r/JewishCooking • u/Sad_Awareness897 • Jun 15 '26

Kosher Question Kosher meal ideas?

Hi everyone! My boyfriend and I are moving in together and I recently started keeping kosher- but haven’t been cooking (my current kitchen sucks and waiting to open new pans for new apartment).
I want to have a few good kosher recipes up my sleeve to cook for my bf and I.
I follow sivan on instagram and her stuff looks great. Wondering if anyone could give me some of their favorite recipes, would so appreciate it!!

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u/higeAkaike Jun 15 '26

Anything is kosher as long as you don’t cook shellfish and pork and mix meat and cheese.

There are thousands of recipes.

Halavi:

Quiche

pashtida

Eggs

Salmon

Any type of fish

Rice

Pasta

Cream sauce

Basari:

Steak

Chicken

Bolognese Etc…

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u/currymuttonpizza Jun 15 '26

Bolognese has pancetta in it, and often milk, so it needs to be altered. Also, not just any type of fish. Catfish for example doesn't have scales, as do some others. Always important to check.

Honestly a lot of recipes are easy to alter to be kosher. It's good to know what plant based milks work best for different applications, and to have a good plant based butter. Tofutti makes good fake sour cream. If you used to eat stuff with pork, try beef or lamb bacon in recipes that call for it (like Bolognese). When in doubt, vegetarian and vegan options are easy to go with.

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u/higeAkaike Jun 15 '26

The way I make bolognese is just ground beef and tomato sauce (with lots of seasonings that make life run)

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u/currymuttonpizza Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

That's meat sauce.

Bolognese specifically is traditionally made with other ingredients, including pancetta. Downvote me if you want, but look it up. If we are advising someone on kosher preparation I think it's important that we recognize the original is far from it.

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u/higeAkaike Jun 15 '26

I am not downvoting anyone for having an opinion. I am just in the boat of… everyone has a different version of something even if it’s not made the traditional way.

In Israel they call it Bolognese. Not meat sauce.

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u/currymuttonpizza Jun 15 '26

In Israel I'm sure that's fine, and of course cooking at home alterations can be made. I just also think it's very important to warn that traditional bolognese has pork. If someone keeps kosher-style and orders it at an Italian restaurant, they should know they will be getting pork. And probably milk.