Happy Easter!

Happy Easter, dear blogging buddies!  With still no fully functioning kitchen on the main floor of the house, I managed to make Easter Brunch for the family anyway.  Lots of planning and timing and I managed to spend all of Saturday with the oven in the basement, and all of Sunday morning with the microwave and the stovetop on the main floor.   The deviled egg platter was full when I went to get the phone to take a picture but was attacked in my short absence.




Dessert was equally as well received.  Cream puffs with chocolate whipped cream filling and
Kremschnitten with a vanilla pastry cream, and there isn't much left.

The little ones loved their Easter baskets.  I had also hidden 2 dozen eggs outside in the yard for them to have an egg hunt, but the neighborhood squirrels also wanted to hunt them.  They got 3 of the eggs and chewed right through them to get to the candy inside!

I will spend a little more time with my feet up, and then I will tackle the dishes.

A Faculty Meeting

After German School today, we had a faculty meeting.  It was held at the new HofbräuhausChicago.  It was probably the most fun I have ever had at a faculty meeting, probably because there was beer involved. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Hofbräuhaus is new. In fact, it is so new that they haven’t even had their grand opening yet.  It will be held on Monday, March 18^th.  Even though it was the middle of the afternoon, it was quite lively!  There was a band playing, and the beer flowed freely.  I had Jägerschnitzel with a Radler to wash it down.  I split desert with another teacher, and probably don’t need to eat for a week now. 

A Different Kind of Finish

We were invited to a 4th of July party last weekend, and I volunteered to bring a desert. I needed something quick and easy, something that would work well on a buffet table, and something with a "wow" factor.

I found canoli shells at a local produce mart that specializes in Italian imports. After scouring the internet for filling recipes, finally found one that combined both ricotta and mascarpone cheese.

It was quite easy to mix up the filling, pipe it into the shells, and dip the ends into mini chocolate chips and chopped pistacioes. They were a hit! And they were quite tasty too!