OT: Easter Dinner ?

[dbelmo]

I am a bit of a "freshness" snob when it comes to cooking and baking. However I have time today to cook most of the dishes that I am making for Easter.
Sounding pretty stupid here ---> Do you think everything will taste the same if I make it today (seal and cover well) and serve tomorrow (reheated)? Or should I just do it all tomorrow?
Suggestions/Hints/Ideas?

TIA

dbelmo

 

[kacaju]

what are you making? It should be fine. I will be doing the same thing today!!

 

[dbelmo]

I am making:
2 different quiches for breakfast
choc. french toast
Monkey Bread (I have to do that tomorrow)

then for dinner:

Strawberry salad with poppy seed dressing
Ham (tomorrow)
sweet potatoe casserole
potatoes au gratin
candied carrots
green bean casserole
aspargus (tomorrow)
dinner rolls

cheese cake
choc lava cake (tomorrow)

WOW-- thats a lot when I type it out

dbelmo

 

[kacaju]

I wouldn't do the salad until tomorrow, but everything should be just fine!!

 

[dbelmo]

Thanks---

I am going to make the poppy seed dressing today and cut the salad up tomorrow.....

off to make the quiche!

dbelmo

 

[prncess674]

You can make up your quiches and casseroles ahead of time just wait till tomorrow to actually cook them. I do all my prep the day before so that the actual holiday is pretty easy.

You can wash and chop salad greens and veggies
Mix up dressing
Prep ham and place in roasting pan covered with foil
make but dont bake sweet potatoe casserole (cover with foil, if adding a crunchy topping wait till tomorrow to add it)
make but dont bake potatoes gratin (cover with foil)
make but dont bake green bean casserole (cover with foil , wait till tomorrow to add crunchy topping so it doesn't get sorry)
Not sure if your dinner rolls are homemade. If homemade you can mix up the dough ahead and then just roll them out tomorrow.

cheesecake needs to be chilled after baking so definitely make that today
choc lave cake, you can put all the pre measured dry ingredients to your mixer bowl and cover with plastic wrap which will make the process quicker tomorrow.

 

[phamy76]

My inlaws are coming over tomorrow night for dinner.
We're doing the entree and dessert and they're doing the salad and veg.

So, I'm making the lasagna today and not cooking it. It's prepared but not baked. I'll do that tomorrow.

And the cheesecake is baking in the oven now. That needs to be in the fridge overnight.

So, besides putting the lasagna in the oven tomorrow, I'm not doing anything!

 

[gillenkl]

I would do these today -

sweet potatoe casserole
potatoes au gratin
candied carrots
green bean casserole

I made some of my dishes today as well.

 

[missenmickey]

We are actually having Easter Brunch. The ham we will put in the oven tomorrow morning as we leave for church. Everything else we made today. Some cold salads like potato salad and pasta salad taste better the second day. Our menu is as follows:

Ham
Sausage and Egg Breakfast Casserole
Blueberry Scones
Potato Salad
Pasta Salad
Home Fries
Deviled Eggs
Chocolate Mocha Pie
Coconut Cake
Rolls

Happy Easter fellow DIS'ers!!