A reader asked for this recipe and I’m going to quickly share it now since it won’t be very helpful if I post it after Rosh Hashana!

This is a salad that integrates a number of the traditional symbolic foods for Rosh Hashana evening.  In the past I’ve made different dishes for each food, but in the last couple of years settled on making this salad.  Everyone takes a plateful and as we go through the symbolic foods, chooses from their salad a piece of each.

Simanim Salad for Rosh Hashana

• 1 large head of lettuce, chopped
• 1/2 c. shredded carrots
• 1/2 c. shredded cabbage (you can also use leek – a small piece, thinly sliced)
• 1/2 apple, chopped
• 1/4 c. chopped dates
• seeds from 1/2 pomegranate
• optional: 1/4 c. roasted beets, diced
• optional: 1/4 c. roasted pumpkin, diced

Dressing:

• 1/4 c. olive oil
• 2 t. lemon juice
• 1 t. minced onion
• 1 clove of garlic, minced, or 1/4 t. garlic powder
• 2 t. honey
• 1 t. mustard
• 1/2 t. salt

Toss all the salad ingredients and place in an attractive serving bowl. Blend the dressing ingredients and pour over the salad before serving.

*If you integrate the roasted pumpkin and roasted beets, this integrates all the simanim except for fish.

There you have it, an easy and attractive way to serve your symbolic foods (simanim) for Rosh Hashana!

Avivah