{"id":13389,"date":"2019-04-08T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T14:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=13389"},"modified":"2019-03-28T10:47:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T14:47:41","slug":"have-a-vegan-passover-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/08\/have-a-vegan-passover-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a Vegan Passover!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Passover begins the evening of April 19, 2019 this year and\nThe Vegetarian Resource Group is the publisher of several books that feature\nvegan Passover recipes. Below we share three recipes with you. You can purchase\nthese vegan cookbooks from the VRG Book Catalog here: http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/catalog <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fresh Tomato Soup (from No Cholesterol Passover\nRecipes<\/em>, by Debra Wasserman)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Serves 4)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 large onion, chopped<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 small ripe tomatoes, chopped<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1-1\/2 cups water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/2 teaspoon fresh parsley, minced<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pepper and salt to taste<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combine all the ingredients in a large pot and cook over\nmedium heat for 15 minutes and then cool. Place mixture in a blender cup and\nblend until creamy. Reheat and serve hot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Minted Carrots with Chilies (from Vegan Passover Recipes<\/em>, by Nancy\nBerkoff)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Serves 4-5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1-1\/2 cups sliced onions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vegetable oil spray<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 garlic clove, minced<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Tablespoons peeled and minced fresh ginger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Tablespoons seeded and minced fresh chilies or green\npepper<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1-1\/4 pounds carrots (about 3-1\/2 cups), peeled and sliced\nlengthwise 1-inch thick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Tablespoons chopped fresh mint<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Place onions in a large frying pan, spray liberally with\nvegetable oil, and saut\u00e9 over medium heat until soft and golden, about 5\nminutes. Add garlic, ginger, and chilies and stir. Allow to cook for 1 minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add carrots and add enough water to just cover. Cook\nuncovered for 15 minutes, or until carrots are tender. Add mint, cook for 2\nmore minutes. Serve hot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Russian Potato and Mushroom Croquettes (from The Lowfat Jewish Vegetarian Cookbook<\/em>,\nby Debra Wasserman)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Serves 5)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1-1\/2 pounds potatoes, peeled and chopped<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5 cups water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 onion, peeled and chopped<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1\/4 pound mushrooms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 teaspoon oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Tablespoon water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salt and pepper to taste<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup matzo meal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Tablespoon oil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boil potatoes in 5 cups water until tender. Drain and mash\npotatoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a separate pan, saut\u00e9 onion and mushrooms in 1 teaspoon oil\nand 1 Tablespoon water over medium-high heat for 3 minutes. Mix the mashed\npotatoes, saut\u00e9ed onion and mushrooms, seasonings, and matzo meal together in a\nlarge bowl. Form 10 burgers (croquettes).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heat 1 Tablespoon oil in a large frying pan over medium-high\nheat. Fry croquettes for 8 minutes, flip over and continue frying for another 8\nminutes. Serve two croquettes per person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Don\u2019t forget, you can purchase these vegan cookbooks from\nthe VRG Book Catalog here: http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/catalog <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Passover begins the evening of April 19, 2019 this year and The Vegetarian Resource Group is the publisher of several books that feature vegan Passover recipes. Below we share three recipes with you. You can purchase these vegan cookbooks from the VRG Book Catalog here: http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/catalog Fresh Tomato Soup (from No Cholesterol Passover Recipes, by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13393,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13389\/revisions\/13393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}