Passover Recipes from EtsyChai Members

Need more Passover recipes? Here are some great ideas.

Here’s a couple of recipes from Nelle at Oy Clay! Pottery
Matzoh Lasagna
Substitute the noodles in you favorite Lasagna recipe with strips of matzoh and voila! Well this one sounded real good so I told my friend about it. She added this cool twist substituting ground pecans for meat (she used to be a vegetarian). I tried it and it was good. The secret to using the nut meal is to mix it with cheese (ricotta or cottage cheese works very well) and an egg, then add it to the lasagna or whatever else you are cooking. So, when making the lasagna, use sliced yellow squash or zucchini in your layers, the nut mixture, cheese, and the matzoh. Not too shabby, in fact, pretty darned good.

Savory Matzoh Bake
Onions, mushrooms, peppers with any other veggies you like, seasoned however you like (think Garlic, salt, pepper, a touch of oregano, a little rosemary…fresh if you got it). A little chicken or veggie broth to soften the matzo and bake until the veggies are fork tender……if you’re using vegetable broth you can add a little cheese, maybe cheddar, swiss, parmesan, or jack….if you’re using chicken broth, you can add chunks of cooked chicken.

Matzoh Quiche/Frittata
You’ll need about 2 cups of veggies, 4 eggs, maybe 1/2 cup of shredded cheese, and 2 matzos crumbled up. Put the matzoh in a pie pan and add the vegetables. Break the eggs in a bowl, scramble and add salt, pepper, and paprika (herbs are good, too) then add the cheese to the eggs and mix. Pour the egg-cheese mixture over the matzoh and veggies. Cook at 350 degrees until the top is golden brown, about 40-45 minutes.

Mark Kaplan makes a Matzoh Pizza that sounds absolutely divine!

Make a relish mixture with sun-dried tomatoes, olive oil, a splash of balsamic vinegar, kalamata olives, and spices (garlic and oregano for me) and spread the mixture over matzoh. Add parmesan flakes on top and bake the pizzas until the cheese is golden. Yum! I’m going to try it with the ground nut mixture….just for fun. Maybe a few sautéed onions and mushrooms, too.

Dessert recipes:

Matzoh S’mores! Matzah, chocolate, and marshmallows in the oven until melted.
Sweet Matzoh Kugel 
Apples, cinnamon sugar, raisins and matzoh, with butter or margarine. Bake at 350F for 45 minutes. Make sure you sprinkle cinnamon/sugar on top. too.

Passover Apple Crisp (this one’s from me, GoofingOff)

6 large apples (Granny Smith or Jonathon) 1/2 cup of sugar 1/4 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup matzoh meal 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Peel, core, and slice the apples. Place the apples in a baking dish sprayed with PAM (you can butter it, too…you have my permission). Mix the sugar, matzoh meal, and cinnamon, then cut in the butter or margarine. You want it chunky, not smooth and creamy. Sprinkle the mixture over the apples and bake at 350 degrees until the apples are bubbly and the topping is lightly browned. You can add chopped walnuts or pecan, too, for a little bit of fun. If there’s Passover ice cream, now’s the time to use it.


Matzoh Apple and Raisin Pudding from Meredith Laskow
Make this pudding like you would a bread pudding, with eggs and milk but use matzoh instead of bread. Season with nutmeg and cinnamon. She also makes the pudding with bananas instead of apples and raisins.

From April Greenspun of Agru Ceramic Arts comes a matzoh coffee crunch for breakfast. Her hubby takes coffee, adds milk, breaks up the matzoh into it (like large pieces of cereal) and adds sugar to taste. Fast and easy. I guess if you added chocolate syrup you would have a mocha crunch. Take that, Starbucks!

I know, this was supposed to be all about matzoh and, for the most part, it is, but not everyone shared matzoh recipes. Some team members shared wonderful recipes that work for Pesach and the rest of the year, like this incredible COCONUT MACAROON recipe that I have to share (yes, I know all caps is shouting but a coconut macaroon recipe should be shouted about).

From Greg Sager of Greg’s Creative Outlet 
Chocolate Chip Coconut Macaroons
Ingredients
1 14-oz. Bag sweetened shredded coconut
2 cups chocolate chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk


Mix ingredients together. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased parchment paper. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees until slightly browned. Store in an airtight container.

That’s the ones I found. I hope I didn’t lose too many of the originals. I think I will drown my sorrows in chicken soup and matzoh balls if I did (don’t want a hangover, I’d rather run my tush off instead). I found other recipes on the net but don’t want to share if I don’t try them out first.

Till next time, I’m GoofingOff!

Passover Matzoh Recipes

Hi, it’s me, GoofingOff, confessing again. I have another confession to make (at this rate, folks might think I am Catholic….just give me a couple of Hail Mary's and one Our Father to go, please). I am a screw up. Not all the time but sometimes and when I screw up, I do it real good. I earned the name GoofingOff not just because I goof off but because I goof things up. That post I did with the fabulous recipes, you know, what do you do with 5 pounds of matzoh in a 2 person house, is gone… missing in action, er, cyberspace, all because a certain blogger pushed the wrong button (you know her. Her initials are G.O.). A week before Pesach and I have to write the recipes again.. ugh. OK, deep breath, I will try it again. Oh, and for all those folks I might have offended by the church comments…..suck it up. I have to wait all year and fast to be forgiven….even worse is preparing the food for the Break the Fast dinner when you haven’t eaten or drank anything for almost 24 hours. This time I’m going to include the dessert recipes. Yum! And this time I promise (pinky swear) to keep my finger off the delete button.

Here’s a couple of recipes from Nelle at Oy Clay! Pottery

Matzoh Lasagna

Substitute the noodles in you favorite Lasagna recipe with strips of matzoh and voila! Well this one sounded real good so I told my friend about it. She added this cool twist substituting ground pecans for meat (she used to be a vegetarian). I tried it and it was good. The secret to using the nut meal is to mix it with cheese (ricotta or cottage cheese works very well) and an egg, then add it to the lasagna or whatever else you are cooking. So, when making the lasagna, use sliced yellow squash or zucchini in your layers, the nut mixture, cheese, and the matzoh. Not too shabby, in fact, pretty darned good.

Savory Matzoh Bake

Onions, mushrooms, peppers with any other veggies you like, seasoned however you like (think Garlic, salt, pepper, a touch of oregano, a little rosemary…fresh if you got it). A little chicken or veggie broth to soften the matzo and bake until the veggies are fork tender……if you’re using vegetable broth you can add a little cheese, maybe cheddar, swiss, parmesan, or jack….if you’re using chicken broth, you can add chunks of cooked chicken.

Matzoh Quiche/Frittata

You’ll need about 2 cups of veggies, 4 eggs, maybe 1/2 cup of shredded cheese, and 2 matzos crumbled up. Put the matzoh in a pie pan and add the vegetables. Break the eggs in a bowl, scramble and add salt, pepper, and paprika (herbs are good, too) then add the cheese to the eggs and mix. Pour the egg-cheese mixture over the matzoh and veggies. Cook at 350 degrees until the top is golden brown, about 40-45 minutes.

Mark Kaplan makes a Matzoh Pizza that sounds absolutely divine!

Make a relish mixture with sun-dried tomatoes, olive oil, a splash of balsamic vinegar, kalamata olives, and spices (garlic and oregano for me) and spread the mixture over matzoh. Add parmesan flakes on top and bake the pizzas until the cheese is golden. Yum! I’m going to try it with the ground nut mixture….just for fun. Maybe a few sautéed onions and mushrooms, too.

Dessert recipes:

Matzoh S’mores! Matzah, chocolate, and marshmallows in the oven until melted.
Sweet Matzoh Kugel

Apples, cinnamon sugar, raisins and matzoh, with butter or margarine. Bake at 350F for 45 minutes. Make sure you sprinkle cinnamon/sugar on top. too.

Passover Apple Crisp (this one’s from me, GoofingOff)

6 large apples (Granny Smith or Jonathon) 1/2 cup of sugar 1/4 cup butter or margarine 1/2 cup matzoh meal 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Peel, core, and slice the apples. Place the apples in a baking dish sprayed with PAM (you can butter it, too…you have my permission). Mix the sugar, matzoh meal, and cinnamon, then cut in the butter or margarine. You want it chunky, not smooth and creamy. Sprinkle the mixture over the apples and bake at 350 degrees until the apples are bubbly and the topping is lightly browned. You can add chopped walnuts or pecan, too, for a little bit of fun. If there’s Passover ice cream, now’s the time to use it.


Matzoh Apple and Raisin Pudding from Meredith Laskow

Make this pudding like you would a bread pudding, with eggs and milk but use matzoh instead of bread. Season with nutmeg and cinnamon. She also makes the pudding with bananas instead of apples and raisins.

From April Greenspun of Agru Ceramic Arts comes a matzoh coffee crunch for breakfast. Her hubby takes coffee, adds milk, breaks up the matzoh into it (like large pieces of cereal) and adds sugar to taste. Fast and easy. I guess if you added chocolate syrup you would have a mocha crunch. Take that, Starbucks!



I know, this was supposed to be all about matzoh and, for the most part, it is, but not everyone shared matzoh recipes. Some team members shared wonderful recipes that work for Pesach and the rest of the year, like this incredible COCONUT MACAROON recipe that I have to share (yes, I know all caps is shouting but a coconut macaroon recipe should be shouted about).

From Greg Sager of Greg’s Creative Outlet

Chocolate Chip Coconut Macaroons

Ingredients
1 14-oz. Bag sweetened shredded coconut

2 cups chocolate chips

1 can sweetened condensed milk


Mix ingredients together. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto greased parchment paper. Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees until slightly browned. Store in an airtight container.

That’s the ones I found. I hope I didn’t lose too many of the originals. I think I will drown my sorrows in chicken soup and matzoh balls if I did (don’t want a hangover, I’d rather run my tush off instead). I found other recipes on the net but don’t want to share if I don’t try them out first.

Well, got to go. Need to light the candles (I’m late, I know, quit reminding me). Till next time, I’m GoofingOff!

Meet Our Team Members Shana, Greg Sager, and Adam Rhine

Sometimes I feel like a social director. Introductions, invitations, parties, and food are my game. Pick a day and I’ll work on the menu.  After all, I work enough, I need to have a little fun now and then. So here's now, a little fun. It’s been a while since we’ve introduced new members so I guess it’s time. Let me introduce y'all to some of our new Team EtsyChai members.

Shana: Shana of Sabina Fashions creates some of the most beautiful challah covers you will ever see. Absolutely stunning. She calls her shop Sabina Fashions after the lady she was named after, Sabina, her grandmother’s sister."She was killed in the Holocaust by the Nazis. She says "Whenever I make something, especially a Jewish item, I do it in her honor, to remember Sabina." The Nazis might have killed her, but her memory lives on and the Jewish people live on and we are stronger than ever." She goes on to say "When I sell a Judaica item, my heart sings because I know it will be used at a Shabbat table that the Nazis tried to destroy." Here’s an example of her work:

Greg Sager: Greg is an elementary and Hebrew school teacher from Massachusetts. He learned to crochet at summer camp 15 years ago and he’s been carrying around a hook since. His kippot (that’s yarmulkes, y’all) are amazing. Check out this one (my personal fave).  His designs are original. He even did a Harry Potter one.  Each kippah is a work of art.

Adam Rhine: When I first saw Adam’s shop, Hebrew Art, I was dumbstruck. Could not get a word out past oohs and ahs. It is that beautiful. From his profile, Adam is “an artist who has been creating ornate, highly detailed Judaica watercolor paintings since 1999. His style is heavily influenced by medieval illuminated manuscripts which he combines with modern palettes and aesthetics.” In other words, gorgeous. Here is Tzedakah.

Incredible work from three very talented people.

Post by Eileen aka Goofing Off. You can call me Goof.

Don't Passover Etsy Chai

In the Purim post, Susan said "The short history of every Jewish holiday is, “They tried to kill us, we won, let’s eat!” For most of my youth, Passover was just that, my everyday eats made with matzoh instead of bread. I learned to make matzoh balls, matzoh brie, and matzoh farfel. I gave up chocolate doughnuts to eat chocolate macaroons and chocolate covered Joyva Jels (my absolute all-time favorite, let that be the last thing that I get to eat and I will die with a smile on my face).

When I moved away from the large Jewish communities finding food for Passover became a challenge. My favorite butcher was 1200 miles away and, if I was lucky, the supermarket might have a 1/4 aisle dedicated to kosher food. As food for Pesach became less traditional (a lot more fish, a bit of vegetables, and thank God for Hebrew National) the importance of Seder customs grew. The objects on my Seder plate are traditional and the plate has to be sensational. The Cup of Elijah is a vintage cobalt blue glass handed down through my family. My dishes are my great-grandmother's, the one who knew I would like to bake when I was three (didn't matter if I could reach the stove, she knew).

In my home the Seder is no longer a family event but a celebration of freedom and faith. The celebrants come from different backgrounds and their knowledge of Judaism varies. That's OK. I get to share my knowledge and my celebration. A common question though, is "What should I bring?" Food's out, I got that covered. Hostess gifts are in order and Etsy Chai is the place to find the most original, artistic gifts anywhere.

From beautiful art for the wall,

Peace, A Hand Signed Print by Another Creation

















cards to express your sentiment,

Judaic Star of David Gift Tag by BBDesigns


















to gorgeous Seder plates

Mosaic glass fused Seder plate by Yafit Glass

(I collect these, hint, hint), the shopping list is covered no matter what what type of budget a person is on.

There is even fabric for the do-it-yourselfer in my shop (I had to blow my own horn) and illusion knitting patterns (unbelievable, you just got to see them) in A Cache of Jewels shop.

Judaic Fabric Alef Bet on White background Fat Quarters by GoofingOff (that's me)

Setter Illusion Knitting Pattern by A Cache of Jewels

That's a Jewish Setter (I have Jewish poodles).











Here's a few more ideas:

Hebrew Scrabble game board notepad by Poemweave

Burning Bush-Print Reproduction by LBolter

PASSOVER Seder Plate Earrings with Sparkling Blue Czech Crystals by Down to Earth Creations









Our Team's Passover Promotion starts this week. Get started shopping while the wonderful things are still there. The matzoh kippa from MaybeSews is already sold (maybe she'll make another one).
Enjoy!
Post by Eileen Patterson of GoofingOff