Friends, how can Easter be just around the corner? I have no idea where 2016 is going in such a hurry, but I sure wish it would slow down!

Even though it’s hard to believe, Easter is almost here, which means it’s time to start thinking about what delicious food you will be serving up. Whether it be something for just your family, or you want to bake a little extra for friends and neighbors to show how much you care, making your Easter meal special doesn’t have to be complicated.

Take these Salted Caramel Rolls, for example. Big, fluffy, tender caramel rolls are really quite doable, even if you’ve never made a sweet roll of any kind before.  The secret is to use Fleischmann’s® RapidRise™ Yeast. It saves time by only requiring one rise and you can make this dough ahead of time and refrigerate overnight to bake when ready!

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I’m a horrible blogger… I am always so late to the game, sharing holiday stuff AFTER the holidays. The reason? I don’t do holiday things ahead of time. I do my holiday preparations, tablescapes, crafts, food for my family, when we celebrate the holidays.

With that said, often times the things that would be helpful to you either don’t get on Dine & Dish or they come way after they are needed. For example, I am certain 90% of you have already dyed your eggs for Easter. There might be a handful of you, who like me, just got around to dying Easter eggs with your kids today and a few more of you who still have eggs to dye. Well, this post is for you, my fellow last minute friends!…

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Not only are we celebrating Easter this weekend, we are celebrating Nick’s grandmas 90th birthday!! I’m so excited to get together with his family, including all his aunts, uncles and cousins (and they are Irish Catholic, so that means there will be a ton of people there) to celebrate this wonderful woman! I really love his grandma…and we know how lucky we are to still have her in our lives! 90 is definitely worth having a big, huge celebration, don’t you think?…

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I don’t want to be disrespectful, but the desserts that the church ladies provide for funerals are the best! There is nothing like a table full of a variety of desserts, all so varying and tempting in their own way.  When I am in front of that dessert table, I remember exactly what it felt like to be a kid in a candy shop. So many choices…I want them all!…

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I’ve had a love affair with cheesecake practically my whole life, but, would you believe this is my first time ever making cheesecake? It is my absolute favorite dessert, hands down, but for some reason I’ve always left the cheesecake making up to everyone else.

I should have known that once I actually made cheesecake for the first time, it’d be a dangerous thing. And of course, in making cheesecake, I knew if I turned to the Philadelphia Cream Cheese, who has been making America’s favorite cream cheese since 1872, I would be thrilled with my results. Now that I know how easy these Philadelphia Cheesecake Minis are, I won’t likely be stopped!

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I always like to think of Easter as our official start of spring, but I also remember that each year, I become the biggest sucker around and buy my girls beautiful Easter dresses. You know the ones… the sleeveless dresses, bathed in beautiful pastel colors, created with light and breezy fabric.

In my typical ways, I buy the dresses, take the tags off, then remember I live in Kansas…the land of weather never being what it is supposed to be on Easter Sunday.  I don’t believe my girls have ever experienced searching for Easter eggs without their dresses hidden under heavy coats, mittens and scarves.

Even though our weather in Kansas may not be spring like by Easter, I won’t let that stop me from making spring like dishes for Easter.

These light and flaky Athens Mini Fillo Shells filled with creamy blueberry mousse are the most simple, springlike dessert… easy enough to make, you can get outside to enjoy that frigid Easter egg hunt!

Do you have a favorite recipe using Athens Mini Fillo Shells? If so, be certain to stop by their website to see how you can enter to win more than $10,000 in prizes. Enter your  recipe today!

Athens Foods hired me to create a recipe using their Mini Fillo Shells. All opinions expressed are my own.

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Blueberry Mousse Filled Mini Fillo Shells

A simple springtime dessert featuring Athens Mini Fillo Shells and fresh blueberries.

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Total Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 30 bites

Ingredients

• 1 Pint fresh blueberries washed and patted dry
• 4 Tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 30 2 boxes Athens Mini Fillo Shells, thawed
• Additional blueberries for garnish

Instructions

• Add blueberries and sugar to a blender and puree.
• Slowly add whipping cream. Continue to blend for approximately 1 minute or until mixture is stiff.
• Spoon or pipe blueberry mousse mixture into Athens Mini Fillo Shells. Top with an additional blueberry.
• Serve immediately once filled.

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The ground is snow covered, but there are signs that spring is coming. Like the saying above, glimpses of spring give me great hope.

This morning I woke up to sun streaming through the windows…I noticed it wasn’t dark out like it has been for the past few months. The days, although slowly, are getting longer. I took Meg out on her morning walk and heard birds chirping in the trees. The huge piles of snow are melting, and the buds on the trees are bravely making an appearance.

Spring is coming!…

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I’ve had such a great time preparing for Easter with Breakstone’s sour cream and Better Homes and Gardens. The tablescape is ready, the Pepper Crusted Pork Loin with Sour Cream and Onion Sauce has been tried and tested and we have our normal Easter traditions planned out for the weekend.

When I was little, I remember my parents having a big group of people from our church out to our farm on Easter morning for an outdoor sunrise service. I’m sure I complained about getting up at the crack of dawn back then, but looking back, it seems like a perfect way to start Easter Sunday, don’t you think?

I’ve been following the traditions you’ve left over at the Breakstone’s sour cream and Better Homes and Gardens site. Remember, you can enter into the giveaway for the $2500 Grand Prize by taking one minute to share your Easter traditions. Some of my favorites have been:

• Krystal from Tampa, Florida wrote: “Family beach day with Easter egg hunt in the sand.”
• Donna from Walnut Grove, MO “Church, family dinner and egg hunt”
• Tommy from Lonoke, Arkansas “Spend as much time with family and friends as possible.”

However you choose to spend your Easter holiday, I hope you will get to spend it with friends and family. Check out some of the delicious recipes over at the Breakstone’s sour cream site and don’t forget to enter to win the fabulous $2500 Grand Prize giveaway!

I’ve been talking all about the main dish but have failed to mention what side dish I think we are going to try. I noticed this recipe for Breakstone’s Creamy Potatoes over on their site and it will definitely be making an appearance on our Easter dinner table! Click on over for the recipe!

Disclosure:  This is a sponsored post for Breakstone’s Sour Cream.  All ideas, thoughts, experiences, photos are my own.

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