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Picnic Recipes (9)

Candy's Honey Smoothie (Dairy or Parve)
This refreshingly-cool, honey-sweetened, banana-strawberry drink is sure to satisfy. Soy milk can be used instead of regular milk so this will be parve.

Cheese Blintzes (Dairy)
Blintzes are crepe-like pancakes that are cooked on one side, filled, and then rolled to enclose the filling. In mom's best interests, these blintzes are not fried.

About Southern Cooking: Cinnamon French Toast (Dairy or Parve)
This French toast recipe cuts back on fat by using only 1 whole egg and 2 egg whites. To make this dairy, just use soy milk instead of milk.

Crustless Artichoke Quiche (Dairy)
In this Crustless Artichoke Quiche recipe, Paula Levine Weinstein and Julie Komerofsky Remer provide the perfect blend of cheeses, vegetables and spices for a gourmet-tasting treat.

Egg Souffle (Dairy)
This light and cheesy Egg Souffle, which was contributed to us from Atlanta, is perfect for a Sunday family meal. Serve with fresh bagels and fruit salad.

Lox and Eggs (Dairy or Parve)
To make mom happy on Mother's Day, serve her a Sunday brunch that includes these Scrambled Eggs and Lox, toasted bagels, fresh melon, and coffee.

About.com Busy Cooks: Melon Medley (Parve)
Juicy, sweet melons are a fabulous contrast to creamy scrambled eggs. Make sure you buy the melons on Friday and place them together in a grocery bag to ripen so they are the perfect consistency on Sunday.

Phyllis Katz' Sour Cream Coffee Cake (Dairy)
This Sour Cream Coffee Cake is one of my mother-in-law's many specialties. And I'm not just saying that to score points! This sweet, moist cake is layered with a chocolate, brown sugar and cinnamon crunch.

Spinach Cheese Squares in Phyllo (Dairy)
When everyone raves about these Spinach Cheese Squares in Phyllo, you can play along and let them think you slaved away. Maybe then they will offer to do the dishes, while you lay on the couch and read a good book!

Sundae Morning (Dairy)
Just layer and enjoy this yogurt, granola, berry medley.

Banana Kuchen
This is easy to put together, lower in fat then many, and freezes very well.

Cottage Cheese/Sour Cream Pancakes
To make this tasty breakfast especially to mom's liking, use low-fat cottage cheese and cream cheese.

Quick and Easy Pancakes
Dad and kids can make pancakes for mom! Just mix these five ingredients, fry and serve. The result will be proud kids and a happy mom.

Salami and Eggs (Meat)
To make dad happy on Father's Day, serve him a breakfast in bed that includes these Salami and Eggs, toasted bagels, freshly squeezed orange juice and coffee.