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Broccoli Cheese Soup (Dairy)
Often in the summer when Shabbat starts later in the evening, we will have a dairy meal instead of the traditional meat meal. This soup is a perfect starter for dairy Sabbath meals as well as for the Shavuot holiday meal.

Spinach Tidbits (Dairy)
Jamie Geller, author of Quick and Kosher Recipes from the Bride Who Knew Nothing, contributed this recipe for Spinach Tidbits. Serve these dairy appetizers to your Hanukkah guests before lighting the Menorah. They can be prepared and frozen a week in advance to minimize pre-party preparations.

Israeli Cheesecake (Dairy)
This is one of those "gotta have the recipe" recipes that I got from a friend. Everyone, including my "I don't like cheesecake" son, loved this delicious cake. I call this Israeli Cheesecake because its main ingredient is Israeli white cheese (Gevinah Levana).

Shavuot Menus and Recipes for Busy Cooks
It is customary to eat dairy food on the Jewish festival of Shavuot (Pentecost). Given that dairy dishes can be labor intensive and that Shavuot often falls in the middle of the work week, these Shavuot dinner and lunch menus consists primarily of kosher dairy recipes for busy cooks.

Traditional Shavuot Menu and Recipes
Shavuot, the Feast of the Weeks, is the Jewish holiday celebrating the harvest season in Israel and the anniversary of the giving of the Ten Commandments to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. Find a traditional dairy menu and recipes for the Shavuot holiday.

Cheese Balls - Carb Free, Low Fat (Dairy)
Nechama Cohen, Founder and Executive Director of the Jewish Diabetes Association (JDA) and author of EnLITEned Kosher Cooking, shares her healthy recipe for carb free, low fat Cheese Balls. They are lovely for the holiday of Shavuos (Pentecost) or for entertaining anytime.

Cheese Blintzes (Dairy)
Blintz, which means "pancake" in Ukrainian, is a classic Ashkenazic Jewish food that probably originated in Poland. Blintzes are thin crepe-like pancakes folded around a filling. Cheese blintzes are traditionally served for Shavuot. In this recipe, donated by my mother Chana Shimoni, the blintzes are so delicious that there is no need to fry them after they are filled.

Mushrooms and Onions in Sour Cream Sauce (Dairy)
Use this easy-to-make Mushrooms in Cream Sauce recipe when you want to serve a delicious dairy side dish.

Sara Adar's Pepper, Cheese and Sugared Pecan Salad (Dairy)
Sara Adar's Pepper, Cheese and Sugared Pecan Salad was chosen by Israel's Tnuva Dairy company for inclusion in their special Shavuot recipe magazine. This winning recipe has been translated from Hebrew and posted here so you can enjoy it too.

Syrian Cucumber Mint Soup - Low Carb, Fat Free (Dairy)
Nechama Cohen, Founder and Executive Director of the Jewish Diabetes Association (JDA) and author of EnLITEned Kosher Cooking, shares her healthy recipe for low carb, fat free, Syrian Cucumber-Mint Soup. This cool, flavorful yogurt can be served over Zucchini Souffle for the holiday of Shavuos (Pentecost).

About Judaism: Shavuot Food
About.com Guide to Judaism explains why Jews eat dairy on Shavuot and provides Shavuot recipes including Cheese-topped Onion Soup, Baked Salmon, Cheese Blintzes, Sesame Zucchini, Israeli Salad and Cheesecake.

How to Make a Blintz
A blintz (from the Yiddish word blintse) is a thin pancake with Eastern European origins. It is most traditionally filled with a cheese mixture, and it can be fried if desired. This recipe holds your hand all the way through the blintz-making process.

Aish.com: Shavuot Recipes
Aish.com offers these mouth-watering recipes for the Shavuot holiday: Bubbie Bobbie'S Cheesecake, Shifra's Fluffy Blintzes, Chef Hershel's Wife's K.I.S.S. Cheesecake, Cheesecake Squares, Chocolate Marble Cheesecake, Oreo Cheesecake.

Aish.com: More Shavuot Recipes
Aish.com offers really good dairy recipes - such as French Onion Soup, Salmon in Puff Pastry, Whole Baked Fish, Greek Tomato Salad, and Greek Orzo Salad - that you can serve to your family and friends for Shavuot holiday meals.

Jewish Food Mailing List: Shavuot
The Jewish Food Mailing List has compiled Jewish food recipes from its active subscribers. The mailing list defines Jewish food as any food that is able to be prepared according to kashruth (Biblical dietary laws).

RFCJ Newsgroup: Shavuot Recipes
RFCJ Newsgroup (rec.food.cuisine.jewish) archives recipes sent in from different Jewish ethnic streams (Sephardic, Ashkenazic, Yemenite, etc.) and communities around the world. Recipes posted to this newsgroup respect the basic framework of the Jewish dietary laws. The recipes separate dairy and meat, and they do not call for non-kosher ingredients.