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Italian Easter

There’s Easter, and then there’s an Italian Easter.

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Salumi and mozzarella. And yum.

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Raspberry and orange spread. Yum.

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Mom, you better watch your back. I like this little guy.

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He wasn’t quite as happy with this as he looks.

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So he made me wear the ears for the family picture. I don’t know why I look so awkward. Maybe it’s because I have bunny ears on and I’m holding 22 pounds of dog.

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Baked ziti. Probably the best part of Easter. Or any holiday.

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Stuffed artichokes. Cheese makes anything better.

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Prime rib.

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Salad with baby spinach, goat cheese, dried cranberries, walnuts and balsamic vinaigrette.

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My plate: round 1. Ziti, broccoli, prime rib and ham. The ham was made with pineapple and had a nice juicy taste.

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It wouldn’t be an Italian holiday without cannoli.

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Carrot cake.

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Another cake. We don’t mess around. Marty, my cousin’s husband, helped me line up the shot. “Put the flowers in the back!”

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Teddy. He’s a bischon.

Here Bunny, Bunny!

After a few hours of relaxing, cleaning and jumping up and down over my PR, Lacey and Laurel came over and we headed out to NJ for Easter.

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Here bunny bunny.

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Raspberry and brie in phyllo dough. There was more dough than filling, so these were a little disappointing to everyone.

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Some vino. Obviously.

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And no trip to my parents’ would be complete without some spaghetti and meatballs.

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My mom is the Italian one, but my Irish dad is the chief taste-tester because he likes the pasta really al dente.

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Nice balls.

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I’ve been dyeing Easter eggs since I was born, and just because I’m closer to 30 than 20 (ew) doesn’t mean that we’re going to stop now.

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Someone slept on the job.

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After shot.

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This morning, we got dressed up and went to church. I love Lilly Pulitzer-appropriate holidays.

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While my mom made breakfast, I had half a bagel thin with marscapone.

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Breakfast was omelets with mozzarella and now we’re watching Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps while waiting for our next course of food.

Happy Easter if you celebrate it!