A Very Dairy Pesach: The Menu
By Tali Simon | April 2, 2012
It’s amazing how much better I feel about Pesach, now that my menu is printed and on the fridge.
Of course, the little sticky heart helps, too.
As a vegetarian, I often get questions about what I eat — during the week, on Shabbos, and especially on Pesach.
I’ll you the truth. The secret to making a vegetarian Pesach is all in the cheese. Mozzarella cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream…they’re all on my shopping list, and in abundance.
I know the vast majority of you are making fleishig Pesachs. But if you need meal ideas for Chol Hamoed (or if you like having one dairy meal among the many meat ones), I’m your girl. And this is your plan.
You may notice that there isn’t much overlap between my Pesach recipe round-up and this menu plan. That’s because I insist on trying out lots of new dishes. What can I say? I’m impossible. : )
Seder night, April 6 @ friends
Shabbos lunch, April 7 (Yom Tov) @ friends
- Seudat shlishit: Pesach cheese blintzes
Sunday, April 8 (Chol Hamoed)
- Lunch: mozzarella matzah brei
- Dinner: potato cheese bake & salad
Monday, April 9 (Chol Hamoed)
- Lunch: matzah mac ‘n cheese
- Dinner: zucchini frittata & salad
Tuesday, April 10 (Chol Hamoed)
- Lunch: scrambled eggs & salad
- Dinner: matzah lasagna
Wednesday, April 11 (Chol Hamoed)
- Lunch: matzah with creamy roasted garlic dip
- Dinner: butternut squash fennel soup & herbed Pesach rolls
Thursday night, April 12 (Yom Tov)
- marinated eggplant salad
- dill carrot matzah ball soup
- sweet potato and mushroom “lasagna”
- apple kugel
- Ben & Jerry’s with chocolate caramel matzah squares
Friday lunch, April 13 (Yom Tov)
- creamy roasted garlic dip
- moussaka
- pareve kishka
- tri-color pepper salad
- chocolate crackle cake
Friday night, April 13
- marinated eggplant salad
- dill carrot matzah ball soup
- eggplant parmesan
- vegetable kugel
- layered vanilla and coffee cream cake
Shabbos lunch, April 14
- guacamole
- onion kugel
- garlic smashed potatoes
- vegetable kugel
- layered vanilla and coffee cream cake
6 Comments
Miriam @ Overtime Cook on April 2, 2012 at 10:01 pm.
Wow. Pesach is a very different experience when you are a vegetarian gebrokts eater than when you’re a meat-eater who can’t eat gebrokts! I’m excited to see my recipe made it on there.
(despite our wildly different pesach restrictions!)
Tali Simon on April 2, 2012 at 10:58 pm.
Wow, you’re right — that’s about as different as you can get. At least we have smashed potatoes in common.
Oh, wait. You don’t eat garlic. Um, at least we have matzah in common?
Laura on April 3, 2012 at 2:18 am.
Great ideas for Pesach meals. I plan on eating as many dairy meals as possible. What is the moussaka recipe? Actually, I want to see all the recipes. Such a tease!
Yael B on April 3, 2012 at 11:14 pm.
Can I just ask what matzah mac and cheese is?
It all sounds yummy! I’m big on dairy myself…
T on April 4, 2012 at 2:02 am.
when are the recipes coming???
Tali Simon on April 4, 2012 at 8:07 am.
Laura, Yael, and T — I know, it really is a tease. (An unintentional one, but still.) I’ll post as many of these as I can, as soon as I’ve made them. Cooking starts tomorrow!