Phew.
It’s over.
Passover is done.
Well, technically, it runs through the week, but as you’ve probably figured out from Friday’s rant, we don’t observe the Passover dietary laws in this home.
For us, Passover is strictly a two night affair. Which is plenty for me.
And, quite frankly, I’m tired of thinking, cooking, reading and writing about Passover. So I’m done. (Well, after this post, that is.)
But for the first time, my husband didn’t complain about the food on Passover. That’s a HUGE win in my book.
Oh, and my oldest – who isn’t quite 7 – ate and LOVED the lamb that I made this year.
Yes, lamb.
My father couldn’t believe that my daughter LIKED the lamb. To be fair, he couldn’t believe that we were serving lamb this year… we’ve never served it before, and, in his world, different = bad for Passover … but he really couldn’t get over the fact that everyone tried it, ate, it, loved it and went back for seconds!
Here’s my take on the whole lamb thing…
If those ancient Jews slaughtered that poor little lamb for its shank bone and blood, I’m sure they damn well ate it too! That’s how it worked back them .. you used the WHOLE animal. Nothing was wasted.
So I mixed it up this year and served lamb. And my oldest asked for MORE!
Okay, enough about the lamb… especially since I don’t have any pictures of it.
The real show stopper was the zucchini carpaccio.
It may have taken 25 minutes to plate those suckers, but look at how good it looks 
The zucchini carpaccio is super easy, super delicious and such a wonderful Spring / Summer side dish. Made into a big platter (we needed to serve 40+ people!) and it’s also GORGEOUS!
Okay.
I’m done now.
Happy Passover.
I’m mentally moving on to the FBLA Bake Sale that’s on April 28th.
(deena)
Ingredients
- zucchini
- olive oil
- pine nuts - toasted
- goat cheese - crumbled
- sea salt / pepper
Instructions
- Shave zucchini on a mandolin into the thinnest slices possible.
- Arrange on a plate.
- Drizzle with a healthy helping of good quality olive oil.
- Sprinkle with toasted pine nuts, goat cheese, sea salt and pepper.
- Enjoy!
- Sprinkle Pine Nuts
- Sprinkle Goat Cheese
- Sprinkle Sea Salt
- Grind Pepper
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We had the most wonderful evening Deena!! Everything was soooo good!!! But, the zucchni carpaccio was the BEST!!!! It looked so beautiful – and tasted so good!! Thank you again for such a special Passover meal!! xoxo
Thanks, Roz
Wow, beautiful presentation, I don’t think I’d have the patience, though:-)
Cristy – It was kind of mindless putting the zucchini slices down. It required more time than patience.
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Hi Deena! Wow! Amazing presentation! Almost too pretty to eat. (notice I said almost) I’m going to have to give this one a try at our next party. I even have two mandolins, so I can make hubbs help with the prep. ;~)
Newly following from Toot Your Horn Tuesday. A belated blessed Pesach! ~Mary
This is the most beautiful dish I’ve ever laid eyes on. I am thrilled that you linked up to Mop It Up Monday! Thanks so much for stopping by!
{HUGS},
kristi
Kristi – thank you!
Wow, I’m totally blown away by the beauty of this dish. It’s gorgeous. Happy Passover to all of you! I’m featuring you at tomorrow’s Mop It Up Monday {coming out later tonight}! Hope you’ve had a wonderful weekend!
{HUGS},
kristi
This is just amazing looking! You’ve been featured at the newest Craftastic Monday’s Link Party, so be sure to stop by & grab a Featured On button. Thanks for linking to Craftastic Monday at Sew Can Do:)
Thank you!!
That platter is beautiful. Thank for sharing the photo and the recipe and the family lamb story.