My plate is quite full between being a mom, daughter, full time retail manager, owner of a rental property, not to mention a daily battle with fibromyalgia & chronic fatigue syndrome. Needless to say, I don't have much left to host holidays and parties. I did, however, find that hosting Easter each year for my children & parents (and sometimes siblings), is the one holiday I can manage to host. First of all, it is usually brunch. Breakfast & lunch foods are soooo much easier to manage than full dinners & hors d'ouvres. I also find the decorating fairly simple as well. Most of the decorations can double as brunch treats! Also, it is usually short, church, a nice meal and an egg hunt (weather permitting). In 2012, we did it on our own, without the help of Pinterest and I knew this would be my holiday! Last year, I looked to Pinterest for inspiration, and it was small, quiant but adorable!
A tulip plant made a great centerpiece and then my mom was able to take it with her as an Easter gift!
In the lower left hand corner of the picture above, you can see one Pinterest failure. I tried tinting white chocolate orange and then dipping strawberries in it to resemble a carrot. So cute on Pinterest, not so cute in real life. They ended up pink. Pink blobs of strawberries stuck to the plate!
My favorite Pinterest idea was the carrots in the planting pot. I bought little pots from the dollare store, then put cellophane inside (they didn't say food grade), and filled them with veggie dip. I then placed 6 baby carrots standing up in each pot. They were so adorable! Plus, I added a spring of parsley in the ends to really resemble home grown carrots!
The food (other then than strawberries) was delicious! We used a number of recipes from Pinterest, the two BEST were:
Cheese and Cream Baked Potatoes
Found on heatherchristo.com
Easter Brunch: Baked French
Found on dwellonjoy.comToast
We also had ham, rolls, green bean casserole, hard boiled eggs & Easter chocolates. Again, simple & sweet! I gave up cheese this year for Lent so I have a feeling that this year will be all about the CHEESE! Check back and see...
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