This year we have a marathon of cooking for the next three days, since this year Rosh Hashana leads directly into Shabbos!
I usually like to do baking and cooking in advance so that there’s not as much to do in the busy days leading up to the holiday itself, but I no longer have a full size freezer and my fridge isn’t very big. So yesterday and today are busy cooking days!
Here’s a list of what we’ll be preparing for this Rosh Hashana – everything is gluten free and grain free except for the challah:
Breads:
- cinnamon raisin round challah
- regular challah
- paleo dinner rolls (gluten free option)
Dips:
- parsley pesto
- black olive tampenade
- eggplant salad
- tomato
Protein:
- baked fish
- roasted chicken – savory/sweet (date-parsley-onion blend), paprika garlic blend and cumin garlic blend
- roast meat with carrots and onions
Symbolic foods for Rosh Hashana (simanim):
- simanim salad – I serve this on the two nights of Rosh Hashana – it includes apple, pomegranate, date, leek, cabbage and carrots
- baked fish
- baked fish head and baked whole fish
- black eyed peas
- roast pumpkin
- roast beets
Salads:
- green bean-olive
- pomegranate
- Israeli cabbage
- hearts of palm-corn
- red cabbage-apple
Kugels/vegetable sides:
- apple kugel
- vegetable kugel
- potato kugel
- carrot apple kugel
- spinach nut loaf (using roasted sunflower seeds)
- sesame green beans
- roast potatoes
- pineapple beets
Desserts:
- brownies
- chocolate chip cookies
- apple cake
- almond joy bars
- pumpkin muffins
- chocolate pudding
Wishing you all a year of blessings in the year to come!
Avivah