Happy Spring/Easter!

We haven't done much to celebrate Easter in years past, but decided it's time to start some new traditions for the benefit of our little toddler (yep, she's officially graduated to the next phase). I always like to celebrate the arrival of a new season, but as so often happens, the vernal equinox fell on a weekday this year. But having a sanctioned Sunday holiday to celebrate this season of rebirth, fertility, renewal, and the return of the light gave us the time we needed to make the day truly special. As so often happens in our household, this translates into making and eating a lot of great food.

This particular Easter dawned grey and rainy, and stayed that way all day long, therefore cancelling our plans of having an egg hunt in the backyard. (Plastic eggs of course; though we don't eat eggs, we can appreciate their symbolism.) But, no matter--that meant it was the perfect day to spend cozy inside baking up a storm, with plenty of tea to fortify us.

We started off the day with caramel pecan sticky buns from Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day (yet again... I really love this book!). I prepped them the night before and stored them in the fridge, so all I had to do on Easter morning was let them rest a bit and then pop 'em in the oven. Served alongside tempeh soysage and a fruit salad, they were simply magnificent.

Fresh out of the oven

In all their sticky, caramelicious glory

For dinner, we continued with the "egg" theme and made the Spanish omelet with romesco sauce from Vegan with a Vengeance. What an amazing dish! Though it was a bit time-consuming (took about 2 hours from start to finish, though most of it was baking time), it was well worth it. And the romesco sauce was the perfect complement, color- and flavor-wise. Our discerning daughter loved it and kept attempting to scoop it up by the handful. (Though, it must be said, she does the same with ketchup.) I think we've found our perfect Easter dinner tradition!Happy spring to all!