Easter should be an all-day affair with the ones you love. I love the idea of an Easter feast where everyone can spend the day together playing and being together. I did not come up with this idea on my own.
Why an Easter Feast?
Now, I’m not religious, so no six in the morning mass for me. But this concept is inspired by my best friend and her family. Specifically, when I spent all of easter with them because she had just come back from her mission trip. Her mom was and still is one of the best “host it big, keep it simple” planners that I know. I am not a simple person, so I am taking a bite from her cookbook with my family’s traditions.
Easter isn’t as deep for my family as it is for many others. We’re more of the peter cottontail and tulip plant easter type people than the “he is risen” types.
I’ve only been to two easter masses in my life: Once for my mom’s co-worker and once when my best friend came back from her mission trip.
Easter Feast: Breakfast
Menu
Bunny Orange Sweet Rolls
This is a recent tradition with a backstory. We didn’t have access to many of my grandmother’s recipes until just a few years ago when we really reconnected with one of my aunts. In that were these sweet rolls. And boy am I glad that we have the recipe now because they are the perfect breakfast to watch the Peter cottontail special and hunt for your bunny eggs!
Bacon/Sausage
You can use either or, but my family tends to use both because there is usually something else on the menu for the week with bacon in it (if we don’t eat it all first).
Cheese & Fruit tray
A cheese and fruit tray can be made with anything your heart wants! That’s the beauty of it, but these are some of my favorite side snacks to put with the bunny rolls, bacon and sausage.
- Havarti
- Almonds
- Pepper Jack
- Cheddar
- Grapes
- Apples
- Dried Cherries
- Mini crackers
Brew Your Own Beverage
Table Setting
This is a simple one. The goal is drive-by snacking, with an optional sit down to enjoy. But when there’s children wanting to hunt for eggs, no one is sitting for long. Stack of plastic plates and silverware at one end of the counter, food laid out for the snacking. Put a vase of flowers in the center and a table runner going down middle of the counter.
Easter Feast: Dinner
Menu
Sliced Ham
Baked Mac & Cheese
Sweet & Savory Carrots
Table Setting
I usually set the table for a family-style dinner on easter. Meaning all the food is on the table and we sit around it. Larger plates at the place settings, glasses and silverware. Fancy by my family’s standards.
