Happy Easter everyone! In my mind, Easter heralds the arrival of fresh Spring asparagus and I always feature it in my Easter meals. Ham in any way, shape, or form is another favorite for Easter dinners at our house, and dessert can be whatever your heart desires…along with, or after, all of those chocolate bunnies and eggs, of course!
Here’s a recap of some Easter-worthy dishes, just in case you’re still hunting for the perfect recipe. May you and yours enjoy a peaceful, beautiful and happy day.
I’ll take mine with just a little cheese, please!
Orzo with Lemon, Asparagus and Ham, one of my personal favorite Easter dishes!
Ma’amool Cookies, perfect for celebrating!
Warm Asparagus and Potato Salad with Lemon Tarragon Vinaigrette. I’m actually making this one tomorrow!
Strawberry Shortcake (Florida Strawberries just hit the market here!). Gosh, if you’ve got the berries, it’s never too early for strawberry shortcake.
Ham, Fontina and Spinach Bread Pudding (a warmer for those of you still suffering from Spring snow and cold winds!)
Creamy Avocado and Cucumber soup…a great, light starter for the Easter meal, leaving all the more room for…
Is there anything more inviting than a freshly baked pie? No, perhaps not.
Bourbon Chocolate Pecan Pie…oh, my!
The azaleas are popping…Spring is here! Have a lovely day.
bits and breadcrumbs 
Beautiful suggestions – ah!, that pecan pie…… Have a wonderful Easter!
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Thank you Alex, you, too! 🙂
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OMG – you posted all those AMAZING recipes in “one go” (as the British say)!! I want to make very single recipe!! They all look delicious!!
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Thank you Cecile! Let me know what you think if you try one or more of these. Happy Easter to you!
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I’ve pinned – and plan to make soon – the yummy-looking Chocolate Pecan Bourbon Pie!!!!!
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It’s a very wicked good pie, Cecile! I hope you like it as much as we do. I can’t make it unless we’re having company to help eat it! 🙂
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Happy Easter! Tasty meal ideas!
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Happy Easter, Yummy!
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How lovely that Spring has arrived for you. I love asparagus too. I’d like to make the salad you are making tomorrow – sounds and looks terrific and the ma’amool cookies are very pretty. Happy Easter to you and your family xx
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Thank you Charlie Louie, and so happy you are back online. I had many deadlines this week and am late on my reading…I need to see what you’re up to. Happy Easter to you and your family, too! xo
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Tell me – why are the cookies called “ma’mool”. Does it have anything to do with the expression in Louisiana – The Big Mamoo?
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Cecile, these are middle eastern holiday cookies, traditionally made for around Christmas time and Easter as I understand it. I have a friend who is Lebanese and his mom made them all the time. As to the origin of the name, I don’t have the answer, but you might try asking Sawsan at Chef in Disguise…she makes these, too, lives in Jordan and may have more info on the history. In fact if you search Ma’amool on her blog the post may come up. 🙂
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Happy Easter to you and the family! Love all of your suggestions but I kind of have my sites on that Warm Asparagus and Potato Salad with Lemon Tarragon Vinaigrette. Sounds delicious!
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Hi Bobbi and Happy Easter to you and your family, too. I just realized I forgot to get the tarragon for my salad…yikes! We are attending an Easter gathering at 3 p.m. Eastern, so I need to rush out and see if any is available. It is a great salad. 🙂 Happy Day!
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Such a wonderful round-up of dishes, Betsy, any of which would make your Easter table something special. To be honest, though, I envy your azaleas. Mine are nowhere near blooming and, for the first time ever, they’re going to miss Easter. I’ve always thought it strange that they seemed to “know” when Easter would arrive and they’d be in full bloom. Now that they’re not in bloom, it is really strange!
I hope you and your family have a wonderful Easter, Betsy.
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Hi John. We only have a few of our smaller azaleas in bloom right now, the rest have their buds waiting for the next warm day to pop. They are confused since we’ve been having a day or so of 70 degrees, then plunging to below freezing for most of this year so far. We usually have dogwoods blooming by now, but not this year…they are smart, as it will go back to freezing later next week. Hang on, your blooms are just around the corner! 🙂 Happy Easter to you and your family, John!
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Lucky you! My azaleas are quite ready to bloom just yet. I’m loving that orzo. Hoppy Easter Betsy.
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Hoppy Easter to you, too, Eva! 🙂
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Happy Easter to you! What a delicious menu and glorious azaleas to remind us of life renewed with spring. 🙂
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Thank you, Judy. Easter is the time of renewal and I hope yours is Happy and shared with friends and family. 🙂
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You celebrate in style my friend, what utterly delicious ideas 🙂
Happy Easter!
Choc Chip Uru
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Hope you had a Happy Easter, Uru!
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HAPPY EASTER TO YOU TO! what a wonderful recipes!
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Thank you Katya, it was a happy Easter. I hope you had a great one, too!
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I am late, hope you had a wonderful Easter.
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Thank you Norma, and I feel like I’m always late…so no worries! Hope you had a lovely weekend and Easter, too.
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Happy belated Easter Betsy, and a wonderful round-up. I actually made some ma’amoul myself here just before Easter for my parents. I had no mould so I had to use a small ladle to push them in to for shaping, lol! 😀
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Ladles work just fine on these and so does making them like a small calzone and crimping the ends with a fork. I was given a mould, otherwise I’d never have had one, either! Hope you had a Happy Easter, Charles. I need to come and see what you’ve been up to in your travels. 🙂
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A portion of everything pelase, especially that savoury bread pudding!
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I know…the bread pudding is always welcome in our house! Hope you had a Happy Easter, Tanya!
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What a Gorgeous array Betsy! Fit for royalty – which (in truth) family are! (The potatoes and asparagus, and the strawberry shortcake are shouting my name!) Hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend!
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Hi Spree, we did have a nice holiday weekend and I hope you did, too! We just finished off our potatoes and asparagus, on to the strawberries! 🙂
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WOW, lots of fabulous recipe! I hope you had a lovely Easter! I just made an asparagus meal…yum! Thanks for sharing 🙂
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We did have a very nice Easter and I hope you did, too! 🙂
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I did! 😀 Thanks!
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I am SOOOOO hungry. Especially that pie. Yup, I am definitely hungry lol.
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Wish I could send some pie your way, Kay! It’s a ridiculously good and rich pie. 🙂
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What a selection of recipes you tempt us with, Betsy! I’m not sure which one I’d like a little taste of first.. but I’m thinking your Orzo recipe.. just to be healthy.. for one minute:) Then I’d head to that pie!
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The orzo is a great, light dish and one I plan to make again while the asparagus is fresh. And yes, then maybe a piece of pie for good measure! 🙂
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That soup looks like the perfect spring starter. Beautiful. And I did indeed make your famous potato salad. It got rave reviews as usual and my niece told me it was the best version of potato salad she had ever had. Still eating a few bits for breakfast (I squirrel away a small tupperware dish of it before I serve it…I am a little selfish).
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Thanks Geni! I made the potato salad and took it to an event on Easter. There was only a tiny amount left and I meant to try it with eggs, but ate it all up first! Oh, darn, I guess I’m going to have to make more. 🙂 So glad your crew loves it so much and thanks for telling me.
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A belated Happy Easter to you Betsy!!
btw…love that potato asparagus dish. 🙂
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Hope your Easter was happy, too, Jed. This week has been so crazy it seems like a long time ago…and all my potato and asparagus salad is all gone. Gonna have to make some more this weekend. So happy you like that dish! 🙂
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Such a wonderful collection of recipes Betsy. The maamoul post was the first one I read on your blog and I am really glad it lead me to your wonderful space here 🙂
I have some avocado that I need to use soon and your soup is calling my name!
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Thank you Sawsan. Someone asked me about the name Maamoul, what it means and where/what language it originally came from. Do you know? I hope you love the soup if you make it. It’s truly a fave around here. 🙂
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OH, you are so inspiring! I had a friend’s asparagus and dill “egg bake” (as they call them in Minnesota!) and I got SO EXCITED for spring!!!
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I am always so excited when asparagus season rolls around…I can’t get enough of it. And it’s great with eggs so I’ll bet your friend’s dish was wonderful!
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It was – I need to get her recipe! I am SO looking forward to our two patches producing their deliciousness! I just wish they were bigger patches…
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I wish I could grow asparagus at all…no sun. Hope you have a bumper crop, Gretchen!
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Yum! Cucumber soup is something I’ve never tried so would love to give it a go!
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This one is particularly smooth and creamy with the avocado added to it. Thanks for your comment, Caroline!
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That’s quite a selection of spring treats you have there! Of course I love the ma’amools (gotta make them again soon) and I’d love to try the orzo with ham and asparagus — looks delicious. It has been a busy few weeks here. How are things with you Betsy?
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I think the orzo with ham and asparagus is going to be on my list next week, or possibly this weekend if it gets as warm here as it’s supposed to. I’m fine, thanks, Barb. I, too, have been super busy and feel like I have many irons in the fire. This week has been full of deadlines. But otherwise all is well. Hope you and yours are well, too! 🙂
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I’m so glad I clicked over from Cecile’s site to find this tempting round up…I’ve got my eye on that bread pudding recipe for an upcoming breakfast meeting. I can’t imagine anyone not wanting a generous serving! Thanks for sharing (it all looks really good)!
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Hi there, and thank you for stopping by and your kind comments! That bread pudding is a sure fire winner…my favorite savory bread pudding of all time. I hope the folks at your meeting will enjoy it. 🙂
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I know they will! I printed it out and paper clipped it to my calendar, so I would remember to make it!
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I’m sure that whatever you selected for your Easter meal was totally delicious.
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Thank you, Karen. And I would say the same to you, and hope you had a very Happy Easter and a great weekend so far.
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