Forum Index
»
Off-Topic
Ramadan
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}
Anonymous
|
Ramadan Mubarak!
For those that are starting the fast tomorrow; What are your go to meals for Suhoor? Does anyone prepare all of their meals for Iftar on the weekend? I don't want food to go bad if I prepare it all on the weekends. Tia |
Anonymous
| Happy holidays! |
Anonymous
This! |
Anonymous
Thank you 
|
Anonymous
|
Ramadan Karim! I can't help on Iftar menu ideas -- my husband does most of the cooking, especially now.
For suhoor, it's heavy on protein, low on sugar, and low on any fancy prep. Fuul (fava beans), omelets, greek yogurt, some oatmeal. We have lots of staples in the house because I don't want to be in and out of the house a lot during the hot days, especially the first week. Be gentle on yourself in this heat. |
Anonymous
|
JazakAllah khair ! This is exactly what I was looking for.
I was thinking Oatmeal because of the fiber. |
Anonymous
|
Happy Ramadan!
For weekdays, we will be having regular dinner for iftar and maybe fruit salad as a side. On the weekends, we will be having proper iftar using some of the ready made stuff from the south asian grocery store that we have already stuffed our freezer with  Plus variety of fritters and chickpeas salads that don't take much time to prepare.
For Suhoor, hubby will be having omelet, bread, yogurt, or leftover dinner from previous day, and CHAI . For me it will be cereal + milk + boiled egg/string cheese/fruit/nuts.
Again, Happy Ramadan. Let the festivities begin. YAY! |
csabdalla
Member Offline
Member Offline
|
Ramadan Mubarak Ladies!!!
Suhoor these next coming years will be kind of on the light but substantive side because Fajr is at 4:30 and Maghrib around 9 . The time is so brief that you have barely had time to digest the food in your stomach!! Egyptian style suhoor...foul, chai, pita bread with a little butter grilled on the stovetop, dates, eggs, and fruit. Honestly, even this morning we could hardly finish the little I prepared. Iftars are where we shine, my boys TOTALLY get into making special dishes and deserts with me that we leave only for Ramadan. So glad to see you ladies on this board...quick question... we are moving into DC next spring. Any ideas what neighborhoods you would recommend and schools? May this be a month of light for you and may Allah swt accept your fasts, prayers and good deeds. Ameen! |
Anonymous
haha! This was us this morning. What are you looking for in a neighborhood? How old are your boys? Thumma Ameen to your duaa. May Alla swt accept your fasts, prayers and good deeds as well
|
Anonymous
17:16 again, the one with the husband who cooks dinner (Iftar now).  I've just been informed that tonight's meal consists of dates, lentil soup, baladi salad (tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper), and lamb kebab. And torshi. A couple of those dishes sound pretty horrible to me to cook (soup and kebab) because of the heat, but my husband apparently doesn't mind. He's Egyptian and prefers the heat. (I'm the one out shoveling snow in the winter.)
I'm making steel cut oatmeal with cinnamon and some sugar for Suhoor (overnight in a crock pot), greek yogurt, and we have some fresh peaches. And fuul for my husband. This is the first time Ramadan has fallen during the summer for me, and I have no idea how you fast in such heat! My husband's family is in Egypt, and they are literally sleeping all day and staying up all night to beat the heat. Which they can do because most of the country is Muslim. Here, you obviously can't do that and still work. |
Anonymous
| Hope this won't offend anyone...this thread has been so nice. Our nanny is celebrating Ramadan as well this week. Is there anything we can be doing to make her more comfortable while fasting? (we offered her to take vacation this week, but she declined.) |
Anonymous
|
OP here. I think I'll make Oatmeal for tomorrow's suhoor. This morning I scrambled eggs with soy chorizo, and ate that with roti . Last year I just stayed inside as much as possible when fasting. I am a nanny. Alhumdulilah the family I work for is fasting as well, it makes things easier.
|
Anonymous
That's really thoughtful of you
My only suggestions would be if at all possible allowing her to schedule activities that don't leave her in the direct sun for long periods of time ( because she can't drink water). Or if she works late, and has a long commute offer snacks for her to break her fast with. As a nanny I sometimes worked late last Ramadan. If the time to break my fast was close, and I was going straight home, they sent me home with water, fruits, and string cheese to tide me over. |
csabdalla
Member Offline
Member Offline
Well, Hello Mrs. 10:11!! That's lovely that you want to make her more comfortable. Ramadan is a month long and won't end until about September 1st. The days this year are extremely long 4:30 am - 9 pm and will get longer in the coming years. We are on a lunar calendar like the Judaic calendar, however, they adjust their calendar by 2 weeks every year which is why the dates stay in about the same range while our go back 2 weeks ever year. The last time it was in the summer was 33 years ago when I was a kid!! I would suggest that you don't ask her to do anything too much out in the heat, like long walks or activities that are very active with the children just for this month. I mean we drink ALOT of water before dawn and it's never the food it's always the thirst for most folks. But we do manage, and she will as well. I don't know if she is there late into the evening, but if you can find her some nice sweet dates to break her fast the gesture will be supremely appreciated as dates are the symbol for many of the coming of this month. We wait, everyone of us, eagerly for this month. This is the month where not only the stomach fasts, but the heart, the tongue, the eyes from all things unkind, unchaste, etc. Since this is a month devoted to pursuit of Almighty God and the soul, vacations are abstained from since they are more about fun than the Divine. It was REALLY sweet that you offered her that. I hope this helps you to understand why she declined. |
csabdalla
Member Offline
Member Offline
hahahahaha... that's soooo funny. This is one Egyptian who hates the heat and LOVES LOVES LOVES the snow!! Yes, the Muslim world accommodates the one who fasts nicely. Day light saving time stops, banking hours change, work hours change, schools and universities refrain from examinations...it's lovely. In Egypt, Ramadan is glorious and wonderful and wrapped with sweetness of remembering God in everything we do. We do Ramadan big in my house for our children's sake. They start looking forward to it in January LOL, spent the whole day shopping with them yesterday for Iftar groceries and they just sang Ramadan songs the whole time!!! I love this time of year. It makes every fasting person humble as we reflect on the Majesty of Creation and the Mercy that Allah swt has bestowed on all human beings. |