Passover food for observant Jewish bandsters???

kefirchick · March 24, 2008

I posted this on the food /recipe forum, but haven't gotten any responses. Here is my issue. I don't think matzoh's are going to work with the band. Two bites and I am afraid i will be hanging over the ceramic basin! And matzoh balls??? Has anyone tried them with success? I am afraid they will swell up and block the stoma too.

Preband, I have always eaten macaroons, and all the yummy passover Cookies and cakes available, but I don't want to use the excuse of not being able to eat matzohs as a reason to eat sugary high calorie carbs. Also, I don't think I can chow down on eggs and gefilte fish for a whole week!! Does everyone just do an Adkins sort of diet? What have you bandsters eaten during Passover in the past? Does anyone have any good recipes that are band friendly and Kosher for Passover?

Thanks-

Kefirchick

brigherd · March 24, 2008

I posted this on the food /recipe forum, but haven't gotten any responses. Here is my issue. I don't think matzoh's are going to work with the band. Two bites and I am afraid i will be hanging over the ceramic basin! And matzoh balls??? Has anyone tried them with success? I am afraid they will swell up and block the stoma too.
Preband, I have always eaten macaroons, and all the yummy passover Cookies and cakes available, but I don't want to use the excuse of not being able to eat matzohs as a reason to eat sugary high calorie carbs. Also, I don't think I can chow down on eggs and gefilte fish for a whole week!! Does everyone just do an Adkins sort of diet? What have you bandsters eaten during Passover in the past? Does anyone have any good recipes that are band friendly and Kosher for Passover?

Thanks-

Kefirchick

Kefirchick: I was just banded on 3/19 and face the same dilemma. I will probably just do the low carb thing and eat cottage cheese, tuna, chicken and gefilte fish. I was hoping to see some recipes too. Maybe when I am feeling more productive, I will go through my recipes and see what I can finagle!

kefirchick · March 25, 2008

Kefirchick: I was just banded on 3/19 and face the same dilemma. I will probably just do the low carb thing and eat cottage cheese, tuna, chicken and gefilte fish. I was hoping to see some recipes too. Maybe when I am feeling more productive, I will go through my recipes and see what I can finagle!

Tuna, cottage cheese, eggs and gefilte fish-Sort of what I am eating now ha ha! If you just got banded, you will be on your last week of mushies or just going to solid food. Well, at least we can eat charosets. I never eat it except on Pesach (don't know why) so I will at least have a little taste of Passover to look forward to.

Don't be surprised if your appetite returns with a vengence. In fact, you probably will be able to eat Matzoh because your swelling should be down, and you won't be restricted.

As far as Shabbos, I am no longer able to eat fresh plain Challah. I have to toast it, and then I can only eat a small piece. (My first PB was with a piece of fresh warm Challah :biggrin:). Oh well. We gotta do what we gotta do. I am losing VERY slowly, 15 pounds since Dec 7, surgery on Dec 21 2007. But I was able to half my blood pressure medicines, and am now able to exercise again.

Let me know if you find some good recipes. I think I will throw a few extra apples in to make sure I have a weeks worth of charosets left over!

kefirchick

sarahs · March 30, 2008

I face the same dilemma...banded on 3/26/08....i'm having 3 families over for most of the yom tovim, so i have to cook for everyone and figure out what i'm going to eat for myself.....

brigherd · March 31, 2008

Well, 12 days out, my swelling must be down because I feel no restriction. I am satrving and feel sick becuase I am hungry, thinking about food constantly!! This isn't what I signed up for. I have had to advance my post -op eating schedule seriously. If I eat a more normal diet (nothing seems to bother me), I feel much better and stronger. I see the dr. tomorrow and we'll see how it goes.

I am amking 2nd seder and will just make my usual and eat small portions of the softer foods (turkey, mashed potatoes, etc.) No nuts in the charoset anymore. Our 27 year old daughter who loves charoset, developed a deadly nut allergy last year!!

gdf18 · April 19, 2008

I'm not banded yet...I'm April 30th. I am having a matzah free Pesach and no grape juice either. I'm always sick on Pesach and in fact, last year I thought I was having a heart attach and ended up in emergency. It was a matzah attack! I'm happy to have the excuse not to eat it. I want to try to go to the surgery "clean". I'm eating carefully right now in preparation.

But as I'm Orthodox, it's tough because everyone tells you you must eat a certain amount of matzah etc. So I'm having first seder at a good friend who knows about my surgery and is very supportive. No one will bother me there. 2nd night my husband and I decided to low-key it and make a seder for just the two of us. I actually think it will be very nice. Next year.....is next year. I think I'll be just as happy not to eat matzah, but by then, who knows.

Have a happy Pesach. Good Shabbos.

Gwenn

jelbel · May 2, 2008

Hello Everybody,

I just noticed this thread. Pesach is long gone. Thank goodness. I had a matzah attack withb 2 matza balls and I couldn't eat anything else.

The next evening I had a great meal bli matzah.

We should share receipes,I'm a Caribbean,Panamanian,Sephardic/Ashkenazi Jew. I have yummy recipes. I had my op. on Nov. 5th, 2007. I have lost 34 lbs.