Ok, so this is cutting it close to the wire, but I wanted to be sure to get this out while it still has potential to be helpful this year. This will be my first year keeping Passover vegan, and I have to say I’m extremely excited. In prior years I allowed myself dairy and eggs for this one week, because I just couldn’t figure out how I would do it otherwise, especially given that I am Ashkenazi and do not eat kitniyot for the holiday. However, this year I can’t figure out how on earth I didn’t think it was possible before – I have more things to make than I could possible eat in a month, let alone in a week! :) I am hoping to pass on some of that excitement to you and encourage you that anything is possible once you really put your mind to it. (So cliche I know… but it’s true!) I can’t believe that I am actually excited for Passover. The creative spark it has lit feels so wonderful and I’m ready to get cooking!
So a quick sampling of possible Passover dishes, and links where I have them…
- My lunch today – some sort of quinoa salad / stir fry, most likely topped with some sort of cashew dill sauce, similar to here.
- Spinach pancakes, that I wrote about here.
- Want to try veganizing these banana almond butter pancakes with a flax egg for breakfast tomorrow
- MUST make these “Reese’s” peanut butter eggs immediately
- And also from Chocolate-Covered Katie – I never thought I would miss macaroons, but now that I can’t have the store-bought ones (because they all have eggs in them), I feel like I will miss them for Passover! So I will make my own and they will be awesome.
- All sorts of dips potentially for spreading on matzah – roasted red pepper based ones, cauliflower and pumpkin based ones, and maybe this raw broccoli “hummus”
- I’m sure eggplant will figure prominently (now that I’ve learned to like it!). Potentially like I wrote about here as a baked dish, here as baba ganoush, or trying this recipe for marinated eggplant that sounds divine.
- Some sort of potato kugel, like these simple mini ones, or perhaps something a little more fancy with leeks
- Here there is another eggplant possibility, for “nutty baked eggplant” and a cashew horseradish cream sauce. Yes please!
i didn’t know you could eat quinoa on passover. not that i keep it, but still good to know. your menu sounds divine. ENJOY!