If you are all out of willpower today, do not, I repeat do not click on this link for the Tiramisu Pancake recipe.

I’m warning ya! You’ll want it baaaad and I won’t be able to help you.

I’m not normally a think-ahead type of gal. It’s hard for me to cook a Easter feast 2 weeks before the holiday. But I understand how recipe searching goes – people want to browse recipes BEFORE the holiday to get ideas on what to cook ON the holiday!

I’ve been in the kitchen, pretending it’s Easter and cookin’ up some fantastic ham recipes. The first recipe that I want to share is a Easter ham dinner for 2 people. My in-laws are always asking for recipes scaled down for two, so this is a perfect one for them.

Instead of buying a big gigantic ham – which for 2 people would last them probably 3 years – buy individual ham steaks. I like to give the ham steaks a good sear on both sides and then top it off with a fruity, rum-my glaze.

And because so many of you asked in the comments, the side dish that I have is zucchini and carrot strands. Oh my goodness, I can’t wait to do this, but we’re going to whip back in time and I’m in a link back to a vintage Steamy Kitchen post for that recipe.

This is from a time long, long ago, before I even knew how to use a camera. There, I giving you ample warning.

The zucchini spaghetti looks alien.

Photo from The Steamy Kitchen Cookbook

My blog would not be complete without mention of one of my kids’ favorite dessert in the whole wide world, Chocolate Wontons. In fact, the site serves as my family’s visual menu of sorts, my kids will click through the site and point at dishes they want to have for dinner. Which is why you don’t see any photos of McDonald’s, Burger King or Bob Evans, the chain restaurant that serves the world’s best gummable food — hey, I live in Florida where 45% of the population is old, retired or have no teeth.

But, I digress. Where was I? Oh yes, chocolate.

You can get all fancy and put your favorite, most expensive dark chocolate truffle in the middle of these wontons. The combo of the sweet sprinkle the powder sugar, crackly crisp fried wonton skin and the warm, melty, oozing chocolate will send you straight to blissdom.

Or, go ghetto like us and just stick a piece of Hershey’s Kiss in there and call it “The Bestest Dessert In the Whole Wide World” according to my kids.

The recipe is flexible, if you really can call a recipe. I’ve adapted this fried wonton dessert for Thanksgiving with Sweet Pumpkin Fried Wontons and even made them with strawberry preserves topped with whipped cream for Mother’s Day. The lovely members of The Daring Kitchen even made them!

Want to know how to make Chocolate Wontons? Watch the short video!

If you know me,  and I hope by now you do, I’m never one to even waste precious chewing energy on a boring salad. I have friends who will enjoy even the most plain salad consisting of one variety of lettuce and a glop of salad dressing from a gallon sized vessel bought at a warehouse store, meant for school cafeteria use.

But this BLT salad, with joyful bacon confetti, is one that I could probably eat several times a week. If you don’t make the homemade  buttermilk dressing yourself, there are only really five ingredients:  lettuce, bacon, tomatoes, bread and dressing.

Oh, and another great thing (as if you needed another) – the bacon and the croutons bake together in harmony on the same baking sheet.

Secretly, I could have gone even without a dressing — a secret drizzle of bacon drippings all over the salad and a  a squeeze of lemon would have been just fine. But the homemade buttermilk dressing, which came together in less than 15 seconds, really made this salad over the top.

Techcrunch…Tech”munch”….heehee…get it?

I love Babette.

She’s insanely smart and rocks the safety vest look pretty damn hard* (photo at end of post)

Babette is also the one-woman show behind BakeSpace – one of the best food communties online (go check it out!) While we were at Rancho La Puerta together earlier this month, she convinced me to sign up for South by Southwest in Austin TX by seducing me with visions of all-you-can-eat cupcakes parties. Somehow we went from “let’s party in Austin” to “hey let’s host a one-day blogging seminar!” I think a bottle of wine that we snuck into the ranch had something to do with it.

So, we’re on.

I have to give a hat tip to Babette and Natanya Anderson of FeteandFeast.com (Austin-based food blogger) for organizing this entire panel and event. They’re doing all the hard work of making sure this seminar kicks ass. All I’ve done to contribute so far is committing to showing up! The cost is only $45 for a full day of learning and networking – now that’s a deal!

ooooh….and wait until you see who’s speaking!!!

BakeSpace.com and SteamyKitchen.com are proud to present the first-ever TECHmunch workshop for food bloggers on Saturday, March 13th in Austin, Texas.

If you’re a food blogger, this intensive one day event will bring you up-to-speed on all the latest tools and tactics for building buzz, improving SEO, growing your audience and making money from your hard work.

The 5-hour intensive workshop will be followed by a networking mixer with more than 40 giveaway prizes including KitchenAid appliances, cookbooks and gourmet chocolate. It will also feature hors d’oeuvres from Chef Shawn Cirkiel (Parkside Restaurant), and each attendee will receive a nifty gift bag.

Event co-produced by Natanya Anderson of FeteandFeast.com.

See our Facebook Event Page

Our workshop menu will include:

• Connecting the Who with the What – Keynote by Cathy Brooks, Media Consultant, Founder of Other Than That and Exec Producer/Host of Social Media Hour.
• How to Leverage Traditional Media with Addie Broyles, Food Writer for the Austin American-Statesman and Austin360.com. (additional speakers TBA)
• Building Your Personal Brand with Jaden Hair, Founder of SteamyKitchen.com and Food Columnist for the Tampa Tribune.
• Blogger SEO Tips with Tony Adam, Director of Search Marketing for BillShrink (formerly with Yahoo! and PayPal) and John Shiple CTO of Ultralivetv.com. Moderated by Serena Ehrlich, SVP Social Media for Startup Army.
• Making Your Blog “Go Viral” and Building Community with Webby-Award winner Ben Huh, Publisher of Icanhazcheezburger.com and Epicute.com
• Selecting Content, Building Buzz & Growing Readership with Nichelle Stephens, Co-Founder of Cupcakes Take the Cake, Emily Farris, Author of Casserole Crazy Cookbook and Cathy Erway, Publisher of the Not Eating Out in New York (blog) and The Art of Eating In. Moderated by Jaden Hair of SteamyKitchen.com.
• Monetizing Your Blog via Advertising and Brand Relationships (the publisher’s perspective) with Babette Pepaj, Founder of BakeSpace.com.
• Dealing with FTC Disclosure Guidlines with Brian Solis, Principal of FutureWorks and Author of several books including the newly-released Engage! and Sarah Evans, Public Relations/New Media Consultant and President of Sevans Strategy. Moderated by Erik Deutsch, principal of ExcelPR Group.
• Working with Brands (the brand/marketer’s perspective) fireside chat with Babette Pepaj and Jessica Randazza, Marketing Manager at Digitas (a digital communications agency for KitchenAid USA)

Sponsors of TECHmunch Austin

While all of the above speakers are confirmed, you never know what can happen in life. Specific workshop topics and speakers could change. This caveat applies to any event of this kind. Most events don’t make this sort of disclosure, but the team here at TECHmunch bends over backwards to be open and honest. Nuff’ said.

Got a question? You can reach us at: @BakeSpace or @SteamyKitchen

Notes on ticket prices: This event is intended primarily for food bloggers, who can attend at a discounted rate.  If you represent a brand, marketing/PR firm, online publisher,  or other non-blogger entity, please purchase a “Brand/Corporate Level” ticket. Thanks!

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Coming soon… TECHMunch events in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Tampa, San Francisco, Seattle & Indianapolis… to name a few. Sign up for alerts here if you’d like to be notified when TECHmunch will be coming to your area.

We snuck out of Rancho La Puerta, hired a taxi and went on a brewery tour of Tecate. I think I like this look!

left to right: Sarah Evans, Babette, moi, Melanie, Diane and Gail