Easy Holiday Recipes - Easter Recipes

Easy Holiday Recipes - Easter Recipes

Easy holiday recipes has to include Easter recipes. So until Easter comes, I will give you a few Easter recipes as part of our collection of easy holiday recipes.

Easter Egg Cocktail Spread

What You Need:

• 1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese, softened
• 2 hard boiled eggs, peeled, rinsed and chopped fine
• 2 t butter, softened
• 1/2 C green onions, diced fine

How to Make It:

1. Place the cream cheese into a mixing bowl.
2. Add the chopped eggs and butter.
3. Sprinkle the green onions into the mixture.
4. Use a rubber spatula and blend the ingredients together until well combined being sure the mixture has a spreadable consistency.
5. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour or until completely chilled through.

Serves: 8

This is a great way to use up some of those Easter eggs. Serve with crackers or rye bread rounds for an appetizer before dinner. Finely chopped black olives can also be added to this spread as well as chopped pimento.

Peter Cotton Tail Appetizers

What You Need:

• 2 C of fresh spinach
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 C Parmesan cheese, grated
• 1/4 C walnuts, chopped
• 1/4 C olive oil
• 8 celery stalks, trimmed and rinsed

How to Make It:

1. Place the spinach into the blender
2. Add the garlic and Parmesan cheese.
3. Add the walnuts to the mixture.
4. Pour the olive oil in over the other ingredients.
5. Process the mixture until it becomes very smooth.
6. Spread the mixture into each of the celery stalks.
7. Cut each stalk into 2 in. pieces.
8. Place the appetizers on a plate and cover with plastic wrap.
9. Refrigerate at least 30 minutes or for up to 2 hours.

Serves: 48 appetizers

You can use any of the remaining stuffing mixture as a dip for these appetizers. Just add 1/2 C plain yogurt, 1 T grated Parmesan cheese and a 1/4 t of pepper. Mix together well and set out with the appetizers for everyone to enjoy.

Pastel Easter Punch

What You Need:

• 2 pints strawberries
• 4 fresh peaches, sliced
• 2 (6 oz.) cans frozen pineapple juice
• 24 ice cubes
• 4 C sparkling mineral water

How to Make It:

1. Place the strawberries into the blender.
2. Add the sliced peaches.
3. Place the juice concentrate unthawed into the blender.
4. Cover and puree until well combined.
5. Gradually add the ice cubes one at a time and puree after each addition.
6. When the last ice cube is added continue to puree until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
7. Immediately pour the mixture into a large punch bowl.
8. Pour the mineral water into the bowl and stir to combine.
9. Garnish the top with slices of strawberries.

Serves: 24

If your Easter dinner entails serving a large amount of people this punch may be just the thing. It's easy to make and very delicious and even the kids will come back for more. Seltzer water can be used in place of the mineral water if you prefer.

Frozen Fruit Soda

What You Need:

• 1 C of fresh blueberries
• 1 C of fresh strawberries
• 1 1/4 C orange juice
• 1 1/4 C grape juice
• 4 ice cream scoops blueberry flavored frozen yogurt

How to Make It:

1. Divide the fruit into 4 tall glasses.
2. Pour the orange juice into a pitcher.
3. Add the grape juice to the pitcher and stir until combined.
4. Pour the juice over the fruit in the glasses.
5. Top each glass with one scoop of frozen yogurt.

Serves: 4

These are great drinks to serve to kids at your Easter dinner. They are easy to make and the kids will go crazy over them. Use different fruits and juices such as strawberries and sliced nectarines with apple juice and peach juice then top with strawberry yogurt. The possibilities are endless so try a few of your own ideas.

Fruited Sipping Tea

What You Need:

• 1 pot of brewed herbal tea
• 4 t of honey
• 1 large sweet apple, diced

How to Make It:

1. Pour the tea into 4 cups filling them 2/3 full.
2. Stir in 1 t of honey per cup.
3. Add 1/4 of the diced apple to each cup.
4. Let the tea stand for 5 minutes before serving.

Serves: 4

There's nothing better than a nice cup of tea after a good meal. This tea is the perfect sipping tea to relax with after that wonderful Easter dinner.

Well, I hope you enjoy these Easter Recipes as part of all the fun and easy holiday recipes on this blog. Holiday meals are always so important and easy holiday recipes takes care of that. No need to worry any more about what you are going to serve. Browse Easy Holiday Recipes for more ideas.