If you are feeding only a few people for Easter, or don't have the money or time to cook a whole ham, turn to these quick and easy recipes that make up some alternative Easter menus.
Easter is usually celebrated with a ham, potatoes, fruit salad, and dessert. But you can serve a roasted turkey or grilled steaks if you'd prefer. The point is to buy what looks good in the supermarket and think about using new and different recipes and foods to celebrate traditional holidays.
Browse through these recipes and menus and start planning your Easter celebration.
Five Ingredient Easter Dinner
Crockpot Orange Roast Pork Pork is simply uncured ham, and cooked in the crockpot it becomes meltingly tender and flavorful.
Grilled New Potatoes New potatoes are appearing in the markets now. They're so flavorful when grilled.
Carrot Pineapple Freeze This fresh and cold salad is a great accompaniment to the tender pork and crisp potatoes.
Popovers Popovers are easy to make, but very elegant. These have to be baked at the last minute.
Old Fashioned Chocolate Dessert This fabulous recipe is not only delicious and fast to make, but uses just three ingredients!
Make Ahead Easter Brunch
Stuffed French Toast Bake Use any flavor of fruited cream cheese in this wonderfully easy and scrumptious recipe.
Frozen Banana Salad Just four ingredients makes up this fresh and refreshing salad.
Grilled Bacon Scallops Bacon and seafood; what a perfect combination! Make these little appetizers ahead of time and grill them when your guests arrive.
Peach Glazed Ham Steak Get a center-cut ham steak for this flavorful recipe. You won't have any leftovers!
Buttered Baby Carrots Baby carrots just seem so ... springlike, even though they're available all year long. They're delicious simply prepared and coated with fresh butter.
Basil Parmesan Scones Scones are a wonderful quick bread for dinner. Serve them hot with even more butter: hey, it's a holiday!
Endive Pea Avocado Salad This colorful salad has the best combination of textures and flavors. It's buttery, rich, and fresh.
Brie with Cherry Chutney No, this appetizer isn't grilled, but it's the perfect appetizer to pass while everyone is waiting to eat.
Pineapple Lamb Chops Lamb chops are another fabulous choice for Easter dinner. This fresh recipe is mouth-watering.
Hobo Potatoes This easy side dish is cooked on the grill. You can omit the bacon if you'd like; in that case I'd add some fresh herbs like thyme or tarragon.
24 Hour Salad This salad is traditional for Easter dinner in my family. It's sweet, creamy, and luscious.
Pineapple Walnut Quick Bread Offering quick breads is a great way to let people choose what they want to eat for breakfast. And all the work has been done the night before!
Crescent Hearts These sweet little hearts are fun to make and eat too.
Non-Traditional Easter Dinner
Ham Filo Roll You can make this wonderful main dish recipe ahead of time and keep it refrigerated until it's time to bake.
Special Green Beans Green beans make me think of spring. This elegant recipe is delicious too.
Grape and Melon Salad This simple salad is fresh and sweet; the perfect complement to the salty ham roll.
Caesar Asparagus Asparagus doesn't need a lot to taste perfect. Lemon juice, olive oil, and Parmesan are perfect.
Lemon Berry Tart Now this tart says spring! Use the best and freshest berries you can find in the market.
Crockpot Easter Dinner
Crockpot Crab Dip I love this easy and rich recipe that's perfect for a party.
Crockpot Beef Roast A roast cooked in the crockpot is a wonderful idea for entertaining. It's moist, tender, and succulent.
Sour Cream Crockpot Potatoes Of course, you have more than two crockpots, so it's a simple matter to cook the main dish in one and a side dish in another. What will you do with all your extra time? Perhaps dye some more Easter Eggs?
Sweet and Sour Spinach Salad Baby spinach is fabulous raw; it's tender, sweet, and perfect with this sweet and sour dressing.
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