If I had to pick my favorite holiday, it would have to be Easter. So many sweet memories with my family cooking up an Easter feast, dying eggs using natural ingredients, and of course, the hunt!
Here’s a fresh, healthy collection of Easter recipe ideas! You’ll find lots of inspiration here, from classic Easter dinner and brunch ideas to side dishes, salads, soups, and desserts. Going plant-based this Easter? Scroll down for some of our most popular vegan & vegetarian Easter recipes!
Vegetarian Easter Dinner Recipes
Vegan Easter Dinner Ideas
Spring Vegetable Pot Pie
This Vegetable Pot Pie is loaded with vibrant fresh veggies, flavorful herbs cooked in creamy vegan sauce, topped with a flaky puff pastry crust. Video.
Creamy Pea Pasta (Vegan)
This creamy Pea Pasta is lathered up in the most delicious, luscious sauce made with fresh (or frozen) English peas and mint without a lick of dairy! Vegan and delicious!
Vegan Lasagna
This Vegan Lasagna is made with a robust mushroom-spinach bolognese sauce, fresh basil, vegan ricotta and no-boil lasagna noodles topped off with a creamy marinara sauce, drizzled with Arugula Basil Pesto. Vegan comfort food at its best! READ NOTES.
Mushroom Wellington with Rosemary and Pecans
Mushroom Wellington with Rosemary and Pecans – a simple, tasty vegan main dish that can be made ahead, perfect for holiday gatherings! Serve with optional Port Wine Sauce. *Make sure to thaw your puff pastry before you start (overnight in the fridge is easiest!) Makes 2 rolls.
Vegan Shepherd’s Pie
This vegetarian shepherd’s pie recipe is so cozy and comforting! Savory mushrooms, root vegetables, and white beans are bathed a flavorful gravy, and topped with creamy, pillowy mashed potatoes, and baked until golden. Vegan-adaptable. Video.
Easter Dinner Recipes for a Crowd
Skip the glazed ham this year and try something different! Here are a few of our favorite Easter dishes perfect for gathering around the Easter table.
Hard-Boiled Egg Recipes
Don’t let your beautiful colored Easter eggs go to waste!
Easter Side Dishes
Here’s a selection of spring-inspired Easter side dishes that are sure to enhance your Easter table. From honey-butter-glazed Carrots to Green Beans Almondine, there is something for everyone! Artichoke
Grilled Artichokes
Grilled artichokes are deliciously tender and smoky. Skip the butter and aioli and serve them up with our punchy Italian Salsa Verde. A tasty vegan appetizer or side dish that presents beautifully!
Honey Butter Glazed Carrots
This simple Glazed Carrots recipe is a delightful addition to any meal, tender and succulent with just the right balance of sweet and tangy. Special enough for the holiday table and easy enough for weeknight dinners. Vegan-adaptable.
French Potato Salad
This French Potato Salad is loaded up with fresh herbs – tarragon, parsley, and chives and dressed in the most flavorful Dijon Vinaigrette. It’s vegan, with no mayo, and quick and easy to make. Healthy and light!
Blistered Green Beans with Toasted Walnut Vinaigrette
Blistered Green beans with toasted walnut vinaigrette is a simple, delicious side dish that will enhance almost any meal. Vegan and Gluten-free.
Easy Roasted Asparagus
Simple Roasted Asparagus with olive oil, garlic, lemon zest, baked at 400F, in about 20 minutes. A fast, easy, healthy vegetable side dish that pairs with so many things!
Garlic Mashed Potatoes
These Garlic Mashed Potatoes are simply heavenly! Creamy, richly flavorful and easy to make, they are the ultimate side dish to any meal! Easy enough for weeknight dinners, elegant enough for the holiday table. Vegan-adaptable and GF.
Artichoke Souffle w/ Goat Cheese and Thyme
Artichoke Souffles with goat cheese and thyme, a delicious appetizer featuring artichokes!
Green Beans Almondine
This Green Bean Almondine recipe is so simple yet full of incredible flavor! Toasty almonds, crispy garlic, lemon zest, shallots, and chili pepper flakes bring it up a notch. It’s vegan.
Roasted Carrots with Tahini Sauce
A quick and easy recipe for Roasted Carrots with cumin and coriander seeds, over a creamy Maple-Tahini Sauce, sprinkled with Pistachios and Dukkha, a tasty vegan side dish that pairs with many things.
Spring-Inspired Easter Salads!
Hearty Easter Main Dishes
Growing up, my Egyptian father would always roast lamb for Easter, so there is a fondness here that reminds me of home. Here are some tender lamb recipes as well as chicken and beef- all full of flavor!
Easter Soup Recipes
A selection of vibrant soups, perfect for starting off your special Easter Dinner.
Easter Appetizers
Start Easter dinner off right with these spring-inspired appetizers!
Easter Brunch Recipes
Here’s a selection of delicious brunch recipes, perfect for the Easter holiday.
Turkish Eggs
This Turkish Eggs recipe (Çılbır) features garlicky, herbed yogurt, soft-poached eggs, and a warm Aleppo butter sauce for a bold-flavored, low-carb, savory breakfast or brunch. Video.
Asparagus Frittata
Asparagus Frittata- aka “Spring Egg Puff” a simple, delicious vegetarian meal, perfect for brunch, lunch or dinner!
Moroccan Eggs
Moroccan Eggs! Eggs are baked in a flavorful lamb stew infused with Moroccan Spices, topped with Harissa Yogurt. A delicious breakfast or brunch recipe. #moroccanrecipes
Baked French Toast (Vegan)
Healthy (Vegan) Baked French Toast – made with fresh berries, orange zest and almonds. An adaptable, foundation recipe for different seasons and your own creations. A healthy version of our favorite brunch recipe! Can be made ahead! Vegan!
Mushroom Toast
This Mushroom Toast recipe (aka Mushroom Tartine) is savory, comforting, and delicious any time of day! Ready in 20 minutes, it’s a quick and easy meal we think you’ll fall in love with!
Shakshuka Recipe
Shakshuka is a flavorful North African baked egg dish with sautéed peppers, tomatoes, and spices, topped with eggs and herbs.
Perfect Quiche
Learn the secret to making the Perfect Quiche every time! This Quiche Recipe features a buttery, flakey crust filled with a silky, creamy custard and your choice of fillings- seasonal veggies, herbs and greens.
Scrambled Eggs with Asparagus & Leeks
A simple Spring Scramble with Asparagus, Dill, Leeks and Goat Cheese
Classic French Toast
An easy recipe for tender French Toast enhanced with spices, orange zest, and lightly sweetened with maple syrup. Top with Fresh Berry Compote for a perfect weekend breakfast treat.
Vegetable Frittata
This baked Vegetable Frittata recipe is so simple and easy. Packed full of healthy veggies, it’s perfect for brunch, lunch or dinner. Video!
Easter Desserts
What Easter dinner would be complete without dessert? Here are our favorite spring- forward desserts.
Baked Goods!
Whether you bake something sweet or savory, these baked items are a delicious addition to the holiday table.
Easter Cocktails
These spring-inspired cocktails are crowd pleasers!
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Asparagus Tart Video
50+ Fresh and Springy Easter Ideas!
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 35
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: salad
- Method: tossed
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Description
Create a beautiful Easter feast with these spring-inspired Easter recipes, highlighting the best of spring produce. Vegan & Vegetarian options! (Asparagus Tart)
Ingredients
- 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed
- 8 oz spreadable cream cheese
- 1 tablespoon fresh chives, chopped fine
- 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh French tarragon
- 2 1/2 oz gruyere cheese, grated
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest (about one medium lemons worth)
- 1 teaspoon dijon
- 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 bunch asparagus – pencil-sized
- 1 egg – for egg wash (see notes)
Instructions
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Thaw puff pastry overnight or according to directions on the package.
Set oven to 400 degrees.
- On a piece of parchment, roll puff pastry out to 1/4 inch thickness approximately 11 x 13 or 12 x 12. Transfer parchment with pastry to a standard baking pan. Prick the dough with a fork.
- Faster crust option 1; Score the crust by slicing 1/2 way through about 1 inch from the edge. This will allow the “crust” to rise. Brush the top with the egg wash, for golden color. Bake crust at 400 degrees for 18 minutes (or until it looks puffed and starting to brown). Cool. Flakier Crust option 2; With a sharp knife carefully trim off 1-inch strips from each side of the rolled out pastry and set aside leaving them uncooked. Bake crust for 15 minutes (or until it looks puffed and starting to brown) at 400 degrees. Let cool. Generously brush egg wash on 1 inch of the edge of the baked pastry. Lay trimmed set aside edge strips on the edge of cooked pastry. (The egg wash acts as glue). Brush the top with the egg wash for the beautiful golden color.
- Make Filling: In a bowl mix together cream cheese, dijon, lemon zest, chives, tarragon, salt, and pepper. Spread evenly over the cooled pastry crust with a metal spatula. Sprinkle gruyere over cream cheese mixture.
- Cut asparagus spears to fit on your tart, toss with a little olive oil and arrange on top of tart.
- Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 15-20 minutes.
- Cool for 20 minutes before slicing.
Notes
Optional garnishes: chive blossoms, fresh tarragon, lemon zest
This works best with small or medium-sized asparagus. ( Though you can always slice the larger stalks in half lengthwise.)
To make an egg wash; mix an egg yolk with 1-2 tablespoons of water.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: ⅛ th of the tart
- Calories: 297
- Sugar: 1.6 g
- Sodium: 354.2 mg
- Fat: 22.8 g
- Saturated Fat: 8.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 15.9 g
- Fiber: 0.9 g
- Protein: 7.4 g
- Cholesterol: 35.3 mg
Made for dinner tonight. Fantastic!
Planning a menu to host a brunch. This is exactly the inspiration I need! Thank you.
Great to hear Nia