Everyone snacks a bit either on appertizers someone has prepared, or a dish that get finished before the rest. This time Janet had made a bread bunny, with dip in the belly and veggies all around. Note the darling radish mice!
Sometimes we bring our dishes already made, but there is often still work to do to get the meal ready.
The finished serving plates are moved to the dining room.
Everyone dishes up and we eat. Sometimes we don't all get to sit down at the same time. If everything isn't ready simultaneously we go in and out, and eat as we go, but this time we made it all together.
I don't know how many recipes we made for this Easter dinner, but we've been known to have up to 27 recipes created for one meal (although it's usually closer to 7 recipes per meal). We've eaten a lot of delicious things this last year since the tradition got started. Thanks to Bridgette for helping get us started on a fun family event. Although we've always gotten together to eat over the years, about a year ago Bridgette started talking about doing themed meals and bringing her multitudinous cookbooks and recipes resources to family dinners to get us all on board. It didn't take long, as everyone is into food around here. Thanks to Janet for the great setting, the fun space and fun toys for the kids to play with while all the adult foodies revel in food fun, and thanks to her for her good spirits and patience in the midst of the chaos. Thanks to Donny for being a great "dish monster". And lastly, thanks to everyone else for all the amazing food, and fun times.
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I am so glad I once got to eat at Janet's house! It was quite fun and inspiring to watch the creativity that everyone displays preparing the healthy meals. You're lucky, Heidi.
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