Happy Mother's Day

Me and my mom in my backyard garden swing

Today my mom and dad came to visit for Mother's Day. As mentioned previously, I had a pot of violas for her. She loved their sweet yellow faces and delicate fragrance.

We went to church together and then came home for a lunch I knew my mother would enjoy. This morning I had prepared a salad with baby shrimp, hard boiled eggs, cucumber, celery, green onion, and asparagus spears as a garnish. All those green veggies my mom adores! My dad (cough) not so much, but I promised him we would have a different menu for Father's Day. My husband overheard and suggested steaks. To their credit both men ate their salads and did the dishes afterward!

Lemon Trifle

Not only is yellow my mom's favorite color, but lemon is her favorite flavor. So I modified one of my favorite recipes to create a lemon trifle for our dessert. Here's how I made it:

Ingredients: lemon Jell-o (3 oz. pkg), angel food cake, pint of strawberries sliced, mandarin oranges (15 oz. can), Cool Whip, and lemon instant pudding (2 cups).

Directions: Tear up (approx. 1/4) of the angel food cake into 1" size pieces and place in bottom of a medium sized clear glass bowl.* Place 1/2 cup sliced strawberries on top. Make up the lemon Jell-o using 1 cup boiling water and 1/2 cup cold water. [1/2 cup less cold water than the package directions.] Once the Jell-o is dissolved pour over the cake pieces and berries. Put in freezer to set for 45 min. or in the refrigerator for 2 hours. After the time has elapsed, continue by putting half of the lemon pudding over it. Next add a layer of Cool Whip. Add the remaining strawberries and mandarin oranges (mixed together) as the next layer. Follow that with rest of the lemon pudding, then more Cool Whip. Arrange a few pieces of fruit for decoration on top. Chill in the refrigerator at least 30 more minutes.

*A clear glass bowl shows off the layers.

Photo of my mom and me taken by my son. He gave me a pink geranium to plant in our yard. My husband gave me the flowers you can see in the upper left of the picture.

Hope everyone had a wonderful day!