Kosher for Passover

Or not...

(for those who don't get it...the matza and the festival of lights do not go together...)

It is nice to know that Whole Foods was ready with the Matzot back in December...but I'm hoping they bring out fresh ones for the spring...Matza tastes stale enough as is.

I used to go all out for passover. I mean, not just avoiding bread and baked goods, but not eating anything with corn syrup either. (Oh Ashkenazim, why make life harder than it already is?). While this might be seen today as a great low carb diet, it was truly limiting, and no fun. I have since given up avoiding kitniot. And, I consider anything that technically keeps to the rules of kosher for passover, kosher. What I mean is if it takes less than 18 minutes from the moment the grain touches liquid to make, I'm allowed to eat it. This means that a bowl of oatmeal, for me, is fine. Obviously I'm not a true resource with regards to the laws of Kashrut, but I like for things to be logical...and this makes the most sense to me.


I will add that I've been making batches of really delicious no-bake cookies for the last two weeks, which are, according to my logic, kosher for passover (if any of you needed some extra passover friendly dessert ideas...)

Why eat macaroons all day if you can go chocolate/peanutbutter/oatmeal-y?

Oh, and it's ok that I've been downing these no-bake cookies (I boil them for less time than needed and then freeze them and then they are a delicious chewy frozen treat...not just a cookie), because I've been running!

Delicious chocolate pb oatmeal yummy things:

2 tpsb cocoa
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 stick butter (I tend to put just a little bit less than this..)
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 1/2 cups oatmeal (I used the quick cook version)
1/2 tsp vanilla (I just add a small splash)

Melt the butter into the cocoa sugar and milk over low heat in a small/medium saucepan. When smooth and fully mixed, turn up heat. Measure out the rest of the ingredients. When the mixture begins to boil start a timer and let boil for 1min and a few seconds (or a little bit longer if you want them to be cookies and not frozen delicious blobs). Remove from heat and add peanut butter and vanilla. Stir until smooth. Add oatmeal. Spoon onto a parchment paper covered cookie sheet. Voila! stick in the freezer and within 30 minutes you have cold chewy deliciousness.

On that note...Happy Passover.

c'est tout!
alina