Guest guest Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 HELP! This is our first Rosh Hashana and I just do not know what to fix that would be more " traditional " . What is typical fare for this holiday? It's harder, I think, because so many recipes out there our not Vegan. So I am not sure what to make and what things go well together. Thanks so much!! Shalom, Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 First, relax. This most imporantant thing is to enjoy the holiday. In general, Rosh Hashanah foods tend toward the sweet (for a sweet year). Honey, apples, raisins, carrots, etc. Next, Check out: http://www.vegkitchen.com/newyear.html Nava Atlas is a Sephardic Jew and the author of many vegetarian and vegan cookbooks. I make a coucous similar to hers but the vegetables I use are potatoes, tomaoes, carrot or pumpkin, sweet potato, beets, zucchini and Jerusalem Artichoke in addition to the chickpeas. I decorate with pomegranate seeds. Use the best fresh vegies you can get. I make it all year but the Jerusalem Artichoke (sunchoke) and pomegranate seeds, which are at the height of their season now in Israel, are special for Rosh Hashana. In Sephardic traditions, there are many symbolic foods (based on word plays between their Hebrew or Aramaic names and blessings) (http://www.jdcc.org/2000/sep-oct/feature-1.htm). These include dates, leeks, Swiss chard and black-eyed peas. Try recipes using these. Obviously, the fish head is out-of-the-question but in modern Hebrew, we call a celery root, " celery head " so you could invent a new tradition in the spirit of the old one, if you can find a nice celery root this time of year. What goes together well, is a matter of taste: yours! Enjoy your first Rosh Hashana. May you have many, many more. Shana tova, Shoshana --- tina <alexandjoshie wrote: > HELP! This is our first Rosh Hashana and I just do not know what to > fix that would be more " traditional " . What is typical fare for this > holiday? It's harder, I think, because so many recipes out there > our not Vegan. So I am not sure what to make and what things go > well together. > Thanks so much!! > > Shalom, > Tina > > The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 A great cookbook that might help you is " The Jewish Vegetarian Year Cookbook " By Roberta Kalechofsky and Rosa Rasiel. Has recipes organized by holiday. A couple of recipes that I traditionally make for RH are: Stuffed Cabbage-use any recipe that looks good and use Gimme Lean or any other similar meat substitute in place of the meat. Don't use crumble type meat- it won't stay together. I use the recipe that my mother used that was handed down from my grandmother. Awesome. Stuffed peppers- Same as above. I am fortunate this year-I am able to use peppers from my garden. Eggplant Parm ( with or without cheese) Broil the breaded pieces instead of frying. Cooking Light website has some good low fat ideas. Again 'BH, I have lots af eggplant from the garden. Soup- Molly Katzen has a great recipe for veg soup " Not Chicken Soup " (add knaidlach) in her book " Still Life With Menu " . I hated to do it at first but it really does help to discard (into the compost heap) the original veggies and add newer ones for the guests to eat. You can also add extra vegs. I usually try add burdock root and/or daikon. Good veggies for blood cleansing. Kugels are great-Sub soy milk for any milk in recipe. Also -sub agar agar or any other coagulating product for the eggs. Yerushalmi kugel is great too-no milk needed. Instead of carmelizing the noodles in oil which can be dangerous, add brown (or natural cane) sugar to the recipe. It gives it the brown color and it crisps in the oven. This tip is from Rebbetzin Rachel Horowitz zt " l, The Bostoner Rebbetzin. An incredible woman whom I miss very much. Good luck, Marcia Malamut tina <alexandjoshie wrote: HELP! This is our first Rosh Hashana and I just do not know what to fix that would be more " traditional " . What is typical fare for this holiday? It's harder, I think, because so many recipes out there our not Vegan. So I am not sure what to make and what things go well together. Thanks so much!! Shalom, Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I hope you all had a Shana Tovah! Here's what I made for our dinner... eggplant lasagna stuffed eggplants garlicky black-eyed peas dip (very tasty on sandwiches) apple challah pumpkin pie oh, and of course, apples and honey I tried to incorporate foods with symbolism. I think it was a very good 1st Rosh Hashana meal. Now I just need to figure out what to do for Yom Kippur. I really like this group...thanks for the recipes and words of advice! Shalom, Tina , Shoshana Michael- Zucker <shoshana_mz> wrote: > First, relax. This most imporantant thing is to enjoy the holiday. > > In general, Rosh Hashanah foods tend toward the sweet (for a sweet > year). Honey, apples, raisins, carrots, etc. > > > > > > > > > The New with improved product search > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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