After Easter A Week Of Leftovers

 Easter feasts usually mean one thing - a week of good leftovers. There's so many  delicious savory and sweet dishes to make with them. They're even better than the actual dish!

Ham may be the star of the Easter table but it can also be the star of leftovers too.One of the best dishes  whether fro breakfast or breakfast for dinner is ham and eggs. There's nothing like buttery scrambled eggs with big chunks of ham. You can also make a tasty Denver omelet with it too by also adding chopped green peppers and onions along with tangy cheddar cheese. Ham also makes a great base for croquettes too.Make them Cuban style by adding Bechamel sauce for a creamy middle. You can make them Americans style too with green onions and garlic powder. What about the leftover asparagus.If you just served it steamed then jazz up the leftovers Piedmontese style with a sauce for melted butter and Leon and a topping of Parmesan cheese. They;re also good  in a salad .Cut  into bite sized pieces for easy eating.Add them to omelets too for a tasty green dish.Letiver Easter eggs can be turned into  Egg salad for lunches and a light supper. Add bacon bits to it for a flavorful variation . Also deviled eggs topped with scallions is another treat.

There is also a lot of candy too. Those chocolate eggs and cute Peeos along with chocolate chicks and lambs are fun nibbles. However you can also eat so much of them. Both chocolate and marshmallow treats can be served with ice cream. Peeps go well with chocolate ice cream and chopped chocolate eggs can be used as a layer between scoops in a sundae.A fun repurposing that's a great vacation activity is making Easter bark. This is taking any kind of chocolate, milk, dark, white or pastel and melting the morsels in the microwave. The melted chocolate is then poured onto a parchment line baking sheet.Sprinkle or stick on the candy and let it set.. Break it into big or bite sized pieces for fun snacking. Another idea is using the candy, especially if it's the Easter M&M''s or Cadbury's chocolate eggs.It's the same recipe as a regular chocolate chip, using brown sugar and flour .Another idea is making shortbread cookies and then icing them with frosting. Decorate with he leftover candy bits for a burst of chocolate-y goodness.

Easter leftovers can be just as delicious as the original dish or candy. Repurpose both savory and sweet into tasty dishes everyone will love.It'sa  great way of stretching the  holiday table another week!

A Picnic Of Leftovers

 With Easter comes leftovers. Everyone right now is inundated with ham and hardboiled eggs , not to mention Spring potatoes and soem kind fo veggie side. What to do? Use them on an Easter week picnic. Everything cna be repurposed in a tasty outdoors dish.

Of course there is ham and with it comes all sort of leftover ideas. The best for a picnic is slices on a good sourdough or baguette. You can layer it with slices of Gruyere along with either mustard or mayo.A ham salad is also a smart repurpose. This is a mix of cubed ham, mayo and chopped celery. Some add a  tablespoon of chopped dill o sweet pickle for tang and bite. That's up to you as is the addition of mustard. The best seasoning for this is simply  freshly ground pepper (skip the salt because th e ham has it). You could add celery seed which gives it a fresh green undertaste.Devilled ham is another picnic food you can easily make wth the leftover meat.Blend chopped ham with any oil or mayo. You could add celery for color or carraway seeds for a more robust flavor. Some add Worcester sauce to get that unique  Underwood Devlled ham flavor.Again it's up to you tastewise. Devilled ham is great on Hawaiian rolls but would also be good on thin slices of Italian bread too.

All those Easter eggs can  be repurposed too. A plain one with some salt is a nice simple appetizer in any picnic basket. You could also turn them into devilled eggs by peeling them and then cutting thm in half. Mash the yolk with some mayo and ketchup (or mustard ) and then refill the whites . Add a dash of paprika for some color. How to transport? You can use a silicon muffin tray or even an ice cube tray . Make sure they're at the top fo the cooler or have some kind of solid lid so they're not squashed. What's a picnic without egg salad sandwiches? This is a simple make with just the hard boiled eggs and mayo. As with ham salad you can add other ingredients like chopped green onions or mustard if you want. You can make the sandwiches at home or bring a container and rolls and wait until you hit the park or the beach. Those left ove veggies can also be turned into yummy salads too.Add a vinaigrette to those green beans or broccoli florets , mix and pop into a carry all container Slice leftover Spring or new potatoes, add some mayo and chopped celery and you have another tasty picnic dish.

It's the week for sunny picnic and good food. REpurpose those Easter leftovers into a tasty out door lunch. It's a fun way to njoy that ham and Easter eggs a second time.