Meal Plans- Holiday Edition

[dramaphile]

Not cooking, yay! After cooking a big Passover dinner, it's lovely to let someone else cook for Easter. There will probably be ham, of which I am not a fan, but I can survive on sides just fine, thanks.

When I was a kid, I hated ham, so we often had other meats for Easter, like roasted pork loin or a turkey breast or salmon filets. You could even do something like a baked pasta dish like lasagna or ziti. Getting a whole salmon filet or two and broiling them is flashy and also delicious. My SIL made that for Christmas Eve once and everyone raved. My family often comments they're glad I live across the country now so they can have ham at Easter without me making faces at it. lol.

[Deleted]

My parents will be cooking. It will be ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans, and some other veg. I love ham. When I cook ham, it's just one of the little ones without the bone. My mom makes a fabulous bone-in ham complete with cloves and honey glaze. I enjoy eating the crackle (I know it's horrendous for you, but it's once a year so step off lol).

[Stringy]

We are doing breakfast. Eggs, cinn french toast, bacon, sausage, fruit. MIMOSAS. (I just decided)

[sarenu]

Someone need to talk to me about french toast and post some good recipes. I think this might be happening on Sunday.

[Stringy]

Apr 13, 2017 10:37:37 GMT -5 sarenu said:

Someone need to talk to me about french toast and post some good recipes. I think this might be happening on Sunday.

take bread, soak in egg, put on griddle like a pancake.

we use homemade cinnamon swirl bread - thats what makes it fantastic.

[rugger]

Apr 13, 2017 11:46:17 GMT -5 @milano said:

Apr 13, 2017 10:37:37 GMT -5 sarenu said:

Someone need to talk to me about french toast and post some good recipes. I think this might be happening on Sunday.

Use brioche for your bread, add a bit of vanilla and cinnamon to the egg. Have fresh fruit and whip up some chantilly cream to put on top.

Easy and amazing.

A little orange zest is fantastic too

[TJ]

Eff alll that work.

Make the Piobeer Woman's French toast casserole, but use cinnamon raisin bread. Then die of the richness and deliciousness and easiness. Then come back from the dead to thank me. Then take another bite and die again.

[rugger]

Going to my parents this year. Lamb chops, roasted potatoes, green beans. Maybe carrots thrown in the mix.

[TJ]

We don't really have plans bc it'll just be the 4 of us. But I was considering ham, mashed potatoes, and a roasted green veggie of some sort.

[sarenu]

Apr 13, 2017 13:03:18 GMT -5 TJ said:

Eff alll that work.

Make the Piobeer Woman's French toast casserole, but use cinnamon raisin bread. Then die of the richness and deliciousness and easiness. Then come back from the dead to thank me. Then take another bite and die again.

Was looking at the blueberry baked French toast. It already calls for cinnamon bread.

[ovenrack]

Oh yeah. I'm hosting an easter egg hunt in the morning. But relatively early. I need good breakfast ideas. Preferably make-ahead.

Fruit salad, biscuits, eggs (how?), bacon, sausage? Maybe I should make that baked french toast.

[sarenu]

I'd do fruit salad, maybe a waffle bar (make your own fresh), and bacon, sausage, baked French toast or cinnamon rolls.

Alton Brown's cinnamon rolls are really good, and you make them the night before. They are super sweet, so if almost recommend making mini ones out of them.

[ovenrack]

Apr 13, 2017 20:36:30 GMT -5 sarenu said:

I'd do fruit salad, maybe a waffle bar (make your own fresh), and bacon, sausage, baked French toast or cinnamon rolls.

Alton Brown's cinnamon rolls are really good, and you make them the night before. They are super sweet, so if almost recommend making mini ones out of them.

We aren't having that many people so I think I will do just one sweet thing - H loves both french toast and cinnamon rolls, so... Hmm.  Good ideas!

[sarenu]

Apr 13, 2017 20:40:58 GMT -5 ovenrack said:

Apr 13, 2017 20:36:30 GMT -5 sarenu said:

I'd do fruit salad, maybe a waffle bar (make your own fresh), and bacon, sausage, baked French toast or cinnamon rolls.

Alton Brown's cinnamon rolls are really good, and you make them the night before. They are super sweet, so if almost recommend making mini ones out of them.

We aren't having that many people so I think I will do just one sweet thing - H loves both french toast and cinnamon rolls, so... Hmm.  Good ideas!

Well in that case, I'd throw cinnamon rolls in, cook bacon, and scramble eggs (veggies on the side if you want to be fancy).

[jnu76]

OK- I'm finally organized. It's just the 4 of us, but I want to make something fancy (as in not in the crockpot...) So baked salmon, asparagus, and a potato gratin.

[freezorburn]

I have a pork tenderloin in the freezer that I suppose I could roast. But I'm feeling indecisive about what recipe to use.