Simple Easter Menu: Delicious Spring Recipes

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This complete Easter menu features traditional favorites and seasonal ingredients. These tried-and-true Easter recipes blend familiar comfort foods with seasonal ingredients that capture the essence of spring renewal.

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Easter brings with it the promise of spring, family gatherings, and of course, delicious food! Having a special collection of Easter recipes ready for your holiday lunch or supper can transform an ordinary meal into a memorable celebration.

From classic ham and deviled eggs to fresh spring vegetables and decadent desserts, these Easter-inspired dishes honor tradition while embracing the season’s bounty.

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Why You’ll Love This Easter Menu

  • Perfect Balance: A harmonious mix of traditional favorites and fresh spring flavors
  • Make-Ahead Magic: Many dishes can be prepared in advance, so you can enjoy the day
  • Customizable Options: Easily adaptable for dietary needs without sacrificing flavor
  • Wow Factor: Impressive dishes that look like they took hours but are surprisingly simple
A collage of Easter recipes showing fruit salad, rolls, carrots, cake with pastel eggs, dinner rolls, deviled eggs, and a meal with ham and vegetables. Text in the center reads 14+ Easter Recipes with a website link below.

The Best Easter Recipes

Each dish has been tested repeatedly in my own kitchen, tweaked to perfection, and served to my most discerning critics (my family!). Trust me when I say these Easter recipes will have everyone asking for seconds—and for your secrets!

1
whole cooked brown sugar glazed ham on white plate
Brown Sugar Glazed Ham
Brown sugar glazed ham is an easy, flavorful recipe for juicy ham with a sweet and salty, caramelized outside, perfect to serve to a crowd for a holiday meal.
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2
deviled eggs on a blue and white plate
Deviled Eggs
Deviled eggs are a classic appetizer or snack for any gathering and are incredibly simple to prepare for easy enjoyment!
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3
close up of thanksgiving dinner on a white plate
The Best Mashed Potatoes
No holiday table is complete without a batch of classic, buttery mashed potatoes, and this recipe is perfectly easy to make and yields a heavenly and fluffy bowl of mashed potatoes.
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4
pile of roasted beet slices on a white plate
Simple Roasted Beets
These easy roasted beets are made with just beets, salt, and oil. It's my go-to beet recipe that’s simple and never disappoints! If you're searching for a healthy, simple vegetable side dish, these roasted beets are definitely contenders. 
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5
a white plate with sautéed asparagus with parmesan cheese and lemon on the side.
Easy Sautéed Asparagus | Simple Stovetop Recipe
Easy Sautéed Asparagus really is as simple as the recipe name implies, just a basic stovetop recipe that's ready in no time! Seasoned with butter and garlic, it's ready in less than 15 minutes for tender, crisp asparagus that goes well with everything.
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6
roasted carrots on white plate
Roasted Carrots
A quick and easy recipe on how to make roasted carrots in the oven – made only with carrots, oil, and a little seasoning. Roasting at a high temperature makes them amazing.
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7
Mom’s Jumbo Dinner Rolls
These are the best jumbo dinner rolls that my mom has been making for years. The dough is extra soft and tender thanks to the addition of butter, milk, and eggs! So tasty!
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8
hot cross buns on a white plate
Hot Cross Buns
Hot cross buns are a fun, simple, and light roll that are topped with a delicious glaze.
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9
Easter Sugar Cookies
My favorite Easter Sugar Cookies
These Easter Sugar Cookies are the perfect to make on a spring day with your little ones. Moist, thick and chewy sugar cookies that are easy to cut into all sorts of shapes and decorate with frosting!
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10
oranges and marshmallows in a "6 cup salad" in a glass dish
Creamy 6-Cup Ambrosia Fruit Salad
This tasty and creamy 6-cup ambrosia fruit salad is the simplest thing to make and is forever a hit for kiddos and adults alike at any gathering!
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11
slices of carrot cake taken from the 2 tier cake
The Best Carrot Cake Recipe
This is the BEST carrot cake recipe, and so simple to make for a delicious spring time (or anytime!) dessert. It’s moist and rich with the warming spiced flavor you love in carrot cake.
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12
whole wheat flour carrot cake rolls with icing inside cut open on a cutting board
Carrot Cake Roll
Spring is a whole lot brighter with this simple, sweet, and moist carrot cake roll to enjoy with a little tea at breakfast or as a festive dessert!
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13
whole decorated easter coconut cake and the coconut shreds make a nest for candy eggs
Coconut Cake Recipe
Coconut Cake, a delicious dessert that combines the flavor of coconut with the velvety smoothness of cream cheese icing, has become a favorite for many dessert lovers. We've added a rich coconut filling layer to the cake that we think you'll love!
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14
Healthy Reese’s Peanut Butter Eggs
Homemade Healthy Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs made with peanut butter, maple syrup, whole wheat flour, vanilla, and chocolate will not disappoint!
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I hope you enjoy these simple Easter themed recipes and found the perfect dishes for your family’s holiday menu.

Don’t forget to grab the downloadable and printable Easter ebook to get all of these recipes!

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