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Easter Sunday Sides

Easter is traditionally a time when families (immediate and extended) come together to celebrate the season and share a large meal. After all, you can’t have a family gathering without food, right? If you are planning to attend an Easter potluck or you are simply helping your Easter party hostess by preparing a couple of side dishes to supplement the holiday ham or lamb, then consider these easy crowd-pleasing casseroles that are a cinch to make and are loaded with flavor. BAKED POTATO CASSEROLE Ingredients: 1 (2-pound) bag frozen country style hash browns potatoes, thawed slightly 1 (16-ounce) container of … Continue reading →

More Easy Easter Potluck Recipes

The good news is you’ve been invited to Easter brunch. The bad news is it’s a potluck and you’re scrambling to find an easy recipe that can feed a ton of people without breaking the bank. Have no fear! The following recipes are ideal for a holiday brunch and can be doubled to feed an army of hungry guests: MEXICAN EGG BAKE Ingredients: 1 package fresh chorizo 1/4 cup diced onion 1/4 cup diced green pepper 1/4 cup diced red pepper 1 (12 ounce) package English muffins, split and buttered 4 cups shredded Monterey jack cheese, divided 1 1/2 cups … Continue reading →

Easy Easter Recipes

Easter is less than a week away. Do you know what you’ll be making to celebrate? If you prefer sticking with traditional Easter dishes, then the following simple yet delicious recipes should come in very handy. To save time in the kitchen look for short cuts. For example, with the ham recipe, consider purchasing a fully cooked ham and dressing it up with the glaze listed below. In addition, for the Easter Petit Fours you can cut down on prep time by using store-bought pound cake. EASTER HAM Ingredients: Whole ham 1/2 cup peach or apricot preserves 1/2 cup honey … Continue reading →

Easy Easter Potluck Recipes

Who brings filet mignon to a potluck? To me potluck contributions must be two things: easy and affordable. These factors are critical, especially when you are making a dish that will help feed 20 plus people. If you are planning to attend an Easter party this year consider making the following potluck classics. They are a snap to prepare, travel well and are relatively inexpensive: BAKED CHICKEN SALAD Ingredients: 6 skinless boneless chicken breasts, cooked and shredded 2 cups chopped celery 2 cups mayonnaise 3/4 can condensed cream of chicken soup 1 (4-ounce) jar diced pimentos, drained 2 tablespoons fresh … Continue reading →

Recipes for Eater Sunday Brunch

Easter Sunday is one of the most popular days of the year for restaurants serving Sunday brunch (Mother’s Day is No.1). However, with the economy in disarray many families are planning to celebrate the holiday at home this year. If you are planning to nix the expensive restaurant brunch this Easter and create your own homemade holiday feast, then consider these simple and affordable recipes: ELEGANT EGGS AND BACON Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter 1 tablespoon chopped chives 1/4 cup milk 2 ounces cream cheese, cut into chunks 2 pieces of bacon, cooked and crumbled 4 extra large eggs Pinch of … Continue reading →

Easter Scramble

With Easter less than 48 hours away, many families are making the last-minute hop to the holiday finish line. I can sorely relate. I still have eggs to color, candy to sort, baskets to build and hiding places to hunt down. I also have to contribute to an Easter Sunday brunch we’ve been invited to, which means I will be in the kitchen most of Saturday trying to whip up spring-themed recipes. I spent way too much time today trying to figure out what constitutes a “spring-themed” dish. I figured the brunch’s hostess meant we’re supposed to make recipes with … Continue reading →

Nontraditional Easter Dishes

Traditionally, Easter is celebrated with ham or lamb and hot cross buns. Of course, these days, people tend to put their own spin on Easter buffets and now you can find everything from Chinese noodle dishes to Cuban pork on the holiday menu. My neighbor never prepares ham or lamb on Easter; rather the family sits down to a hearty beef stew after hunting for eggs. (She puts the stew on before the hunt, it cooks while they are hunting, and lunch is served shortly thereafter.) It helps that we live in the Upper Midwest where spring temps don’t usually … Continue reading →

Berry Easy Easter Desserts

Growing up, my grandma always made sure that our family’s Easter buffet included at least two non-chocolate desserts. My mom’s traditional bunny cake didn’t include chocolate, but our Easter baskets featured huge quantities of chocolate treats. To offset a potential chocolate overload, my nutritionally-conscious grandma would show up at our home with the following fruity desserts: SIMPLE STRAWBERRY TRIFLE Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups sugar 4 tablespoons cornstarch 1 package (3 ounces) strawberry gelatin 2 cups water 2 pounds fresh strawberries, hulled, divided 1 package (8-ounce) cream cheese, softened 1 can (14-ounce) sweetened condensed milk 1 container (12-ounce) Cool Whip, thawed … Continue reading →

Unique Easter Desserts

Growing up my mom would make the same dessert for Easter. Year after year after year she would bake a yellow cake in the shape of a bunny or an Easter basket, cover it with white frosting, then douse it with toasted coconut flakes. She stopped making the cake when I was in junior high, right after I was diagnosed with a coconut allergy. These days we diversify when making desserts to celebrate the Easter holiday. In addition to having at least a couple chocolate desserts (what’s Easter without chocolate, right?), we also make sure the buffet table contains a … Continue reading →

Ideas for Easter Leftovers

Easter may be over, but you’d never know it looking in your refrigerator. If you made enough food to feed an army, then you might be dealing with a mountain of leftovers, especially if your guests filled up on Easter chocolate before sitting down to dinner. Don’t let those holiday goodies go to waste. Instead, consider using the following recipes to breathe new life into Easter leftovers, including eggs, ham and asparagus: EASY OMELET Ingredients: 1/4 cup yellow onion, caramelized 3 sausage links, cooked and diced small 3 slices bacon, cooked and chopped 2 tablespoons clarified butter 6 large eggs, … Continue reading →