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Host a lovely gathering with these 15 fresh spring dinner party recipes! With everything from easy appetizers to beautiful desserts.
Do you want to host a Spring dinner party? Entertaining doesn't need to be overwhelming and stressful! Let us help you plan a lovely spring dinner party for your guests. If you've been reading the blog for any length of time, you know that we love hosting family and friends. Making memories and sharing thoughtful conversations with the people we love is worth the extra effort.
Over the years, we've created lots recipes that can be prepped and made ahead, allowing you to enjoy your guests. These spring dinner party recipes are crowd pleasers. With everything from easy appetizers, seasonal main dishes and of course decadent desserts, we've got you covered. And stay tuned for an upcoming post with lots of tips and tricks for setting a beautiful table. Enjoy!
Easy Goat Cheese Appetizer
This easy goat cheese appetizer with lemon, thyme and honey takes 10 minutes to put together. You can add edible flowers for a "wow" factor!
Green Goddess Hummus
A bright fresh, healthy spread that's fabulous with crackers, chips, veggies, as a sandwich spread, on pita and so much more! This Green Goddess Hummus is about to become your next obsession!
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!
Ridiculously Easy Same-Day Focaccia
This Same-Day Focaccia, with large air bubbles and delicious, old-world flavor, takes less than 15 minutes of hands-on time and comes together in significantly less time than traditional, slow-rise focaccia bread.
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!
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!
Arugula Corn Salad
This fresh, simple Arugula Corn Salad is a summer favorite with peppery greens tossed with lemon and olive oil, then topped with sweet corn, shaved parmesan, and buttery toasted pine nuts. It's light, flavorful, and ridiculously easy!
Italian Garlic Butter Pan-Seared Salmon
This Italian Garlic Butter Pan-Seared Salmon is a quick and elegant skillet salmon recipe. Salmon fillets are rubbed with a savory spice blend, seared until golden and finished with fragrant garlic herb butter, sun-dried tomatoes and lemon.
Italian Chicken and Spinach Ravioli Lasagna
This creamy Italian Chicken and Spinach Ravioli Lasagna is an easy make-ahead white lasagna recipe with cheese ravioli, rotisserie chicken, spinach, mozzarella, and a rich Parmesan sauce. Perfect for family dinners, holidays, and entertaining.
Oven-Roasted Pork Tenderloin
This Roasted Pork Tenderloin is a delicious way to make juicy, tender, golden brown pork tenderloin with NO searing and mess on the stovetop!
Fresh Herb Chicken Meatballs
These tender Herbed Chicken Meatballs, with a delicious lemon garlic butter sauce, come together quickly and can be prepped early in the day!
Italian Lemon Olive Oil Cake with Lemon Glaze (Ridiculously Easy!)
This Italian Lemon Olive Oil Cake is ultra-moist, tender and bursting with fresh lemon flavor. Made in one bowl with olive oil and finished with a warm lemon glaze, it's simple, elegant and ridiculously easy.
Ridiculously Easy Lemon Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta
A Ridiculously Easy Italian dessert that tastes like it comes from a fancy ristorante, this Lemon Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta will make you look like a kitchen rock star!
Ridiculously Easy French Almond Frangipane Tart (Tarte Frangipane aux Amandes)
This French Almond Frangipane Tart tastes like it came from a fancy little Parisian patisserie. No one has to know how easy and quickly it comes together!
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Enjoy cooking!
Thanks, Mary Jean!