To Thine Own Self, Be Food

I really had no intention of doing anything special, food-wise, for today's holiday.  However, after an excellent night of sleep and two hours of invigorating yard work, I was suddenly compelled to whip up an Easter feast. The 2.5 lb ham was at attention, defrosted, in my fridge.  An allrecipes.com recipe for "Apricot Brown Sugar Ham" saluted me from in my inbox this morning.  Two elderly, valorous zucchini cried out to be used.  A bag of frozen green beans waited at the ready to march into culinary battle. Okay, enough with the military metaphor.  You get it.  I was able to piece together the following meal: Apricot Brown Sugar Ham Green Beans Amandine Mashed Potatoes Zucchini Cake with Vanilla Glaze I confess, the potatoes were instant.  I don't feel guilty - everything else was from scratch. For the green beans, the almonds were to be toasted.  Now, I've never toasted nuts.  It daunted me.  What if I toasted them...wrong...