I made this meal for myself on a day that I made similar meals for friends and family.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Flowers – Nishiki rice shaped in a rice mold, tomato sauce, homemade pesto, cherry tomatoes, lettuce
Top Right: Peanuts
Bottom Right: Raspberries and blueberries
This year for my birthday I decided to host a dessert party with my parents and friends. 6 of us were available to gather for the occasion. I enjoyed making 4 different individual desserts. I expect that there will be more dessert parties in my future. They are easier to host than a tea or dinner party. The food was mostly make ahead. We all enjoyed this fun, attractive, and delicious party!
Table:
Menu
I made this lunch for my Mom when at my parents Lake House. We enjoy watching the many hummingbirds that use the feeders and flowers on the front deck.
Container: U Konserve
Contents: Hummingbird – Nishiki rice shaped in a cookie cutter with plastic wrap, homemade pesto, Eye – blueberry, Beak – Cheddar cheese, romaine, cherry tomatoes, Tulips – radish cut with a cookie cutter, food coloring marker, Almond stuffed green olives, blueberries, raspberry
I made this lunch for Takeshi to have in my car when I drove with Yuko and Takeshi to my parents Lake House for the weekend.
Container: ELB Snack Boxes
Contents:
I made this simple Tornado themed lunch for my Dad. Nobody knew it was supposed to be a tornado. My Mom thought it was an upside down sail boat.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Tornado – Nishiki rice shaped in a cookie cutter with plastic wrap, Black beans and salsa mixed in a food processor and then piped with a zip lock bag, green peas
Top Right: Blueberries
Bottom Right: Bugles
When I asked my friend Yuko what theme lunch she wanted she said, “Summer Festival“. I represented goldfish, fireworks, and the characters for “Summer Festival”.
Container: Cloud box from Japan (set of 3)
Top Box: NatsuMatsuri – Summer Festival – carrots cut with a Hiragana cookie cutter, peanut butter, celery, peanuts, Goldfish – grape tomatoes, cheese cut with a straw, food coloring marker detail
Bottom Box: Fireworks – Nishiki rice pressed in a round rice mold, soy sauce, spinach slightly wilted a few seconds in the microwave, cheese and food coloring marker details, blueberries, romaine
I made this simple Butterfly themed snack lunch for my friend Yuko on a day we drove from Rochester to my parents Lake House.
Container: ELB Snack Boxes
Contents:
After spending the weekend at the Lake House with Yuko and Takeshi, I was happy to host them overnight at my house. I made us a simple make ahead ravioli dinner. Of course I wanted to make it cute. Yuko likes dogs, so I made a dog themed meal.
Dog Ravioli: I used my favorite pasta dough, filling – Ricotta, Asiago, salt and pepper, (I made and put them in my freezer 2 weeks ahead), boiled just before serving, served with homemade tomato sauce I made and put in my freezer.
Roasted Broccoli: Broccoli florets with a little salt and olive oil, roasted at 400 for 25 minutes.
Chocolate Dog Cookie: I used this recipe and baked the cookies 2 weeks ahead and put in my freezer.
Vanilla Ice Cream
I made this lunch for my friend’s husband Takeshi. They visited me and my parents and we all had themed lunches at my parents Lake House.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Top: Train – Nishiki rice shaped in a cookie cutter with plastic wrap, salsa, black beans and salsa (blended in a food processor), Cheddar cheese, Easy Edamame Salad (I didn’t use the snap peas, scallion, or sesame seeds)
Left Side: Train Track – melted chocolate piped from a zip lock bag over apple, blackberries
Right Side: Rail Road Crossing Sign – Cheese with food marker details, peanuts
I made this meal for myself on a night when I made a similar meal for Carol. It was a refreshing meal on a warm summer evening.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Elephants – Havarti Dill with smoked paprika details, bell pepper, blue potato cut with a cookie cutter, roasted, zucchini cut with a cookie cutter, hummus
Top Right: Macadamia nuts
Bottom Right: Elephant – Apple cut with a cookie cutter, cinnamon details, blackberries
I made this meal for myself. I am surprised that this is only my second parrot lunch. When I was a child, my imaginary friend was a parrot.
Container: Book Bento Box
Contents: Parrot – Niishiki rice shaped with plastic wrap and a cookie cutter, Eye – dried cherry, Beak – carrot, homemade pesto, black beans and salsa, carrot
I made this simple but fun meal for myself to add to my Space collection.
Container: Prep Natural Glass Meal Containers
Left Side: Planet – Sweet Potato cut with a cookie cutter, roasted, peanut noodles
Right Side: Stars – Carrots and cucumbers cut with a cookie cutter
I made this themed vegetable potato salad meal for Carol. She enjoyed it! I think this is my first time to make flies out of food. The idea to make flies to accompany the frogs came from my 21 year old niece.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Frogs – Havarti Dill with smoked paprika details, bell pepper, white potato cut with a cookie cutter, sprinkle with basil and roasted, zucchini cut with a cookie cutter, hummus
Top Right: Flies – raisins with sliced almonds, one is on a strand of spaghetti to make it fly, Macadamia nuts
Bottom Right: Frog – Apple cut with a cookie cutter, cinnamon details, blackberries
I made this meal for my Mom. She kayaks at her lake house. My niece suggested that I add ducks.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Kayak – Niishiki rice shaped with plastic wrap, homemade pesto, Ducks – cheese cut with a cookie cutter, Paddle, carrot, blueberries
Top Right: Marcona almonds
Bottom Right: Bell pepper
Here is my weather themed food collection. My seasonal collections have aspects of weather: Winter – Snowmen, Spring – April Showers, Summer – Sun.
Updated 4/6/25.
CLOUDS / LIGHTNING / RAIN
Vegetable Potato Salad Clouds and Lightning
Cheese Clouds Carrot Lightning over Butterfly Pea Powder Mashed Potatoes
Cheese Cloud and Lightning over Tortellini
Apple Lighting, Black Radish Clouds
Umbrella Vegetable Potato Salad, Cloud Cheese
RAINBOW
Cheddar Rainbow, Apple Rainbow
Bell Pepper, Carrot, Broccoli, Black Olive, Corn Rainbow
HURRICANE
TORNADO
Tornado Mashed Potato
SNOWFLAKE
Rice and Fresh Mozzarella Snowflake
Blue Mashed Potato and Cream Cheese Snowflakes
Tortilla Chips, Apple, Zucchini, and Chocolate Snowflakes
Mashed Potato, Apple, Radish Snowflakes
Keeping with tradition, my niece and my Mom made this breakfast when at the Lake House. This is the first time to use waffles instead of pancakes.
Bears – Chocolate chip waffles cut with cookie cutter
Droppings – Chocolate chips
Snow Covered Ground – Whipped cream
Others in this series:
Bunny, Groundhog, Camel, Cows, Dinosaurs, Ghosts, Moose, Raccoon, Sloth, Squirrels
Today is my 12th anniversary of having this blog. I made this meal for myself. In my yearly goals for 2023, I have two blog related items: explore flavor and create more themed sides. This meal does not explore flavor but it has 3 themed items!
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Candle – Zucchini cut with a cookie cutter, removed the skin from the flame portion, peanut noodles
Top Right: 12 – Zucchini cut with cookie cutters, cherry tomatoes
Bottom Right: 12 – Dried blueberries, plain Green Yogurt
Thank you for joining me on this long journey.
I made this festive sun themed meal for myself.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Suns – Cheddar cheese, bell pepper, sweet potato (roasted) cut with a cookie cutter, hummus
Top Right: Crunchy Chickpeas
Bottom Right: Sun – Cantaloupe cut with a cookie cutter, plain Greek yogurt
I made this lunch for my Dad.
Container: U Konserve
Contents: Dragonfly – Nishiki rice shaped in a cookie cutter with plastic wrap, homemade pesto, blueberries, black beans with salsa, Flowers – carrot cut with a cookie cutter
Here is my Floral Themed Guest Room (2nd Floor). The main projects were hanging floral wall paper stickers and wooden tissue boxes. This is one of the few rooms in the house where I did not paint the walls or change the flooring.
Switch Plates and Outlet Covers: Delicate Yellow Flowers
Bed: I had this in the apartment I lived in before this house.
Bedding: Laura Ashley Nora Collection
Night Stands: I had these in the apartment I lived in before this house.
Tissue Box Holders: I bought these, painted them, and added daisy stickers from Michaels.
Lamps on Night Stands: I had these in the apartment I lived in before this house.
Full Length Mirror: I bought this.
Small Table: This was in my Mom’s childhood bedroom. She remembers it was old when she got it. It had a skirt around it when she was a kid. My Mom painted it for my guest room.
Chair: The former owners left it with the house.
Folding Tray Table: I had this for a long time.
Floral Wall Paper Stickers: No longer available where I bought it but this is similar. Elizabeth helped me install them. They were relatively easy to attach.
“Before” photo.
“Before” photo.
My parents and I celebrated my niece’s 21st birthday a little late with her this year. It was special to be able to celebrate her birthday at the Lake House.
Decorations: My mom and I had various decorations. We had fun assembling them.
Flower Napkin Rings
Tablecloth and Napkins: Floral
Paper Centerpiece: I found a unicorn centerpiece at the Dollar Tree. I removed the unicorn and made my own round out of cardboard, paper, and stickers. I attached my round to the honeycomb paper round.
Menu:
Mushroom Bourguignon
Brown mushrooms in olive oil in 2-3 batches, remove from pot.
Add butter to pot and melt, once melted add the flour and whisk.
Add wine, stock, tomato paste, soy sauce, and garlic powder. Simmer until sauce thickens a little.
Add mushrooms and rainbow carrots back into the sauce. Simmer for 30 minutes.
My parents, 21 year old niece, and I celebrated the 4th of July at the Lake House.
Drinks: Assorted drinks with maraschino cherries
Red, White and Blue Salad: Romaine, Cherries, Blueberries, Cheddar stars cut with a cookie cutter, assorted dressings
Fireworks Pizza: Homemade pizza dough cut with a Firework cookie cutter that Renae made on her 3D printer, tomato sauce, mozzarella, tomato sauce drops after baking to represent fireworks. I planned to also make pesto drops but I forgot my homemade pesto at my house.
Star Pizza: Homemade pizza dough cut with a star cookie cutter, tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese
Flag Pizza: Homemade pizza dough cut with a flag cookie cutter, tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, tomato sauce stripes after baking
I made this patriotic meal for my Dad.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Flags – Tortilla chips cut with a cookie cutter, brushed with olive oil, brushed with Butterfly Pea Powder, Paprika – bake in 375 over for about 10 minutes, hummus, cherry tomatoes, radish, cauliflower
Top Right: Cashews
Bottom Right: Stars – Strawberries cut with a cookie cutter, blueberries
Deborah and I went on an adventure to Griffis Sculpture Park in East Otto, NY (it is about 2 hours away). It was a beautiful day to walk around and explore. This was my second time to the park, I went with my oldest niece in 2008.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Black Bean and Corn Salad (I used salsa and diced red bell pepper), blueberries, lettuce
Top Right: Spiced Peanuts
Bottom Right: Corn tortilla chips – cut into triangles, brush with olive oil, bake at 350 for about 10 minutes until light brown
Not Pictured: Deborah made Hibiscus iced tea
My quest is over! I updated all of the switch and outlet covers in my house. I am not accustomed to living in a house with plain outlet plate covers. I am used to decorative ones that serve as art. My childhood bedroom had a ceramic light switch cover with pink roses. The last house I lived in had special covers probably installed by the previous owners. When I bought this house all were plain almond color. It took me over a year but I changed all of them! Some I bought and some I made. To celebrate I made myself a light switch cover themed meal.
Container: Book Bento Box
Contents: Chipotle Lime Edamame with Sunflower Seeds, Naan with strawberry cream cheese, and food coloring cream cheese details
Below is a collage of many of my fancy outlet and switch plate covers. Some of the rooms are not on my blog yet because I am waiting for something to be finished. I probably have to wait months until the French Doors for my library arrive. Go here to see my home decoration posts.
I made this for Renae’s oldest who is graduating from High School. This is only my 3rd time to make a Graduation themed bento. I previously made this and this. It was requested that I make this for Natalie and I was happy to do it.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Diploma bread, Cheddar cheese, blueberries
Top Right: 2023 – Carrot cut with a cookie cutter, cucumber
Bottom Right: Graduation Hat – Caramel milk chocolate square and mini peanut butter cup, attached with some chocolate and chocolate detail on top, almonds
Happy Summer! This is my collection of Summer themed food.
Updated: 5/1/25
SUN
Vegetable Potato Salad Sun
SUNFLOWER
Turmeric and Hot Paprika Sunflower
WATERLILY
Tomato and Pesto Pizza Waterlily
Radish and Broccoli Pizza Waterlily
Cheddar Cheese and Bell Pepper Waterlily
BEACH
Vegetable and Cheese Tart Beach
CRAB
Cantaloupe and Chocolate Crabs
SUMMER SPORTS
Teddy Grahams Swimming in Blueberries
ICE CREAM
BOATS / ANCHOR
Mini Potato with Green Pepper Anchors
Titanic
Kayak Rice
SUMMER CLOTHING / ACCESSORIES
Cheese and Apple Summer Dresses
Dresses – Vegetable Potato Salad
Spice Rubbed Cheese Dresses over Pesto Tortellini
WATERMELON
Here is my Ocean Themed Bathroom (2nd Floor). The main projects were assembling the bench and finding and hanging art.
Shower Curtain and Hooks: This and this.
Bath Mat: This
Trash Can: This
Toilet Paper Holder: This
Tissue Box: This
Switch and Outlet Cover Plates: This
Bench: This
Whale Art and Frame: This and this
Seahorse Art and Frame: This and this
Mermaid Tail and Frame: This and this
“Before” photo.
“Before” photo.
I made this snack meal for Elizabeth on a day that she helped me install a lot of home decor decals. Recently she crocheted this cute fox for me so I made a fox themed meal.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Fox and Kits – tortilla chips cut with a cookie cutter, brushed with olive oil, sprinkled with salt – bake in 375 over for about 10 minutes, Cheddar cheese, cherry tomatoes
Top Right: Peanuts
Bottom Right: Strawberries
I never had a dedicated movie room before but it was on my wish list when I looked for this house. I don’t like having a television in my main living area. I did not have one at all in my last apartment. I used my laptop to watch programming. Some visitors and an ex-boyfriend sometimes complained that I did not have one. Now I have a dedicated room for viewing. I don’t consider the white folding table and wooden activity table part of the room since they don’t coordinate well. I could remove them if I wanted but it is how I am living with the room now so I kept in the photo. The decor in this room is simple since the main focus is the tv.
Flooring: Contractors removed the carpet and installed vinyl plank flooring.
Walls: I did not paint the walls and kept what was there when I purchased the house.
Art: I bought this frame and assorted movie posters. It was difficult to find the size I wanted in a movie I was okay with and liked the image. These are not necessarily my top 4 movies but I like all of them.
TV: Samsung 75 inch
Reclining Soda and Individual Recliners: These have power recline and I love them! I ended up getting them from Raymore and Flanigan.
White Folding TV Table: From Walmart. The exact model is no longer available.
Small Wooden Table and Chair: I had this for a long time in many apartments and in my last house.
Switch and Outlet Cover Plates: I bought these from Etsy.
Storage Bench: I had this in my apartment
“Before” photo.
“Before” photo.
“Before” photo.
“Before” photo.
Deborah and I went to Chimney Bluffs State Park along Lake Ontario near Sodus, NY (about an hour from my home). We parked in the alternate parking lot near the steps to the top and a path to the beach. It was my first time there. I was in awe at the beauty! I made a picnic dinner and Deborah brought chairs and delicious homemade iced tea made with lemon balm, spearmint, and some raspberry juice. It was a delightful adventure!
I made two of these, one for Deborah and one for me. The Thai Peanut Potato salad was okay but not good enough to make again.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Spicy Thai Potato Salad over Romaine
Top Right: Peanuts
Bottom Right: Fresh Pineapple
This is my first time to live in a house with a basement bathroom. One of my Grandparent’s houses had a basement bathroom when I was a kid. It was next to the bar. My basement bathroom is adjacent to my movie room. I did not do much to decorate this room. My Dad installed a new toilet paper holder since the previous was broken and he changed the ceiling light bulbs. Other than buying a few things, the biggest project in this room was to decoupage the switch and outlet plates.
Shower Curtain with Rose Hooks: Bed Bath and Beyond (no longer available)
Bath Mat: From my last apartment
Trash Can: From my last apartment bought at Home Goods
Tissue Box: I bought this.
Hand Towel: I bought this.
Cup Holder: I bought this.
Paper Cups
Switch and Outlet Cover Plates: I decoupaged scrapbook paper onto the covers.
“Before” photo.
I made this lunch for my friend Arna. When I was a child, I learned the saying, “Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other is gold.” A life theme for me is it is important to keep old friends. I value the shared history. Arna and I first became friends years ago when I was married and had a house in a town about an hour away. Her visit last weekend was special. We had lunch, toured my house and gardens. It was a wonderful day!
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Camels – Cheddar cheese, bell pepper, sweet potato (roasted) cut with a cookie cutter, Eye – paprika, Palm Tree – zucchini cut with a cookie cutter, dried blueberries, hummus
Top Right: Hazelnuts
Bottom Right: Camels – Cantaloupe cut with a cookie cutter, Eye – cinnamon, Pineapple Greek yogurt
I made this turtle themed meal for my Mom at her Lake House. She enjoyed it especially the little turtle tortilla chips. We decided that we would not make the Blueberry salad again. It was not special enough.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Turtle – Cheddar cheese cut with a cookie cutter, food coloring marker details, Spinach Blueberry Salad with Feta
Top Right: Mixed Nuts
Bottom Right: Turtles – cut flour tortilla with a cookie cutter, place on cookie sheet with parchment, spray with cooking spray and bake in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp.
I asked my Mom what theme or food she wanted for Mother’s Day. She said Daffodil dinner. It made sense since we celebrated at the mountain Lake House and the daffodils were about to bloom. They were in full bloom for our dinner.
Drinks: Pina Colada with Orange Juice or Seltzer with a ground up pineapple
Daffodil Main: Orange Cheddar mashed potato daffodil with roasted asparagus and sugar snap epas
Daffodil Parfait: Daffodil – cream cheese with food coloring, Dirt – crushed Oreo thins cookies, Whipped Cream
My critique of the meal:
When my Mom asked for “Daffodil”, I was lacking inspiration since I have done it many times before. The drinks were a late idea inspired by my niece who likes serving themed drinks. I wanted daffodil colored drinks. The dessert was a last minute idea. We went shopping right before the meal to get the whipped cream and cookies. The store was out of heavy cream so we used whipped cream from a can. The meal was enjoyed by all!
This is my collection of cute shaped polenta. As with my other collections, I will update when I create something new.
Updated 3/2/25.
ANIMALS
Buffalo Polenta
Camel Polenta
INSECTS
Beehive Polenta
FALL
HALLOWEEN
THANKSGIVING
CHRISTMAS
NEW YEAR
WINTER
Snowman Polenta with Cream Cheese
GROUNDHOG DAY
VALENTINE’S DAY
Heart Polenta with Tomato Sauce
SAINT PATRICKS DAY
Shamrock Polenta Flag with Cream Cheese and Spinach
EASTER
JAPANESE CULTURE
SPACE
BODY PARTS
BUILDING
EXTINCT / IMAGINARY
I made this snack meal for Elizabeth. I enjoy making cute food for her. It is usually the same food but I find different ways to present it. Today we have frogs.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Frogs – tortilla chips cut with a cookie cutter, brushed with olive oil, sprinkled with salt – bake in 375 over for about 10 minutes, Frogs – cheddar cheese cut with a cookie cutter, cherry tomatoes
Top Right: Sunflower seeds
Bottom Right: Strawberries
Over the weekend, Renae and family came over for dinner. Jeff hung poster frames in my movie room. Maybe sometime soon I will reveal that room. I made ordinary shaped ravioli which is rare for me, usually I make fun shapes. You can see a glimpse of this years glorious daffodils in the above photo. I brought some blossoms inside when I deadheaded the patch this week.
Ravioli – I used my favorite pasta dough, filling – Ricotta, Asiago, Parmesan, salt and pepper, (I made and put in freezer), boiled just before serving, served with homemade tomato sauce
Roasted Green Beans
Chocolate Mousse with Raspberries
My critique of the meal: I especially liked the flavor of adding a third cheese to the ravioli filling. While I normally make fun shaped ravioli, using something like this which I had a long time is fun to use. This chocolate mousse recipe is delicious and easy to make. My guests liked that I gave them small spoons to eat the mousse.
Tomorrow is the coronation of King Charles III. I like to celebrate moments in time with cute food, so I decided to create this coronation themed meal. I had many crowns in my collection but not the right shape for the St Edward’s crown. Renae was very kind to print a cookie cutter with her 3D printer.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: St Edward’s Crown – Cheddar cheese cut with a cookie cutter, details cut with knife, jewels cut with oval cookie cutter, painted with food coloring, Purple – mashed potato with butterfly pea powder, peas
Top Right: Pistachios
Bottom Right: Union Jack – Apple, painted with food coloring
I made this bento lunch for my Mom. Over the years I have made a lot of cute food for her but she was especially delighted with this one. Maybe it will make one of my top 10 bento for 2023.
Container: Wooden box purchased in Kyoto at Bento&co.
Bird: Homemade polenta cut with cookie cutter, Eye – dried blueberry
Flowers: Radish cut with a cookie cutter, butterfly pea power for color
Pistachios: Musical notes drawn with food coloring marker
Other: Carrot noodles, lettuce mix, snow peas
I made a mostly make ahead meal for my Mom, Dad, brother, sister-in-law and myself. It was a fun way to enjoy a meal with family and welcome spring.
Butterfly Ravioli – I used my favorite pasta dough, filling – Ricotta, Asiago, salt and pepper, (I made and put in freezer a week ahead), boiled just before serving, dried parsley garnish
Pesto Cream – homemade pesto thawed from my freezer mixed with sour cream
Salad – Romaine with zucchini, bell pepper, carrots, and kohlrabi cut with a cookie cutter
Vinaigrette – a basic no recipe with olive oil, vinegar, orange juice, and honey
I made this for lunch when my parents were visiting. We all ate it but I put this portion in the cloud boxes. If you make if for a packed lunch, I recommend packing the pesto dressing for the zucchini noodles separate and mix before serving. It was a fun way to eat zucchini noodles!
Container: Cloud box from Japan (set of 3)
Top Box: Garlic and Herb Popcorn
Bottom Box: Zucchini Noodle Caprese
I made this simple lunch for myself. The watering can is yellow to represent my favorite Copper color watering can.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Watering Can – Nishiki rice shaped in a cookie cutter with plastic wrap, yellow food coloring, roasted asparagus
Top Right: Macedonia Almonds
Bottom Right: Flowers – Strawberries with blueberries attached with spaghetti
Last fall, I planted 220 daffodils around a River Birch in my front yard. My friend Deborah helped me break the ground. Carol went with me to the garden store. My parents helped me plant. We had a warm winter; the daffodils were poking up from the ground since early February. I was concerned that my daffodils would be blind the first year. Blind daffodils do not bloom. My concern was unfounded. They are fabulous as you can see in the photos below. Many of my neighbors have remarked how beautiful they are.
My gorgeous daffodils are making me so happy! I frequently look out the window at them, talk about them to anyone who will listen, and walk out to the tree to visit. My neighbors probably say to themselves, “She is out visiting her daffodils again!”
Of course, I had to celebrate with a daffodil themed meal. I don’t think that mine look as good as the inspiration but they are attractive and were delicious! I used the recipe for the dough (with turmeric). I made my own filling with finely cut cabbage, snow peas, carrot, fresh ginger, soy sauce, and a little cornstarch.
I made this meal for my Mom. She enjoyed it and reminisced about her travels to Amsterdam.
Container: Book Bento Box
Contents: Windmill – cut flour tortilla with a cookie cutter, place on cookie sheet with parchment, put small aluminum foil ball under portion to elevate, spray with cooking spray and bake in a 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes or until lightly browned and crisp. Strawberries cut to look like tulips, blueberries, Tulip Rows – carrot cut with cookie cutter, peanut butter, celery, mixed nuts
My parents, brother, and sister-in-law stayed at my house for Easter weekend this year. We had 6 at our main meal since my friend Carol was able to join us. I decided on a Spring forest theme. My Mom did amazing work with the table plants and flowers. My sister-in-law assisted with setting the table. We put candy eggs in the nests. I was concerned that the eggs would fly when people removed their napkins. That only happened to one person.
Table:
Menu:
Dessert:
My critique of the meal:
It was wonderful to have family members involved in the preparations. My Mom and sister-in-law set the table. My brother decorated the desserts. The woodland table was fantastic! The desserts were adorable! As for menu items, the only one I would not serve again is the Pea and Leek tart but I would make the crust again it was perfect. We cut the potatoes for the gratin in cubes because I was nostalgic for Saltsman’s. They were wonderful! I want to only make cubed potatoes gratin in the future. They are more enjoyable to eat. It was a memorable Easter!
Easter weekend, I hosted my parents, brother, and sister-in law. It was a wonderful time with my family.
Decorations: This was my first year with a mantel for Easter. I bought the garland at Michaels, the rabbits came from TJ Maxx. My Mom found the eggs. I bought pink paper grass at Michaels. It was very messy so I expect I will use something different next year. I bought the wreath last year from Michaels. My Mom made beautiful arrangements for my kitchen, dining room and library. A glimpse of my library is in the photo below. I will not reveal my fabulous room until I get replacement French Doors. I ordered them in March and they told me it will take 6 months! My hallway floating shelves has an egg my Mom found, I added a cupcake stand, an Easter Card from my niece, and my Easter Egg Tree.
Easter Breakfast: We enjoyed our traditional breakfast the day before Easter. There were 6 of us since my neighbor Eugene joined us.
Table:
Menu:
My critique of the meal:
The basket bread was especially good this year. It is a time honored family tradition for my Dad to make it. The cheese plate was a new addition this year. It was enjoyed by all. Having this breakfast the day before Easter was a good idea to space out the larger meals and also for time management. My Mom did a wonderful job with the table decorations. My sister-in-law assisted. It was an enjoyable meal.
Happy Easter! This is my collection of Easter food and crafts. As with my other collections, I plan to update when I create something new.
Updated on 4/18/23.
EASTER BASKET
Tortilla Chip Easter Basket
EASTER EGG
Mashed Potato and Pesto Easter Egg
Savory Ricotta Vegetable and Puffed Pastry Easter Eggs
Strawberry and Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs
Mashed Potato Eggs
BUNNY
Cheese and Sweet Potato Bunnies
CHICK
PEEPS
Rice Peep
Polenta Chick Peep
FELT EASTER CRAFTS
EGG EASTER ORNAMENTS
Simplified Wax Resist Egg Ornament
I made this meal for my Dad. My 20 year old niece was helpful and provided most of the menu ideas.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Chick Peep – Polenta cut with a cookie cutter, Eye – dried blueberry, zucchini noodle nest
Top Right: Easter Eggs – Pistachios with food coloring marker details
Bottom Right: Chick Peeps – marshmallow peeps
I made this simple meal for myself.
Container: EasyLunchBoxes
Left Side: Basket – Tortilla chip – cut flour tortilla with cookie cutter, brush with olive oil, sprinkled with salt – bake in 375 over for about 10 minutes, Easter Eggs – carrot, romaine lettuce
Top Right: Pistachio nuts
Bottom Right: Cheddar Bagels
Mini Dippers: Raspberry Vinaigrette – I didn’t use the raw onion
Eclectic Lamb 
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