Easter Sunday 2025 offers a perfect blend of traditional comfort and modern sophistication, featuring vibrant spring vegetables, slow-roasted mains, fresh breads, and pastel-inspired drinks. This recipe roundup covers everything from simple starters to crowd-pleasing sides and festive cocktails, ensuring a delicious and colorful holiday meal with minimal effort.
Easter Sunday isn't merely springtime's celebration – it's also the perfect opportunity to get ‘round to table with family and friends to share comforting food that's familiar but fresh. Whether you have a full family-style meal or are hosting a casual spring brunch, Easter's trendiest menus in 2025 are all about merging traditional comfort with modern sophistication. Easter in 2025 will bring with it bright spring vegetables, slow-roasted main dishes, just-baked bread, and sun-kissed drinks that catch their colour from spring's pastel palette.
Here in this Easter Sunday lunch recipe roundup, you'll have everything you'll need for a delicious and satisfying holiday meal. From straightforward starters to kick off with to filling main dishes and crowd-friendly sides, we've even included fresh breads, delicious salads, and there are even cocktails to add festive pizzazz. Whether you're looking to impress your guests or keep things simple with minimal effort, all of these recipes highlight the very best of spring cooking: fresh, colorful, and absolutely delicious.
Easter deviled eggs are an easy, fun Easter appetizer. Looking like chicks, hard-boiled egg whites are cut to resemble a cracked eggshell with a chick face-mayonnaise filling.
This Easter cheese ball is the perfect appetizer if you're hosting an Easter party. Shaped like a festive carrot, it boasts a savory, herby, slightly spicy flavor and a creamy texture.
3-Ingredient cheesy sausage bruschetta are a delicious appetizer, typical of the cuisine of Tuscany. Their preparation is extremely simple and the final result strictly depends on the quality of the raw materials selected and used.
These Naturally Decorated Boiled Eggs are a charming and natural way to celebrate Easter. Made using onion skins, parsley leaves, and old stockings, this traditional Eastern European technique gives the eggs a beautiful, earthy marbled pattern—no artificial dyes needed! Perfect for Easter brunch, springtime crafts, or a fun kitchen project with kids.
Asparagus balls are an easy, tasty appetizer recipe perfect for spring. Crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, asparagus balls are easy to make and fry.
Instead of having regular deviled eggs, make these Pickled Violet Deviled Eggs instead, which are colored deep purple. They include all of the same ingredients that deviled eggs normally have, but the eggs are soaked in water with red and blue food coloring to color them purple before they are filled with the traditional egg yolk mixture. These violet-hued deviled eggs are amazing to serve at any Easter gathering as an appetizer.
These mini pasqualine are delicious packages of pastry filled with a spinach and ricotta mixture and hard-boiled eggs. The combination of eggs and spinach is perfect for spring, and particularly as part of an Easter lunch.
Looking for a unique and dazzling way to color your Easter eggs this year? Sparkling Eggs are a stunning and easy-to-make recipe that will add a magical touch to your Easter celebration. With just white eggs, sweet red wine, and brown sugar, you can create eggs that sparkle and shine, making them perfect for Easter egg hunts, brunch, or as a fun craft project for the whole family. These eggs are just as delicious as regular boiled eggs but with a brilliant, glittering finish that will surprise everyone.
These cute Easter pastry candies aren’t actually candies at all! Instead, they are little pastries that are shaped to look like candies but have hard-boiled quail eggs inside.
Bacon-wrapped asparagus is a culinary match made in heaven. Serve it as an appetizer to kick off a dinner party, a show-stopping side dish for any main course, or even a satisfying light lunch on its own.
Devield eggs are the perfect bite-sized treat for parties, family gatherings, or elegant brunches. These five creative deviled egg variations—ranging from tuna and anchovy to vegetarian chickpea or creamy salmon—offer something for everyone. Made with just a handful of ingredients, they’re quick to whip up and guaranteed to impress.
These Deep-Fried Deviled Eggs is an easy appetizer recipe, a fried version of classic deviled eggs. They're crispy on the outside and super creamy on the inside.
Cheese ball is a fun, no-bake appetizer perfect for parties, holidays and game days. Creamy yet crunchy, it's served with carrots and celery sticks, or crackers.
While these pastry carrots may look fancy and difficult to prepare, but they are actually easy to make with some puff pastry. Once the puff pastry cones are baked, they are filled with a creamy ricotta mixture and garnished with lettuce leaves to mimic the green tops on fresh carrots.
When a recipe is quick, easy, and packed with flavor, it’s a keeper. These Zucchini and Cheese Pinwheels check all the boxes! Each bite delivers the perfect blend of melty cheese, tender zucchini, and ham, all wrapped in a crisp, golden pastry spiral.
Savory Asparagus Muffins are the perfect blend of fluffy texture and fresh, cheesy flavor. These easy-to-make muffins are ideal for brunch, lunchboxes, or as a savory snack throughout the day.
Roast lamb is a tasty dish to serve during the holidays. With its tender, juicy meat and crisp crust, it calls for a simple marinade made from fresh herbs, garlic, and olive oil.
Prime rib roast is tender, juicy main dish to serve on holidays and special occasions. Rich and flavorful, you should serve it rare or medium, and never well done.
Who would have thought that such a simple recipe would surprise us so much? Well, yes, it is, in many countries it is the dish that cannot be missed at Christmas or the day of kings, but in any special celebration the ham glazed with honey is a show of flavors;
This Easter cake recipe is more like a tart with a top and bottom crust, and a filling of eggs and a ricotta spinach mixture. Wedges of this Easter cake recipe make a wonderful addition to any Easter meal paired with other traditional Easter dishes.
Roast beef is a tender, juicy main dish recipe perfect for Sunday or holiday dinners. Easy to make, coat it in a garlic, herb, and olive oil rub, then cook low and slow.
Lamb chops are a tender, juicy main dish with a lightly crisp outside and pink inside. Flavored with butter, garlic and thyme, lamb chops are savory yet delicate.
This Easter Meatball with Hard-Boiled Eggs is a traditional Italian dish, perfect for festive occasions. A flavorful blend of minced meat, spinach, and parmesan, rolled up with hard-boiled eggs inside.
Ricotta and spinach Easter strudel is a variation on the classical Torta Pasqualina, which is a traditional Italian savory pie baked in occasion of the Easter holidays.
This copycat honey-baked ham recipe is phenomenally flavorful and tastes as delicious as it looks. Tender, juicy ham is cooked in honey and fruit preserves, which generously glazes the ham in a sticky sauce. This beautiful dish is often prepared for holidays. So, what are you still waiting for?
The pizza rustica is a Neapolitan appetizer for making Italian Easter pie. With a flaky, buttery shortcrust pastry, it's stuffed with ricotta, salami, eggs and cheese.
Braised lamb shanks is a fantastic, hearty main dish recipe. Slow cooked lamb shanks are succulent, with a fall-off-the-bone texture and rich, thick red wine gravy.
Green Peas Hummus is a tasty and fragrant variation of the classic chickpea hummus, the typical cream of the Middle Eastern tradition. Ideal to prepare in spring, when it is possible to find fresh peas, it can be prepared all year round using frozen legumes: it is excellent to propose, spread on toasted slices of bread, as an appetizer at the beginning of a dinner with special guests.
Carrot raisin salad is an easy side dish to serve at potlucks or picnics. Crunchy, sweet and with a hint of tanginess, it's often served at Chick-fil-A.
Easter salad is a quick, delicious yet eye-catching dish to serve at Easter. It's made of veggies, apples, cheese, and lettuce tossed in a creamy dressing.
Glazed carrots are a versatile vegetarian side dish perfect for weeknights or holidays. You'll love these tender carrots with a bit of bite and a sweet, buttery-maple glaze.
Oven roasted asparagus is an amazing spring side dish. It's a super simple way to prepare asparagus and it's endlessly versatile to boot. Roast asparagus is healthy, flavorful, and goes well with meat, chicken, fish, grains – you name it! And if you love that vibrant fresh flavor, roasting is the best way to preserve that delicious asparagus taste.
Hasselback potatoes are a tasty, impressive side dish. With a tender inside and crispy skin, it's made by thinly slicing a potato, baking it and stuffing it with cheese.
Sautéed green beans are an easy, healthy side dish recipe. Tender on the inside and crispy on the outside, the green beans are blanched and then sautéed in garlic.
Roasted carrots are a versatile side dish perfect for Thanksgiving dinner. Quick and easy, naturally sweet carrots are roasted with garlic, salt and pepper until tender and golden brown.
Crispy Baked Carrot Sticks with Parmesan and Rosemary are the perfect side dish or healthy snack for anyone craving something crunchy yet wholesome. Made with fresh carrots, a touch of olive oil, and a flavorful coating of parmesan and breadcrumbs, these roasted veggie sticks are ideal for kids, party platters, or weekday dinners. With minimal prep and irresistible flavor, this recipe is a total win!
There’s something undeniably satisfying about biting into crispy, golden-brown potatoes. That is a bite that crackles gently, giving way to soft, fluffy interiors. This recipe for crunchy and appetizing new potatoes will have you recreating that delightful experience with ease. It’s a versatile dish that pairs beautifully with a roast, shines as a party appetizer, or even stands alone as a comforting snack. With just a handful of simple ingredients, you’ll be enjoying these spuds in no time.
Tsoureki is a fluffy Greek Easter bread that's braided as symbol of the Holy Trinity. This bread is baked until golden brown, and topped with hard-boiled eggs and slivered almonds.
Italian Easter bread (pane di Pasqua) is a sweet, soft brioche-type bread. It's braided, shaped into a wreath, decorated with sprinkles and a central dyed Easter egg.
The Casatiello is a savory, donut-shaped Neapolitan stuffed Easter bread. Made of flour, lard, yeast, it's stuffed with cured meat, cheese and topped with hard-boiled eggs.
Tired of the same old breakfast routine? Spice it up with some freshly baked hot cross buns! The combination of warm spices, soft texture, and that iconic cross on top will make your mornings extra special. A great recipe for baking enthusiasts!
There’s something undeniably comforting about the combination of warm bread, rich garlic, and melted cheese. Cheesy garlic bread is a simple dish that brings together bold flavors and satisfying textures.
This savory pull-apart brioche recipe produces fluffy brioche buns that are filled with cheese and ham. The rolls are baked in the same pan so that they merge together and can be pulled apart when you are ready to serve them.
The Ham and Cheese Quick Bread is a simple but effective recipe, ideal to propose as an appetizer at the beginning of a special evening with guests or to serve in slices for a brunch with friends together with a glass of prosecco.
Summer calls for something cool, crisp, and bursting with flavor, and white sangria is here to deliver. This refreshing drink is the ultimate way to upgrade your summer sipping game.
Strawberry Spritz is a simple and refreshing cocktail, ideal for a spring or summer aperitif with friends. The drink is inspired by the Classic Italian Aperol Spritz, but with the addition of strawberries.
Cold brew is a delicious, fresh drink perfect to enjoy on a hot summer's day. It's made by steeping coffee grounds in water overnight which gives the cold brew coffee a rich flavor.
The Daiquiri is a sour cocktail made with white rum, lime juice and sugar syrup, a simple and exotic Caribbean drink, perfect to sip during a homemade aperitif together with a bowl of olives and other savory appetizers, or to bring to the table for an after dinner drink with friends.
The Limoncello Spritz is the perfect alcoholic cocktail for the summer, a variant of the iconic Venetian Spritz drink which, thanks to the presence of limoncello, one of the most loved Campanian digestives of all time, brings together, "in a single sip", the Italian peninsula, from north to south.
Lemon Iced Tea is an easy, refreshing drink recipe, perfect for summer. Made of water, lemons, sugar, lemon juice and black tea, it's sweet and fruity.
The Mimosa cocktail is a fresh and sparkling drink made with orange juice and prosecco, appreciated all over the world and perfect for an aperitif or, even better, a brunch.
The Bellini Cocktail is an ideal long drink for the spring and summer that is part of the sparkling cocktail family, i.e. those made with fresh fruit and sparkling wine or Champagne.
Margarita is an easy, popular drink recipe perfect to enjoy in summer. Served with a salty glass rim, it's made of tangy lime, sweet orange liqueur and citrusy blanco tequila.
Peach iced tea is a quick, easy, refreshing drink recipe perfect for summer. Sweet, fruity, you just need a few peaches, sugar, black tea, and mint to make it.
These Easter flower cookies are sandwich cookies with a custard filling. The cookies have a light citrus flavor as the dough includes lemon zest and orange zest. After they are assembled, they are then dusted with powdered sugar for serving.
These Easter Egg Cookies are a festive, delightful treat that everyone will love. With a buttery shortcrust pastry and a tangy lemon cream filling, these cookies are perfect for Easter celebrations or any time you crave something sweet and citrusy. Easy to make and fun to decorate, these cookies will bring joy to your table!
These Easter Cookies are a colorful, festive treat perfect for springtime celebrations. Made with buttery shortcrust pastry and decorated with vibrant royal icing, they’re a hit with kids and adults alike. Whether you’re hosting a holiday party or prepping an Easter basket, these cookies bring joy and sweetness to every bite.
Chocolate Easter Nests are delicious and surprising Easter treats that you can have fun customizing in a thousand different ways. Ideal to bring to the table for the traditional holiday breakfast or as a happy ending to a meal to accompany a slice of cake, they will win over adults and children for their goodness and ease of execution.
Easter cake is an impressive, moist Easter dessert. Soft and with a blue buttercream, it's decorated with a crunchy coconut nest filled with mini chocolate Easter eggs.
These coconut cream eggs make a perfect treat for Easter! They include a coconut and cream cheese filling and a coating of chocolate which gives you a mixture of sweetness, tanginess, and richness.
This Lemon Crumble Cake is a delightful dessert that combines a buttery, crumbly shortcrust base with a rich and tangy lemon cream filling. Perfect for spring gatherings, afternoon tea, or any time you're craving a refreshing citrus treat, this cake offers a wonderful balance of flavors and textures.
Eggless Chocolate Salami is a rich, indulgent dessert that’s perfect for those who love chocolate but prefer egg-free treats. With a simple combination of dark chocolate, butter, biscuits, and hazelnuts, this no-bake treat is easy to prepare and a delight to serve at parties, holidays, or as an after-dinner treat.
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