Traditional Southern Deviled Eggs

To my surprise, my son had never eaten a deviled egg before!

Traditional Southern Deviled Eggs
by Paula Dean 

7 large eggs, hard boiled and peeled
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 1/2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
1 teaspoon prepared mustard
Salt and pepper, for taste
Paprika, for garnishing
Sweet gherkin pickles sliced, for garnishing
Pimentos, for garnishing

Halve 7 eggs lengthwise. Remove yolks and place in a small bowl. Mash yolks with a fork and stir in mayonnaise, pickle relish, and mustard. Add salt and pepper, to taste. Fill egg whites evenly with yolk mixture. Garnish with paprika, pickles and pimentos. Store covered in refrigerator.

"Carrots" - Chocolate Covered Strawberries

I saw this idea on Pinterest and knew we had to recreate it.  I used white chocolate and orange food coloring.  Next time I think we need to use a little more orange for a deeper color.

Kool-Aid Dyed Eggs

 Kool-Aid Dyed Eggs

This year we followed Jen Renee's tutorial for dying Easter eggs.  We used 1 pack of Kool-Aid and 2/3 cup water.  

The colors turned out beautiful...

except for the red. 

We still think it's pretty, but it turned out a little speckled, instead of a solid color

Easter Egg Hunt Lunch

Ready!

This cute idea of an Easter Egg Hunt Lunch has been on many different blogs.  I knew Hannah would love it, so today I made her lunch and divided it up into twelve plastic Easter eggs.  

After they were hidden, Hannah started hunting for the eggs.

   

She's almost there!  Only 4 left to go.  

Here's the complete "lunch" 

 I didn't have any chips small enough to fit into the eggs so I used white cheddar popcorn as a replacement.  Next year I'll make sure to have cheetos on hand. The other items were a peanut butter sandwich, strawberries, cashews, and one candy. I am buying the jumbo sized eggs for next year's lunch.  She's only 6, so this size was fine, but don't think that will last too much longer.  

The food wasn't anything Hannah hasn't had before, or anything "extra special".  But she thought it was the best.  Hannah said, "Man!  I love this lunch!"