Pesach and nutrition

[cellio]

Notes to self for next year:

• Use fish, a lot, to make up the protein deficit (waa! no soy!) without driving calories through the roof. That much meat, cheese, and egg is bad for you.
• But not tuna salad. I mean real fish, several times during the week. Fresh fish freezes.
• Eat more fruit. Fruit doesn't have to come in cans, you know; there's this place called the produce aisle.
• Eat more veggies too. Buy a microwave-safe casserole for this.
• There's a vitamin-balance problem, but I don't know how to fix it when the balanced breakfast drink is off limits.
• Baby carrots are not the only convenient raw veggie -- just the most convenient one. 400% RDA on Vitamin A is probably bad for you, even if it's only a week.
• Maybe you shouldn't eat matzah after the seders. It's not required, and there are other delivery systems for cheese and jam. Ok, maybe not jam, but you shouldn't be eating much of that anyway.

Comments

[hopeness.livejournal.com]

I feel the same way about Pesach food this year, although I was smart enough to buy a package of frozen sole fillets. Also we got a lot of seder leftovers (which complicated things a bit because we were exclusively dairy at home, we ate out of styrofoam bowls and I had to do clean up in the bathroom sink!).

I think we would've eaten better this week if we had more than one pot.

[cellio]

I've definitely been adding pots and utensils to the Pesach stash over the years. While it's still kind of small (I realized last night that I would have to bake a brisket rather than my usual stove-top prep because I didn't have a meat skillet large enough), it makes a big difference. Money spent on giving yourself some cooking options is not wasted. Besides, if down the road you decide that you don't use your Pesach thingamabob enough to be worth the hassle of storing and shlepping it, you can downgrade it to regular kosher and use it the rest of the year. :-)