Spring! Spring! Spring!
One of my favorite parts of this season, aside from all the blooming, sprouting, and renewed sense of joy that people seem to have, is the opportunity to cook spring holiday food, even when the holiday isn’t exactly mine to celebrate. (This seems to be a national trend: I was more than excited to see the Obama’s hosting the first White House Passover Seder.)
Here is a sneak look at last night’s passover friendly Easter dinner: Trader Joes rack of lamb, mashed sweet potatoes with maple syrup and cinnamon, and steamed asparagus, baked for ten extra minutes with some grated cheese on top.
This entire meal was put together and finished in twenty five minutes, and while quick cooking is not normally a priority for me, sometimes I just want to be out of the kitchen relaxing… participating in another of my favorite spring activities: watching the end of basketball season, and the beginning of the baseball season. Go Sox!
::Mashed Sweet Potatoes:: Peel a few large sweet potatoes and cut into rough inch sized cubes. Place the cubes in a microwavable bowl, add a few tablespoons of maple syrup, and a quarter cup or so of water, cover with saran or a microwave lid, and cook on high for about 12 minutes, or until soft and drain. Mash with a fork or a masher, add a tablespoon of butter, a tablespoon of cream (or half and half, or milk), and sprinkle with cinnamon.
That looks fantastic! I’ve never had rack of lamb, but sweet potatoes and asparagus are some of my very favorites!!! Yum!
The mashed sweet potatoes sound incredible, and I love roasted asparagus with some cheese!
Looks delicious. Very nice… though probably not “passover friendly” since it mixes meat and dairy on the same plate.
Well, Bats is right– it wouldn’t be kosher- I must admit that while I do adhere to a strict passover diet because I believe in the reasoning behind it (no leavened anything, flour, wheat, etc. corn products, legumes, including soy (that’s the hardest- it’s in anything prepared), I don’t actually keep kosher- although, I suppose that you could easily make this with some mother’s margarine and soy milk and it would still taste pretty darn great!
THIS looks so tasty!
I love the sweet potatoes with the lamb. Never thought about that combo. YUM.