Easter Meal ideas?

Thyme stuffed olive oil and herb rubbed cornish game hens, Asparagus
sauted in garlic, kosher salt, Mrs Dash tomato basil and garlic
seasoning, butter and olive oil, cauliflower fauxtatoes with bacon bits
added, and Myra's Cheese cake( with 2 tablespoons of semi sweet mini
choc chips added to batter before baking) for desert. Drink can be
Ocean Spray low carb cran-rasperry juice mixed with diet &-up 1 part
juice and 3 parts soda.
Laureen
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Sprgtime said:

My inlaws are coming over for Easter. I'm trying to think of

something

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really good... multi-part meal to make. Since we're not sure of the

exact

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time they're coming, and it could actually vary as much as 2 hours...

things

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I can do most of the preparation ahead of time would be best. They

think

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I'm a really really good cook (well, I'm certainly not bad) and

they're

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always so happy to eat over here, but they don't come that often

because of

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the drive. Last time they came I made salmon but I tried it a new

way and I

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was disappointed - they still liked it but it wasn't the same

response I

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normally get, and hubby was quite disappointed because normally my

salmon is

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awesome.

So I'm thinking of steady standbys that are always good...I could

make...

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devilled eggs
Salad (w/ spinach & variety of other veggies & homemade dressing)
Stuffed chicken breasts
pecan crust cheesecake

I've only made the stuffed chicken breasts once before. It's a lot

more of

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a pain than the things I normally cook. But this IS easter. And

they don't

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really eat ham... so just trying to come up with an extra special

meal.

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They are not low carb, and they don't know that I am... even though I

have

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been for more than a year... We will probably have some whole wheat

bread

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in the house.

So any tips or changes or ideas anybody has would be appreciated.

I've made

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all of these things at least once before. The cheesecake recipe I

have (I

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believe it's Myra's?) is fantastic, I've made it twice before and

it's very

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loved.

I just found out tonight that they're coming, so I'm thinking of all

the

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things I'd like to do around the house between now and then and

wondering if

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housecleaning counts in place of exercise for an entire week? 🙂 I

doubt

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it, that would be too easy. If housecleaning gave me a workout then

I

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wouldn't have to keep postponing cleaning stuff in order to exercise.

How

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do people have enough time in the day to keep a house clean and work

full

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time and cook food and exercise? I don't get that part. If I lived

by

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myself I wouldn't have difficulty keeping a clean house because it

would

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just be me, and that's easy... but I wouldn't be nearly as happy,

either...

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so I guess I'll take the cluttered & somewhat messy house instead.

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How do people have enough time in the day

NO Kidding!! When I was single and LCing it was much, much easier.
Now that I'm married, it seems to take twice as long to get half as
much done!

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So any tips or changes or ideas anybody has would be appreciated.

Hi Spring!

I tried to offer suggestions that were timesavers, but still elegant.
You can't go wrong with a nice roast! It's easy, yet makes for an
impressive table. The macaroons and fauxtato casserole could be
prepared ahead of time and even frozen. Make the salad the night
before, leaving the scampi, asparagus and roast beef and horseradish
sauce for the day of the event.

BTW, the horseradish sauce is to die for!

Appetizer:
Shrimp Scampi (make yourself or buy frozen from Sam's)

Entree:
Roast Beef with Horseradish Sauce
1/2 c. whipped heavy cream, 1 T. horseradish, pinch of salt)

Sides:
Fauxtato Casserole (fauxtatos topped with cheese & bacon)
Steamed Asparagus in Lemon Butter
Mixed Spring Salad with Toasted Almonds & Strawberries

Dessert:
Myra's Coconut-Almond Macaroons (everyone loves cookies and coconut
seems so Easterish)

GOOD LUCK!! Let us know what you came up with!
suzi_cream_cheese

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How do people have enough time in the day

NO Kidding!! When I was single and LCing it was much, much easier.
Now that I'm married, it seems to take twice as long to get half as
much done!

Oh yeah? Got kids?

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Sprgtime said:

My inlaws are coming over for Easter. I'm trying to think of

something

Quoted message said:

really good... multi-part meal to make. Since we're not sure of the

exact

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time they're coming, and it could actually vary as much as 2 hours...

things

Quoted message said:

I can do most of the preparation ahead of time would be best. They

think

Quoted message said:

I'm a really really good cook (well, I'm certainly not bad) and

they're

Quoted message said:

always so happy to eat over here, but they don't come that often

because of

Quoted message said:

the drive. Last time they came I made salmon but I tried it a new

way and I

Quoted message said:

was disappointed - they still liked it but it wasn't the same

response I

Quoted message said:

normally get, and hubby was quite disappointed because normally my

salmon is

Quoted message said:

awesome.

So I'm thinking of steady standbys that are always good...I could

make...

Quoted message said:

devilled eggs
Salad (w/ spinach & variety of other veggies & homemade dressing)
Stuffed chicken breasts
pecan crust cheesecake

I've only made the stuffed chicken breasts once before. It's a lot

more of

Quoted message said:

a pain than the things I normally cook. But this IS easter. And

they don't

Quoted message said:

really eat ham... so just trying to come up with an extra special

meal.

Quoted message said:

They are not low carb, and they don't know that I am... even though I

have

Quoted message said:

been for more than a year... We will probably have some whole wheat

bread

Quoted message said:

in the house.

So any tips or changes or ideas anybody has would be appreciated.

I've made

Quoted message said:

all of these things at least once before. The cheesecake recipe I

have (I

Quoted message said:

believe it's Myra's?) is fantastic, I've made it twice before and

it's very

Quoted message said:

loved.

As a Jew who spends easter with my husbands catholic tribe, I'm shocked
to learn that spiral sliced ham isn't the only choice proscribed by the
vatican!

You're allowed to NOT eat it ont easter???

The menu seems to be glazed ham with pineapple, macaroni and cheese,
asparagus, or green bean casserole, honey/dijon mustard, croissants and
lots of dessert.

Susan

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Sprgtime said:

My inlaws are coming over for Easter. I'm trying to think of

something

Quoted message said:

really good... multi-part meal to make. Since we're not sure of the

exact

Quoted message said:

time they're coming, and it could actually vary as much as 2 hours...

things

Quoted message said:

I can do most of the preparation ahead of time would be best. They

think

Quoted message said:

I'm a really really good cook (well, I'm certainly not bad) and

they're

Quoted message said:

always so happy to eat over here, but they don't come that often

because of

Quoted message said:

the drive. Last time they came I made salmon but I tried it a new

way and I

Quoted message said:

was disappointed - they still liked it but it wasn't the same

response I

Quoted message said:

normally get, and hubby was quite disappointed because normally my

salmon is

Quoted message said:

awesome.

So I'm thinking of steady standbys that are always good...I could

make...

Quoted message said:

devilled eggs
Salad (w/ spinach & variety of other veggies & homemade dressing)
Stuffed chicken breasts
pecan crust cheesecake

I've only made the stuffed chicken breasts once before. It's a lot

more of

Quoted message said:

a pain than the things I normally cook. But this IS easter. And

they don't

Quoted message said:

really eat ham... so just trying to come up with an extra special

meal.

Quoted message said:

They are not low carb, and they don't know that I am... even though I

have

Quoted message said:

been for more than a year... We will probably have some whole wheat

bread

Quoted message said:

in the house.

So any tips or changes or ideas anybody has would be appreciated.

I've made

Quoted message said:

all of these things at least once before. The cheesecake recipe I

have (I

Quoted message said:

believe it's Myra's?) is fantastic, I've made it twice before and

it's very

Quoted message said:

loved.

As a Jew who spends easter with my husbands catholic tribe, I'm shocked
to learn that spiral sliced ham isn't the only choice proscribed by the
vatican!

You're allowed to NOT eat it ont easter???

The menu seems to be glazed ham with pineapple, macaroni and cheese,
asparagus, or green bean casserole, honey/dijon mustard, croissants and
lots of dessert.

Susan

well that sounds like a middle-america whitebread disaster!! i'm always
impressed when people break out the macaroni & cheese on the big holidays.

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How do people have enough time in the day

NO Kidding!! When I was single and LCing it was much, much easier.
Now that I'm married, it seems to take twice as long to get half as
much done!

Oh yeah? Got kids?

Not yet, but would love some!
I plan on quitting my job when I have kids so I can focus more on home life
and we can save money. I'm looking forward to being able to skip driving to
and from work each day.

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Spring
LC since 1/1/04
260/197/170

"Before" & "current" pics at link below:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/sprgsnow/my_photos

Yeah I cook 3 meals some nights... Bonnie eats at one time I eat either when
she does or when DH wakes up and then I have to make a meal with carbs for
DH because he does not want to do low carb.. If I eat my dinned before his
then I am not tempted to cheat.

Tori

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How do people have enough time in the day

NO Kidding!! When I was single and LCing it was much, much easier.
Now that I'm married, it seems to take twice as long to get half as
much done!

Oh yeah? Got kids?

Quoted message said:

As a Jew who spends easter with my husbands catholic tribe, I'm shocked
to learn that spiral sliced ham isn't the only choice proscribed by the
vatican!

You're allowed to NOT eat it ont easter???

The menu seems to be glazed ham with pineapple, macaroni and cheese,
asparagus, or green bean casserole, honey/dijon mustard, croissants and
lots of dessert.

Susan

Many people eat Lamb as well.

Tori

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Xavier 10/04

Goal 1- lose 20 lbs By May 1st (6# to go)

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well that sounds like a middle-america whitebread disaster!! i'm always
impressed when people break out the macaroni & cheese on the big holidays.

We have had Mac and cheese at christmas before but it was a fancy kind...
not the kind in a box with the powdered cheese.

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Xavier 10/04

Goal 1- lose 20 lbs By May 1st (6# to go)

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well that sounds like a middle-america whitebread disaster!! i'm always
impressed when people break out the macaroni & cheese on the big
holidays.

We have had Mac and cheese at christmas before but it was a fancy kind...
not the kind in a box with the powdered cheese.

LOL - i hope you are kidding

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Goal 1- lose 20 lbs By May 1st (6# to go)

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well that sounds like a middle-america whitebread disaster!! i'm always
impressed when people break out the macaroni & cheese on the big
holidays.

We have had Mac and cheese at christmas before but it was a fancy kind...
not the kind in a box with the powdered cheese.

LOL - i hope you are kidding

What?
I find that very common, especially in the south.... homemade steaming mac n
cheese fresh out of the oven as one of the side dishes for every holiday
meal... Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, St. Patrick's day, etc.
Actually, the best mac n cheese I've ever eaten was visiting my
sister-in-law in the south during a holiday.

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> well that sounds like a middle-america whitebread disaster!! i'm always
> impressed when people break out the macaroni & cheese on the big
> holidays.
>
We have had Mac and cheese at christmas before but it was a fancy
kind... not the kind in a box with the powdered cheese.

LOL - i hope you are kidding

What?
I find that very common, especially in the south.... homemade steaming mac
n cheese fresh out of the oven as one of the side dishes for every holiday
meal... Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, St. Patrick's day, etc.
Actually, the best mac n cheese I've ever eaten was visiting my
sister-in-law in the south during a holiday.

i'm just used to ethnic food, i guess you'd say, so when i first
encountered mac & cheese at a "real" meal I thought it was a joke. My
in-laws do it. That's really the only place i've seen it and it involves
velveeta - the dairy product that needs no refridgerating (eeewwww)

i'm not used to the food traditions of america so much. i've never eaten
hamburger helper or tuna casserole - LOL. i don't even eat mayo! (ick) But
wasn't I surprised when I found out all my classmates where not having
baccala on christmas eve.

I'm not worried about the easter meal till may anyway...we'll just get lamb
and cook it on the souvla, mmmmm.

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well that sounds like a middle-america whitebread disaster!! i'm always
impressed when people break out the macaroni & cheese on the big
holidays.

We have had Mac and cheese at christmas before but it was a fancy kind...
not the kind in a box with the powdered cheese.

LOL - i hope you are kidding

lol My grandfather requested it because he was tired of turkey.. The year
we had lasagna was better.. My mom makes her Baked mac and cheese with real
white chedar shredded and then layered with cooked mac. and then milk
dumped on and baked.. But yes I am kinda joking.. does not matter what you
do Mac and cheese is never fancy😉

Tori

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>> well that sounds like a middle-america whitebread disaster!! i'm
>> always impressed when people break out the macaroni & cheese on the
>> big holidays.
>>
> We have had Mac and cheese at christmas before but it was a fancy
> kind... not the kind in a box with the powdered cheese.

LOL - i hope you are kidding

What?
I find that very common, especially in the south.... homemade steaming
mac n cheese fresh out of the oven as one of the side dishes for every
holiday meal... Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, St. Patrick's day, etc.
Actually, the best mac n cheese I've ever eaten was visiting my
sister-in-law in the south during a holiday.

i'm just used to ethnic food, i guess you'd say, so when i first
encountered mac & cheese at a "real" meal I thought it was a joke. My
in-laws do it. That's really the only place i've seen it and it involves
velveeta - the dairy product that needs no refridgerating (eeewwww)

We never used velveeta.. always used real White Extra Sharp Chedar.

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i'm not used to the food traditions of america so much. i've never eaten
hamburger helper or tuna casserole -

Not missing much😉

Tori

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nanner said:

well that sounds like a middle-america whitebread disaster!! i'm

always

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impressed when people break out the macaroni & cheese on the big

holidays.

LOL... actually, it's a metro NY affair, and the mac and cheese is made
from scratch by my MIL. It's to die for . :-).

Susan

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nanner said:

i'm just used to ethnic food, i guess you'd say, so when i first
encountered mac & cheese at a "real" meal I thought it was a joke. My

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in-laws do it. That's really the only place i've seen it and it

involves

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velveeta - the dairy product that needs no refridgerating (eeewwww)

My in-laws are Irish, so ethnic food wouldn't be much fun. And our
family is a
Velveeta free zone.

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i'm not used to the food traditions of america so much. i've never

eaten

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hamburger helper or tuna casserole - LOL. i don't even eat mayo!

(ick) But

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wasn't I surprised when I found out all my classmates where not

having

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baccala on christmas eve.

LOL... I couldn't wait to grow up and eat stuff like that! My mother
never made it, so I became a tuna melt and tuna noodle casserole junkie
when I moved out on my own.

Susan

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I'm not worried about the easter meal till may anyway...we'll just

get lamb

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and cook it on the souvla, mmmmm.

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We have had Mac and cheese at christmas before but it was a fancy kind...

not the kind in a box with the powdered cheese.

Where I came from using the kind in the box was considered being fancy and
putting on airs.

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We have had Mac and cheese at christmas before but it was a fancy
kind...

not the kind in a box with the powdered cheese.

Where I came from using the kind in the box was considered being fancy and
putting on airs.

Thats odd.. it costs like 25cents a box.. my moms recipe was a bit more
costly then that.. though it was cheap enough that we had it ALL the time.

Tori

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|||| We have had Mac and cheese at christmas before but it was a
|||| fancy kind...
||| not the kind in a box with the powdered cheese.
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|| Where I came from using the kind in the box was considered
|| being fancy and putting on airs.
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Hey None,

If eating the boxed kind is puttin' on airs, I'm kinda scared of
what is common. We lived on the boxed kind in college, it was
available for 15 to 19 cents a box back in the late 60's.

BJ