Here's a holiday meal made with meaty bones, creamy whites, yams, green beans, corn and green salad, a perfect meal to serve on your Easter table. Add some candles and a nice wine to celebrate the meal.
Easter Sunday celebrates Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead. It's Christianity’s most important holiday. It has been called a moveable feast because it doesn’t fall on a set date every year. Christian churches in the West celebrate Easter on the first Sunday following the full moon after the equinox on March 21.
Easter starts with Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Easter Sunday, a a time of reflection and penance and represents the 40 days that Jesus spent alone in the wilderness. The day before Lent, known as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, is a last hurrah of food and fun before the fasting begins. Source
Millions of Christians celebrate Easter with a traditional Easter dinner of ham or pork, sometimes chicken.
Serve 2
Ingredients:
4 to 6 Prime rib roast meaty bones
1 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1/2 teaspoon mustard seed
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup honey
Mix a rub of black pepper with salt, paprika, nutmeg, ginger and mustard seed. Add this mixture to honey and maple syrup.
Spread over pork ribs and place on rack in baking pan lined with foil. Add 4 cups water, cover with foil and bake in a preheated 200 degree oven for 50 minutes. Remove foil and leave it bake for another 45 minutes.
Serve with creamy whipped mashed potatoes, classic sweet potato casserole, green beans, corn and dark leafy green salad. Add fresh homemade rolls and cold butter.
My honey and I enjoyed a prime rib roast not to long ago. We saved the bones in the freezer. You don't have to bake a whole prime rib roast, just ask the butcher for these meaty bones.
Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Serves 2
2 Idaho potatoes
Stick butter
1/2 cup sour cream
Salt and pepper to taste
Peel potatoes, cut out all eyes left after peeling. Cut in quarters, place in saucepan, boil on medium to high until potatoes are done through. Run cooked potatoes through ricer.
Add butter, sour cream and spices to "riced" potato mixture. Fold ingredients gently, take care not to over stir. Cover to keep warm until ready to serve.
Classic Sweet Potato Casserole
2 (15 oz) cans Bruces Yams Cut Sweet Potatoes in Syrup
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/4 cup milk
1 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1 cup miniature marshmallows
Drain yams, discard liquid. Mash and beat yams, butter, milk, egg, vanilla and salt. Do not overmix. Spoon mixture into a greased baking dish.
Combine pecans, brown sugar and butter. Gently spoon evenly over mashed yams. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes. Remove from oven; let stand 10 minutes. Sprinkle marshmallows on top and bake 10 minutes until marshmallows are brown on top. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.
Tip: Store leftovers with portions of food so all you have to do is pop plate in microwave for an instant meal repeat.
When you want to make holiday meal special, serve two kinds of potatoes, two vegetables and two salads. Add a wine spritzer. Make meals with memories.
Wine spritzer: Add 1/2 cup club soda to 1 cup of wine. Serve cold over ice.
Happy Easter to my family and all my friends and followers.