Easter, Peeps, Tra La La!!

OMG!!!!   Have you been HERE??  All the Peep stuff you could ever want!  I immediately signed up for the Peep fan club and printed up Peep gift tags and looked at the "Recipes".  These are "Recipes" only in the sense that you are putting a few ingredients together.  But the Peeps!  So exciting.  I do love the Peeps! My children are big fat wieners who will not eat a Peep.  No Peeps, no way, no how.  And have you seen the stuffed plushy Peeps?  Just a cute little fat Peep to keep for always!  How awesome is that?

On to other Easter stuff.  A couple years ago we decided to make a big paella for Easter dinner rather than the whole ham or lamb thing with 5 Brazillian side dishes.  And we have happily continued that tradition.  This year we will do the same.  We are hosting a couple of vegetarians (technically they are pescatarians, but whatever.  The point is: they eat fish and seafood) so I will be making not one, but TWO big pans of paella.  Because I just couldn't do without the smoked pork, ham, chicken, and chorizo in my paella. So I am willing to make two pans.  Which means I am going to trot right on down and buy another paella pan! I know, not exactly Compacty, is it?  But I love the idea of being able to now make different paellas for the same meal instead of always just one big pan.  Now we can try two smaller more regular sized recipes at the same time.

So, I went online and scoped out Seafood Paella recipes.  You would not even believe how many Seafood Paella recipes contain chicken, chicken stock, ham, chorizo and various other meat products. When you put meat in something it ceases to be a Seafood dish, people!

Look at what I found:

Saffron-Scented Lobster Paella

Mushroom Paella

Express Paella (made in a pressure cooker in like 15 minutes)

Chili & Scallop Paella

Vegetarian Paella

and finally Simple Paella.

Each of these recipes had something wonderful about it, and that is why I thought "why not get a second paella pan?"

It's almost like my fondue pot.  If I had a second one, we would be trying out recipes two at a time.  Or at least one good cheese fondue and then a great chocolate one for dessert.  I actually do have two fondue pots.  One good large one and one tiny one for chocolate.  I tend to use the tiny one for little smoky sausages and barbecue sauce also.  Everything does double duty over here at Casa Lisa Pie!

Has your family developed some fun, interesting, and different holiday traditions or meals over the years?  Please share!  And if you have any Peeps, by all means think of me when you scarf them down!