With less than a week until Passover, I have finally put pen to paper (technically fingers to keyboard) and come up with a menu plan for Pesach.
I like to plan out the whole week in advance, not because I’m super organization, but because that’s the only way I can get all my shopping (or at least most of it) done before yomtov starts.
Monday, April 10th – Leil HaSeder #1
- Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, smoothies
- Lunch: Potatoes & cottage cheese (we have the same thing every year erev chag!)
- Dinner: Out for the first seder, we are bringing: sweet & sour meatballs, potato kugel, roasted veggies
Tuesday, April 11th – Seder #2
Breakfast: Matza Brei, Fruit, Yogurt
Lunch: Out at friends
Dinner: Seder at home
- All the seder plate stuff
- Chicken Soup with Matzah Balls
- Hard Boiled Eggs w/ salt water (aka “Egg Soup” — a family tradition my husband grew up with)
- Sweet & sour meatballs (leftover from the 1st night)
- Cauliflower rice
- Chocolate covered strawberries & chocolate frogs (I bought this chocolate frog mold – it’s going to be a surprise for my kids!)
Wednesday, April 12th
Breakfast: matzah & cream cheese, OJ
Lunch:Make-your-own salad bar, with lots of different chopped veggies, nuts, avocado and grilled chicken breasts plus homemade “ranch” dressing.
Dinner: Matzah pizza
Thursday, April 13th
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, fruit
Lunch: It’s our one day of chol ha’moed so we’ll go the zoo or hiking, weather permitting, so I will bring picnic-y foods with me in a cooler chest.
Dinner: Matzah lasagna & zoodles
Friday, April 14th
Breakfast: Matzah brie
Lunch: ? (I’m not sure if we’ll be out & about or staying home – lunch will be flexible, depending on our plans)
Dinner: Chicken soup with matzah balls, Spicy Chicken Bake, cauliflower rice, roasted broccoli, chocolate cookies
Saturday, April 15th
Breakfast: Matzah & cream cheese, egg salad with homemade mayo, fruit
Lunch: Out at friends
Dinner: FFYS (Fend for yourself 😉 )
Sunday, April 16th (EREV YOM TOV AGAIN!)
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, fruit
Lunch: ? (I’m not sure if we’ll be out & about or staying home – lunch will be flexible, depending on our plans)
Dinner: Unstuffed cabbage (made on the stove top, not in the crockpot), mashed cauliflower, roasted Brussels sprouts, Matzah “crack”
Monday, April 17th
Breakfast: Matzah Brie and/or yogurt with fruit
Lunch: Some kind of soup (maybe – if I feel like it!), brisket (we tweak this recipe for Pesach), mashed potatoes, roasted asparagus, green salad, Lemon Strawberry Sorbet
Dinner: Ummmmmm, left-overs?
Tuesday, April 18th
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, matzah with cream cheese, fruit
Lunch: BBQ with all the kosher l’Pesach fixins’
Dinner: FFYS!
Snacks: I’ll make sure to have plenty of fruits, veggies and nuts on hand. And I will no doubt make a few batches of chocolate covered marshmallow clusters — and some nut & raisin clusters, too, because they’re “healthy” ;-).
Picky eaters: As we’ve talked about before, I am blessed with two adventuresome eaters and one, um, particular eater. I’ll make sure to have plenty of matzah pizza fixings on-hand, as well as hard-boiled eggs, fresh fruit and some raw veggies.
Tell me, what’s on your plan for meals this Pesach?!
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Looking for more menu planning inspiration? Check out these posts from year’s past.
25 Kosher for Passover Vegetarian Recipes
What’s on your Passover menu? Any traditional favorites that make the list year in and year out? Please share below – I know we all need more inspiration!
Thanks so much for the day by day menu plans! I don’t cook much and we are stuck in a rut, pesach or not. My bf and I are also picky eaters and don’t plan much in advance. Horrible eating habits for two middle aged people, really. We eat meat- kosher- but I dislike many veggies. It’s so helpful to see what someone else plans- a lot of eggs and matzah Brie!! I think I’m going to do try to do the same.
My boys and husband LOVE matzah brie. I feel like once a year is plenty, but they could eat it three meals a day for the whole week!
I would love to have your sweet and sour meatball recipe. Thank you!
What kind of kosher vegetable can I make for the Seder
Thanks
Any vegetable, other than peas or corn (unless you are Sephardi), is kosher for Passover.
To get us through the days just before Pesach and to have something filling on hand, I make and freeze a bunch of Shephard’s Pies – for the kids just cooked burger meat (beef or turkey) mixed with some jarred pizza or marinara sauce for flavor the bottom, and mashed potatoes with margerine on the top, topped with a little more marinara and baked for about a half hour.
Wow, that sounds like a great idea!