Friday, April 07, 2006

Bonnie's Passover Recipes

Chicken Soup

1 large organic or kosher stewing chicken, rinsed and cut into pieces (leave skin on)

2 boxes (64 oz.) Pacific Foods chicken broth

3 quarts water

1 large bunch fresh parsley, whole

1 bag baby carrots

6-8 large stalks celery, cut in half, leaves on

2 large white or yellow onions (1 cut into quarters; 1 diced)

1 tsp. salt

½ tsp. white pepper

1 T. fresh dill

Cook all for 2 ½ - 3 hours. Strain all. Put back any baby carrots that remain whole. FREEZE.

Nana’s Meatballs

1 (8 oz.) jar grape all- fruit spread (Smucker’s grape)

1 bottle chili sauce (preferably homemade brand or Grandma’s)

½ cup water

2 T. fresh lemon juice

2 lb. organic ground round or sirloin (free range, organic)

1 organic egg or 2 egg whites, beaten

½ cup oats (1 minute quick-cooking)

sea salt

½ tsp. onion powder or onion salt

Combine first four ingredients and simmer for one ½ hour or more. Mix meat with remaining ingredients and shape into small balls. Add to simmering sauce in small quantities. Add a few at a time to the sauce. Cook thirty minutes more. Cool and FREEZE.

Passover Kugel

3 ½ cups matzoh farfel

5 eggs

½ cup raw sugar

½ cup Sucanat (dry cane juice- brown sugar substitute)

-1 Fuji apple, peeled and grated

1 stick organic butter, melted

1 cup nonfat or organic yogurt

1 cup organic sour cream

large (17 oz. can) apricot halves

1 cup yellow raisins

Pour boiling water over 3 cups matzoh farfel in a colander. Let drain. Soak raisins in hot water for 20 minutes and drain. In a food processor, blend 5 eggs, ½ cup raw sugar, apple, butter, yogurt, sour cream, and juice of apricots. Place matzoh processed mixture and drained raisins into a greased 9x13 pyrex dish. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place apricot halves on top of kugel. Make topping.

Topping:

Mix together-

1 T. organic butter

½ cup matzoh farfel

½ cup Sucanat

Brown all in a nonstick frying pan. Sprinkle topping over apricot matzoh mixture. Bake for one hour. Cool for 10 minutes, then slice. May be made the day before and reheated in the microwave.

Grocery List

-matzoh farfel

-eggs, organic

-raw sugar

-Sucanat

-apple

-organic butter

-organic yogurt

-organic sour cream

-1 large organic or Kosher chicken (Empire has this frozen)

-2 lbs. organic or free range ground round/sirloin

-bunch fresh parsley

-bag baby carrots

-celery

-2 onions (large)

-fresh dill

-large can apricot halves

-yellow raisins

-Smucker’s fruit spread (grape)

-Homemade chili sauce

-oatmeal (quick cooking)

-2 boxes organic chicken broth (Pacific Foods)

-we assume you have white pepper, salt, and onion powder

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