50 Cheap Easter Recipes
Easter is right around the corner, and I’m excited to celebrate the holiday with my family and cook a traditional meal.
Typically, I wait until the last minute to plan my Easter menu, scrambling the night before to find recipes and grocery shop. But this year, I’m ahead of the game. I’ve spent some time combing the web and browsing some of my favorite blogs for cheap Easter recipes. Here are some ideas – 50, in fact – to help you cook a fabulous Easter meal without spending a lot of money:
Breakfast and Brunch
- Apple-cinnamon overnight baked french toast
- Breakfast crisp
- Bacon corncakes with warm maple cream
- Healthy French hens (a cross between souffle, omelet, and a quiche)
- Glazed donut muffins
- Spring radish tart
- Easter bunny English muffin sandwiches
- Bunny butt pancakes
- Mini lemon monkey bread cupcakes
- Crescent roll breakfast pizza
- Breakfast empanadas
- Vegan Russian deviled potatoes
Easter Main Dishes
- Ham and potato casserole
- Honey baked ham
- Grandma’s holiday ham
- Raisin glaze for ham
- Cheddar and stout meatloaf
- Pineapple roasted chicken
- Scalloped potatoes with ham and cheese
Vegetarian Easter Recipes
- Curried lentil burgers
- Pesto mac & cheese
- Southwest wild rice pilaf
- “Caviar” lentil salad with arugula, crispy shallots, and roasted garlic
Side Dishes
- Best-ever crock pot mashed potatoes
- Mashed carrot potatoes with bacon
- Honey-mustard roasted vegetables
- Easy twice-baked potato bake
- Roasted Brussels sprouts with Applewood smoked bacon
- Fully loaded Brussels sprouts
- Kristi’s cornbake
- Deviled eggs
- Zucchini-cheddar hush puppies
Salads
- Spring salad with shredded root vegetables, chickpeas, goat cheese, and almonds
- Lentil, feta, grape, and walnut salad
- Strawberry pretzel salad
- Roasted vegetable salad
- Cooked carrot and radish salad
- Layered Jello salad
Bread
- Dinner rolls shaped like little birds
- Cheddar drop biscuits
- Classic popovers
- Parmesan popovers
- Baking powder biscuits made with olive oil
- Hot cross buns
- Rainbow bread
- Gorgonzola cheese straws
Desserts and Easter Treats
- Peeps cake
- Cadbury Creme Egg brownies
- Easter bunny nests
- Easter muddy buddies
- Salted caramel Easter popcorn
- Strawberry pie
- Homemade peanut butter Easter eggs
- Carrot spice cake made with Greek yogurt
- Fondant carrots (to decorate carrot cake)
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kelly @ kellybakes — March 24, 2013 @ 3:36 am
Thanks for the mention! Pinned these 🙂 Great roundup! Happy Easter!
Alyssa (Everyday Maven) — March 25, 2013 @ 5:19 pm
Thanks for including my French Toast Haley!
Eileen — March 27, 2013 @ 11:54 pm
Thanks for the link love! This looks like a fantastic resource for affordable holiday dinners. 🙂
Karen Harris — March 28, 2013 @ 1:36 am
Thank you so much for including me in this wonderful list. I would love to eat my way through it. I am pinning! Happy Easter Heather!!!
liz | carpe season — March 28, 2013 @ 4:37 pm
Way to list it up! This is a fantastic collection (thanks for including Carpe Season!) Happy Easter!
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Amy — October 27, 2013 @ 6:59 am
Thanks for including my Easter Candy Nests! You found so many wonderful ideas for your round-up. I can’t wait until next spring to try some of them!
Sherry Nappa — March 30, 2016 @ 1:20 am
Great Easter roundup! Thanks for sharing.