Traditions That Keep On Changing

There are only a few traditions we still hold true. One of them is Easter dinner. Physical ailments may keep Mom and Dad from attending church every week, but for them Easter is a big Holiday. For any Christian, well it is the Holiday.

I'm reminded of Easter two years ago when we got special permission to steal Dad away from the nursing facility Stillwater and drive him down to Rockland where PJ and Frank were hosting Easter at the Inn. What a lifetime ago that seems. This year it was just the five of us. 

The menu this year was as follows: Dad likes ham, so we had ham. I like roast beef so we had roast beef. Mom likes cheesecake, so she and I made cheesecake. Frank made his families traditional Italian Easter Bread (which is delicious), I made my Portuguese Sweet Bread. I decided to switch it up a little this year and made onion, bacon and leek scalloped potatoes. Baby asparagus is on sale this time of year. You can't go wrong with asparagus sauteed in butter, olive oil and sea salt. Lastly, in the spirit of spring and despite the foot or so of snow still prevalent on the ground, I made a citrius sangria topped with  pomegranate seltzer. It's spring dangit!