vocal),   Seo Na-Mi/Poppy (1995 - main vocalist/visual),   Kim Eun-Sa/Lily (1996 - maknae/vocal line/dance line) 

Solo Debut: 

Stage Name: Viola 

Fandom Name: Violettes 

Company: Big Hit/Hybe 

Debut Date: 3rd Feb 2023

Concept: Changes every comeback

Debut Album Name: Self-titled - Viola

Debut Song: Welcome Home

The Most Popular Song: It's My Turn

©️2025 @viola-verse & @dancinglikebutterflywings - Do not copy. modify and/or repost anywhere.

[achy-boo]

Saturday Atelier

The Housewarden of Misfits’ Paradies and the unknown angel older brother of Zimo Atelier. This man values the secrecy of the dorm and its origins..even went as far as to lie..

╭──・ Basic Information

Name: Saturday Atelier

Romaji: Atelier Saturday

Quote: "Why people want to know about my kind? It's..weird." or "Do you really want your device to be useless? Please mind your business and we will be chilling.." or "You dare to gaze upon me?!! Get down on your knees and BEG for your life.."

V/A: Wanderer from Genshin(both English and Japanese)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: He does not know

Age: looks like in his early to mid 20s though he is actually a lot older than that

Birthday: October 13th

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Eye color: Blood/Dark red

Hair Color: Gray but in the light is pale-ish blue

Height: 6'6

Weight: 104 lbs

Race: Angel(former) Fallen Angel(Former), Angel of Corruption and Illusions

Homeland: Xegraria

Family:

Unknown Father- Alive

Zimo Atelier- little brother and alive

Unknown Mother- Deceased

╭──・・ School Information

School Status and Fun Fact

Dorm: Misfit's Paradise

School Year: 3rd year

Class: 3-C

Student Number: No.13

Occupation: Florist

Club: Gardening and art club

Best Subject: Art

╭──・ Interests

Favorite Color: Grey, Blue and Red

Favorite Food: Anything really, he is normally eat what he got

Least Favorite Food: Miso Soup, Sundae(no not the ice cream){It is the taste that got him..}

Likes: Yuuken, RSA(Kinda..), cold and gloomy weather, gardening, drawings, watching others, being respected due to his quiet nature, who he is today

Dislikes: Certain NRC students, Crowley{he never like him}, videos or photos of him without consent, summer, many many rules

Hobbies: Gardening, drawing, watching the rain

Talents: He is ambidexterity, corrupting any videos and pictures, animal tamer, control illusions

╭──・ Other information

Nicknames: Saturday(Normal), RSA's Enigma, The boy who cried blood

Other Nicknames: He normally like unique nicknames but as long as it does not insult or offended him, he is fine with it

Appearance and Personality:

Appearance:

♡ Gray hair that reach to the back of his neck, red eyes with one of them has plus sign in them, pale skin, wearing the usual RSA uniform but his are more darker and more unique, one of his ears has more piercings than the other, he always wear that two necklaces who he always say to 'keep him at bay'. He had that halo that is both broken and melting but look closely to see that halo glitching from time to time and he has a tattoo on his shoulder(look below to see the tattoo)

Personality:

♡ Silent, mysterious but helpful is what any RSA student would say about him. Nobody knows much about him other than that he is very closed with RSA's headmage. He has the curiosity of a child but with a wariness of someone who seen some things. However he has a tendency to break and corrupted any devices in anger since he does not like it when people took videos and pictures without his consent. He is very kind to everyone even the children and the elderly. He is wary of certain NRC students even during the tournaments. He is very secretive with his information but he only trust very people. But after Chapter five, his personality changed(Add Wanderer's personality to his and this is him now)

Trivia:

He is the headwarden of the House of Misfits

He is best friends with Delano Bloodstone

Selective mute

He is mostly in the crowds, minding his business

He had a habit of playing with his halo

His familiar is Barn Owl name Stormy

his um is..deadly but tame

One of his eyes cry blood and even he did not know why

His necklaces has a part of his um

His first necklace is a choker while the second one is an upside down moon and a blood drop charm.

His voice is actually deeper and more..husky to said the least(This is mainly the reason why he is so silent)

✶ Unique Magic

⟡Name: Frozen Terror

⟡Chant: “The winter is bitter and cold…hiding everything underneath the white blanket..but when the drop of blood touches the snow…everything all white turn red…welcome to the manhunt of the hungry and be their meal~ Frozen Terror."

⟡Description: Saturday will send the person or people into a frozen wasteland of RSA, forcing them in isolation away from each other. When the isolation becomes unbearable, they will drop a single once of blood onto the snow and everything white turns a deep crimson red…and that’s when the hungry came out and get their meals..the cold freeze their terror..unable to be free..

"RSA's enigma. He is the only student who nobody knows nothing about expect one of his eyes cry blood.."

This Housewarden of Misfits’s paradise is the prime example of never judge the book by its cover. He may look calm and collected but…don’t let him see you in that area. He is not afraid to use the side of his..a side that gotten him a horrifying reputation in Xegrari: The Merciless Angel.

[delightfullrecipes]

The Best Creamy Beef Stroganoff Recipe – Family Favorite!

omg this beef stroganoff changed my life???

Okay so I've been on a comfort food journey this winter and can we PLEASE talk about beef stroganoff for a sec? Like, the PROPER kind with the silky sauce and tender beef that literally melts in your mouth? Not the sad cafeteria version with mystery meat and grainy sauce that haunted my childhood nightmares.

After approximately 5,283 attempts (jk, but seriously it took a while), I've finally mastered a beef stroganoff recipe that makes my friends text me at 2am asking when I'm making it again.

The secret? It's actually TWO secrets - god-tier ingredients and mastering the sauce texture. That's it. That's the post.

...except it's not because I'm about to spill all the tea on how to make this Russian classic your new signature dish.

Can't wait to start cooking? Jump straight to my full Beef Stroganoff Recipe and thank me later! ✨

the fancy russian backstory you didn't know you needed

from aristocrats to your dinner table

So get this - beef stroganoff has the most extra origin story. It was created for some fancy Russian count named Stroganov back in the 1800s who had:

Expensive taste

A French chef

Dental problems (???)

Yes, you read that right. Count Stroganov apparently needed tender meat dishes because of his teeth, so his chef created this dish where the beef was cut into strips and cooked quickly in a creamy sauce.

The best part? This aristocratic meal ultimately became a global comfort food phenomenon. Literally from palace dining rooms to my tiny apartment kitchen. We love a democratic food moment!

The dish made its way to America in the mid-20th century where it got the "cream of mushroom soup" treatment (no shade, but also...shade). But today we're going back to something closer to its luxurious roots - minus the personal chef and palatial dining room, unfortunately.

ingredients: why you can't cheap out on some things

the non-negotiables for beef stroganoff excellence

Let's talk about why some beef stroganoff attempts end in sad, flavorless disappointment. It's almost ALWAYS because people try to cut corners on the wrong ingredients.

After my stroganoff obsession led me down a rabbit hole of research, I've identified the components where quality actually matters:

THE BEEF - This isn't just any beef dish, it's literally named after the beef! Use good quality sirloin or tenderloin and treat it with respect. That means:

Room temperature before cooking

Pat it DRY (seriously this changes everything)

Season properly

Don't overcrowd the pan (yes this means cooking in batches)

Sear don't stew!

THE MUSHROOMS - Please, I am begging you, use fresh mushrooms and cook them properly. They should be golden and caramelized, not pale and watery. This step alone elevates your stroganoff to another dimension.

THE DAIRY - Full-fat European-style sour cream creates that luxurious silkiness that defines a good beef stroganoff recipe. This is not the time for low-fat substitutes (we're not making a health food here, we're making food for the SOUL).

When I finally stopped skimping on these key ingredients, my stroganoff went from "pretty good" to "please can I have the recipe?" territory.

Ready to shop for the perfect ingredients? Get my complete Beef Stroganoff Recipe shopping list!

the texture secret nobody tells you about

why restaurant stroganoff hits different

The thing about beef stroganoff that most recipes don't emphasize enough is the TEXTURE. It should be:

Silky smooth

Coating the noodles perfectly

Not too thick, not too thin

Absolutely never grainy or separated

The culinary crime I see most often? Curdled, broken sauce that looks like sad cottage cheese floating in beef broth. I've been there, I've shed the tears, I've ordered pizza instead.

Here's the secret that changed everything: TEMPERATURE CONTROL.

When you add cold dairy (like sour cream) directly to hot liquid, the proteins freak out and separate - creating that dreaded grainy texture. The pro move is to "temper" your dairy by gradually introducing small amounts of the hot sauce to it before adding it back to the pan.

Also? Never, ever, EVER let your stroganoff boil after adding the dairy. Gentle heat is the difference between silky perfection and sad separated sauce.

the finishing touches that make people swoon

small details, big impact

What takes beef stroganoff from good to "I would fight someone for the leftovers"? It's often the little things:

A touch of acidity (lemon juice or mustard) to cut through richness

Fresh herbs scattered on top for color and freshness

Proper seasoning adjustments at the end

The perfect starchy vehicle (egg noodles are traditional but mashed potatoes are a god-tier alternative)

I've watched people who "don't like stroganoff" devour a bowl of this version because these small finishing touches transform it completely.

Ready to make stroganoff that will haunt people's dreams? Get my foolproof Beef Stroganoff Recipe now!

why this is more than just food

I'll get sappy for a second - there's something magical about mastering a dish like beef stroganoff. It's the kind of recipe that becomes part of your identity, the thing friends request when they visit, the comfort you make for someone having a bad day.

My grandmother made stroganoff for my mom when she was sick. My mom made it for me on my birthday. Now I make it for my friends during finals week. Food traditions matter, and maybe this beef stroganoff recipe will become part of yours too.

So yes, use the good ingredients. Master the texture. Add the finishing touches. But most importantly, share it with people you love. Food tastes better with good company anyway!

Tag me in your stroganoff pics if you try this recipe! I'm literally always here for food content.

#beefstroganoff #comfortfood #russiancuisine #recipeblog #foodie #homecooking #dinnerideas

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7th part of the bookscans of Al Andalus. Historical Figures, here's the previous part

He taught the Andalusians the most sophisticated recipes of Baghdad cuisine, as well as the order at the table and the etiquette that had to be followed. The food should not even served or taken all mixed, as the diners wanted, but they had to follow certain guidelines: first the soups followed by the hors d'oeuvres, then the fish dishes, the meats and, finally, the desserts, fruits flavored with vanilla and stuffed with alphoncigas and hazelnuts, or sweets, such as almond, walnut and honey pastries, accompanied by small glasses of liquor. The tablecloths should not be of a coarse woven linen or cotton,nbut of very fine leather and the cups, better of fine crystal than of heavy metal, even if they were gold or silver.

As for his beauty institute, Ziryab taught the Andalusian to shave their hair, use toothpaste and to comb their hair. The strands that fell on both sides of the face ended... Now the hair had to be cut, worn curly, revealing the eyebrows, the nape of the neck and the ears. Nails should be polished and filed and the skin had to be cleaned and softened with creams and lotions.

Fashion in clothing also changed under the influence of Ziryab. Since the first days from June to September, they had to dress in light colors, preferably in white, spring being the best time for suits of gauzy silk and brightly colored tunics. For winter, they reserved the darker tones, the quilted pelisses and the fur coats and decorations.

Everyone asked him for advice when it came to dressing, fitting shoes, giving a banquet... and everyone followed his instructions fully. It became a real arbiter of elegance and under his influence, the Andalusians, and also the Christians, changed their clothes, their furniture, their fashions and ways of living, their kitchen and their etiquette. No one did more to spread refinement and elegance of the Abbasid court, nor did he influence in a more profound and intense way than this singer arrived from Baghdad and maintained by the munificence of the Emir of Córdoba.

Also attributed to him, imported from Persia, are many customs and superstitions that still exist among us and that are too known, such as the fear of cravings in pregnant women, the belief thatbthe boy who played with fire wet the bed, the tails of raisin increase memory... It is believed that both the game of polo and the game of chess entered Muslim Spain at the hands of Ziryab.

He never felt tempted by power, despite the much premedication that he had in Andalusian society, nor did he take part in the frequent and dark courtesans intrigues, and he always thanked the emir for providing him with a better, calm, happy and comfortable life for him and his people.

Tarub: the favorite of Abd al-Rahman II

All historians recognize that this emir was a complete womanizer. The young virgins, arriving from all corners, populated the harem of this man, so different from his father, the strict al-Hakam, who had bequeathed him a kingdom almost pacified, with the Treasury coffers filled to overflowing, which allowed him dedicate to all the pleasures that life can offer. Of his many concubines, wives and favorites, there was one whom it seems he loved more than all the others, Tarub, whose success with the caliph was perhaps due to her being surly, selfish and desired.

She must have been very beautiful, at least in the eyes of the enamored emir who, a man of great education and good poet, said of her: "Whenever I see the sun rise that illuminates reminds me of Tarub, a girl adorned with the trappings of beauty: "The eye that contemplates it believes it sees a beautiful gazelle in it".

When he was not on an expedition, Abd al-Rahman II, like all sovereigns and nobles of the era, went hunting, to the mountains of Sierra Morena or to the marshes of the Guadal-

quivir... but more than once, the memory of Tarub made him return to the palace, eager to possess that beauty who did not always respond to his amorous requirements.

Life inside that immense harem it couldn't have been easy for the women locked up there no matter how generous the emir had been or was towards them. There is no need to forget that for another of his favorites, al-Shifa, as beautiful as prudent and pious, Abd al-Rahman bought a mythical jewel, the dragon necklace, which had belonged to the wife of the caliph Harun al-Rashid, and that it came from the robbery and looting of the badgadi palaces during the period of the civil struggles that preceded the accession to the throne of the caliph al-Ma'mun. But many times, the jewels and riches that these women accumulated did not make up for the feeling of feeling relegated, supplanted in the affection or whim of the emir, by others younger and perhaps more beautiful.

Surrounded and guarded by a legion of eunuchs, who were the only ones who could move freely through that place, their whole dream was to be able to give a male child to their lord, with which they became umm walad, that is, "princess mother." These lucky ones enjoyed great privileges. To the death of the emir were emancipated and could freely dispose of her personal fortune that used to be very large. But with or without a child, the ambitious heart of Tarub wanted to “make a future for herself.” The princesses mothers, as the years went by, saw themselves replaced in the prime of life, with an intact beauty that time had not yet withered. Tarub knew it and despite

Abd al-Rahman's multiple attentions towards her, she considered that everything was insufficient to satisfy it.

One night the emir went to his favorite's chambers and called insistently at the door, but the elusive girl did not open it. In vain her lover spoke tender words to her, and made vehement protests of love. Unmovable, the requested one kept the door firmly closed. Then Abd al-Rahman, who clearly knew her well, ordered that several eunuchs carried bags of gold coins. There were many bags that were accumulating before the gate of Tarub that he finally opened, while thousands of coins fell into the bedroom, exposing the figure of the emir who waited, impatiently, behind the bags of coins, for his beloved would deign to receive him. It must have been a night of passion for both of us. parts, because the emir's wish must have been fulfilled and Tarub's too!

But the story continues. Although other women arrived, Tarub always retained a great ancestry over Abd al-Rahman from whom he had a son. Time passed and the emir could not decide to name a successor. It is not surprising that he had his doubts, since among his forty heirs it couldn't be easy to select the most suitable one to occupy the throne.

It always seems that the emir was inclined towards his son Muhammad, but, of course, Tarub wanted the choice to fall to Prince Abd Allah, who was her son.

The head of the palace servants was the eunuch Nasr. Following the attempt to landing of the viking pirates in

al-Andalus, Nasr had distinguished himself by his heroic behavior and by having defeated them in the battle that took place near Tablada. All this did that the emir appreciated him in a special way and that his influence at court was increasingly greater. Nasr and Tarub got along very well, they were both ambitious, and the princess mother, desperate to see her son named successor decided, with the support of the eunuch, to plot a plot, quite sinister indeed, to ensure the much-desired succession to his son Abd Allah. The plot involved poisoning the prince who was presumed to be possible heir, Muhammad,... and by the way, and just in case the fact aroused suspicion, also ending the father, that is, the emir.

It was a very risky plan for Tarub but she was sure that with the complicity of Nasr, one of the strongest men at court and, possibly the closest to the emir, she could not fail. And it happened that, in those days, a very famous doctor, Harrán, arrived at the Cordoban court, who came from Mesopotamia. Nasr asked him to prepare a drink poisoned and the doctor did not dare to deny him. Afterwards, he felt remorse and confessed the plot to another of the princess mothers, Farj, who informed the emir of the conspiracy that was being hatched against him. The eunuch presented the deadly concoction to the emir, offering it to him as the ideal medicine to cure an ailment that he had been suffering from for some time, but Abd al-Rahman II ordered him to take it himself. Nasr was trapped and had no more remedy than drinking the poisoned drink. It was of little use to him to run in searchbof the antidote, because the counterpoison prepared by the doctor al-Harraní, wasn't effective and the eunuch died.

According to the news that has reached us, Tarub, the instigator of all this murky affair, was forgiven by the emir and did not suffer any type of punishment, such was the affection that the emir felt for her.

Only two years later, Abd al Rahman died, unexpectedly. The Christians attributed this sudden death to divine anger, in revenge for the death of the last Christian martyrs. According to Eulogio, the emir went up to the terrace of the palace and, looking at the landscape that stretched before him, noticed the scaffolds from which hung the corpses of the Christians who had blasphemed against Muhammad within the same mosque. He gave the order to burn them and, immediately, in a sudden manner, he was attacked by an apoplexy that killed that same night.

He was succeeded by his son Muhammad. It is not known if he died as a result of a conspiracy, and it is the most possible, because, despite the regrets, Tarub, on the same night in which the emir, continued to intrigue so that his son would be named successor and, with Nasr missing, she sought the help of other eunuchs, but they were afraid that the people would became angry if the will of the late emir was not respected. A few hours after the death of Abd al-Rahman II, before dawn, his son Muhammad wasinstalled in the palace and the next day the population was informed of the death of the emir and the ascension to the throne of the son designated by him.

Tarub, who had been so loved, conquered with wealth by an emir in love, proved to have a heart of stone because, in her eagerness to see his son in the lead

of the emirate of Cordoba, we do not know if due to an understandable love as a mother, or simply, to the ambition that she always displayed, she did not hesitate to consider the death of the one to whom she owed everything.

Abbas ben Firnas: the first aviator

Abd al-Rahman II was, without a doubt, the most cultured of all the emirs and Hispano-Umayyad caliphs. Only one of his descendants, al-Hakam II, could compare him in terms of intellectual curiosity.

Poets, writers, philosophers, who in turn were also almost all astrologers, to whom which the Muslims attached so much importance, were part of the court by Abd al-Rahman. We will mention some of them, of great talent, who excelled in different areas of knowledge, such as Abd Allah ben al-Shamir, magnificent versifier; Ibrahim ben Sulayman al-Shamí, whose religious and mystical poems achieved great relevance throughout the Muslim world; Uthman ben al-Muthanna, grammarian, who became a preceptor to the royal princes; Said ben Farach al-Rashshash, who knew more than 4,000 mnemonics poems by heart and his brother Muhammad, who established the measurement of the Andalusian cubit, whose pattern was engraved on one of the walls of the main mosque from Córdoba... The list of wise men would be very long. But among all of them the figure of Abbas ben Firnas is especially important.

If we had to describe the personality of Abbas ben Firnas we could say that it was a being in every way singular. He was of Berber origin and belonged to a family that lived in the district of what is now Ronda. His creative ability and his inventiveness had no limits, and in addition, he was endowed with physical dexterity out of the ordinary. Skilled conjurer, he amazed anyone with his ingenious sleight of hand and occult sciences were his specialty. Was as admired as envied by other wise men like him. The strangest and most difficult enigmas seemed to show themselves, with complete clarity, before their understanding, as could be verified with the treatise on Arabic metrics of Jalil. This book arrived in Spain, like so many others that Abd al-Rahman II had brought from Persia and Baghdad, through a merchant, and no one was able to decipher his content. The book was abandoned, as useless, in one of the libraries of palace, until our man came across it, read it carefully, and instantly understood what its pages said, deciphering it before a audience that was left with their mouths open.

With a series of devices of his invention, he discovered the formula for the manufacturing glass and built, in a vaulted room in his house, a dome that imitated the sky, which at will made it clear or cloudy, adding lightning and thunder. But this invention that left everyone stunned, aroused the envy of another competitor, because then just as that now, there is no creation or discovery that does not have its detractors, motivated more by spite than by a healthy desire to improve what was

[baravaggio]

sophia do u have any vegetarian/vegan holiday recipes 🤲🏼

I'm so glad you asked, of course I do!

Some of these things are from my cookbooks, so anything with a book emoji will be shown below the read more just to save space

Starting with desserts:

Vegan chocolate pie (Nora Cooks) - my favorite one to make for thanksgiving, my family (all meat eaters) loves it so much that I end up making two every year! It's really important to use the tofu that comes in aseptic packaging (the kind that's shelf stable) because the refrigerated kind WILL taste like tofu and you don't want that lol...works great in an Oreo crust or just as a mousse too!

Chocolate pecan pie (Isa Chandra Moskowitz)

Cranberry Spice Oatmeal Cookies (Isa Chandra Moskowitz) - these have great flavor but I recommend subbing butter for coconut oil so they don't spread super thin

Vegan Coffee Cake (Vegan Richa) - great for breakfasts! You could easily make them into coffee cake muffins too

📚 Pastry Crust (Isa Chandra Moskowitz's The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook) - great staple pie crust that gets its flakiness from a mix of olive and coconut oils! I use this for savory stuff like quiches and pot pies too. Highly recommend the cookbook, it covers everything from Valentine's Day to Passover to Halloween!

📚 Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies (Isa Chandra Moskowitz's Isa Does It cookbook)

📚 Chai Spice Snickerdoodles (Isa Chandra Moskowitz's Isa Does It cookbook)

Savory Thanksgiving & Christmas things:

Easy Vegan Gravy (Nora Cooks) - really simple & much better than the store bought stuff

Easy Vegan Quiche (Jessica in the Kitchen) - more for lunch/brunch than anything, but I like to make a couple these around the holidays because they're so easy to customize & put together

Vegan Alfredo Sauce (Purely Kaylie) - you can put this on pasta of course but I like to use this to fold into mashed potatoes or make a gratin with during the holidays!

Green Bean Casserole (Isa Chandra Moskowitz) - made this one year at the request of a family member, it came out great!

📚 Maple-Mustard Brussels Sprouts with Radicchio and Pecans (Isa Chandra Moskowitz's I Can Cook Vegan cookbook)

Creamy Polenta and Mushroom Ragout (Good Food) - just comfort food tbh!

📚 Glazed Tofu Ham (Isa Chandra Moskowitz's The Superfuntimes Vegan Holiday Cookbook) - I swear by this and make several before thanksgiving because I inhale them - imo works better as a filling for sandwiches or on the side for breakfast, but could be used as a main dish as well!

📚 Winter Squash Cups with Wild Rice, Hazelnuts, and Cherries (Isa Chandra Moskowitz's The Superfuntimes Vegan Holiday Cookbook) - made this once and used cranberries instead of cherries!

Some Hanukkah stuff! which I highly recommend trying even if you don't celebrate Hanukkah, my family does a mixed holiday celebration so I keep these in my rotation for those occasions:

Latkes and Vegan Sour Cream (Isa Chandra Moskowitz) - can also dip in applesauce or top with caramelized onions if you prefer sweet!

📚 Raspberry Rugelach (Isa Chandra Moskowitz) - classic, chocolate, and raisin variations from her holiday cookbook

📚 Matzoh Ball Soup (Isa CHandra Moskowitz)

And I have to include a couple heavy hitters, these are for if you're serious about spending a lot of time in the kitchen and maybe want to show off a little lol - well worth the effort, but not for everyone!

Succulent Roast Turky (The Gentle Chef) - I haven't tried a seitan turkey that's come close to being as good as this one. Lots of time & ingredients, but well worth the effort

Anything from Miyoko's Artisan Vegan Cheese cookbook - the best vegan cheese you will ever eat. Requires a couple weeks prep because you have to allow time to ferment the base liquid and culture the cheese - I'm starting mine today! I made a detailed post about my experience trying this out here, and there's images with instructions for making the rejuvelac, cashew base, and a Boursin-style cheese in it as well! Of course if you don't want to do all that you can buy the Miyoko's cheese that's sold in stores, those are great too 😅

Peter Reinhart's Bagels (Smitten Kitchen) - if you suffer from lack of good bagels in your area, this is one way to fix that! Bagels are essential to any holiday celebration in my family so I figured I'd include this lol

Here's the stuff from the cookbooks!

Pastry Crust:

Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies:

Chai Spice Snickerdoodles:

Maple-Mustard Brussels Sprouts with Radicchio and Pecans:

Glazed Tofu Ham:

Winter Squash Cups With Wild Rice, Hazelnuts, and Cherries:

Vegan Sour Cream:

Rugelach (Classic, Chocolate, and Raisin variations highlighted):

Matzoh Ball Soup:

[alloftheimaginesblog]

Headcanons for Samwise Gamgee making his spouse meals at any chance he gets...

He knows the importance of food and never ceases to remind you about how important it is to eat. He'll always prepare you breakfast, second breakfast, lunch, snacks, supper, dinner and tea. He never judges your portion sizes or how much you eat, he loves the shape of you and if you are curvy/plus size, he adores those curves.

He's a very good chef and you are always so thankful for him and his abilities.

Obviously he uses potatoes a lot, pretty much every meal because they're so versatile.

Eggs over easy with spices and herbs and herby breakfast potato cubes and a cup of hot tea.

"Made with love for my love."

Sausages, hash browns, bacon, beans, tomato, maybe more eggs.

Sandwiches with tomato, lettuce and turkey with a side of crisps for extra crunch.

"You want more? Was it good? You liked it?"

He's not only good at cooking, baking is also a skill he has.

Pancakes with berries and cream, scones and jam and clotted cream. Pastries like croissants and chocolate or maybe ham and cheese.

Toast with cheese, beans; simple but he always serves with an award winning smile.

"Here you go, beautiful. If you want more, I'll happily get you more."

Your favourite meal he makes is a roast dinner which could consist of ham, turkey, chicken or beef, roast potatoes, yorkshire pudding, sprouts, parsnips, carrots and a hearty load of gravy on top.

Sometimes he'll make a stew; leftover meat with carrots, potatoes, onions and gravy with crusty bread to dip.

Soup of all flavours (his lentil and bacon is the best though) with buttered bread. He always makes lots during the winter.

"To keep your stomach warm."

Fish with a side salad, thick chips and mushy peas.

Pasta that you help him make for scratch with a garlicky, onion tomato sauce with meatballs or sausages or even sometimes chicken with homemade garlic bread and cheese for the top.

Dessert is always delicious too...

Rich chocolate cake with ice cream and berries.

Sticky toffee pudding - a recipe passed down through generations.

Ice cream - all and every flavour you can imagine. He'll take you on walks, find berries and wild edible flowers and make ice cream from it.

Pastry stuffed with jam, cream and chocolate.

Waffles with caramel drizzled over the top.

Fruit salad, the fruit fresh from the garden.

After dinner, he'll bring you cups of tea and water with a kiss on the forehead.

Tea with biscuits.

Hot chocolate with marshmallows and fresh whipped cream for the top.

Toast as you read your book, winding down for the evening.

Before you go to bed, he double checks that you're satisfied and happy; that you're not in need of anything else. He's impossibly kind.

[mariacallous]

Come the warm, ripening days of summer and I imagine that I am closer to a more ancient, basic and healthful style of vegetable and grain eating than in my cold and meaty winters. I am seduced by my garden and neighboring farm stands vivid with color and flavor.

I avoid a lot of hot time in the kitchen. Much is eaten raw or almost: vegetable soups - gazpacho has many names and many recipes - vegetable sauces for rice or pasty and endless salads. I have corn on the cob and other vegetables in every form: grilled, roasted, steamed, stir-fried, puréed and combined in a variety of stews to be eaten hot, cold and at room temperature. Fresh herbs, garlic, onions and imagination sauce the dishes. The first beans from the pod or dried beans, fruit, cheese, bread and wine complete my menus.

There is almost no meat and little chicken or fish - an occasional grilling, a stew more vegetable than meat, a slice of cold meat or charcuterie, a boiled egg, a little tuna from the can.

I eat this way for pleasure as well as in a modern quest for a more healthful diet. Those came before us ate this way to take advantage of what they had - often limited. While we tend to see a cornucopia-vision of the past, rich in more seasonal, more natural foods, it is only partly true.

Winter in most climates was short of fresh vegetables, and the world relied on salting, pickling, drying and cold storage for any vegetables at all. The animal protein we are fending off today was in short, expensive supply.

With the best will in the world and without an evil intention, food writers and the natural inclination of all of us to glamorize the past and the far away have been guilty of distorting our view of the way the world eats. By selecting the best, the most festive food of other places or times, we have come to see them as halcyon visions of plenty, filled with meat and seafood, sugar and cream.

It is not sugarplum fairies, but roasts and fries, sausages and sautés, stews and cassoulets that frolic in our Rabelaisian dreams. Southern picnics are enriched with baked hams and fried chicken. Clambakes clutter the shores of a mythical New England. In that world of the imagination, native Africans are awash in chicken and ground-nut stew, native Americans feast on venison and buffalo, Greeks expand over countless dishes of succulent lamb, the Chinese are exquisite in damask while dining on unimaginably choice viands.

The English eat hearty roasts, silken salmon, and mountains of oysters. The French of the mind are various, either robust peasants glorying in rich stews or jeweled aristocrats whose famous chefs set forth succulent sauces. Our Italians live in a world of perpetual holidays, their risotti topped with pungent white truffles.

While not totally untrue - these foods did exist in each of these countries and were eaten by the natives at least upon occasion - such visions falsify the totality of real experience and may contribute to the glut of fat and cholesterol in our lives. We equate these festive foods with good living and think that ,if we can, we should eat this way all the time.

Our ancestors and many peoples all over the world today eat very differently from this skewed perception. Carbohydrate, or stodge, was what really fed and filled up most people. With bread as the staff of life in Europe, scarcity led to bread riots for centuries. Even in the recent past, when the government-fixed price of bread was raised in France, the announcement was carefully scheduled for August when almost all Frenchmen are on vacation.

Certainly, the staple food of the vast majority of the world is still rice, followed by bread and potatoes along with noodles - pasta among them - soy foods, yams, taro, yucca, corn, beans, pulses such as lentils, myriad grains and other starchy foods with names foreign to me. In the past and in much of the present, animal protein, when available, has been primarily a flavoring.

Beasts were not killed promiscuously. They were the cash crops and the providers of the milk and eggs. If a pig was slaughtered in the fall, that was a major event, and a family would hoard the preserved hams for Christmas and Easter, or sliver small amounts for a taste at many meals. A prosciutto bone or other ham bone was an asset to be used and reused in soups until flavorless. Fresh meats were rare; only the overage animal or the single, religiously festive springling was sacrificed.

To envisage a chicken in every pot was to dream of luxury indeed - the most luxurious of Sunday dinners.

if other meats were salted and smoked like bacon, or pickled like corned beef, air-dried like grisson or jerky, or preserved in fat like confit, it was to keep them over the winter and dispense them parsimoniously as special treats.

So when we read recipes for peasant dishes crammed with meat, we should remember we are reading about rare treats, not daily fare. Even fishing nations could have uncertain catches, rough seas and months when it was impossible to put out upon the water. Even plenty might need to be sold. A home-cooked paella was mainly rice, seasonings, oil and vegetables.

The great go-along-withs have been vegetables and fruits, fresh when in season, pickled or preserved for inclement times. A little fat would have come from the possibilities of each region - olive oil, butter and lard. Food was about survival and pleasure when possible. No one got more than nutritionally sound share of meat and fat over the course of a year. It is these daily recipes that are by and large missing or recorded primarily as accompanying dishes in our cookbooks and kitchens.

It is up to us to re-create out of our plenty the sane eating and pleasures that scarcity and invention, herb patch and garden, bestowed on our forebears.

"The Real Past", from The Opinionated Palate: Passions and Peeves on Eating and Food by Barbara Kafka

[ginnyrules27]

Have you have any ideas for descendants AUs that isn't based in cannon, like a once upon a time AU or ever after high au

Oh boy that's an interesting question :D

Probably the only AU I've thought of is a kinda 'coffee shop' AU where no one has powers and whatnot. Believe it or not, I actually have some of it laid out lol

Bal Coffee Shop AU 

Mal runs a ‘hipster’-ish coffee shop that’s decorated with spray paint art that she does personally. 

-Cousin of Uma: who works at her mother’s fish pub causing tension with her other cousins who think overfishing damages the ocean. 

-Friends with Evie, Jay, Harry, Carlos, and Gil

-Evie manages her own design company and Gil helps out

-Carlos is a Veterinarian  

-Jay is a professional athlete, teases Mal for having ‘mainstream’ friends while maintaining her ‘grunge’ image

-Harry works part time at the coffee shop and the other half with Uma

-The denial still exists, much to everyone’s frustration.

-The coffee shop is a split off of Olympus Coffee Company, a conglomerate that was on every corner. 

-Hades (her father) runs it but gets criticized by other CEOs for being too soft on customers, looking the other way if someone’s short on cash, giving free food to the homeless, etc. 

-Hadie (her brother) volunteers at the local community garden their mother set up

Ben is the son of a wealthy publishing company CEO (Belle) and politician (Beast). Everyone thinks he’s going to follow in his father’s footsteps. 

-Dating Audrey, the daughter of a wealthy florist conglomerate and Congressman. 

-Best friends with Emir and Akiho

-Emir runs a non profit soup kitchen despite being the middle son of a Congresswoman 

-Akiho runs an ice cream truck in the summer and helps his dad run their ice rink in the winter rather than volunteer as a congressional aid for his mother

-His father volunteers to be Santa every year because he inherited his family’s reindeer farm

-His aunt runs the books for the ice rink 

-Lonnie’s a professional athlete but comes home every off-season

Otherwise, everything else is more crossovers (LOTR, Liv and Maddie, GoT...possibly OUAT if I can figure out how to make it so Baelfire's still alive...). Though they'll have to wait until I publish what I'm already working on :D

[tameblog]

1. Latkes (Potato Pancakes) When it comes to a traditional Hanukkah dinner, latkes are a must. These crispy potato pancakes are a staple in Jewish households, particularly during the Festival of Lights. Latkes Hanukkah recipe is easy to follow, and they fry up beautifully in hot oil, symbolizing the miracle of the oil that lasted for eight days. Serve them with applesauce or sour cream for a delicious combination. You can also play with the ingredients and try variations like sweet potato latkes or even zucchini latkes for a vegetarian Hanukkah dinner. They’re a popular Hanukkah dish and will definitely be a hit at your Hanukkah dinner table. You May Also Like: Ultimate Guide to Farmhouse Christmas Decor: Ideas for a Cozy Holiday 2. Beef Brisket for Hanukkah Beef brisket is another dish that comes up in almost every Hanukkah dinner menu. Known for its tender, juicy meat, brisket Hanukkah recipe is often cooked slowly in the oven, making it the perfect comfort food for the chilly winter nights. This dish is easy to prepare in advance, making it an excellent choice for busy hosts. Serve this hearty dish with roasted vegetables or potatoes to complete the meal. It’s a popular Hanukkah dish that your guests will love. When deciding what to wear to Hanukkah dinner, opt for something festive yet comfortable. A nice sweater or blouse paired with dress pants or a skirt works well for a casual gathering. If you're attending a more formal celebration, consider a dress or collared shirt to match the occasion. The aroma of a perfectly cooked beef brisket for Hanukkah filled the room, complementing the festive blue tablecloth and matching blue napkin settings. 3. Jelly Donuts for Hanukkah Recipe (Sufganiyot) Sufganiyot, or jelly donuts for Hanukkah recipe, are a sweet treat enjoyed on the first night of Hanukkah dinner and throughout the festival. These deep-fried delights are filled with fruit jelly and dusted with powdered sugar, making them an irresistible addition to any Hanukkah dinner. The donut Hanukkah recipe is simple and easy to follow, and making these at home allows you to control the filling and sweetness. They symbolize the miracle of oil and will surely be a highlight at your Hanukkah dinner table. Read Related: Best and Easy Christmas Appetizers: Festive Flavors in Advance 4. Potato Kugel Kugel is a baked pudding-like dish that often makes an appearance at any traditional Hanukkah dinner. The classic potato kugel is made with shredded potatoes, onions, eggs, and seasoning, then baked to perfection. It’s crispy on the outside and soft on the inside—just the way it should be! This dish is easy to prepare and can be made ahead of time, giving you more time to enjoy the festivities. It’s a great way to add some extra flavor to your Hanukkah dinner menu. Know About: What is Open on New Year’s Day 2025? Time & Schedule 5. Tzimmes Tzimmes is a sweet stew made with root vegetables like carrots and sweet potatoes, along with dried fruits such as prunes or apricots. This dish is healthy Hanukkah recipe and is often enjoyed as a side dish. The food for Hanukkah dinner isn’t just delicious but also filled with symbolism. The sweet flavors represent the hope for a sweet year ahead. This dish is also vegetarian Hanukkah dinner friendly, making it a great option for those looking for a lighter, plant-based dish. A sweet and hearty tzimmes sat beautifully on the Hanukkah tablecloth, creating a striking contrast against the vibrant checkered napkins. 6. Challah Bread No Hanukkah dinner menu is complete without challah bread. This rich, braided bread is often served with the meal and is perfect for dipping into sauces or just enjoying with butter. Whether you're buying it from the bakery or making it yourself, Challah bread brings warmth and tradition to the Hanukkah dinner table. For a fun twist, try making a vegan Hanukkah recipe with dairy-free butter to keep it plant-based. 7. Matzo Ball Soup Matzo ball soup is a Jewish classic that can be enjoyed during any festive occasion, including Hanukkah. What to serve for Hanukkah dinner often includes this flavorful soup, which is made with matzo meal, eggs, and seasonings, forming soft and chewy balls. The matzo balls float in a savory broth, making this dish comforting and satisfying. This dish is an essential part of the traditional Hanukkah dinner and will bring a familiar, homey feel to your celebration. The comforting matzo ball soup was served hot, with the table adorned in elegant blue and white checkered tablecloth alongside neatly folded linen napkins. 8. Roasted Vegetables If you're looking for a healthy Hanukkah recipe to complement the heavier dishes, roasted vegetables are an excellent choice. You can roast a variety of veggies like carrots, Brussels sprouts, parsnips, and beets. Season with olive oil, salt, and pepper for a simple yet flavorful side dish. This vegan Hanukkah recipe can be adapted to suit any dietary needs, and it pairs well with both beef brisket for Hanukkah recipe and latkes Hanukkah recipe. 9. Sephardic Spinach and Cheese Pie (Burekas) For something a bit different, try adding a Sephardic Hanukkah recipe to your menu. Burekas are savory pastries filled with spinach and cheese or potatoes. They are perfect for sharing and will add variety to your Hanukkah dinner recipes. These Israeli Hanukkah recipes can be made in advance and are sure to be a crowd-pleaser. If you’re going vegan, try a potato or mushroom filling for a vegan Hanukkah recipe. 10. Sweet Noodle Kugel Another classic dish is sweet noodle kugel, a sweet and savory baked casserole made from egg noodles, sugar, cinnamon, and raisins. Sweet noodle kugel adds a delicious contrast to the savory dishes on your Hanukkah dinner menu and is beloved by many families. This is one of those easy Hanukkah dishes that’s simple to make and can be prepared ahead of time. It’s a popular Hanukkah dish that adds a touch of sweetness to your festive spread. 11. Herring For those who love a traditional touch, herring is a popular Hanukkah dish. Served in vinegar, mustard, or oil, it’s often enjoyed as an appetizer or paired with challah bread. This dish is easy to prepare for Hanukkah and brings a distinct flavor that many associate with Jewish heritage. Herring is a dish that might surprise some guests, but it’s definitely worth trying if you’re looking to explore Jewish Hanukkah recipes. 12. Apple and Walnut Salad A refreshing salad can be a great addition to a Hanukkah dinner table that’s filled with hearty dishes. An apple and walnut salad combines fresh apples, walnuts, and leafy greens, dressed in a light vinaigrette. It’s a simple, healthy side dish that adds a burst of flavor and crunch. This healthy Hanukkah recipe is light enough to balance out heavier dishes like brisket or kugel. 13. Chocolate Babka No Hanukkah celebration is complete without a sweet ending. Chocolate babka is a delicious, rich yeast cake filled with chocolate swirls and cinnamon. This Israeli Hanukkah recipe is perfect for dessert and adds a beautiful, indulgent touch to your Hanukkah dinner menu. It’s a great way to cap off your meal with something decadent and satisfying. These dishes, from latkes to brisket, will help you prepare a festive and memorable Hanukkah dinner full of tradition, flavor, and joy. Whether you're cooking for a small gathering or a large family celebration, these recipes are sure to make your holiday meal special. Source link

[ramestoryworld]

1. Latkes (Potato Pancakes) When it comes to a traditional Hanukkah dinner, latkes are a must. These crispy potato pancakes are a staple in Jewish households, particularly during the Festival of Lights. Latkes Hanukkah recipe is easy to follow, and they fry up beautifully in hot oil, symbolizing the miracle of the oil that lasted for eight days. Serve them with applesauce or sour cream for a delicious combination. You can also play with the ingredients and try variations like sweet potato latkes or even zucchini latkes for a vegetarian Hanukkah dinner. They’re a popular Hanukkah dish and will definitely be a hit at your Hanukkah dinner table. You May Also Like: Ultimate Guide to Farmhouse Christmas Decor: Ideas for a Cozy Holiday 2. Beef Brisket for Hanukkah Beef brisket is another dish that comes up in almost every Hanukkah dinner menu. Known for its tender, juicy meat, brisket Hanukkah recipe is often cooked slowly in the oven, making it the perfect comfort food for the chilly winter nights. This dish is easy to prepare in advance, making it an excellent choice for busy hosts. Serve this hearty dish with roasted vegetables or potatoes to complete the meal. It’s a popular Hanukkah dish that your guests will love. When deciding what to wear to Hanukkah dinner, opt for something festive yet comfortable. A nice sweater or blouse paired with dress pants or a skirt works well for a casual gathering. If you're attending a more formal celebration, consider a dress or collared shirt to match the occasion. The aroma of a perfectly cooked beef brisket for Hanukkah filled the room, complementing the festive blue tablecloth and matching blue napkin settings. 3. Jelly Donuts for Hanukkah Recipe (Sufganiyot) Sufganiyot, or jelly donuts for Hanukkah recipe, are a sweet treat enjoyed on the first night of Hanukkah dinner and throughout the festival. These deep-fried delights are filled with fruit jelly and dusted with powdered sugar, making them an irresistible addition to any Hanukkah dinner. The donut Hanukkah recipe is simple and easy to follow, and making these at home allows you to control the filling and sweetness. They symbolize the miracle of oil and will surely be a highlight at your Hanukkah dinner table. Read Related: Best and Easy Christmas Appetizers: Festive Flavors in Advance 4. Potato Kugel Kugel is a baked pudding-like dish that often makes an appearance at any traditional Hanukkah dinner. The classic potato kugel is made with shredded potatoes, onions, eggs, and seasoning, then baked to perfection. It’s crispy on the outside and soft on the inside—just the way it should be! This dish is easy to prepare and can be made ahead of time, giving you more time to enjoy the festivities. It’s a great way to add some extra flavor to your Hanukkah dinner menu. Know About: What is Open on New Year’s Day 2025? Time & Schedule 5. Tzimmes Tzimmes is a sweet stew made with root vegetables like carrots and sweet potatoes, along with dried fruits such as prunes or apricots. This dish is healthy Hanukkah recipe and is often enjoyed as a side dish. The food for Hanukkah dinner isn’t just delicious but also filled with symbolism. The sweet flavors represent the hope for a sweet year ahead. This dish is also vegetarian Hanukkah dinner friendly, making it a great option for those looking for a lighter, plant-based dish. A sweet and hearty tzimmes sat beautifully on the Hanukkah tablecloth, creating a striking contrast against the vibrant checkered napkins. 6. Challah Bread No Hanukkah dinner menu is complete without challah bread. This rich, braided bread is often served with the meal and is perfect for dipping into sauces or just enjoying with butter. Whether you're buying it from the bakery or making it yourself, Challah bread brings warmth and tradition to the Hanukkah dinner table. For a fun twist, try making a vegan Hanukkah recipe with dairy-free butter to keep it plant-based. 7. Matzo Ball Soup Matzo ball soup is a Jewish classic that can be enjoyed during any festive occasion, including Hanukkah. What to serve for Hanukkah dinner often includes this flavorful soup, which is made with matzo meal, eggs, and seasonings, forming soft and chewy balls. The matzo balls float in a savory broth, making this dish comforting and satisfying. This dish is an essential part of the traditional Hanukkah dinner and will bring a familiar, homey feel to your celebration. The comforting matzo ball soup was served hot, with the table adorned in elegant blue and white checkered tablecloth alongside neatly folded linen napkins. 8. Roasted Vegetables If you're looking for a healthy Hanukkah recipe to complement the heavier dishes, roasted vegetables are an excellent choice. You can roast a variety of veggies like carrots, Brussels sprouts, parsnips, and beets. Season with olive oil, salt, and pepper for a simple yet flavorful side dish. This vegan Hanukkah recipe can be adapted to suit any dietary needs, and it pairs well with both beef brisket for Hanukkah recipe and latkes Hanukkah recipe. 9. Sephardic Spinach and Cheese Pie (Burekas) For something a bit different, try adding a Sephardic Hanukkah recipe to your menu. Burekas are savory pastries filled with spinach and cheese or potatoes. They are perfect for sharing and will add variety to your Hanukkah dinner recipes. These Israeli Hanukkah recipes can be made in advance and are sure to be a crowd-pleaser. If you’re going vegan, try a potato or mushroom filling for a vegan Hanukkah recipe. 10. Sweet Noodle Kugel Another classic dish is sweet noodle kugel, a sweet and savory baked casserole made from egg noodles, sugar, cinnamon, and raisins. Sweet noodle kugel adds a delicious contrast to the savory dishes on your Hanukkah dinner menu and is beloved by many families. This is one of those easy Hanukkah dishes that’s simple to make and can be prepared ahead of time. It’s a popular Hanukkah dish that adds a touch of sweetness to your festive spread. 11. Herring For those who love a traditional touch, herring is a popular Hanukkah dish. Served in vinegar, mustard, or oil, it’s often enjoyed as an appetizer or paired with challah bread. This dish is easy to prepare for Hanukkah and brings a distinct flavor that many associate with Jewish heritage. Herring is a dish that might surprise some guests, but it’s definitely worth trying if you’re looking to explore Jewish Hanukkah recipes. 12. Apple and Walnut Salad A refreshing salad can be a great addition to a Hanukkah dinner table that’s filled with hearty dishes. An apple and walnut salad combines fresh apples, walnuts, and leafy greens, dressed in a light vinaigrette. It’s a simple, healthy side dish that adds a burst of flavor and crunch. This healthy Hanukkah recipe is light enough to balance out heavier dishes like brisket or kugel. 13. Chocolate Babka No Hanukkah celebration is complete without a sweet ending. Chocolate babka is a delicious, rich yeast cake filled with chocolate swirls and cinnamon. This Israeli Hanukkah recipe is perfect for dessert and adds a beautiful, indulgent touch to your Hanukkah dinner menu. It’s a great way to cap off your meal with something decadent and satisfying. These dishes, from latkes to brisket, will help you prepare a festive and memorable Hanukkah dinner full of tradition, flavor, and joy. Whether you're cooking for a small gathering or a large family celebration, these recipes are sure to make your holiday meal special. Source link