A tray (or should that be a jangle) of jingly, red bowed chocolate bunnies have been purchased ready to be given out after the last bell at school today.
Grocery shopping armed with brunch from the Woolies sausage sizzle. |
The Easter feasting shopping has been done.
Good Friday lunch will be at my place this year. The menu is going to be short and simple. Less fussing over the food will mean more time to relax into some special family time with a drink or two.
Fruit salad as dessert after that sausage. |
The Hot Cross Buns have been purchased.
It makes a very dense and moreish fudge. When made with dark chocolate of a high cocoa percentage, the fudge sets more firmly but still needs refrigeration for storage.
I’m getting the hang of baked cheesecakes. This is my latest effort before the pineapple upside down layer went over the top. I made it for an early Easter lunch at my besties and the leftovers have been serving me well for a sneaky weeknight dessert since then.
This weekend’s baking project requires some ripe pears. Hoping they’ll keep in the fridge until tomorrow.
The drink are chilling in the fridge as well. Ice cubes have been made and I’ve a supply of oranges on hand for that all important sliver of rind to drape across the ice in glasses of Chandon with Orange Bitters.
This year’s giant Kinder eggs featured Hello Kitty and I think Star Wars. We only had Hello Kitty at my local Woolworths. I was very impressed with how cute the play set was. The detail and quality are pretty impressive for a $5 egg. Might pop back and get a couple for myself.
Looking forwards, I’m eagerly anticipating lounging in bed over the next few mornings with a mug of tea and the last (!!) of the Chief Inspector Gamache novels I bought for my Kindle. What will I do when I finish them? We’re going to the Easter Show on Saturday and hopefully our favourite swimming pool on Monday. In between, I’ll be doing the housework languidly because I’ll have four days over which to do it. And I’m sure I’ll find some time to browse an online sales event or two.
Be well and I’d like to wish you all a safe and happy Easter break.