These three-day yomtovim are taking me out! I'm hosting ~12 the Friday night after Simchat Torah and will have a hot plate going but no other means of cooking/heating food. What have y'all been making? I'm debating DIY spring rolls/vermicelli bowls with tofu, maybe tacos with tofu and jazzed up canned beans...? I love doing a big fancy all-out meal, but by the third night of chag meals no one wants that and who knows how much energy I'll have in me.

I'm having 12-15, looks like I'm making...

• Round challahs
• Roasted heads of garlic
• Carrot salad with crispy chickpeas and leeks, pomegranate seeds, and pomegranate-tahini (-fenugreek?) sauce
• Maybe mint-forward skhug?
• Beets, dates, and squash roasted with fenugreek on yogurt? (Maybe like borani banjan?)
• Stuffed onions and cabbage with rice and lentils (and dates?)
• Aash reshteh with black-eyed peas
• Jackfruit brisket
• Persian rice (with dates?)
• Saffron cake with pomegranate?

Hope all of you who celebrated had meaningful seders. Did you make anything so far this year that was a standout?

My favorites:

Matzah ball soup - it's the nava atlas recipe and the matzah balls were really fluffy

Stuffed bell peppers - I roasted eggplant and tomatoes, and once they were roasted I added 3 large cloves of minced garlic, a diced red onion, a heavy sprinkle of red pepper flakes and about half a cup of matzah meal and a squeeze of tomato paste, then topped with a jar of tomato sauce. It was filling and delicious.

I've been seeing the last few weeks an instagram video of wetting matzah and cutting it halfway up to make a folded sandwich, the video dipped it in egg which I will skip - I made an almond butter and chocolate chip sandwich from matzah crackers and it worked well - I ran it under water until wet and I baked it in the oven at 300 for about 5 minutes.

Tomorrow I plan to try the folded sandwich with avocado sliced, sliced red onions, tomatoes and almond cheese (1/4 cup almond flour, 2 tbsp lemon juice, pinch of salt and pinch of garlic powder) and bake.

I made almond butter from almond flour this year - 2 cups almond flour, 1 tbsp date syrup, a little bit of salt and 1 tbsp oil + 1 tbsp water. It's not the same as regular almond butter but it works - the kfp jar was $26 and I just couldn't justify it.

This morning I made vegan matzah bri with my 2 1/2 year old. It’s a recipe we made up on the spot without too much measuring, and they could help with every step. It made me so happy because for my kids, Passover (and all Jewish holidays) are vegan, and all the comfort foods are vegan. Here’s the method in case anyone is interested, I wouldn’t call it a recipe yet because we made it up on the spot.

6-7 matzah, broken and soaked in water, then squeezed.

While they soak, blend together 1 block silken tofu, 1 cup almond milk, vanilla, and 1-2ish tablespoons potato starch.

Mix it all together, and cook on medium heat. I tried with margarine and veggie oil. Margarine was yummier, olive veggie oil it held together more.

Here’s to new traditions ❤️

Over the years, I've reached a point where I view Passover as a holiday of too many sacrifices. As a vegan for over 7 years, it's frustrating to see most of the food options I would normally enjoy being restricted, while non-vegans indulge in meat, eggs, and dairy. I have no shame in admitting that I couldn't care less about imposing dietary restrictions on my family. We make sacrifices throughout the year, while non-vegans continue their habits without much thought. Additionally, Passover often means a monopoly of kosher brands with ingredients that I find distasteful. Just needed to get that off my chest.

I’m a vegetarian and will be attending a traditional (community) Passover Seder. what am I expected to eat?

Has anyone tried using that liquid Just Egg in a potato kugel? I’m craving this so bad right now and the only egg replacement I have around is Just Egg. Thanks in advance!

I used to only eat meat and fish on shabbat because I find it too hard to think of a Shabbat meal without meat or with substitutions. Trying to think outside the box here and maybe stir away from traditional food... What's your go to Shabbat menu? Salads and main please.

Also trying to convince my husband that food can be delicious too without meat and shabbat can feel like shabbat without animal protein as well.

Thank you all and shabbat shalom

Vegan one year started experiencing antisemitism within the movement and I couldn’t be more grateful to connect with other vegan Jews

A close family member just passed away. We are having a graveside funeral with immediate family only (12 people) and then back to siblings house for socially distanced immediate family masked shiva? We were given a deli menu to order from. There isn’t much on the menu that’s vegan. I don’t care about that- we are used to it! We were told it’s traditional to eat hard boiled eggs, which of course we won’t. I believe it’s also traditional to eat lentils & (round) fruit. My question: is there some sort of substitute for the hard boiled egg? What would be respectful of both our vegan views & jewish tradition? TIA

Hey! I’ve collaborated with Rabbi Akiva Gersh, The Vegan Rabbi on Facebook, to put together an online lecture. It will be hosted on Google meet. Sunday Nov. 15 at 2:30pm EST

The talk will be about Judaism and food ethics / animal welfare

Save the link in your calendar :) And feel free to send it out to anyone who may be interested

Join with Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/gcc-fauf-zbp

—————— I hope this doesn’t break any rules, I didn’t see anything that made me feel like I can’t post this.

Why do Conservative Jews not practice WAITING TIL MARRIAGE? Orthodox do. It is the law, is it not?

So, long story short, i found this subreddit shown in a r/community post and there i thought. Aren't all kosher rules focused as "you can eat as many vegetables but meat has some rules"?

In the past i had some omni jewish people explained to me what kosher meat was or how they dont mix dairy and meat.

But right now i'm curious about how this could affect a vegan diet since i feel i may not know the whole picture.

Hi everyone! I recently transitioned from vegetarian to vegan and happened to find this sub :) Am on the lookout for good vegan Jewish recipes. Hmu with whatever you have!