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.

Easy Holiday Recipes - Easy Soda Raisin Muffins

Easy Holiday Recipes - Easy Soda Raisin Muffins

Easy holiday recipes must always include a few muffin recipes. Muffins are so easy to make, even my five year old granddaughter manages to get completely edible muffins. Muffins are also not nearly as sensitive as we all believe - she has proved it, she breaks just about every muffin recipe rule and still her muffins comes out moist, tasty and soft. So, give it a go! If Anabel at five can do it, you can too.

Easy Soda Raisin Muffins

What You Need:

• 1 C + 2 tbsp flour
• 1/4 C + 1 t sugar, divided
• 1 t baking powder
• 1/4 t baking soda
• 1/4 t salt
• 1/2 C sour cream
• 2 T of vegetable oil
• 2 T egg, beaten
• 1/3 C raisins

How to Make It:

1. Dump the flour in a mixing bowl.
2. Add 1/4 C sugar and toss to combine.
3. Toss in the baking powder, soda and salt until thoroughly blended.
4. In a different bowl place the sour cream.
5. Pour in the vegetable oil and add the egg.
6. Whisk until the ingredients are combined together well and smooth.
7. Stir the sour cream mixture into the flour mixture just until the dry ingredients are moistened.
8. Fold in the raisins being sure they are incorporated well into the batter.
9. Set the oven temperature to 400 degrees and allow the oven to heat while finishing the muffins.
10. Line a muffin tin with six paper liners.
11. Fill each muffin cup half full of the batter.
12. Sprinkle the top of each one with the remaining sugar.
13. Bake 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
14. Allow the muffins to cool 5 minutes before removing to a rack to cool to desired temperature.

Serves: 6

There is no holiday that will not benefit from these muffins; they can even be substituted for hot cross buns. Add some cinnamon, all spice and nutmeg for that typical flavor. You can also add any dried fruit you wish to suit the occasion. Add blueberries or dried cranberries instead of the raisins. They make the perfect breakfast muffin. These will be a very welcome addition to your easy holiday recipes collection.

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Creative Easy Recipes - Grilled Apple Toss

Grilled Apple Toss

Creative easy recipes for an interesting salad can really make your fun holiday meal so much more. This one does perhaps take a little more time, it is still easy and is well worth the extra effort.

What You Need:

• 6 T olive oil
• 1/4 C orange juice
• 1/4 C white balsamic vinegar
• 1/4 C fresh cilantro, minced
• 2 T honey
• 1/2 t chili sauce
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 t salt
• 2 large apples cut into wedges
• 1 (5 oz.) pkg. spring mix salad greens
• 1 C walnut halves
• 1/2 C blue cheese, crumbled

How to Make It:

1. Place the olive oil into a mixing bowl.
2. Add the orange juice and the vinegar.
3. Whisk well to combine the ingredients.
4. Gently stir in the cilantro.
5. Whisk the honey and chili sauce into the mixture well.
6. Add the garlic and the salt and mix to completely combine the ingredients.
7. Pour 1/4 C of the mixture into a sealed plastic bag.
8. Add the apples to the bag.
9. Seal and turn to coat the apples well.
10. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
11. Cover the remaining dressing and refrigerate until ready to use on the salad.
12. Drain the apples from the marinade but save the marinade to use for basting.
13. Thread the apples onto 6 soaked wooden skewers.
14. Place the apples over medium heat on the grill.
15. Cover and cook 6 minutes or until golden brown.
16. Turn and continue cooking an additional 6 minutes or until the apples are tender.
17. Place the greens into a large salad bowl.
18. Add the walnuts and cheese and toss to combine well.
19. Add the apples to the salad.
20. Pour the refrigerated dressing over the salad and toss.

Serves: 4

The best apple to use in this recipe would be one that is crispy with a sweet tart flavor. Fuji, Golden Delicious or Gala work very well. Apples are very healthy foods. They are fat free and contain no sodium or cholesterol.

I hope your family will enjoy this creative easy recipe for a different apple salad.