Eat Well, Live Free - Passover sweet potato latkes, apple butter and charoset

By Jillena

Growing up, my favorite Jewish holiday was the celebration of Passover and the freedom of Jews from slavery in Egypt at a ritual dinner called the Passover Seder. We haven’t celebrated Passover in years, so when Nancy Eisman invited 6 food bloggers to attend a “Cyber Seder” (not even knowing that I am Jewish!), I had a wave of very special memories of my Mom who would create this meal from scratch.

With the family gathered for a feast, the kids took turns telling the story of Passover and my parents ended the meal by hiding the matzo for us to find. Among the three kids, I was the only one to remember, every year, that my parents Always hid the matzo in the washing machine. Every Year.

Mom would place the ritual seder plate on the table which included charoset (a mixture of apples, nuts and sweet wine) representing the mortar used by the Jewish slaves to build houses in Egypt. A large bowl was also brought to the table so that we could indulge in this sweet treat as a condiment during dinner. I knew I had to make this dish that I reveled in growing up, eating it on matzo slathered in butter. As you can see, I chopped the apples pretty big. I forgot until now that it was supposed to be ground down to a rough gravel consistency. I think I got so excited about the mixture of flavors that all progress stopped before I took out the food processor!

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