1. Simanim Rice Pilaf

2. Jewelled Couscous

3. Simanim Confit with Dates, Leeks and More

4. Spiced Roasted Carrots

5. Braised Rainbow Carrots

6. Simple Beef and Carrot Rosh Hashanah Tzimmes

On Rosh Hashanah, we try to eat sweet foods to symbolize our wish for a good, sweet year ahead. It is also customary to eat foods whose names in the vernacular allude to blessing and prosperity, and the Yiddish word for carrot, meren, also means “to multiply.”

7. Baked Tzimmes

8. Braised, Charred Leeks

Not a carrot, but leeks are an oft-underappreciated allium that we celebrate on Rosh Hashanah.

9. Apple Noodle Kugel with Cinnamon Crunch Topping

If you’re looking for sweet noodle kugels, we’ve got some of those:

10. Sweet Fruity Noodle Kugel

11. Sweet Brown Rice Kugel

Similar to rice pudding, but a little more solid so you can cut it into pieces. (Ok, it’s not technically a noodle kugel, but I’m going to leave it here anyway.)

12. Apple Kugel

13. Butternut Squash Kugel

14. Apple-Mint Salad with Lime Vinaigrette

Add something refreshing to the mix that celebrates apples—one of the traditional Rosh Hashanah foods. You could also add a cup of pomegranate seeds to this recipe for the holiday.

15. Carrot and Apple Slaw

16. Marinated Beet Salad

17. Moroccan Cooked Carrot Salad

18. Warm Fall Salad: Black Rice with Sweet Potato, Parsley, Pomegranate

19. Fennel Citrus Salad

A couple more salads. You may need to substitute some ingredients to fit with your Rosh Hashanah customs. Vinegars can generally be replaced with lemon juice (balsamic, not as much), and nuts can usually be omitted or replaced with sunflower or pumpkin seeds.

20. Simanim Salad

A salad incorporating many of the symbolic Rosh Hashanah foods.

Wishing you all ketivah vachatimah tovah—may you be written and inscribed for a sweet new year.