I’m so excited about the upcoming double holiday weekend. Not only will it be Memorial Day, we’ll also be celebrating Shavuot! (How cool is that?)
The only slight issue I’m having is planning the menu. Usually, my Memorial Day menu is heavy on BBQ chicken, but Shavuot is celebrated with dairy dishes. What’s a Jewish Lady to do? Compromise, of course!
For me, the best part of any meal are the side dishes (I don’t know if I’m weird, but it’s true.) So around here, we’ll be eliminating the meat and swapping in salmon, served with corn on the cob, potato salad, sliced watermelon, and best of all, chocolate covered cheesecake!
Shavuot wouldn’t be a party without ice cream or cheesecake, right? Last year, we had an ice cream feast, but I’m seriously craving cheesecake now. Everytime I make this recipe, I think about my aunt who always ordered it whenever it was on a menu. She and I are not close, but we do agree on dessert.
In addition to the food, there will be tons of Diet Coke, purchased on sale at Shaw’s, 5/$10—something I try to stock up on every Memorial Day.
I’m hoping for a relaxed weekend, full of good food, good weather, good company, and time to watch the annual PBS concert. I say it every year, yet it rarely happens. I don’t know if I’m jinxed or what, but most holidays, something goes wrong. 3 years ago, Memorial Day was destoryed when the water heater broke and emergency repairs were needed. On 4th of July, the washing machine went out. Murphy’s Law, I guess? 🙂
Anyway, while we’re celebrating we should also be mindful of what these holidays truly stand for: the brave men and women who gave their lives in defense of freedom and the everlasting gift that is the Torah.
I hope each of you has a wonderful holiday weekend and I’d love to know how you’re planning to celebrate.
I had no idea it was shavuot this weekend. We only do passover, chanukkah, and high holidays. Do most Jews celebrate it? Just curious.
No, most haven’t even heard of it! I think it’s a fun holiday and worth celebrating.
I have no idea what shavuot is so will be looking that up. It sounds amazing. I am a cheesecake lover always. I hope your holiday is full of fun, love and celebration. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Happy Memorial Day! We went to my mom and dad’s house for a lunch time cookout then my daughter and I watched a movie. We’re going to have leftovers for supper 🙂 I wish I had that cheesecake!!
Happy Memorial Day to you! It’s such a great day to celebrate all those in our lives who fought for our freedom.
I haven’t ever heard of shauvot before thus post! Glad to learn something new. Sounds awesome and I hope you had a wonderful day. It’s not Memorial day here in Canada but we have another day!
Awesome ideas! Compromising can always work well, especially with menu planning.
Oh wow, I didn’t know it was a double holiday! You learn something every day – Thank you!
And I agree, it can be hard to plan a menu. But cheesecake is definitely a right path. I love it!!
I hope you had your good food/good weather. 🙂 We got rain here for the parade, but it cleared up and they did have it afterall. I was glad. 🙂
Nothing wrong with celebrating two things at once, lol! I love menu planning for festivities…as stressful as it is, lol!
I hope you’ve had a great holiday weekend! Those cheese cakes look so delicious!
Sounds like you had a great weekend. We went out-of-town on Sunday, and had a cookout here at home yesterday. It was a great weekend for us. 🙂
A double holiday would be so much fun. I hope you had a great weekend.
I love a good cheesecake! There’s nothing wrong with that! Heck, who needs a holiday to eat some cheesecake? I think I could eat it everyday and never get tired of it!
This is so much fun to have a double holiday. I can have a slice or 2 of that delicious cheesecakes. It is one of my favorite desserts
How fun to have a double holiday! I learned about Shavuot in my world religion class, so I know just a little bit about it. Thank you for sharing.
And hoping you also had a wonderful holiday weekend celebrating Memorial Day and Shavuot and so nice to be a bit enlightened about this Jewish Holiday – I don’t remember it from my religion classes 🙂 Loving that ice cream and cheesecake celebrations!
I would love to try some cheesecake right now actually! That sounds like the perfect dessert. 🙂