You say Easter (or any holiday), and I say, I'll bring the green bean casserole. Not because it's one of my favorite dishes to prepare, but because I must eat it on every holiday and want to make sure it's served. It's tradition, and it's good.
Sure some may eschew and mock it as not being fancy enough fare, but you know they all secretly love it. Of course, there are ways to make it beyond the whole condensed soup and canned onions method to please a more sophisticated palette. Here are six alternative recipes for green bean casserole to please almost any eater.
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By now, the bonnets should have been bought, the eggs dyed, meal prepped, and the Easter Bunny fully prepared with loot for your little ones' baskets for the big day tomorrow -- Easter Sunday. Only if you're like me, you have a crowd of people coming for dinner and nothing yet to serve them, dye-less eggs begging for some color, and an ongoing prayer in your head: Please let there be jelly beans left when I make it to Target sometime tonight.
Although the "Get Up and Go!"-themed White House Easter Egg Roll this coming Monday, April 25 will feature 14,500 traditional hard-boiled eggs, the souvenir ones for the kiddos aren't going to be the kind that spoils. Instead, children (under 12 years old) will receive take-home eggs made from sustainable wood. The wood used to make the colorful egg-replicas was certified by the 
Dyed eggs are, of course, the star of any Easter celebration, but consider serving regular eggs as a component of your Easter brunch or dinner. They're a healthy protein that most guests -- even vegetarians -- are happy to enjoy. Plus, nothing says "spring" quite like a fresh farm egg.
Oh, I can't wait for Easter Brunch. It's at our house again this year, so I've been perusing all the simple brunch recipes. Because simple plus brunch equals awesome. A little ham, a vegetable, something fruity 'n' cheesy, a refreshing citrus beverage, and a light dessert -- the perfect Easter brunch combination.
Easter for kids means coloring or decorating Easter eggs in some manner, does it not? Well, Easter Sunday 2011 is April 24, and parents, that would be THIS Sunday.
Trying to build an Easter basket without a chocolate bunny is like the third pig building his house without any bricks. It cannot be done, my friend. Look what you did to the little guy at right just by THINKING about it!
Easter
Easter's right around the corner. It's one of those festive times of year when we as parents are gripped with the urge to force our children to pose with some sort of oversized mythical creature, ostensibly for the purpose of capturing a precious photographic memento, but deep down, let's be honest, we're totally punishing them for that entire first year of life when every single one of our favorite shirts was adorned with a permanent barf stain on the shoulder.