Appetizer: Rutabaga, broccoli and cheddar cheese knishes
Grade: B- (very time consuming to prepare, and the flavor is not that remarkable)
Salad: Chopped spinach with apples, oranges, and raspberry vinaigrette
Grade: B+ (very easy to prepare and quite tasty, but the dressing has a short shelf life)
Side: Mashed potato and rutabaga casserole with carmelized onions
Grade: A! (not much more work than making regular mashed potatoes, but much tastier!)
Main Dish: Sauteed pork tenderloin and pears in mustard-port sauce
Grade: B+ (not too hard to prepare, but the flavor was a little dull)
Desert: Blueberry pie
Grade: A! (very easy to make - not your usual pie crust - and absolutely delicious!)
Appetizer: Rutabaga, broccoli and cheddar cheese knishes
Adapted from: 1001 Jewish Recipes, by Faye Levy
Caution: This is a very time consuming dish to make!Dough:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 sticks butter
~5 tbsp ice water
Mix flour and salt in a food processor. Add butter (cut into ~1/2 inch pieces) and process so mixtures becomes crumbly.
