Shana Tova! Wishing you a sweet, happy and healthy new year!


Hello my friend!

Rosh Hashanah is just a few days away. No doubt your plans are made, the cooking is in hand, and you're looking forward to YomTov.

So this week's newsletter is just to wish you a beautiful and meaningful chag, and a very happy new year. May 5786 bring us all peace, health, happiness, and blessings. May it be a good year for the Jewish people and for all people, of all backgrounds, from all around the world. May it be a sweet year, in which love, empathy and kindness are abundantly overflowing!

Shana Tova! I hope we all have a wonderful year ahead!

Delicious, Quick & Easy RH recipes

With only a few days before Rosh Hashanah, here are some delicious seasonal recipes that are also quick and easy to prepare. Perfect for last minute cooking or impromptu additions to the menu.

Find plenty more delicious Rosh Hashanah recipes at family-friends-food.com​

All the Rosh Hashanah recipes

Not found what you want above? Here's the link to all of my Rosh Hashanah recipes, articles and ideas. Also, click below for:

​The Guide to the Simanim, including a free printable blessings card, is here, and a selection of over 80 sweet and savoury recipes incorporating them is here.

You'll find the recipe and instructions for my ICONIC head-of-a-fish cookies, right here 🐟

Grab a bargain!

PLUS, there's still time to snag a copy of my ebook Entertaining Guests with Special Diets for the bargain price of £10 (normally £29) by using code JUSTATENNER at checkout.

It's a great resource that makes it easy to plan menus, cook, and host guests with diverse dietary needs.

Shabbat Shalom and Shana Tova

The final Shabbat of the year! Let's make it a good one.

May this Shabbat bring peace, joy, health and many blessings to us all. Wishing you and yours Shabbat Shalom - a Good Shabbos!

Plus my heartfelt wishes for a Shana Tova - a good, sweet year ahead for one and all.

With love, Helen x.

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Hi, I'm Helen. I share easy, nutritious, seasonal, flexitarian recipes, often with a British-Jewish twist. Expect a weekly dose of delicious dinner ideas, news and positivity!

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