I hope you had a wonderful day with family and friends on Easter. My day was busy (surprise, surprise). I packed a lot into 24 hours. We decided on an Easter lunch following church, as I had a project to work on in the evening.
So, our menu. I had mentioned that I had a ham in the freezer, and several other ingredients with which I could pull together an Easter dinner. I had planned on going out Friday and picking up some asparagus and maybe strawberries. Best laid plans . . . Thursday afternoon I had to run out and get envelopes for taxes (3 sets of taxes). While our running those errands, my car decided to quit. I was stranded in a parking lot for several hours, waiting for a tow truck for the car, and family to come get me. My car needs some major work, including a part which won't be in until Wednesday. I have been without a car since Thursday afternoon. So, back to Easter dinner, no asparagus or strawberries. However, I did put together a menu with what I had. And here's what I had in my kitchen to work with:
- a frozen ham
- bag of potatoes
- cans of sweet potatoes
- pecans
- canned green beans
- 1 can of cream of mushroom soup
- onions
- bread
- frozen plum halves
- frozen pie pastry
- frozen mounds of whipped cream
- pickles and olives
- cream cheese
- chives in the garden
- boxed crackers
- sparkling apple cider
When I look at it, that's a pretty amazing list of delicious foods to draw from. Here's what was on our Easter table:
- baked ham, sliced
- mashed potatoes
- green bean casserole, using this substitute for the canned, fried onions
- sweet potato souffle, topped with pecans, brown sugar and butter
- chive and cream cheese spread for crackers
- olives and pickles
- open-faced plum pie, topped with whipped cream
- sparkling cider and hot tea
That's a pretty decent meal for a holiday, considering I couldn't get out to buy special ingredients. The bonus was that I made enough of everything except the pie, to have leftovers for dinner on Monday!
