My Passover recipes will take your gluten free Seder to the next level of healthy!
Healthy Passover Recipes
This time of year, the requests for Pesach dishes come in a mile a minute.
So, I’m sharing my gluten free Seder menu here to give you a peek at the Passover meals we have each year.
Gluten Allergy? No Passover Problem!
I created this gluten free menu full of my favorite classic Passover food after I was diagnosed with celiac disease.
It’s also perfect for our friends who suffer from a gluten allergy.
Just so you know, I follow a keto-ish diet so these are all low carb Passover recipes as well.
Low Carb Recipes for Passover
I hope you enjoy these Pesah family favorites at your Seder!
Charoset Recipe
Maror
How to Boil Eggs
Gluten Free Matzo
Chicken Marbella
Gefilte Fish
Aparagus Salad with Tomatoes and Basil
Gluten Free Matzo Ball Soup
Gluten Free Kugel
Gluten Free Coconut Macaroons
Kosher Desserts
Did you know that all of the baked goods recipes on my website are kosher for Passover?
That’s because they do not contain chametz. Take a look at my best Passover Dessert Recipes for more ideas!
Seder Plate Items
If you’re not familiar with preparing a gluten free Seder, take a look at my Favorite Passover Ingredients post to get started!
Passover the Feast of Unleavened Bread
Now, moving on from food to some other Pesach items. Wondering why Passover is referred to as the feast of unleavened bread?
When we were enslaved in Egypt, there was not enough time to let bread rise before fleeing through the desert and crossing the Red Sea.
Because of this, when we celebrate Passover, we refrain from eating leavened bread for seven days, commemorating our freedom.
When Does Passover Start
Although the dates change annually, Passover is always seven days long and starts on the 15th day of the month of Nissan on the Hebrew calendar. This date typically falls in March or April.
When Does Passover End
The 22nd day of the month of Nissan on the Hebrew calendar is always the last day of Passover.
Do Jewish People Celebrate Easter
I’m often asked, do Jewish people celebrate Easter? That’s a bit tricky. The point of Easter is to celebrate Christ, and Jews do not believe that the Messiah has come yet, so the two holidays are not necessarily compatible.
But, I do confess, my Mother might have snuck us a bit of Easter candy here and there some years, as we lived on the West Coast and were drowning in Christian holidays, with few Jews in our town.
Happy Passover Images
I love looking at old Passover images of items like the Seder plate above that my husband made when he was 8 years old –we still use it today.
I’m always snapping great photos like that one and sharing them over on my Instagram.
What’s Your Favorite Part of Passover?
When I was diagnosed with celiac disease, I knew I’d have to create Passover classics from my low carb and keto recipes. Healthy and hearty, just the way Bubby made them, only better.
What’s your favorite part of Pesach? Leave a comment and let me know!
This post is an oldie but goodie from the archives. I first shared my Healthy Passover Recipes in 2012.
Iris says
Fantastic! I’m also planning to make a sugar-free version of your torte reciple, using cacao butter, creamed coconut, and stevia for the frosting.
Alison says
do you have a recipe for matzo brei?
Mearced says
Thank you so much for posting this. So very helpful to those who desire to celebrate but always feel limited by their diet. I’ve forwarded your link to two other households who are paleo and celebrate passover. Thanks again!!!
Lee says
Thank you and Bless you for this! Perfect timing!! I need these! Now, I need to get motivated to get to the store…
Lorri Lewis says
Yesterday, I hacked 2 recipes from the Elana’s Almond Flour cookbook which was a great success. Had a bit too much mushroom pate’ to fit into the container so I spread it on a Cheddar Almond Flatbread square — that was heavenly. Next dairy meal for guests will include that as an appetizer,
Cheddar Almond Flat Bread
1 1/2 cups almond flour
1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 egg
1 tblsp olive oil
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Mix wet ingredients in another bowl. Mix wet into dry with a fork until a dough forms. Pat into an 8″X10″ rectangle on a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet
. Bake 350 degrees for about 20 minutes until it starts to color.
Easy Pesach Gluten Free
Dairy
Melissa says
This Paleo gentile loves some Jewish Holiday fare! YUM! One of my best friends during my teenage years was Jewish. During Chanukkah our families would have such a latke fest together! It was amazing…one time it landed on Christmas Eve…but my whole Christian family came anyway, played dreidel and ate and ate and ate. Can’t wait to try these recipes! Thanks!
Mechal Sobel says
The following is a wonderful Spanish-Jewish Passover cake that I make all year long. I use sugar, but clearly you can substitute other sweeteners. [Adapted from Claudia Rodan, The Book of Jewish Food, 1996, 599]
2 organic oranges
6 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder or 1 teaspoon baking soda
2 and a 1/2 cups almond flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
Wash oranges and boil them for two and a half hours, allow to cool
Beat eggs with sugar
Add baking powder or soda, almond flour and salt, and mix
Cut the cooled oranges in half, remove seeds, puree in food processor
Mix with the egg and almond mixture
Pour into a 9 x 12 inch oiled pan
Bake about 40 minutes in a 375 degree F. oven
HomeCookedHealthy says
Sounds like an interesting recipe. Do you add any type of frosting to this? Would love to try with an orange flavored stevia and dates to sweeten.
Anna Rose says
This cake sounds very similar to the Dundee cake I make, same steps, but add golden raisins, regular raisins, currants, almond paste, and slivered almonds.
6 oz organic butter (vegan if you’d like)
6 oz castor sugar (or extra fine)
3 eggs
9 oz almond flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
6 oz sultanas (golden raisins)
3 oz currants
3 oz raisins
either 3 oz lemon/orange peel mix or juice of 2 oranges and 1 lemon
1 oz ground almonds or almond paste
3 oz slivered almonds
Cream butter and sugar. Add the eggs one at a time and beat well. Add the dry ingredients, prepared fruit, ground almonds (or paste), and slivered almonds. If too thick, add a little water, or almond milk to make dropping consistency. Put in sprayed and almond floured 8-inch cake pan, then, if you wish, place halved almonds on top to make a pattern. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes to doneness. If seeming to burn, put some foil edges around the top. Remove afterward, letting the cake cool for about 10 minutes. Serve and enjoy!
Pam says
Elana has a similar recipe that I tried and is excellent!! :) It’s her Starbucks Orange Cake… it is so good I ate almost the whole thing myself! :)
Carol Baldridge says
I am seriously considering an appetizer that is a slice of roasted/baked eggplant with a garlic/parsley/walnut topping.
I know that I will be making meringues and macaroons and a sponge cake. I am not on a paleo diet but I am gluten free.
Elana says
Carol, that sounds incredible! Happy Passover :-)
Christine says
looks like a great line-up; simple, elegant and oh so delicious!
Elana says
Thanks Christine!
j3nn says
The whole menu sounds delicious anytime of year!
Elana says
Thanks J3nn!