The best collection of popular Easter recipes with Easter dinner menu favorites, classic brunch dishes, holiday leftover ideas, and more!
Whether you are planning a traditional holiday meal, want new ideas for classic dishes, or just need one more delicious Side Dish to add to your Easter Dinner menu, my collection of popular Easter Recipes is full of inspiration. I’ve also included favorite Brunch Dishes, Appetizers, and Desserts, all perfect for celebrating this special occasion. I even included ideas to use up leftover Baked Ham! This recipe round-up is everything you need for the perfect Easter weekend.
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Easter Dinner Recipes
Traditionally a large roast, like a Baked Ham or Roast Leg of Lamb recipe, is the centerpiece of the Easter Dinner. An array of dishes made with spring veggies along with hearty potatoes are served along with the roast.
Main Course Recipes
Easter is usually celebrated with a large feast, similar to Thanksgiving or Christmas, but instead of a roast turkey, it’s traditional to serve pork, beef, or lamb recipes.
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HoneyBaked Ham (Copycat) made with honey, sugar, and delicious spices is crispy, sweet, smoky, and delicious without the price tag!
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Baked Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze
Baked Ham with Brown Sugar Glaze with orange juice, honey, and spices is the perfect sweet and savory flavor combo. Classic holiday recipe!
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An easy, flavorful Roast Leg of Lamb is perfect for Easter Dinner this year. Tender bone in whole Leg of Lamb roast with fresh rosemary and garlic cloves.
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The best Lamb Chops recipe for easy, perfectly cooked lamb in 30 minutes.Tender lamb chops topped with a red wine, garlic, and thyme gravy.
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Delicious Crown Pork Roast recipe for a tender juicy rack of pork loin roasted with a cranberry apple stuffing. An impressive holiday dinner!
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Herb Crusted Pork Rib Roast is a show stopping holiday main course or a wonderful weeknight meal with mustard and herb buttery breadcrumb crust.
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Perfect Garlic Prime Rib made with a garlic, thyme and rosemary crust topped with a fresh citrus gremolata. The perfect show-stopping holiday meal!
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Easy Brisket with Caramelized Onions
Ultimate Beef Brisket with Caramelized Onions is a perfect main course for weeknight dinner or for a holiday party, with leftovers perfect for sandwiches!
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Brown Sugar Ham Steak that’s rich, sweet, and oven-baked. This recipe is so easy you don’t have to wait for the holidays to enjoy brown sugar ham.
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Braised Lamb Shanks are fall off the bone tender and surprisingly easy with garlic, beef broth, red wine, and thyme to flavor the meat.
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Brown Sugar Peach Baked Ham (w/ Bourbon option)
Brown Sugar Peach Baked Ham (w/ Bourbon option) is the perfect sweet, tender ham recipe with peach preserves, orange juice, cinnamon, cloves, and ginger.
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Delicious Potato Dishes
Roasted Baby Potatoes and Scalloped Potatoes are classic potato sides to serve with Easter dinner. Or try extra cheesy potatoes like Funeral Potatoes or a sweet potato dish like Melting Sweet Potatoes.
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Scalloped Potatoes made are the perfect side dish for the holidays or to bring to a potluck!
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Butter Steamed Baby Potatoes are super easy to make in one skillet on the stovetop. Enjoy buttery, melt-in-your-mouth potatoes in 35 minutes!
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Balsamic Garlic Roasted New Potatoes
Balsamic Garlic Roasted New Potatoes are the perfect savory side with baby potatoes roasted in balsamic vinegar, rosemary, and garlic.
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Melting Sweet Potatoes are the ultimate comforting dish that's crispy on the outside but literally melts in your mouth. Try them today!
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Funeral Potatoes are the best holiday or potluck side dish. Tasty casserole with hash browns, cream of chicken soup, cheddar cheese and corn flakes topping.
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Scalloped Potato Bundt is a classic cheesy potato dish with a twist. Thin potato slices layered in a bundt pan with parmesan cream sauce and cheddar cheese.
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Honey Roasted Apples and Potatoes
Honey Roasted Apples and Potatoes are an easy (yet impressive!), delicious side dish. Roasted russet potatoes and sweet apples with a honey butter lemon glaze.
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Vegetable Side Dishes
For your Easter menu planning, opt for delicious fresh garden veggies with the bright, herby flavors of spring! Roasted Carrots, Green Bean Bundles, and Creamed Spinach are all great choices.
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Glazed Carrots are the perfect vegetable side dish made in a skillet with extra sweetness from the honey glaze. Ready in just 15 minutes!
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Green Bean Bundles are a fancy side dish for Easter dinner. Fresh green beans wrapped in a slice of bacon, baked crispy with a buttery sauce.
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Spinach Casserole is an easy weeknight side dish with fresh spinach, butter, olive oil, garlic and Parmesan cheese. Make in 30 minutes!
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Easy Green Bean Casserole with green beans, mushroom soup, cheese and fried onions prepped in 5 minutes will make you skip the canned stuff.
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Garlic Butter Roasted Carrots with a touch of canola oil, cracked black pepper and Kosher salt makes the perfect side dish for a weeknight meal or a holiday crowd.
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Morton’s Steakhouse Creamed Spinach Recipe
This Morton's Steakhouse Creamed Spinach recipe is THE BEST way to make spinach! A creamy, cheesy veggie side dish perfect for holidays!
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Indian Spiced Honey Roasted Carrots
Indian Spiced Honey Roasted Carrots are the perfect side easily roasted in the oven with garlic, ginger, garam masala, and honey.
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Creamed Onions And Peas made with peas, pearl onions, cream, and seasoning is the PERFECT side dish that’s ready in under 20 minutes!
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More Perfect Easter Sides
Switch up the cheesy potatoes for a Parmesan Risotto made with fresh spring peas, or indulge in beloved family dishes for the holidays like Baked Mac and Cheese. Don’t forget the basket of Dinner Rolls!
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Parmesan Risotto is an Italian side dish perfect for Easter dinner. Creamy rice with lemon juice, spring peas, and Parmesan cheese.
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Garlic Herb Dinner Rolls are perfectly soft, buttery classic rolls with garlic powder, rosemary, oregano, and thyme for amazing flavor.
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Baked Mac and Cheese is the ultimate classic side dish for any meal with three cheeses, perfect for the holidays and for BBQ’s!
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Wild Rice is an easy side dish ready in under an hour. A healthier, tasty alternative to white rice, it's perfect filling side to your meal.
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Hearty Italian Bread is an easy recipe for beginning bakers to follow to get perfectly, filling bread with a crisp crust. Check it out!
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Lemon Ricotta Pasta is an easy weeknight dinner of tender pasta tossed in a creamy lemon ricotta sauce with Parmesan cheese and fresh lemon!
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Easter Brunch Dishes
From indulgent recipes like Cinnamon Rolls and Monkey Bread to healthy recipes like Fruit Salad and Quiche Lorraine, here are an array of dishes for the perfect Easter Brunch.
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Easter Bread is a classic recipe for the sweet festive braided wreath of yeast bread baked with colorful Easter eggs nestled in the dough!
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Lemon Ricotta Pancakes are the ultimate melt in your mouth tender fluffy pancakes recipe made with fresh lemon juice and creamy ricotta.
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Easy Cinnamon Rolls in just one hour your whole family will love with buttery soft dough, classic cinnamon sugar, and cream cheese frosting.
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Easy Fruit Salad recipe for a refreshing dish with assorted ripe fruits, fresh berries, and simple dressing made of citrus juice and honey.
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Lemon Blueberry Biscuits are the perfect buttery sweet biscuit recipe with made fresh blueberries and lemon zest plus a tangy lemon glaze.
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Spinach Quiche is ready to bake in under 15 minutes with fresh spinach and jack cheese, the fancy sounding Quiche Florentine made EASY!
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Quiche Lorraine made with bacon, onions and swiss cheese in a flaky pie crust makes an easy breakfast or delicious brunch option for a crowd!
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Carrot Cake Monkey Bread is the ultimate gooey pull-apart bread with fresh flavor from carrots and pineapples. It's a fantastic shareable party treat!
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Blueberry Lemon Cinnamon Rolls
Blueberry Lemon Cinnamon Rolls are soft, buttery, easy sweet rolls with fresh blueberries, cinnamon, and lemon zest with cream cheese icing.
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Try my Eggs Benedict made with a foolproof vinegar-free poaching method with creamy hollandaise sauce and ham steaks on an English muffin!
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Easy Carrot Muffins are made with whole wheat flour, buttermilk, shredded carrots, cinnamon, and ginger for a tasty, healthy fall muffin!
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Blueberry Cream Cheese French Toast Bake
Blueberry Cream Cheese French Toast Bake without any overnight chilling is the perfect cross between a french toast bake and blueberry cream cheese danish.
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Starters and Appetizers for Easter
No holiday meal is complete without Deviled Eggs as an appetizer! In addition to classic appetizers, dishes like lemony Avgolemono Soup and fresh Watermelon Feta Salad are full of spring flavor to start your holiday meal.
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Deviled eggs are a classic Southern recipe that are a must-have at any party made with mayonnaise, mustard and a dusting of paprika and chives.
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Ham Balls with Brown Sugar Glaze
Ham Balls are great way to use leftover ham! Easy Easter appetizers made with ground ham, pork, and a sweet, tangy brown sugar mustard glaze.
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Curried Egg Salad is the perfectly easy lunch recipe you can serve as a main dish over a salad or in a sandwich with a delicious curry mayo dressing.
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Grape Salad is a classic easy potluck dessert that tastes like part fruit salad and part cheesecake with a crunchy brown sugar pecan topping.
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Greek Chicken and Rice Soup (Avgolemono)
Greek Chicken and Rice Soup (Avgolemono) is a traditional recipe with shredded chicken, long-grain rice, and an egg and lemon sauce made into an easy meal.
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Watermelon Feta Salad blends sweet and savory flavors with fresh watermelon, cucumber, mint, and feta cheese in a vinaigrette dressing!
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Strawberry Spinach Pasta Salad
Strawberry Spinach Pasta Salad with almonds, feta, and an easy balsamic and olive oil dressing is the perfect side dish for a potluck or get together.
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These Individual Carrot Souffles are sturdier than most souffles but are creamy and soft. Slightly sweetened they make a delicious side dish to anything from BBQ dishes to Crusted Pork Loins.
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Dill Salmon Pasta Salad is the ultimate refreshing salad with salmon, asparagus, fresh dill, tender pasta, and creamy, zesty lemon dressing.
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Classic Three Bean Salad Recipe
Classic Three Bean Salad with green beans, garbanzo beans and kidney beans tossed with a sweet and sour dressing is the perfect summer side.
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Chickpea Salad is the perfect fresh and healthy dish with a homemade red wine vinaigrette over chickpeas, cucumber, tomatoes, and onions.
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Cobb Salad is the perfect refreshing lunch with crunchy lettuce, creamy avocados, and it has plenty of protein with chicken breast, bacon, and boiled eggs.
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Easy Mulligatawny Soup is a savory Indian curry soup made with apples, carrots, rice, and chicken in a seasoned creamy broth, ready in 60 minutes!
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Tomato Bisque is super silky smooth version of the classic tomato soup we all love with a finishing touch of heavy cream in less than an hour and no babysitting the pot!
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Delicious Easter Dessert Recipes
Just like vegetable side dishes, Easter dessert recipes take advantage of the bright flavors of a spring garden. From sweet carrot recipes like Classic Carrot Cake to bright Lemon Meringue Pie, these delicious desserts are sure to inspire the perfect ending to a perfect Easter Dinner Menu.
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Ultimate Carrot Cake with Carrot Cake Jam is a nut-free cake with pineapple, cream cheese frosting and the most amazing Carrot Cake Jam.
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Lemon Meringue Pie is the perfect tart, sweet dessert with flaky buttery pie crust, creamy lemon filling and fluffy toasted meringue topping.
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Easter Egg Nest Cupcakes are the perfect treat for your spring celebrations with tender vanilla cakes, creamy frosting, and cute candy eggs.
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Easter Egg Chocolate Oreos are a no-fuss no-bake treat made with Lemon Oreos and lemon-flavored white chocolate. Easy to make with the kids!
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Lofthouse Sugar Cookies are soft and tender, topped with a sweet frosting just like the ones you love at the grocery store!
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Honey Lime Berry Fruit Salad is the most refreshing salad ever with blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, tart apples, fresh mint, and honey.
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Almond Bundt Cake is an easy, moist pound cake filled with almond flavor from almond extract, sliced almonds and dusted with powdered sugar.
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Easy Carrot Cupcakes are sweet and moist spice cupcakes made with grated carrots, crushed pineapple, and chopped walnuts with fluffy cream cheese frosting.
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Lemon Cake Roll is a delicious, lemony rolled cake filled with a sweet cream. This gorgeous, tasty dessert is super easy to make and perfect for Easter!
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Strawberry Pavlova is a beautiful and romantic dessert with a meringue base, homemade whipped cream, and delicious strawberry topping.
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Carrot Cake Cheesecake Bars are two tasty desserts in one bite. Easy homemade carrot cake with walnuts and a creamy cheesecake swirl, ready in just an hour!
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Ideas for Leftover Ham
Even after everyone has seconds and thirds, there are always plenty of Baked Ham leftovers! Enjoy these holiday leftovers in delicious recipes like Ham Salad, Ham and White Beans Soup, or Scalloped Potatoes and Ham.
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Ham Salad is a yummy appetizer or sandwich filling (perfect for leftovers!) made with diced ham, relish, celery, and mayonnaise in 5 minutes!
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Easy Scalloped Potatoes and Ham is the best recipe for leftover ham during the holidays. Creamy, cheesy potato casserole with sliced ham and cheddar cheese!
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Ham and Bean Soup is a fast and easy recipe for leftover ham using ingredients you have on hand, ready in one hour!
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Ultimate Ham Sandwich is a simple recipe for the perfect combination of ham, cheddar cheese, spread and veggies on toasted slices of bread.
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Ham and Cheese Croissant Breakfast Casserole
Ham and Cheese Croissant Breakfast Casserole will be your new go-to breakfast bake perfect for holidays, brunch, or even dinner. Ready in about an hour!
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Ham and Cheese Pasta Salad is a simple but delicious creamy dish made with peas, ham, onion and cheddar cheese in a lemon and mayo dressing.
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