Symbolic Rosh Hashanah foods + over 80 fab vegetarian & vegan recipes using these traditional ingredients

A definitive resource for vegetarian and vegan Rosh Hashanah recipes. Over 80 hand chosen sweet & savoury dishes, all featuring traditional ingredients. Shana Tova!

Rosh Hashanah is almost here, so to help you plan, I’ve put together a list of delicious vegetarian and vegan Rosh Hashanah recipes using traditional festive ingredients – sometimes called simanim – gathered from some of my favourite food bloggers.

Traditional Rosh Hashanah foods

There are numerous traditional and symbolic foods eaten on Rosh Hashanah. They include:

• apples
• honey
• dates
• pomegranates
• carrots
• courgettes/pumpkin/squash
• beetroots

These are the most common but there are many more such as black eyed peas and fenugreek! They are said to represent our wishes for the year ahead, such as sweetness for a sweet year. Sometimes the names of these foods in Hebrew or Yiddish sounds similar to another word, which is something we hope for – such as prosperity, or the defeat of our enemies.

Delicious Rosh Hashanah recipes

The recipes below cover both sweet and savoury dishes, and all highlight one or more of these delicious ingredients (some recipes appear in more than one section). I’m sure you can put together a full menu of gorgeous festive fare using the list below.

As the festive season gets closer I’ll also be sharing seasonal articles, recipes, activities and more over on the family friends food Facebook page so don’t forget to join us over there!

Wishing you a happy, healthy, prosperous and delicious new year! Shana Tova!

Rosh Hashanah Recipes…

Apples

• Spiced apple challah from Family Friends Food.
• Sweet apple slices from Farmersgirl Kitchen.
• Vegan apple & pomegranate jelly (no added sugar) from Family Friends Food.
• Baked apples with raisins, honey, orange & pistachios from Ronnie Fine.
• Rustic apple galettes with honey & thyme from Family Friends Food.

• Autumn Harvest Apple Pie from Kavey Eats.
• Cinnamon apple macarons from Diamonds for Dessert.
• Apple and honey cookies from Family Friends Food.
• Salted caramel apple cupcakes from Farmersgirl Kitchen.
• Apple bakewell tart from Emily’s Recipes & Reviews.
• Devon apple cake with honey crumble from Family Friends Food.
• Pumpkin spice sautéed apples from Finding Zest.
• Cinnamon maple nut butter covered apples from Raia’s Recipes.
• Eve’s pudding from Fab Food 4 All.
• Apple and honey gourmet popcorn from Family Friends Food.
• Apple popsicles with date caramel crumble from Veggie Desserts.
• Roasted butternut squash and apple kale salad from Yay for Food.
• Creamy squash and apple soup from Raia’s Recipes.
• Roasted beet and apple salad from the Food Blog.
• Apple, date & ginger chutney from Kavey Eats.
• Apple zucchini salad from Two Sleevers.
• Vegan apple and raisin cupcakes from Family Friends Food.

Honey

• Baked apples with raisins, honey, orange & pistachios from Ronnie Fine.
• Rustic apple galettes with honey & thyme from Family Friends Food.
• Apple and honey cookies from Family Friends Food.
• Honey and almond blondies from Amuse Your Bouche.
• Homemade granola with apple and honey from Family Friends Food.

• Honey and almond granola from Tin and Thyme.
• Apple and honey gourmet popcorn from Family Friends Food.
• Chak chak – fried honey cake from Peter’s Food Adventures.
• Honey vanilla summer fruit salad from the Live-in Kitchen.
• Muscat poached fruits with honey cake ice-cream from Family Friends Food.
• Sticky, spicy honey cake from Family Friends Food.
• Honey-roast cauliflower, spinach and goats cheese salad from Emily’s Recipes & Reviews.
• Honey soy tofu from Amuse Your Bouche.

Dates

• Date and coconut bread from Farmersgirl Kitchen.
• Spiced date cookies from Family Friends Food.
• Date honey cake from Ronnie Vail Fein.
• Date and walnut loaf cake (vegan) from the Belly Rules the Mind.

• 3-ingredient date nut squares from Lord Byron’s Kitchen.
• Newfoundland date squares from Lord Byron’s Kitchen.
• Squidgy date and coconut flapjacks from Family Friends Food.
• Apple popsicles with date caramel crumble from Veggie Desserts.
• Apple, date & ginger chutney from Kavey Eats.

Pomegranate

• Vegan apple & pomegranate jelly (no added sugar) from Family Friends Food.
• Vegan malabi – Israeli rosewater pudding with pomegranate from Family Friends Food.
• Sweet potato and feta salad with pomegranate and pecans from Love Food Nourish.

• Beetroot salad with pomegranate from Family Friends Food.
• Pomegranate couscous salad from Recipes from a Pantry.

Carrots

• Roasted carrots with pomegranate molasses from West of the Loop.
• Honey roasted root vegetables with apples from Family Friends Food.
• Moroccan carrot salad from Family Friends Food.
• Salade de Carottes Rapees from Pandemonium Noshery.
• Vegan gantze tsimmes with helzel topping from Family Friends Food.

• Spiced carrot, red onion and mozzarella salad from Sprinkles and Sprouts.
• Roasted carrot and fig tzimmes from This is How I Cook.
• Beet, carrot and chickpea salad from Sidewalk Shoes.
• Moist vegan carrot cake with easy orange frosting from Family Friends Food.
• Carrot cake breakfast bars from Le Petit Eats.
• Classic French carrot salad from Family Friends Food.

Courgettes/squash

• Courgette & broad bean soup from Planet Veggie.
• Moroccan roasted butternut squash hummus from Veggie Lad.
• Creamy courgette & potato soup (parve) from Family Friends Food.
• Squash and goats cheese tart from Foodie Quine.

• Courgetti salad with avocado pesto dressing and baby tomatoes from Family Friends Food.
• Roasted butternut squash and apple kale salad from Yay for Food.
• Creamy squash and apple soup from Raia’s Recipes.
• Butternut squash, zucchini and spinach lasagne from The Forked Spoon.
• Roasted hasselback butternut squash with sweet chilli and rosemary from Family Friends Food.
• Roasted butternut squash soup with sumac and tofu croutons from Jagruti’s Cooking Odyssey.
• Apple zucchini salad from Two Sleevers.

Beetroot

• Beetroot humous from Family Friends Food.
• Beetroot salad with pomegranate from Family Friends Food.
• Crunchy autumn slaw with ginger-honey-yogurt dressing by Family Friends Food.
• Vegan beetroot falafel burgers by Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary.

• Cumin roasted beetroots and chickpeas from Family Friends Food.
• Beet buns from Renana’s Kitchen.
• Roasted beetroot pasta with goats cheese from The Cook Report.
• Beet, carrot and chickpea salad from Sidewalk Shoes.
• Roasted beet and apple salad from the Food Blog.
• Pink Beet Latte from What Great Grandma Ate.
• Beetroot cinnamon rolls from Herbivore Cucina.

Leeks

• Cheese & leek bread pudding from Tin and Thyme.
• Potato leek noodle soup from Erica’s Recipes.
• Leek and potato kugel from Family Friends Food.

Black eyed peas

• Black eyed peas with spinach, leeks & pomegranate from Family Friends Food.
• Smokey Mexican bean soup from Tin and Thyme.
• Instant Pot black eyed peas curry from Piping Pot Curry.
• Cajun black eyed peas pasta from Veggie Inspired.

Head of a fish…!

• “Head of a fish” shortbread cookies from Family Friends Food.

Favourite Rosh Hashanah recipes

What will you be cooking this Rosh Hashanah? I’d love to hear about your family favourite Rosh Hashanah recipes – let me know in the comments!

And if you found this useful, you might also like this round-up of the best Rosh Hashanah side dishes.

Children’s Books

My daughter Kipper helped me to compile a list of favourite Rosh Hashanah children’s books. Why not take a look and see if there is something your family might enjoy too?

Gifts

Finally, if you’re after some gorgeous Rosh Hashanah gift ideas (as well as gorgeous Rosh Hashanah recipes!) check these out:

This beautiful apple silver friendship bracelet from NotOnTheHighStreet.com 

I’d be delighted to receive this gift set of British honeys, from Local Honey Man (hint hint!!).

I love the classic shape and modern good looks of this timeless hand made glass honeypot with oak dipper. It’s certain to become a family heirloom. 

And green-fingered friends and family will love a hardy pomegranate tree for the garden.

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