Easter recipies?

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I have about 30 people coming for dinner. I’m buying a ham and I’ve planned a kale salad with bacon, beets, and feta cheese. I was also going to do a berry salad dressed in chocolate infused basalmic vinegar. My mother is bringing dessert. Anyone have some inspirational ideas for side dishes that say, “He is risen indeed?”
 
I actually saw a vegetable tray in a grocery store that was in the shape of an egg. It is the Easter theme, but maybe not the 'He is risen theme. Let me think about this because it sounds like a fun idea
 
Ok, I did a quick google search and got only 2 ideas

Fish - Jesus ate a lot of that

Special bread. Perhaps google how people made bread back (I suspect perhaps no yeast if that is what unlevened means)

If you want to make the food into a decoration (eg a cross), I think that would be kind of hard to pull off tastefully

Let me know what you come up with. this sounds like fun
 
We always do deviled eggs and au gratin potatoes. My kids call them all rotten potatoes. That kale salad sounds amazing so I might steal that for this year! Usually we do lamb instead of ham but that is only because we are able to get one for a very good price from the livestock auction. Otherwise it’s way too expensive and we have either ham or turkey instead. We like baked apples with ham so that might be an option for you.
 
I did a bit of searching…
  • Mashed sweet potatoes
  • Rolls/bread
  • Baked apples (Seconding what another poster recommended!!!)
  • Some kind of cheesy/buttery dish (au gratin, scalloped potatoes)
  • Ravioli with pesto
  • Roasted carrots
  • Risotto
  • A bean/quinoa salad
  • Roasted cauliflower
  • Hasselback potatoes
  • An abundance of different fruits and veggies to choose from with different dips
That’s all I can think of right now!
 
If you have a source for challah, that could be festive.

When we lived in a Jewish neighborhood in a big city, the Panera’s always had challah.
 
Anglewannabe said:
Ok, I did a quick google search and got only 2 ideas

Fish - Jesus ate a lot of that

Special bread. Perhaps google how people made bread back (I suspect perhaps no yeast if that is what unlevened means)

If you want to make the food into a decoration (eg a cross), I think that would be kind of hard to pull off tastefully

Let me know what you come up with. this sounds like fun
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I could make hot cross unleavened buns! 😃
 
Hot Cross Buns are pretty traditional and tasty.

My parents always make a pineapple raisin sauce for their ham. I haven’t really been a big fan of it, but it has grown on me since I have gotten older. 🤷
 
Xantippe said:
If you have a source for challah, that could be festive.

When we lived in a Jewish neighborhood in a big city, the Panera’s always had challah.
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Panera is from St. Louis. If you drive down the main drag of the town where I live, there’s literally one every five minutes. (Except here they’re called Saint Louis Bread Co.) I’m sure they have challah. If not, I know Trader Joe does. I bought some from them once and used it to make a bread pudding.
 
SnowAngels said:
I did a bit of searching…
  • Mashed sweet potatoes
  • Rolls/bread
  • Baked apples (Seconding what another poster recommended!!!)
  • Some kind of cheesy/buttery dish (au gratin, scalloped potatoes)
  • Ravioli with pesto
  • Roasted carrots
  • Risotto
  • A bean/quinoa salad
  • Roasted cauliflower
  • Hasselback potatoes
  • An abundance of different fruits and veggies to choose from with different dips
That’s all I can think of right now!
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I LOVE roasted cauliflower! I was also thinking of doing a cheesy, broccoli, rice dish. Zatarans makes a delicious sweet rice mix called Caribbean Rice, which is really good with pineapple in it, but I thought that might be too much sweet. I also love sweet potato pie, but I have several members of my family that HATE sweet potato of any kind.
 
bitterhope said:
We always do deviled eggs and au gratin potatoes. My kids call them all rotten potatoes. That kale salad sounds amazing so I might steal that for this year! Usually we do lamb instead of ham but that is only because we are able to get one for a very good price from the livestock auction. Otherwise it’s way too expensive and we have either ham or turkey instead. We like baked apples with ham so that might be an option for you.
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My step-mother is bringing deviled eggs. She loves making the things and she has a special dish with little egg-shaped holes in it, so she always makes the deviled eggs.
 
Twice baked potatoes

Challah 👍

Broccoli casserole (cheeses and rice, water chestnuts, slivered almonds…)

Stir-fried mixed greens (collard, mustard, kale)

Pineapple upside down cake 🙂
 
Allegra said:
Panera is from St. Louis. If you drive down the main drag of the town where I live, there’s literally one every five minutes. (Except here they’re called Saint Louis Bread Co.) I’m sure they have challah. If not, I know Trader Joe does. I bought some from them once and used it to make a bread pudding.
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WOW!

I love Panera’s.
 
We always buy butter that is shaped like a lamb to go with the bread. I’m not sure if you can find it anywhere except a store that had Polish foods.
 
Xantippe said:
WOW!

I love Panera’s.
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I loved them when I was a kid, for sure. They were a great place to get good, hearty food at a reasonable price. However, since they went all national with their chain, the prices have gotten so high they are now cost prohibitive for me except for special occasions. They DO do a lot to help the poor and homeless though.
 
redbetta said:
We always buy butter that is shaped like a lamb to go with the bread. I’m not sure if you can find it anywhere except a store that had Polish foods.
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My grandma used to soften store-bought butter and mix it with brown sugar and crushed pecans and then press it into a lamb mold. I’m not sure where I could get the mold though.
 
I’m Italian American.

Normally Easter would feature lamb, but that tends to be expensive. Growing up we would also have alternative to lamb–goat.:eek: I wouldn’t recommend that.

But maybe a baked pasta? You could do a baked ziti, or a lasagna. There are brands of no boil lasagna noodles to make it easier.
 
Allegra said:
My grandma used to soften store-bought butter and mix it with brown sugar and crushed pecans and then press it into a lamb mold. I’m not sure where I could get the mold though.
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I got mine at a store that sells candy-making supplies. It’s a mold for making chocolates. I just use plain butter. I also use two sticks of butter and make a cross. I use about one-third of a sick on each side for the cross piece, rough up the butter to look like wood, and use cloves for the sites of the wounds.
 
To make your own butter, you can just buy whipping cream and put it in a stand mixer with a whipping attachment. Turn it on high and let it do its thang. (If you add a bit of powdered sugar and vanilla, you can stop when it reaches stiff peaks and you have whipped cream way better than storebought.) You could add a bit of salt or honey or other flavoring to suit your needs.

We make an Easter cheese bread that is really good (family recipe, but similar to this.)

We also do leg of lamb in the crock pot with basically this recipe. We add brown mustard to the marinade.

We’re serving the lamb with roasted red potatoes and sour beans (steamed green beans with bacon, a bit of flour, salt, pepper, and lots of vinegar - it’s my husband’s favorite thing in the world for holiday dinners).

For dessert I’m making pineapple upside down cake and also serving an Irish cream cheesecake I found at Aldi.
 
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