https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 23 Apr 2026 05:13:02 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking#post-589358 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:23:52 +0000 fashionista 589358@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My mouth's already watering Christeianne............. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking#post-589353 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 06:14:57 +0000 Deborah 589353@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Im with Angie! Chocolate all weekend. lol. Cooking is not my favourite activity so we will be (weather permitting) having a few bbq's over the weekend. So Meat and/or fish on the BBQ and some salads. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking#post-589306 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 05:27:13 +0000 AJ 589306@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>ACK! I need to plan my menu ASAP! However, we are not hosting anyone and kiddos are picky eaters...so maybe we'll be eating out. LOL! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking#post-589302 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 05:21:31 +0000 Scarlet 589302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mmm, we always had ham at my house, but they don't sell it in Germany, which is odd, isn't it, considering how much pork is consumed here. I am going to make lamb shish kebabs. I haven't decided about the rest yet. Strawberries and cream for dessert though. If I am too late to buy lamb (it's traditional here and I haven't planned ahead) then I will roast a chicken. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking#post-589270 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:42:14 +0000 kellygirl 589270@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Mmmm, this thread is making me hungry. We are hosting brunch as well--I was going to broil salmon but there are some non-fish eaters in the group. I'm thinking a pork tenderloin with a dijon marinade, some sort of quiche, asparagus or spinach salad. Strawberry shortcake for dessert perhaps although DD's would prefer cheesecake. Still thinking on the menu. I'd better get moving! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking#post-589267 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:33:08 +0000 Anonymous 589267@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Rum nut cake? Set a place for me too, Freckles! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking#post-589223 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:37:46 +0000 Freckles 589223@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Yummy salad.</p> <p>Our celebration meals are really boring and tend to stay the same from year to year for my immediate family. I will be hosting on Easter Monday. </p> <p>Ham, different mustards, asparagus with butter and shaved parmesan, potatoes of some kind (usually mashed...definately not my favourite), the condiments (pickled beets, garlic stuffed olives, etc), wine, coffee, tea, liqeurs with Mom bringing dessert.</p> <p>We've stopped doing appetizers due to the age factor, nobody except ds can eat that much anymore.</p> <p>Over the weekend we have other commitments and will be baking a rum nut cake for sure and not too sure what else.</p> <p>Did groceries today and ended up with wild organic salmon for supper. Yum. </p> <p>Your menu sounds really good too Claire, how can I be getting hungry when I'm still full from supper? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking#post-589205 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 03:21:52 +0000 Anonymous 589205@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm hosting an Easter brunch and I need to get on the stick and plan my menu as tomorrow is my shopping day. I'd like to make an egg casserole/quiche of some sort, my grandmother's coffee cake, a fresh fruit salad, I'll buy some croissants or something and probably some kind of bacon/sausage even though we don't normally eat that. Then we'll have juices and coffee/tea. Mmmm, I'm getting hungry already! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking#post-589161 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:43:58 +0000 Debora 589161@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Ooooh, the black jelly beans are my favorite! I am a chocoholic , so my kids still get Easter baskets. DD's is in the mail and DS17 will be getting one, too. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking#post-589158 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:40:39 +0000 velvetychocolate 589158@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I *love * the idea of eating chocolate bunnies from tomorrow morning onwards Chocolate from Good Friday right on through Easter Monday sounds about right. </p> <p>I don't have anything special planned, but I suppose I could go and buy a nice spiral-sliced ham. I don't think this is likely to happen, since I'm kind of particular about avoiding processed meats, but I *might* see if I can find a turkey breast roast or something along those lines. I have a nice recipe for 'dijon chicken' that I think might work well with turkey breast and/or turkey tenders. Basically, you melt some organic, unsalted butter in a giant frying pan, and brown the chicken or turkey on both sides. In the meantime, you mix up 1/2 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup Worcestershire sauce, and 1/4 cup of dijon mustard. Once the chicken or turkey is browned, you pour the sauce over top and just let it simmer for awhile (about 20 more minutes beyond the browning up process). Serve with chopped fresh chives or chopped fresh green onion ends. It's quite good. Better than it sounds, and so easy to make! </p> <p>Meanwhile, I did buy beautiful pink and ivory roses for the dining room table, and there are lots of Easter-ish type things ...fresh spring green asparagus, wild Alaska salmon, fresh berries and so on. </p> <p>I am trying hard not to think of things like Cadbury Creme Eggs and the like. I'll eat some berries, some roasted asparagus spears and I might have some nice lemon &amp; fresh dill baked salmon filets over the weekend, but that's it. </p> <p>Your salad sounds fabulous (yum!). I'm sure you've seen these, but if you haven't already done your shopping, you might want to investigate "living greens" butter lettuce. Basically, it's lettuce still growing. Comes in a container like this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.livegourmet.com/butter.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livegourmet.com/butter.html</a></p> <p>In terms of almonds, you can buy some sliced almonds with the skins on and 'toast' them yourself by pouring some fresh sliced almonds into a dry non-stick frying pan, on medium-to-relatively high heat. These will brown up quite quickly, so you want to be there for this process, swishing around the sliced almonds in the pan like crazy so they don't burn. The entire pan-roasted/toasted sliced almond process is no more than one minute on slightly high-ish heat in a pan on the stove. It's just a minute of your time, after buying sliced almonds with the skins on. Thing is? Toasted almond slices are *to die for* - whether you use them in a salad, as a garnish for roasted veggies, as a snack or as part of a gussied-up homemade cereal - it doesn't matter. Toasted almonds are amazingly good! Buy some plain, sliced, skin-on almonds and try it yourself. Just pour some into a dry, non-stick pan on slightly high-ish heat and swish them around like crazy as they brown, and you'll be in awe of how great they taste all toasted like this. I promise that these will turn even the most ordinary salad into something truly special. </p> <p>Hope you have a lovely Easter weekend. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking#post-589155 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:35:07 +0000 christieanne 589155@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am sure looking forward to kids overdosing on Easter candy - not. Good thing they don't have school on Monday!<br /> Weird thing in my family is we fight over the black jelly beans so usually put a bowl full of just those out. Black jelly beans for Easter </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking#post-589119 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:00:12 +0000 Debora 589119@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I second Angie with the chocolate bunnies. And don't forget the jelly beans!</p> <p>Your salad sounds delish! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking#post-589115 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:52:13 +0000 Angie 589115@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lovely salad idea!</p> <p>I shall be eating chocolate bunnies from tomorrow onwards. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot---easterweekend-cooking#post-589049 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:18:41 +0000 christieanne 589049@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I realize that not everyone gathers for a celebration on Easter but are there any great menus being planned for the weekend? </p> <p>I am bringing a green salad to my cousin's house in late afternoon Sunday (not the crazy Princess party cousin!) so here's my idea to go with her ham, scalloped potatoes and asparagus.</p> <p>Butter or bibb lettuce<br /> cucumber<br /> avocado<br /> mandarin oranges<br /> almonds or pistachio bits<br /> raspberry vinaigrette</p> <p>I wanted something different than a tomato/vegie tossed salad. </p>