Many of you are making Pesach for the first time this year. Many of you may also be making the seder when you’ve never been home before. We’ve compiled this download to walk you through the steps of making Pesach.
Pesach
Why You Should Go Get a Griddle If You Make Pesach Lukshen
Do you own a griddle for Pesach? Well, you should. Even if it’s only for one purpose, it’s worth it! Do you make lots and lots of lukshen for Pesach? In my house, Pesach lukshen is one of the best parts of the Yom Tov, so I make a LOT. Like four dozen eggs worth…
The Pesach Pancakes That Everyone Loves
They’re healthy. They’re tasty. And even your toddler will eat these pancakes. Desperate for my kids to eat something–anything!–nutritious for breakfast on Pesach mornings, I adapted my favorite healthy-ish pancake recipe for Pesach use and found myself with a total winner: easy, yom-tov-friendly, high-protein pancakes that my kids love. Top with some maple syrup or…
Feel-Good Ideas for a Fresh and Vibrant Pesach
Want to feel light, vibrant and energetic on Pesach? Take advantage of a week of no flour (except that matzah) and enjoy these light, refreshing meal ideas. The joke goes that on Sukkos there’s nowhere to eat, on Pesach there’s nothing to eat, and on Shavuos we’re too tired to eat. I beg to differ….
Basics: How To Make Pesach Lukshen (aka Egg Noodles)
Use this lukshen recipe for your blintzes and crepes as well. Don’t we all look forward to that steaming bowl of chicken soup with lots and lots of Pesach lukshen? No?Only me? I’m sure it’s not just me. For starters, I know my kids really look forward to it. Like, reeeaaallly. So much so that…
Basics: How To Make Chrein (Prepared Horseradish)
Eat a lot of chrein on Pesach? Prep it fresh and prep a lot. Each Pesach, we consume copious amounts of chrein in our house. It just goes so well with matzah. And all Pesach foods, as a matter or fact. And mayonnaise, obviously. Chrein consists of mainly cooked beets and grated horseradish. You…
Basics: How to Prepare Marror (Horseradish/Bitter Herbs)
Marror. You might need to prepare it once a year only, but you still need to know how to do it. Right? Here’s how. And here’s a disclaimer: it’s easier than you imagined to prepare the marror. Peel the maror with a regular peeler, wherever possible (mostly the straight, long edges). Just as you would…
How to Get the Perfect Pesach Crumbs
For years I made the Pesach crumbs from scratch. Now I’m one step closer. For years, I worked and worked on continually perfecting the Pesach crumbs…the kind I could use to make chicken fingers that would make my kids happy. For Passover Made Easy I wrote a recipe that’s really delicious but tedious. Since those…
Free Download! You’ll Be Thrilled You Filled Out These Pesach Notes
Not sure how many eggs to buy? Or which recipes your friends loved last year that you said you were going to try? Each year, when Pesach ends, we know which snacks the kids loved and which they didn’t touch. We remember that we really didn’t have enough serving spoons or if our peeler needs…
Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi’s 3 Tips for Pesach Prepping With Joy
Don’t think you can bring enjoyment to the Pesach cleaning preparation? Let’s turn that perspective around. If you read this title and thought to yourself, “What a paradox if there ever was one,” there’s hope for you. Even if the thought of scrubbing your house down doesn’t make your heart bubble up with excitement, here…
