Eggcellent

Ok, well, in the my excitement for the big Easter dinner, and due to the fact that I was so hungry I couldn't see straight, I failed yet again to take the appropriate pictures of any of the food.  Ham.  Turkey.  Mashed potatoes.  A plethora of sides provided by my siblings.  All beautiful, all delicious, and all devoured posthaste.  So, here you go...

The table setting:

 

Aisling & I in our adorable bunny aprons from Ant's mom (thanks Ronnie, they are too cute!):

Oh Snap!

Annnnd...after a much-too-long hiatus, I'm back!!  And the heavens rejoiced (or something...)
I'm hosting Easter dinner today so I figured it was the perfect time to get back into my food blog...I'll save the full shebang for tomorrow but here's a quick preview of what I worked on yesterday.

Another epic battle with yeast!  But I'm pretty sure I'm kicking its ass.  I made braided egg bread and kolaches (cherry and apricot...attempting to recreate the delicious ones from my childhood - the amazing cooks used to make homemade kolaches in our school cafeteria every so often, delicious!)  I dropped one pan on the floor after the second rising, luckily there were only 5 casualties otherwise I'm pretty sure I would have thrown a tantrum on the floor like my 2.5 year old does.

Hard at work on kolaches:


And, some before-and-after of the final products:

Easter is delightful.  Life is good :)

In the Beginning...

...this is what my stash of holiday baking wares looked like.  And I didn't have room to put it all in the pile.  Right now, it may look a mess, but it will turn into deliciousness!  Pictures of what I made for the holidays this year are coming soon...

Also, Aisling wanted to get in on the baking action...mainly just to eat the chocolate.  Hey, Mama didn't raise no fool.

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Time for the first batch of Chex Mix!  Let the angels rejoice!  I made this pan full of salty, crunchy goodness to take home for Thanksgiving...it's been way too long since I've had this addicting stuff!  But now that it's Christmastime again, I will probably make at least 4 more batches over the next few weeks.  Waistline be damned, Mama needs her Mix!