Celebrate the Jewish New Year with these delicious recipes.  Each recipe is not only healthy, but is also suitable for a kosher-style meat-based meal. And don’t forget to pick up local apples and honey from your farmers market for a sweet start to the New Year.

• Food Network Kitchen’s Matzo Ball Soup
• Chickpea Chicken Noodle Soup
• Beet and Apple Salad
• Red Onion and Cucumber Salad
• Watercress Salad with Dried Fruit and Almonds

• Sweet and Sour Brisket
• Beer, Ginger, and Garlic Braised Brisket
• Beef Kefta with Melon Slaw
• Lightened Up Stuffed Peppers
• Garlic Chicken and Potatoes (above, from Food Network Magazine)
• Lamb Chops with Eggplant Caponata

• Couscous Salad with Honey Vinaigrette
• Sautéed Onion Kasha and Bowties
• Herbed Quinoa
• Sweet Cranberry Glazed Carrots
• Tangy Almond Garlic String Beans

• Vanilla Poached Pears
• Perfectly Poached Fruit
• Front Nine Fruit Salad
• Pear Tart
• Almond Snowballs
• Chocolate Macaroons

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