Question of the Day, Saturday the 16th of April, 2022

[strider rose]

my in laws will be doing the cooking ... not sure what is on the menu

 

[lizzie]

There's just the 2 of us this year,so nothing fancy...baked spiral ham,sweet potato casserole,steamed asparagus and potato rolls.I think I'm going to make a jello cake for dessert.

 

[vansX2]

There's just the 2 of us this year,so nothing fancy...baked spiral ham,sweet potato casserole,steamed asparagus and potato rolls.I think I'm going to make a jello cake for dessert.

It's too bad that your such a long drive away. Or I would be coming for dinner.

 

[Bri5]

I am not sure what is being prepared by family but we were asked last minute to bring a "cold dessert" so I let the kids make ambrosia for the first time.

 

[debbila]

Just another day so no change for me although I am going to get stuck into an Easter egg later.

How do you get stuck into an Easter egg?

 

[verna davies]

How do you get stuck into an Easter egg?

Its an informal expression in the UK which means to do something with enthusiasm.

 

[Winchester]

Winchester what's on your menu?

I don't celebrate Easter etc so I wont be making anything special.

LTS3 C'mon over and have dinner with us!

Spiral sliced ham with raspberry glaze
Yam-stuffed Grannies (it's just cooked and pureed sweet potatoes mixed with maple syrup and pecans and the innards of semi-cooked Granny smith apples and then "stuffed" into the apple shells. Pretty much the only way our son will eat sweet potatoes)
Baked corn (an old favorite. It's not Sagaponek, just a really good baked corn pudding)
Baked pineapple
Cranberry relish and freezer cabbage
Cheesecake
Boston cream pie
I made egg-shaped sugar cookies yesterday
A nice bottle of blush to go with our dinner

We still have sweet potatoes in storage in the basement from our garden last year!
Normally, I don't have cranberry relish for Easter, but my sister's SIL requested it. Since I made for them, I kept a wee bit for me, too.
The cheesecake is a Junior's dessert, shaped and decorated like an Easter egg. It was delivered back around the end of March.

 

[margecat]

I don't really do Easter, and it's just the 2 of us, and I injured my right foot arch this morning, so it won't be much! It was supposed to be lemon chicken, asparagus, boiled red baby potatoes, roasted Brussels sprouts and mixed berry crumble (crumble was made last month and frozen). Wonder if DH would cook it, as standing hurts?!??

 

[debbila]

LTS3 C'mon over and have dinner with us!

Spiral sliced ham with raspberry glaze
Yam-stuffed Grannies (it's just cooked and pureed sweet potatoes mixed with maple syrup and pecans and the innards of semi-cooked Granny smith apples and then "stuffed" into the apple shells. Pretty much the only way our son will eat sweet potatoes)
Baked corn (an old favorite. It's not Sagaponek, just a really good baked corn pudding)
Baked pineapple
Cranberry relish and freezer cabbage
Cheesecake
Boston cream pie
I made egg-shaped sugar cookies yesterday
A nice bottle of blush to go with our dinner

We still have sweet potatoes in storage in the basement from our garden last year!
Normally, I don't have cranberry relish for Easter, but my sister's SIL requested it. Since I made for them, I kept a wee bit for me, too.
The cheesecake is a Junior's dessert, shaped and decorated like an Easter egg. It was delivered back around the end of March.

You had and interesting dinner. I've had all but the yam stuffed Grannies and baked pineapple. I love yams and pineapple so I'd like both of those.

 

[Winchester]

debbila The yam-stuffed Grannies is an old recipe that I found years and years ago. I wanted our son to eat sweet potatoes and this is the only way he would eat them. I guess you could use any good baking apple, but I've always used Granny Smith.

We were at Shady Maple, a huge buffet-type restaurant, one time and Rick tried the pineapple casserole. He just loved it, so I started messing around and found this. It also became a family favorite. Rick says it's like a pineapple bread pudding and you could actually serve it with vanilla ice cream, it's that good. It's basically a can of crushed pineapple with sugar, eggs, butter, and cubed bread. I always add a bit of cinnamon, too.

 

[debbila]

Winchester Thank you. I will try making both of those. The pineapple bread pudding sounds so good!

 

[Winchester]

debbila Here you go:

PINEAPPLE STUFFING (from allrecipes)

½ cup margarine or butter
1 cup white sugar
4 eggs
1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
5 slices white bread, cubed

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch baking pan.
In a mixing bowl, cream margarine and sugar. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then add the pineapple and bread cubes.
Bake in a 350-degree oven for one hour. Let sit a few minutes to firm up before serving.
NOTE: Feel free to decrease the amount of sugar. I’m down to a little over ½ cup. Try half granulated sugar and half brown sugar, too.
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YAM-STUFFED APPLES

8 med. tart baking apples (I use Granny Smith apples)
1 yam, about 10 oz. cooked and mashed
¼ c. packed brown sugar
½ tsp. salt
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
2 Tbsp. slivered almonds
2 Tbsp. melted margarine
¼ c. maple syrup

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Core each apple from stem end, making a 1¼-inch strip around the top of each apple. Remove apple pulp. Mash pulp and mix with remaining ingredients. Fill apples with mixture. Bake 50 minutes. Makes 8 servings.
NOTE: You can divide in half for four servings.

 

[debbila]

Winchester Thank you. I saw the recipe for the pineapple casserole online and read the reviews with some good tips on making it.