Easter Menu

What is a normal Easter Meal for you? We recently moved so it's just us and maybe my In Laws. I love to cook and have ideas, but we have literally ate the same.exact.meal. for 30 years at my Mom's lol. So whatcha havin?

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Ham has always been our Easter meal. I think one year we did filet mignon, which was a nice change.

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Im doing brunch this year

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It changes depending on who's hosting. My mom is hosting this year so I know the whole menu.

Appetizers:

Stuffed mushrooms
Bruschetta
Spinach dip in a bread bowl
Antipasto
Chips and dip

Dinner:

Ravioli
Ham
Mashed potatoes
Asparagus
Salad
Dinner rolls

Dessert:

Pastries
Kit-Kat cake

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Usually ham and/or lamb.

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Easter menu usually includes homemade manicotti, ham, lamb, shrimp oreganata and apps such as stuffed mushrooms, potatoes, salad. And of course tons of Italian pastries.

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We always have a spiral ham, lasagna, meatballs, and sausage for the main meal. Another Easter food tradition for us is noodle pie (app), rice pie (dessert), pizza rustica (Italian meat pie), and Easter bread.

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Spiral ham and roasted potatoes, lasagna, fried calamari and shrimp, roasted lamb chops, risotto.

I love making the Easter bread with painted eggs and sprinkles. I use a lemon zest for flavor.

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It's usually lasagna or manicotti with meatballs, sausage, and braciole. Last year my mom made a spiral ham and lasagna but it was a lot for her.

We have homemade cassata for dessert. It's my great-grandmother's recipe.

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We keep it simple, we do ham, mashed potatoes, a veggie, and my mom makes lasagna. For so e reason we never went crazy

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Thanks ladies!

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when i hosted easter i did a ham and baked ziti along with sides (veggies, sweet potatoes)

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Apps:
Antipasto (cheese, olives, dried meats/sausages, bread, roasted peppers)
Bruschetta

Pasta:
Homemade Gnocchi
meatballs from the sauce

Dinner:
Lamb or Goat
Chicken with artichokes & mushrooms
Baby Back Ribs
Broccoli Rabe with sundried tomatoes
Homemade roasted red peppers and
Assorted Veggies (whatever looks good when we go shopping!)
Salad

Too many desserts to even think about

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I have 35 people and this is the basic menu I've used for the past 7 years:

Appetizers -

Antipasto platter
Cheese platter
spinach dip in breadbowl
shrimp cocktail or cold marinated shrimp
baked clams
1 or two other hot appetizers tbd
rose sangria

Dinner -

Marinated London broil, sliced thin
Roasted turkey breast (gravy, cranberry sauce)
Baked glazed ham
Rolls (for people to have on side or make sandwiches with above meats)
cheeses, pickles, condiments for sandwiches
Lasagna or stuffed shells
Twice-baked potatoes
Carrot soufflé
Corn casserole
Some kind of green salad (I've done Iavarone's Gigi salad, Ceasar salad, etc.)
In the past I also had quiches, but it was too much food!

Dessert -

Everybody contributes so we usually have a big spread including fruit, cookies/brownies, cheesecake, my mom makes an Easter bunny cake decorated with candy, cannoli platter, assorted Easter candy, etc. and coffee!

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It changes a little from year to year, my mom almost always hosts. It's usually:

Antipasto platter
Breadsticks wrapped in prosciutto and soppressata

Some kind of pasta or risotto dish to start (zitti or risotto al forno usually, or risotto primavera)

Marinated lamb
Rabbit cacciatore
Filet Mignon or London Broil
Sausage and peppers
Mashed potatoes with gravy
Potato and ham gateau
Broccoli rabbe with garlic
Green beans
Stuffed mushrooms
Stuffed artichokes
Stuffed peppers
Roasted herbed potatoes, carrots, and sweet potatoes
Pizza rustica
Salad
Bread

Fruit, nuts, dessert (guests usually bring something to add to the dessert table and we make cookies/biscotti, beignets and cream puffs, cassata or cannoli) coffee, cordials

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