Healthy Passover Recipes

Find healthy, delicious Passover recipes including Passover breakfast, dinner and dessert recipes. Healthier recipes, from the food and nutrition experts at EatingWell.

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Flourless Chocolate Cake with Orange

Flourless Chocolate Cake with Orange
Arielle Nir Mamiye, culinary director for the Jewish Food Society, confirmed that this cake follows guidelines for Passover and she suggested ohnuts.com as a great spot to find kosher ingredients. For a nondairy topping, try our recipe for Coconut Whipped Cream.
Sheet-Pan Roasted Root Vegetables

Sheet-Pan Roasted Root Vegetables
Rating: Unrated
7
One pan is all you need for a heaping pile of nutritious, tender and colorful root vegetables. Whip up this large-batch recipe at the beginning of the week to use in easy, healthy dinners all week long.
Haroset Cake with Zabaglione Sauce

Haroset Cake with Zabaglione Sauce
Haroset is a fruit-and-wine concoction eaten during the Passover Seder and said to represent the mortar that the Israelites used to build Pharaoh's temples. Here's a flourless cake that uses those flavors to create a dessert perfect for Passover--and with a luscious, thick, Italian sauce (pronounced zah-bahl-YOH-nay).
Cucumber & Avocado Salad

Cucumber & Avocado Salad
Rating: Unrated
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This healthy cucumber-avocado salad takes just five minutes to prep. Lime juice and fresh herbs boost the bright flavors in this crunchy and creamy salad that's a perfect side dish for grilled chicken, fish or steak. This recipe calls for an English cucumber, which doesn't have to be peeled, but regular cucumbers work well too--just peel them before slicing.
Vegan Flourless Chocolate Cake

Vegan Flourless Chocolate Cake
This deeply dark chocolate vegan cake is not just for vegans. This fudge-like cake is also gluten-free, perfect for Valentine's Day and can even be made kosher to enjoy for Passover by making your own confectioners' sugar. The fresh berries on the side are a nice addition to the rich chocolate.
Chocolate Coconut Macaroons

Chocolate Coconut Macaroons
Rating: Unrated
2
These airy coconut cookies get an upgrade with a simple dark chocolate drizzle in this healthy dessert recipe.
Air-Fryer Asparagus

Air-Fryer Asparagus
Use your air fryer to crisp up tender asparagus for a simple and easy side dish. If your air fryer is large enough, you can cook the asparagus in one batch. If it's smaller, cook the asparagus in two batches, keeping the first batch warm as the second batch cooks.
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Inspiration and Ideas

Andrew Zimmern Always Makes His Grandmother's Recipes for Passoverā€”and Now He's Sharing Them So You Can Make Them Too

Andrew Zimmern Always Makes His Grandmother's Recipes for Passoverā€”and Now He's Sharing Them So You Can Make Them Too
The chef sees no need to break from tradition when it comes to the table set with classics like matzo ball soup, chopped liver, haroset and brisket.
How to Host a Virtual Passover Seder

How to Host a Virtual Passover Seder
Virtual Seders have some advantages, allowing you to honor old traditions and make new ones. Here's how to host your own, plus virtual Seders you can join.
The Best Kosher Wines, According to Experts

The Best Kosher Wines, According to Experts
13 Dessert Recipes to Celebrate Passover

13 Dessert Recipes to Celebrate Passover
16 Vegetarian Side Dishes for Passover

16 Vegetarian Side Dishes for Passover
Flourless Honey-Almond Cake

Flourless Honey-Almond Cake
Rating: Unrated
13

Rocky Road Brownies

Rating: 4.33 stars
8

These super-rich brownies made chocolaty with plenty of cocoa powder have less fat than other brownies, but stay extra gooey and good with marshmallows, nuts and chocolate chunks on top.

All Healthy Passover Recipes

Pesto Latkes

Rating: 4.5 stars
2
This twist on a classic latke is baked in a muffin tin, avoiding lots of oil for frying. One caveat: There's no standard size for the tins sold in kitchen stores. You'll need a pan with muffin cups that hold about 1/2 cup water. Serve with Pear Cranberry Sauce.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Baked Eggs, Tomatoes & Chiles (Shakshuka)

Rating: 4.8 stars
4
This popular Israeli breakfast or brunch skillet recipe features eggs cooked on a bed of roasted tomato sauce. Serve with warm crusty bread and hot sauce.
By Kathy Gunst

Quick Applesauce

Rating: 5 stars
1
This quick homemade applesauce recipe makes a healthy snack or fruit dessert for kids. Applesauce is also a fabulous complement to potato pancakes or latkes.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Instant Pot Brisket

Your Instant Pot is the perfect appliance to turn to if you want tender, juicy beef brisket done quickly. Here, we cut the brisket in half so it can fit inside the pot. After it's seared, it's cooked with plenty of onions that add body once blended into the flavorful, rich sauce. If you are making this brisket for Passover, look for products (like ketchup) that are labeled "Kosher for Passover."
By Adam Hickman

Rice Pudding

Rating: 4.25 stars
4
Made with nonfat milk, this comforting rice pudding (delicious for breakfast, too) has a lovely creamy consistency because Italian arborio rice is used.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Coffee-Braised Pot Roast with Caramelized Onions

Rating: 4.55 stars
15
This recipe is reminiscent of a pot roast made with onion-soup mix, but the flavors are true and pure--and nobody misses the excess sodium. (For a slow-cooker variation, see below.)
By Patsy Jamieson

Garlicky Green Beans

Rating: 4.5 stars
6
We cook then cool the beans in advance so they can be heated up and seasoned moments before the meal. If you don't like tarragon, substitute dill or leave it out completely.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Peach, Rhubarb & Ginger Crisp

Rating: 4.67 stars
3
In this fruit crisp, the crunchy oatmeal topping and the peach-rhubarb filling get a lively kick from finely chopped crystallized ginger. (If you're not a ginger fan just leave it out.) The fruit filling is sweetened to match the peach-rhubarb combination--if you use other fruit that is very ripe and/or sweet, reduce the sugar in the filling to 3 tablespoons. The topping can be made ahead, so consider making a double batch and storing half in the freezer to have on hand for a quick dessert.
By Marie Simmons

Chocolate Coconut Macaroons

Rating: 5 stars
2
These airy coconut cookies get an upgrade with a simple dark chocolate drizzle in this healthy dessert recipe.
By Breana Killeen

Matzo Ball Soup with Fresh Dill

The secret to light, fluffy matzo balls is twofold: using seltzer instead of tap water and letting the mixture rest in the refrigerator so it's fully hydrated before cooking. In this easy soup recipe, the vegetables can be finely sliced to make an elegant soup or coarsely chopped or sliced for a more rustic presentation.
By Kathy Gunst

Haroset Cake with Zabaglione Sauce

Haroset is a fruit-and-wine concoction eaten during the Passover Seder and said to represent the mortar that the Israelites used to build Pharaoh's temples. Here's a flourless cake that uses those flavors to create a dessert perfect for Passover--and with a luscious, thick, Italian sauce (pronounced zah-bahl-YOH-nay).
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Wilted Spinach

Olive oil and pine nuts are a simple addition to sautéed spinach.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Chocolate-Covered Almond Cake

Rating: 4.5 stars
3
Ground almonds, almond flour and coconut sugar combine in this healthy, gluten-free cake recipe. Don't skip the dry sherry syrup! It gives this cake a complex, fruity flavor that results in an extra-moist cake. Serve with afternoon tea, brunch or as a special dessert.
By Seamus Mullen

Flourless Sponge Cake

Rating: 4 stars
1
A perfect ending to a Passover seder.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Outrageous Macaroons

These luxurious macaroons studded with pistachios and dried cranberries hail from food stylist Katie Webster. She made them three years ago when she was a personal chef for a gluten-intolerant client, then began selling them to a grateful crowd at her local farmers' market. Although you can concoct them with either sweetened or unsweetened coconut, we find that the unsweetened packs a more coconutty wallop. For a variation, substitute chopped crystallized ginger and mini chocolate chips for the pistachios and cranberries.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Smoked Salmon Spread

Rating: 5 stars
1
A splash of pepper-flavored vodka gives this salmon spread a sophisticated flair. If you like, use plain vodka instead but be sure to season generously with freshly cracked pepper before serving. Smoothly pureed nonfat cottage cheese replaces cream cheese and sour cream to cut the fat by about 80 percent.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Flourless Chocolate Torte

A treasured family recipe for Passover chocolate-apple torte, updated to be lower in fat and still incredibly rich-tasting.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Mushroom & Herb Matzo Ball Soup

With the addition of flavorful mushrooms, celery root, garlic, herbs and spices, this matzo ball soup recipe has more vegetables and less sodium than a traditional recipe.
By Laura Frankel

Saute of Root Vegetables

This delicious combination of leeks, rutabaga and celery root is seasoned with fresh thyme. Make it a meal: Serve with roast chicken, like Simple Roast Chicken.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Matzo Ball Soup

Rating: 4 stars
1
Floating in a flavorful broth, our matzo balls are light and fluffy but bound together with whisked eggs and only a small amount of canola oil rather than the traditional chicken fat. Plus, this version of Jewish penicillin has plenty of added vegetables, making it a good source for vitamins A and C. Now that's what Doctor Mom ordered!
By Natalie Danford

Fresh Berry Gratin

The aroma of warm berries in this effortless tart is sublime.
By Susan Herr

Georgian Stuffed Prunes

Serve these prunes as a dessert or to accompany roast meat. The recipe is adapted from Primorski Restaurant, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.
By Joan Nathan

Apple-Cinnamon Rice Pudding

Rating: 1 stars
2
Whether you're partial to the fragrant maple and apple goodness warm from the oven or prefer it cold and luxuriously creamy, this simple rice pudding is pure comfort. A teakettle makes neat work of the hot water bath.
By EatingWell Test Kitchen

Israeli Chocolate-Coated Orange Peels

Rating: 4 stars
1
Often when you drop in at someone's home in Israel, the hostess will set them out for nibbles.
By Joan Nathan
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