How to Organize an Easter Dinner

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Happy Easter!

This blog is dedicated to the preparation and serving of the Easter meal prepared by Patti Greene on April 12 2009! Understand that I don't consider myself a cook. In fact, I am a "Celebration Cook." I like cooking for family gatherings, but not for every day cooking. So, I would like to share with my family how this meal was put together, and maybe---just maybe you will get some hints on how to make an Easter dinner or any dinner for that matter in the future.

1. First you need to think about what you want to serve. I looked through cookbooks (color pictures ones mostly) and the Internet. My final recipe consisted of...
a. Appetizer - Chips, French onion dip, Hot sauce, and Deviled eggs
b. Salad - Green salad, and Fruit cup
c. Smoked Ham, Raisin sauce, Marshmallow-topped sweet potato casserole,Twice-baked potatoes, Savory peas, and Corn.
d. Thick homemade bread and Corn bread (courtesty of Grandmother)
e. Drinks - Iced-tea, Coffee, Coke in a bottle, Diet coke, and water
f. Pies - Apple pie, Sugar free apple pie, Sugar free blueberry pie, and Peach pie (courtesy of Grandmother and Melissa) and ice-cream

2. I had my recipes all together and I made my grocery shopping list.





3. Two days before Easter, I set the table.



Just joking. My table wasn't that pretty, but mine was cute. See below.



4. The day before Easter, I tried to make as much as I could, starting with the sweet potato casserole. (Oh, I made the deviled eggs too.)



5. I then prepared as much of the salad as I could, i.e. I washed and cut the lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, onions, mushrooms, and cucumbers. I put them in plastic bags to keep fresh until Easter Day.



6. I decided I could cut up all the fruit cup except for the apples and bananas, so I did that on Saturday. I cut up the kiwi, orange, strawberries, and grapes. Again, I bagged them to keep them fresh.



7. I cut the pats of butter - I sliced the lemon - I made the raisin sauce - I made the twice-baked potatoes - I brewed the tea the day before. However, I had to wait until Easter to make the peas and corn.



9. Now it is Easter. We went to Saturday night church, so we were all rested on Easter morning. Grandmother and Grandfather came over. They are sitting on the couch eating their appetizers.



10.You can see me in the kitchen wearing my new apron from "The Bib Shoppe" (www.bibshoppe.com). I love it. It fits so nice, and I love the pockets in the front.



11.We ate the salads first, then we proceeded to the buffet line.





12.After the main course, we all had some pie (with ice-cream.) Yum.




13.After dinner, we go and hang out in the family room. Jimmy opens his birthday presents. Jimmy has come to love the old-time Coca Cola - in a bottle that is.



14. If you look, you can see Jimmy's Easter basket. It consisted of random things like bandaids, highlighters, notepads, toothbrush, etc. I think he was disappointed there wasn't any candy in there, but I didn't think he would want it.



15. And now Jimmy can start his 23rd year with 2 new shirts and 2 new pairs of shorts!



16. Then, we all sit around tired from all the calories we have eaten.



It was a good Easter. It would have been a perfect Easter if the entire family was there, but we will take who we can get.

Happy Easter everyone.

P.S. Sorry, no pics of dad. He was the photographer.

Patti