Hippity Hoppity

Easter's on its way. And I've yet to spend much time (read: any) contemplating what to serve everyone for our Easter lunch. Mom keeps telling me to keep it simple. And on the one hand, yeah, that'd be good. On the other hand, I really feel like experimenting with something - and it's been awhile since I've had the desire to do that.

But at Easter, I'm hampered somewhat by the fact that the meal comes after church. So it's not like a day where I have the whole morning to do prep. So I'll either need to consider things that I can do ahead (which really never seems to work out well for me. Prep? Sure. Any form of cooking with the idea that it can be reheated? Nope. It just ends up tasting like left overs.)

I'm also hampered by the fact that I'm really kind of tired of ham. Though I guess I'm not as tired of fancy ham (i.e. something wherein I buy an unadorned ham and do something cool to it) as I am of pre-spiral-sliced, drop honey-glaze on it and put in oven ham. I don't really care for lamb (though there are others in my family who would be over the moon should I choose to do lamb). Turkey...meh. And really, not an Easter food. Chicken? Again, meh. Rib roast? Yum! But...I seem to always do a rib roast. and while, again, YUM! There really isn't that much to it. I guess I could play around with some kind of pork (other than ham) or a beef tenderloin. Maybe I'll see what the interwebs have to offer in terms of yummy recipes for those.

This (and other major holidays) is when I really miss Gourmet magazine. Though, ok, sure, they had been getting progressively bizarre, their holiday menus always at least offered some inspiration. Now there's random searches, all recipes, food network (ha!), and any cookbooks I have on hand (which is, admittedly quite a few, but still.)

I'll keep you posted.