Are you ready for Easter dinner???

[Kathi22]

So I am the cook in my family for all holidays - my mom just has no desire anymore. My family knows I LC, but they want all the traditional Easter fixins like ham, lasagna, mac and cheese, biscuits, etc. I will be making all of this for them, but for me, I will have the ham and side Atkins friendly veggies. Wish me luck - although I feel I am determined enough to not need it!

[not2late]

Re: Are you ready for Easter dinner???

So I am the cook in my family for all holidays - my mom just has no desire anymore. My family knows I LC, but they want all the traditional Easter fixins like ham, lasagna, mac and cheese, biscuits, etc. I will be making all of this for them, but for me, I will have the ham and side Atkins friendly veggies. Wish me luck - although I feel I am determined enough to not need it!

I'm the family baker. So I'll be a-baking bread, etc. But I can't eat the stuff, eventhough I'm at the point in my Diet where I can.

I'll stick to the ham (smoked pork shoulder in our case), the leg of lamb, the asparagus with real Hollandaise sauce, the chopped salad, and the onion casserole.

[SunnySmile501]

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I am just cooking Easter dinner for me, so I am having baked ham, asparagus with Hollandaise sauce, deviled eggs, and strawberry blossoms for dessert, if I have any. No way to feel deprived. There's just so much legal food to make to ever feel deprived.

I love to cook and bake. I am providing "treats" for my Sunday School class (about 40 people) on Sunday morning. I am baking my homemade yeast rolls I have been baking since I was 16 for ham biscuits. That will be hard, because I love bread, but I am so allergic to wheat. In addition, I am baking carrot cake cupcakes, from scratch, no mixes for me. I am baking decorated (Royal icing) sugar cookies. I'm making strawberry blossoms, which I can eat.

As a matter of a fact, I need to get busy!

[SunnySmile501]

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I make lasagna with thin-sliced zucchini for noodles, and my family loves it. The almost like twice baked potato (cauliflower, green onion, bacon, cream cheese and sharp cheddar) will take the place of mac and cheese just fine for you. When I made this for me when my skinny little sister was here when I made her baked mac & cheese, she ate more of mine than I did. Asked for the recipe and she hates to cook.

[Peej]

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I'm not sure exactly what we're doing for Easter dinner. For us its a big family affair but I won't be cooking anything as far as I know. I'll have to watch out for the rice pilaf that might be there (my favorite pre-Atkins) but I think for the most part it won't be too hard. I'll probably be too busy trying out the various roasted veggies and roast leg of lamb (yum!) to worry too much about the foods I'll have to avoid.

[Zarabelle]

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Now that the results are showing, my PIL are on board with supporting my LC lifestyle! Hurray! So I am having smoked salmon followed by roast turkey with veg. I won't miss a thing. The kids will be hunting eggs. I can have some 85% chocolate if I fancy it but all other chocci will be off limits x

[planetclaire]

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I'm getting ready. I am making a ham, my MIL is making meatballs (crumbs in there, so none for me), cauliflower with cheese sauce, some other veggie TBA, devilled eggs, cheesecake for desser (made with splenda, so I can enjoy a small piece). I will not feel deprived at all! I like to be the cook so I can control what there is to eat

[not2late]

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Sunny....what are strawberry blossoms?

[SunnySmile501]

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Sunny....what are strawberry blossoms?

Strawberry Blossoms

8 to 12 large strawberries
3 ounces cream cheese, softened
2 tablespoons powdered sugar (I use Splenda or powdered erythritol)
1 tablespoon sour cream

Clean and remove stems. With pointed end up, slice in half to ¼ inch of base. Cut each half to form 3 petals each side to ¼ inch of base (total 6 petals). Pull slightly apart. Beat cream cheese, sugar and sour cream until light and fluffy. Pipe mixture with star tip into berries. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

[Elizellen]

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Wow, Sunny - those sound great and sooo pretty too

I do hope your recipe book will be available to us outside USA when it is ready

[not2late]

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Sounds yummy! I bet they would make a really nice dessert for a buffet or something to take along to a party!

What I've always wanted to try, but have never gotten the chance is a coeur a la creme. Coeur a la Creme It can be easily low carbed. I always tell myself I'll try to make it, but I keep putting it off......

[Simona]

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I am really ready for Easter. Since Im the household cook and baker, I know I have total control over what I make.

I'll make traditional foods for my family - pasta al forno, chicken parmesan, mashed potatoes and gravy, and tiramisu and chocolate layer cake for dessert. For me, it'll be veggies with a parmesan crusted chicken breast and I made an Induction friendly cheesecake today which came out pretty good and has only 4 carbs per serving. Lucky me, nobody else liked it

[imagood1]

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I'm the cook so it will be easy for me. Ham, fresh green beans w/bacon, Mockafoni & cheese (delicious Atkins friendly recipe from Linda's site), deviled eggs, and salad. We are all diabetic so I don't have to worry about a desert...I will probably make sugar free jello for mom & the hubs but I'm not a jello person so I might have a flax cookie if I have anything. I don't have any problem with holidays, it's so easy to eat through them because of the things we can eat!

Mockafoni and Cheese (4 servings)

16 ounce bag frozen cauliflower (I use fresh)
4 ounces cream cheese
2 tablespoons heavy cream
4 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
2 green onions, finely chopped
1 teaspoon minced chives, optional
1/2 teaspoon salt, or to taste
1/2 teaspoon pepper, or to taste
2 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
Cook the cauliflower until tender; drain well. In a 1 1/2 quart casserole; soften the cream cheese in the microwave about 30-40 seconds on HIGH. Whisk in the cream until smooth, then stir in 4 ounces cheddar cheese. Microwave on MEDIUM about 2-3 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Stir well until creamy and smooth, microwaving a little longer if necessary. Stir in the green onions, chives, salt and pepper. Add the cauliflower and gently fold into the cheese sauce to coat well. Adjust the seasonings if needed. Top with the remaining 2 ounces cheese and bake at 350º for 35 minutes, until bubbly and brown on top.
Makes 4 servings - bake in individual containers so you only eat 1 portion
Can be frozen
Per 1/4 Recipe: 326 Calories; 27g Fat; 15g Protein; 8g Carbohydrate; 3g Dietary Fiber; 5g Net Carbs

[Kathi22]

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Wow Sunny, if I had your creativity I would never feel deprived!! I always cook and bake for my family and have a very hard time finding something to bake that is Atkins friendly. I think I may have to do some searching online for a good recipe. I am adding deviled eggs to my menu, and green beans with bacon and feta. I actually can't wait!

[tfek70]

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Sunny, If I left now I could be there for dinner today! I think I'll be doing that cauliflower and cheese dish you mentioned. I was dreading Easter without mac & cheese. That is probably the thing I'm missing most. I was an artist with mac & cheese, experimenting with different cheeses to match the main course etc... I could probably do the same thing with this.