Shabbos Food is whatever makes you happy and feels special for Shabbos. If a treat for your family is chinese food – and you reserve that for Shabbos – then that is Shabbos Food. Nobody can tell you what is Shabbosdik or not – that is up to each individual. I have heard for years that sweet potato is not a Shabbos food. Well my kids love it – it is easy to make – so it is Shabbos Food. If you make cholent each week and throw the entire thing out – because nobody in your family likes cholent – then don’t make it – even though it is cholent food.
