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