All the Recipes You Need to Plan Your Easter Menu

Whether you’re having an Easter brunch or an Easter dinner, these recipes will make planning easy and doable! This list includes everything from salads to rolls to main dishes to potatoes.

Easter dinner is one of my favorite meals. I love the bright, fresh, springy flavors that often accompany the food served on this day.

I change my Easter dinner menu a little bit every year, but there are a few things that are non-negotiable. Carrot cake is one of them. It’s one of my favorite desserts! Also, my family would revolt if these cheesy potatoes didn’t magically appear.

I hope the recipes below help take some of the stress out of planning your Easter menu! Click here for more Easter recipes!

What are you planning? Should I make it for Easter brunch or dinner this year?

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All the Recipes You Need to Plan Your Easter Menu

Super simple brown sugar baked ham

I almost never posted this recipe. But considering it’s the tastiest ham ever, I thought I’d be doing you a disservice if I didn’t tell you about it.

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sweet baked ham

Stovetop or Instant Pot instructions for this delicious ham!

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Slow Cooker Maple Brown Sugar Ham

This ham has received hundreds of five-star reviews because it’s so simple and delicious.

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Maple Glazed Ham

If you want a super classic ham dish for Easter, choose this Maple Glazed Ham! It’s so easy to make by baking it in the oven.

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Lift the unstuffed chicken cordon bleu with a spatula.

Unstuffed Chicken Cordon Bleu with Roasted Broccoli

This easy sheet pan recipe is delicious and special enough for Easter!

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Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu

All the flavors of traditional Cordon Bleu, but in a much simpler way!

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Stack of two pieces of cooked pork tenderloin pierced with a fork on a wooden cutting board.

Easy air fryer pork tenderloin

This is the only air fryer recipe I’ve ever posted. Maybe it’s the last time. But it’s so delicious that it’s worth keeping in the air fryer!

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Sweet Balsamic Glazed Pork Loin

This amazing pulled pork (slow cooker or instant pot!) has been our favorite pulled pork for almost 20 years. It’s really amazing.

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Grilled Maple Leaf Pork Tenderloin

This elegant roast pork tenderloin is easy to make and is fantastic served with potatoes, biscuits or rolls.

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Scoop out a spoonful of cheesy funeral potatoes.

Cheesy Funeral Potatoes {Au Gratin Potatoes}

Classic, cheesy, and delicious. You can make it with frozen diced hash browns or fresh potatoes.

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Cheese Au Gratin Potatoes

Think of this as a cross between au gratin and scalloped potatoes. No need to cook the potatoes first!

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Spatula scooping cheesy mashed potatoes from half sheet pan.

Cheesy Garlic Mashed Potatoes

These Easy Sheet Pan Cheese Mashed Potatoes are the perfect side dish for ham or pork!

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Metal spoon scooping a spoonful of roasted mashed potatoes with parmesan topping on a white plate

Creamy baked mashed potatoes topped with buttery Parmesan cheese

Baked mashed potatoes? Oooh, I see. This is a great potato option that is incredibly delicious and can be prepared in advance.

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Roasted Sweet Potato Lentil Salad

This recipe is a hearty salad-like side dish. Sweet potatoes in different flavors are incredibly delicious.

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Baked Potato Salad

This is a delicious and unique potato side dish that goes well with other Easter dinners.

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Chantilly Potatoes

These creamy, cheesy, delicious potatoes have been a long-time favorite! You can’t go wrong with these Chantilly potatoes.

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A white tray with cooked green beans, lemon zest and some scooped out green beans.

Lemon Garlic Skillet Green Beans

A simple green vegetable side dish? These Lemon Garlic Green Beans are delicious and take only minutes to make.

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Top down view of steamed green beans with roasted almonds, garlic and shallots.

Easy Green Beans Almonds

Elevate the taste of green beans with this flavorful recipe. This is one of my favorite recipes!

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Fresh Green Bean Salad with Balsamic Dressing

Give your green beans a pop with this balsamic-flavored green bean salad. You can make it in advance!

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Best Broccoli Salad

Between you and me, I think this delicious salad is just about perfect for any holiday. I love it so much.

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Green salad on a white plate with roasted pumpkin seeds, chopped apples, candied pecans, feta cheese and red onions.

harvest apple salad

This salad isn’t just for the fall season. This is a great salad for any event or holiday meal.

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Portion of spinach salad on white plate with vinaigrette, bacon, onion and feta.

Amazing Spinach Salad with Sweet and Spicy Nuts, Apples, Feta Cheese and Bacon

Another fantastic green salad that will elevate your holiday meals. It’s all about those sweet and spicy pecans.

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Amazing Romaine Salad with Light Poppy Seed Vinaigrette

I’ve served this next-level salad at countless dinners (especially fancy ones). The dressing is really delicious, and all the ingredients come together well.

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Closeup of honey lime fruit salad.

Honey Lime Fruit Salad

This is truly the best fruit salad ever. This menu takes basic fruits to the next level by adding refreshing lime juice and honey, and is always a popular menu item!

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Two mini quiches from the mini quiche recipe on a white napkin.

Mini Ham and Cheese Quiche

These mini quiches are easy and customizable to serve as a delicious side dish or Easter brunch!

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Toasted soft and fluffy dinner rolls on a white plate.

Perfect soft and fluffy dinner rolls

One of the best fluffy roll recipes you will ever make. promise

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Cut the fluffy dinner roll in half and spread with butter and jam.

Easy Fluffy Blender Rolls

These no-knead rolls are super easy to make and fluff very well.

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Butter Cornmeal Crescent Rolls

Have you ever made cornmeal crescent rolls?? The dough is so soft and soft and the taste is amazing. Make it!

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White 9X13 inch pan of Baked Raspberry Sweet Rolls topped with sweet cream cheese icing.

Raspberry Sweet Roll

These rolls scream Easter, spring, and pure deliciousness!

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Spiral Rolled Homemade Orange Sweet Rolls

Homemade Orange Sweet Roll

These orange rolls are one of my favorite sweet rolls. Because the sweet taste of orange + cream cheese + butter is truly divine.

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Two baked lemon blueberry scones on a white plate.

Amazing Lemon Blueberry Scones

Best.Scones.Forever! These have all the flavors of spring, perfect for Easter.

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Carrot cake coffee cake served on a light gray plate.

carrot cake coffee cake

Although it’s called coffee cake, it’s an incredibly delicious carrot cake that’s perfect for Easter dessert. I really like it.

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Place a slice of carrot layer cake on a white plate with a bite on a fork.

Best Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

If you’ve never made this carrot cake before, you’re missing out on next-level deliciousness. The cream cheese frosting is really delicious.

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A slice of cream cheese frosted carrot sheet cake sprinkled with pecans on a white plate. Fork is taking a bite of cake.

Carrot Sheet Cake with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting

This carrot cake in sheet cake form is perfect for feeding a crowd!

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Slice of carrot cake cheesecake on white plate with fork.

carrot cake cheesecake

Carrot cake + cheesecake! It’s an amazing combination of delicious and pretty.

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A carrot and cream cheese swirl bundt cake is being lifted off a white plate with a white spatula.

Carrot Cake Cream Cheese Swirl Bundt Cake

Another carrot cake situation perfect for Easter dinner. Bundt cake with cream cheese frosting and cream cheese swirls – delicious!

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Lemon Blueberry Cake with Whipped Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting

If you’re looking to change up your carrot cake routine, this Lemon Blueberry Cake would be a fantastic choice!

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No-Bake Lemon Blueberry Cheesecake

No-bake cheesecake is a great holiday dessert option because you can make it ahead!

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Best fruit pizza squares bitten on white plate

perfect fruit pizza

Haha, is fruit pizza this adorable and delicious?? This is a truly delicious dessert that can be customized with your favorite fruits.

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Square cake with white sheet cake topped with a layer of cream cheese and fruit topping on a white plate with fresh blueberries.

Grandma’s Famous Sheet Cakes

Use whatever fruit you like for the top of this cake! This is a sheet cake that can be enjoyed by many people. (Leftover food is also delicious eaten cold.)

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