Each year on Passover, Jewish families everywhere celebrate with a Seder, a meal featuring rituals and symbolic foods through which the story of their ancestors’ exodus from Egyptian slavery is retold. Passover menus can be a challenge, since no leavened bread may be eaten during the eight-day holiday, but Barbara Lori’s Healthy Passover Cookbook offers an extensive collection of delicious recipes for every part of the meal from all over the world.
Among the intriguing appetizers are Caracas style mushrooms al Ajillo, Balkan cucumber dip, kibbutz style eggplant salad, a Dutch fried fish and potato patty known as viskoekjes, and Chubba Varathedhe, a meat and vegetable pastry from India. There are soups galore and a half dozen variations on matzah balls; fish, chicken, turkey, veal, lamb and beef main dishes; vegetable side dishes; and over a dozen recipes for noodle kugel.
As for breads, in addition to matzah and gluten free matzah squares, there are Passover-appropriate recipes for bagels, muffins, quick breads, popovers, and bilkies—a crowd-pleasing nibble similar to a cream puff shell. And since no feast is complete without dessert, Lori offers dozens of recipes for pies, cakes, tortes, cookies, fruit sorbets, and even candy.
Lori also offers ideas for Passover week breakfasts and kids’ lunches. The book includes diagrams for setting the seder table and arranging the seder plate.
Among the intriguing appetizers are Caracas style mushrooms al Ajillo, Balkan cucumber dip, kibbutz style eggplant salad, a Dutch fried fish and potato patty known as viskoekjes, and Chubba Varathedhe, a meat and vegetable pastry from India. There are soups galore and a half dozen variations on matzah balls; fish, chicken, turkey, veal, lamb and beef main dishes; vegetable side dishes; and over a dozen recipes for noodle kugel.
As for breads, in addition to matzah and gluten free matzah squares, there are Passover-appropriate recipes for bagels, muffins, quick breads, popovers, and bilkies—a crowd-pleasing nibble similar to a cream puff shell. And since no feast is complete without dessert, Lori offers dozens of recipes for pies, cakes, tortes, cookies, fruit sorbets, and even candy.
Lori also offers ideas for Passover week breakfasts and kids’ lunches. The book includes diagrams for setting the seder table and arranging the seder plate.
