Easter

This past weekend we celebrated Easter.

My entire married life we have spent every Easter with Michael’s folks. I especially enjoy that tradition because Michael’s mama makes the best deviled eggs – and I usually eat roughly a dozen. okay, maybe not that many but I love them. a lot. Anyway – that’s 16 years of Easters. This year was the first time that we were able to spend time on Easter with both of our parents – lunch with my folks, and dinner with Michael’s.

My parents have always lived quite a distance away, so spending Easter together was just not possible. But, this was their first easter in Chattanooga, near us. There were Easter decorations out at my mum’s that I hadn’t seen in a long, long time. It really transported me back to my childhood. So, when we began talking about our menu for Easter lunch, I told her we had to make one of my favorites that I remember being at just about every family celebration.

Watergate Salad, sometimes called Pistachio Salad, was at every Christmas family gathering, Thanksgiving dinner, Birthday party, Graduation Open house – you name the occasion, there was watergate salad. It is pale green and fluffy-probably not healthy at all – but very yummy. I’ve never made it for my own kids – so, this first Easter with my folks seemed like the right time!

And – I thought maybe you needed this in your celebration repertoire! It is super easy and de-lish! It’s perfectly delightful just about any time! (Yes, I realize I’m late blogging about this so that you can not make this for Easter, too. My apologies, but sometimes things just don’t go as planned when it comes to blogging! )

Here’s the recipe – it is the “pistachio salad” recipe at the bottom (taken from an old “church lady cookbook” my mom has that is dated 1984!).