Easter food

[tiggycat]

I'm looking around the internet today, trying to find fun, good Easter food. I know I'll be making a ham, but I'm hoping to find some inspiring ideas for veggie sides (substantial enough to feed those of us not eating the meat). Any good, springy ideas? I'm open to dessert suggestions, too. Thanks in advance!

[killr]

For Easter I love asparagus. Its really easy to roast it in the oven as the ham is finishing. I found a really good sale for asparagus and want to try some cold marinaded asparagus salad. Maybe a lemony marinade, cold roasted asparagus and cold quinoa.

Sweet potatoes and green beans also go really great with ham.

Peas with baby onions. Ginger glazed carrots with pecans. Creamed spinach. Spinach salad with mandarin segments and candied walnuts. Mixed baby greens with warm roasted butternut squash and pumpkin seeds.

For desert I love lemony deserts for Easter. Lemon bars or lemon poppy seed pound cake. Or those cookies that look like nests (coconut maybe) and filled with jelly beans.

[tinyrock]

maybe something eggy for the veg folks (if they eat eggs)? a fritatta or quiche?

quinoa salad is my default hearty, dietary-restrictions-appropriate side. Quinoa, veggies, nuts and/or beans, raisins, some sort of oil-and-vinegary dressing, good warm or cold.

[Shade]

I haven't decided yet what I'm doing for my dish for Easter dinner this year (the suggestions above sound like good possibilities though!), but for dessert I'm making ice cream, which I would highly suggest as something fun and easy to make (not exactly quick, but easy for sure). I did that last year and flavored it with rosewater, which seemed to be a good fit for the beginning of spring, and this year I'm going along the same lines with violet.
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