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Plan your perfect holiday with 20 essential Easter recipes! Featuring our favorite glazed ham, brunch classics, and show-stopping desserts.
Are you planning your Easter menu? Let us help! We're planning on a beautiful Easter brunch after church, complete with an egg hunt for all the kids. Our menu includes this fabulous ham, a delicious frittata, scones and a beautiful salad. These holiday-worthy recipes come together easily and can be prepped ahead of time. Looking to make the day a little less stressful? Here's some ways to take the pressure off.
- Start now! You can make rolls, scones, bread, cakes, muffins, etc now and store them in the freezer. Baked goods freeze beautifully.
- Divide the menu. Assign items for your guests to bring. You can be as specific as you want from "bring an egg dish" to "here's a frittata recipe to make"
- Set your table ahead of time and pull out all the serving platters and utensils needed. Be sure to check out this post for lots of great table setting tips.
- The day before make salad dressings, cut veggies, prepare the ham glaze etc.
- Remember the reason for the celebration and enjoy your guests!
Any specific Easter entertaining questions? Leave a comment and we will be sure to answer. Happy Easter!
Ridiculously Easy Lemon Raspberry Scones
These heavenly, melt-in-your-mouth Lemon Raspberry Scones are not only ridiculously delicious, they're also ridiculously easy and come together so quickly!
Easy Sugar Top Carrot Muffins
These Easy Sugar Top Carrot Muffins are moist and studded with coconut, raisins and crushed pineapple. The crisp, crunchy sugar topping is a fabulous finishing touch!
Classic Quiche Lorraine with Prosciutto
This super easy Classic Quiche Lorraine with its creamy, tender custard filling, ribbons of thinly sliced prosciutto and crisp, flaky crust is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner and makes fabulous leftovers!
Blueberry Buttermilk Breakfast Cake
This extraordinarily delicious Blueberry Buttermilk Breakfast Cake has a tender crumb, lots of plump, juicy berries and a crisp, sugar-kissed topping. An easy, one-bowl, no-mixer recipe!
Ham and Cheese Frittata with Goat Cheese and Fresh Herbs
This ham and cheese frittata is loaded with smoky ham, creamy goat cheese, Greek yogurt, and fresh herbs. It's light, flavorful, and perfect for brunch or a make-ahead breakfast! The egg mixture can be prepped the night before and baked in the morning making it great for guests or easy meal prep.
Easy Savory Puff Pastry Tart
This Easy Savory Puff Pastry Tart utilizes purchased puff pastry dough for easy prep. The simple Greek yogurt filling is light, lean and delicious!
Ridiculously Easy Fresh Strawberry Butter
This beautiful Fresh Strawberry Butter adds a unique, delicious twist to any meal. It looks and tastes quite fancy, but you can make it in minutes!
No-Knead Scandinavian Seeded Carrot Rolls
Stir these no-knead Scandinavian Seeded Carrot Rolls together at night then bake the next day or make them, start to finish the same day!
Blueberry Arugula Herb Salad
This beautiful Blueberry Arugula Herb Salad is super healthy and probably the freshest, most delicious salad that you'll ever have the pleasure of meeting... or eating! It's perfect for a crowd, great for parties, potlucks and picnics!
Strawberry Kale Salad with Honey Lemon Dressing
Fresh, healthy and delicious this make-ahead Strawberry Kale Salad is perfect for summer picnics, potlucks and parties. The honey lemon dressing and candied pepitas take it over the top!
Pepper Jelly Glazed Ham
This Pepper Jelly Glazed Ham is tender, juicy, and packed with sweet-savory flavor. Made with a fully cooked spiral ham and a quick homemade glaze, it rivals Honey Baked Ham-at a fraction of the cost. It's an easy, crowd-pleasing recipe that's perfect for Christmas, Easter, or brunch gatherings.
Asparagus with Lemon Parsley Panko
Easy, make-ahead and super delicious, this Asparagus with Lemon Parsley Panko is the healthy side that everyone will love!
Honey Ginger Charred Carrots
These Honey Ginger Charred Carrots are lightly charred, sweetly glazed with honey, ginger, soy and a splash of chili garlic sauce and addictively delicious!
Lemony French Green Bean Asparagus Salad
Looking for a new salad that's not your same-old, same-old? This delicious French Green Bean Asparagus Salad has a bright lemony dressing and lots of healthy veggies. Each bite is a burst of fabulous fresh flavor!
Brown Butter Green Beans Almondine
This easy, elegant side dish features tender French green beans tossed in nutty brown butter with toasted almonds, shallots, and a hint of lemon. It's make-ahead friendly and perfect for holidays, dinner parties, or any special meal.
Vanilla Malt Cake with Robin's Egg Buttercream
A lovely cake to welcome Spring, this moist, tender Vanilla Malt Cake and the speckled Robin's Egg Buttercream both come together with just one bowl, no mixer is needed!
Ridiculously Easy Crustless Lemon Tart
What if you could make a gourmet dessert that's so ridiculously easy that it's... simply ridiculous? That's the story of this Crustless Lemon Tart! Of course, it doesn't hurt a bit that it's also ridiculously delicious, right?
Easter Bunny Shortbread Bites
These adorable Easter Bunny Shortbread Bites are the perfect spring treat! Buttery shortbread squares are dipped in icing, then decorated with M&Ms and jelly beans to look like tiny bunny faces. No mixer, no fuss-just fun! Great for Easter baskets, brunch, or gifting. Includes free printable labels!
Ridiculously Easy Carrot Cake Recipe
Everyone needs a super easy, super delicious carrot cake recipe in their repertoire! This Ridiculously Easy Carrot Cake Recipe makes two cakes, one to enjoy and one to give away!
Easy Easter Shortbread Cookies
These easy Spring Shortbread Cookies are crisp, buttery, delicious and have a simple decorating technique that's fun to do with kids!
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Thank you for posting the scriptures and music that you are listening to. They are both beautiful and such a blessing to me!! May the Lord bless you and all the work of your hands!!
Thank you, Marie! Your words are an encouragement to us! I love how God uses His people to encourage each other 💕