Gastronomically speaking, trying to follow Passover is a tough gig. The seder meals are all flashy and filled with symbolic food meaning – how can another holiday compete? But each year, a month and change after the first bite of matzoh ball soup, Shavuot must try.

Here to help, The Jew & The Carrot offers a Healthy Sustainable Shavuot Menu – one that highlights the fresh flavors of the spring season and the dairy-inspired fare traditionally eaten for the holiday. With recipes for English pea risotto, wild salmon in brown butter, and lemony ricotta cheesecake, Shavuot might just have a fighting chance of culinary bragging rights this year.What do you like to make for Shavuot?