Easter Dinner

After snacking on Easter-colored deviled eggs and delicious cheese ball shaped to look like carrots, the adults were treated to traditional Glazed Ham, Scalloped Potatoes, Glazed Carrots, Layered Gelatin Trifle, Spinach Strawberry Salad, an Easter basket filled with cut, fresh vegetables and homemade rolls. (Notice the butter molded into pretty flowers!) COLORED DEVILED EGGS Twelve […]

Easter Children’s Table

At the Den, we want to be sure our children feel like each celebration is their special event as much as the adults.  For Easter, we set the children’s table to be very festive. Decorations include an Easter basket filled with the Easter Bunny himself, grass placemats, bunny-shaped napkins that also double as place cards […]

Easter Children’s Buffet

This Easter, our kids are treated to flower-shaped sandwiches filled with egg salad, bunny-shaped ham and cheese sandwiches, a veggie tray that looks like a carrot, fruit and peep skewers; and “peep” deviled eggs. EGG SALAD SANDWICHES 10 hard boiled eggs, peeled (peeling them while they are still hot makes the shells easier to remove) and […]

August Magic of the Month – Summer Entertaining!

It’s so hard to believe that summer is already winding down – but it’s true! In an effort to hold on as long as possible, we invited some friends over for dinner the other night. The table was decorated with red and white checked napkins, jars filled with wildflowers and some fun ants to keep […]

Baked Rigatoni

My son-in-law’s birthday was last week and when asked what meal he’d like for the celebration, he requested one of his favorites – Baked Rigatoni.  I was very happy to hear this since not only is it delicious, it is also ridiculously simple. I’m sure everyone can agree that any recipe that is a crowd pleaser […]