Topic: Easter dishes.
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Fri 04/10/09 04:40 AM
Ok folks.....let's hear some of your favorite Easter dishes. I'm looking to take something different this year, beyond my usual pasta salad or corn casserole. I have in mind that lovely broccoli salad someone posted awhile back, but open to new and EXCITING veggie dishes.....laugh

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Fri 04/10/09 04:52 AM
Being fill blooded Italian
Besides our ham we have lasagna. Pasta with a sauce containing shrimp mussels. Crab lobster
We also have. Garlic bread. Boyle bread

I also set up an all day desert buffet filled with Italian cookies pastries and candy

And all day spumante!!!

Happy Easter to all

Lilypetal's photo
Fri 04/10/09 05:50 AM
Standing rib roast, mashed potatoes, zucchini/yellow squash steamed, green bean casserole, yams, pear salad

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Fri 04/10/09 06:28 AM
Edited by Jules0565 on Fri 04/10/09 06:49 AM
Ham, Prime rib, homemade macaroni/cheese, green bean casserole, corn, redskin mashed potatoes w/sour cream/chives/garlic, rolls,deviled eggs, cherry pie, cheesecake, strawberry pretzel salad.drool


I'm gonna be busy! drinks

Was it the broccoli salad with bacon and raisins? That IS yummy, I used to make that all the time.

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Fri 04/10/09 06:36 AM
Easter meal in my family is cold food. We have amish roots. And Sunday is no cook day. So its Ham with pineapples and cherries. cold salads such as tater and marcaori. Pickeled eggs ( beets)
Cole slaws and usally a lemon pie.

ONCE Iflowerforyou made hot foods it was not like an Easter meal.

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Fri 04/10/09 08:24 AM

Ham, Prime rib, homemade macaroni/cheese, green bean casserole, corn, redskin mashed potatoes w/sour cream/chives/garlic, rolls,deviled eggs, cherry pie, cheesecake, strawberry pretzel salad.drool


I'm gonna be busy! drinks

Was it the broccoli salad with bacon and raisins? That IS yummy, I used to make that all the time.


Yes, that's the one. In absence of better suggestions for a veggie side dish, I think I'll have to go with it....hehe.

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Fri 04/10/09 12:41 PM

Easter meal in my family is cold food. We have amish roots. And Sunday is no cook day. So its Ham with pineapples and cherries. cold salads such as tater and marcaori. Pickeled eggs ( beets)
Cole slaws and usally a lemon pie.

ONCE Iflowerforyou made hot foods it was not like an Easter meal.



a cold food day sounds like a nice idea and tradition...drinker

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Fri 04/10/09 02:00 PM


Ham, Prime rib, homemade macaroni/cheese, green bean casserole, corn, redskin mashed potatoes w/sour cream/chives/garlic, rolls,deviled eggs, cherry pie, cheesecake, strawberry pretzel salad.drool


I'm gonna be busy! drinks

Was it the broccoli salad with bacon and raisins? That IS yummy, I used to make that all the time.


Yes, that's the one. In absence of better suggestions for a veggie side dish, I think I'll have to go with it....hehe.


You could make green beans, which is easy but a crowd pleaser.
fresh green beans
1 lb of bacon
1 jar of pearl onions

place your cleaned green beans in a pot of water and allow to boil
slice the bacon into small bits and brown
cook until the beans are still firm but not crunchy, and drain some of the water off.
add the bacon and a couple tablespoons of the fat into the pot
then add the onions and the juice from the onions, and allow to simmer for about 15 minutes.

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Fri 04/10/09 06:53 PM

Ham, Prime rib, homemade macaroni/cheese, green bean casserole, corn, redskin mashed potatoes w/sour cream/chives/garlic, rolls,deviled eggs, cherry pie, cheesecake, strawberry pretzel salad.drool


I'm gonna be busy! drinks

Was it the broccoli salad with bacon and raisins? That IS yummy, I used to make that all the time.
Can you please give me that recipes? The broccoli salad.

Moondark's photo
Fri 04/10/09 06:55 PM
My mom always made ham. I don't like ham. Turkey or steak works.

dolphin14's photo
Fri 04/10/09 06:57 PM
My boyfriend make a Zucchini pasta dish that was to die for and it was just a saute zucchini and then mashed up and added a little olive oil and spices. Its kinda of thick but ohh so tasty poured over any kinda of pasta

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Fri 04/10/09 06:58 PM
Homemade Pizza

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Fri 04/10/09 06:59 PM

My boyfriend make a Zucchini pasta dish that was to die for and it was just a saute zucchini and then mashed up and added a little olive oil and spices. Its kinda of thick but ohh so tasty poured over any kinda of pasta


I love Zucchini! Now I remember my mom making a casserole out of it, sliced in layers with marinara sauce and cheese in every layer.

Both sound yummy!

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Fri 04/10/09 07:57 PM
For the broccoli salad....you can use green onion or red. Raisins or grapes. The one I tasted didn't have sunflower seeds in it and the sauce wasn't mayonnaise based, but I can't locate a recipe with a sweet sauce that doesn't have mayo in it.

* 1 head fresh broccoli, cut into bite size pieces
* 1/2 cup raisins
* 1/4 cup red onion, chopped
* 2 tablespoons white sugar
* 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
* 1 cup mayonnaise
* 1 cup sunflower seeds
* 10 slices bacon

DIRECTIONS

1. Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium high heat until evenly brown. Crumble and set aside.
2. In a salad bowl, toss together broccoli, raisins and red onions. In a separate bowl, whisk together the white sugar, vinegar and mayonnaise. Pour over broccoli mixture and toss to coat. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
3. Before serving, sprinkle with sunflower seeds and crumbled bacon. Toss and serve.

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Fri 04/10/09 11:35 PM
Edited by brandynicole on Fri 04/10/09 11:35 PM
This is how I make my Broccoli Salad....


1-2 Large Heads of Broccoli
8 Slices Cooked Bacon(Crumbled)
5 Green Onions (Diced)
1/2 Cup Raisins
1 Cup Mayo
2 Tablespoons Cider Vinegar
1/4 Cup Sugar

Cut heads of Broccoli into bite size pieces , add crumbled bacon , onion and raisins .
In a seperate bowl mix Mayo , vinegar and sugar .
Pour over salad and toss well . Refrigerate for serveral hours before serving .



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Fri 04/10/09 11:38 PM
This year for Easter I am cooking....


Sirloin Tip
Twice Baked Potatoes
Salad
Fried Corn
Yeast Rolls
Deviled Eggs

I also made 48 cupcakes and a layer cake and ofcouse Hard Boiled Easter Eggs. I dyed all my eggs pink this year and tied a tiny pink satin bow around them. They turned out so pretty.

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Sat 04/11/09 05:09 AM
There you are!! You are the gal that first put that recipe on here, but I couldn't locate it in the archives (we really do need a search!). Thanks!

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Sat 04/11/09 05:41 AM

You could make green beans, which is easy but a crowd pleaser.
fresh green beans
1 lb of bacon
1 jar of pearl onions

place your cleaned green beans in a pot of water and allow to boil
slice the bacon into small bits and brown
cook until the beans are still firm but not crunchy, and drain some of the water off.
add the bacon and a couple tablespoons of the fat into the pot
then add the onions and the juice from the onions, and allow to simmer for about 15 minutes.


This sounds quite yummy, I'm glad you put the recipe here. Thanks!

synergized's photo
Sat 04/11/09 07:54 AM


You could make green beans, which is easy but a crowd pleaser.
fresh green beans
1 lb of bacon
1 jar of pearl onions

place your cleaned green beans in a pot of water and allow to boil
slice the bacon into small bits and brown
cook until the beans are still firm but not crunchy, and drain some of the water off.
add the bacon and a couple tablespoons of the fat into the pot
then add the onions and the juice from the onions, and allow to simmer for about 15 minutes.


This sounds quite yummy, I'm glad you put the recipe here. Thanks!


yvw..I have been reading and copying all of the great recipes for a while now :smile: