How to Buy, Prep, and Cook Delicious Dishes This Easter

Easter is one of the most important festivals for Christians around the world. It is celebrated in honor of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the fleshly manifestation of God, who is fully divine and fully human. Christian religious scholars believe that the event happened 3 days after the Romans Crucified Jesus in around 30AD. Christians have strong hopes that they too will experience the resurrection of Jesus Christ in heaven. Easter is celebrated every year on the first Sunday according to the full moon sighting after March 21.

No festival is complete without a delicious dinner. The traditional Easter menu includes traditional bread, ham, and lamb roast, along with sidelines, tempting desserts, and chilled holiday-centric drinks. Here are some mouth-watering dishes to include in your Easter dinner menu for your family members and guests.

Orange Glazed Lamb

It can be your delicious main course dish for eastern dinner. To prepare this dish, a piece of lamb leg needs to be marinated with brown sugar, orange marmalade, some cloves, and Dijon mustard for 4-5 hours so that all the ingredients get completely absorbed by the lamb meat. It is then baked in the oven at 140 Fahrenheit for two hours so that the meat gets completely tender.

Easter Devil Eggs

To prepare creamy Easter devil eggs, you need softened cream cheese, mayonnaise, paprika powder, mixed herbs, Dijon mustard, and salt to taste. Mix all these ingredients well and fill in between hard-boiled eggs. They are perfect to serve as an appetizer on Easter evening.

Pea and Mint Soup

This one is another easy starter, which is also ideal for regions that still have winters. Boil the peas in the water, grind them to make a thin liquid, add cooking cream, black pepper, and salt, and cook for some more time, until you get the desired consistency. Serve them hot to your family members and guests with garlic bread.

Honey Butter Ham

It is another quick and easy option for the main course dish for Easter dinner. It starts with a completely cooked boneless ham piece from the store. You just need to marinate it with honey, butter, mixed herbs, salt, and a little bit of red pepper, then bake it in the oven for 20 minutes.

Glazed Carrots with Hazelnuts

It is a unique and easy side dish. To prepare this dish, baby carrots are tendered in a pot on the stove with Marsala wine and a pinch of salt, as this gives a unique taste, unlike many other carrot dishes you have tasted. It is then topped with roasted hazelnuts and fresh parsley.

Colorful Salad with Creamy Dressing

For this salad, you need bright green peas, shredded orange carrots, red onion, celery, and bell peppers of all four colors – red, yellow, green, and orange. Mix it with a creamy dressing including, mayonnaise, cream, mustard paste, olive oil, salt, and pepper.

Twice-Baked Creamy Potatoes

This is one of the traditional side dishes for many festivals and not just Easter. Soft-boiled mashed potatoes combined with, pepper, salt, paprika powder, mixed herbs, and topped with parmesan cheese are required to be assembled on the baking tray, and then these are divided into equal portions. Each portion needs to be surrounded by potato peel and the tray needs to be put in the oven to bake the potatoes until the cheese gets melted.

Parmesan Asparagus

It is the simplest side dish, with only four ingredients and minimal time required to cook. Boil the Asparagus for 3 minutes, then bake them with butter, a sprinkle of pepper, and desired amount of parmesan cheese for 15 minutes.

Zucchini Casserole

It sounds weird but is quite tasty and loved by most vegetarians. For this, cut zucchini into thin slices, and layer them on a greasy dish along with shredded carrots. Put boiled pasta on it and top up the dish with cheddar and mozzarella cheese and bake it in a preheated oven at 120 Fahrenheit for 30 minutes.

Whatever you have on your Easter dinner menu, you can complement the dishes with chilled drinks like fruity cocktails, champagne, basil lemonade, or simple carbonated drinks. To end the meal, you can prepare easy desserts like carrot cake, small choco-vanilla bunny-shaped cupcakes, orange salad dessert, or Easter egg cookies.

Wishing you a blessed and holy Easter!