Are you ready for Easter dinner???

[planetclaire]

Re: Are you ready for Easter dinner???

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.

OH YUM! Bring on the berry rung!

[planetclaire]

Re: Are you ready for Easter dinner???

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

Again...YUM! I wonder if I should make this instead of boring ol' cauliflower with cheese sauce?

[not2late]

Re: Are you ready for Easter dinner???

Devilled eggs are always a hit. No one really makes them anymore, so when you bring them to a party or have them as an appetizer, they're gone in minutes.

[SunnySmile501]

Re: Are you ready for Easter dinner???

The strawberry blossoms recipe is from my old low fat days. It used to call for low fat cream cheese and non-fat sour cream. It tastes soooo much better with full fat.

[Kawispice]

Re: Are you ready for Easter dinner???

Wonderful suggestions above for Easter dinner. I will be baking stuffed turkey and glazed ham, asparagus and mashed potatoes. So the traditional type meal, but I will eat only the parts that are my diet friendly. We get amazing low carb cheese cake from the Low Carb store near by and no one in my family notices that it has been modified at all. Although I love to cook I tend to garden outside instead at Easter, having missed the wonderful sunshine we now have, all winter. So my meals are fast and easy except for the turkey.

My SO bought some spicy black chocolate, hot spice mixed with pure dark chocolate hand made. It is very hot and the most awesome chocolate I have ever tasted, way better that Lyndt and all those "professionally" made stuff. But because it is very spicy one can eat the tiniest amount only. And the taste lasts and lasts. I do agree that between chocolate and sex .... well, ok, sometimes.