36 Exceptional Easter Recipes for Dinner

Create a delicious and impressive Easter menu this year for Easter Sunday.  Here are 36 tasty recipes for Easter that include Easter brunch food, bread recipes, Easter dinner, desserts, and even candy and other Easter treats.

Create a new Easter tradition or do a simple activity for kids with these awesome Spring crafts! Use these pictured instructions to make eggs, bunnies, bonnets, decorations, printable games and activities for kids, and even several ways to hunt eggs, and then recipes to make as well!

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Easter Menu

1. Easy and Elegant Easter Dinner Menu ~ Wonderful dishes that are turned into a complete Easter dinner from start to finish. Check out all the lovely salads, potatoes, desserts and, of course, leg of lamb.

2.  Easter Dinner Make-A-Menu ~ Mels Kitchen Cafe has several amazingly yummy recipes for you to pick and choose to create an amazing Easter menu plan.

3.  Easter Dinner Menu ~ wonderful dishes we made and rounding them out into a complete Easter dinner from start to finish. Check out all the lovely salads, potatoes, desserts and, of course, ham.

Easter Appetizer

4.  Chick Cheeseball Recipe ~ Use the carrots and peppercorns to decorate the chick. Serve with an assortment of crackers.

Salad Recipes

5.  Easter Bunny Salad ~ Turn your favorite salad into the perfect side dish for Eater dinner by adding a set of bunny ears, also known as French palmiers.

6.  Apple-Pear Salad With Lemon-Poppy Seed Dressing ~ This salad has the perfect blend of fruit with the apples, pears, and dried cranberries. The salty cashews also balance out the sweetness.

Easter Dinner

7. Cola Glazed Ham ~ Instead of spending a fortune at the Honeybaked Ham store you can make your own glazed ham by adding only 2 ingredients, cola and brown sugar.  Your pocket book will thank you for this recipe.  {wink}

8.  Cajun Glazed Ham {Easter Dinner} ~ It is pretty traditional to serve ham for Easter dinner, but why not add a little spice to your tradition.  Cajun spice.  This delicious Cajun Glazed ham is a great way to put a new spin on your favorite Easter food.

9. Eight Best Copycat Honey Baked Ham Recipes ~ Honey Baked Ham is always a holiday favorite at our table! The honey glaze on the salty ham adds the right amount of sweetness for a delicious flavor you can’t resist. Here are 8 of the best copycat recipes we’ve found that you can bake at home!

Lamb

10.  Boneless Roasted Leg of Lamb ~ Though the lamb itself is deeply flavorful, the dijon, rosemary and lemon rub is the real reason you won’t want this meal to end.

11.  Herb-Crusted Leg of Lamb Recipe ~ Bread crumbs and a medley of fresh herbs form a savory crust on this leg of lamb, which makes an impressive centerpiece for a celebratory meal.

12.  Lamb Chops with Pomegranate Red-Wine Sauce ~ Though the lamb itself is deeply flavorful, the sweet-tart sauce is the real reason you won’t want this meal to end.

Pork Tenderloin

13. Chipotle Honey Lime Pork Tenderloin ~ Marinade the tenderloin the night before to make the meal easier to prepare on Easter.

Prime Rib

14. Prime Rib Roast with Horseradish Cream ~ The mustard, peppercorn and garlic rub seals in the juices for a moist and tender roast.  And, it looks gorgeous on the table!

Casserole

15. Pineapple Spoonbread {Easter Recipes} ~ This yummy casserole is the perfect side dish to serve with your Easter Ham.  It doesn’t matter if you are having Easter dinner at your place or if you are just brining a side to your traditional Easter family gathering, this pineapple spoonbread will be a hit.

Potatoes

16. Greek Chicken and Potatoes Recipe ~ One more beautiful thing about this dish: It takes about 10 minutes to prepare, and then you have an entire dinner. Delicious.

17.  French Style Potatoes ~ French Style Potatoes recipe is very easy to make, light on digestion and quite versatile as it can be served as a main dish or a side dish next to anything meat.

Vegetables

18. Roasted Carrots with Rosemary & Garlic ~ Delicious mouth watering roasted carrots. The fresh rosemary adds a sweet pine flavor that is mellowed by the rich buttery texture of roasted garlic.

19. Bacon Wrapped Asparagus ~ Indulge in this guilty pleasure for Easter brunch.  It’s a great way to get your kids to eat their veggies.  {{wink}}

20. Bacon Wrapped Green Bean Bundles {Easter Menu} ~ If you are looking for a new side to spice up your traditional Easter dinner, check out these delicious bacon wrapped green bean bundles.  Even the guests at the kids table won’t be able to resist eating their veggies when they are wrapped in the magic of bacon.

7 Delightful Easter Bread Shapes to Bake ~ Easter bread is such a fun way to add a little fun to your Easter dinner table.  These Easter bead recipes include fun Spring shapes like the Easter bunny, chicks, lamb, and on the spiritual side resurrection rolls.  I even threw in a nursery rhyme with some hot cross buns. {giggle}

30 Easy Jello Recipes to Make ~ How to make jello, gelatin and pudding recipes in yummy flavors, shapes, and treats.   Delight your family with jello fruit recipes as well as pudding recipes, jello mold recipes, finger jello recipes, jello shooter recipes, layered recipes and salad recipes.

32 Fun Easter Dessert Recipes Perfect for Easter Sunday ~ Baking Easter desserts is such a fun tradition that you can do with your family or to gift for neighbors and friends.  These Easter desserts include cookies, rainbow jello, Easter chocolate, as well as free printable Easter treats.

31 Easter Cakes and Dessert Recipes ~ How to make easy Easter desserts that are perfect treats to serve your family on Easter Sunday. These Easter dessert recipes include Easter cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and yummy Easter treats like recipes for kids and baking recipes.

Your family and friends will love celebrating the Easter holiday with these yummy treats that remind them of Spring time and Easter