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Yesterday’s Easter brunch deserves additional press. Did I mention Cyndie made EVERYTHING with one exception of purchased meats? That is why I was smelling tempting aromas for several days. Read the list below, presented in no specific order, and try to imagine fitting a little taste of each offering on your plate or in your stomach during one brief brunch event:

• Caramel Rolls
• Cinnamon Buns
• Puppy Tails (baked cinnamon twists)
• Pear Almond Crescents w/ apricot glaze and almond drizzle
• 4-Cheese Scalloped Potatoes
• Tulip Deviled Eggs
• Caramelized Pecan Spring Mix Salad
• Three Pea Salad
• Roasted Heirloom Rainbow Carrots w/ orange marmalade and maple syrup
• Fruit Salad w/ [Patty’s] honey-lime dressing
• Egg Bake w/ roasted red peppers, spinach, asparagus, caramelized onions, mushrooms, orange & yellow peppers, and lots of cheese
• Holy Kolachy sandwich buns (Gramma Betty Buns)
• HoneyBaked Ham and Turkey* (purchased)
• Raisin Sauce
• Coconut Bunny Butt Cupcakes
• Dark Chocolate Cherry Almond Bark
• 4 kinds of Truffles: Grand Marnier, Cognac, Vanilla, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
• Mint Meringue Cookies
• Lemon Curd Meringue nests
• Butter Cream Cookies

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Honorable mention goes to Elysa for her contribution of an “Imposter Dessert” that looked like Deviled Eggs but was in fact a sweet treat of sweet milk gelatin filled with cream cheese frosting.

Like mother, like daughter, Cyndie had taken a crack at her own twist on deviled eggs. Neither of them knew what the other was up to. Cyndie decided to prepare her eggs like some she saw in an image online.

It was the last thing she did before heading to bed Saturday night. I asked her how they turned out and she hesitatingly offered “a solid medium.”

They tasted great! Although, I understand her opinion. It’s similar to the way fast food burgers look in commercials compared to what you actually receive in the wrapper. Cyndie is healthy enough to laugh along with me when her outcomes might not meet what she intended after seeing images in recipes. Her tulips look like they may have been dropped during shipment from the florist.

I ate leftovers for dinner last night while watching March Madness basketball.

I got up from my spot on the couch and went downstairs to make the sandwich. When I returned, a certain canine had taken my place.

I didn’t have the heart to kick him out so I sat on the side.

Do you think I can get Cyndie to take a day off from cooking or baking something new today?

Me either.

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