Modern American Easter dinner?

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We have never made a big tradition out of Easter. No baskets of candy, (diabetes, so not a moral choice), no traditional dinner, no holiday-specific plans.

But our grocery store has a special -- buy $X amount of groceries in six weeks and get a free ham/turkey/lasagna. It's the same promotion they have at Christmas, except I know what a traditional American Christmas meal is.

Well, we usually just get the fixin's to go along with the Christmas turkey and then take it all to our food bank. I could really use help figuring out what the traditional Easter meal is so I can buy that for the food bank.

So, what is the traditional American Easter meal -- fixin's included? (I do know I don't want to give ham, because too many people have high blood pressure and ham is salty.)
 
wwjd_kilden said:
Well, I'm not American, but: Lamb ?
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LOL That's very true for Europeans. (I just realize how much I miss a coworker's yearly detailed description of how to make the perfect Greek lamb for Easter. lol) But lamb just doesn't seem like an American thing, unless you're one or two generations away from the "Old World."

That, and lamb isn't an option for what meat I get for free.
 
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LOL That's very true for Europeans. (I just realize how much I miss a coworker's yearly detailed description of how to make the perfect Greek lamb for Easter. lol) But lamb just doesn't seem like an American thing, unless you're one or two generations away from the "Old World."



That, and lamb isn't an option for what meat I get for free.
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I believe ham is traditional for Easter. Turkey is a Christmas thing. Carrot cake for dessert. Sides would be cranberries, usually sweet potatoes and some sort of extra vegetable dish.
 
Modern America Easter Dinner?

Shoot, that's an easy one........

PEEPS 'n' a cold Coke! Ok, ok, maybe an Easter Egg shaped Reeces' Cup.
 
kaylagrl said:
I believe ham is traditional for Easter. Turkey is a Christmas thing. Carrot cake for dessert. Sides would be cranberries, usually sweet potatoes and some sort of extra vegetable dish.
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You can get cranberries this late in the year? Or, am I just spoiled because hubby makes our cranberry sauce, and you meant cranberry sauce in a can? If in a can what's your preference -- jelly or whole berries?

And what's your side dish? (Christmas everyone has special side dishes. Surely people have them for Easter too, right?)
 
p_rehbein said:
Modern America Easter Dinner?

Shoot, that's an easy one........

PEEPS 'n' a cold Coke! Ok, ok, maybe an Easter Egg shaped Reeces' Cup.
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So close, but not quite. You couldn't have said, "PEEPS 'n Peps? (Pepsi.) :)

I was thinking candy, but I figure everyone thinks candy, and it's very nice to have a wholesome meal on occasion. When we needed a food bank, everyone gave junk food. I longed for real-food.
 
I do not do traditional, I'm grilling. However I recall growing up that it was like Christmas, just the goodies were different.
 
p_rehbein said:
Modern America Easter Dinner?

Shoot, that's an easy one........

PEEPS 'n' a cold Coke! Ok, ok, maybe an Easter Egg shaped Reeces' Cup.
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This. Peeps, Reese's eggs, chocolate bunnies, etc. I actually bought sour watermelon peeps last night lol

But yeah, now that I think about it, I've never actually done Easter Dinner. It's just not a thing we do.
 
JeniBean said:
I do not do traditional, I'm grilling. However I recall growing up that it was like Christmas, just the goodies were different.
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Grilling any veggies or taters? (I'm hoping for ideas on side dishes.)
 
We do lamb at our house for Easter, the one side dish that my kids always request for is Kielbasa and sauerkraut. Kids also love breaded cauliflower :p
 
LiJo said:
We do lamb at our house for Easter, the one side dish that my kids always request for is Kielbasa and sauerkraut. Kids also love breaded cauliflower :p
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You have meat as a side? And better yet kielbasa? I love you! :)

(Hubby has/had high blood pressure, so anything with salt was out. I love kielbasa, so I've been pigging out on it while he's not home. lol)
 
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You can get cranberries this late in the year? Or, am I just spoiled because hubby makes our cranberry sauce, and you meant cranberry sauce in a can? If in a can what's your preference -- jelly or whole berries?

And what's your side dish? (Christmas everyone has special side dishes. Surely people have them for Easter too, right?)
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Im not a huge fan of cranberries but yes,I mean the ones in the can.Whole berry is better than the jelly stuff IMO. Its a family meal,at my parents,she's never had a side dish. It would be nice to find a good one though.lol
 
I make fresh cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving and altered the recipe a few years ago, it was a hit and I have friends and family asking me to make it for them every year. I can PM you the recipe.
 
I went shopping today and did pick up the whole berry cranberries. I went with fresh baby carrots, fresh asparagus, and frozen string beans, but my favorite thing for the dinner was small chocolate cupcakes with springtime sprinkles on top. When we were broke, I didn't even look in the produce aisle. (Frozen is cheaper.) And store-bought desserts? Never.

I hope it's not too hot to roast a turkey on Easter. (I'm roasting turkey thighs too.)

Thanks for the ideas, everyone.
 
LiJo said:
I make fresh cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving and altered the recipe a few years ago, it was a hit and I have friends and family asking me to make it for them every year. I can PM you the recipe.
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Hubby already made the Thanksgiving cranberry sauce before his heart attack. I finished it up last month. I'm good, but thanks.
 
We don't do a traditional dinner year after year. It's kind of just whatever we feel like having, what we can get a good deal on, and what we feel like going through the trouble preparing. I've had prime rib for Easter, rack of lamb, roasted rabbit, ham, baked/smoked chickens, and I think one year we even had halibut when my sister sent some down from Alaska.

Side dishes though are usually mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, a mixed green salad, some kind of dinner rolls, a pie or two to choose from, and somebody tends to bring some funky jell-o thing that has celery and stuff in it that I never eat.
 
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