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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dolmas/grape leaves are available in abundance at Wegmans. [/quote]

Homemade is so much better.  I would not get these store bought unless it was from a specific Middle Eastern market.  I believe OP is making them.  I would keep them vegetarian since you already have a lot of meat on the menu.

Honestly, you are having a lot of food.  I would like date some nicely arranged cut fruit and really good dates for dessert.  That is what you you typically get in a Middle Eastern home anyhow.  Plus coffee/tea[/quote]

Thanks for this feedback. Yes, I would make them at home. I often get supermarket ones to satisfy my craving but I'm usually disappointed.

I appreciate your feedback on the amount of food and editing the menu. I would do the dolmas if I didn't do the lamb kofte. I was thinking something with meat in the apps might be good since all the other apps are vegetarian. Which is why I was leaning toward meat-stuffed dolmas. What do you think? But perhaps I just do two...hummus/pita and another. I just happen to like the zucchini fritters more than dolmas.

And I hear you on the dessert. I'm not a big dessert person myself but I think our friends, not to mention my husband (ha), would appreciate a more traditional dessert course...traditional by U.S. standards, I mean.[/quote]

I would do apps: the hommus and pita (I’d buy the hommus from a ME place- the consistency it always better) and the zucchini fritters
Mains: the lamb, the fish, the lentils, maybe some Arabic rice (add that to the hommus order)

Dessert: fresh fruit, Swedish almond cake.  Here me out…it is light and air, creme/custard filled and not very sweet.  Middle Eastern desserts often have similarities to European desserts.  I make this for my Middle East family and everyone loves it.  It is super easy but does take some planning since the cake and filling both have to be cooked and cooked before assembly then it has to refrigerate several hours once assembled- but hands on time is minimal and not complicated.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LD-zR47NYqo

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