It is customary to eat dairy food on Shavuot. Enjoy these kosher recipes for Shavuot appetizers such as blintzes, cheese balls, spinach balls and soups.
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.
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.
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.
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 Blintzes / Crepes. They are lovely for the holiday of Shavuot (Pentecost) or for entertaining anytime. In her book, Cohen offers a variety of other crepe fillings, including potato, meat, apple, nut and non-dairy cheese.
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 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.
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.
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).
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.
