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Falafel, Hummus, & Tzatziki Platter

May 20, 2008

I sometimes use divided plates for the kids when the meal has many separate parts. My thinking is that it may make it easier for them to try one thing on their plate, and not be put off entirely if the other pieces of the meal go untouched. G. ate one bite of the pita, and was intrigued by the pocket he created; it wasn’t enough to make him eat more. That single bite was the only bit of this meal that was eaten by either of my boys. But G. ate his weight in applesauce, too.

The falafel balls are new to me, made by Yarden and found in the freezer section of my kosher butcher. They were OK — similar to what you make from the Near East mix. I still prefer the Amons brand falafel if I’m going to buy them frozen.

My hummus recipe never fails me — yum. I should make it more often.

And the tzatziki from Kalyn’s Kitchen didn’t turn out, but it’s my fault. I bought a seedless cucumber (which actually had a ton of seeds that I needed to remove), but forgot to salt it ahead of time to draw out the water. When I pureed it in my food processor, I saw that there was a lot of water and I still didn’t bother to drain it. So my yogurt dip is more of a sauce. The flavor is nice, though. I’ll try it again and do it properly another day.

The best part of preparing this meal is that I actually remembered to shred the Gruyère for Thursday’s cauliflower gratin while I had my food processor out. I’m still patting myself on the back over that one.

I am dreading cleaning up my kitchen tonight. What you can’t see in this photo is that my dishwasher is full of clean dishes that need to be put away, and I have a whole sinkful of dirty ones to take their place.

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