Spring is definitely in the air and Easter is just around the corner. We love this time of year, as it signals new growth and liveliness after the long winter. In celebration of the sprightly season, we’ve rounded up our favorite Easter-Spring recipes. These are tried and true recipes that are perfect for Easter brunch, family dinners, and potlucks. We hope you’ll find a few that your family will enjoy for years.
Favorite Easter & Spring Eats
- Chewy Coconut Macaroons Recipe (Gluten-Free) – Chewy Coconut Macaroons are the perfect cookie for everyone, especially our gluten-free friends who still want to enjoy spring cookies! These are easy to make and can be served plain or drizzled with your choice of chocolate and/or caramel.
2. Best Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting – This is for reals the best carrot cake in the galaxy, in my humble opinion, but dare I say lots of others agree 😉 This carrot cake is everything: moist, tender, flavorful, not overly sweet, can be made ahead, and keeps super well. The cream cheese frosting is other-worldly. YUM.
3. 15-Minute Honey Glazed Carrots – Speaking of carrots, how about these quick and easy honey glazed babies? These are a fabulous way to serve baby carrots, as they taste delish. Be sure to serve them immediately.
4. Savory Cheddar and Chive Scones Recipe – I usually make sweet scones, but when I do make savory scones, these are IT. These cheddar chive scones are tender, flaky and soft, and golden delicious. They’re the perfect addition to any brunch.
5. Coconut Macaroon Nutella Nest Cookies – These are as fun to eat as they are to make. These adorable next cookies are a coconut and Nutella lover’s dream.
6. Lemony Cucumber Cream Cheese Sandwiches – When I first made these lemon-cucumber cream cheese sandwiches for a baby shower, I had no idea they’d be such a huge hit. They’ve since exploded all over Pinterest and continue to be well-loved for all the parties and showers.
7. Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes – These cheesy scalloped potatoes are the perfect thing to serve at holiday gatherings. People love this creamy dish, and it’s delicious next to any main dish. It goes especially well with the ham below.
8. 5-Ingredient Honey Baked Ham Recipe – This is the bomb honey baked ham. It’s crazy easy, succulent, and takes your holiday meal to the next level. The scrumptious sauce is key.
9. Spinach, Ham, and Cheese Quiche (GF, Gluten-Free) – No brunch is complete without a delicious quiche. This one is loaded with all the favorites: spinach, eggs, ham, and cheese. Plus, we keep this gluten-free so all our friends can enjoy.
10. Ham Potato Vegetable Soup – Never fear over leftover ham. Just make this deeeelish ham potato soup, which tastes amazing and doesn’t require much work at all.
11. Hasselback Roast Potato Casserole – Fancy up your special meal with this pretty potato casserole. It happens to taste fantastic, too. Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, it’s a people pleaser for sure.
12. Lemon Pasta with Smoked Salmon and Asparagus – This lemony pasta adorned with smoked salmon and asparagus just screams spring. It’s one of my favorite ways to dish up a simple weeknight meal.
13. Moist Lemon Zucchini Bread – Lemons are synonymous with spring eats. This ultra moist lemon zucchini bread goes the extra mile and sneaks in plenty of zukes. It’s such a delicious quick bread, even the kids will devour the bonus veggies.
14. Lemony Lemon Bars – These are the best, best lemon bars we’ve ever had the immense pleasure of devouring. We’ve had lots of lemon bars through the years. These are the ones we keep coming back to, as they’re just the right balance of sweetness + tang + flaky shortbread.
15. Farmer’s Breakfast Casserole – This is one of my favorite breakfast casseroles; it’s super easy, simple, and everyone inhales it. I mean, who doesn’t love eggs, cheese, and bacon? It’s sure to be a hit at your next brunch. Keep it on rotation for breakfast-for-dinner nights, too.
P.S. There’s lots more to love! Use our Search Box or Recipe Tab to find tons more inspiration for the season.
Soo many good recipes idk which one to try first
I am so hungry now. The more I scrolled and read, the more confused I got as to what to make for dinner. I am so attracted to those carrots, but lemon pasta with salmon is really calling to me. Honestly, I think I will make my coeliac daughter the Chewy Coconut Macaroon cookies first.
ooh your honey glazed carrots look delish i will have to give these a go for our Easter dinner
So many great ideas, and they all look delicious! But you made me really curious with the macaroons, I have to try them!
So many tasty recipes here! I love all the delicious recipes around right now for Easter and Spring.
Oh my everything looks so good. It is going to be hard to choose a couple, I want to make them all. I think the lemon bars sound amazing!
All these recipes looks so good and tasty
My favorite would be Chewy Coconut Macaroons as I love cookies for my afternoon snacks. Not sure I can make it so pretty.
I guess these burger recipe can’t be more perfect to impress upon guests coming for Easter.
Hmmmm yum! All these recipes look soooo delicious. Can’t wait to try them all!
Love this collection, I will defintely be adding a few of these to our Easter menu next month. The cucumber sandwiches may also make it to our tea time afternoons.
Wow, that casserole looks so tempting. I really wanna eat something like that at this ver moment.. I wonder where can I get it.
Those macaroons look amazing! I love coconut and I am tempted to eat like 30 right now.
Carrot cake and cucumber sandwiches are among my favorite foods to serve for Easter brunch! Yum!
So many delicious recipes, I don’t know which one to make first! Love this compilation!
Pinning this!! Now I found the easter/spring recipes that are easy to tackle. Thanks for sharing.
I love finding a new recipe to try. I’m always so scared I am going to mess it up somehow. This looks easy enough for me though. Thanks!
These dishes are all mouthwatering and appetizing. The cheesy scalloped potatoes sounds really delicious to eat if you need some comfort food on a bad day. Thanks for this list.
OMG Can I just say, I can’t help but drool over the picture! Who would not love to taste this! I’ll be printing out your recipes so I can try making this out over the weekends.
I want to try all these recipes! I will post and tag you when I do. Thank you for sharing all the yumminess.
This all looks so good a feels like spring!! I feel like trying those Hassleback potatoes!
I want to try them all. But I love eating dessert and pasta the most.
Carrot cake looks like something that my kids would really love to try. Never tried making yhis but I hope everything will go so well
Lots of great recipe ideas here…I’d love to try them all especially those macaroons!
We’re massive Nutella fans, so the little Easter nests would be great for us and super yummy for the school holdays
great collection of recipes. so many things to try!
These recipes are amazing! Looks so delicious and unique. I can’t wait to make them for my family. I ‘m sure they’ll love them.
Oh my word, this list is amazing! I am bookmarking this to make some good eats this Easter. Thanks!