A happy Chanuka all around.
Tomorrow is the first day of the 8 day Jewish holiday Chanuka. I can’t say I am particularly observant when it comes to the Yiddness I was born with. Aside from my appearance and my penchant for chicken soup, I am not all that involved at all. Chanuka however, a celebration of a miracle of light? How could I not get into that?
Sparing the deets of the of the event, there was a caffuffle, a take down and a destroyed temple or two and when the dust settled there was only enough oil remaining to last through one night.By miracle of miracles the light stayed a burning for eight days and eight nights and that is the Love In the Kitchen story of Chanuka .
Since my family does nothing by the rules, we celebrated Chanuka last weekend as both my parents and I were going to be away for the real deal. As you read this, I am likely on the airplane right now. And where am I headed? Far, far away. Another country and another coast.
So we had our Chanuka early and we had an Indian themed event, costumes were mandatory as was curry. I did relent and make some latkas that really didn’t play by the chanukah rules since they are supposed to be made with potato and fried in oil (the oil thing- with the light burning eight days thing). I don’t touch the taters and wouldn’t even think of frying a potato in my kitchen, mainly because my bedroom and the kitchen are in one room. I will gladly make love in the kitchen, but I will not fry a latka in the bedroom.
We do keep to tradition on some things. What did we all get for Chanuka? Socks. Thanks mom!
Here is my awesome fried potato free latka.
Love in the Kitchen Latka
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 25-30 minutes
Ingredients (serves 24)
- 2 cups sweet potato, grated
- 2 cups zucchini, grated
- 2 cups carrot, grated
- 1 onion, chopped fine
- 1 cup flour ( I used gluten-free buckwheat, brown rice or chickpea would be great options)
- 2 eggs (or equivalent egg replacement)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt (or a little more to taste)
- 1/4 olive or coconut oil
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350.
Mix together grated veggies, onion, and egg.
Add in flour, baking powder and salt.
Form into patties on a parchment lined baking sheet, using a fork. I made them about 2-3 inches in diameter and flattened out.
Brush top surface with a little olive oil to give them a bit of the fried vibe.
Bake for 25-30 minutes until latkas feel dry on top and are holding together.
Serve warm with apple sauce.
Just as we were about to serve them, I realized my apple sauce had gone moldsgusting and so I whipped up a quick batch. Blended two apples together in the vitamix, threw it into a pot and simmered for about 5 minutes, added a squeeze of agave and ready presto!
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Thank you for this Meghan! A great recipe – you’d think a bubbie made ‘em!
PS. A gentle clarification – Hanukkah starts tomorrow, the 11th at sundown, and ends on the 19th.
Enjoy some dreidel playing and latke eating!
Hey don’t the fabulous travel tea cups from a wonderful new Toronto tea store called David’s Tea count? Socks are a tradition, who doesn’t love getting new socks?
love you all, happy Chanuka.
mom
Yum! Will indulge in some latkes for no other reason but enjoyment!
Ooh, that looks awesome, I love sweet potato!
I think socks are a tradition for everyone’s holidays- Chanuka, Christmas, etc.
Happy Chanuka!
Love latkahs!
Enjoy your celebration
you really confused me…. it dosen’t start til tomorrow night!
oh, I bet my crew would love these.
Happy Chanuka, whenever it starts!
I ADORE socks…anytime of the year!
aaaahhh comfy
happy chanuka! nice recipe:) my sister in law and nieces are jewish and so have made it a point to be involved:) i love your recipe. i have made them with just sweet taters, but i think it is inspired to add zucchini and carrotts:) thank you for sharing and happy journeys:)
These photos are making my mouth water! I’m impressed with your emergency apple sauce too. As always, something learned! Thanks M!
Yum! Thanks for the recipe!
Love Hanukkah food, but it’s so greasy! So the idea of baked latkes definitely appeals to me.
It’s funny though because my aunt, who reads my blog and is NOT a fan of all the “healthy food” I eat told me if I posted baked latkes (rather than the regular fried) on my blog she would be very disappointed. Haha. Too bad for her
Sounds like the Telpners had a great celebration! Costumes? That’s so awesome. Once again I have Vitamix envy.
I couldn’t imagine frying latkes in your apartment either. Your bed would smell of oil for days.
Happy chanukah to all the Telpners!
(The only one I have yet to meet is your dad, and that’s actually on my schedule – or will be after a few emails. “Telpners: Entering my life in a variety of contexts since around 1993.” The small world of Jews is astounding.)
…there was a caffuffle, a take down and a destroyed temple or two and when the dust settled there was only enough oil remaining to last through one night. By miracle of miracles the light stayed a burning for eight days and eight nights.
This goyeh is grinning from ear to ear! The Hanukkah story as only Meghan can tell it.
Hope you’ve escaped to a warmer coast. Shining Light on you and your rule-breaking family!
yum! fellow sort-of-Jewish-here, i too only really do the eating part of the high holidays. i like that these are mostly grain/potato-free!
yay! i’m married into a jewish family, but i seem to like the foods a lot more than my hubby…
Love the Hannukah story! And these look like my kind of latkes. Hope you have a wonderful time somewhere warm!
Meghan- Love this recipe!! Would love to share it with my readers on my blog http://www.foodforthought-dee.blogspot.com, giving you full credit, of course. Will tweet it and Facebook it to all my peeps, which may garner you some more votes for top blogger – just want to get your permission before I share – thanks, Dee
These look so good! I never fry anything, just don’t like too. I love that these have the “fried look” without actually soaking it in oil, AND seem so easy to make. Can’t beat that!
Yumm.
Thanks!!!
These look beautiful!
YUM!
Had these for dinner tonight – delish with extra spices and some other randoms included. Thanks for the base recipe!!
Thanks for getting creative with it!
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I know! I just fixed the post. Shows what a good jewish girl I am.
Yes mom. They were fabulous!
corrections have been made. my editor at the Post caught it . Oopsy.
You should hear my version of Passover. Oprah makes a cameo.
Please do. The less fried potatoes happening over the next week the better!
They taste beautiful too!