Easter Dinner with recipe for Cheesy Cauliflower Casserole

It's nothing much but here are some pictures of our Easter dinner. Something about Easter makes me want to make it colorful. Maybe it is inspired by all the hues of the plastic Easter eggs and yummy jellybeans but I always breakout Mima's purple china plates and choose colorful foods to eat.

As an appetizer I spread Endive leaves with Boursin and topped witha locally made salsa.

Mashed purple potatoes and a Cheesy Cauliflower casserole. (From Giverecipe.com but see below). I made the cauliflower extra cheesy but I did use an orange Cauliflower.

Lamb with mint jelly and a nice wine.

Cheese Cauliflower Casserole

Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 5 cups small cauliflower florets
• ½ lemon to avoid the bad smell when cooking cauliflower
• 1 and ¼ cups milk
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 and ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
• 1 cup parmesan

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 390F 
2. Steam the cauliflower florets in a steam basket for 10 minutes.  Place ½ lemon in the steam basket or in the pot to avoid the bad smell. 
3. Drain and transfer the florets into very cold water. Drain and put aside.
4. Whisk milk, olive oil and egg. Add in flour, salt and black pepper and whisk until smooth. Fold in ¾ of parmesan. Toss in the steamed cauliflower florets and coat them well with this sauce. 
5. Transfer it into a casserole dish and bake for 40 minutes. 
6. Remove the casserole from the oven, throw the remaining Parmesan over it and bake for another 5 minutes or until the cheese melts and gets golden.

Cheesy Zuccini Flat Bread

My recipe box begins with the bread section. This recipe is modified from something I saw in Bon Appetit once. This can be made as a pizza but since you may not have a pizza stone, I will revert to the Bon Appetit directions.
Ingredients
1 Pizza Dough but you may also us a prefab pizza dough.
olive oil (and spray oil)
Goat cheese or other spreadable herbed cheese (as in Boursin)
Parmesan cheese, grated
I red onion, cut into thin half rings.
1 medium zucchini, cut into thin rounds
Process

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
   
2. Line baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with nonstick spray.
   
3. On well floured surface roll dough out so it is twice the size (or larger than) the baking sheet.
   
4. Spread cheese over one half of the dough and sprinkle with grated Parmesan.
   
5. Fold dough in half and place on parchment lined sheet.
   
6. Spread some olive oil on top of dough.
   
7. Arrange zucchini and onion rounds on top.
8. Season with salt and pepper.
   
9. Baked until puffed and brown at edges.