last min easter dinner ideas for 10 - 15 pp.

[m brown]

last min & my family is coming for easter dinner!!!!

i am a baker by trade and wonder, what to cook???? it's more my speed to make chocolate bunnies and marshmallows!

no sesame products can be within a mile, but other than that, any ideas?

asparagus
green salad
fresh breads
ricotta pie

lamb, should i make lamb? fish, how bout that?

pizza, i could just make a big easter egg pizza!


just looking for some delish ideas!

[shroomgirl]

one easter I made rabbit ravioli in carrot sauce .....we've got a sick sense of humor in my house.

Chevre with fresh lavosh....I like goo with my chevre, be it tapenade, tomato jam, pesto, macerated tomatoes, raspberry jam.....

Asparagus is in season so that's a given... if you're grillin' the lamb just throw the asparagus on the grill or blanched with aioli works real well for me.

Quail eggs are fun, so how about a spinach salad with lardons and quail eggs

New or "B" potatoes, I love them sliced and baked with oil s&P couple rosemary sprigs

Boned out leg of lamb grilled is wonderful....lemon, rosemary, garlic, olive oil, black pepper.

Good Bread/butter

Carrot Cake....or coconut cake.....or strawberry rhubarb shortcake


I've got 7 coming for dinner and not sure what I'm making.....possibly pulling the pork loin out of the freezer....dang freezer still has alot of peaches, cherries, black raspberries and rhubarb, it's gotta be eaten before the new season starts....hmmmmm

[nofifi]

shroomgirl, the rabbit ravioli with carrot sauce is something I'd love to serve to my brother since I love making ravioli and serving something different whenever I cook for him. He's always trying to serve me wild game and I'd like to give it back to him, lol. Would you mind sharing that recipe with me? Did you mix it with spinach? Actually, it sounds pretty good to me.

[kuan]

Yeah just throw a leg of lamb on the grill or oven.

[shroomgirl]

Nofifi....no recipe sorry....I only write recipes when I'm teaching or stage directing. I cook by my senses. trite but true

[nofifi]

I think I could figure it out, it will be funny to serve to my brother since he's always trying to pass off venison, squirrel, etc. in dishes and swearing there's no wild game involved. Actually, I like rabbit (make it the way my Italian grandfather made it in sugo) and actually like the idea of it in ravioli with a carrot sauce. Thanks for the idea.

[shroomgirl]

ok my menu is set....boneless heirloom pork loin with a solid 1/2 inch of fat around it !!!! Roasted with rosemary and garlic, potatoes au gratin aka rotten potatoes, asparagus, fresh rolls, salad and homemade blueberry pie (leaf lard crust), carrot cakletts, choc chip cookies, fresh squeezed lemonade.