Looking for breakfast foods which are suitable for a kosher diet? Many people eat their daily meals according to Jewish customs, and this means that they have to buy foods which are suitable for their diet...

What to look for from kosher breakfast foods

 Looking for breakfast foods which are suitable for a kosher diet? Many people eat their daily meals according to Jewish customs, and this means that they have to buy foods which are suitable for their diet. Although many foods are kosher, it is not always easy to find breakfast foods which fit in with the demands of the diet, or of particular seasons in the Jewish year when grains cannot be eaten. With breakfast being the most important meal of the day and vital to anyone about to set off for a long day at work, finding the right foodstuffs is vital.

 Planning a kosher breakfast

While there are many rules governing the management and production of foods which can restrict a kosher diet, there are some which are particularly pertinent to the breakfast. Kosher restrictions, for example, mean that it isn't allowed to combine meat and dairy products, so you can't eat a meat and cheese omelette for breakfast, or have scrambled eggs with meat-based products on the side. Of course, the kosher laws surrounding the eating of pig meat also rules out a lot of breakfast-bar meals.

Planning a kosher breakfast might mean eating a bagel for breakfast, although don't add meats to a buttered bagel, or it might mean eating a pancake from kosher ingredients. While you can plan a general meal like this, you will still have to be very careful about eating foods which are bought from a general grocer. The majority of these foods will not be kosher, meaning that the whole breakfast is therefore not kosher.

 Special restrictions for Passover

While a kosher breakfast can be managed for most of the year, the week of Passover can be much more difficult. This is because the restrictions call for the banning of leavened grains. At a stroke, this rules out meals such as cereals, breads, bagels, pancakes, muffins, French morning breads and any kind of biscuit. The majority of Orthodox Jews rule out eating any kind of flower during the Passover period, and only use matzah meal, or ground matzah in the form of a fine powder.

 Eating kosher breakfast meals at Passover

Even if you are not following the Orthodox Jewish traditions, you should still be aware that flour, once made wet with water or milk, is considered to be leavened after only 18 minutes. Making breakfast from scratch is not possible, and so it makes more sense to try to purchase kosher breakfast goods for this period. Anything which is made from eggs, potato and vegetables will be fine as a breakfast meal, and you can also order goods online which are specially guaranteed to be kosher for this time period.