Easter = Buffet

In addition to sunrise services, egg hunts, chocolate bunnies missing their ears, and jelly beans, Easter is synonomous with all you can eat buffets. For the past several years I have spent the day with Cyn, Jeff, Clare, and now baby Elliot having a potluck brunch. This year, the table was beautifully decorated with placecards that Clare made with our names on them and white ceramic bunnies that Cyn inherited from her Grandmother. V. Martha Stewart. Seen above, Cyn tried out a new recipe for Blueberry Pecan French Toast. It is assembled the night before to allow the bread to soak in the egg and milk. Then it is covered in blueberries, toasted pecans, and a butter/brown sugar glaze and baked. The final step is to create Blueberry maple syrup to pour over individual servings.

Since I figured we would get all of our calories from that dish, I brought a lighter Broccoli, roasted garlic, cheddar quiche. I got the recipe years ago from one of Michelle's Cooking Lite Magazines (I think?). I used spinach tortilla's for the crust, and non-fat cottage cheese and evaporated skim milk in the rest of the recipe to save on calories. Sharp Vermont Cheddar was my one splurge, but you can use a tablespoon of parmesan or no cheese at all, it is really that good. These dishes along with fried potatoes, faux sausage links and mimosas made for a meal that stuck to us all day long!