holiday menu

everyone always asks, 'what's your favourite thing to cook?'. i find this to be a very difficult question to answer, since i love cooking so many different things. that being said, there is something about making a ginormous holiday spread that makes me happy.

well guess what... there happens to be a holiday this weekend. and it's one of the best. as a girl with a pretty intense sweet tooth, easter has always been a favourite. so, i've made an easter extravaganza for the market this weekend. everything is packaged in either soup containers or the small, individual packages.

so there's:

baked ham (grandma's recipe) with pineapple, mustard & cloves   $7

sweet potato casserole with a pecan crust   $7

potato-bread dressing with savoury & sage   $7

parsnip, celery root & potato puree   $5

brussels sprouts with bacon   $3

baked turnips   $3

for portioning, everything is enough to feed two people when eaten as a side.

there are also three salads this week.
the red rice would be a great addition to an easter meal. it has lots of holiday flavours like toasted pecans, cranberries, savoury, roasted sweet potatoes & butternut squash, and a hint of cinnamon.
the potato salad was also a hit last weekend so i've decided to make it again. it has green beans, radishes, celery, pickled garlic scapes and a vegan dijon dressing.
then the quinoa will be another mediterranean concoction - cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, kalamata olives, red onion & fresh herbs.

i thought about making pies for the market this weekend, but have decided that cupcakes are more fitting with easter - with their pastel-hued frostings and colourful sprinkles.

doesn't this just scream easter?

 this weekend i'll have vanilla, lemon, red velvet, banana-chocolate chip & chocolate.

there will also be the usual array of other treats - cookies, macaroons, snickers brownies, mint-oreo cheesecakes, hello dollies & tarts. i think it's looking like a lemon & a passionfruit sort of week.

ok time to begin the baking bonanza.
see you over the weekend - i'll be there both saturday & sunday. oh & i nearly forgot, there's an easter egg hunt on sunday at the market for all the kiddies, so make sure to come check it out!