Healthy Hanukkah-Thanksgiving Recipes

Next week we'll be celebrating Thanksgivukkah, or Thanksgiving + Hanukkah. It's when the first full day of Hanukkah falls on Turkey Day. The last time this happened was in 1888, and it won’t happen again for many moons (79,000 years to be exact). Make your Thanksgivukkah table extra special with an array of healthy, Hanukkah fare combined with traditional Thanksgiving ingredients.

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Next week we'll be celebrating Thanksgivukkah, or Thanksgiving + Hanukkah. It's when the first full day of Hanukkah falls on Turkey Day. The last time this happened was in 1888, and it won’t happen again for many moons (79,000 years to be exact). Make your Thanksgivukkah table extra special with an array of healthy, Hanukkah fare combined with traditional Thanksgiving ingredients.

To keep with traditional kosher laws, all recipes selected can be eaten as part of a meat (or fleish) meal. None of the recipes contain any dairy foods like milk, yogurt, butter or cheese—even dessert!

Starters
Main Dishes
Sides
Desserts

Toby Amidor, MS, RD, CDN, is a registered dietitian and consultant who specializes in food safety and culinary nutrition. See Toby's full bio »

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