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An Easter Feast


We had our first (extended) family gathering this Easter for the first time since February 2020 at my nephews house. Our last gathering was right before the pandemic when another nephew got married and we had a big family dinner at our house to celebrate that I wrote about here.  It's weird to think it's been over two years now.  Of course, we get together with Lauren, Nick and family almost every weekend for a family dinner so I am lucky to be able to see them often.  But a big group like this one is a very special occasion.  We were mostly excited for the grandkids to be able to play with my nephew's son who is close to their same age


and they also have a much bigger yard than we do for an Easter egg hunt. So, it was perfect. 


Because of the pandemic, all our holidays have been with my immediate family only, with Nick and Lauren but it's so nice to see the grandkids be able to play with other kids for a change and we've been yearning to have this experience for a long time.  My nephew also has two daughters who were wonderful hosts to the grandkids. 



Not to mention that when the kids are playing with each other, we get to rest...


And we needed to rest after all the cooking for our feast.  Before we headed over for Easter, the grandkids slept over at our house on Saturday so we had lots of time to decorate eggs and make lots of special Easter treats to take for dinner. 

On Friday, I made my Easter Bread and cheesy potatoes.  When the grandkids arrived, they helped me make my Chocolate Birds Nests with my favorite Peeps which, by the way, were especially fresh and tasty this year; not the usual old, stale, year-old Peeps we usually get stuck with at Easter (was it because of the "supply chain" issue?)


Their favorite dessert are my Apple Hand Pies but this time we made them round like Easter eggs and they painted icing on them with lots of different colors.  My, oh my!  Did those apple pies taste good with icing on them for a change.  We just might have to add that step every time from now on.


Anyway, our Easter dinner turned out to be a real feast this year.


My nephew cooked a ham plus we had carrots, a savory onion galette, my cheesy potatoes, baked beans, 


spanakopita, asparagus salad, my Easter bread, fruit salad...like I said - a feast and we all enjoyed it immensely.



The food is always good in my family but I'm not sure what we enjoyed more, the food or the gathering.  After two years of not being able to get together, this was a major turning point for us and this Easter feast was really a celebration of connecting once again as a family. Happy Easter!








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