I was too exhausted to do a sunday suppers Easter edition post. However, I did want to share with you some of the things I made. Most recipes were via Pinterest and other bloggers. My sister and I were in charge of making ALL of Easter dinner. My mom and dad usually make everything and we contribute an item or 2. But this year my parents weren’t going to have Easter dinner because my mom had knee surgery a few weeks ago. My sister and I persisted and told them that we would make everything and bring it to their house and even eat on paper plates. After a little bit of convincing and using her kids as bait, saying that they are growing up so fast and we just all want to be together for the holiday and blah blah blah…They finally agreed. So my sister and I divided up cooking duties and who would make what. Now here is the part where I got a little overzealous and instead of keeping it simple, I decided to complicate the matter and try all of these cool recipes. Don’t get me wrong, they were delicious but oh goodness it was way too much to do. My sister was in charge of the ham, sweet potato casserole, salad, and bringing all of the disposable dinnerware. I was in charge of dessert, potatoes, a vegetable, and buns (or dinner rolls or whatever you want to call them). Now I could have taken the easy way out and just made a pie (which I can whip up in no time), bought 2 boxes of scalloped potatoes (I actually really like boxed scalloped potatoes), a bag of frozen veggies or something, and stopped somewhere for dinner rolls like maybe at the bakery that’s 1 block from my house. Done. No stress. Still good food. But no. I had to make my life difficult. Instead I made homemade copycat Texas roadhouse buns and butter, crockpot cheesy potatoes, pickled eggs and beets, fruit pizza, and decided to roast 6 different vegetables. Plus on sunday I made my usual breakfast casserole, turkey meatballs in sauce, and bbq chicken and sweet potato bake. You know, just in case we didn’t have enough leftovers. Hahahaha.
The cheesy potato recipe is actually called slow cooker copycat Cracker Barrel hash brown casserole. I found it on Pinterest which led me to the blog Get Crocked and the recipe can be found here. It was really really good but I found that my cooking time was probably half of what it called for even though it says crockpot cooking time varies. So if you decide to make it, watch your cooking time. I also don’t have a picture of it to share with you.
Next is Copycat Texas Roadhouse rolls and cinnamon honey butter. There were many recipes for these on Pinterest so I picked one and it’s from the blog jocooks.com the recipe can be found here.
I can’t believe they actually turned out right.
My rolls NEVER turn out good at all ever.
They tasted just like Texas Roadhouse rolls with butter. Although on a sidenote, I added an extra stick of butter with the honey, cinnamon, and powdered sugar because I felt it was a little too sweet and too much cinnamon. Maybe it’s just me though, the taste is easy to adjust.
This is a picture of all the veggies before cutting and roasting. I never got an after picture. So sorry. The recipe came from the blog Damn Delicious and it can be found here.
And last but not least was the fruit pizza. I like to make mine in a square pan instead of a round one which I think is the whole reason they call it fruit pizza but whatever. Either works.
The recipe I used came from my mom. She found it years ago in a magazine I’m guessing. It’s a clipping but doesn’t say from where or what magazine. I searched the internet and Pinterest and couldn’t find a similar recipe. It seems most recipes use a sugar cookie dough as it’s base. So here’s the recipe I used.
Fruit Pizza
2 cups flour
1/2 cup powdered sugar
1 cup butter, cut into pieces
1 8oz pkg cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3-4 cups assorted fruit
Combine flour and powdered sugar; cut in butter until mixture is crumbly. Pat mixture on 12 inch pizza pan; bake at 350 degrees until browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool
Beat cream cheese, granulated sugar and vanilla until fluffy; spread over crust. Arrange fruit on cream cheese.
So there you have it. Two days of prepping and cooking and now I need a nap. Hope you had a great Easter!