25 Vegan Hanukkah Recipes to Light Up Your Life
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This year, Hanukkah officially starts Sunday, December 18 and ends Monday, December 26, totally overlapping with this other lesser-known holiday that a few people celebrate on December 25. Whatever! Hanukkah’s food traditions are often centered around the symbols of miracles, specifically with how the oil used in the menorah to rededicate the Temple in Jerusalem after it had been ransacked was only enough to burn for one day but lasted for eight. Thus, you will find potato pancakes, or latkes, at many Hanukkah tables as well as jelly doughnuts, or sufganiyot, as reminders of this oil that just couldn’t quit. I included those recipes as well as many others that may not be traditionally served at Hanukkah but are definitely part of the Jewish culinary experience and should be enjoyed year round.
Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate!
Beet and Citrus Salad With Pine Nut Vinaigrette via Serious Eats
Roasted Cauliflower Salad with Tahini Dressing via Six Hungry Feet
Israeli Salad with Pearl Couscous via The Vegan Atlas
Herbed Barley Salad with Dates, Pomegranates, Walnuts and Apples via MV Magazine
Creamy Spinach Knishes via Forks Over Knives
Sheet Pan Za’atar Chickpeas with Sweet Potatoes via From My Bowl
Lentil Soup via Eating Well
Chicken Noodle Soup via Nora Cooks
Cream of Mushroom Soup with Crispy Shiitake Chips via Serious Eats
Smoky Chickpea, Cabbage & Lentil Stew with Kale via The First Mess
Gluten-Free Matzo Ball Soup via Vegan Street
Noodle Kugel, Kit and Caboodle via Bittersweet Blog
Spinach Kugel via This Wife Cooks
Latkes with Sour Cream (baked or fried directions) via Lazy Cat Kitchen
Sweet Potato Latkes via Vegan Richa
Air Fryer Latkes with Cashew Sour Cream & Lentil Caviar via Bittersweet Blog
Seitan Brisket via My Jewish Learning
Roast Chicken via School Night Vegan
Challah (water style) via Domestic Gothess
The Best Vegan Challah (egg style) via Short Girl Tall Order
Chocolate Babka via Make it Dairy Free
Sweet Noodle Kugel via Connoisseurus Veg
Easy Sufganiyot (jelly doughnuts) via The Jewish Vegan
Hanukkah Gelt Cookies via Eating By Elaine
Chocolate, Orange and Almond Olive Oil Cake via Fran Costigan
Marla Rose is co-founder of VeganStreet.com.
