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 soup on the stove each day can be a lifesaver.
- This is the Eggfest remember to order at least 2 dozen more than you think you need.
- Avocados and Bananas and are really filling!
Pesach Basics
- Charoset
- Homemade Chrain
- Pesach Crepes
- Homemade tomato sauce
- Pesach Smoothies for Breakfast
- Pesach Noodles
- Organic Pesach Almond Milk
- Fresh Organic Vegetable Juices
Before the Seder,
Eve of Pesach is a very long day and depending on where you live it depends on what time you will actually eat. I feel its important that family members get to the seder table as relaxed and as full as possible , especially as they are about to embark on four cups of wine.You can’t have Matzo before the seder , and the family has burnt your chametz in the morning this is when a casserole cooked in the slow cooker comes into its own.
Lunchtime serve a beef and carrot casserole with mashed parsnips , this will keep your family going through to the seder.
Or a mixed vegetable casserole on a bed of mashed potatoes.
Seder Night This year Monday
- The temptation to go over the top is great especially if one has guests
- Remember children get hungry, have sliced vegetable crudities and fruit slices or fruit kebabs for them to snack on.
- Give up the temptation to serve a large meal.
Egg and Salt water
Hearty Chicken soup with Non Gebrock Pesach noodles,
Pesach Chicken Fricassee (for those still wanting food) on carrot and pumpkin mash .
Pesach chicken & vegetable roulade
Red cabbage with apple
No Desert to leave room for Afikomen
First Day Lunch ( Tuesday)
Starters
- Beetroot carrot and apple salad ( Raw)
- Zucchini ribbon salad
- Kohlrabi Slaw
- Individual fresh herb and onion frittata or Pesach Gefilte fish
Main Course
- Oven Braised Beef in a red wine & onion sauce
- Smashed potatoes
- Green salad ( using up the romaine lettuce from the night before)
- Fresh Orange Banana and Melon salad .
- Reduced Sugar Pesach Almond Cake
Second Night
Evening meal.
- Celeriac soup
- Baked Fish in a Nut and Lemon crust
- Roasted sweet potatoes
- Oven Roasted zucchini
- Baked pears in cinnamon
Day 2 In Israel Chol Ha Moed Wednesday
Packed lunch
- Chicken legs and wings with garlic, herbs
- Spanish Omelette slices
- Chunky vegetable salad Cucumber, carrots, peppers, Kohlrabi, Celeriac, all peeled and taken with to munch on.
- Avocado quarters with a Pesach dressing
- Matzos for those who eat them
- Fresh fruit.
- Low sugar Pesach Cookies
Third Night
Dinner
- Creamy Butternut Squash Soup
- Shepherd's pie
- Roasted mixed Beets and Carrots
- Celeriac and Apple salad.
Day 3 Lunch Thursday
- Beetroot Borscht with boiled potatoes
- Baked Fish & Vegetable parcels
- Orange Salad
- Stuffed baked apples
4th Night Dinner
- Orange soup
- Mixed vegetable crust less quiche
- or Over stuffed Vegetable Pesach Crepes
- with oven baked potato wedges
- Waldorf salad
- Tossed green salad with walnuts
Day 4 Eve Shabbat
Lunch
- Soup left from other meals
- Vegetable bake
- Tomato salad
5th Night Friday night Shabbat Meal
- Papaya with smoked salmon
- Chicken soup with Pesach chicken balls
- Slow roasted turkey in a mushroom & wine sauce
- Meat loaf with a spiced tomato sauce
- Carrot and zucchini kugel
- Roasted Parsnips .Turnips and celeriac .
- Hot Plum Apple and Almond Pudding with pesach parve organic homemade almond milk custard (not for dieters but just bliss!!!)
Day 5
Shabbat Lunch
- Starters
- Avocado dip
- Chopped Liver
- Egg and onion
- Eggplant salad
- Carrot Salad
- Kohlrabi vinaigrette
- beetroot salad
- Soup Chicken soup with chicken balls from slow cooker
- Almond Chicken Schnitzels
- BBQ chicken wings
- Sliced cold brisket .
- Pesach potato salad
- Mixed green salad
- Israeli salad
- Mock Celeriac Remoulade
- Fresh fruit salad and low sugar Pesach cake.
3rd Meal
Guefilte fish roll
Avi Eggs
Green salad
Home made Chraine
Salads from other Shabbat meals
Fresh fruit in season.
Day 6 Sunday
Lunch
Zucchini soup
Shabbat Leftovers.
Seventh night Sunday
Yom Tov Meal
Pesach Crepes stuffed with Ratatouille.
Lemon Chicken
Mashed sweet potatoe
Roasted parsnips
Green salad
Reduced sugar pesach cakes and fresh apricot compot.
Seventh Day Monday
Onion soup
Pot Roast cooked in the slow cooker.with dried fruit & vegetables.
Boiled new potatoes
Roasted beet and orange salad
Fresh mixed salad.
Pesach cakes, Frozen lemon mousse.
If you want any recipes please email me I will be posting them in the next week . Nothing is complex or fiddly to make,
Enjoy.
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