Easter is around the corner, and it is time for some food planning. This year, only delicious, easy recipes qualify. So, while you color a few eggs (or potatoes this year) and find some toys for the little ones, get a plan together.
Smaller 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 a ham for us.
Small Crock Pot Ham with Brown Glaze
This small crock pot ham with a brown sugar glaze is perfect for any occasion. The brown sugar blends with honey, pineapple juice, and spices to create a delicious, moist, and tender glazed boneless ham that is ideal for small households or as a second meat for holidays.
Small Brown Sugar Glazed Ham
Small Ribeye (Boneless Prime Rib) Roast
A ribeye roast, also known as a boneless prime rib roast, is a classic entrée for holidays and other special meals. With a garlic butter crust and delicious, juicy meat, this recipe is perfect for smaller gatherings but can easily be scaled for larger crowds. A bone-in stand rib roast can also be used.
Small Ribeye Roast
Oven Roasted Turkey Breast—The Easy Way
Learn how to oven-roast a turkey breast the easiest way, with crispy skin and juicy, tender meat. With these easy, step-by-step photo instructions, anyone can bake turkey breasts perfectly.
Baked Turkey Breast Recipe
How to Cook Filet Mignon (Sear & Oven Method)
Juicy, tender filet mignon made easy. This pan-seared, oven-finished method is fast, reliable, and perfect for beginners or special occasions.
Oven Filet Mignon
Turkey Tenderloin Recipe
This Turkey Tenderloin Recipe uses a brief sear on the stovetop, then oven-roasted to finish for a moist and tender turkey. Perfect for a smaller Thanksgiving or other delicious dinner that is lean and healthy for smaller households.
Turkey Tenderloin Recipe
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.
Leftover Ham Recipes
Vegetable Side Dishes
A main dish without sides is not a full meal. They need to be easy to make but also delicious. We always make the cheesy potatoes with the ham.
Cheesy Potatoes with Real Potatoes
This old-fashioned cheesy potatoes with real potatoes recipe is the from-scratch version of funeral potatoes before frozen hash brown potatoes and cans of soup. If you haven't tried the original, you will find a world of difference in taste and texture. It is perfect with Easter ham, BBQ brisket, and, yes, funeral luncheons.
Cheesy Potatoes with Real Potatoes
Oven Roasted Red Potatoes
Oven-roasted red potatoes have crispy outsides and soft and tender insides. This simple recipe has four ingredients: trim baby red potatoes, toss with olive oil, garlic, and salt, and bake on a rimmed pan. These baked red potatoes are the perfect side dish for almost any meal.
Baked Baby Potatoes
Roasted Asparagus with Garlic and Parmesan
If unsure, aim for an internal temperature of 135° with an instant-read thermometer in the thickest part of the spear.
Roasted Asparagus Recipe
Baked Green Beans with Bacon
Baked Green Beans with Bacon are the perfect side dish with any meal—an easy green bean recipe with brown sugar, garlic, bacon, and tender green beans.
Frozen Green Bean Recipe
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.
How to Roast Cauliflower
Bread Recipes
I'm a bread fanatic. A nice bread completes any meal, and there is nothing like homemade bread.
Easy Dinner Rolls
This easy dinner roll recipe is ready in an hour. You can serve delicious homemade yeast dinner rolls that are the perfect addition to any meal. Soft and fluffy, these easy yeast rolls will become a family favorite. Make a full recipe for the whole family or a small batch half recipe for smaller needs.
Easy Dinner Rolls
Lunch Lady Rolls—Small Batch Version
Old fashioned 60s school Lunch Lady Rolls, those wonderful hot rolls everybody loved in the cafeteria. You can now be made with this small batch recipe mixed by hand or in a stand mixer at home.
Small Batch Lunch Lady Rolls
Julia Child's French Bread - Simplified
Not for two, but a wonder loaf for any holiday. Julia Child's French Bread recipe is the ultimate crusty artisan French bread. While it takes some time, it is worth the effort.
Julia Child's French Bread Recipe
Small Dessert Recipes
Make it an exceptional meal with a sweet ending.
Easy Old Fashioned Apple Crisp
This easy Old Fashioned Apple Crisp is a small-batch recipe requiring only three apples and a few pantry ingredients. It's easy to make for two or a crowd. I love this delicious apple dessert, with cinnamon apples and a delicious crumble topping, just like Grandma would make.
Apple Crisp Recipe
Berry Crisp for Two or More
An irresistible Berry Crisp for Two that's easy to adjust up or down to fit your needs. Use fresh or frozen berries in a sweet filling topped with a crispy oat streusel topping.
Berry Crisp for Two
Easy Lemon Bars
Easy lemon bars are delicious and simple to make in under an hour. These homemade lemon squares are a perfect dessert treat with a crispy, buttery shortbread crust and tangy and sweet lemon filling—a small batch 8X8 recipe you can scale to your needs.
Lemon Bar Recipe
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Fresh Strawberry Jello Pie (Easy & Reliable)
This fresh strawberry Jello pie has been a family favorite for nearly 50 years. Made with real strawberries, a simple Jello glaze, and a premade crust, it's an easy, no-fuss dessert anyone can make—and everyone loves.
Fresh Strawberry Pie Recipe
Apple Berry Crumble
A fast, old-fashioned Apple Berry Crumble that combines apples and berries with a buttery streusel crumb topping. Use fresh berries and apples, or make it "semi-homemade" with frozen berries and a can of apple pie filling. So easy, so good.
Apple Berry Crumble
Special Easter Treats
Give the ones you love a special treat. Try these almond clusters topped with Easter-colored sprinkles or M&Ms. Or leave out the nuts, make white chocolate candy, and top it 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.
White Chocolate Almond Cluster Recipe
And the dogs also desire a treat.
Low-Fat Homemade Dog Treats—Healthy & Delicious
Low Fat Homemade Dog Treats are the perfect low-calorie treat for your dog. With only five ingredients, your dog will love the peanut butter and pumpkin taste. Much healthier than commercial treats—any veterinarian would approve.
Recipe for Low Fat Dog Treats
Originally Published April 14, 2019. Updated yearly for new choices
Neny Garcia says
Love your recipes, thanks for sharing. And also love to see pictures of Molly and Lilly. ♥
Pat Monahan says
Can I come to your house for Easter? ;)