Greatest Gift for Kids!

This past weekend I celebrated Easter with all of my family. It was so fun and so greek! The lamb on the spit and everything, check out Kevin's last blog to see the pictures. That being said my little niece was the center of attention and boy was she the cutest ever!

We all want to make the kids in our lives happy by getting them gifts and everything they want... But what about giving them the gift of fun time with their families and tissue paper??

Check out this fun video that was the highlight of My Big Fat Greek Easter:

Lamb for Easter

Easter for my family is huge...and when a meal is being planned you can guarantee that nobody goes home hungry. This year Easter was special, we had my wife's and Nadia's family over at my parents. Now there are some foods that are a must for any Easter celebration. This year the center attraction was a 35 lbs lamb! With roasting a lamb there are several pieces that need to be set so that it's a success. First is to order the lamb. This year we bought the lamb from Mourelatos. The lamb spit was built by Astro Machine Shop (my father-in-laws company). My uncle and aunt came from Vermont to help marinate and sew up the lamb (a very tricky procedure). We started to clean the lamb at 9am to get it on by 10am. We started by cleaning the lamb and marinating the inside. We then put the lamb on the spit, made sure it was secure and placed in on the rotisserie. For a lamb this size it took around 6 hrs.

The marinade for the lamb (whether chops, shanks or a whole lamb) is very important and simple. Mix together Olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, salt and pepper. If you are preparing chops or shanks, better to marinate for 24 hrs. For the whole lamb because it's on the spit, you marinate throughout the 6 hrs. In the end the lamb was amazing, the taste, the smell the look, everything came together.

If you want more information about purchasing a rotisserie or cooking lamb, please feel free to contact me. Happy Cookin!

Your family or mine?

Easter, Christmas, long weekends, who do we spend them with? Your family or mine? Is it one year here, one there?


Whether your family is big or small, who you spend the holidays with can sometime be hard to determine.


As for us, we don't want to upset either side of the family so, we've created a schedule! As most holidays are celebrated over a few days, a dinner here, a breakfast there, a lunch back here, and the 2nd dinner anywhere, is usually the formula that works for us!


How do you do it?
Are you one of those lucky couples where both families have known each other for years and celebrate these events together?


Or do you hide in your home and decide not to go to either?


My married truth is that I can't let these decisions stress me! We are lucky enough to both have crazy families that are loads of fun to be with. The holidays and long weekends are a great time to re-connect, have a few good laughs and share the love!


What's your story? How do you do it?