Easter

I take Easter pretty seriously.

This year I get to take it seriously...seriously cheap that is.

It happens.  (sigh)  And it never happens at a good time...so whatever.

Well I have a ham in the freezer so most of dinner is taken care of.  I just have to decide what to do with it, and what to go with it.

I am thinking glazed carrots, and BYU - I catering salad ( I don't know what else to call it).

Don't knock the name, it is yum.  Really, YUM.

I have been hounding a friend of min on fb for the recipe since her husband is a chef at BYU-I and has the recipe, but alas, she doesn't do fb a whole lot.  So I googled it and walah!  Someone had posted the recipe on THEIR blog.  So I am too. 

Disclaimer, this is NOT my recipe, and I don't know where it came from.  I just know that I love to go to  BYU-I catered even that has THIS salad as a side.  Amen.

BYU-IDAHO Salad

Poppy Seed Dressing

¾ T. Poppy Seeds ¾ t. salt

¾ Cup oil 2 T. prepared mustard

1/3 cup white vinegar

1/3 cup sugar

Mix and serve over salad.



Spinach Salad

1 head lettuce ½ lb. bacon cooked and crumbled

1 bunch spinach 1 cup mandarin oranges

¾ lb. sliced mushrooms ½ cup slivered almonds

¾ lb. grated Swiss cheese 3 T. sugar

1 red onion, sliced

Cook sugar and almonds together over low heat to caramelize. Mix lettuce,

Spinach, mushrooms, cheese and onion together. Spread bacon, oranges & almonds on top. Serve with poppy seed dressing.
 
 
I will be adding pictures.  They will be amazing.  Just kidding, they will probably be point and shoot quickies with no editing because I don't know how.  Also my dining room gets little natural light, and I am hoping that it will be devoured quickly and I won't have time for a bright alluring photo.  Well not  hoping, but expecting, because time...moves faster than I do.
 
Next...what to do with the ham...the recipe for glazed carrots, and what amazing wonderful Martha-esque dessert can I come up with that will blow the families socks off!? ( and divert their attention away from the scrawny Easter baskets)

 
(pics are from Easter 2010)