A Happy Tuesday with deviled eggs !

good morning

:0)

One of a series of WONDERFUL photos by Laurent Laveder.

Busy, busy day, but I wanted to stop by for just a chat.

I found yummy and different recipes for hard boiled eggs that I wanted to share.

Is anyone still eating hard boiled eggs?

We are.

But that's okay, as we both like them.

I have promised to make some deviled eggs however.

I subscribe to the magazine "Woman's Day".

You can check them out at http://www.womansday.com/

In their April 2012 issue, they are celebrating their 75th anniversary.

Right up front they have a flip out page with 75 delicious ways to cook eggs.

Great!

They gathered different, favorite recipes from the past 75 years.

Now, some of them totally do not appeal to me,

but lots of them did!

Here is a sample:

Egg-Bacon-Watercress Salad

Chop 8 hard boiled eggs.

Toss with 1/2 pound cooked bacon,

1 bunch watercress (chopped),

1/2 small red onion (thinly sliced)

and 1/3 cup red wine vinaigrette.

March 1972

Here is one of their deviled egg recipes:

Horseradish Deviled Eggs

Cut 4 hard boiled eggs in half.

Mash the yolks with pepper
and 2 Tbsp each mayonnaise

and beet horseradish;

spoon into the whites.

April, 2002

 

If you have never heard of Jan Brett, illustrator, or if you have never been to her website, you are missing out on some real treats.

http://www.janbrett.com/

I recently visited and downloaded quite a few of her adorable coloring pages.

Here is one to tempt you:

'Beatrix Bunny'

and another one:

'Mabeline Bunny'

Yes, I know - they have colored eggs.

But hey, those are Spring Eggs, not Easter Eggs -

I'm sure!

I do love the books she has illustrated also.

Check her out on Amazon.

Well, that's it for today.

I hope you enjoy checking out Jan Brett's website

and

Laurent Laveder's wonderful photographs 

and

perhaps trying out a new hard boiled egg recipe

from Woman's Day magazine.

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Starting to think about Easter and bunny trails

Sholim

Yiddish for 'Peace', spoken in Israel and by other Jewish speaking persons

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Well, so far this year I have been late for

Valentine's Day

St. Patrick's Day

President's Day

and probably more that I don't even know I have missed!

So, I thought I better jump right in to Easter preparations

or it will be done and gone!!

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I like to get out some of my angels for Easter.

I do a little display with them on a half table I have under a HUGE mirror.

I also have 2 areas on either side of our tv.

Since The Cat J.T. (Junior Terrorist) is gone now,

I can also put things on my round side table in the LR,

and things on my little cut out arbor/thingy in the wall by the stairs to go up.

This is a special angel my sister gave me.

She and/or the kids usually give me at least one angel for either my birthday

or Christmas. (My birthday is in December.)

It's kind of funny/ironic really.

My mom's birthday was Dec. 28.

Her entire life all of her aunts and uncles would send ONE gift

and ONE card with the message

"Happy birthday and Merry Christmas".

This really made her crazy.

Everyone else got a present/card on their birthday

and

a present/card at Christmas time.

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So Grandma and Grandpa McDowell,

and later my Dad and us two girls,

would make a big deal about having a Birthday party for Mom,

and wrapping her presents in Birthday paper

and no Christmas left-overs!

Nothing could even hint 'Christmas'.

Since my birthday comes at the beginning of December,

Mom always made sure that my birthday was like that too.

I never received anything growing up that even remotely suggested

Christmas season, or the Holidays or anything like that.

We also didn't decorate for Christmas until after my Birthday.

My dear husband has continued this tradition.

He always makes it a point to go out and buy a new roll of wrapping paper for any birthday gifts he gives me.  No red and green here!!

Mom has been gone for 10 years now.

Dad has been gone for 5 years.

Now each year my Birthday celebration from my sister

has been getting more and more Christmas-like.

This year I got a beautiful black velveteen placemat with silver branches and berries embroidered on it. It came with a pretty little votive candle holder wrapped in silver branches with silver berries.

Very pretty.

Definitely Christmas decorations!!!

 I usually receive some kind of angel ornament

(for a Christmas tree)

or an angel decorated box

(for Christmas decorating)

...you get the idea!

This year she even said:

"Oh, birthday, Christmas, whatever"

when referring to my birthday presents!

I wonder if next year I will receive One birthday present

with a card that reads

"Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas"!!!

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So am I really complaining?

Nope.

At this point I am just grateful that she even thinks of me enough

to get a present/card for me!

Although I suspect it is more and more the kids that remember me...

not her.

Oh well, we get what we can, don't we?

And what does this have to do with Easter????

oops

Well, I DID go off on a bunny trail....

:0)

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I am hoping to get some Easter eggs colored soon.

I went back over some of my previous blogs.

Can you believe it has been over ONE YEAR now that I have blogged?

Wow.

Anyway, I found Easter Egg decorating ideas

and Deviled Eggs recipes

and more!

(but wait....there's more....a favorite tv commercial we make fun of)

These specific dates I found the above ideas.

I thought you might like to check them out again!

Mar 26, 2011

April 12, 2011

April 13

April 15

April 16

April 23

April 26

April 30

Or,

Instead of checking out the dates listed,

 you can type into the 'search' box at the upper left corner

at the top of my blog, words like:

Easter egg

deviled egg recipe

Easter chick

and other words like that....

These are paper mache' floral eggs.

While I don't have down which place I found these at,

you can 'google' and find plenty to check out!

I will be thinking more about Easter,

and sharing in future blogs.

I love the symbolism of Easter morning that is contained in a little egg.

I love the fun we have with bunnies and chicks

and colored eggs and jelly beans

and childrens' wonder at it all.

I love that beneath all of the frivolity and fun

there is a deeper, life changing meaning to it all.

Let's explore it all together in the upcoming days of
Easter Season.

the Easter...hippo?

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Spring Flowers and more deviled egg recipes

Hi!
Today I am thinking about the last of the early blooming flowers - my daffodils, crocus, miniature Japanese iris, and hyacinths.

a beautiful daffodil cake...you can actually eat it!

Oh, and I have ONE tulip starting to peek out of its' bud today. Hooray!



Here are some beautiful daffodil dresses by Liana,

and one of the paper dolls that will fit them.

Please check out her web site, see the side bar.

I may have shared this coloring page with you before,

 but I still like it, so now you can print it out again to color!



"Garden fairies come at dawn,

Bless the flowers

then they're gone."

- unknown

I love the sweet little chipmunk holding the tulips,

and of course there is a daffodil dress for the fairy!

Why not make some more fairy wings for her?

This is one of my "crocheted" beaded bracelets.

It is actually sewn with a needle with a ridiculously small eye, and tiny seed beads. I make these when I am frustrated with a complicated pattern.

Beading is very soothing.

Alas, it is also expensive when you are a bead addict.

Just ask my husband! (Hi sweetie!)

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This Birthday Wishes Barbie's dress makes me think of the lovely hyacinth:

and now for more of my favorites - daffodils!

I bet you can color this fairy to look like a Daffodil Fairy:

Claude Monet loved to paint the countryside in the Netherlands.

Here is a beautiful one with fields of tulips:

"Love and eggs are best when they're fresh."

- Russian proverb

Here are two more deviled egg recipes!

from the Cotton Country Collection cookbook, Mrs. Sol Courtman:

Don't forget:

Always read entire recipe before starting.

Gather all ingredients before starting.

Baked Deviled Eggs for Brunch



3 cans asparagus pieces, drained

          (I would try freshly steamed asparagus instead)

12 hard cooked eggs (with or without pretty coloring on the shells!)

3 cans 2 1/2 oz. deviled ham

1 tsp dry mustard

1/2 tsp red pepper

2 tsp grated onion

6 Tbs flour

3 Cups Half and Half

2 Cups grated med. sharp Cheddar cheese

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

1 Cup buttered bread crumbs

    (I would toast some bread, butter it, and then chop it up into little pieces)

Butter shallow casserole and place asparagus on bottom.

Slice eggs lengthwise. Remove yolks.

Mash yolks with deviled ham, dry mustard, red pepper and onions.

Stuff egg whites with mixture and place on top of asparagus.

Make white sauce:

   Using the butter, flour and Half and Half:

    melt butter, then stir in flour and gradually add Half and Half.

      (the secret here is the gradually adding and stirring constantly)

Cook about 5 minutes, stirring constantly.

Add cheese and Worcestershire sauce. Stir until melted.

Pour over eggs and asparagus. Cover with buttered bread crumbs.

Bake 400' for 20 minutes, or until brown and bubbly.

Mrs. Courtman adds that this may be made the night before, refrigerated, BUT place bread crumbs over top just before baking.

Serves 6 - 12, depending on each guest's appetite.

Yum!

Baked Stuffed Eggs:



1 dozen hard boiled eggs

2 Cups medium cream sauce (see recipe above)

1 package chipped beef, finely chopped 

1 tsp grated onion

Salt to taste

Pepper to taste

Parmesan cheese

Paprika

Devil hard boiled eggs. Use the basic deviled egg recipe from 4/26/2011 blog.

Make medium cream sauce, adding onion and finely chopped chipped beef.

Salt and pepper to taste.

Place eggs in a flat baking dish and pour sauce over them.

Sprinkle generously with Parmesan and enough Paprika for color.

Bake at 350' for 20 minutes.

Can be prepared ahead.

Makes an excellent egg dish for brunch.

Serves 6 - 8

I'll have more deviled egg recipes for tomorrow too!



Well, I have had fun putting together this Spring Flower blog.

and....who knew there were so many deviled egg recipes?

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It's a Tulip time! with deviled egg recipes

Good day!

As I wait for my first tulips to bloom, I am impatient!

Other people's tulips have bloomed.

What, did I get slow learners?

"QUIET! bulbs resting."

a fun quote I have no idea where I found it!

So, today is a perfect Tulip kind of day!

Perhaps my tulip buds will get the message and actually bloom!

"I think of the garden after the rain;

And hope to my heart comes singing.

At morn the cherry-blooms will be white

And the Easter bells be ringing!"

- Edna Dean Proctor, 'Easter Bells'

Basic Deviled Egg Recipe:

1 doz Hard Boiled (Easter) eggs
1/2 Cup mayonnaise
1 Tbs yellow mustard
1 tsp white vinegar
Salt and Pepper to taste
Dash of Paprika

Here is an "Ultimate" Deviled egg recipe:

6 hard boiled eggs
1/4 Cup mayonnaise
1/2 tsp dill
2 Tbs finely chopped onion (I like to use green onions, including the green stems)
1 Tbs mustard
1/2 tsp vinegar
dash of Cayenne

Here is a sweet Danish paper doll:

"Flowers are the stars of earth -

Stars are the flowers of heaven."

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tulip fields in Holland

"I have a rock garden...

Last week, three of them died."

I have a few other outfits for this paper doll that I will be sharing in future blogs.

But we just had to have Miss Holland with our Tulip Time!

"Faith is putting all your eggs in God's basket,

then counting your blessings before they hatch."

- Ramona C. Carroll

c.1901

Shrimp Dilled Deviled Eggs

from Land O Lakes 'Treasury of Country Recipes'

6 eggs

1/4 Cup mayonnaise

4 1/4-oz. can deveined medium shrimp, rinsed, drained

2 Tbs chopped green onions

1 Tbs chopped fresh dill weed OR 1 tsp dried dill weed

Pinch of Pepper

1 Tbs lime juice

2 tsp country-style Dijon mustard

1/4 tsp hot pepper sauce

Fresh Dill Weed for garnish

Boil eggs. I don't give directions because I live in High Altitude country, so my boiling stuff is different than 'low landers'!

Peel eggs, cut in half crosswise.

Remove egg yolks, set whites aside. Place yolks in medium bowl; mash with fork.

Add mayonnaise, shrimp, onions, dill weed fresh or dried, see ingredients list. Add pepper, lime juice, mustard and hot pepper to yolks.

Stir to blend.

Spoon about 1 Tbs egg yolk mixture into each egg white; garnish with sprig of dill weed.

Since these are cut in half crosswise, they store and travel very easily in the egg carton the eggs came in. I prefer the cardboard type carton.

Refrigerate until served.

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Listen."

- Rumi

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Thanks for taking the time to share with me in this Tulip time.

Do you have a deviled egg recipe to share?

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