I hope that all celebrating had a happy Easter. I hope that you had a chance to celebrate with your family and friends.
Today we will be eating stuffed shells. I have pointed out to my bride that this is not really a 'traditional' Easter meal.
What did you you have for lunch/brunch/supper?
Did The Easter Bunny Visit? Was it traditional colored eggs? Did you fill hte plastic ones?
Was this year better than last year?
Happy Easter, clean, and everyone else who celebrates!
For my husband and me, it was the first time we'd been to church since before the pandemic. The service was outdoors; the church has a nice side yard with spaces marked off at six-foot intervals for family groups to sit. Everyone wore a mask, and we brought our own lawn chairs. It was only 45º this morning, so we were all in heavy coats and wool caps—our "Easter bonnets," I joked—and other winter regalia, ready to sit still outside in cold (although not horribly cold) weather for an hour or so. It was a beautiful service. The sun was shining.
My family never made a big deal over Easter—yes, the Easter Bunny came when I was a child, and my sister's family would often come over for a fancier dinner than usual. But my parents didn't decorate (beyond colored eggs) or go to great lengths. Consequently, neither do I, especially now that the daughters are grown.
So my husband and I will have a nice, relaxed, non-traditional dinner. I am making hot sesame noodles with ground pork (a Cook's Illustrated recipe) and a cucumber salad with ginger. Dessert will be a pavlova with lemon curd and whipped cream. I had never made one before, and I can tell you that it is not quite like in the photo—but it should be fine.
I think your stuffed shells sound perfect!
We just had ham, mashed potatoes and peas. Simple, simple, simple. Easter candy (peanut butter eggs and jelly beans for dessert).
Unfortunately, one of the four churches down the road (yes, four), decided to have a rock-gospel concert starting at 7:45 this morning, which goes against the noise ordinance. SO called the non-emergency po-po # and apparently, a lot of other people were complaining. 'Jesus is just all right for me', but not before 8am.
Happy Easter! Missed the usual celebrations, but it's still Easter. Also missed getting Easter lilies from the farmers' market and the egg painting. Kind neighbor brought me traditional Easter dinner, which made up for not celebrating as before. Now I have two dinners ready to eat, the Easter dinner and the salmon teriyaki which I had ordered just before getting the Easter dinner. It's going to be some of each.
I bought lamb shanks for Easter, but those went into the freezer on Friday as I knew I wouldn't have the time to cook them yesterday.
Happy Easter all!
Wish I could have gone to a sunrise service. I love those. But Langue_doc is right - it's still Easter. At least there was a communion service via Zoom.
Non-traditional supper here too - Chinese take-out.
Larimar
Online communion service here, a Zoom call with a friend on the opposite coast, and a recent favorite: Chicken strips broiled in a honey mustard-maple sauce, crucnchy-fresh-like sweet corn, and a 1/2 muffin with Harvarti cheese melted on it.
Two Double Dark Chocolate Milanos for dessert, with hot, strong tea.
A movie next, I think....hmm....which one...??
M.
Listening to St. Matthew's Passion.
Happy Easter! Our church has been remote since October but had an in-person service outdoors. We also had a Maundy Thursday service outdoors. Thursday, it was 40 with 20 mph winds. Not fun. Today, it was simply glorious weather: 70, sunny, light breeze. Good seeing everyone again.
We had a perfect Easter Sunday weather-wise across our state. I spent the weekend with my parents, and heard Dad deliver the Easter message at their church. I don't know how many more of those Dad will be able to deliver. His age is showing definite signs of catching up with him.
Happy Easter to all who celebrate it!
Seconded--and Passover has been nearly concurrent, good wishes to those observing that, as well.
Online service at 10.00 AM, and salmon with maple-mustard sauce and a side cobb salad, for an early dinner is mine. Tiny piece of strawberry pie for dessert...
Others?
M.
And also Ramadan Mubarak!
We're about to leave for worship. Empty nesters with nobody nearby, so no other plans for the day. Blessings to everyone!
Blessings to all who celebrate Easter, Passover, and Ramadan.
Celebration here is in 2 parts: Mr. Larimar gave catnip-filled plastic Easter eggs to the kitties early this morning (see the cat-herding thread), and I will be making mushroom cheddar quiche for supper.
Larimar
Putting the recipe for that quiche on the dinner thread would be quite a gift to the community....
;--}
M.
May you all eat many eggs.
Quote from: mamselle on April 17, 2022, 09:04:18 AM
Putting the recipe for that quiche on the dinner thread would be quite a gift to the community....
;--}
M.
Thank you Mamselle, but as it turns out, it would probably be a gift
not to post the quiche recipe. It didn't turn out too well. First it wasn't done when the oven timer went off. I think this is likely because the mashed potato kit I used for the crust turned out not to be enough to cover the inside of the pan. Therefore I used two kits. When I made this before, I'd used a different brand of potato kit. Extra potatoes plus adding the mushrooms, which were not in the original recipe, I guess made it thicker and required more baking time. I put it back in the oven and had to guess blindly how much more time it needed. I tried 15 minutes, which then may have been too long. When the quiche came out again, the crust was all dry and crumbly. When I sliced it and lifted the slices out of the pan, it fell apart and ended up on the plates as quiche-splat. It was edible, and tasted okay, but it was a mess. Ah, well, something to laugh about in retrospect. I'll definitely need to adjust the recipe for next time.
Larimar
Happy Easter!
We had BBQ for dinner. It was great weather for it!
Microwave pizza. Doing okay!
Earlier today we had a nice feed.
Quote from: Larimar on April 17, 2022, 05:58:04 PM
Quote from: mamselle on April 17, 2022, 09:04:18 AM
Putting the recipe for that quiche on the dinner thread would be quite a gift to the community....
;--}
M.
Thank you Mamselle, but as it turns out, it would probably be a gift not to post the quiche recipe. It didn't turn out too well. First it wasn't done when the oven timer went off. I think this is likely because the mashed potato kit I used for the crust turned out not to be enough to cover the inside of the pan. Therefore I used two kits. When I made this before, I'd used a different brand of potato kit. Extra potatoes plus adding the mushrooms, which were not in the original recipe, I guess made it thicker and required more baking time. I put it back in the oven and had to guess blindly how much more time it needed. I tried 15 minutes, which then may have been too long. When the quiche came out again, the crust was all dry and crumbly. When I sliced it and lifted the slices out of the pan, it fell apart and ended up on the plates as quiche-splat. It was edible, and tasted okay, but it was a mess. Ah, well, something to laugh about in retrospect. I'll definitely need to adjust the recipe for next time.
Larimar
(Chuckling)
I'm adding <<quiche-splat>> to my vocabulary pronto.
M.
happy Easter 2024!
any plans? it is almost April, so the weather should be nicer than when Easter is earlier in March.
Will the Easter Bunny bring you anything with a high calorie content?
What are your plans?
We will visit the inlaws for burgers, potato salad and beans, (which I am bringing). Not sure what they will add. I have already sent over an angel food cake and 2 pounds of strawberries (and Blue Bell ice cream).
It iwll not be a 'big day'. The grandbaby (who is about 4) will not be there. (Not that she has not already been given 2 or 3 Easter Baskets!!) But without the young one, then no egg hunts, no need for chocolate bunnies, jelly beans, etc.
(It seems that my sister in law and her mother in law are somewhat at odds. IF they were in town then they would be required to have a meal. My mother in law (her mother) would also like them to visit and eat. So instead of blowing their diets and eating 2 meals, they have gone to a local state park in their camper (a place they like to visit).
With no one looking for the Bunny, there was no need for a big meal, so I suggested burgers on the grill. Im not sure how popular the choice is because my MIL said that she will also be cooking some chicken for my FIL
HOwever, I offered a different menu (cornish game hens, stuffing and other fixins) , but burgers was approved.
Happy Easter Everyone!
Happy Easter everyone!
No big plans here. Mr. Larimar has to work, and the family lives too far away to get together for a meal. We are planning to make one of our fancier recipes for supper for just the two of us: "chicken" marinara using vegetarian soy-based chicken cutlets, and mashed potatoes. No candy because I am prediabetic and can't have the sugar. No boiled eggs because it's been a heck of a busy week and no time to boil them, and neither of us has enough enthusiasm to do it anyway. We'll get to relax with a movie at home together in the evening at least, and the cats have the choice of whether to join us. Often they do, but not always. I guess it wouldn't do to be too predictable.
Anyone going to a sunrise service? I love those, but our church doesn't do them.
Larimar
May the Easter Bunny bring everyone a basket of good fortune and a ticket to the solar eclipse.
Happy Easter everyone!
I bought a bottle of rose from a local wine store for Easter dinner tomorrow. We also bought tuxedo mousse cake at Costco the other day.
Watched some of "The Ten Commandments" (1956) on ABC. It's one of my favorite movies.
Safe and smooth travels to those who are on the road this weekend.
I enjoyed re-reading Mamselle's Easter posts as I scrolled down the page. I hope others enjoyed them too.
Went on one of the walks scheduled for today. Easter hats and costumes aplenty. See some of these in the NYT article on the Easter Parade (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/style/easter-parade-nyc.html).
ETA: link to the free version here (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/style/easter-parade-nyc.html?ugrp=u&unlocked_article_code=1.hE0.IC5J.iXTa4ICvWqW8&smid=url-share). Here are more photos in the New York Post (https://nypost.com/2024/03/31/us-news/revelers-strut-their-stuff-at-nycs-famed-easter-parade-go-big-or-go-home/), but probably behind a paywall.
We had a good Easter service at our church. In the afternoon I got to speak with my brother on the telephone for the first time in awhile. I did not go home to visit my parents because I plan to go see them during the eclipse next week. They live within the path of totality. And we have some business pertaining to my getting access to their bank information to help them manage their affairs when it becomes necessary that will require my being there on a business day, and not just a weekend or holiday.