Purim is a popular Jewish festival which is celebrated on 14^th day of Hebrew month Adar which commemorates the Jewish victory over enemies. This is a day of fun, frolic, good food and celebrations -  when homes prepare festive meals for their friends and family. Homes normally make plans and preparations for such meals several days in advance – if you are preparing for Purim Jewish festival, here is some information which you are surely going to find useful.

Plan for snacks– This is what you will need in abundance – you might have guests who would not have desire to have the complete festival meal you prepare, but would love to have smaller versions of the food in the form of snacks. Thus, prepare goodies like dinner rolls from whole wheat, plain onions and vegetables. You can pack these snacks in festival meal baskets also and send them to your friends with other goodies like eggplants, avocados, and humus and fruit juices. You can prepare flavored breads and serve them with delicious dips as a part of the Purim Jewish festival snack goodie. Do not forget to include olives and pickles in abundance as a part of your festivities.

Include fresh vegetables– Jews love to have fresh vegetables in the form of carrot salads, cole, beet salad, mixed vegetable salad and cole. It is best if you slice vegetables like radishes, cucumbers, carrots and peppers a day in advance, so that you do not have to rush through the meal preparation process the next day. Fresh vegetables shall also be very light for appetite, especially for the day on which you or your guests are bound to have a whole lot of delicacies. Thus, shop for huge range of fresh vegetables for this special festival meal.

Soft drinks – Include as many soft drinks you wish as a part of this Purim Jewish festival such as sprite, cola, fruit flavored drinks and yes - bottled water – do not miss out on this, as everyone is going to look for plain water, no matter how much beverages you serve during the festival. You need to plan for different wines –plan for sweet wines and include good dry to semi dry wines, red or white in complete abundance. If whiskeys are your preference do not forget to place a bottle on the dinner table before your guests arrive.

Different courses:

• Plan fresh fruits as the first course – you can cut half a melon with fresh strawberries and place it with fruit cocktail.
• Have something really taste for the second course and include hot dog knishes or potato kniches or mushrooms in abundance.
• The main course can be roasted meat, cooked potatoes with carrots and onions, oven baked turkey, fresh mashed vegetables and peas – making the dish completely suitable for Jewish Purim festival.
• Include desserts such as hamentaschen and shalach manot or ice creams can also be a great hit.

The main idea of planning a Purim meal is making preparations in advance instead of keeping things for the last moment.

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