The Kitchen Guru

Pesach comes once a year. I love Pesach food since  I took on an almost  Chabad Pesach (I use garlic , salt, pepper , seasonings  and tea !) minhag of a week of pure food. In the past this was possibly my most healthy week of the year, nowadays it suits my lifestyle  and regular food regime. Pesach is expensive  and for many people fattening ,therefore sticking to meat,  fish , eggs soups , vegetables, and fruit is easier. Everyone can manage a week without jams, preservatives, cakes and sweets. Children can have healthy snacks. Hints Remember  when shopping its only one week, Be realistic about how much food you need, Root vegetables last are filling  and are cheap so buy them in bulk. Think about how much time you want to spend in the kitchen and how much time and space you have to prepare in advance. Teenagers ( especially boys) get very hungry over Pesach, especially if there normal diet is bread based think of healthy alternatives to fill them up. A big pot of so

Having spent some time in hospital this week and being faced with the blah boring and certainly not nutritious hospital food, I came home  so over tired and my stomach  totally on empty. So please excuse me for getting on my soap box  BUT in a place that is meant to make  people well, are they full of germs and viruses, noisy to prevent sleep, and serve meals that are packed full of  carbohydrates , fats  and sugar.  Having explained that I do not eat dairy or gluten  and would like to avoid sugar  nightshades ,and fats the first morning the breakfast left for me consisted of  6 slices of white bread,  slices of hard cheese one pot of soft or cottage cheese, one yogurt, one chocolate desert, and a cup of milky cocoa.... seriously ?   Lunch got left on the side as the smell  bowl of the lukewarm MSG incrusted pretend soup was  enough to put me on a huger strike.  Dinner served at 6pm was more bread, a whole  tomato, cucumber and withered apple dumped on a plate, with a pot of stor