Easter Recipe Recommendation

Spring is here—finely. And we all need it. Easter, the unofficial start, is coming up fast, so you need to get a plan in place. Here are my recipe recommendations—all are battle-tested with easy-to-follow step-by-step photo instructions.

Molly and Lilly Spring 2016 posting with the flowers — Molly and Lilly are sniffing the spring flowers in 2016. No flowers yet this year.

Table of Contents

Main Course Recipes
Vegetable Side Dishes
Bread Recipes
Sweet Endings
Special Easter Candy Bonus

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Main Course Recipes

When people ask you what you had for dinner, you don't say asparagus or dinner rolls; you say turkey, ham, or a rib roast. Let's get what you want. It's ham for us.

How to Roast Turkey Breast with Gravy

Learn the easy way to cook a turkey breast that is moist and tender with this complete guide. Great when you don’t need an entire turkey like a smaller household or as a supplement of white meat for a larger holiday feast. Or even make turkey a year-round dinner.

Slicing a turkey breast on a white platter

What to Do With Leftover Ham

Leftover ham is a great problem to have, but there are a few challenges, especially for smaller households. Let's deal with it correctly and safely.

Smaller Crock Pot Honey Glazed Ham

Crock pot honey glazed ham recipe is one of the easiest recipes you will ever make—a great holiday main dish for a smaller household or as a second meat at the large feast.

slices of ham with pineapple on white plater

Small Ribeye Roast

Ribeye roast is a classic main entree for a special holiday or family meals.. Learn to cook a smaller version of this delicious meal without eating leftovers for a week.

Butter Turkey Tenderloin – Pan Seared Oven Roasted with Gravy

There is no need to cook a whole turkey or even a whole breast with this easy turkey tenderloin recipe. You can have melt in your mouth, moist and tender turkey with gravy all year round and not eat leftovers for a week.

Vegetable Side Dishes

Let's get something easy but tasty. We are making our potato casserole ahead of time. Mandatory with ham. And probably the asparagus.

Baked Parmesan Asparagus

Everybody needs this super easy asparagus recipe with only a few ingredients. Roasted to perfection, baked Parmesan asparagus is the perfect healthy side dish for almost any meal.

Roasted Garlic Parmesan Asparagus from 101 Cooking for Two

Green Beans with Bacon

Step up your boring side dishes with these outstanding roasted green beans with bacon with an exceptional sauce. Ultra easy from fresh or frozen beans, this will be a family staple.

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Parmesan Roasted Cauliflower

This caramelized Parmesan roasted cauliflower recipe will become your favorite way to cook cauliflower. Using fresh or frozen, it makes a great hot baked side dish.

Crispy Parmesan Baked Potatoes

Super easy and super delicious, these Parmesan baked potato halves will be your new favorite side dish. Infused with butter and garlic flavor under a crisp Parmesan crust, you can't go wrong offering this to your friends and family.

Old Fashion Cheesy Potato Casserole

Old fashion cheesy potato casserole is like grandma would make using raw potatoes and other fresh ingredients. One of our favorite side-dishes and is worth the little extra work for the delicious results.

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Bread Recipes

closeup of Lunch Lady Rolls still on tray

There are lots of great bread you can just buy, but these are some exceptionally good rolls and worth the trouble. Again, make ahead of time.

Stand Mixer Lunch Lady Rolls

Great old fashion school lunch lady rolls you loved with your cafeteria lunch—if you are old like me. But everybody will love these tasty rolls. This smaller recipe now makes these classic rolls homemade-friendly.

60 Minute Dinner Rolls

Great homemade yeast dinner rolls in 60 minutes. Just fire up the mixer and follow these easy step by step photo instructions.

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Julia Child's French Bread - Simplified

Julia Child's French Bread is the ultimate in crusty artist bread. A wonderful loaf, simplified to the essentials to get it done with less fuss. While speed was not a goal, it was a total of 5 hours from the start to the cooling rack.

Sweet Endings

Image of a whole Fresh Strawberry Pie on a black counter

It is a special meal, so a special ending is needed. Again, they can be made ahead of time. I suggest the fresh strawberry pie if the berries look good. Make two if you have a large group. It screams spring and is so easy.

Easy Fresh Strawberry Pie

Fresh strawberry pie is a wonderful summer treat. A simple recipe everybody will love, made with Jello and a premade pie crust. Plus, almost any fool, including me, can pull this off. Make it your signature summer dish.

fresh trawberry pie slice on white plate

Easy Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Absolutely awesome "REAL" cheesecake. Not one of those "no-cook" pie pan things. And it is easy... so easy with only six ingredients. This will be your new "take to the party" signature dessert.

Easy Fruit Crumble

Make this semi-homemade fruit crumble with apple and mixed berries. But use the fruits you love for this easy classic dessert. Sometimes a recipe is good; sometimes, it is excellent, but other times it is great.

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Easy Lemon Bars

Six-ingredients are all you need for these easy lemon bars. Bursting with great sweet-tart lemon taste and a buttery shortbread base, they are everything a lemon bar should be. Perfect for every day or a special occasion.

Easy Apple Crisp

A couple of apples, five common pantry ingredients, and less than one hour will get you an old fashioned apple crisp that would make grandma proud. Super easy with almost no work.

Special Easter Candy Bonus

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This makes a great Easter candy. Top with some sprinkles or M&Ms in Easter colors. Or leave out the nuts and make white chocolate candy and top with Jelly Beans. Use your (or the kids) imagination.

Crock Pot White Chocolate Almond Clusters

Super easy and delicious white chocolate almond clusters are the perfect gift for the holidays or for any special occasion. Simple with these step by step photo instruction for the perfect white chocolate candy.