The Worst And The Best Passover Breakfast Foods

Passover presents many challenges when it comes to certain meals. Breakfast, in particular, can be a challenge, especially if you have kids.

What, you may ask, is there to eat for breakfast on Passover?

The Truth About Passover Cereals

Are Crispy O’s and Crunchios Healthy?

Crispy O’s and Crunchios are the traditional go-to breakfast option for many families during Passover. These product are billed as “rich and delicious,” with no preservatives, no gluten, no cholesterol, no fat and very little sodium. But that is beside the point. Healthy and nutritious they are not!

Passover Cereals: The Worst for Your Kids

In fact, Passover cereals are among the absolute worst foods that you could feed your precious children. They are loaded with potato starch, sugar, tapioca starch, emulsifiers, artificial flavors (such as Vanillin) and, depending on the “flavor”, artificial colors such as caramel color and FD&C colors (Red #40, Yellow #5 & Blue #1). I would also argue that they taste like cardboard – but that is my opinion.

Instead of feeding your kids refined cardboard, there is a tremendous opportunity to make healthy and nutritious breakfasts. This can be done almost entirely with the foods that you already have in your Passover kitchen.

Healthy Breakfast Alternatives on Passover

Here are some starter ideas that use easy-to-find raw materials:

• Smoothies with Gefen almond milk (or you can even make your own homemade almond milk!), cashews, frozen fruit and fresh greens

• “Matzo” rolls made from almond flour and psyllium husk, with some butter or coconut oil (you can also stuff them with homemade guacamole. It is heavenly!)

• Matzo farfel made of crumbled spelt matzo with almond milk

• Spelt matzo with salt and coconut oil (in lieu of butter, for vegans)

• Hard boiled eggs with homemade mayonnaise

• Plain yogurt with frozen fruit and maple syrup (Costco sells organic frozen fruit that is kosher for Passover without extra certification)

• Homemade granola (using pieces of matzo in places of oats)

• Homemade applesauce with cinnamon

• Homemade mizuna pesto or basil pesto with matzo

• Crunchy Chocolate Quinoa (yes, this is so nutritious that you can serve it for breakfast!)

Some of these are quick and others require more time. However, they are all very simple to prepare.

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