A Sample Easter Brunch Menu

Hi friends,

Just popping my head in quickly to share our Easter plans with you in case you are in need of some inspiration.

This year we are spending Easter with friends and decided on doing a brunch instead of a big dinner. Thankfully we have good friends that fill in for family when we are apart. Our kids are similar in ages so it’s like one big happy playdate. Although I don’t have an exact menu yet, here is the general plan.

We come home from church, we do an egg hunt in the back yard for the kids and have a relaxed day of celebration. I like to have a couple of snack items, an egg dish, a meat, a vegetable or two, fruit and some sort of bread item like muffins or a coffeecake.

What I love about brunch is you can make a lot of it ahead of time- for example fruit salad can be assembled, muffins baked (even frozen if you want to do those earlier in the week), cheese and vegetable platters organized the night before. The only thing I will actively cook on Easter will be the quiche and then I’ll pop the ham in the oven. I love doing prep work in advance!

Here are some of the things we are thinking about:

Appetizers: 

Deviled Eggs

Shrimp Cocktail

Cheese Platter

Spiral Ham

Egg Frittatas or Quiche 

Muffins or Quick Bread

A Vegetable and/or Salad 

Fruit Salad or Fruit Kebobs

Mimosas and Coffee 

 

Here are a few links to recipes….

Ham and Veggie Crustless Quiche 

Bacon and Potato Egg Frittatas

Muffins or Quick Bread

Apple Oat Muffins

Blueberry Zucchini Muffins

Vegetables

Broccoli Apple Salad

Cherry, Goat Cheese and Walnut Salad

or

Kale and Bacon Gratin

And I love that a lot of the brunch items don’t require recipes like a nice fruit salad, shrimp cocktail and spiral ham.

Another bonus of brunch gatherings is that you don’t really need a dessert, but can get by with muffins or a quick bread. Not that I have anything against dessert, but after snitching the kids chocolate and jelly beans, I don’t need it!

Before you go, check out these 25 Must-Try Egg Decorating Ideas for Easter on the Kitchn website

and this Easter Dinner Menu from Cooking Light if you want some dinner ideas.

and parents here is some Easter play dough recipe if you feel like getting crafty!

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What are you planning for Easter? Do you have any “must-haves”? I’d love to hear your menu- feel free to link any recipes in the comments as well!