Is It Your Turn to Host the Easter Meal?

If your Easter celebration starts early in the morning, you might consider serving a
Bunny Brunch with dishes like Spring Berry Compote, Baked Eggs in Golden Toast Cups and simple but beautiful Coconut Raisin Parfaits.

If you're getting a later start or want a slightly more formal meal, an Elegant and Easy Easter Dinner, featuring incredibly easy Lamb Chops with Yogurt Mint Sauce, might be more appropriate.



Photo courtesy of Sun-Maid®

If It Wasn't for Easter, They Might Have Been Called "Ox-Horn Rolls"!

You know them as Hot Cross Buns, but in pre-Christian-era Europe, small cakes were baked to celebrate spring festivals, and they were marked with a cross to symbolize the horns of an ox, a traditional sacrificial animal. (This recipe was given a 5 star rating by one of Meals.com's users).

Now that the Bunny has come and gone...

What can I do with all these eggs*? A Niçoise salad, perhaps? Curry-flavored Madras Dip? Or just a batch of Ever-So-Easy Deviled Eggs? Check out these and other hard-boiled egg recipes that will help you use up your painted eggs.

Photo: Courtesy of American Egg Board

* (The California Egg Board says that hard-cooked eggs are okay to eat as long as they haven't been out of refrigeration for more than two hours.)

Ham or Lamb? The Easter Dinner Dilemma
The main dish for Easter Sunday dinner often comes down to two traditional choices: ham or lamb. For vegetables, spring is a time for choices such as sweet peas, slender asparagus or young, tender artichokes. Here are recipes in all five categories to help make planning your Easter feast a breeze.
Ham Recipes for Easter Dinner
Lamb Recipes for Easter Dinner
Recipes for Peas, Asparagus and Artichokes

courtesy of Meals.com