Passover has always been my favorite Jewish holiday.  My friends and family all disagree but I love the food and it becomes special to eat it for a week.  On top of that there have always been the kosher for Passover cakes in a box that I used to love to make.

Back to Passover.  The good thing about Passover now is that they have a bunch of gluten free kosher for Passover foods.  Unfortunately, I don’t love either of the two cereals I tried.  (I eat gluten free to support my daughter – not for any medical reasons).  However, the matzah tastes just as good.  I personally liked the Yehudah brand better.  My mom taught me how to make her chicken soup and using the matzah ball mix is more than good enough.  The only issue is that it soaks up all the liquid so it doesn’t stay as well.  We made my mom’s matzah farfel recipe, and like most things gluten free the consistency was off.  For next year we’ll use less liquid and less eggs.

Typically, I like to host a friend’s dinner for Passover.  But this year, I’ve been too focused on my daughter’s upcoming first gluten free birthday to worry about Passover cooking.  I’ve spent hours and dollars learning how to properly bake (still a box mix cake) that will be large enough for her party and decorated well enough to have everything she desires.  We’ve always done Costco cakes in the past which are pretty simple but now she’ll be getting a fully designed cake, and hopefully it won’t look like she made it herself.  (pictures will come after her birthday).  Next year I’ll have learned about the cake, I’m taking good notes so that next year will be much easier (and cheaper- I’ll have the supplies and won’t have to make so many trials).