(Useful, since the Passover meal involves drinking four glasses of wine.)
The traditional recipe calls for schmaltz (a.k.a.
rendered chicken fat) in both the matzo balls and the broth.
To lighten the fat content of this appetizer,The Kitchncreated a vegetarian but still richly flavored soup.
Now all you’ll have to decide is whether your matzo balls will be floaters or sinkers.
Salmon
Smoked fish is a traditional component of any Jewish meal.
But super-salty lox pack a hefty dose of sodium.
(And during Passover, you’re able to’t enjoy it on a bagel, anyway.)
But skin and dark meat?
To keep your calories in-check, tryFor the Love of Cooking’sbalsamic and garlic roasted chicken breasts.
seems like it would be anutritionist’s dream.
However, once sugar is added on top of dried fruit, this dish is far less virtuous.
Charoset
Tart apples (hello,superfood!
), protein-packed walnuts and cinnamon serve as the healthy ingredients in this chutney-like dressing.
Latkes
Is there anything not to love about a crisp potato pancake?
Maybe each tasty bite is loaded with starchy vegetables, eggs and flour before being fried in oil.
Fortunately,Elana’s Pantry’s recipeswaps carrots for tubers and cuts back on the eggs and oil.
And did we mention that they’re fried in good-for-you coconut oil?
Want to make this dish even lighter?
Trim the brisket fat to just one-inch before cooking.
Macaroons
More than a cookie, these delicate coconut treats taste like biting into a vacation.
(* Keeping K for P?
Traditionally, Sephardic Jews are okay with oats during the holiday, while Ashkenazi Jews will omit them.)
