Seasonal Shavuot recipes Shavuot always comes in the strawberry, asparagus, spinach, raspberries, nectarines, watercress, watermelon season, if we're lucky and the sun shines it's a time to invite friends in for a delicious summer lunch in the garden. I hope you try out these recipes celebrating Shavuot, the summer, and seasonal vegetables. I've always loved Shavuot, because I'm a summer person, and it reminds me that my birthday is round the corner. In our family the person whose birthday it is chooses the menu for that night, from quite an early age I chose salmon cooked with dill, jersey royal potatoes, asparagus, and something with strawberries and raspberries. Which makes an ideal base for Shavuot meal. However here are three slightly different ideas using seasonal vegetables. Spinach soup -serves 4, ( this is a dairy soup, however if you're dairy intolerant or you have dairy intolerant guests coming you can substitute the cream for plant cream.) One large ba
Lag B’ Omer Barbeque. Lag ‘B’Omer celebrate the 33rd day of counting of the Omer it's the one day between Passover and Shavuot where weddings happen people can have haircuts music is played, and it's traditional to have barbecues! So hopefully the weather will hold, and you can use these BBQ recipes for the rest for the festival, If not store them away for the summer. Homemade BBQ sauce. Barbecue sauce is so simple to make I'm not quite sure why I ever bought it in the past. Ingredients 1 cup of tomato ketchup 1 cup of apple cider vinegar one tablespoon of mustard I use Dijon. one tablespoon of brown sugar half a tablespoon of honey one teaspoon of sea salt one teaspoon ground black pepper one teaspoon of smoked paprika half a teaspoon of cayenne pepper half is to be teaspoon of chilli flakes. Method Place all your ingredients in a sealable fridge dish or a large glass jar mix them all till smooth and store in the fridge for up to a month to use when needed. This sa