Pesach Menu 5777

I know I don't post here often, but I thought I would post our menu for this Passover.  Basically, it's just a reshuffling of the menu from the previous years.  If it's not broke though, right?  Happy Passover!

Seder 1 Monday Night	Seder 2 Tuesday Night
Haroset 2 ways
Hard- boiled egg/salt water
Gefilte fish/ Baby Moses Salad
Mock Chopped Liver
Matzo Ball Soup
Cranberry Compote
Veggie Kugel Cups	Carrot Soufflé Kugel
Potato Soufflé with Caramelized Onions	Potato Kugel
Spinach with Raisins	Asparagus
Aunt Babe's Brisket
Desserts
Meringues	Brownies
Chocolate Chip Bars	Matzo Toffee with Sea Salt
Coconut Macaroons	Rainbow Cookies

Tuesday	B	Mandelbrot, Strawberry Jam, Eggs
	L	Matzo Ball Soup, Veggies
	D	Seder
Wednesday	B	Hard boiled eggs, matzo, Honey, Fruit
	L	Matzo Ball Soup, Veggies
	D	Leftovers, Salad
Thursday	B	Eggs, Fruit, Yogurt/ Smoothies, Matzo, Mandelbrot
	L	Veggie Matzo Ball Soup, Fruit, Chips
	D	Matzo Pizza, Salad
Friday	B	Geshmirta Matzo, Fruit
	L	Matzo Pizza, Veggies
	D	Apricot Chicken or Potato Chip Chicken Strips, Carrot Soufflé Kugel
Saturday	B	Eggs, Fruit, Matzo Bagels, Lox
	L	Farfel and Cheese, Fruit
	D	Meatloaf or Brisket, Potato Kugel, Veggies
Sunday	B	Matzo Bagels, Lox, Fruit, Yogurt
	L	Soup or leftovers, leftover veggies
	D	Matzo Pizza, Spinach soufflé
Monday	B	Matzo, Mandelbrot, Fruit, Eggs
	L	Matzo Pizza
	D	Soup, Brisket or Meatloaf, Potato Kugel, Veggies
Tuesday	B	Matzo Brei, Honey, Fruit
	L	Leftovers

 Other Recipes to make to round out meals:  Cheesecake, Crustless Quiche or Spinach Artichoke dip, Hungarian Potato Kugel

Passover Menu 5775

I finally typed up the menu.   I'm posting this now before the craziness of actually cooking and baking has started.  I'm sure there is something I forget.  Blogger is giving me issues tonight and not letting me add pictures as I want to, so I'm giving up for now.  I know there aren't a ton of links to recipes, but I think most are pretty simple and straightforward.  If you are curious about anything on our menu, please let me know.  Happy Pesach!

Seder 1 Friday Night	Seder 2 Saturday Night
Haroset 2 ways	Haroset 2 ways
Hard- boiled egg/salt water	Hard- boiled egg/salt water
Gefilte fish/ Baby Moses Salad	Gefilte fish/ Baby Moses Salad
Mock Chopped Liver	Mock Chopped Liver
Matzo Ball Soup	Matzo Ball Soup
Cranberry Compote	Cranberry Compote
Veggie Kugel Cups	Veggie Kugel Cups
Potato Souffle with Carmelized Onions	Potato Souffle with Carmelized Onions
Spinach with Raisins	Asparagus
Aunt Babe's Brisket	Roasted Chicken
Brownies	Baked Chocolate Mousse Cups
Meringues	Meringues
Chocolate Chip Bars	Rainbow Cookies?
Coconut Macaroons	Coconut Macaroons

Saturday	B	Mandelbrot, Strawberry Jam, Eggs
	L	Farfel and Cheese, Fruit
	D	Seder
Sunday	B	Matzo Brei, Honey, Fruit
	L	Matzo Ball Soup, Veggies
	D	Leftovers, Salad
Monday	B	Eggs, Fruit, Yogurt/ Smoothies, Matzo, Mandelbrot
	L	Matzo Sandwiches, Fruit, Chips
	D	Matzo Pizza, Salad
Tuesday	B	Geshmirta Matzo, Fruit
	L	Matzo Pizza, Veggies
	D	Apricot Chicken, Carrot Souffle Kugel
Wednesday	B	Eggs, Fruit, Matzo Bagels, Lox
	L	Matzo Sandwiches, Fruit, Chips
	D	Meatloaf or Brisket, Potato Kugel, Veggies
Thursday	B	Matzo Bagels, Lox, Fruit, Yogurt, Strawberry Jam
	L	Soup, leftover veggies
	D	Matzo Pizza
Friday	B	Matzo, Mandelbrot, Fruit, Eggs
	L	Matzo Pizza
	D	Soup, Brisket or Meatloaf, Potato Kugel, Veggies
Saturday	B	Matzo Brei, Honey, Fruit
	L	Leftovers

Baby Moses Salad
The kids make this every year

Other Recipes to make to round out meals: Cheesecake, Crustless Quiche, Hungarian Potato Kugel

Rainbow Cookies...again

A couple of years ago was my first attempt for these Kosher for Passover Rainbow cookies.   Boy, these are really good.  It may not look like it makes a lot, but these bars each get sliced up.  A small piece goes a long way in flavor.  Although the recipe is not particularly difficult, it does require time and multiple steps.  I didn't even get to make them last year because I ran out of time (and energy).  This year, I decided I needed to make them first lest they not get done at all.  The picture above is the final step of coating the layers in chocolate.  They do freeze very well, although I am not a master at tempering chocolate so most likely a "bloom" will appear if I freeze them.  Oh, well.  The kids have already sampled the trimmings and extra chocolate and have given approval to the recipe.  Still waiting for the chocolate to set.  I will try to take a better picture of the final product all sliced up.

Menu Plan Monday - 4/25/11

Menu Plan Monday - 4/25/11

Monday - Roasted Chicken, Mango Salad, leftover sweet potatoes

Tuesday - Pizza!!!

Wednesday - not sure, perhaps grilled lemon-thyme chicken

Thursday - Pasta, with marinara sauce

Friday -  again, not sure, may take the kids to an event at the college.

Just thought I'd share a few pictures from the past week of Passover.  Please let me know if there is a recipe you would like for me to share.

Matza Pizza

 

 

 

Spinach Souffle

Farfel and Cheese

Looking for more menu ideas, please visit MPM at orgjunkie.com

Menu Plan Monday - 4/18/11 - Pesach Edition

Menu Plan Monday - Pesach Edition

Why does it seem like I'm cooking for 40 and not just 4?  I guess it's a good thing we like leftovers!  Still need to do a bunch of cooking today and a bit more tomorrow, but the rest of the week should be fairly easy.

Monday - First Seder

Hard boiled eggs with salted water

Gefilte Fish (for B) and Mock Chopped Liver (for me)

Haroset

Cranberry Conserve
(minus the raisins and nuts)

Matzo Ball Soup

Mock Chopped Liver

Turkey
Potato Souffle with Carmelized Onions and Mushrooms

 

Potato Souffle

Vegetable Kugel

Steamed Asparagus

And...Brownies and Coconut Macaroons

 

Tuesday Night - Second  Seder

Hard boiled eggs with salted water

Gefilte Fish and Mock Chopped Liver 


Haroset

Matzo Ball Soup

Aunt Babe's Brisket

Carrot Souffle Kugel

Sauteed Spinach and Garlic

And Passover Fruit Crisp (making it parve)

Wednesday -  Leftover Turkey, etc.

Thursday - Leftover Brisket, etc.

Friday - Matzo Pizza or Matzo Lasagna?

Also, I need to figure out lunches to pack for school..probably Farfel and Cheese, yogurt, fruit.  Not sure if I will be adventurous as last year's experiment - Rainbow Cookies, but I may try out a few more recipes throughout the week.

Looking for more menu ideas, please visit MPM at orgjunkie.com

 

Rainbow Cookies

Rainbow Cookies recipe link
Okay, so here is my "new" recipe for this Passover.  My only real adaptations are that I made it with parve margarine instead of the butter, substituted vanilla sugar for the extract.  Also, I couldn't find Kosher-for-Passover almond paste, so I made my own.

Almond Paste (Adapted from an Epicurious recipe)  Makes 1 1/2 c.
1 1/2 cups whole, blanched almonds
1 2/3 c. confectioner's sugar (or equal amount granulated sugar pulsed with 2 Tbs. potato starch)
1/4 c. egg whites

If making for Passover, create the powdered sugar first in the food processor.   Add almonds and grind to a fine powder.  Add egg whites and pulse until a ball forms.  May add a tsp. of almond extract (or flavoring) for a more intense almond taste.  Turn out ball onto a piece of parchment paper.  Form into a log and wrap in paper.  May be refrigerated for a week or frozen at this point.

Rainbow cookies after the layers have cooled, been stacked and pressed for 24 hours.

Cookies after they are cut into lengths and spread with apricot glaze.

After the glaze sets, melted chocolate gets spread over them.

Success!!!  Sorry about the crumbs on the plate..I few got snagged before I could get a picture.