What's on your Easter menu?

[DvlshAngel985]

Originally Posted by Aviendah

Incredible...you've planned my menu!!
Ham
Turkey (whole-smoked in the green "Egg")
Mashed potatoes (with sour cream, cream cheese and onion powder)
Gravy
Rolls
Green bean casserole
Deviled Eggs
Relish tray
Raspberry pretzel salad (raspberries and jello layered over a cream cheese cool whip mixture on a pretzel crust)
Dessert (A strawberry, blueberry and angel food cake parfait type thing my MIL makes)

Are you sure you aren't from the Midwest???

The mashed potatoes I found for a Christmas recipe. They were just fabulous!! My whole family raved over them. Here's the recipe...I of course layered on the butter. I also whipped up the potatoes and just put them in a crock pot. Had way too many to fit into a baking dish because I doubled the recipe.


Ingredients

* 9 potatoes, peeled and cubed
* 6 ounces cream cheese
* 1 cup sour cream
* 2 teaspoons onion powder
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
* 2 tablespoons butter

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Drop in potatoes, and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes.
2. Transfer potatoes to a large bowl, and mash until smooth. Mix in the cream cheese, sour cream, onion powder, salt, pepper and butter. Cover, and refrigerate 8 hours, or overnight.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a medium baking dish.
4. Spread potato mixture into the prepared baking dish, and bake in the preheated oven about 30 minutes.

That sounds yummy! I've never had baked mashed potatoes before. I'll have to give these a try sometime.

[2girls]

Reading all this deliciousness has made me very hungry~

I purchased a cook book when I went to Barbado's so I'm making a few things from that book

coconut encrusted talapia with mango salsa
crab cakes
roasted potato's and string beans
butternut squash soup
grilled zuchini
salad
and a carmalized banana torte for desert

[luvfla]

Ham
Smoked Pork Tenderlion
Mac & Cheese
Scalloped potatoes
Brocc Casserole
Sesame Green Bean Salad
Carrot Salad
Cheesecake
Veggie tray

[shodanusmc]

My wife is busy coking up a storm. Family will be over so she is making a Spiral Cut Honey Baked Ham, Rack of Lamb, Baked Lasagna with Meatballs and Italian Sausage (mile and Hot), Mashed Potates, Asparagas, Sweet potatoe Fries, Salad, and other stuff that even I am not sure about. She also baked a tray of Brownies, and make a Italian Sysle Cheese Cake, Jello, and a few other desesrts. All I care about is the Lasagna and Sausage. Not a big Lamb eater, but Ham is ok!

Have a great day.

[stovesj]

Here's my recipe for a potato casserole. It's easy to make and yummy. You can even throw it together a day ahead and just pop it in the oven that day.

POTATO CASSEROLE

1 32oz. package southern frozen hashbrowns (thawed)
2 cans cheddar cheese soup
8 oz sour cream
1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. melted butter
1/4 c. chopped onion
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbs. parsley flakes


Mix all together and put in a greased 9 X 13 pan. Sprinkle with grated cheddar cheese and paprika. Bake at 300 for 1 and 1/2 hours or at 350 for 1 hour.

[red98vett]

Originally Posted by stovesj

Here's my recipe for a potato casserole. It's easy to make and yummy. You can even throw it together a day ahead and just pop it in the oven that day.

POTATO CASSEROLE

1 32oz. package southern frozen hashbrowns (thawed)
2 cans cheddar cheese soup
8 oz sour cream
1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. melted butter
1/4 c. chopped onion
1 tsp. salt
1 Tbs. parsley flakes


Mix all together and put in a greased 9 X 13 pan. Sprinkle with grated cheddar cheese and paprika. Bake at 300 for 1 and 1/2 hours or at 350 for 1 hour.

that sounds excellent !!

[BellaBlue82]

Originally Posted by cj125

I was sitting here making my list for our Easter dinner and I started wondering - what does everyone else have for their Easter dinner?

Spiral Ham
Turkey Breast
Mashed potatoes & gravy
Rolls
Green Bean Casserole
Deviled Eggs
Veggie Tray
Jello Fruit Salad
Dessert (this year it's cupcakes)

CJ, you live in Las Vegas too? I need your address, I'm coming to dinner lol, this menu looks scrumptious!

[capt_noonie]

I ate noodles by myself last night. you guys are making me hungry....

[cj125]

Originally Posted by Aviendah

Incredible...you've planned my menu!!
Ham
Turkey (whole-smoked in the green "Egg")
Mashed potatoes (with sour cream, cream cheese and onion powder)
Gravy
Rolls
Green bean casserole
Deviled Eggs
Relish tray
Raspberry pretzel salad (raspberries and jello layered over a cream cheese cool whip mixture on a pretzel crust)
Dessert (A strawberry, blueberry and angel food cake parfait type thing my MIL makes)

Are you sure you aren't from the Midwest???

The mashed potatoes I found for a Christmas recipe. They were just fabulous!! My whole family raved over them. Here's the recipe...I of course layered on the butter. I also whipped up the potatoes and just put them in a crock pot. Had way too many to fit into a baking dish because I doubled the recipe.


Ingredients

* 9 potatoes, peeled and cubed
* 6 ounces cream cheese
* 1 cup sour cream
* 2 teaspoons onion powder
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
* 2 tablespoons butter

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Drop in potatoes, and cook until tender but still firm, about 15 minutes.
2. Transfer potatoes to a large bowl, and mash until smooth. Mix in the cream cheese, sour cream, onion powder, salt, pepper and butter. Cover, and refrigerate 8 hours, or overnight.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a medium baking dish.
4. Spread potato mixture into the prepared baking dish, and bake in the preheated oven about 30 minutes.

LOL! How could you tell? Yes, I am. Born in CO, raised in NE & IA.

Loved the recipes! Thanks so much for sharing. I really enjoyed seeing what everyone else was eating.

We did do a Easter egg hunt for the two kids but I think the most fun was had by my 33 yr old son who hid them! LOL! He spent almost a half hour hiding them in "just the right place". I tried to get everyone to play cards but they weren't going for it. It was a really nice day (in early afternoon) so they all wanted to sit outside gabbing.

With my Mom, brother and kids living here - I wanted to keep the tradition going. I know that when/if the kids aren't here - it would probably be alot easier to do something a little less traditional but... after working around so many people with different nationalities/cultures I realized that keeping our traditions alive is important. I enjoyed sharing theirs but I really feel that we need to hold on to our own before it gets totally lost.

I hope everyone had a nice Easter day!

[cj125]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

I ate noodles by myself last night. you guys are making me hungry....

Aww - you could have come here!