Our weekend can be summed up by super tasty food, of the homemade and from scratch variety. Many thanks go to Martha Stewart, Real Simple, and Bon Appetite magazine for most of our amazing weekend food.
For Easter morning breakfast we ate blueberry muffins with homemade brown sugar crumble (oh, to die for!) and orange julius - my mom's no recipe, recipe.
I spent most of Saturday and most of Sunday standing in the kitchen cooking. We cooked dinner for 10 on Sunday. There were some definite Julia Child moments - not the ones where I screwed things up and threw nasty bread dough in the garbage, but the moments where everything turned out beautifully and I could say Bon Appetite! and Enjoy!!
Our Easter Menu:
Orange marmalade and sherry (cooking sherry, don't worry) glazed ham
Asparagus with prosciutto chips
Scalloped potatoes with leeks, nutmeg and cream sauce
Green salad with carrots, celery and crasins (don't you LOVE crasins?!)
Rosemary and garlic focaccia bread (from scratch - the second try wasn't great, but it worked)
To drink, a limeade concoction that makes you smack your lips and dive into the bowl
Homemade slush with our hours de vours
For dessert, a homemade (from scratch) key lime cake with homemade cream cheese and vanilla icing
Let me tell you, the food was divine, the company grand and the day memorable. Holidays aren't my favorite, but they are definitely made for good food and family and fun. The minimalist Easter Bunny made an appearance and brought books and games (almost no candy!) and lots of morning entertainment.
Hope you all had a great holiday, Easter or Passover, with your family and friends.
2 comments:
I'm salivating.
Everything looks and sounds delicious. There's no way I could even attempt to make any of these dishes but I MIGHT be able to do the slush drink that sounds wonderful and spring-ish. That and the lime drink you made for a shower (?) a few weeks ago...I'd love the recipes!
yum! i want to come to your family's holiday celebrations. i love good food.
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