Passover!

crazyjerseygirl
crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
edited November 15 in Health and Weight Loss
Brisket and potatoes and eggs and maror oh my!
What do do when your menu is dictated!?
What are people's strategies? I'm newish to Passover so I'd love to hear them!

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  • jaynerz
    jaynerz Posts: 31 Member
    The one funny thing about Passover is it can be an easy time to eat kinda low carb! If you're really sticking to it, you can't snack mindlessly on any pretzels or most candies and chips. It's definitely tough though, holiday foods are so yummy and even without bread you have that matzah covered in butter. Stick to things you know through the week like salads, lean meats and fish, and I say if you have a night where you're celebrating, don't worry too much and enjoy. Gefilte fish is pretty diet friendly, but if you're new to passover you might not love it ;). good luck!!
  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
    Ha! I love gefilte fish! I've been participating with my husbands family a few years now, so I have an idea of what to expect, but I've never tried to keep my calories low ya know?

    And I'm in charge of dessert this year!
  • girlviernes
    girlviernes Posts: 2,402 Member
    Well of course the seder is predictable, and then the other foods are fairly predictable as well, so you could pre-plan. Personally, I will go over on holidays, but no need to go crazy with it. Decide on an amount over that works for you, for example 500 or 1000 kcals, then pre-plan what that means you can eat (prioritize your favorites!), then you will have a general game plan.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    Eat all the foods in smaller portions. That's what I plan to do.
  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
    segacs wrote: »
    Eat all the foods in smaller portions. That's what I plan to do.

    Given my family I think this is the best option!
  • andympanda
    andympanda Posts: 763 Member
    as above everything in moderation. I try for maintenance and not for loss. I some extra exercise also helps. If i go over for 2 days, i can go make it up the rest of the week. Just don't get discouraged and enjoy yourself.
  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
    andympanda wrote: »
    as above everything in moderation. I try for maintenance and not for loss. I some extra exercise also helps. If i go over for 2 days, i can go make it up the rest of the week. Just don't get discouraged and enjoy yourself.

    This might work too, I'll calc my maintenance weight to make sure I don't beat that for the weekend!
    Our family is interfaith so my parents celebrate Easter and his Passover, so this is gonna be a busy weekend!
  • majoki
    majoki Posts: 151 Member
    If you just mean for the first two nights' sedars, it's just like Thanksgiving dinner and so all about portion control. I would do things like fill your plate with a lot of vegetables. For the alcohol, note that you don't have to drink 4 cups of wine - either plan to drink less or swap it with a glass of seltzer.
  • sheldonklein
    sheldonklein Posts: 854 Member
    my biggest decision is whether to switch from beer to rum or tequila.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    sheldonklein wrote: »
    my biggest decision is whether to switch from beer to rum or tequila.

    tabletmag.com/scroll/169416/passover-cocktails-for-each-of-the-ten-plagues
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  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    I am not Jewish, but I have some (Spanish) Sephardic ancestry. I came across this yesterday and thought that a lot of these recipes looked interesting...and appropriate for a healthy splurge:

    toriavey.com/toris-kitchen/recipes/passover/kosher-for-sephardic/

    I especially want to try these:

    toriavey.com/toris-kitchen/2010/03/sephardic-charoset-truffles/
  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
    Well hello there slow cooker brisket, how are you?
  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    segacs wrote: »
    What are people's strategies?

    I gobble down the gefilte fish first, then move on to the Matzah brei . B)

  • ilfaith
    ilfaith Posts: 16,769 Member
    Aside from the two big seder meals, I usually end up eating less during the week of Passover. I'm not a big fan of matzo (unless it's made into toffee..in which case it has all the addictive qualities of crack) and I live in an area where it's hard to find prepared Kosher for Passover items (or even basics like macaroons or cake mixes...the first year I moved here I went to my nearest Publix and all they had were a couple of boxes of "Not for Passover" matzo). So Passover is a pretty low-carb holiday for me. Keeps me from snacking (although I did make a killer flourless chocolate chipotle cake). I do have to say that halfway through the holiday I am over all the cooking. I just want to be able to give my kids a bowl of cereal in the morning and let them buy hot lunch at school, instead of making matzo brei for breakfast and baking matzo meal "rolls" to go with the tuna salad in their lunch boxes.
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