Nexis wrote:
> Whatever...we ate at 2p.m.
> Yesterday I went to Iowa Meat Farms and snared me a 6lb Boston Butt
(pork
> shoulder). Came home, made a rub of brown sugar, kosher salt, ancho
chilis,
> white and black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and powdered
rosemary
> (from Penzey's). Wrapped the shoulder and let it sit in the fridge
until 8
> this morning. In the meantime, I also soaked some hickory, mesquite
and
> apple wood chips in a 1/2 and 1/2 mix of apple cider and water. This
morning
> I filled my smoker box and got the grill ready, and took out the meat
to let
> it get the chill off. Smoked it for almost 5 hours. Wrapped it in
foil and
> finished everything else: South Carolina Mustard Sauce, Carolina
Honey
> Sauce, veggie pizza (not really a pizza, but so yummy!!), fruit
salad, pasta
> salad, and beans (made the day before yesterday and reheated).
> Wow...I missed pulled pork over the winter. I forgot how yummy it is!
I even
> gave Lucy (our mini schnauzer) a helping, which is a rare treat for
her.
> There's Tiramisu (authentic, yay!) in the fridge for dessert...not
exactly
> traditional, but neither was the rest of the meal!
>
> So...what did you eat???
> kimberly

We had two Easter Dinners, the first one was on Saturday because my
daughter had to go back to college on Sunday (no long break for her).
And the second on Sunday after my husband got back from taking her to
school (an 8 hour roundtrip). The Saturday dinner was mostly prepared
by my daughter and consisted of recipes she searched on the Internet to
keep in line with my weight loss program. They were very good and
didn't use many nonfat substitute ingredients. She made Chicken
Paprikash, Apple Glazed Carrots, Brown Rice and I made Apple Crumble
for dessert (served warm with low fat vanilla ice cream). The chicken
and carrots were good, but the apple dessert wasn't moist enough. It
used unsweetened apple sauce coating the apples instead of sugar and I
don't think there was enough of it to keep the apples moist. (I had
halved the recipe.)

On Sunday, I prepared a leg of lamb rubbed with lemon juice, garlic and
fresh rosemary. The house smelled heavenly while it was roasting in
the oven. I made a version of ratatouille to use up the open can of
pureed tomatoes from the Chicken Paprikash (only needed a tablespoon).
To appease the non-vegetable eating husband I made a package of "Asian
Beef Noodles" Noodles and sauce mix. (Yeah, I had used all my energy
and creativity on the lamb and veggies.)

Heidi