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April 13, 2020

Casserole Feasting

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Hi there – how were your weekends? For those of you that celebrate Easter, what did you eat? Anything special?

We kicked off the weekend on Friday night with a shrimp and noodle dish with broccoli and snap peas. I love snap peas – so crisp! This was a Sun Basket meal but we went a bit rogue and added extra veggies, etc. 

asian shrimp noodle bowl with snap peas

After we got Riese to bed Matt and I made popcorn (with butter, salt, and nutritional yeast) and watched Tiger King – what a bizarre show. 

popcorn in front of the TV

Saturday morning started with some toast with nut butter, yogurt, and berries. 

toast with nut butter, yogurt, and berries

Mid-morning (after a snack – I forget what we had, maybe more toast?) Matt, Riese, and I joined another of my brother-in-law Drew’s live virtual workout classes! It was nice out so we took the laptop, some weights, and yoga mats out to the backyard. 

Riese joined us for a lot of it and did pretty well wandering around the yard by herself for the rest!  

toddler exercising with dad

Post-workout shell painting – she loved this!

toddler painting a shell

For lunch on Saturday we had a thousand leftovers – basically a “must go” where we just took all the leftovers in the fridge and made weird combinations of things with them. It worked. 

We got a lot of chores done while Riese napped on Saturday and then that evening we decided to order pizza. We had some homemade salad to start with spinach, carrots, and cucumber:

side salad to start dinner

And then the pizza had pepperoni, black olives, mushrooms, and red and green pepper. 

pizza for dinner

For dessert I had a big salty oatmeal cookie – so good. 

salty oatmeal cookie from whisked dc

On Sunday morning, we had some oatmeal for first breakfast and then second breakfast was a yummy sausage, egg, and spinach casserole! 

sausage egg spinach casserole

I threw it together the night before while we were waiting for the pizza to arrive – it was a recipe my friend Chelsea sent to our local mom friend text group chain, and I mostly followed it but made a few swaps/additions based on what we had on hand and what I was in the mood for. 

sausage egg and bread casserole with spinach

It was so good and just what I was looking for for Easter morning – something easy but that felt a little more fun/special than our normal breakfasts. 🙂 

Here’s the recipe if you want to try it:

  • In a 9 x 13 baking dish, mix together: 8 eggs (beaten) + 4 sliced of bread (cubed) + 1 cup grated cheddar cheese + 1 pound of cooked sausage + 2 cups milk + 1 tablespoon dijon mustard + 1 cup (tightly packed) fresh spinach (chopped)
  • Let sit in the fridge overnight, then the next morning bake, uncovered, for 45-50 minutes at 350 degrees F. 

sausage egg and cheese casserole

Yum. Riese loved it, too! I had big plans to make my Vegan Strawberry Scones this weekend, too, but ended up deciding to save that as a project for the week instead. I have all the ingredients, just need to feel like baking!

Late morning yesterday I went out for a virtual run date around the neighborhood with my original running buddy, my friend Ashley! Really long time readers will remember me training for my first 10 miler and my first half marathon with her back in 2009/10, shortly after starting my blog. She lives north of San Diego now and I miss her! Her running view was much nicer than my neighborhood views, so here’s a picture of her view rather than mine. 😉 

views of the water north of san diego

It was so great to catch up with her via phone while we both ran! I forgot to put my watch on but I think I probably covered about 4 or 5 miles with some running and some walking.

Post-run lunch was an easy rice and beans with wilted spinach situation. I wanted something vegetarian after the meat heavy brunch!

beans and rice with spinach

I got some work done while Riese was napping, and after she woke up we had a fun little Easter egg hunt around the house (just hiding plastic eggs around for her to find) and gave her her Easter basket, too. For dinner we ordered in some Sweetgreen salads – neither of us felt like cooking and we were both craving something crunchy and cool. 

I had the kale caesar with salmon – just what I was in the mood for!

kale caesar salad with salmon

Matt, Riese, and I also all shared another of those salty oatmeal cookies. So good!

Hope you guys are all doing okay out there – I’ll see you back here on Wednesday for some recipe inspiration. Until then!

- anne
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8 comments
  • Roadrunner April 13, 2020 · 12:34PM:
    Looks like you continue to adapt nicely to the world of physical distancing. Love the Easter morning brunch casserole; it looks terrific!
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    • Anne
      April 13, 2020 · 1:35PM:
      I wouldn't exact say I'm adapting nicely... but I'm adapting. As an extrovert I'm really missing normal social life (video calls just aren't the same at all!) but know this is all temporary and for an important reason. But yes, the casserole was delicious! Will definitely make it again.
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  • Sharon April 13, 2020 · 12:46PM:
    Looks like a lovely weekend. A family member commented they missed your Lemon Zucchini muffins that I usually make as part of our Easter spread. I look forward to making them for a family gathering when this is all over! A fun activity Riese might enjoy (especially as it gets warmer), is"painting" with water. You will need a brush larger than what she has in these photos. Just fill a small bucket (that she can carry) and let her "paint" the fence, pictures you draw on the sidewalk with chalk, etc. Have a great week.
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    • Anne
      April 13, 2020 · 1:36PM:
      Aw, I love that muffin recipe too - haven't made it in too long! Love the water painting idea - thank you!
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  • Jamie April 13, 2020 · 1:27PM:
    What a cute photo of Riese working out with mom & dad! Copied down the casserole recipe and will give it a go! Easter dinner: chicken breast with bone rubbed with a white win mustard fresh rosemary seasoning mixture. Placed potatoes and veggies in the roasting then placed the chicken on a cooling rack on top of the veggies. This helped to crisp the chicken and all of the juices dropped onto the veggies. We call it 1-pan cooking which equates less trips to the sink! Stay safe and thanks for the photos!
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    • Anne
      April 13, 2020 · 1:37PM:
      That sounds amazing!! Let me know how you like the casserole :) I want to make it again and add more veggies - I think zucchini would be good in it!
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  • Lisa of Lisa's Yarns
    April 13, 2020 · 3:02PM:
    Ham was on sale here so we went the traditional route and had ham, mashed potatoes, gravy and asparagus. It felt more like Christmas than Easter as we got over 6" of snow yesterday. It was honestly so depressing. I'm just so ready for spring to be here for good, but we should warm up to the 70s by next week. I hope. Otherwise I am going to lose my mind! The smallest ham my husband could find was 8 lbs so we have lots of leftover ham, but it's easy to use up in soups. Clearly it's still soup weather here in Minnesota! :P First up will be split pea soup w/ the ham bone and some ham next week - my husband requested it as he loves split pea soup. Glad you guys had a nice Easter weekend. The casserole looked really good!
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    • Anne
      April 13, 2020 · 4:16PM:
      Ugh, I can't imagine dealing with snow right now. Hang in there. The ham dinner sounds delicious - and the leftovers will be nice to have, too! If you want another leftover ham option, try my Sweet Potato Hash with Poached Eggs and Leftover Ham!
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