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closed as primarily opinion-based by YeZ, Isaac Moses, Shokhet, Shmuel Brin, HodofHod Nov 16 at 22:57


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The non-junk-food items I've most appreciated getting, and that aren't burdensome to prepare or store, include:

  • Durable fresh fruit: apples, oranges, bananas, etc. Berries and other fragile fruits are nice if you can keep them from getting squished during delivery, but that's more work.

  • Dried fruits: raisins, figs, dates, plums, mango, etc. Raisins can be bought in single-serving boxes, and most of the rest I've seen in smaller (~4oz) packages, so if you don't want to unpack from larger packages because of kashrut concerns, you can use those.

  • Single-serving cups of applesauce.

  • Pita or rolls.

  • Raw vegetables (carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, etc) already cleaned and cut up.

  • Nuts: almonds, pistachios, etc.

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Last year, my community had a program where people would send things that are actually able to be used for the se'udah, with assigned people to give to.

We received fresh-baked pitot, much appreciated. (We got them early in the morning, and had nothing for breakfast yet. They didn't last until the se'udah. ;))

We gave a lasagna, also appreciated by the receiving family. I don't know if they had it for lunch of supper. :P

Just some ideas...

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  • Fruit platter
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