What are you cookin for Easter Sunday?
 

So, this is a challenge for me. I usually just cook a whole bunch of yummy food, don't worry about what we are eating, and stuff ourselves, and then have the leftovers for diner again that night. But this year, I have been doing some searching for Low-Cal recipes that fit into my calories alloted per day. I think we are having a Ham, Yams, and then a veggie, and then trying the blackberry cake that I found on this website. What are you having?

Roast Cornish game hens with wild rice, mushroom, and barley stuffing
Deviled eggs
Whole-wheat challah
Mashed chipotle-maple sweet potatoes
Steamed asparagus spears with hollandaise sauce
Apple pie

Roast chicken, green veggies, roast potatoes.
Don't really do desserts.

When I was a child, chicken was Really expensive, it was the real treat meal that we just had twice a year, Christmas and Easter.

Chicken Cordon Bleu and steamed asparagus. Chicken breasts (ultra thin for me) rolled up with one slice each of ham and asiago cheese. I usually do a fatty sauce but obviously now I won't be ... no heavy cream, no egg to roll in would be good too. I wonder if plain yogurt would go well?

Skipping the sugary lemon bars this time. I actually would, and just abstain, but I am baking for something else (a low sugar birthday pie later that same week) and do plan to have a small slice of that.

I am making a turkey, stuffing (using broth instead of oil), broccoli rice casserole, mashed potatoes & cauliflower, green beans, & for dessert, cheesecake dip (which is surprisingly not nearly as diet-killing as it sounds!).

Easter will be hard for me. My Aunt is the family cook. She adds butter to everything. I just might take my own food over.

Not a clue. :dizzy:

We are skipping easter this year. Not that it matters anyway since we are agnostic. Will probably just order something since we are having people over.

My job is to bring a dessert. low Cal Strawberry Shortcake. :)

Stuffed Pork Tenderloin, green beans, smashed cauliflower. I might, just MIGHT fix homemade dinner rolls if we feel like being bad.

Not traditional but my family's favorite--PUMPKIN PIE for dessert!

My family doesn't have any special plans yet, and I already know that I'm working. It should be fairly easy to get away with not having a huge dinner fest. And if my mom decides to cook something (once in a blue moon), I'll just have a teeny bit and a BIG salad.

I don't have to cook that day.

i'm having people over for easter brunch even though i'm jewish cause i love entertaining:chef::hun:. think i'm gonna do a giant egg scramble with melted pepper jack cheese and onions and peppers and then skillet potatoes, spinach salad, and mimosas. mmm.
unfortunately no breads, muffins, or bagels cause of passover.:lol::bunny2:

turkey breast, greenbeans, corn on the cob,mac and cheese,dumplings,rolls.
for me it will be a little layered salad and greenbeans and turkey. I might even have a deviled egg half..if i make any.

Hi We're making a German Dish called

Rouladins [thin round steak,onion,carrot & pickle] wrapped around in the thin steak
mashed potato
Brussels sprouts

Ham
Sweet potatoes
Rolls
Spinach salad
Green bean casserole
deviled eggs

I will be visiting my brother and his pregnant wife, so whatever the "mommie" wants to eat...
it will probably include deviled eggs and fried chicken
I will be having a big green salad!!

Ohh I want that cheesecake dip recipe! Sounds good!

We'll have ham, green beans, and god only knows what else. I'll be measuring whatever I have carefully though and eating small portions

Well I've been informed that we're having spaghetti for dinner. So I plan on having a big bowl of lettuce, one serving of pasta, and maybe a roll.

As for dessert....... I'll still have to work on that one, cuz there's no way I'm eating that Sara Lee French Silk Pie they have in the freezer. lol

Cheesecake Dip

1/2 package low-fat cream cheese (more if you like it more cheesecake-y tasting)
2 tablespoons sugar (I often use Splenda
a little low-fat milk
2 cups Cool Whip lite, thawed
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a mixing bowl, mix the cream cheese & sugar until well blended and smooth. Gently add in the frozen whipped topping and vanilla. Add a tiny bit of milk at a time until the dip is the texture you want. Serve chilled.

I often sprinkle it with mini chocolate chips or peanut butter chips before serving, but this is not necessary.

This is good with fruit, chunks of angel food cake, vanilla wafers, graham crackers, etc.

We are having:

-Low-Fat Schnieders Ham w/ pure honey
-steamed broc/cauliflower
-Scalloped potatoes made with diced red pepper, yukon gold potatoes, yams, light mozza and cheddar, milk, caramalized onion and cayenne pepper
-mini strawberry and rhubard pie for desert!:carrot::carrot::carrot::carrot:

Ham
potatoes (not instant)
Applesauce
snap peas with peppers
homemade bread

Since it will only be myself and my youngest son (18 years old), I am roasting a turkey breast. I will bake a sweet potato for me and 2 white potatoes for him. For the veggies I am making brussel sprouts for myself (I will bake them along with my sweet potato and he is having baby carrots.....also roasted.
To finish dinner off we will have a cup of tea and pop in a new dvd.

We eat at two different homes and I am at the mercy of whatever they decide to prepare. So I made 3-bean salad minus the oil and am taking it to both places. That will be 90% of my meal. If I decide to splurge on anything else, I will just wait until my daughter is done and take a small bite of what I want, just for the taste. It has worked for me at other holidays...

appetizer:
mixed raw veggies
pickle roll-ups

main:
ham
potato & green-bean salad
spinach & romaine salad (with hummus salad dressing, recipe found on 3FC :) )

dessert:
ambrosia
lemon bars
brownies
pastries from the Mexican bakery

beverages:
water
grape kool-aid (it was an impromptu dinner)

Dinner: ham, potato salad, roasted sweet tater cubes (mostly for me) deviled eggs, and pickled beets.

Dessert, pie with SF pudding and lite cool whip and dark chocolate chunks in a choc graham shell......a sliver of this and a sliver of pecan pie

AND I am forgiving myself and moving on,.....knowing things could have gotten out of hand entirely!