A Very Vegan Passover

March 31. Wow, time flies! I’m excited though, because that means warm weather is right around the corner!

Last night I cooked Passover dinner for 22 people all by myself! Okay, I had a bit of help…okay, a lot of help   But I was still in charge of everything! The biggest help was actually my 5 year old cousin Maya, who spent the WHOLE day cooking with me. Such a trooper.
Her mommy helped too!

My mom and I decided that since my aunt would have some leftover meat from her Seder that we should make ours all vegetarian.

Well, I went a step further and made it all vegan!

On the menu was:

Yemenite and Traditional Haroset – Didn’t get a picture. But here is the haroset from my aunt’s Seder (on the right)

Spinach Stuff Mushrooms – I didn’t manage to snap a picture because they went so fast! But they looked something like this:

Lemony Quinoa and Roasted Veggies – Yep, quinoa is kosher for Passover, it’s a seed, not a grain.
 

Israeli Salad – So refreshing, so delicious.

Sweet Potato and Apple Kugel – A surprising hit of the night!

and Lemony Greek Potatoes – My favorite dish.
  

Of course it wasn’t all vegan, as there was leftover meat from the night before, but everything I made was :

  

A blurry pic of Uncle Andy going in for some Israeli Salad

I think this was one of my brother’s plates… mine looked similar, it just didn`t have the meat

 

I was SO thrilled that everyone loved EVERYTHING! I was nervous because it was the first time I’d made a lot of those dishes. For some I followed a recipe but tweaked it to my liking and for others I just kind of threw it all together. But, all in all it was a hit!

Want the recipes?

Okay…fine I can’t give you the haroset recipe because that was completely from a cookbook, but here are all the others….

Vegan Spinach Stuffed Mushrooms

Lemony Quinoa and Roasted Veggies

Israeli Salad

Sweet Potato and Apple Kugel

Lemony Greek Potatoes

 

And, if you can believe it, I’m cooking again tonight. We have a lot of leftover eggplant and tomatoes so I’m thinking homemade roasted tomato sauce to go with an eggplant parmesan. Yum!

Do you like entertaining? Do you often throw dinner parties or would you rather just attend one?

 

 

* What’s The Deal Wednesday’s will resume next week