Find 20+ recipes for your Spring or Easter celebration with a round up of make-ahead sides, salads and desserts!
With Easter around the corner I’m sharing a round-up of recipes for Easter or your spring gathering. You’ll find sides, salads and desserts to serve a few or for a crowd. Some that can be made ahead or others that use some short cuts!
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Two Easter Favorites: Potato Salad and Deviled Eggs in One Bite
Potato Salad Deviled Eggs are a combination of two of our Easter menu favorites, deviled eggs and potato salad, a convenient and delicious version of a deviled egg, to go withyour Easter ham! Use prepared potato salad from the deli for an easy short cut and garnish with bacon and chives.
Deviled Egg Baskets with EdibleFlowers
Deviled Egg Baskets are reminiscent of an Easter basket, garnished with flowering herbs and edible blossoms, topped with a chive basket handle! Ideal for a Derby party, garden club lunch, or bridal shower, and a pretty way to dress up your deviled eggs for your spring gathering or celebration!
Layered Spring Salad
A make-ahead recipe and flavorful salad for your potluck or family gathering.
Asparagus Strawberry Salad with Orange BalsamicVinaigrette
Asparagus and strawberries may seem like unlikely salad partners, but their flavors are married with a light and easy orange vinaigrette dressing, andtopped with the sweet and salty combination of bacon and sugared pecans!You can prepare the components of the salad in advance and assemble right before serving. If you’re short on time, purchase candied pecans from the grocery store too!
Colorful Naturally-Dyed Deviled Eggs
Give your deviled eggs an upgrade for festive and colorful addition to your spring or Easter menu using natural dyes. You’ll also find the best method to cook hard boiled eggs that are easy to peel every time!
Broccoli-Grape Pasta Salad
A make-ahead recipe and crowd-pleasing medley of sweet, tangy, crunchy and salty with the addition of toasted pecans and bacon. Perfect for serving along side your Easter ham or for a potluck!
Potluck Sweet and Crunchy Broccoli Salad
A colorful and healthy salad that’s a medley of sweet, tangy and crunchy, thanks to the creamy yogurt and vinegar dressing, dried cranberries and salted sunflower seeds!
Bunny Ears Salad
Fun and easy for Easter with “bunny ears”hiding in the salad greens and easy recipe for Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette! Use ready-made palmiers as a short cut from the grocery store!
Roasted Carrot Hummus Dip
A healthy and delicious appetizer for spring or Easter that everybunny will love.
Bunny Chicken Salad Spread
Favorite party chicken salad spread molded into a bunny shape using a cake pan! Add a cucumber weave to form the basket. Serve with crackers and veggies of choice.
Peter Rabbit’s Carrot Zucchini Muffins
These deliciously moist muffins sneak in some veggies and are sure to please everybunny with the addition of apple and coconut.
Cucumber and StrawberrySalad
A light and refreshing salad for the spring or summer. Garnish with edible flowers if desired.
Berrylicious Fruit Salad with Orange-Vanilla Syrup
Perfect for a brunch, shower, or spring lunch! The orange-vanilla syrup is an easy and delicious addition to the fresh berries and fruit!
Ideal for dessert emergencies or company! Use a store-bought cake (angel food or pound cake) cut in thirds and layer with berries, lemon curd, pudding, whipped cream or a combination.
Bunny Tail Bonbons, aka White Chocolate-Cheesecake Truffles
A make-ahead recipe for a sweet ending or Easter dessert. Serve these sweet confections in mini cupcake wrappers for a festive and tidy bite!
No-Bake Lemon-Coconut “Cottontails”
An easy no-bake treat for Easter and delicious combination of sweet and tart that everybunny will love!
Elevate a Box Cake Mix to a Festive Easter Dessert
Find the steps and tips to doctor a box cake mix and elevate it to make a festive dessert using Russian piping tips and candy for Easter.
Almond and Poppy Seed LoafCake
Baked in a 8 x 4 loaf pan, so it’s a smaller size to enjoy but enough to satisfy your sweet tooth for brunch, tea or dessert!
Rosemary Lemon Bars
Tart, sweet, buttery and savory, all in one luscious bite!
No-Bake Easter BunnyBark
Assemble in less than 10 minutes for an easy no-bake treat to satisfy everybunny’s sweet tooth!
PEEPS Chocolate Chip CookieTart
Use chocolate chip refrigerated cookie dough for a quick and easy dessert with Easter PEEPS!
Mini Easter BasketCakes
Festive to serve and easy to decorate, filling with colored coconut for “grass”, candy eggs, and a chocolate bunny or chick, just like an Easter basket! Use a short cut withready-made shortcake dessert shells from the grocery store if you don’t have a pan or short on time.
Easter Basket Cupcakes
As fun to make as they are to eat! Use a favorite short cut andtwo-ingredient cupcake recipe for quick and easy baking!
Macaroon Nest Cookies
An easy sweet treat for Spring or Easter. Only 5 ingredients needed, plus your candy eggs of choice to make chewy, coconut cookies that are naturally gluten-free!
Baby Bunny Cakelets for Easter
Doctoring the Box: Carrot Cake from Spice Cake Mix
An easy and deliciously moist, doctor-the-box recipe for carrot cake using a spice cake mix! Perfectly paired with homemade cream cheese frosting!
Lemon Peep-tinis
Wishing you a Happy Easter with all your peeps!
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