The 50+ BEST Vegan Kosher For Passover Recipes (Gluten-Free) (2024)

FAQs

What vegan protein is kosher for Passover? ›

For protein, focus on nuts, quinoa & high protein vegetables. Indian spices and dishes such as Aloo Gobi (cauliflower and potatoes) can make a vegan Passover much more delicious! Indian food can also be made in advance and served over quinoa.

During Passover the only source of gluten is from matzoh. Otherwise, the Kosher for Passover diet is inherently gluten-free. and the Sabbath Meals, special care must be taken to avoid cross-contamination with any form of gluten containing matzoh or other foods containing gluten.

Store-Bought & Homemade Gluten Free Passover Foods

Products include potato starch noodles, potato starch cake mixes, Passover cereals made without wheat, and even frozen foods like potato starch pizza crusts, blintzes, waffles and knishes. You can even now find gluten-free Kosher for Passover Cake Meal. What is this?

So, after considering many alternatives – so many cheesy flavored, vegan alternatives are NOT strictly kosher for Passover depending on how you keep kosher – I settled on dried porcini mushrooms.

The most general concern is that these products typically contain multiple ingredients which, even if they individually contain no leavened products, may still be made in facilities that also produce items that are not kosher for Passover.

All fruits and vegetables are Kosher for Passover (Avocado is a Passover favorite). Eggs are also Kosher for Passover. All Items must state Kosher for Passover, or have a P next to the Kosher symbol.

You might not typically think of baking with potato starch, but it's a traditional flour substitute for Passover. Some people combine it with matzo meal (typically ¾ cup potato starch mixed with ¼ cup matzo cake meal can be substituted for 1 cup of all-purpose flour), while some recipes rely solely on potato starch.

Pasta is typically made from wheat, and even gluten-free varieties do not automatically get a kosher for Passover seal of approval. (This is actually a thing that appears on certified kosher for Passover packaged food.) It's technically a seed, and a lot of Jews embrace it to get through the eight days.

Quinoa, the grain-like seed grown in South America, is Kosher for Passover when processed with special OU Passover supervision and bearing the OU-P symbol.

Gluten Free and Kosher for Passover, Panko Crumbs are a great choice for all your breaded recipes!

Is oatmeal kosher for Passover? ›

Along with wheat, barley, rye and spelt, oats are one of the “five grains,” which can become chametz when brought into contact with water. On Passover, it is forbidden to eat or even own chametz. Oatmeal (and most other oat products) is therefore not kosher for Passover.

Many Passover recipes call for almond flour or almond meal. Be aware that there is a difference between the two: almond flour is made from blanched (aka peeled) almonds and is finer and fluffier than almond meal, which is made from raw almonds.

Even though there is much discussion as to what exactly is included in this custom to not eat legumes, the practice today is to include soy products in the list of those things we do not eat. So, tofu, which is made from the soy bean, is forbidden for Ashkenazi Jews on Passover (… sorry!).

Nutella, the popular brand of gianduja, is not kosher for Passover (strictly speaking, it's not kosher at any point of the year—it simply doesn't have the certification). But Nocciolata is a very fine substitute.

Produce which cannot be peeled, such as berries or peppers, are not eaten by these people. There are also a few vegetables — such as garlic, ginger, and radish — which certain communities don't eat for various reasons.

Vegan products are generally pareve so will usually carry the regular OU kosher symbol. Kosher for Passover vegan products are only those products where the OUP symbol is displayed on the packaging.

Hemp Seed & Flax Seed - Approved for Passover when purchased in whole grain form with no additives. Purchase from manufacturers that do not process chometz grains. Consumers are required to carefully check grains BEFORE PESACH for extraneous matter.

Finally, an important footnote on pea protein. Although according to OU policy it cannot be used in Passover-certified products, since peas are considered kitniyot (a Hebrew word meaning legumes), they nevertheless do have the potential to be certified as chametz-free.