Celebrating Lent, Easter and Passover Around the Sites at Bella...

Easter Baking Traditions - Spring has arrived full of pastel colors and tulips and daffodils blooming. Time to also start thinking about baking Easter breads and sweets for your Easter breakfasts, brunches, and dinners.

Out of the Easter Basket - What better way to enjoy Easter then to create your own original Easter Basket and fill it with wonderful Easter Breads, Colorful Easter Eggs and tasty Easter Desserts. Come on along and follow the links to start our Out of the Easter Basket Fun.

Passover Desserts - Some of our most treasured and memorable moments are created when celebrating traditional holidays with family and close friends. Enjoy preparing these Passover Desserts with family and friends, along with treasuring the experience and traditions and the true meanings and symbols of Passover.

Polish Lent Tradition - In one church in Krakow exists an unusual fraternity established 400 years ago. This fraternity is called "Fraternity of God´s Passion" or "Fraternity of Good Death". The members of this fraternity have a special ceremony on Good Friday before the Easter.

Polish Spring and Easter Rituals - Early spring was the most difficult time of a year for survival. The establishing of religious Lent in this time of a year was helping to survive this hard time and justify its moral sense and significance.

Smigus Dyngus and other Polish old Easter Traditions - Smigus Dyngus (shming-oos-ding-oos) is an unusual tradition of Easter Monday. It was traditionally the day when boys tried to drench girls with squirt guns, buckets of water, and much more.

Easter Bunny Carrot Muffins - Easter is coming soon. Here is a treat you can share with your children.

Hot Cross Buns - Hot Cross buns are a Good Friday tradition. You can start this recipe in your bread machine.

For Your Easter Bread Basket - Here´s 2 recipes - One is for Pineapple-Banana Bread. The other is for Carrot-Raisin Muffins with a cream cheese glaze. Both are moist and delicious.

Make A Sitting Bunny Cake - This cute Bunny Cake can be your centerpiece too.

Homemade Easter Eggs - Here's recipes for Peanut Butter Easter Eggs and Coconut Cream Easter Eggs.

Chocolate Easter Lollipops - Add your own creative touch to your Easter celebration.

Hide Those Easter Baskets! - You already know that chocolate could harm your dog, so you won´t be sharing any chocolate bunnies with him this Easter. Does that mean he´ll be safe?

Journey Through Lent - As we travel through this penitential season, some Lenten reflections...

Easter Season: Crucifixion - The Bible says, "Then they crucified Him..." (Mark 15:24). Through His undying, unconditional and perfect love for us, what exactly did Jesus have to endure?

Holy Week - As we begin Holy Week - the holiest of weeks for Christians - here are some links and resources to help us prepare for the most joyous of celebrations... Easter - the Resurrection of Our Lord, Jesus Christ!

Easter Season: Resurrection - Rejoice! Jesus is Risen! The season of Easter is a time to celebrate not only the resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ, but also a time to give thanks and celebrate the great gift and hope of our own salvation - our own journey from death to life.