Passover foods anyone?

rhafft

I was looking overmy grocery list for Passover and started thinking about all the foods I normally eat and if there would be any problem foods during pregnancy? Anyone gone through Passover before while pregnant? Can I have gefilte fish? Chopped liver? Will the matzah really screw me up digestively?

Hopefully there are some other Jewish moms out there that can advise! 

CarlySara

A little here and there won't hurt.  So if you have a small piece of gefilte fish at a sedar, I would say you'll be fine!  A good breakfast thing would be Matzah Brai (sp?).  You know the egg and matzah scramble.  With DD I was pregnant during passover and working at a Jewish School...and the Jewish mothers there told me that G-d gives you a bye for keeping Kosher for Passover when you're pregnant.  Good Luck!

leavitt1

I've been told that chopped liver is a no-no, as it is organ meat. There are some really good vegetarian chopped liver swaps out there. I live near a Whole Foods and have been dreaming about their veggie chopped liver for weeks. It should finally be available during the week. :-)

 

 

hjk

Personally, I don't care for gefilte fish or chopped liver, so that's not a problem for me.  I think everything else would be fine.  Martha Stewart has a really good recipe for Apple Matzo Brie that I make every year.  She also has a flourless mocha chocolate cake recipe that I make as well (not sure if you're avoiding coffee though;  I don't and it's only a tablespoon for the glaze anyway). 

Personally, I struggle with my digestive system every year when it's passover (I have all kinds of GI issues anyway), but when I had DD it was awful, so I only could tolerate it about 2 days before I was just in abdominal pain.  So, since I'm having an all kinds of issues again with this pregnancy, I probably won't do well with it and will likely have to stop very early on.  I'd say though that things that will ease the constipation factor would be key- dried fruits, tons of water, etc.  I'd probably limit the matzah consumption as well. 

rhafft

Thanks ladies! I figueroa no chopped liver but was hoping on the fish. I'll definitely check out those other recipes you mentioned! Happy Pesach to you!