52 Easter Dinner Recipes

Sharing today, 52 of my favorite Easter recipes ideas to entertain guests or for a festive 4-course family Easter dinner. For an easy meal menu selection, follow my menu selection tips listed below.
52 Easter Dinner Recipes

52 Easter dinner recipes, meal ideas to entertain and enjoy a holiday feast with family and friends. Includes appetizers, salads, chicken and lamb main course, sides, and dessert.

How to use this Dinner Collection Menu?

To make dinner menu selection easier.. I have divided these recipes into 4 courses:

  1. Appetizers
  2. Sides - Salads and Bread
  3. Main Course - Meat or Vegetarian
  4. Desserts

Easter dinner or otherwise, I always decide my family dinner/party menus in same order as mentioned above.

  1. Pick few appetizers - I prefer to mix some homemade and some good quality store bought to keep life easy.
  2. Decide main course - meat or vegetarian. I always have combination of two. And then pick sides which will work best around the main course.
  3. Pick a dessert. - Make at home or use store bought. Since Easter month of April is not that cold. I sometimes go for a good ice cream or chilled cakes such as Tiramisu.

That's it. Dinner menu is ready.

Theme Based Dinner Menu Ideas

There are plenty of food ideas listed below. You can also choose recipes based on a theme. 

  1. For example, for an Italian Easter Menu, pick Italian salad, main course with pasta on side and a dessert such as Tiramisu.
  2. If planning a Chicken Dinner or Lamb Dinner? Vegetarian dishes can be served as hearty side.
  3. If planning a healthy Easter dinner? Skip bread and serve a  loaded salad with a meat or vegetarian main course.
  4. I mostly make cakes for dessert. If time pressed, go for a store bought ice cream and serve family-style.

Even for weekly menus, these 52 recipes can make more than 30 meal plan combinations. (hint hint).

Happy Hosting.

Appetizers

Roasted Tomato and Smoked Salmon Potato Latkes

Made from scratch, easy mini Potato Latkes topped with sweet roasted cherry tomatoes, smoked salmon, and cooling sour cream! This scrumptious appetizer not only has festive colors of red, green, and white but also is very easy to prepare. Seriously, latkes are ready by the time cherry tomatoes roast in ove...

Spicy Deviled Eggs

Buffalo Chicken Spicy Deviled Eggs, all flavors of buffalo chicken wings, moist chicken, hot sauce, crunchy celery, and creamy blue cheese.. topped on boiled eggs. Just 5 ingredients, so much flavor on top of hard boiled eggs, these deviled eggs are the best deviled egg recipe ever!Whenever we plan movie-...

Italian Rice Balls

Arancini or arancine are fried rice appetizer balls coated with breadcrumbs, said to have originated in Sicily in the 10th century. The name derives from the food's shape and color, which is reminiscent of an orange (the Italian word for orange is arancia, and arancina means "little orange"). For long, I w...

French Onion Stuffed Mushrooms

It is officially last week of summer and I already welcomed fall last week. LOL! I guess I'm the eager one! Actually, Fall Season starts on 22nd September 2017. We have forecast of rain and thunderstorm for whole week... So, I felt these cozy stuffed mushrooms caps with hint of nutmeg will be perfect to se...

Lasagna Bites

Lasagna Bites, bite size spinach lasagna pieces, seasoned, breaded and fried, served with marinara dipping sauce for delicious summer movie-time snack. Whenever I have my friends and family coming over for weekend movie time, I always ready some easy snack options which kids and adults will equally enjoy....

Healthy Deviled Eggs with Avocado

Quick and healthy Deviled Eggs! These deviled eggs are packed with egg-protein, topped with homemade spicy and green good-fat avocado sauce! They are also mayo free and far more quicker to put together! Paleo, gluten free, and ketogenic diet friendly!Honestly, eggs and avocado are made for each other. Don'...

Date-Walnut Cream Cheese Dip

Utterly simple, delicious cream cheese dip with sweetness of dates, crunchy walnuts, a hint of shallots and a zing of lemon zest. This easy to make dip is a all time favorite party dip recipe. You can make it in advance; just remove it from fridge 30 minutes before serving. This crunchy, sweet, and sour di...

7 Layer Mexican Dip

Holidays are all about having great time with friends and family! As you know, a party is as good as it's appetizers! So, I like to pay extra attention to what I'm serving to welcome my guests. Rule of thumb in my home is : it has to taste good, look good, and above all should be made with good ingredients...

RITZ Crackers Samosa Bites

Holiday Entertaining with easy to assemble samosa bites made with flavorful spiced potatoes and peas samosa filling, cranberry chutney, and sweet 'n salty RITZ Crackers. These samosa bites not only look festive, but are also bursting with flavor. Where gorgeous presentation will bring everyone to platter…...

Baked Oysters with Garlicky, Sweet and Sour Scallion Sauce

Oysters can taste delightful if you know how to cook them well. If you are new to making oysters at home, I recommend to buy cleaned and opened oysters and consume them the very same day. Today, I am sharing with you the recipe for easy, quick and flavorful Oyster Appetizer. I made these for anniversary ce...

Breads

Traditional Braided Challah Bread

Today is Bread Baking Project Day! Sharing with you homemade, moist, lite, and scrumptious Braided Challah Bread with step by step pictures. Also some words of wisdom (personal experience) on making Braided Breads!In my opinion, bread baking at home, is the most satisfying cooking adventure! I think, I wri...

Brioche Dinner Rolls

Brioche Dinner Rolls, my festive take on dinner rolls with buttery petite brioche. I snuggled these gorgeous mini brioche in a pan to serve family-style pull-apart dinner rolls. Do these look festive or what? The best part is, these are rich, buttery, soft, and pillow-like dinner rolls which only need 7 pa...

Caprese Focaccia

Sharing today, crusty and fluffy Italian favorite Focaccia Flat Bread served pizza-style topped with fresh mozzarella, roasted cherry tomatoes, and generous coat of nutty Basil Pesto! Serve it for an informal dinner party or as a lite pizza-style starter for game day! This loaded focaccia is perfect for bo...

Spiced Lamb Pies

Homemade Spiced Lamb Pies have special space in my home. Growing up, we had lots of vegetarian and ground spiced lamb stuffed samosas (deep fried hand pies) and this pie always reminds my of those. However, other than spicy lamb stuffing, these pies are totally different from Samosa in ingredients as well...

Buttery Pull-Apart Herb Monkey Bread

A good baked bread is baker's pride. I don't know if someone said so, or I just became famous ;) Either ways, I am sharing with you a delectable, homemade, fragrant, moist, herbaceous, and crusty monkey bread. Slathered in butter and fresh herbs, this bread is perfect to bring some festivity on holiday din...

Homemade Hawaiian Sweet Dinner Rolls

I love Hawaiian Rolls!! I am sure you do too!! Whenever we bought Hawaiian Rolls home, only one brand shines in store i.e. King's Hawaiian Sweet Roll. In-fact, I don't know if any other brand is available. I love their rolls, Perfectly moist, sweet, and certainly commercialized.Since loongggg... I wanted t...

Strawberry Spinach Salad

Get ready to welcome spring with this refreshing Strawberry Spinach Salad loaded with flavors of strawberries, raspberries, feta, walnuts, and homemade sweet and tangy Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing. This simple yet mighty-healthy salad can brighten the flavor of any meal. It is Gluten free. Can be dairy-f...

Salads/Sides

Oven Roasted Asparagus and Ravioli Pasta Salad

A delicious salad with oven roasted asparagus, roasted cherry tomatoes, strawberries with Ravioli Pasta dressed in lite orange dressing. I call it a "salad" but in my honest opinion it is a complete vegetarian meal. I mean, carbs from Ravioli pasta with roasted cherry tomatoes, asparagus, and juicy strawb...

Chicken Caesar Salad with Asparagus

This recipe for Chicken Caesar Salad - is a healthier and more delicious take on classic Italian romaine Caesar salad with blanched asparagus and crunchy roasted chickpeas croutons! Gluten free, and packed with nutrients! I call it, Chicken Caesar 2.0!Chicken Caesar Salad is an amazingly crunchy, garlicky,...

Vegetarian Kale Caesar Salad

Starting Monday with healthy and crisp Vegetarian Kale Caesar Salad with crunchy radicchio, sweet raisins and a vegetarian eggs-free, mayo-free Caesar dressing (without anchovies). Oh, and crunch bomb in this Kale Caesar salad is 10-min easy 2-step Parmesan Crisp croutons which are also gluten free.This is...

Oven Roasted Asparagus with Lemon Dill Sauce

It is all about Roasting Asparagus today! Learn to cook crisp tender, perfectly cooked Roasted Asparagus in the oven, enjoy with homemade Sour Cream Lemon Dill sauce. This recipe is easy to serve for an informal weeknight meal, but also delicious to accompany as a fancy side for an elaborate family dinner....

Creamy Potato Salad without Mayo

Simple, easy and ridiculously creamy potato salad with combination of red skin potatoes and golden potatoes, crunchy celery, sweet cranberries and creamy sour cream dressing without mayo.This is a kinda potato salad which everyone can enjoy! All who love potato salads and all who can't eat it when it has...

Herb Roasted Potatoes with Sweet-Spicy Mustard Dressing

Roasted Potatoes are one of my favorite ways to eat potatoes (and other root vegetables) in fall-winter season. Easy to cook, vegan, and gluten free, roasted potatoes make excellent starchy dinner side. Addition of fresh herbs, like rosemary, thyme, oregano really elevate the aroma and taste of roasted pot...

Vegan Asparagus Soup

Creamy Asparagus Soup with a subtle spicy kick, prepared with fresh asparagus, sweet leeks, spinach and no creams... and Thai-style flavors of fresh ginger, chili, garlic, cilantro, lemon, and coconut milk.. Plus can't beat the tangy-spicy finish with kimchi.. with bonus of gut-friendly pro-biotics. Gluten...

Cherry Tomatoes, Artichoke, Edamame Salad with Goat Cheese, Cilantro-Lime Vinaigrette

This salad has all of my favorite ingredients cherry tomatoes, artichoke, edamame and last not the least cilantro-lime vinaigrette. Each of these ingredients played an important role in making this salad superb in taste and texture. A healthy and filling lunch salad with perfect balance of sweet, sour and...

Roasted Sunchokes with Lemon Sage Dressing

Few years back, in fall-winter season, I saw these fresh gingers like roots in farmer market called Jerusalem artichokes (also known as sunchokes). This time of year many hard-to-identify root vegetables hit the produce scene, and we – home cooks - so wonder, how you would eat’em. Well, I decided to branch...

Apple and Goat Cheese Salad with White Balsamic-Herb Dressing | Boudin Bakery Copycat

Every texture, every component of this salad plays a roll to make it refreshing, and keep-going-for-next-bite-while-you-talk kinda delicious! well... you can stop talking, but you won't stop digging into this salad! I promise!I was hooked to this salad since I tasted it first-time in Boudin Bakery. Very re...

Main Course

Roasted Chicken alla Limoncello

When I planned to roast some chicken for Sunday supper, I added a twist on my favorite roasted lemon chicken with limoncello and orange marmalade, and buttery-aromatic fennel. Sweet of marmalade, fennel met savory spices and citrus with sharp notes of limencello........ The result was a savory, aromatic, s...

Yogurt Chicken Curry

Yogurt Chicken Curry - The chicken curry from Northern India which is must try for every Indian food lover. This flavorful curry has no sugars, no nuts, no creams but a simple and flavorful Indian mother sauce base made with yogurt, onion, garlic and spices. This is a kinda curry which Indians love to enjo...

Baked Tilapia with Mustard Sauce

Baked Tilapia with mustard sauce - an easy baked fish recipe that comes together very quickly. The base mustard sauce takes just 5 minutes to assemble. When tilapia fish bakes in the sauce, it cooks moist and bursting with tangy mustard flavor. It is a perfect weeknight dinner that you can ready at moment'...

Chicken Divan

This Chicken and Broccoli Divan recipe is easy to prepare, use rotisserie chicken (can use fresh or leftover cooked chicken) and is baked coated in a delicious cheesy creamy Curry Mustard Sauce. All the flavors go so good together, this will become your favorite Chicken and Broccoli Casserole of all times!...

Grilled Salmon with Lemon-Butter Sauce

This is one classic recipe from my every-day-recipe file. Grilled Salmon with Lemon-Butter Sauce is one of our favorite way to enjoy salmon for dinner. Perfectly grilled salmon (details ahead), moist and flaky with silky heavenly lemon and butter sauce. Today, I served it with grilled cauliflower steaks an...

Mushroom Bolognese

How about starting Monday with a rustic and comforting yet vegetarian pasta dinner with meatless Mushroom Bolognese?! Vegetarian version of traditional Meat Bolognese made with tomato sauce, mushrooms, and aromatics. In this mushroom version, I used two kinds of fresh mushrooms - white button and earthy cr...

Roasted Cauliflower Pasta Puttanesca

Pasta Puttanesca - herbaceous Italian-staple spiced tomato and olives sauce pasta, served vegan with roasted cauliflower. A complete weekday dinner, ready in just 30 minutes start to finish! Also including instructions to make Puttanesca Sauce in advance. With sauce already ready, all you have to do for d...

Pasta in Vodka Cream Sauce

Try step by step recipe for Pasta in Vodka Cream Sauce. Prepared with tomato, cream and vodka, this is an easy yet very delicious Pasta Sauce recipe. You can also make sauce ahead of time and refrigerate it for later use, add chicken or veggies for restaurant-style Pasta Dinner at home. Only 20 minutes Coo...

Pasta - Penne Rosa in Tomato-Cream Wine Sauce

Sharing with you 15 minutes, easy and delicious pasta recipe which will sure make a spot in your personal Italian Favorites cookbook - guaranteed. This is probably how I started making Italian food at home. We had lots of Penne Rosa in Noodles and Company in San Diego. Love their quality and taste of food...

Eggplant Parmesan Casserole

Eggplant Parmesan Lasagna or Casserole is an Italian comfort dish made with layers of breaded eggplant slices, marinara sauce, basil, mozzarella and parmesan cheese, and then baked until cheese has melted and bubbly.Honestly, this casserole is my rendezvous with comfort food. To take lots of oil and fat ou...

Eggplant Rollatini

Eggplant Rollatini, it's Sunday! Eggplant Rollatini is one of my favorite summer dinner. When summer starts giving away loads of plum eggplants... I start craving for this lightened-up eggplant casserole.. more than ever.Traditional Eggplant Rollatini or rolatini (if you prefer to call it so) is prepared b...

Ratatouille

Bringing Ratatouille's ratatouille to your dinner table for meatless Monday! With colorful layers of fresh veggies, and garlicky tomato sauce.. this veggie casserole is perfect to kick-start week with a comforting vegetarian dish without a lots of calories. Today, I added a hearty serving of red potatoes a...

Pastitsio (Greek Lasagna)

Pastitsio is Greek version of Italian Lasagna; The layers of rich Greek Béchamel, aromatic Lamb Meat Sauce, and tubular pasta translate to a lasagna that looks delicious and tastes even better! The labor of love-for-cooking, I look forward to Pastitsio as the aroma of cooking spiced meat sauce fills my kit...

Oven Roasted Whole Chicken with Lemon and Thyme

Sharing today, lemon, thyme, and spices marinated, juicy oven roasted whole chicken with roasted potatoes that soak in all flavor while chicken cooks in oven. Not only flavorful chicken roast, this recipe is my favorite because I get to feed my family a complete one-pan meal that has protein, starch, and l...

Parmesan Crusted Chicken Caprese

Parmesan crusted chicken stuffed with classic caprese ingredients - mozzarella cheese, fresh tomatoes, and basil. This skillet chicken may sound a mouthful but just needs 7 main ingredients including chicken! With just 15 minutes prep, this is one of my favorite chicken dinner when family is home in summer...

Chicken Marbella

Chicken Marbella, a delicious savory chicken bake with chicken marinated with vibrant flavors of prunes, olives, capers, oregano and red wine vinegar and then baked topped with little brown sugar. The aroma of chicken cooking with prunes, olives, sugar and garlic makes everyone look forward to the dinner....

Giant Baked Chicken Scotch Eggs | Indian Nargisi Kofta

Just in-time for weekend, sharing one delicious way to eat MORE eggs for Sunday Brunch with these Giant BAKED chicken Scotch Eggs!! Scotch Eggs are not just a popular way to eat eggs-and-meat in Europe countries but are even famous in India, known as Nargisi Kofta (Royal Fritter)! Often scotch eggs or Narg...

Pan-Seared Salmon with Mango Habanero Hot Sauce

Looks like today is Mango love day, I just shared a mango smoothie and this mango-habanero sauce was pending to share with you since long. I think, our love for mangoes show pretty much in my blog. We adore mangoes and I keep looking for creative ways to included'em in my recipes. Even though, the star of...

Cedar Plank Grilled Chipotle Maple Glazed Salmon

Smokey spicy chipotle and sweet maple syrup glazed salmon, grilled on cedar plank and served with a lite and healthy green kale and grape salad. Sweet, smokey, spicy - gang of three make a dream-come-true kinda summer flavors and green kale salad top the charts to make it healthier! But this meal don't nee...

Air Fryer Salmon (Miso Glazed)

Make delicious Miso Salmon in Air Fryer. Bursting with flavor of miso and maple glaze, cooked perfectly with skin. This recipe is perfect for a quick and delicious Salmon dinner ready in just 15 minutes! Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Low Carb and Weeknight Dinner Approved. Also sharing tips to make the best sal...

Desserts

Salted Pistachios Mexican Chocolate Pudding Cake

Mexican Chocolate, spicy and smoky chipotle in adobo chili sauce, more chocolate, roasted salted pistachios! This, my friends, translates to a delicious spicy chocolaty pudding cake which your guests will love to enjoy with a glass of wine after dinner!I often find myself lazy to stand in kitchen and bake...

Pumpkin Bundt Cake with Cheesecake Swirl

Sharing today, a gorgeous Pumpkin Bundt Cake which holds a delicious surprise in middle - a layer of decadent citrus cheesecake. If you love moist pumpkin cakes with cream cheese frosting or fan of pumpkin cheesecake..? then this cake brings to you best of both! Friends, it has pumpkin, it has citrus, it h...

TiraMisu

Chef De Home invites you try this step by step recipe for simple yet elegant tiramisu complete with each step photograph. Tiramisu is classic Italian dessert made with ladyfingers and mascarpone cheese. We prepared this dish without using raw eggs and it tastes delicious.

Carrot Cake Cheesecake

Ending week with sweet and spiced Carrot Cake Cheesecake for dessert! This gorgeous cake is ready to rock your next holiday party! I have made it as easy as mix, pour and bake in one pan at one time.Oh, and don't forget the sour cream glaze with walnuts because those make this cake festive and pretty! Carr...

Mango Cheesecake

This mango season start a new mango dessert tradition, with this perfectly lite sweet, melt-in-mouth creamy and moist mango cheesecake. There is no better way to say: Mangoes, I love you and wait for you every summer season! Starting summer with a Mango Cake has become tradition of my blog. Last year was,...

Moist Mango Pound Cake

This moist, mango pound cake needs nothing more than a dusting of confectioner's sugar to set off it's classic looks. With rich tropical mango taste, and subtle notes of coconut, this easy cake is an excellent dessert to keep in mind when you have a houseful of guests.Summers mark the OFFICIAL Mango season...

Yellow Yolk Oreo Cream Cheese Easter Eggs

Just in time for Easter, sharing with you made-from-scratch, Oreo, cream cheese, and marzipan Easter Eggs! I'm always interested to study about festivals and traditions of various cultures. In India, we have a lot of traditional festivals and fasting period throughout the year. In-fact, few days back, I sh...

No Bake Cream Cheese Pie

You guys! This pie!! It is a summer sensation! Citrus-y, creamy chilled no-bake Cream Cheese pie with easy homemade pie crust! Eggs free, gluten free, and super quick to put together! There are two important components to make delicious fruit pie for dessert - perfect filling and perfect crust. If you got...

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6 Responses

  1. There are so many great choices in this selection for Easter dinner. Now to choose....
  2. So many amazing dishes for Easter or any gathering! Thank you for putting this together :)
  3. What a fabulous list! Will definitely be making some of these for Easter and the others on another day.
  4. So many lovely ideas here - what a fab Easter holiday we will have with all these gorgeous dinners! Thanks x
  5. There is so much amazing choice here. Those stuffed mushrooms look amazing.
  6. Awesome! Thank you so much for this!