For the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah means sweet new beginnings with lots of honey. On this happy holiday, we celebrate the year to come with friends and family, enjoy apples dipped in honey to symbolize a sweet new year, and even eat honey-sweetened foods. We all know honey makes things sweeter and that’s why it is one of the symbols of the Rosh Hashanah holiday.
Honey is a natural sweetener that adds depth and richness to any dish. It can also be used as an ingredient in baking, cooking, and cocktails. The possibilities are endless!
In addition to being one of the oldest known sweeteners, honey also has some remarkable properties that make it stand out from other natural sugars. It’s high in antioxidants, which can help neutralize free radicals in our bodies and prevent cell damage. It’s also an excellent source of vitamins, minerals, and enzymes that support our immune system and keep us healthy when we are sick.
This post will teach you 18 ways honey makes every recipe better; from breakfast to dessert and everything in between!
This year, use honey to your advantage and start incorporating it into all your favorite Rosh Hashanah recipes!
This honey cake is also fantastic when drizzled with our Raspberry Rose honey. Don’t miss out on the silan caramelized sunflower seeds.
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Sweet and tart, this dressing has a double dose of sweetness from both honey and limes. This vinaigrette is excellent on almost any salad but especially one with sweet lettuces like romaine. The best part about this vinaigrette? It’s not just for greens! Try drizzling it over sliced cucumbers or tomatoes for a sweet-and-tart treat you can enjoy anytime..
Carrot Apple Slaw with Acacia Honey and Orange Juice
Acacia honey offers a clean, light vanilla taste and is made from the delicate blossoms of the Acacia tree. The flavor complements the carrots and apple in this slaw, but the dressing can be used on any salad as well.
Corn and Honey Blinis with Kosher Caviar
Mini corn cakes kissed with honey offer the perfect base for a fancy first course serving of caviar.
Try this salmon as an entree or make them bite size pieces and serve as a first course. The honey works beautifully to flavor and caramelize the salmon.
Honey is a common ingredient in Asian stir fry providing a sweet taste and sticky texture.
Add a little sweetnesses and glaze to your roasted veggies.
Roasted pumpkin screams for a little honey drizzle.
Stuffed and breaded and drizzled with honey, the chicken cutlets can be made ahead and even freeze well.
Grill Honey and Porter Glazed Chicken Kebabs
Grill it and put it on a stick, it is automatically a winner. The Grill honey is specially suited to withstand high temperatures.
Roast Turkey Half Breast with Pineapple Sambal Glaze
Sweet and spice is always a great pairing and the honey locks in those spicy flavors.
Honey coats the brisket and keeps it moist.
Herbed Meatloaf with Honey Glaze
Glaze it!
Orange blossom honey explodes with bold sweetness and a subtle citrus flavor, it makes the best Rosh Hashanah Honey Cake!! Use it in your favorite recipe or try this one made with rye flour for extra complexity.
Honey Roasted Sweet Potato Stuffed Apples
These can be a side dish or a sweet and savory dessert. Love the way these roasted apples look on a plate.
Mini Ginger Pear Cakes with Honey Brandied Figs
Soak those figs in brandy for amazing flavor and try it with a pear cake.
Savannah Honey and Apple Rosettes
Apple and honey rosetteThese are so gorgeous, but actually easy to make!! Give them a try.
Get your hands on some buckwheat honey for something rich and delicious and super healthy for a darker flavored honey cake.
I love honey in salad dressings/
I love anything with honey, often make honey soy roasted chicken which we all love!
Now that I am drooling….! Yummy and thank you for the opportunity!
I like my grandma’s honey cake recipe
Honey Cookies from my 23 year old edition of Spirit and Spice. Come out like honey flavored Nilla Wafers…
Honey cake or Honey roasted chicken
Honey sesame chicken
honey cake
i love honey pancakes
Honey mead!
I like using honey when I make muffins but use it most often in my morning oatmeal.
Mini Ginger Pear
Cakes with Honey Brandied Figs looks really yummy. Figs are the best!
Honey cake for the high holidays!
Honey Tuna Tartare with Honey Sesame Chips
Poached peaches in wine and honey
honey, lemon, and warm water in the a.m.
honey cookies!
omg must-try the honey mustard grilled chicken, I think I can eat this everyday! http://savannahbee.com/blog/honey-mustard-grilled-chicken/
I use honey in my honey oat bread
Favorite honey recipe? Honey glazed salmon with ginger and garlic. Yum!
My favorite recipe with honey is a ginger chicken that has a good amount of honey!
Honey chicken
I make a honey garlic sauce that is excellent over chicken wings and salmon!
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Would love to see that recipe – can you post it here?
I know, can’t wait to make them, even just the blinis alone look great.
I loved the honey soy ribs…great.
honey mustard salmon with panko crumbs
I make honey and soy ribs. Yum…. Delicious!
I like a honey flan recipe that I make. It always goes over well.
Blinis with Kosher Caviar
Wow you just opened my eyes up to so many more recipes with honey!! I can’t wait to try them!
The Corn and Honey Blinis with Kosher Caviar looks amazing
I like a good honey barbecue sauce.
I love homemade granola drizzled with honey.
Honey mustard chicken. Everyone likes it, even the picky eaters.
honey mustard salmon
I love honey on toast. Not a cooker but I love everything I’ve read from others.
honey cake
Honey glazed Baby Back Ribs
Baklavah
Honey mixed with Heinz 57 for a wonderful glaze on grilled pork ribs. YUMMY!
I make a delicious pannetone bread that is sweetened with honey.
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Unfortunately I don’t. I get it at Oyster Bay restaurant in Cape May, NJ. I have searched the web and their recipes aren’t the same.
My favorite honey recipe is the Bees Knees (a drink I tried for the first time this summer).
My Mom used to make the best Nut Bread and the filling was walnuts and honey. Wish she were here to make another loaf.
My fav honey recipe is a pistachio and lemon salad from new Israeli food by Jana gur that has a honey salad dressing
I love honey mustard salad dressing
I love honey/soy combo!
Not sure of what question, I am suppose to answer, but i look forward to trying some of the recipes
My family loves when I make honey mustard sauce to go with chicken.