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Vegan Seder Plate

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Written by  McDonald, T.    |  Date 10th of April 2021 [you need to set the date] Passover is to remember how the Israelites escaped from the Pharaoh.  The story starts with the ten plagues of Egypt, which are: The sea turning to blood The plague of frogs The plague of lice The plague of flies The plague on the livestock The plague of boils The plague of hail The plague of locusts The plague of darkness The death of the first born After the tenth plague, the pharaoh frees the Israelites, but then changes his mind and chases after them with his army.  Mosses calls on God and the sea parts allowing the Israelites to escape while the Pharaoh and his army are swept away.    Parts of the meal  Chazeret  Is something bitter like lettuce.  Symbolises the bitterness of slavery.    Beitzah Traditionally, a hard boiled egg. Vegans use a vegan chocolate egg instead.  The egg has many meanings  Moaning to remember the temples destruction in Jerusalem. It symbolise the Jews faith.  When facing hea

How to make Charoset

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Written by  McDonald, T.    |  Date 28th of March 2021 Charoset sometimes called Haroset is a traditional food at Passover and has special meaning on the Seder plate.  The Seder meal tells the story of passover from the book of Exodus.  This particular part of the meal represents the mortar used to make bricks by the Israelites who were enslaved by the Pharaoh of Egypt.  Since i don't drink alcohol, i have used pomegranate juice.  I have used pecan and pine nuts, but you can use any nuts you like for instance walnuts or almonds are fine to us. Ingredients Apple x 1 Apple sauce x 1 tsp Golden syrup x 1 tbsp Pecan nuts x 6 - 8 chopped Pine nuts x a sprinkle Ground almonds x 2 tsp Cinnamon  1/2 tsp Pomegranate juice Method  Chop the apple and nuts then soak them in the pomegranate juice Add all the other ingredients immediately and stir You should end up with a lumpy thick past  Happy passover!

Vegan Easter or Passover Dinner

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Written by  McDonald, T.    |  Date 19th of March 2021 Whether you are celebrating Passover or Easter, this is the vegan dinner you where looking for!  It's a typical dinner around Easter that i have veganized for us vegans.  It's also fine for your passover feast too, but it is not the Seder meal.  Easter and Passover have many connections since the Last Supper was the Passover meal that Jesus and His disciples ate together.  For Christians, the last supper is where the Eucharist and the breaking of bread comes from and was the occasion Jesus had passover with His disciples (Luke 22:7-13).  Jesus said: ' ...unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you . ' (John 6:53).  Since the passover story has a lamb sacrificed at the temple at night, this dinner would usually have roast lamb.  Since lamb is out of the question for vegans, i had to come up with something else.  I have tried a variety of mock meats with some better than ot