If there ever comes a time when I desperately need a kitchen staff it’s Passover. Not to be greedy, I’d simply settle for a sous chef. But since sadly, I see neither luxury in my future, I’m nominating my 2nd freezer for the job.
Stopping the holiday stress is all about helping yourself. Help me, help you, realize that you can lighten your load by cooking and freezing in advance.
A full freezer makes me so happy that I sometimes wrap my arms around the ice box. I respond to my kids shocked and quizzical stares like any sane, pre-Pesach, balabusta, “you’ll understand when you’re a mommy.”
9 Passover Recipes To Make Ahead and Freeze
Save yourself some time later by freezing now.
mac and cheese
I love making soups and stews in the crock pot.
I make a huge pot of chicken soup that stays on the back burner throughout the week. Just add more water, more chicken.
Meatballs! And they freeze really well!
I like making Lasagna
Chicken Taco Chili in the crockpot!
My favorite is chicken and dumplings.
meatballs!
I love making meatballs!
Quinoa with spagehetti sauce and chicken saussages
Lasagna is my favorite make ahead recipe, it freezes well too!
Chicken soup—always better on Pesach!
Grilled cheese and soup
I love making lasagna the most it easiest for me and my family
Lasagna
My favorite make ahead recipe is my grandmother’s vegetable soup
My Grilled Cheese Sandwiches are spectacular.
Slow cooker Chicken Breasts with creamy Ranch Dressing sauce.
Pork roast, slow cooked on a low heat.
I keep a basic gravy portioned in the freezer.
Lasagna
Chili! Chili! Chili! baby! 😉 did I mention i love Chili… byt the way I love all the recipe ideas thanks
Chicken soup
I love pot roast! I put all the veggies together in a gallon ziploc freezer bag and the roast in another with Worchestershire sauce and spices so that it marinates as it thaws.
spaghetti
chicken soup!
I love quiche muffins i freeze them and just thaw a few each day yummy
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I always have a few quarts of chicken broth in my freezer.
Chili is one of my favorites. The flavors develop and its even better the next day.
I love to double up & make 2 lasagnas…one for that night and one to freeze for later!
Chili! It tastes even better the next day!
Hi Jacquelyn! So happy to have you as part of our happy kosher cooking community!. SO there aren’t too many tricks when it comes to pre Passover kitchen prep. Basically there are two possible scenarios. 1) You have a separate Pesach kitchen, literally. Lots of people I know dedicate a closet in their basement (or larger space if avail) for a mini kitchen that’s kosher for Passover and that ONLY gets used for Passover prep and cooking — which is a real luxury since it allows them to start cooking well in advance of the holiday and in advance of officially “turning over” their main kitchen for Passover. 2) For the rest of us — if you really love to prep in advance, which I do, bc it makes me calm!!!!!!!!, as clearly illustrated by all those exclamation marks — I “turn over my kitchen” which it Passover slang for cleaning and kashering the kitchen for Pesach and includes (AMONG MANY OTHER detailed requirements according to Jewish law) putting away ALL my year-round kitchen pots, pans, utensils, etc…. and pulling out my Passover cookware — so that I can indeed cook in advance.
I love having soup in the freezer
Pizza roll-ups are our favorite!
Spaghetti Squash Bites.
Veggie Soup!
Chilli!
My favorite is Chicken Lasagna. It tastes awesome the next day! 🙂
My favorite is lasagna.
My favorite make ahead meal is lasagna!!
I love making chilli when its cold out.
For winter get togethers I like to make a pot of chili.
Chili
My favorite make ahead recipe is vegetable soup.
For me, it’s turkey chili!
I like to make chicken noodle soup as my ahead meal.
My favorite make ahead is chili