4.4.10

Easter Breakfast: Raspberry Cheese Coffee Cake

Easter Dinner: Glazed Ham with Pineapple, Scalloped Potatoes, Creamed Spinach & Rolls

Here's the Ham getting ready for the oven

Here is the glaze, after 2 hours in the oven I'm finally ready to put it on

Here it is after it's been all slathered up

I threw some pineapples on there and baked it another 20 minutes

The baked pineapple is my favorite part

Here is some of the pan gravy

I started the scalloped potatoes yesterday, I sliced up my potatoes

Greased a baking dish

and layered my sliced potatoes and seasoned flour

I started boiling some milk to add to the pan so I could get it in the oven and baked it until the potatoes were soft

Today I added to what was done yesterday, here is my roux for the base of my cream sauce

I topped my baked potatoes with the caramelized onions from my cooking school post

and then i poured in my cheese sauce

Here is the finished product

I had picked up some multi-grain rolls this week at the store and wanted to use them with dinner

and creamed spinach, from a box for the moment.  I can't wait to try the recipe from Martha's cookbook.  It's one of our favorites to eat.

Here is a shot of my plate

For dessert Strawberry Shortcake, the Bisquick version, same as Vandeline's.  Here is the dough before it went in the oven.  This was the 2nd attempt I didn't read the adjustments for  higher altitudes.  It's something that I really need to do every time.

I sliced and sugared my strawberries and put them in the fridge

Here are the short cakes nice and brown

and the final product with whip cream