The time has come: it's Easter–the holiday where friends and family gather around one big table covered in delicious Easter food!
These 21 festive recipes will make your Easter Sunday unforgettable, from roast lamb to ham and cheesy scalloped potatoes. Plus, we've rounded up some delicious dessert ideas to finish your meal in style. With something for everyone, this is the ultimate Easter spread!
This delicious honey-glazed Easter ham recipe requires only a few common ingredients and is easy enough for anyone to put in the center of a festive Easter dinner table.
Carrots are a must for any Easter spread. This roasted variety looks and tastes fantastic, but the addition of carrot leaves to the homemade pesto also means less food waste! Topped with crumbled goat cheese, the colors on this dish really pop.
A delicious twist on classic Deviled Eggs! Make this Bacon Swiss Deviled Eggs for your Easter celebration. This recipe is super easy and includes only delicious ingredients - avocado, swiss cheese, and crispy bacon. An egg-cellent appetizer!
Always the crowd-pleaser, a good mac n' cheese is welcome at any festive event. It's simple yet elegant and sophisticated. Feel free to tweak and personalize it any way you like - with different cheeses, pancetta, bacon, or diced onions.
Hot cross buns are traditionally associated with Easter! Hot cross buns are a delicious and ancient tradition that has been around for almost 700 years. They became an Easter delicacy in St Albans Cathedral, England when they were first associated with the Christian celebration of Jesus's resurrection on defeating death on Calvary's Crosses, known as "Good Friday."
Parmesan Roasted Asparagus recipe is a classy side dish that doesn't need to break the bank or list ingredients you can't pronounce. A delicious classic side dish that pairs beautifully with the honey-glazed ham that started this Easter recipe roundup.
A delicious and satisfying Easter side dish doesn't have to be expensive and complicated. They're creamy, cheesy, and golden brown perfection!
A beautiful bright side dish made with seasonal peas and leaks. It pairs well with any main dish you choose for your Easter dinner table and is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.
This rack of lamb is roasted to a perfect medium-rare and served with a sweet and sour cherry gastrique, seasoned broccolini, and some creamy mashed potatoes—a fantastic main dish for an exquisite Easter spread.
This spring salad is a bright and delicious addition to any dinner table. It's hearty and zesty, and the homemade croutons are sure to impress your friends and family. It's so easy to make you can throw it together in no time right before your guests arrive this Easter Sunday.
You'll never guess what's hiding in this gorgeous tart! It's an excellent choice for an Easter appetizer - meaty mushrooms are smothered with cream cheese and herbs before being topped off by gruyere. This Mushroom Gruyere Tart will have everyone asking for seconds.
The perfect way to end a holiday meal is with an exquisite dessert that will leave your guests speechless. Easter comes with beautiful pastel colors, adorable chocolate bunnies, chicks, and colorful eggs decorating our plates! With springtime bringing all of those flavorful fruits into play - there's no reason why you can't get some of this fresh, bright tang to your table. Try these handpicked Easter dessert recipes: sweet treats made in unexpected ways, and some traditional Easter favorites inspired by the colors and flavors of spring are waiting ahead!
The cutest Easter dessert your grandma used to make - these old-fashioned Easter bunny cookies with pink sugar frosting are super easy to make. It is a guaranteed way to impress your loved ones with your baking and decorating skills and put smiles on their faces.
Everyone will fall in love with this colorful Easter egg dessert! A delicious treat that's both kid-friendly as well as adult-approved!
You will not believe that this homemade ice cream is both dairy and egg-free! Make this recipe for your loved ones this Easter season, and they will feel your love in every spoonful of delicious creamy goodness full of coconut and strawberry flavors.
Not only is it a yummy chocolatey dessert deserving of your Easter Sunday spread, but it is also a fun project to make together with your kids! It is also a great recipe idea to add to this year's Easter basket.
A delicious and moist carrot cake recipe perfect for Easter. This cake is decorated with buttercream in beautiful spring colors and is sure to be the star of your dessert spread!
The best thing about these No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Bird's Nest Cookies is that they're super simple to make and require no baking! You can even customize them by picking your favorite candy for an extra special treat.
There is nothing better than biting into a fluffy, soft homemade marshmallow. This easy-to-make yet elegant festive dessert is perfect for your Easter basket this year!
These are the cutest little Easter cupcakes. Serve them in an old-fashioned cardboard egg carton, and everyone will fall in love with these bite-sized sweet treats. Color them like Easter Eggs, and the children go wild over them adults, too, because they are so overwhelmingly cute!
This Baked Lemon Pudding is the perfect way to celebrate spring! This dessert's rich, sweet taste will make you full of positive emotions. A light mix made up primarily of flour and eggs combined with lemon juice for an old-fashioned flavor nobody will be able to resist.