What do you serve? We usually go to a brunch but this year the holiday falls two days before C's 10th birthday so I am considering hosting. I would like it to be fairly simple...Ham, potatoes and a veggie? Any fun sides? 10 adults, 1 teenager, and a 10yo.
I don't know why I am struggling with this. I host Christmas every year but that menu has been set since before I was born, lol.
Post by Patsy Baloney on Mar 9, 2023 10:40:13 GMT -5
Ham with pineapple and brown sugar smushed on top with little cloves sticking out that someone always accidentally eats and suffers for Cheesy potatoes Green beans or green bean casserole Rolls Deviled eggs Enough candy to kill a man
We do ham, baked pineapple, scalloped potatoes and Hawaiian rolls. I’ll make green beans too but I’m the only one that eats them. It’s my kids’s favorite meal of the year!
Ham with pineapple and brown sugar smushed on top with little cloves sticking out that someone always accidentally eats and suffers for Cheesy potatoes Green beans or green bean casserole Rolls Deviled eggs Enough candy to kill a man
This is what the lord wants.
Pretty much this. I also make sweet potato casserole (pecans not marshmallows) per DSs request.
We do lamb for Easter, I usually serve with asparagus, carrots, and lemony potatoes. And of course deviled eggs. Often pavlova with fruit of some sort for dessert.
But I absolutely buy a ham on sale after the holiday to have the next weekend with cheesy potatoes
I don't think I've ever hosted Easter (we always go to my parents'). My Mom does the usual ham, potatoes, vegetable, rolls, salad, and usually some kind of Eastery/bunny-shaped cake, lol. I'm thinking of offering to make Easter Chocolate Lasagna (aka Oreo pie) for the dessert this year.
I’m doing ham, potato salad and some vegetable. Asparagus? I feel like Easter is the easiest of the holidays. Last year I made broccoli salad as the veggie so I could make everything except the ham the night before.
My dad said he wanted to make a cake for Easter. Dessert was a fiasco at Christmas so we will see. I have said that I am not providing the main meal *and* dessert and my brother flat out refuses to do anything but show up. Family friends might be there too so it’s possible they might bring something. I might make or pick up something sweet for my husband and I to have at home later that night. Easter always makes me think of coconut cake.
I wish my family (and the family friends) liked food more! It’s not fun to make things for people who aren’t adventurous eaters or even like flavor. My dad used to be a super picky eater and that’s gotten better but he still sticks to the basics and there is never enough people at these events to justify making multiple dishes only two of us might actually eat.
My cousin made the best ham at Christmas with an apple butter miso glaze (https://ediblekentucky.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/miso-and-apple-glazed-baked-ham, I think). So good I made it again myself. I highly recommend it.
I might do that ham again, a salad niscoise variety I found years ago on epicurious (no tuna and you sauté the capers), and maybe add rolls.
I always do pavlova in an egg shape with lots of colorful fruit on top. My mom brings deviled eggs.
We do random food. Last year I did meatloaf with mashed potatoes and garlic parm roasted veggies. This year I am doing Greek food. Pastitsio (greek lasagna) and probably Soutzoukakia (meatballs) but not sure what else. Baklava for dessert.
I haven't thought beyond the candy because Easter 100% has the BEST candy options of all the holidays! I am not to be trusted in the stores when Easter candy comes out.
Ham with pineapple and brown sugar smushed on top with little cloves sticking out that someone always accidentally eats and suffers for Cheesy potatoes Green beans or green bean casserole Rolls Deviled eggs Enough candy to kill a man
This is what the lord wants.
I read this as garlic cloves and wondered what kind of suffering exactly when there a few options
Ham, cheesy potatoes, rolls and a veggie. When I host I usually do asparagus. I did a sheet bake Easter meal in 2021 which is great for a small gathering. In case anyone is interested in that. It's from Damn Delicious (I love her recipes).
A leg of lamb with traditional sides - mashed & roast potatoes, etc. My parents do not believe that the lord Jesus Christ will actually be resurrected without a traditional lamb dinner.
We used to always go to brunch at a restaurant up until Covid, and now we've been just making dinner at home with my parents (I guess this is our 4th year doing that now which seems kind of crazy!) None of us love the traditional ham so the last couple years we've had steak, crab cakes, some kind of potato side and green veg, and a dessert. I think I made a fruit tart last year. I've also made coconut cream pie. Booze and candy, naturally.
Post by penguingrrl on Mar 9, 2023 19:13:26 GMT -5
I do lamb, twice baked potatoes, asparagus and some nice dinner rolls. If someone coming requests it I’ll add ham, but only if they take all the leftovers because nobody in my house eats it.
My cousin made the best ham at Christmas with an apple butter miso glaze (https://ediblekentucky.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/miso-and-apple-glazed-baked-ham, I think). So good I made it again myself. I highly recommend it.
I might do that ham again, a salad niscoise variety I found years ago on epicurious (no tuna and you sauté the capers), and maybe add rolls.
I always do pavlova in an egg shape with lots of colorful fruit on top. My mom brings deviled eggs.
We've having my brother's family and my parents over this year. I'm making the traditional ham dinner--nothing fancy. Probably ham, roasted asparagus, cheese-y potato dish, rolls, fruit salad, or similar. Maybe a baked pineapple thing. We have made a bunny cake the past few years and probably will do that again this year. Maybe also something like a lemon or orange bundt cake? We'll see.