Do you hate feeling heavy and stuffed after the Seder? Are you tired of putting on pounds after a week of overeating? Have you had enough of spending hours in the kitchen during Pesach?
If there’s one holiday that’s especially associated with food – and lots of it, it’s Pesach.
You can enjoy a happy, healthy and delicious holiday with these tips and recipes:
Serve vegetables at every meal. Use vegetables in salads, soups and side dishes. Add vegetables to matzah brei and kugel. Spread mashed avocado on matzah.
Fruit makes a delicious dessert. Serve fresh seasonal fruit, dried or fresh fruit compote and fruit salad instead of cookies and cake.
Eat fish! Fish makes an elegant and easy first or main course. Our favorite Seder menu is fresh poached salmon, roasted potatoes and a green vegetable.
Chicken and turkey are also healthy choices. Cook your chicken soup early, refrigerate it overnight and skim the hardened fat before serving.
Substitute a portion of whole eggs with egg whites in your Passover cooking and baking. Two egg whites are equal in volume to one whole egg.
Use oil rather than margarine for cooking and baking. Extra-virgin olive oil is healthiest. Walnut and peanut oil, if available, are also good choices. Don’t use cottonseed oil, which is high in saturated fat and can contain pesticide residues. Avoid margarine altogether in baking by using recipes based on nuts, like macaroons and nut-based cakes.
Keep meals easy and light. There’s no need to prepare huge amounts and endless varieties of food – for any holiday!
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