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| Time to stock up! |
Whether you are dealing with food allergies, are a vegan, have special diet for celiac disease, or
just simply like some tasty food, Kosher for Passover may offer a heaven of
tasty food choices.
This time of the year is one of my favorite times of the
year for discovering tasty baked goods or revisiting some known ones. The Kosher diet is great for offering
dairy free alternatives (Kosher dietary law does not allow the consumption of
meat with dairy-there is a great discussion on this in the movie, “The Believer”). Around Passover, there is no
consumption of certain types of foods (again, you can find additional
information on this on line) – this adds all kinds of gluten and soy free
choices. Although we no longer
have to avoid gluten and soy for my son, it’s nice to not overload on the
ingredients. Stores around this
time of the year also display more Kosher items. A few years ago, when my son had to avoid wheat and soy, I
would drive weekly to the Hungarian Kosher Store (one hour each way) so we
could stock up on all kinds of goodies.
They got to know us.
Recently I haven’t had time to drive up as much, but have been able to
find some great Kosher choices in stores closer to me (although not as much as
the Hungarian Kosher Store).
My latest discovery (from Sunset Foods) is “Z Best Bakery”
baked goods. This is a nut free
bakery (so no cross contamination) and there is NO dairy in their
products. Chocolate Coffee cake,
challah rolls, challah hot dog buns and hamburger rolls, Italian bread, marble
rye bread (and more) all made in a nut free, dairy free bakery. So far, I had to bake all the bread for
my son. Now he can have a burger
with a commercially made hamburger bun, or a chocolate coffee cake. Today I bought a box of chocolate chip
mandel ….this is like biscotti (which we can’t have because they are made in a
facility with nuts).
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| Butter free pound cake....nut free! |
Some of the Kosher items that are great for special diets:
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Osem mini Mandel rings…great additions to any
soup
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Truly dairy free whipping creams that you can
add to your pies etc..
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A nutella like nut/dairy free spread I’ve found a
few years ago
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Hammentaschen - kolachky like dessert made free
of flour and dairy
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Dairy free ranch dressing
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Bread crumbs (no dairy contamination because of
the no meat with dairy mix)
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| Discovering Z Best Baked Goods....a huge variety |
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| The display at Sunset Foods
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Next time you are in the store, check out the Kosher for Passover
section. You will find all kinds
of goodies. This time of the year
is a gold mine for special diets.
