Passover Foods
Hey! To all you passover observers out there. I thought it would be helpful to start a forum for people to post favorite recipes, how you get around eating kosher for passover etc. Basically anything that will make the 7/8 days easier!
Ok for me:
Matzah now comes in lite and whole wheat version, cuts down on about 40 calories a sheet which is pretty darn good. Also, the pre-packaged, make is yourself honey cake is actually not that bad for you. Definitely something I will use as a splurge.
I think I will probably eat a lot of vegetables and soup this week.
Anyone else feeling like they need ideas for meals for this week!!?
Nope. Passover is pretty simple.
Breakfast is usually eggs with matzah and cream cheese, or yogurt with fruit in it.
Lunch and dinner are usually fish or meat, with veggies, and a potato or sweet potato.
If you're counting calories, it's just as easy to do it on Passover (except the seders).
The trick is to avoid those absolutely revolting passover deserts that are made out of matzah meal or potato starch.
i cant live without having a can of macaroons. But otherwise ill be fine. i dont eat too much bread as it is, and ill just have to live without my subway's once a week.
and do you know how much they want at the grocery store for a can of macaroons???? more than 4$! more than four dollars. and i bought em. but i wasnt happy
The hardest thing for me on passover is breakfast. I miss the oatmeal. Otherwise, it's fruits and vegetables, eggs, fish, cheese, and potatoes. Easy to do healthy.
Passover baked goods are nasty, and the packaged food is way overpriced, not very good, and just not necessary.
One question I have about passover breakfast. How to get enough calories in a breakfast that has cottage cheese? Low-fat cottage cheese and fruit is under 200 cal, and I don't like cottage cheese enough to double the recipe! I like to have 350-400 calories for breakfast.
Original Post by alevin:One question I have about passover breakfast. How to get enough calories in a breakfast that has cottage cheese? Low-fat cottage cheese and fruit is under 200 cal, and I don't like cottage cheese enough to double the recipe! I like to have 350-400 calories for breakfast.
Two solutions:
1) Eat something other than cottage cheese.
2) Break a piece of matzah into pieces and add it into the CC, along with almonds.
a couple of quick ideas:
i use crushed up matzah or matzah meal instead of breadcrumbs in my recipes for veggie/bean burgers, salmon or tuna croquettes, or meatballs. Tastes just as good.
i "bread" chicken with ground almonds mixed with some herbs-- this is actually a fabulous recipe that i use year-round.
i take the opportunity to try out all the delicious flourless dessert recipes out there! it is a holiday after all...
good luck!
Quinoa is not kosher for passover because no one certifies it as such...There is the risk of cross-contamination with wheat when it is packaged.
Original Post by alegra:
the orthodox union recommends sifting and rinsing to eliminate any other grains that may have made their way into the package, but otherwise quinoa seems to be fine (assuming one eats kitniyot). i suppose it depends on personal standards.
Ironic seeing as the OU makes Coke remove High Fructose Corn Syrup from soda for Passover, because it's kitynos.
Really? In that case I should stock up on pesach coke while I can and avoid it all year round;p
In South Africa there's no lite matzah, and wholewheat is three times the price of ordinary, which I can't afford. Being a small community, we're a captive target market here:(
I love matzah with cottage cheese and honey for breakfast, and for lunch in a sandwich with cheddar and tomato. There seems to be some controversy around nuts spelling 'sin' backwards (and there I was thinking they spelled 'stun'), but I ignore it and eat lots of peanut butter sandwiches. I'd rather avoid all those fluffy egg-white cakes, which seem more of a cheat than pbj to me.
So what's wrong with oatmeal? Is it also a danger of being mixed with other stuff, or is it just that you're not actually eating any matzah?
OK, I haven't read all the replies, so I hope this isn't repeated.
How about using the 'lite' matza with egg whites and whole eggs to make fried matza? Using something like Pam would also help with the calories, even if a little oil is needed.
As for preparing chicken-use matza meal for a 'breading'.
Eating a lot of pure proteins, fruits and veggies also makes it easier. One of my favourite breakfast meals is/was matza farfel mixed with milk and sugar.
Of course now I would use skim milk and sweetner.
Perhaps no great revelations here, yet to all Chag Samaeach! -in advance, of course!
Funny thing is, too, depending on what part of the world you're from the 'laws' are different.
In some parts of Israel it is perfectly acceptable to eat rice during Passover. And-though not in particular t Passover-chicken is not considered a true 'meatin some of the European countries. I believe France is one of them.
Original Post by malaika99:
Really? In that case I should stock up on pesach coke while I can and avoid it all year round;p
In South Africa there's no lite matzah, and wholewheat is three times the price of ordinary, which I can't afford. Being a small community, we're a captive target market here:(
I love matzah with cottage cheese and honey for breakfast, and for lunch in a sandwich with cheddar and tomato. There seems to be some controversy around nuts spelling 'sin' backwards (and there I was thinking they spelled 'stun'), but I ignore it and eat lots of peanut butter sandwiches. I'd rather avoid all those fluffy egg-white cakes, which seem more of a cheat than pbj to me.
So what's wrong with oatmeal? Is it also a danger of being mixed with other stuff, or is it just that you're not actually eating any matzah?
Yeah, Coke in certain parts of the United States is reformulated during Passover to remove the HFCS.
As for oats, they are considered one of the 5 grains (oat, wheat, rye, spelt, and barley) and can only be eaten in matzah form (or matzah meal).
Matzoh Brye... nothing is better than grandma made matzoh brye... but mom, aunt, or anyother member but yourself will suffice. for every piece of matzoh you need one egg (whip it so its scrambled up). break the matzoh in little pieces and soak it in water until its mushy ish.. and then fry it in either oil or zero (not really zero... theyre full of crap) calorie butter spray. cook it until the egg cooks up... really good with a little salt and jelly or sugar. i like sugar.
Original Post by dm84:
Original Post by alegra:
the orthodox union recommends sifting and rinsing to eliminate any other grains that may have made their way into the package, but otherwise quinoa seems to be fine (assuming one eats kitniyot). i suppose it depends on personal standards.Ironic seeing as the OU makes Coke remove High Fructose Corn Syrup from soda for Passover, because it's kitynos.
Technically, quinoa's classification as kitniyot is debatable. "There are some Halachic authorities who consider quinoa to be kitniyot, while others rule that quinoa, a member of the "goose foot" family (which includes beets and spinach), is not included in the prohibition against kitniyot." -Chabad.org They also site the problems with lack of supervision for Passover. They conclude, "In light of the above, if you are an Ashkenazi Jew, you should ask your community rabbi whether he considers quinoa to be kitniyot. " It seems quinoa is a go-with-the-prevaling-norm/local-minhag item.
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