3 DECONSTRUCTED " LASAGNA'S" 2 VEGETARIAN AND ONE VEGAN; VEGAN GOLDEN VEGETABLE SOUP; STAWBERRY THUMBPRINT COOKIES; WHOLE WHEAT BREAD WITH CRANBERRIES AND LEMON; WHOLE WHEAT BREADS WITH SPICES, CANDIED LEMON PEEL, RAISINS AND GRATED FRESH LEMON ( SORT OF A HOT CROSS BUN DOUGH) PHOTOS OF PREP AND BEGINNING OF BAKING BREADS FOR EASTER ORDERS..ALL PHOTOS ( PLUS HOW TO CANDY PEEL & PREPARE A SUGAR SYRUP FOR GLAZING THE BUNS.

FILLING FOR THE VEGETABLES AND CHEESE ENCHILADAS, MADE WITH GLUTEN-FREE CORN TORTILLAS

THE GOLDEN VEGETABLE SOUP BASE

ABOVE AND BELOW, BLACK BEAN CHILI FOR THE PERUVIAN DECONSTRUCTED "LASAGNA..LAYER OF COOKED POTATO SLICES & BLACK BEAN CHILI WITH CILANTRO..bake in oven like a traditional lasagna

STEAMED EGGPLANTS AND ZUCCHINI WITH A MARINARA SAUCE AND COOKED PASTA, THIS WILL BE LAYERED WITH GRATED CHEESE AND TOPPED WITH SAUTEED BEL PEPPERS, BABY ROMA TOMATOES AND WHITE SQUASH..bake in oven like a traditional lasagna

The potato and cilantro topped Peruvian Deconstructed Lasagna

The topping for the pasta lasagna

The cheese and vegetable enchiladas ready for baking in oven like a traditional lasagna

The pasta bake topped with fresh basil leaves

Blended Golden Vegetable soup

Freshly grated lemon for the whole wheat and Easter Breads, will be mixed with candied fruit and dried raisins

Cooking fresh orange and lemon halves (remove the juice) in boiling water for 3 hours, then add as much sugar as there is water in the pan and simmer for 2  more hours)

Own candied peel ( this is from last year)

all butter strawberry thumbprint cookies

Drain the citrus halves and allow to dry in oven on pilot light only for  4-8 days ( these will be used for Christmas baking) the remaining syrup is used to brush on the hot breads and buns as they come out of the oven.

Cookies and wholewheat and cranberry bread

Previous 4 the spice and citrus Wholewheat Easter breads, also glazed with the citrus simple syrup..wrap in wax paper and freeze when they are fully cold. The recipe for these breads is in my bread recipe book "BAKING A NAME FOR YOURSELF"ONLY on amazon kindle, www.amazon.com/kindle

I love springtime..everything is blooming in Southern California in fact it is like we are in early summer in the gardens.
This whole wheat rich egg bread with spices and citrus is one of my all time best sellers, I can never make enough.
originally they were produced to end the Christian Lent and used fresh butter, eggs and milk...these do not contain milk and are fanastic just sliced and buttered or toasted and served with soft boiled eggs..another tradition for Good Friday.

The 3 deconstructed lasagnas are:

Mexican Style enchiladas with corn tortillas in place of pasta.

The Peruvian potato, black bean chili layer  ( did you know that Peru produces over 360 varietieis of potato?)


A pasta bake with cheese, cooked pasta, marinara sauce and topped with sauteed white squash, baby Roma tomatoes and  green bell pepper.

All layered and all to be baked as with lasagna.