Healthy Rosh Hashana Menu Planner

The Jewish New Year is a two-day celebration where it’s customary to dip apples in honey to symbolize a sweet new year. The evening feast includes delicious foods such as pomegranate to represent fruitfulness and a round challah to signify the cycle of the year. Here are several dishes you can make for a healthy, delicious holiday.

Planning Your Menu
With back-to-school in full swing and work commitments, it’s a busy time to prepare a holiday menu. Proper planning, however, can help you have a delicious holiday meal. Here are a few tips to keep in mind:

• Select one or two healthy recipes and start preparing a few days in advance so you don’t get stuck in the kitchen pulling an all-nighter.
• Make a grocery list according to the flow of the market, which will help you save time when food shopping.
• If soup is on the menu, prepare it a few days in advance. If you prepare it a week or more in advance, store it in the freezer.
• Prep vegetables the night before. If you can recruit a few helpers to assist with the prep, that’s even better!
• If you still feel overwhelmed, ask each family attending to bring a dish. To ensure they bring a healthy dish, send them a preselected recipe (like one from the list below!).

Starters
Matzo Ball Soup
Rustic Fall Vegetable Soup
Superfood Spinach Salad with Pomegranate-Glazed Walnuts
Kale and Apple Salad

Mains
Herb-Roasted Turkey Breast
Slow-Cooker Barbecue Brisket
Grilled Lamb Chops with Mint
Marinated Chicken Breasts

Sides
Cauliflower Couscous
Roasted Celery Root and Carrots
Spiced Quinoa with Sweet Potatoes
Balsamic-Glazed Squash

Desserts
Flourless Walnut-Date Cake
Spiced Red Wine-Poached Pears
Almond Snowballs

Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian and consultant who specializes in food safety and culinary nutrition. She is the author of The Greek Yogurt Kitchen: More Than 130 Delicious, Healthy Recipes for Every Meal of the Day.

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