No, that’s not a typo. I definitely just titled this hoppy Easter because I am a child. Also I am really upset that my mom didn’t get me a bunny this year 😒🐰
I hope that however you celebrated it was the best day ever. We had a family dinner with my mom, dad, sista, aunt, and grandma. We even snuck my pretend grandpa (long story, just go with it) out from rehab where he is recovering from heart surgery. Besides a bit of family drama–and it wouldn’t be a holiday without family drama, amiright, it was a pretty good day!
For the first time in 22 years we didn’t dye eggs, which was kind of weird. But I hate the smell of vinegar and always spill the dye so I’m not too upset about it. Also for the first time in 22 years, I made Easter dinner. Yep, little failed adult Lisa cooked a solid meal. And it wasn’t half bad.
Honey apricot glazed ham, twice baked potatoes, garlic salt green beans, Hawaiian rolls, and of course my trusty diet coke in my Lilly Pulitzer koozie. *side note, LP has a mini collection coming to target at the end of April. I am dead. Bye bye all my money.*

what you need: 1 5 pound ham, 1/2 cup honey, 3oz thawed orange juice concentrate, 3 tbs soy sauce, 3 tbs apricot jam, 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg, 1/8 tsp ground cloves
what you do: cover ham with foil and put in oven heated to 325, for 30 minutes. while ham is cooking, mix together remaining ingredients. after 30 min, spoodle (spoon, pour, whatever I just like the word spoodle ☺️) the glaze over the ham and put back in the oven for another 30 minutes. Done!
This recipe slightly adjusted from this book.

what you need: an awesome chef for an aunt.
what you do: tell her to make her famous twice baked potatoes.
p.s. I’m working on getting the secret recipe for these. I’ll update when I can!

what you need: for the cake: box of cake mix, cute little carrots or other Easter decoration because we’re fancy like that. for the whipped cream: 1-2 cartons of heavy whipping cream, depending on the size of the carton and how much you like whip cream, dash of vanilla extract, 2 1/2ish spoonfuls of powdered sugar. for the not pictured strawberries: strawberries, sugar.
what you do: mix cake according to the box. serious note..the box has very specific instructions on the size of your pan, trust them. While the cake is baking, mix all of the whip cream stuffs into a bowl and blend until fluffy or your arm hurts. Cut up the strawberries and mix them with sugar.

What did you guys have for Easter dinner? Let me know in the comments!
xo, Lisa

Here is a bonus picture just for fun. My aunt thought that my eastern sweater said Easter, and then my mom wanted to take a picture of me standing proudly in front of my first ham. Excuse the fact that I look like I haven’t showered or slept in 8 years.