Easter Feast

It's Easter. The birds were singing, the flowers were blooming, the church was packed, and we all ate well!

I made my famous sweet potato hash for brunch. But don't worry, for Easter dinner, we had ham! Trader Joe's spiral cut ham, to be precise, but instead of the glaze it came with, we coated it with honey, ground mustard, cinnamon, all-spice, and cloves and surrounded it with apples and peaches. Yum! Of course, even though it was spiral cut, it didn't come apart magically, but it still tasted good! We also had apple-pear sauce, corn on the cob, and roasted squash. My grandma said we were supposed to have baked beans, but they weren't on the menu!

I ran 5 miles this morning before church and we took Chico for a walk (about an hour so 3ish miles, where he may have gotten more exercise barking at other dogs and almost biting an old woman. Bad Chihuahua!). I don't know if that will cancel out the Easter candy, but I hit 20,000 steps.

I spent most of the day in the kitchen. I love cooking for other people, but unfortunately the prep time (cutting up butternut squash) was intense, even though my dad helped, and then Steve and I decided we like it mashed up just as well, and it's a whole lot less work, even if it looked prettier cubed and roasted. If you're interested in the recipe, you can find it here. Just promise you'll use REAL maple syrup.