Our big, fat, Romanian Easter

I love Easter! I like the time spent remembering the sacrifice of our Savior.  I like the way flowers begin to bloom and the sun is usually shining.  I love the beautiful dresses and decorations on Sunday morning. And I love to have a traditional Romanian meal each year to share with our friends.  This year our menu had five courses (thanks to Kristine for the help):

Appetizers: Dyed, hard-boiled eggs, 

salata de vinete (eggplant salad) and 

salata boeuf (a chicken and vegetable salad

Soup: Chicken Noodle soup (romanian style of course)

Sarmale (cabbage rolls)

Main course: Roast, country style potatoes, green beans and a tomato cucumber salad

Dessert: Alba ca zapada (pastry translates as Snow White) and an American dessert introduced to me by my friend Josh that has become part of the tradition, Strawberry Layer Dessert

The cute kids of course (this is the best I could get Nate to agree to before the egg hunt)

This is one of the few times of the year I have reason to get my china and crystal out, so I like to set a nice table. 

 

Kris put this together with flowers from my front yard.  

I love to have flowers to use right outside my front door!

We begin the festivities after church with an egg hunt, for kids and adults alike:) Nate insisted on wearing his knight armor, you know how intense egg hunts can be!

Noah really liked the eggs:)

Our guests:

Ashley and Adam

JP and Kris

Erika and Derek

Jake and Nikki and baby Noah

We hope you enjoyed a special Easter as well!