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  1. Happy Easter!

    April 5, 2010 by elfqueen

    Today was quite a day. It started out this morning with Easter Sunday Service. I had to be there at 8 a.m. for rehearsal for the Handbell Choir. I was up late last night cooking for Brunch this morning, but it was probably a good thing because I was too tired to be nervous. Here is a picture of the bells.

    Handbell Choir at Calvary Bible Church

    The service was beautiful and even though I made mistakes, my husband assures me we sounded wonderful and that he couldn’t tell at all. Isn’t he great? We played at the first service, which I don’t usually attend, because I attend Sunday School first service and then the second, Contemporary Service. Several people who I have never met approached me and told me how much they enjoyed the bells so my husband must have been telling the truth.

    Afterwards, I ran home and met my sister to finish cooking our brunch. It was divine. Here is the Grave Lax.

    Grav Lax Canapes

    And the Quiche Lorraine.

    Finished Quiche Lorraine

    Finally the Orange Glazed Ham.

    Orange Glazed Ham

    And one last time-the Fruit Tart!

    Fruit Tart

    Well we had a wonderful day and lots of family over to visit. All of the food was a hit.
    Not to mention celebrating the greatest day!


  2. Easter Brunch

    April 3, 2010 by elfqueen

    My sister and I have been planning and preparing for Easter Brunch with our family for weeks. Last month I attended a cooking class at a local restaurant- Cafe Med, and the menu included Easter Brunch fare. The list was quite extensive and we are making nearly all of it excluding the Prime Rib and Eggs Benedict. We just didn’t want to overdo it and were concerned we wouldn’t have the time. I am playing handbells in the Easter Service at my church-Calvary Bible Church on Sunday so we really need to be prepare most of the meal ahead of time. Here is our menu for Sunday Brunch:

    Stuffed Mushroom Caps
    Ham with Orange Glaze
    Quiche Lorraine
    Home Fries
    Mixed Greens with strawberries, gorgonzola, candied pecans and strawberrie vinaigrette
    Home made Gravlax (cured salmon)
    Fruit Tart

    Yummy!

    We did the preliminary planning, and divided up the menu. I did the shopping yesterday as I have been on vacation all week. Bought the groceries at Winco and the total came out to only $80. Gotta love Winco! Well my sister is making the pastry cream tonight and I have been assigned the pie crusts, candied pecans and starting the Homemade Gravlox or cured salmon.

    Homemade Gravlox-Cured salmon

    The cured salmon takes 24-36 hours and then has to dry so I started it today. I also made the candied pecans. My first attempt didn’t turn out so well! Ooops.

    Failed First Attempt

    These were made with regular sugar. On my second attempt I used confectioner’s sugar and watched the time a little closer. These look a lot better!

    Final Candied Pecans

    Saturday we will be getting together to make the Quiche Lorraine, Orange Glaze, Strawberry Vinaigrette, stuffing for the Mushrooms, assemble the Fruit Tart and prep the Home Fries. Since we will have all the kids together we are gonna let them dye easter eggs ($.98/dz also at Winco). I will post on our progress later.

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