25 Pretty Easter Recipes

Published: Mar 19, 2024 · Modified: Mar 19, 2024 by Genevieve Morrison · This post may contain affiliate links

These 25 pretty Easter recipes include elegant entrees, delightful sides, colorful appetizers, floral cocktails, and charming desserts too! You’ll find easy-to-make recipes in bright colors of spring, full of fresh flavors and Easter fun!

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I love colorful Spring recipes, and Easter is a time to really let them shine! It’s time to dust off my prosciutto roses, dry pansy garnishes, culinary lavender, freshest herbs, and brightest ideas! I want to turn my table into a fragrant garden full of color!

Below, you’ll find beautiful recipes for every course, every skill level, and every diet! Whether you want to serve a traditional, vegetarian, or gluten-free brunch or dinner – or host an afternoon of elegantly paired appetizers with enchanting, florally garnished cocktails, you’ll find everything you need.

And if you need even MORE inspiration, help yourself to my 10 Delightful Easter Cocktails, 10 Fancy Easter Appetizers, 10 Lovely Easter Side Dishes, or a curated Easter Lamb Dinner menu!

1. Lavender Lemon Easter Tart

A lavender lemon Easter tart, garnished with flowers, berries and chocolate eggs on a table with a lace cloth.

Lavender Lemon Easter Tart

This rustically elegant lavender lemon Easter tart recipe is, bright, floral and such an original Easter dessert! It’s sweet and tart, can be made a full day ahead, and will make your entire kitchen smell like a field of lavender!

A lavender lemon Easter tart, garnished with flowers, berries and chocolate eggs on a table with a lace cloth.

2. Easter Salad with Deviled Quail Eggs

A salad with 3 small deviled eggs in a white bowl.

Easter Salad with Deviled Quail Eggs

This beautiful Easter salad includes gently seared asparagus, green apple, radish and delightful, easy-to-make deviled quail eggs. Everyone loves deviled eggs for Easter, and your guests will be simply enchanted with these lovely, little salad-toppers!

A salad with 3 small deviled eggs in a white bowl.

3. Boursin Deviled Eggs

4 deviled eggs on marble, garnished with flowers, cilantro and mustard caviar beside 3 scattered flowers.

Boursin Deviled Eggs

These beautiful deviled eggs are absolutely perfect for any elegant party! This recipe is made with dreamy Boursin cheese and the eggs are topped with both mustard caviar and edible pansies, making them the prettiest, most delicious appetizers at the bridal shower, baby shower, wedding or colorful affair!

1 deviled egg on marble, garnished with flowers, cilantro and mustard caviar beside 3 scattered flowers.

4. Colorful Easter Crostini – 3 Ways!

13 beautifully garnished crostini on a marble plate.

Colorful Easter Crostini

These pretty Easter crostini will make everyone smile! They’re spring pea with mint and goat cheese, mushroom pâté with carrot roses and white balsamic honey peach and ricotta!

9 brightly colored crostini on a marble slate.

5. The Pink Cherry Blossom Maraschino Liqueur Cocktail

A pink cocktail, garnished with a cherry and small cherry blossoms on a black table.

The Pink Cherry Blossom Maraschino Liqueur Cocktail

Lightly sweet, citrusy and with a hint of cherry, it's a perfect cocktail for Easter, Mother's Day, a feminine bridal shower or celebration of April's cherry blossom season!

A pink cocktail, garnished with a cherry and small cherry blossoms on a black table.

6. Prosciutto and Melon Skewers

A long plate of melon bamboo skewers on a table beside daffodils in glass vases..

Prosciutto and Melon Skewers

With only 5 ingredients, they’re the easiest, prettiest appetizers or side dish for a colorful brunch, baby shower or mother’s day breakfast.

A long plate of melon bamboo skewers on a table beside daffodils in glass vases..

7. Pan-Seared Rosemary Lamb Chops

3 seared lamb chops in a bowl with pearl couscous on a table cloth, with flowers in the background.

Perfectly Pan-Seared Rosemary Lamb Chops

These pan seared lamb chops are marinated in rosemary and garlic, have perfectly crispy edges and take just 6-10 minutes to make (once they’ve been marinated, of course). These tender chops make such an elegant spring or Easter dinner and impress every guest! This recipe also includes a mint-pistachio pesto to serve on the side!

3 seared lamb chops in a bowl with pearl couscous.

8. Burrata Salad with Balsamic Glaze

An ornate plate of burrata salad with flowers, tomatoes, blackberries and meat roses on a lace table cloth.

Burrata Salad with Balsamic Glaze

This burrata salad with balsamic glaze includes pretty prosciutto roses, shaved asparagus, cherry tomatoes, ripe blackberries and arugula. A perfect side dish for Mother’s day or any pretty, Spring party!

An ornate plate of burrata salad with flowers, tomatoes, blackberries and meat roses.

9. Lemon Orzo

A bowl of lemon orzo on a lace table cloth surrounded by lemon slices and flowers.

Lemon Orzo

This lemon orzo recipe includes bright, summer corn to turn up the sunshine.

A bowl of lemon orzo on a lace table cloth surrounded by lemon slices and flowers.

10. Spinach and Goat Cheese Quiche with Zucchini Crust

A quiche, garnished with pearl onion roses and little flowers on a marble table with a lace table cloth.

Spinach and Goat Cheese Quiche with Zucchini Crust

This gorgeous goat cheese quiche with spinach and balsamic caramelized onion is not only the prettiest quiche your guests will ever see, it’s also made with a low-carb, nutritious (and delicious) zucchini crust!

A quiche, garnished with pearl onion roses and little flowers with a lace tablecloth wrinkled at its side.

11. The Fanciest Cheese Board

Cheese on a board, topped with marmalade, surrounded by crackrs and mint.

The Fanciest Cheese Board

This fancy cheese board is so easy to prepare and assemble with no complicated ingredient arranging!

Cheese on a board, topped with marmalade, surrounded by crackrs and mint.

12. Prosciutto and Melon Appetizers

8 small melon appetizers with a prosciutto rose and mint leaves on top, in front of a lace tablecloth.

Prosciutto and Melon Appetizers

These prosciutto and melon appetizers make a refreshing Italian classic extra pretty and feminine!

A small melon appetizer with a prosciutto rose and mint leaf on top.

13. Roasted Rainbow Carrots

A wooden platter of roasted carrots, garnished with parsley and pomegranate seeds on a lace tablecloth.

Roasted Rainbow Carrots

This 4-ingredient roasted rainbow carrot recipe is the most effortlessly elegant side dish you’ll ever make!

A wooden platter of roasted carrots, garnished with parsley and pomegranate seeds on a lace tablecloth.

14. Tomato Crostini with Pesto and Ricotta

8 pesto crostini with prosciutto roses on a wooden board.

Tomato Crostini with Pesto and Ricotta

This recipe includes fresh, homemade pesto and pretty prosciutto roses! It’s a gorgeous and delicious appetizer for Mother’s Day or a perfect addition to any spring or summer brunch buffet!

A pesto crostini with a prosciutto rose on a wooden board.

15. Chickpea Salad with Dill

Chickpea salad with dill on a lace tablecloth surrounded by flowers.

Creamy Chickpea Salad with Dill

This chickpea salad with dill is one of my favorite side dish recipes for spring entertaining! It’s garden fresh, delicate yet flavorful, both easy and elegant!

Chickpea salad with dill on a lace tablecloth surrounded by flowers.

16. Mini Quiches with Ham and Swiss

7 mini-quiches on a plate topped with tomatoes beside tulips on a table.

Mini Quiches with Ham and Swiss

This bite-sized recipe works wonderfully as either an appetizer or main course for a brunch party, and looks so beautiful, topped with colorful cherry tomatoes!

A mini-quiche on a plate topped with a tomato.

17. Sparkling Easter Sake Sangria

A glass of sake sangria, full of fruit, on a table beside appetizers.

Sparkling Sake Easter Sangria

This sparkling sake sangria recipe is full of bright fruit and uses sparkling sake, instead of wine. With raspberry lemonade and fruit soaked in white rum, it makes a lovely Easter or sun-shiny Spring cocktail that packs a bit of a punch, so sip those sparkles slowly, no mater how delicious they are!

A glass of sake sangria, full of fruit, beside a lace table cloth.

18. Spring Fennel Salad

A salad with vegetables, cheese, croutons and flowers in a wooden bowl.

Spring Fennel Salad

This salad requires very little prep, and comes together so beautifully. Such a delicious and healthy recipe to celebrate the fresh flavors of the season!

A salad with vegetables, cheese, croutons and flowers in a wooden bowl.

19. Greek Yogurt with Cherry Spoon Sweets

3 bowls of yogurt and cherries on a table beside cherry blossoms.

Greek Yogurt with Cherry Spoon Sweets

This traditional Greek breakfast, yogurt with “spoon sweet” cherries is a delightful breakfast for special company.

A bowl of yogurt and cherries on a table beside a cherry blossom.

20. Pretty Prosciutto Rose Appetizers

a cracker with cream cheese, 3 prosciutto roses and dill on marble, surrounded by 5 others.

Pretty Prosciutto Rose Appetizers

These pretty prosciutto rose appetizers are perfect for any elegant occasion! They complement any baby shower, bridal shower, wedding and even Christmas and New Year’s Eve party menus! With just 4 ingredients, they’re simple, elegant, tasty hors-d’oeuvres that your guests will adore!

A cracker with cream cheese, 3 prosciutto roses and 2 sprigs of dill on marble.

21. Lemon Turmeric Pearl Couscous

A wooden bowl of turmeric pearl couscous beside flowers on a lace tablecloth.

Lemon Turmeric Pearl Couscous

This pearl couscous recipe is made bright with lemon, fresh with dill and cucumber, and exciting with feta crumbles! It’s a perfect side dish for any spring meal, and takes just 20 minutes to make, with just a little cooling time for the couscous!

A wooden bowl of turmeric pearl couscous beside flowers on a lace tablecloth.

22. Avocado Toast with Whipped Goat Cheese

10 avocado toasts on a cutting board beside vases of daffodils.

Avocado Toast with Whipped Goat Cheese

These pretty avocado toasts with whipped goat cheese also include real, edible flowers that are easier to find than you may think! They also make gorgeous additions to any brunch party!

9 avocado toasts on a cutting board beside vases of daffodils.

23. Mini Croque Monsieur

6 mini croque monsieur with a small ham rose garnishes and parsley on a wooden cutting board, surrounded by flowers.

Mini Croque Monsieur

This delightful mini croque monsieur recipe is a perfectly easy, perfectly elegant and exquisitely delicious breakfast idea that will impress any guest!

6 mini croque monsieur with a small ham rose garnishes and parsley on a wooden cutting board, surrounded by flowers.

24. Sparkling Pink Grapefruit Cocktail with Cucumber

3 cocktails, garnished with a cucumber, leaf and small flowers with flowers at its base, as well as napkins.

Sparkling Pink Grapefruit Cocktail with Cucumber

This exquisite sake and pink grapefruit cocktail is shaken with muddled cucumber and mint, splashed with soda and pairs perfectly with summer sunsets and stolen kisses.

A cocktail garnished with cucumber, a leaf and flower with 2 other glasses in the background and napkins on the table.

25. Tomato and Pearl Onion Pesto Crostini

11 crostini garnished with daisies, onions and tomatoes on a marble plate.

Tomato and Pearl Onion Pesto Crostini

These beautiful crostini are layered with pesto ricotta, olive tapenade and topped with tiny balsamic pearl onion roses and cherry tomatoes. What appetizers could possibly be prettier for a summer party!?

Crostini garnished with daisies, onions and tomatoes on a marble plate

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