2015-03-25



Easter dinner is one of my favorite meals all year. In order to help out all the other fellow menu planning nerds, I took the Ultimate Easter Dinner Menu Planner from last year and updated it with lots of recent favorites. It’s new and improved and full of fabulous, refreshing, out of this world yummy recipes for Easter dinner dining. I’ve also got your back when it comes to recipes for breakfast/brunch and leftovers, if you happen to get that far.

For our little family, I’ve already narrowed it down to a pretty classic menu: Sweet Baked Ham (if you haven’t had this, it’s seriously life changing), Chantilly Potatoes (I only eat these one time a year and look forward to it every single day for 12 months), my favorite Spinach Salad with Sweet-Spicy Nuts, easy Skillet Green Beans, Buttery Cornmeal Crescent Rolls, and Unbelievable Carrot Cake for dessert (but only because we just had that amazing swirled Carrot Bundt Cake a few weeks ago), although it was a close tie with the Glazed Lemon Yogurt Sheet Cake.

Easter breakfast is also kind of a big deal around here so I think I’m going for the Lemon Sticky Buns this year with Rollup Blender Pancakes (since I just stocked the freezer with homemade strawberry jam) and some baked eggs (from here; we had them at Christmas time and they were super delicious – I add 1 tablespoon cream to each egg and just a pinch of kosher, coarse salt – about 13 minutes was perfection).

Ok, get to it! Happy menu planning!
{Remember the menu right below here is clickable to take you to a specific area, otherwise, feel free to scroll and peruse to your heart’s delight.}

Ham | Potatoes | Sides | Bread | Dessert | Breakfast | Leftover Ideas





Chicken Cordon Bleu

Maple Glazed Ham

Slow Cooker Maple Brown Sugar Ham

Sweet Baked Ham

Baked Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Chantilly Potatoes

Cheesy Au Gratin Potatoes

Cheesy Au Gratin Potatoes

Amazing Romaine Salad with Light Poppy Seed Vinaigrette

Cheesy Cauliflower Bake

Classic Deviled Eggs

Creamy 5-Cup Fruit Salad

Delicious Caesar Salad {With Homemade Dressing}

Fresh Green Bean Salad with Balsamic Dressing

Fruit Salad with Creamy Glazed Dressing {My Favorite Fruit Salad}

Honey Lime Fruit Salad

Roasted Asparagus

Simple Skillet Green Beans {The Best Fresh Green Beans Of Your Life}

Spinach Salad with Sweet-Spicy Nuts, Apples, Feta and Bacon

Spinach Strawberry Salad with Homemade Creamy Poppy Seed Dressing

Buttermilk Biscuits

Buttermilk Drop Biscuits

Buttermilk Potato Rolls {Fluffiest Most Delicious Rolls I’ve Ever Met}

Buttery Cornmeal Crescent Rolls

Cheddar and Herb Biscuits

Fluffy Whole Wheat Dinner Rolls

Lion House Dinner Rolls

Parker House Rolls

Apple Dapple Cake with Warm Vanilla Cream Sauce

Blueberry Coconut Cake with Lemon Sauce

Carrot Cake Cheesecake

Carrot Cake Cream Cheese Swirl Bundt Cake

Carrot Sheet Cake with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting

Chocolate Pots de Creme

Classic Crème Brulee

Classic Strawberry Shortcake {With a Decadent Chocolate Version}

Coconut Tres Leches Cake Trifle

Double Chocolate Mousse Torte

Glazed Lemon Yogurt Sheet Cake

Heavenly Blueberry and Cream Angel Dessert

Homemade Marshmallow Easter Eggs

Lemon Berry Trifle

Lemon Cheesecake {Mostly No Bake}

Lemon Pudding Cake

Perfected Yellow Cake

Strawberry Cream Puff Cake

Unbelievable Carrot Cake

Blueberry and Almond Baked Steel Cut Oats

Buttermilk Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Glaze

Classic Buttermilk Waffles

Crepes, Crepes, Crepes!

Ebelskivers: Puffy Danish Pancakes

Giant Cinnamon Rolls {with step-by-step photos}

Glazed Chocolate Chip Scones

Lemon Sticky Buns with Lemony Cream Cheese Glaze

Make-Ahead Sausage and Egg Breakfast Bake

New York-Style Crumb Cake

Nutella and Strawberry Stuffed French Toast

Orange Sweet Rolls

Overnight Raised Waffles

Red Berry Risotto Oatmeal

Rollup Blender Pancakes

Strawberries and Cream Scones

Strawberries and Cream Stuffed French Toast

The Best Blueberry Muffins

The Best Monkey Bread

The Perfect Cinnamon Rolls {Gloria’s Famous Recipe}

Cheesy Ham and Broccoli Quinoa Bites

Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

Creamy Fettuccine with Ham and Peas

Ham and Pasta Skillet Dinner

Ham and Sweet Potato Hash

Ham, Sweet Potato and White Bean Soup with Bacon {Slow Cooker}

Hawaiian Fried Rice

My Favorite Lightened Up Egg Salad Sandwich

Savory Spiral Stuffed Rolls

Split Pea Soup with Barley and Ham {Slow Cooker}

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