In article >,
Janet Wilder > wrote:

> The carby holiday of Passover will be here really soon. Does anyone have
> any good recipes that are low in carbs. Almost everything seems to be
> filled with matzo meal, potatoes or potato starch. I want a one dish
> meal to serve company. A veggie lasagna, maybe?

That would work. As would a crustless quiche.

You have to think outside the box. The matzo meal is replacing flour,
which you probably don't use much. Likewise, the potato starch for
thickening. You don't use that. There are many more low-carb than high
carb recipes that can be used for Passover as is. The real problem is
with the dishes that are emotionally connected with Passover. For
instance, I still can't avoid matzo brei (zugefrischete matzo, fried
matzo), but I do alter the egg-to-matzo ratio. And I treat it like
Jennifer's birthday cake, a once-a-year carb splurge. But, for company,
there are baked zucchini and egg dishes that can look very elegant, and
so forth.
>
> Also, I would really appreciate a good coconut macaroon recipe with
> Splenda. I'll trade my almond macaroon recipe for it.

I've tried this from time to time. I even worked out how much extra
sweetening would be needed because I was using unsweetened coconut
flakes instead of sweetened coconut. However, the texture was wrong; the
coconut was too chewy (and not in a good way). I know there are some
basic Splenda-based meringue recipes. I would imagine one of those would
make a good base, assuming you can work out how to moisten unsweetened
coconut. Maybe there are kosher-le-pesach coconut extracts that would
provide the appropriate flavor.

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