Comments on: The Themes Are … Passover and Easter!

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:45:42 +0000

That is very funny…with the Easter egg basket photo right next to the brisket photo, it looked to me like the nests were made of brisket and someone had placed chocolate eggs in the middle. I thought, oh gross, cocolate and brisket!!! I had to read further down to see that the nests were actually made of chocolate!!

By: Robyn

Robyn — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:36:29 +0000

Ok, so I made the cute little bird’s nests. They are much too good for children. Easy, fun and delicious. This recipe is a keeper!
Thank you!

By: jayded34

jayded34 — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:17:05 +0000

This year there are some new additions to my family easter dinner *no not new babies* but my SO and his son! So in fashion with showing off my cooking skills *which i do proudly due to great recipes i find here and there and my Culinary Arts program at school* I will be serving Brown sugar glazed ham, Ree’s creamed spinach and her asparagus fritatta *my youngest child is a veggie head is her main course* also baked beans potato salad a variety of cheeses and 2 desserts, Carrot Cake and Dr. Pepper cake.

By: laurie

laurie — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:00:18 +0000

I agree with Sandy. Charoset (or charoses) recipes abound! I go to the grocery store and ask to sample every apple they have. I choose varieties that are the sweetest, cruchiest, juciest and most flavorful. Mushy, bland apples make bad charoses. This year I used three varieties, toasted pecans and toasted almonds, cinnamon and a little sweet wine. Grape juice works, too. The apples were so good, no extra sugar/honey was needed.
For my seder, I made matzah-ball soup, hard-boiled eggs, charoses, doctored-up jarred gefilte fish, brisket, mushroom, onion and red pepper kugel, roasted asparagus, salad with a honey mustard vinagrette, killer rocky road brownies and almond macaroons. My aunt brought a banana cake. Also on the table: horseradish, parsely, salt water, and lots of matzah!

By: Traci

Traci — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:45:24 +0000

I don’t have to cook this Easter! But after seeing these recipes, I wish that I was! Thanks for some great ideas. I should have an after-Easter cooking session. Any ideas for leftover ham?

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 23:42:51 +0000

We’re doing a brunch this year. There will be ham, though! I like it glazed with brown sugar, honey and mustard that I baste all through the cooking process. A big citrus fruit platter with pineapple, Latkes, and an asparagus salad. Hot Cross buns may make it too..I’m dying to try my hand at those! Mimosas will be enjoyed to wash it all down. And my Lemon Chess Pie that I posted here the other day for dessert. Lemon says Easter to me!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:51:44 +0000

Next year, if you’re again willing to step into the quicksand of Passover recipes, you could put out a call for charoset recipes. It’s a mix of fruit and nuts, chopped or ground together, seasoned with wine and sweet spices, and eaten at the seder meal to remind us of the hard labor of the slaves in Egypt. There are about a billion (slight exaggeration) recipes, all jealously guarded as “the best”. This last year, I took my leftover charoset and mixed it into passover muffins; this year, I may put it into kugel.

By: Shana

Shana — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:52:41 +0000

Everything looks delicious! We celebrated Passover on Monday night. We had gefilte fish with chopped liver and matzo for the first course. Next was matzo ball soup made by mom and the main course my mom made brisket and I made the potato kugel and zucchini casserole.

For Easter dinner I plan on making a ham and mashed potatoes and that’s as far Ive gotten in planning so far.

By: Lisa, Da Kitten

Lisa, Da Kitten — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:14:43 +0000

We’re in New Orleans and are having pork loin and game hens on the grill. Then we’ll also have a lovely spinach/gruyere casserole and perhaps another veggie side dish (carrots with butter and herbs?), as well as something potatoey (perhaps roasted, perhaps smashed).

But our piece de resistance will be our chocolate pudding shot pie!!! We’re going to put what we usually just pour into paper condiment cups into a pie crust instead (any leftover filling will indeed go into the cups) and I’ll hand-whip a yummy cream topping (perhaps with mint schnapps to compliment the chocolate and Bailey’s in the pie). Yum yum – gimme some . . .

By: courtneyssweets

courtneyssweets — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:48:55 +0000

Oh my goodness I am in awe of the Easter basket with eggs. Looks like a great kid friendly project