Happy Easter

Tomorrow is Easter and as a child I always loved it. I grew up with a huge backyard....best in the neighborhood....and every Easter I would gather eggs that had been hidden in the flower beds, trees, and bushes. I loved the hours we spent coloring the eggs, remember those wax crayon we used to use to write on the uncolored eggs and like magic the words appeared after the eggs were colored. When all the eggs were collected in my little basket, I'm sure we had a scrumptious Easter Dinner.

Of course the tradition of coloring eggs carried on with my own children, but cupcake decorating was added. The pictures above are from 1983 with Lynette's kids....aren't they innocent and adorable!

Enjoy the day! On Tasty Tuesday I'll share my grandma's recipe for Easter Egg Bread.

More than Easter bunnies,

And chocolate eggs galore,

Is the cross of Calvary

The sacrifice of our Lord

For Jesus is the reason,

We all can celebrate.

And come to Him to freely,

receive His love and saving Grace.

By M.S.Lowndes

Fresh Scallops

Wait.....I can't say they are really Fresh (they are as fresh as you can get in Utah)...but, can't you just hear me say "Mmmmmm" "Oh Wow" "Yummie"? You should, and it didn't even take a cooking genius to do it.........just little old me. All together there is a very intense concentration of the garden fresh yellow tomatoes which I roasted with EVOO and fresh basil(Thank you Robyn), along with the sweet and slightly smoky flavor of the grilled scallops (a Costco special...next best thing to fresh) brushed with EVOO - salt and pepper, added to it, are those thin organic french beans (from Costco - of course)that still have a little bite to them, I can't begin to tell you how delicious it actually was. No recipe that's it....roast the tomatoes, boil the beans....put them both in a frying pan with a little olive oil and garlic....just until the scallops are grilled. Toss it in a bowl and enjoy!