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The UK’s Number 1 Kosher Food Blog

Family, friends and food are three of life’s most important things. Let’s celebrate them!

Let’s get ready for… Pesach!

Pesach (Passover) celebrates the Jewish people’s exodus from Egypt. For eight days we eat no leavened foods, to remember the matza our ancestors made as they fled from slavery to freedom.

Pesach is a joyful festival, with numerous traditions and many delicious celebratory foods. In 2026, Pesach begins with the first seder on the evening of Wednesday April 1, and continues until nightfall on Thursday April 9 (or the previous day if you are in Israel).

Popular Pesach recipes and ideas include…

  • How to survive Vegan Pesach!
  • A bowl of vegan cashew cheese spread with herbs on a plate containing seeded irregular shaped crackers. The spread is topped with chopped chives and sumac. A wooden spreader is to the right of the plate, and there is a blue and white cloth beneath everything.
    Vegan Cashew ‘Cheese’ with Herbs – easy and delicious!
  • Secrets of a stress-free Pesach
  • Slices of chocolate matza cake on a plate.
    Duke of Cambridge matza cake!
  • Delicious charoset recipes for your seder table
  • Serving spoon about to take a spoonful of summer vegetable tian from its baking dish.
    Mediterranean vegetable tian – simple and delicious

Find more delicious Pesach recipes here→

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Newest kosher recipes and ideas!

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  • Purim items - decorated carnival masks, a grogger, a scroll of Esther, and a plate of hamantaschen cookies.
    Purim – everything you need to know about this joyful Springtime festival!
  • Easy vegan chocolate almond coconut fudge, topped with flaked almonds, is piled on a gold rimmed china plate. A cloth is behind.
    Vegan Coconut Almond Chocolate Fudge – A sweet treat that’s secretly good for you!
  • Fingers hold a homemade Chanukah gelt coin, covered with flakes of shining gold leaf.
    Homemade Chanukah Gelt – gourmet dark chocolate coins with fruit and nuts

Recipe collections

Organised collections of recipes to make browsing easier.

  • 20+ delicious sweet and savoury hamantaschen recipes.
    Objectively the best Hamantaschen recipes for your Purim celebrations!
  • A wooden tray containing two bunches of yellow bananas with brown spots, seen from overhead.
    Banana bonanza! Recipes to use up brown bananas
  • 20+ Jewish vegan recipes.
    Jewish Vegan Recipes – plant-based versions of traditional favourites
  • Delicious Courgette Recipes – Simple, healthy ideas

British-Jewish food and recipes

Tasty traditional and innovative recipes inspired by both British and Jewish food traditions.

  • fried gefilte fish balls.
    Chopped and fried gefilte fish aka ‘fishballs’
  • Rich, fruity, spicy & delicious, each of these buns sports a magnificent Magen David on its golden, shiny top. Enjoy them warm, cold or toasted. (Parve)
    Hot Magen David buns!
  • Devon apple cake with honey crumb topping.
    Devon apple cake – inspired by Plymouth Synagogue
  • The Full Jewish Breakfast.
    The Full Jewish Breakfast

See More Delicious British-Jewish recipes →

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  • Focaccia in a tin, hot from the oven, held on the left by a hand with a yellow cloth.
    Quick & easy focaccia – ready in one hour!
  • Grandma's dried fruit compote
    Grandma’s delicious dried fruit compote
  • Banana scones.
    Easy banana scones transform spotty old bananas into a delicious family treat
  • A bowl of red cabbage salad, on a wooden table, with a serving fork and spoon.
    Israeli red cabbage salad – Yarden copycat!

Main Courses with Fish

  • Dish of dauphinoise potatoes seen from overhead, with wooden spatula and linen cloth.
    Smoked salmon dauphinoise
  • Raw fillets of salmon with a topping of spice rack seasoning for salmon, on a foil-lined tray.
    ‘Spice Rack Seasoning’ – a sublime blend of herbs and spices for seasoning salmon
  • Ideas for using up fresh horseradish root.
    How to use up fresh horseradish root – 10+ recipes and ideas!
  • Close up image of a piece of white fish with lemon caper butter sauce, sprinkled with chopped parsley, on a white plate. Salad leaves and tomatoes are also on the plate.
    Lemon caper butter sauce for fish

See More Fish Main Course Recipes →


Vegetarian Main Courses

  • Close up image of mushroom blintz on a plate, cut in half to show the mushroom filling, and garnished with a sprig of fresh dill. A fork is next to it on the plate. Just visible in the background is a baking dish and a cloth.
    Mushroom Blintzes, a savoury treat for Pesach (or all year!)
  • A wedge of courgette, feta and mint pashtida on a serving knife. A plate is in the background.
    Courgette, Feta and Mint Pashtida
  • A platter of dressed salad leaves and slices of goats-cheese-topped sweet potato, sprinkled with pine nuts. Wedges of tomato are arranged at intervals around the edge of the platter. The platter is on a cream cloth, salad servers to the left.
    Salade Chèvre Chaud with Sweet Potato
  • Overhead image of crisp, golden brown, fried cheese kreplach on a blue and white plate, with a fork to the right, on a multicoloured striped cloth.
    Cheat’s cheese kreplach – crispy cheese ravioli with garlic butter

See More Vegetarian Main Course Recipes →


Vegan Main Courses

  • A serving of vegan Moroccan stuffed aubergine on a white china plate, seen from above, garnished with a wedge of lemon, pine nuts and chopped fresh parsley.
    Moroccan Style Stuffed Aubergines – vegan
  • Overhead image of a dark coloured bowl of cold sesame noodles, topped with a generous amount of fresh coriander (cilantro), sliced spring onions (scallions) and a sprinkle of black and white sesame seeds, on a woven mat. Chopsticks are visible to the right of the bowl.
    Easy Sesame Noodles – cold, noodly deliciousness
  • Vegan Shavuot Recipes – traditional plant-based festive foods
  • A plate of tenderstem broccoli drizzled with garlic almond sauce and garnished with lemon slices and parsley, with a serving spoon and fork.
    Tenderstem Broccoli with Garlic Almond Sauce

See More Vegan Main Course Recipes →


Side dishes and salads

  • Fingers hold a spoon which is scooping up some marinated mushroom salad from a plate.
    Marinated Mushroom Salad
  • A blue and white bowl of salad comprising lettuce, griddled peach slices, crumbled feta and toasted pecans, seen from above.
    Grilled Peach Salad with Pecans and Feta
  • Overhead image of challah panzanella salad in a white china bowl on a wooden table, showing pieces of toasted challah, tomatoes, cucumber, spring onion, and olive, garnished with fresh basil. A white cloth napkin is to the left.
    Challah Panzanella Salad – a fresh and delicious dish with a Jewish twist!
  • A dish of baked mujadara - rice & lentils - topped with fried onions and a sprinkle of chopped parsley. A spoon is sticking out of the dish, and a black and white cloth is visible to the left.
    Baked Mujadara – cosy Middle Eastern comfort food

See More Side Dish & Salad Recipes →


Baking & Desserts

  • Fingers hold a metal spoon scooping out mixed berry chia jam from an open clip-top jar on plate.
    Easy Mixed Berry Chia Jam
  • Dutch ginger cake squares.
    Dutch ginger cake squares
  • Two Haman's fingers on a plate, dusted with icing sugar. The frontmost one is cut in half and angled to show the fruit and nut filling. A stack of Haman's fingers on another plate, and a light blue napkin, can be seen in the background
    Haman’s Fingers – A Delicious Purim Tradition
  • Pieces of seed and nut brittle on a grey and white plate. The plate rests on a textured white cloth.
    Seed and Nut Brittle – an easy, delicious, healthy snack!

See More Baking & Dessert Recipes →

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Overhead image of a swirled blueberry and almond babka loaf, sprinkled with flaked almonds and dusted with icing sugar.

Jewish Babka Recipes – Your ultimate guide to this traditional cake

Purim items - decorated carnival masks, a grogger, a scroll of Esther, and a plate of hamantaschen cookies.

Purim – everything you need to know about this joyful Springtime festival!

Easy vegan chocolate almond coconut fudge, topped with flaked almonds, is piled on a gold rimmed china plate. A cloth is behind.

Vegan Coconut Almond Chocolate Fudge – A sweet treat that’s secretly good for you!

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