22 Yummy Rice Bowl Recipes That Feel Like A Recreation Of Your CAVA Order

When is Passover this year in 2025?

Passover begins the evening of April 12, 2025, and lasts through the evening of Apr 20, 2025.

What is the traditional meal for Passover?

The traditional meal for Passover includes a mix of symbolic foods. Meat, eggs, fruit and vegetables, herbs, and saltwater all have a place on the Seder plate, though more modern passover meals make some variations on the ingredients included.

What are the 6 foods of Passover?

A lamb’s bone (Zeroah), roasted egg (Beitzah), fruit and nut paste (Haroset), bitter herbs like horseradish (Mar’or), green vegetables (Karpas), and a small bowl of salt water are the 6 main foods of Passover.

What food is forbidden on Passover?

Some traditions celebrate the jewish holiday with restrictions on leavened bread (chometz). Breads made from wheat, oat, spelt, rye or barley are not eaten on Passover.

Smoked Salmon Platter

Now that everyone has a drink, get the party started with a show-stopping salmon platter, complete with cukes, tomatoes, red onion, and tons of shmear. Replace the bagels with matzo to hold all those toppings. (via How Sweet Eats)

Matzo Ball Soup

This Passover classic is traditionally made with chicken. Welcome your vegetarian friends to the table with a meat-free version. (via Foodal)

Salmon Instant Pot Dinner

If you're hosting a small Passover Seder, use your Instant Pot to create a full meal of steamed fish, potatoes, and veg. (via Brit + Co)

Roasted Beef Tenderloin With French Onion Au Jus

Feeling fancier than brisket? This thyme-crusted tenderloin is simpler than it looks but is definitely main-course worthy. Just be sure to omit the butter or replace it with a dairy-free substitute. (via Half Baked Harvest)

Matzo Schnitzel

With matzo meal and potato starch, crispy breaded chicken free of leavened ingredients can be yours for your Passover crowd to enjoy. (via Jamie Geller)

Instant-Pot Pot Roast

Embrace the modern-day craze for the Instant Pot (and the Whole30 diet) with this nourishing pot roast, which incorporates more veggies than the traditional version. (via Life Made Sweeter)

Kofta Kebabs

These kebabs have just six ingredients but are intensely flavorful from cozy cinnamon and aromatic basil. Swap out Passover Panko or matzo meal for the breadcrumbs. These have a tahini dressing, which can be left out depending on if your family consumes kitniyot during Passover or not. (via Jamie Geller)

Instant Pot Steamed Artichokes

Celebrate the classic fried artichokes of the Roman Jewish Ghetto with this lighter version, which steams in 10 minutes in the Instant Pot. (via Cotter Crunch)

Beet and Carrot Fritters

Switch up the Passover table's very beige (yet delicious) color scheme with these bright and healthy beet fritters. (via Leite's Culinaria)

Creamy Vegan Risotto With Asparagus and Quinoa

Quinoa is technically a seed, not a grain, so many people give it the seal of approval on Passover. Use it to concoct this risotto, which gets its creamy texture from a purée of roasted cauliflower, beans, and almond milk. However, if you are avoiding beans, just sub in more cauliflower. (via Well Plated by Erin)

Matzo Farfel Stuffing

Dates add an unexpected sweetness to this comforting tray of matzo pieces, mushrooms, and aromatic veggies. (via Jamie Geller)

Roasted Eggplant Salad

Juicy pomegranate seeds can make any dish look festive, as proven by this bed of seasoned roasted eggplant and pine nuts. Dress it in lemon juice, sea salt, and olive oil if you are not consuming kitniyot like tahini sauce. (via Foraged Dish)

Make These Delicious Desserts And Sweets For Passover

Vanilla Noodle Kugel

Use Passover-friendly (usually matzo-based) egg noodles and wafer cookies for this kugel, which balances the sweet notes of vanilla and sugar with the tangier flavor of sour cream. (via Tori Avey)

Flourless Chocolate Fudge Cake

Butter, chocolate, eggs, and sugar make a shockingly fudgy cake — no flour necessary. You can always sub in vegan butter if you plan on eating the meal less than two hours after consuming meat. (via Baker by Nature)

Waffle-Iron Latkes 5 Ways

Modernize the traditional latke by cooking it in a waffle iron and adorning it with updated toppings, like crème fraîche and apple butter or Greek yogurt and pomegranate. (via Brit + Co)

Dessert-Wine Poached Pears

A holiday without flour is an opportunity to get creative with fruit. These pears are poached in simple syrup, honey, and dessert wine until warm and tender. Serve them with non-dairy vanilla ice cream for a glorious temperature contrast. (via Drizzle and Dip)

Passover Apple Cake

Matzo cake meal is the secret ingredient in this nutty, apple-rich, and raisin-studded cake. (via Leite's Culinaria)

5-Ingredient Magic Matzo Chocolate Bars

Have the kids in the family make these crunchy-chewy chocolate bars. The recipe is a simple matter of layering, sprinkling, and drizzling, so it can't go too awry. (via Half Baked Harvest)

Passover Chocolate Chip Cookies

As long as you have matzo meal, you don't have to give up chocolate chip cookies during Passover. (via Tori Avey)

Classic Red Sangria

You could pass around standard glasses of Manischewitz, or you could use the red wine to make a fruity sangria. Since Manischewitz is already so sweet, you don't need to add any sugar to the mix. (via Kitchen Treaty)

Healthy Spring Roll Chicken Bowls

Serves 4

Switch things up for dinner with a deconstructed spring roll bowl — tender grilled chicken, crisp fresh veggies, and a generous drizzle of your favorite peanut sauce for a flavorful, fuss-free twist!

Ingredients:

• 4 ounces vermicelli rice noodles, cook according to pkg directions
• 1/2 pkg Perdue® Fresh Cuts Chicken Breast Strips
• 1 jar of peanut sauce
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt and pepper
• 1/2 head of green cabbage, sliced
• 1 carrot, julienned
• 2 small cucumbers, thinly sliced
• 1/2 mango, cubed
• 1 pkg mung beans
• 1 avocado, sliced
• 1 spring onion, sliced
• 1/3 roasted peanuts, roughly chopped
• Optional herbs: cilantro, mint, thai basil
• 1 lime, cut in wedges
• Hot sauce

Directions:

1. In a medium bowl, combine 3/4 cup peanut sauce (thin with a little water if too thick) and chicken breast strips to marinate for at least 30 minutes.

2. On a grill pan or sauté pan, heat oil over medium heat until shimmering. With tongs, remove the chicken from the marinade and place directly onto pan in one layer. If the pan isn’t large enough, make in batches. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Cook for 3-4 minutes per side, not moving or flipping until well browned. Chicken is ready when an insta-read thermometer reads chicken at 165℉.

4. Transfer grilled chicken to plate to rest while you assemble the bowls.

5. To assemble bowls, equally divide the rice noodles into four bowls, top with cabbage, carrot, cucumbers, mango, mung beans and avocado.

6. Add sliced chicken with any reserved juices, and top with spring onions, peanuts and herbs.

7. Drizzle with peanut sauce (thin with a little water if too thick). Serve with lime wedges and favorite hot sauce.

Zesty Chicken Skewers over Spring Salad

Serves 4

Chicken makes everything better — especially when it’s grilled to perfection and tossed into this vibrant citrus-kissed salad. Packed with spring peas, crisp asparagus, watermelon radishes, and fresh greens, it’s the perfect way to kick off a healthy spring!

Ingredients:

• 1 jar Italian or citrus dressing
• 1 pkg Perdue® Fresh Cuts Chicken Breast Diced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• Salt & pepper
• 1 pkg spring lettuces
• 1/4 radicchio head, torn in pieces
• 1 pkg pea shoots, optional
• 1/2 cup snow peas
• 1 watermelon radish or 1/2 bunch radishes, thinly sliced
• 1 carrot, shaved
• 2 asparagus spears, shaved
• 2 asparagus spears, 1/2” slices
• 1 pkg micro greens, optional
• Goat cheese

Directions:

1. Soak wooden skewers in water until chicken has finished marinating.

2. In a medium bowl, combine 3/4 cup Italian dressing and diced chicken breast to marinate for at least 30 minutes. Skewer 4-5 pieces of chicken onto each skewer.

3. On a grill pan or sauté pan, heat oil over medium heat until shimmering. Place skewers directly onto pan in one layer, in multiple batches. Season with salt and pepper.

4. Cook for 3-4 minutes per side, not moving or flipping until well browned. Chicken is ready when an insta-read thermometer reads chicken at 165℉.

5. Transfer grilled chicken skewers to plate to rest while you assemble the salad.

6. To assemble salad, layer each plate with lettuces, pea shoots, snow peas, radishes, carrot, asparagus and top with micro greens, freshly cracked pepper and goat cheese. Drizzle your favorite Italian or citrus dressing and enjoy!

Sheet-Pan Chicken Tacos with Spring Veggies

Serves 4

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoons taco seasoning
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1/2 pkg Perdue® Fresh Cuts Chicken Breast Strips
• 1/4 head of cauliflower, small florets
• Bunch of radishes, trimmed & quartered
• Salt & pepper
• Flour or corn tacos, grilled or warmed
• 1/4 head of red cabbage, thinly sliced
• Pickled red onions
• 1 avocado, sliced
• Cotija
• 1/4 cup Mexican Crema, or sour cream
• Fresh cilantro, chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. In a medium bowl, combine taco seasoning, olive oil and chicken and toss to coat. On a greased (or parchment-lined) sheet pan, arrange chicken and veggies into one layer. Season liberally with salt and fresh pepper.

2. Bake for 15 minutes. Halfway through, flip the chicken. Chicken is ready when an insta-read thermometer reads chicken at 165ºF. Set aside while preparing the tacos.

3. To assemble the tacos, layer tortillas with cabbage, chicken, roasted vegetables, red onions, avocado and cotija and top with crema and cilantro.

Enjoy more Perdue® Fresh Cuts pre-cut chicken breast recipes!

1. The Garden by Clare Beams

The Garden is equally haunting and thought-provoking, making it a standout in the world of pregnancy horror. Set in the 1940s, it follows Irene Willard, a woman who finally gets pregnant after suffering five miscarriages. So, she checks into a strange hospital run by a husband-and-wife duo promising to "rectify the maternal environment" and soon finds herself drawn to a mysterious garden on the property.

This book, published in 2024, explores unsettling themes of medical manipulation and how women have historically had their bodily autonomy taken from them.

2. The Troop by Nick Cutter

If gore is your thing, The Troop will deliver. Released in 2014, the story starts as a wholesome camping trip that quickly morphs into survival horror. That's because an emaciated stranger washes up on the remote island where Scoutmaster Tim Riggs and his Boy Scout troop are staying.

The stranger is infected with a genetically engineered parasite, and as the infection spreads, the group must try to make it out alive. This novel is fast and disturbing: you've been warned.

3. Revelator by Daryl Gregory

Revelator is a slow-burn horror tale that's steeped in Appalachian folklore. It starts in 1933, when a 9-year-old named Stella is left to be cared for by her grandmother, Motty, in Tennessee. Then, she discovers a dark family secret: an entity called the Ghostdaddy, which is her family's personal god.

Years later, Stella winds up going back home for her grandmother's funeral, only to find another child has taken her place as the family's chosen one.

4. The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

The House Across the Lake, published in 2022, follows actress Casey Fletcher, who retreats to her family's lakeside home in Vermont following a series of personal issues. She begins drinking and gazing through a pair of binoculars when she becomes fixated on a couple across the lake, Tom and Katherine Royce.

However, things take a turn when Katherine vanishes without a trace, and Casey starts to suspect that Tom is involved. This eerie book will play with your mind until the very end!

5. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

This 2020 book by Silvia Moreno-Garcia transports readers to a decaying mansion in the Mexican countryside, where debutante Noemí Taboada must unravel the truth behind her cousin's panicked letter for help. What she finds is a house full of secrets and a husband who's not what he seems.

The same year it came out, Mexican Gothic won the Readers' Favorite Horror award on Goodreads.

6. Rebecca by Daphne de Maurier

Rebecca was released in 1938, but it remains a classic that proves horror doesn't always need blood to be terrifying. When a young woman marries a widower named Maxim de Winter, she's swept away to his estate. Then, she finds herself haunted by the memory of his late wife, Rebecca.

This gothic work has since been adapted for theater, film, TV, and radio, and even won the Anthony Award for Best Novel of the Century.

7. The Shining by Stephen King

While The Shining is a well-known horror novel, we still needed to include it on this list. After all, it's become a cult classic for a reason. The book follows Jack Torrance, who takes a job as the winter caretaker of the Overlook Hotel and sees the opportunity as a fresh start for himself and his family. But the isolation and supernatural forces lurking within the hotel have other plans.

Jack starts spiraling into madness; meanwhile, his son Danny, who has psychic abilities, sees visions of what's to come. With its slow build and psychological torment, The Shining delivers on every level.

8. Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado

Finally, if you'd rather indulge in some briefer horror tales, you need to read Her Body and Other Parties. Published in 2017, it's a collection of short stories that use horror to explore gender and bodily autonomy.

This work was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and will be hard to put down, no matter how unsettled each tale makes you feel.