Every time I am in the kitchen making meals, I think of things I want to write about…and then when I get time on the computer ~ I forget them!!!  I need to start carrying a recorder with me and just making myself recorded messages!  I was in the kitchen a lot this last weekend as I took advantage of a 3 day weekend and made up for some lost time in stocking the freezer.  This means I thought of a LOT of things to say…and today I can’t remember any of them! 

I am sure I will have an ah-ha moment when I go home tonight, but for now I will share a few fun things that we had for Easter Dinner (since Sunday is the freshest memory this aging brain can access!)

The biggest hit for me was that I wasn’t cooking on Sunday!  I did all of the prep on Saturday and enjoyed my house full of friends and family on Easter.  We left the house around 7:30am to get to all the church activities.  We walked in the door at 12 noon and here is what we had…

• sliced ham was warm and ready in the slow cooker.  I had covered it with spiced dip and doused it with apple and cranberry juice that morning.  YUM!
• Slow cooker beans were warm and ready to serve.  I just put an assortment of canned beans in the slow cooker with some brown sugar and some Roast Seasoning that morning and let it cook on low.  (you can see the full recipe in the May edition of the Kitchen Connection Magazine…let us know if you want to be sure you get one!)
• On Saturday I had laid out all the serving bowls and put sticky notes in each one identifying what would be served in each.  When we arrived at home, I had the kids line up at the fridge and I pulled out gallon ziplock bags of the following salads and they found the corresponding dish to dump the bag’s contents into.
• Homemade Gourmet Coleslaw
• Smashed Potato Salad (another Kitchen Connection recipe coming in May!)
• Tossed Greens and Strawberry Salad with Homemade Gourmet Lemon Poppyseed Dressing
• Citrus Fruit Salad (shhhh…that’s a new product coming in May ~ don’t tell them I told you!)

As guests arrived, I had hot dill dip with veggies and chips along with some Maria’s hot sauce and our black bean salsa set out to curb the hunger till everyone was gathered.  Each guest brought a dessert so our meal was complete!  I did not touch a stove, oven or microwave the entire day.  It was so much fun to visit and enjoy! 

 So that was my Easter Sunday story….what is yours?

 God Bless and Keep You,

Tami  

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