Easter

Every year I always have a brain lapse of what we did the year before...for Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter...you get the point. 

So, here is our Easter menu in one single place!

Ham
We cook the ham in the roaster oven (saves us oven space for the potatoes and other misc.) at 325* for 2 hours.  We actually set it in a 9x13 dish, covered with pineapple juice, brown sugar and then I toothpicked the pineapples and covered in foil.  I put that in the fridge about 1 1/2 hours BEFORE we cooked it!

Creamy Potatoes Au Gratin from Allrecipes. 

Makes 8
8 russet potatoes, sliced into 1/4 inch slices

2 onion, sliced into rings

salt and pepper to taste

1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons butter

1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

4 cups milk

3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Butter a 1 quart casserole dish.
2. Layer 1/2 of the potatoes into bottom of the prepared casserole dish. Top with the onion slices, and add the remaining potatoes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
3. In a medium-size saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Mix in the flour and salt, and stir constantly with a whisk for one minute. Stir in milk. Cook until mixture has thickened. Stir in cheese all at once, and continue stirring until melted, about 30 to 60 seconds. Pour cheese over the potatoes, and cover the dish with aluminum foil.
4. Bake 1 1/2 hours in the preheated oven.

Deviled Eggs
6 boiled eggs
1/4 c. salad dressing
1/4 tsp. dry ground mustard
1/2 tsp vinegar
1/8 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
Paprika

Remove egg yolks, mush.  Add ingredients and then add more to taste.  I added more salad dressing, mustard and vinegar to get the right taste and texture.  They were delish!

Asparagus
Boil water.  Snap off ends of asparagus and add to water.  Cook for maximum 3 minutes.  If they are thick 3 min. thin...much less.  I usually go by the look of them..they change to bright green!

Hollandaise sauce
from a packet!  Unless I am much more brave and then by hand, but it is tedious and takes a long time.  I made the mistake of buying McCormick this year...buy Knorr's if you can!  Different taste..not a fan.

HUGE SALAD with extra boiled eggs :)

Loni brought rolls
Amy brought cookies

I bought Angel food cake, strawberries and whipped cream