Our Easter Dinner ~ Easter Sunday, 2012

by | Apr 10, 2012 | Easter | 4 comments

This year, following Easter Mass, we hosted another Easter Sunday dinner at our home!  I just love that we now have the space to do this, after our remodel/addition the year before last!!  Three of my brothers, David, Scott, and Brian, along with Brian’s family, joined us, as well as our friends Bill & Kathleen, Marc, and Janet with her two children. (I was blessed to have my husband home for Easter, but Janet’s was out of town on training for his job.)  All together there were 20 of us, including the children!  
My sweet and generous friend Jacinta came over on Holy Thursday and stocked us up with all sorts of  groceries for Easter, which really made the planning and shopping so much easier this year, after an extra challenging Lent with my husband out of town.  (Thank you Jacinta!!)   My sister-in-law brought a yummy fruit salad, and Janet also brought some great side dishes.  It was a lot of work to prepare the food, and I wasn’t home most of Holy Saturday, but it all came together and we had such an enjoyable Easter with our family and friends.
~ Our Easter Sunday Menu ~ 

Apricot Glazed Ham • Scalloped Potatoes and Onions • Cheesy Buttery Scalloped Potatoes


Green Salad • Potato Salad • Fruit Salad • Chips and Salsa
 Lamb Butter Mold • Dinner Rolls • Honey Glazed Carrots • Roasted Asparagus


Rice Salad • Artichoke Dip • Shrimp Torta • Carrot Salad  (all made by Janet)

Soft Drinks • Golden Easter Punch
Wine • Coffee • Tea
 

Lamb Cake with Strawberries and Whipped Cream
(made with our Lamb Cake Mold)


Easter Egg Cakes decorated by my girls

Bird’s Nest Cookies • Cross Cake
(Applesauce Cake, made with Gluten free Spice Cake mix, baked in a Cross Shaped pan and sprinkled with Powdered Sugar)


Jelly Beans and Peeps


My girls helped set the table, decorating it with this year’s Pascal Candle and our new Alleluia and Good Shepherd Eggs.   Everything looked beautiful! 

If you’d like to see pictures from other Easter Celebrations, or share pictures of your own, head on over to Catholic Cuisine


Happy Easter! 

4 Comments

  1. Patty

    What a feast! It all looks so delicious! (Especially those hams!) Happy Easter to you and your family. I'm enjoying stopping in at everyone's links to see all the joy on their Easter posts. Thanks for setting it up!

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  2. Kelly

    Wow! Everything looks delicious!! What a beautiful celebration!

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  3. Lena

    You sure do know how to throw a party – Deo gratias!

    I love your Alleluia eggs.

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  4. Mom2Seven

    Fantastic! What a beautiful, delicious-looking meal! +JMJ+

    Reply

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