I am sorry, but I had to watch season four of House of cards. I could not get over it and it kept me trapped until the very end, In my mind I kept replacing the Underwoods with another current political couple. I finished and now I'm ready to get on with Easter preparations. We will have a full house again this year although I am never too sure of how many guests will be here until they drive up. That is okay because I like to cook big. I am always disappointed if there are left overs...was there too much food (usually yes.) Did they not like that dish? Was it too spicy, not hot, not tasty? I get over that by sending everyone home with left overs. They get to select the containers of left overs that they like best and leave the rest. After all that cooking and preparation, I just want it gone one way or another. I have the soups finished and frozen. We start off about 11:30 with appetizers, soups, and salads. Maybe even a dessert if they can't wait for sweets. If it is nice, we have that meal outside in the sunshine. Then around 5:00 we start getting the ham, the beef roast, the sides, the casseroles, and the pies on the buffet for a nice sit-down, but serve yourselves, dinner. We light the candles, say grace, and tuck in. What a blessing to have such a large loving family with whom to enjoy the changing holidays and the passing of time. All day and evening there are drinks, cards, games, and outdoor sports to fill the time until the next meal.The pool will be open, but March 27th is too early for a swim unless you want the $20. that Andy offers to the first person in the pool each season. Beth jumped in early last year clothes and all.
Chicken pot pie waiting for the crust. We are having this treat today.
This is the finished savory pie.
There are pages of Easter bark on Pinterest. The trouble with that is sometimes you have to jump through blogger hoops to get the recipe and or the picture. I assume this is melted white chocolate with Easter candy of your choice stuck on there before the chocolate has cooled. I have seen this with the malted milk candy eggs, jelly beans or what ever sweet treat you want to bury in the hot chocolate before it cools. Sometimes in order to get the recipe you tap on the picture and it appears, but not in this case, you have to sign up and that may entail more spam that you want to handle. If it is too much trouble to get right to the recipe I just make something else.
This is the finished savory pie.
There are pages of Easter bark on Pinterest. The trouble with that is sometimes you have to jump through blogger hoops to get the recipe and or the picture. I assume this is melted white chocolate with Easter candy of your choice stuck on there before the chocolate has cooled. I have seen this with the malted milk candy eggs, jelly beans or what ever sweet treat you want to bury in the hot chocolate before it cools. Sometimes in order to get the recipe you tap on the picture and it appears, but not in this case, you have to sign up and that may entail more spam that you want to handle. If it is too much trouble to get right to the recipe I just make something else.
