St. Mark Lion Pizza

Feast of St. Mark Lion Pizza

We made this pizza for the Feast of St. Mark but it would be great to use for St. Leo the Great or any other "roaring" occasion!

This was lion was very easy using a Take-N-Bake pizza.
Ingredients:
Take-N-Bake Cheese Pizza
1 C shredded cheddar cheese
1/4 C cooked sausage (for mane)
sliced mushroom (for nose)
8 slices pepperoni (for ears and eyes)
Small sliver of red bell pepper (for mouth)
2 sliced olives (for center of eyes)
Assemble ingredients like the picture below:
(Add shredded cheddar cheese over the mozzarella first)

Happy Feast of St. Mark!

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The Good Shepherd's Garden Party :: Week One

We are celebrating the 50 days of Easter with The Garden of the Good Shepherd and with a weekly Good Shepherd's Garden Party!  The theme and menu for the first week was based on "The Good Shepherd's Pasture."

The Good Shepherd's Pasture Menu Suggestions

Mini Shepherd's Pies

Shepherd’s Crooks

God’s Sheep

Graham Cracker Gates

Ewe and Ram Cupcakes

Lamb’s Wool

Wolf Paw Cookies

First head over to Waltzing Matilda to see pictures from Charlotte's first Good Shepherd's Garden Party!  Aren't her Ram cupcakes adorable?  She let me have a sneak peek at them before attempting to decorate ours.  And be sure to check out her favorite new Easter Decoration!

Then you can click over to my other blog, Shower of Roses, to see pictures from our party.

Now it's your turn!  How did you and your family celebrated this first week of Easter.  We'd love to see pictures and hear about how you modified our Good Shepherd's Garden Party for your family, or incorporated any of our other ideas (whether you choose daily activities or just one party for the week) into your celebration. 

To Post:

1. Create a post about your Good Shepherd's Garden Party or activities for the first week of Easter.
2. Using the Mr. Linky below, enter the exact link to your post.
3. Link your post back to this post.  (Please feel free to include the Good Shepherd's Garden Party Button!)
4. Be sure to visit the links and see how everyone else has been celebrating!
5. The linky will be open until next Monday when we add a new one for Week 2.


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Divine Mercy Rice Krispie Treat

For Divine Mercy, we made Rice Krispie bars, (with chocolate chips added after the krispies) put them into a heart shaped pan and used pull apart string licorice for the "mercy" side and white frosting (put into a baggie, corner cut and squirted out) for the "graces" side.

*Our computer was down yesterday, so this is late, but it can be made anytime, right?

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Divine Mercy Pancakes

This picture was submitted by Robina, at Motherly Loving, for publication here at Catholic Cuisine. Thank you Robina!

We celebrated Divine Mercy Sunday with a lunch of heart-shaped pancakes with strawberries and blueberries for the red and blue rays representing the blood and water that flowed from Jesus' pierced heart.

Hope you had a wonderful Sunday.

St. Faustina, Pray for us.

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Divine Mercy Cheesecake

Today, we made our favorite Creamy Lemon Cheesecake again in the heart shaped pan and used strawberry pie filling and blueberry pie filling to represent the rays of blood and water. Maybe the blueberries were stretching it, but lemon and blueberry is a wonderful flavor combination!

Happy Divine Mercy Sunday!

Jesus, I Trust in Thee!

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A Cake in Honor of the Image of Divine Mercy

This beautiful cake, in honor of the Image of Divine Mercy, was submitted by Tiffany at Family at the Foot of the Cross.  Thank you Tiffany!

I love the Divine Mercy Devotion! As a family we have enjoyed praying the meaningful novena that started on Good Friday. I learned about St. Maria Faustina, a long with my children, when we began homeschooling 6 years ago. We have come to love this devotion together, trying to live the merciful way.  My oldest son (age 16) has a particular fondness of this devotion so he insisted on baking our dessert in honor of the Image of Divine Mercy that Jesus asked St. Faustina to have made.

We used confetti cake with confetti icing because they both reflected the Divine Mercy colors and then we decorated the best we could to reflect Jesus in his Divine Mercy Image! It's nothing professional but made with love and devotion.

The Divine Mercy Chaplet is also a favorite of my oldest son. We look forward to Divine Mercy Sunday this weekend.

We shall pray unceasingly "Jesus I Trust In You!" This is St. Faustina's exclamation of trust. It is our "yes", our fiat, with Mary, Mother of Mercy. This is to express our faith, hope, and love of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (Pope John Paul II, Mother of the Redeemer [1987], n.14).

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A Cake for Divine Mercy Sunday

Here is a lovely idea for a cake for Divine Mercy Sunday from Sara at A Shower of Roses.

Sara says in her post, "I just used the shortcake recipe from my BH&G cookbook, doubled it, and made a square and circle. I cut the circle in half to make the heart. Then I covered the seams with the blood and water pouring from Jesus's heart----strawberry syrup made from berries we picked last summer, and blue whipped cream. And it tasted wonderful, too, just like Jesus's sweet mercy!"

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