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Lin Goldkrantz <[log in to unmask]>
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<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>>

I've been getting a number of inquiries from people who are either newly diagnosed and/or trying to host a gf seder for the first time. It's not that hard to hold a gluten-free seder.....with the exception of the matzah, which of course, is the key part to the story.

This may help. Here is a basic gf menu that has served our family for years. 

-Roasted chicken or turkey... can be made without stuffing, or try a potato-product based stuffing. 
-Chicken soup. -Matzah balls...google and you'll find gf recipes.
-Potato kugel recipes....I already posted today. These can be made ahead of time and reheated. (Change in color is normal.)
-Pot roast (alternative to poultry)
-Salad. Greens: parsley, lettuce. 
-Hard-boiled eggs.  (We serve the hard-boiled egg at the beginning of the meal, with a piece of boiled potato, in a little salt water......My husband's grandfather's tradition.)
-Dessert. Keep it simple.  I like to put out baked apples. I make mine in the microwave.  Also Schick's Bakery in Brooklyn sells their Passover cakes in lots of supermarkets--at least on the east coast. Today, I found they have a website and will ship to consumers directly. Many are gluten-free.
-Charoset---walnuts, apple chopped fine together. Add cinnamon and wine to taste. 

As far as the matzah....either order the oat matzah online, bake your own fake matzah (google for recipes), or let everyone who doesn't have celiac have matzah, and you just don't have it. (I skip it.) The biggest problem you'll have is keeping everyone else's matzah crumbs off your food when stuff is passed around.

Sorry, I have no answers for anyone who is allergic to eggs or potatoes. They're staples of the Passover week.

Keep calm. Enjoy. Focus on the fact that you're lucky enough to have family and friends over for a seder together.

Lin


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