Dear Reader,

It's just two weeks before we get to prep an Easter celebration. Today, I want to share some traditional recipes that everyone loves for Easter. I've got main dishes and sides that will have your mouth watering just thinking about them.

Don't worry though. With the ever-rising price of groceries, I know that full traditional Easter dinners are going to put a crimp in the grocery budget. So, I'm saving next week for some not-as-traditional options that will still be deliciously celebratory and maybe a little more affordable than the typical Sunday roast. We'll also look at appetizers and desserts next week.

So today, let's prep for a traditional Easter dinner! The easiest way is to choose your protein and build the rest of the meal around that.

​Baked Ham with Cranberry Glaze​

In the United States, there's nothing more traditional than an Easter ham. This easy ham roast is made using a bone-in ham and it's roasted in the oven. You guys! It's so delicious. One of the best I've ever had.

Get the Easy Recipe: Baked Ham with Cranberry Glaze​

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​Best Crock Pot Ham Recipe, 3-Ingredient Simple​

This is a simple, mouthwatering boneless ham recipe that frees up room in the oven for other recipes because it cooks to tender perfection in your slow cooker. The simple two-ingredient tangy-sweet glaze is a perfect complement to the savory salty ham.

Get the Easy Recipe: Best Crock Pot Ham Recipe​

​Easy Roast Chicken, Tender and Delicious​

Roasting a spatchcocked (butterflied) whole chicken creates a succulent and juicy roast dinner that everyone will be raving over. And whole chickens are some of the least expensive proteins. You'll love this delicious chicken recipe for Easter!

Get the Easy Recipe: Easy Roast Chicken​

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​Easy Slow Cooker Chuck Roast with Potatoes & Carrots

A slow-cooked Chuck Roast is incredibly flavorful, and when you cook the potatoes and carrots along with it in the slow cooker, it makes a spectacular fall-apart-tender roast dinner all in one pot. Be sure to save all the drippings to make delicious roast beef gravy.

Get the Easy Recipe: Easy Slow Cooker Chuck Roast​

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​Mississippi Pot Roast, Chuck Roast with a Kick

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Tender, juicy, packed with flavor and it's five simple ingredients in a crock pot. Mississippi Pot Roast is as good as all the hype. And trust me, it's so easy to make. If you want an Easter dinner main dish with a mildly spicy edge, this delicious chuck roast recipe will not disappoint.

Get the Easy Recipe: Mississippi Pot Roast​

Perfect Easter Side Dishes

Next to juicy, tender roasted main dishes, traditional Easter meals are loaded with complementary sides. Whether you love savory, tangy or sweet, cheesy, creamy or buttery, there are perfect sides to pair with any entree you decide to serve.

• ​Healthy Egg Salad with Crispy Rice & Spicy Vinaigrette​
• ​Cauliflower Gratin (Cheesy Cauliflower)​
• ​Hashbrown Casserole aka Funeral Potatoes, Easy Side Dish Recipe​
• ​Copycat Texas Roadhouse Green Beans (Green Beans with Bacon)​
• ​Lime Jello Salad With Cottage Cheese: Delish Vintage Side Dish​

• ​Bell Pepper Salad, Easy Delicious, and Crunchy​
• ​Shirazi Salad (Easy Persian Cucumber Salad)​
• ​Strawberry Cottage Cheese Salad​
• ​Mashed Potatoes​
• ​Green Beans and Potatoes Recipe, an Updated Classic​

• ​Coleslaw with Homemade Coleslaw Dressing​
• ​Asian Cucumber Salad​
• ​House Salad Recipe, a Quick and Easy Favorite​
• ​Biscuits | Quick & Easy Homemade Bread for Any Meal​
• ​Kale Salad with Apples and Roasted Butternut Squash​

• ​Slow Cooker Creamed Corn​
• ​How to Cook Brown Rice Perfectly​
• ​Soda Bread Recipe​
• ​Air Fryer Green Beans with Garlic Butter Sauce​
• ​Easy Delicious Broccoli Cauliflower Salad Recipe​

• ​Mandarin Orange Salad | Easy 5-Ingredient Orange Jello Salad​
• ​Potato Salad | My Secret Ingredient to Make it Perfect​
• ​Loaded Baked Potato Salad Recipe​
• ​Delicious Broccoli Ramen Coleslaw​
• ​Sweet Potato Casserole​

I hope you'll find some perfect dishes in this list of traditional Easter dinner dishes. They're easy and delicious and will help to make your Easter meal something special.

Next week we'll get into some non-traditional but delicious and affordable main dishes, plus appetizers and desserts.

Have a wonderfully blessed week! I hope you get to share a meal with the people you love most (and that someone else does the dishes!) Hugs friend!

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What's For Dinner?

This is the part of the newsletter where I share recipe ideas from some of my best blogging friends and myself to inspire you with what's for dinner at our houses this week. That gives you seven days worth of new recipes to inspire you for your own delicious meal plan. Enjoy!

• ​Blackened Salmon from Laura at Little House Big Alaska
• ​Spaghetti Aglio e Olio from Gen at Two Cloves Kitchen
• ​Tuna Casserole with Cream of Mushroon Soup from Glenda​
• ​Sausage Pasta from Rupali at Caramel and Spice
• ​Salmon Kabobs from Sue at Sula and Spice
• ​Million Dollar Chicken Bake from Lori at A Reinvented Mom
• ​5 Ingredient Slow Cooker Beef Teriyaki from Kristin at Dizzy Busy and Hungry

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Favorite Kitchen & Dining Tools for Easter Dinners

These are Amazon affiliate links to some of my favorite kitchen tools for making quick and easy family meals. I may earn commissions on qualifying purchases. You can read my affiliate disclosure here.

• ​​These Vintage Hobnail Drinking Glasses make every table I set seem like it's a holiday celebration. They're sturdy, easy to grip, and absolutely stunning on the dinner table.
• I love these White Oval Serving Bowls. The colors of your salads and sides pop and bring life to your dinner table in these simple but pretty bowls. They come as a set of four, so it's easy to create a lovely tablescape.
• I always use Cloth Napkins at our dinner table. They're so easy to wash and use again. I have lots of patterns and colors to choose from for any occasion. These I'm sharing today are my Easter ones. I prefer fabric napkins because I only buy them once and can use them over and over again. I've had mine for years. Some of my everyday patterns are so old they aren't even for sale anymore, but you'll see them in pictures around the blog. Do a little research and find ones you love. They'll serve you for a very long time.
• ​Sweese Low Side Bowls/ Plates show up in lots of pictures around the blog. That's because they are some of my favorite serving pieces. Whether it's pasta, big salads, soups or just an everyday casserole with oozy sauce, these low side bowls/plates are perfect for enjoying a meal without messes. They come in two sizes, and I have three sets — one in the blues (cool colors) and two are white.
• ​7 qt. Crock Pot - I have multiple slow cookers, but my reach-for-it-first favorite gets used at least once a week and usually more. It's the most basic manual Crock Pot available, and I love it the most. It's the easiest way to cook Mississippi Pot Roast, delectable Ham, easy Meatloaf and more.
• My Deep Dish 9x13 Ceramic Baking Pan is perfect for casseroles, Magic Cookie Bars, cakes and more.​
• ​12 qt. Stainless Steel Stock Pot with Lid - This is my soup, stew and chili go-to pot. And it's the one I reach for when making mashed potatoes for a gathering. Plenty of room for making large batches.

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