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Back in the day I absolutely dreaded Passover. No pasta? Are you kidding me?!
These days it’s more “no legumes?!” There’s a lot less dread going into the holiday since my diet has changed but I do miss my peanut butter, green beans, peanut butter, sugar snap peas, peanut butter.. I mean, I don’t discriminate against other nut butters, but I always go back to the peanut. Before I get into my Passover eats, let me just say that I’m not super strict. I follow the gist of the holiday and many of the rules, but I don’t turn my life upside down and completely rid my house of anything that isn’t K for P.
Breakfast
Probably my most difficult swap because I love my grains with breakfast, but I figured it out. I mashed half of a banana with 6 egg whites and cinnamon, scrambled that, and added some pre-roasted kabocha at the end. I topped it with my coconut cashew butter and called it breakfast! Like I said, I don’t discriminate against other nut butters.
I also had a nice treat to go with my breakfast. At Seder, I found the Afikomen [yes, I’m extremely proud of myself] and this awesome coffee was my prize!
Lunch
I brought a salad to Seder with bell pepper, roasted kabocha, and craisins. I made a ton just in case and ended up bringing some home [darn] so I just used that for my lunch, added some jicama, grilled buffalo chicken, and avocado. Man, Passover is tough 😉
Snack
Possibly my new favorite smoothie smuice. It’s chock full of veggies so it’s not too sweet [mom, are you reading?] but it also doesn’t taste too “green”.. know what I mean? I still used some protein powder in this even though it’s not necessarily K for P. I check the ingredient list and decided it was a go. I had half of the mix between lunch and dinner and threw the other half in the fridge.
And then I went back for more.. does that kind of defeat the purpose, Whitney?
Also, I needed to show off my new cell phone case.
Dinner
Oh hey there pasta! Sort of.. I had to adjust this recipe for Mediterranean Smothered Chicken to make it Passover-friendly so it pretty much ended up being a really tasty tomato sauce with chicken and zucchini noodles. Still a winner nonetheless.
Snack
Apple with coconut cashew butter.. because how could I say no to more nut butter?
I realized with all of the Passover recipe round-ups that I never did one, so here’s a quick list of some of my Passover-friendly recipes!
- Apple Pie Pancakes [without the peanut fluff and granola toppings]
- Pumpkin Coconut Flour Pancakes [again without toppings]
- Fiesta Citrus Chicken
- Grandma Barr’s Tzimmes
- Spaghetti Squash Kugel
- Eggy Quinoa Stuffed Squash
- Sweet Potato & Zucchini Latkes
- Charoset
- Creamy Coconut Cashew Butter
- Maple Cinnamon Walnut Butter
- Maple Cinnamon Walnut Butter Quinoa Granola
- Roasted Banana Berry Chocolate Cups
- Strawberry Yogurt Bites
Food for Thought
If you keep kosher for Passover, what do you miss most?
If you don’t keep Passover, what would you miss most?
Love Love mashed bananas with egg whites & cinnamon! I usually top mine w/ sweet potates instead of the kobacha. So good! Anyways, your meals look great & I hope you have an awesome day.
I just roasted some sweet potato tonight for my breakfasts because I ran out of kabocha 🙂
You most certainly DID NOT defeat the purpose! That is the purpose 🙂 You’re supposed to drink the whole thing to keep you full between meals. So right on!!!
And your breakfast looks divine 🙂
Haha I meant because I drank the whole thing between lunch and dinner instead of splitting it in 2. So good!
I could totally do Passover – everything looks great. That’s one of my favorite breakfasts!
Uhh you would totally rock Passover like no one else! I’m (not so) secretly hoping this helps me get my butt in gear again 😉
That salad looks so amazing!
Thank you!
That breakfast sounds amazing… I’m going to have to switch my oatmeal up and try that!!!
Do it! It’s so good.
I love your new phone case! And that dinner, oh lawd.
Passover won’t stop me 😉
YUM! All your eats look great! That breakfast has my name all over it. Oh and never enough nut butter!
I definitely thought of you with the kabocha breakfast 🙂
I don’t really keep all K for P but I do agree that it is easier now than it was year ago when life was more about processed snacks and bread. Totally agree that now it’s like, what no chick peas? No legumes? No peanut butter? Not ok at all.
Haha I think I’m going to have to officially break Passover with a spoonful of PB 😉