Easter 2011 - Part Two

For Easter dinner we enjoyed a Greek feast.  Although Catholic Easter and Greek Orthodox Easter often fall on different dates, this year the calendars aligned and both fell on the same Sunday.  Easter is the most important religious feast of the year for all Christians but Greeks have some special Easter food customs.  Our brother-in-law, John/Scooter, is Greek and this being John and Erin's (and Sophia's) first Easter in Reno after moving from Atlanta, a Greek feast was in order.  All I made was the Greek salad (apparently Greeks call it "country salad"), but look at this spread!  It was delish!

Red Easter eggs, a Greek tradition, dyed red to represent the Blood of Christ and the Resurrection. Eggs by Sophia and Erin.  Lots of egg bonking went on at the end of dinner.  Spring table setting by Cat, the O'Mara Family Table Stylist.  Note the jelly beans and candles.  Despite Cat's protest that they are merely ornamental and possibly having candle wax on them, some jelly beans were consumed (ahem, David).

Appies!  Dolmades by John, hummus by Maureen, spanikopita by Maureen, bacon wrapped veggies by Bridget

Lamb with spicy mint sauce by Bridget.  The mint sauce was amazing!

Pastitsio by Erin (Lucy loved this)

Country salad by David and Courtney

 

Not Greek, just yummy.  Easter Bunny cake by Sophia.

Lucy and Sophia post-feast.