😋3/29/26: WEEKLY MEAL PLAN: A Free 🎁Gift from me + I Planned Your Entire Easter Week 🌸...

Ciao Reader!

It’s Easter week, one of my favorite times to slow down, gather, and cook something meaningful for the people we love.

And to make it even easier, I’m giving you a FREE Easter Dinner Menu eBook (it may take a minute to download), filled with my best recipes, all planned out so you don’t have to think twice.

Let’s hold onto what matters most: good food, simple moments, and time together around the table. This week brought some sad news about someone very dear to me, and it reminded me how ✨precious these moments really are. No meal shared with the people we love is ever wasted. Gather when you can, as often as you can. I’m so grateful you’re here. Sending you love, 💛 Elena.

Let's start with two recipes you LOVED this week (I get so many wonderful comments, it is hard to pick just one!)...

This is such a delicious dish. Comes together quickly but is fancy enough to serve at a dinner party. Major hit with my family! Every recipe that I've tried from your site has been a winner!!!! - Deborah H. ​MAKE THIS RECIPE!​

These are amazing! Butter Cake is my absolute favorite dessert, and it’s getting harder and harder to find on restaurant menus. I was so happy to find this recipe! We made a variety of sizes, using all the various ramekins we had. They were DIVINE! I mean, seriously. Heavenly!!!! - Lara ​MAKE THIS RECIPE!​

✅SHOP ELENA'S AMAZON STORE (hand-picked favorites):

✨Your cooking inspiration for the week...

Monday: Baked Chicken and Potatoes​

Tuesday: Best Lamb Chops​

Wednesday: Dad's au gratin potatoes​

Thursday: Steamed Asparagus and Baked Chicken ​

Friday: Baked Cod with Veggies​

Weekend: Grandma's Carrot Cake​

👩🏻‍🍳 My Top Pick This Week: I loved sharing a little 'glow up' of making this classic funeral potatoes recipe from scratch. Here is what one reader shared:

"Bless you for coming up with this version . . . I had quit making funeral potatoes because I don’t like all the artificial stuff in canned soup. Now I can make and enjoy this classic again! Thank you!! " - SUSAN

📣DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know you can favorite recipes on my site so they’re saved to your own easy-to-find list every time you visit?

Here’s how it works:
Just click the 🔖 “Save” button on any recipe card. (You’ll need to be logged in—if you’re not, it will ask you to log in or sign up- this is FREE.)

Then, any time you click the little magnifying glass—either under the heart icon (on the right-hand side of your screen) or at the top of the page, you’ll see “My Favorites” right at the top of your search results.

It’s like your own little CucinabyElena recipe box, ready whenever you need it. 📖

It will look something like this after you start saving your recipes. You can also organize them! I hope you can use this feature.