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Posts tagged “Easter”

Recipe: Sour Cream Cucumber Salad with Mustard Seeds

My Easter meal this past weekend was a fusion menu between my own cultural heritage of Eastern European food (fried rolls, rich sweet bread) and Indian cuisine (tandoori-spiced leg of lamb, sunny yell...

Leftovers Recipe: Lamb Pitas with Cucumber Mint Tzatziki

Do you have any lamb left over from Easter dinner? Did you roast a big leg and now have a lot of delicious tender meat sitting in the fridge? Well, we have just the recipe for the leftovers. ...

How to Make Onion-Skin Easter Eggs

It's Easter egg time at our house. Last year we brought you the story of Huevos Haminados, a Passover tradition of dying eggs with onion skins. This year, I decided to try it with both yellow and red ...

How To Make Individual Easter Egg Cakes

When we were growing up, my sister and I always got Easter egg cakes on Easter. They came from a bakery and had our names across the tops in delicate icing script. I insisted on chocolate frosting, wh...

Recipe: Simplest Cinnamon Lamb Stew

It's Passover and Easter this week, so I can't not give you a lamb recipe. Here's a really easy one. I took the concept of Marge Piercy's Cinnamon Lamb in her book, Pesach for the Rest of Us, and app...

Recipe: Rice Krispie Easter Eggs from Bouchon Bakery

Here's a very special treat for spring and Easter from Bouchon Bakery! They sent us these gorgeous yet easy eggs made from Rice Krispies, rolled in bright, pretty colors and flavors. Read on for recip...

Recipe: Windowsill Herb Garden Lamb and Potatoes

Are you making lamb for Easter or Passover? This traditional meat is very easy to prepare; its rich taste and tender texture almost always come through. It's certainly easier than the Thanksgiving tu...

Recipe: Best Cut-Out Sugar Cookies

There are a few recipes that we turn to every holiday season, and this is one of them. This is a workhorse of a cookie recipe. Why? Well, it has everything you need for good cut-out sugar cookies. T...

Recipe: Confetti Potatoes and Pearl Onions

Rubies and pearls - these potatoes and onions looked like jewels when we put them in the oven. The potatoes were Trader Joe's mixed confetti baby potatoes, a mix of white, yellow, and purple. The gumb...

Poll: Meatless for Lent?

Last year, there was much discussion about going meatless or cutting back on the amount of meat served during Lent. We heard from readers that many of you use Lent as a time to get more vegetables...