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Easter Dinner thoughts, please. (Menu planning and recipe reques
ts)
By: jpcher Date: March 26, 2023, 8:27 pm
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Do you have a traditional meal on Easter Day? If so, what is it?
I haven't made anything traditional for more than ten years now,
since the Easter baskets, egg hunt, etc. went out the window
after my DDs have grown into adulthood.
This year I told my mother (85 yrs old) that I would bring
Easter dinner to her, so that she doesn't have to play the
hostess and cook a huge meal. But that left me in a quandary as
to what to make!
I'd like to do all/most of the cooking the day before and
transport everything (3 hr. drive) and warm in the oven the day
of. Simple things like veggies can be done in her home without
her having to do any work.
There will be five people to serve.
I have three ideas and would really appreciate your thoughts:
1. Ham served with potato salad and a green vegetable. The only
ham that I've ever served was the spiral cut honey baked that
was pre-prepared. All I had to do was warm it up.
Does anybody have a recipe for baked ham? What type of cut do I
buy? What type of glaze do I use? How do I bake it?
2. Lamb -- I've made a leg of lamb before in my roaster oven
which turned out really good. But that was a huge hunk of meat.
Don't really need that much.
I've also made rack of lamb. It was okay, I think I may have
over cooked it. But I'm willing to try again. Do you have any
recipes for this?
What sides would you serve with lamb?
3. Going outside the traditional box -- corned beef and cabbage
meal (which I wasn't able to bring to my mother's home for St.
Pats day, due to circumstances.)
Any thoughts, ideas, recipes would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Re: Easter Dinner thoughts, please. (Menu planning and recipe re
quests)
By: Hmmm Date: March 27, 2023, 10:25 am
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If your family likes ham, then I think it is the perfect main
for travel. You can make this ham the day before and then reheat
in a slow cooker with a bit of chicken broth in the bottom. It's
not as sweet as the pineapple brown sugar ones which I find too
sweet. Also, this is not intended for a "honey baked ham" though
you can buy one that has the glaze packet included and just
throw out the glaze.
HTML https://barefeetinthekitchen.com/balsamic-and-dijon-glazed-ham/
I love potato salad with ham. A really nice salad that works
well for easter with ham is the Ina Garten Roasted Carrot salad.
It is one of my favorite salads and I serve it often. I do
usually add additional Spring Mix greens since not everybody is
a huge fan of arugula.
HTML https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/maple-roasted-carrot-salad-3523135
#Post#: 79052--------------------------------------------------
Re: Easter Dinner thoughts, please. (Menu planning and recipe re
quests)
By: jpcher Date: March 29, 2023, 11:52 am
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Thanks, Hmmm! That mustard glaze for the ham is exactly what I
was looking for. I'm not fond of the pineapple/sweet glazes, so
this sounds perfect and delicious.
I'm not a big fan of cooked carrots but know others love them.
My sister grows salad greens year round AND taps the trees for
homemade maple syrup. So this sounds like a winner as well!
I'm so glad I asked . . . easy menu planning with help from a
friend! ;D
Thank you!
#Post#: 79054--------------------------------------------------
Re: Easter Dinner thoughts, please. (Menu planning and recipe re
quests)
By: Rain Date: March 29, 2023, 2:07 pm
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I have discovered I like roasted veggies so much better than
boiled. I'm want to try roasted carrots now
#Post#: 79067--------------------------------------------------
Re: Easter Dinner thoughts, please. (Menu planning and recipe re
quests)
By: Jayhawk Date: March 30, 2023, 3:00 pm
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I'm trying my hand at a stuffed beef tenderloin this year. Sides
are the usual, some sort of potatoes, veggies, salad, rolls,
dessert and appetizers, including deviled eggs (traditional for
us!).
#Post#: 79072--------------------------------------------------
Re: Easter Dinner thoughts, please. (Menu planning and recipe re
quests)
By: Aleko Date: March 31, 2023, 1:29 am
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Here in Britain the only traditional Easter meal is lamb. For
religious reasons obviously; but also because, except when
Easter falls unusually early, the new season’s spring lamb has
only just become available, so it’s seasonal too. If people want
to put a modern twist on the tradition they can use whatever cut
and cooking method they like, but a plain roast leg of lamb (or
a half-leg, if you’re not feeding that many*) is traditional.
It’s served with gravy made with the roasting juices, roast
potatoes, whatever new spring vegetables you like, and mint
sauce. (Make the sauce yourself with fresh mint - commercial
mint sauce tends to be pretty nasty.)
But I’m going to be on my tod this Easter as my DH will be at a
conference in LA, so a joint of lamb will be out of the
question; I’m thinking of grilling a nice chump chop, which to
my mind is one of the best lamb cuts of all. And my butcher
sells goose eggs, so over the Easter weekend I’ll treat myself
to one of those too. Goose eggs are delicious, and they look so
beautiful too - huge and perfectly white. I’ll probably have it
fried - one goose egg occupies the whole of my omelette pan.
People do tell me that it’s possible to boil goose eggs nicely,
and they would certainly look amazing served up whole in the
shell perched in a teacup with toast soldiers on the side, but I
suspect that that much boiled egg at a sitting would be too much
for me. (Halved and served up as devilled eggs, a half per
person: now there’s an idea for a dinner party.)
*Bear in mind that roast lamb is delicious sliced and eaten cold
next day with redcurrant jelly. And if there’s more left than
you want to eat cold, it’s equally traditional to put it through
the mincer and use it to make a cottage pie. Yum.)
#Post#: 79089--------------------------------------------------
Re: Easter Dinner thoughts, please. (Menu planning and recipe re
quests)
By: QueenFaninCA Date: April 3, 2023, 5:18 pm
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For us, lamb is a must.
As you need to travel with it, I would do lamb chops (cut your
rack into individual chops) and either quickly pan-fry them or
throw them on the grill (if available) at your mother's.
Depending on how you like them cooked, they will likely need
somewhere between five and ten minutes.
You could make some chimichurri in advance to serve with it or,
if pan-frying, make a nice sauce in the frying pan after you are
done with the chops.
#Post#: 79094--------------------------------------------------
Re: Easter Dinner thoughts, please. (Menu planning and recipe re
quests)
By: Asharah Date: April 3, 2023, 10:03 pm
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Baskin Robbins ice cream cake
#Post#: 79099--------------------------------------------------
Re: Easter Dinner thoughts, please. (Menu planning and recipe re
quests)
By: Jayhawk Date: April 4, 2023, 4:45 pm
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we usually have ham, but this year, I'm serving a stuffed beef
tenderloin. We shall see!
#Post#: 79100--------------------------------------------------
Re: Easter Dinner thoughts, please. (Menu planning and recipe re
quests)
By: STiG Date: April 5, 2023, 8:28 am
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Traditionally, we have ham and/or turkey. if it's ham, it is
usually scalloped potatoes au gratin and some sort of vegetable
on the side.
Recently, my go to dessert for Easter is lemon meringue pie. It
was one of my Dad's favourites and the yellow is very springy!
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