Spring into action and celebrate! Set the scene with spring’s blooms, and share the season's favorite foods and flavors: ham or lamb, fresh stalks of spring-green asparagus and flavor-bursting, vine-ripened strawberries. You can choose the main dish, bread and dessert. But if you're serving a crowd, you may want to provide all the choices—they'll make a wonderful buffet offering!
Make It Special!
Bring Spring's Blooming Beauties Indoors
- Cluster small flowering potted plants on the table. Intersperse white or pastel votive candles in glass holders.
- Place a small basket of cut spring flowers at each place setting. Fresh violets, snowdrops, scilla, primrose and crocus are lovely choices. Invite guests to take their baskets home with them.
- Force branches of early spring shrubs or trees into bloom to use as a centerpiece. Forsythia in its cheery shades of yellow is widely available at florist shops. Or cut crab apple or cherry branches for their pink and white blossoms. Arrange the branches in a simple pitcher or large vase.
Garnishes for an Attractive Finish
- Tie strips of lemon peel around individual servings of asparagus. Use a citrus stripper to remove the peel.
- Add fresh sprigs of rosemary to the lamb platter.
- Sprinkle potatoes with crushed canned French-fried onions.
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