The beginner’s guide to stocking your kitchen for Pesach.

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o. Plans fell through? Pesach program canceled, sister-in-law getting cold feet, mother-in-law wants to skip guests in light of the current situation? We get it: making Pesach for the fi rst time, especially if you only just realized you need to be making Pesach for the fi rst time, is daunting. Here’s a list of everything you need to get yourself ready for the Seder. And here’s a note: online shopping is ultra-convenient (always, but especially right now), but consider that frum-owned small businesses may really be hurting and could use your patronage.

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Kitchenware

FLEISHIGS:

cutting board, plastic, for raw meat and poultry

cutting board, wooden, for vegetables

knives

peeler

can opener

corkscrew

wooden spoon

  spatula

whisk

ladle

large soup pot (7+ quarts)

medium pot (5 quarts)

2–3 frying pans in various sizes

MILCHIGS:

nonstick pan for eggs

spatula

Small Appliances

food processor

  mixer (hand mixers sometimes burn out from beating egg whites)

Grocery

CLEANING/KASHERING SUPPLIES:

aluminum foil

parchment paper

shelf liners

sponges

SEDER NIGHT:

matzah (1.5-2 lb per adult)

  wine and grape juice

eggs (don’t forget to hard-boil and roast one if it’s your minhag)

apples (for charoses)

walnuts (for charoses)

chicken wing (for zeroa)

romaine lettuce (for chazeres)

horseradish root

potatoes/celery (for karpas)

BASIC PANTRY GOODS:

  oil (a neutral oil like saffl  ower or walnut as well as olive oil)

almond butter

almond flour

potato starch

other flour substitutes, if desired

matzah meal, if applicable

baking powder

baking soda

salt

pepper

other spices, if applicable

coffee/tea

sugar

brown sugar

honey

tuna

mayonnaise

DAIRY:

milk

yogurt/leben

Disposables

hot cups

cutlery

napkins

foil pans

plates, cups (nice disposable if you haven’t invested in Pesach dishes yet)

2-lb, 1-lb, and ½-lb containers for storage and food prep

(Originally featured in Family Table Issue 686)