Sylvia's Scenario

I made these for Easter with my grandkids in mind. Can you tell? They are in Spain but I am still thinking of things to make that I think they would love and when I sent them a photo of these, they loved them! I said I would post these on my blog so they could make them someday. I saw these on Pinterest and since there were only four of us here for Easter this year, I had lots of time to experiment with some creative options for Easter. The recipe was for 12 eggs but I messed up on some so ended up with eight instead which was still enough for the four of us.  I plan to include a few tips to help these turn out easier because they were actually harder to make than they look.   Makes 12 deviled egg chicks 12 large eggs, hard boiled and peeled 1/3 cup mayonnaise 1-1/2 tsp dijon mustard, or to taste 1/4 tsp garlic powder 1/8 tsp salt, or to taste 1 small carrot, peeled and sliced into thin carrot rings 6 black olives 1.  Cook hard boiled eggs.  Follow these inst...

This year, we all got our own little Easter bread wreath during our Easter dinner and it looked quite festive.   There were only four of us for dinner so I made my traditional  Easter Bread  that is a family favorite but I turned them into four Easter wreaths.  Bruce walked into the house and immediately said, "Wow, it smells like Easter!"   Nick and Lauren are together in Spain celebrating Easter - Spanish style.  The Spanish really get into it, as do so many European countries, not surprisingly since over half the population is catholic.                        Since our kids are living adventurously having a great time abroad without us....we invited my sister and her husband over for Easter dinner. It's sort of nice having a small crowd for a change.  I have always wanted to make my Easter bread into smaller loaves so this year I finally did and I think they turned out really well. I used...