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10 Symbolic Chinese New Year Recipes

February 19, 2015 by Jeanette 10 Comments

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Ring in the Chinese New Year with a few of these Symbolic Chinese New Year recipes.

10 Symbolic Chinese New Year Recipes - Celebrate Chinese New Year with these symbolic foods for a prosperity, longevity, unity, fertility, luck, happiness, and good fortune

Today is Chinese New Year and it’s the year of the Goat, Sheep or Ram. Food is a very important part of Chinese culture, so for Chinese New Year, it is especially important to eat foods that symbolize good things to come, including prosperity, surplus, long life, wisdom, peace, luck, fertility, happiness and family unity.

Try some of these symbolic recipes to ring in the New Year!

CLICK HERE to check out 10 Chinese New Year Recipes!

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Filed Under: Asian, Chinese New Year, dairy-free, gluten-free, Holidays, Resources Tagged With: Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year recipes, symbolic foods, year of the goat, year of the ram, year of the sheep

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Comments

  1. Kelly says

    February 19, 2015 at 6:57 am

    Everything looks perfect, Jeanette! Happy New Year and wishing you and your family a happy, healthy and prosperous year! 🙂

    Reply
  2. Cassandra @ Almost Getting it Together says

    February 19, 2015 at 9:54 am

    I need that sticky rice in my life ASAP!

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      February 19, 2015 at 4:53 pm

      Cassandra – sticky rice is the best, not just for Chinese New Year – hope you try it!

      Reply
  3. Holley Grainger says

    February 19, 2015 at 1:24 pm

    Thanks for this fantastic roundup! I’m excited to share it on my Facebook page!

    Reply
  4. Shashi at RunninSrilankan says

    February 19, 2015 at 2:20 pm

    Happy Chinese New Year Jeanette – This is one mouthwatering spread!

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      February 19, 2015 at 4:54 pm

      Thanks Shashi – now if I could just have all of these for Chinese New Year 🙂

      Reply
  5. Alice @ Hip Foodie Mom says

    February 19, 2015 at 3:44 pm

    Congrats on the Parade Community Table post!! Happy Chinese New Year!!!

    Reply
  6. Jeanette says

    February 19, 2015 at 4:55 pm

    Thanks Alice! Happy New Year!

    Reply
  7. Farrah says

    February 19, 2015 at 10:25 pm

    I heart you for this, and am definitely gonna try to make one of these (gonna be so hard to decide which one!) so I can kindasorta celebrate! I wish I could be with my family for this one, but this’ll make it better! <3

    Reply
    • Jeanette says

      February 20, 2015 at 9:53 am

      Happy New Year Farrah! Hope you have a mini celebration for yourself 🙂

      Reply

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