Foodie Friday:: 16 "Eggscellent" Recipes For Easter & Beyond

 

Here we are at Passover and Easter Weekend. Who will be dying eggs? I am trying the naturally dyed egg method (scroll down for tips )Today's post features a recipe roundup of egg dishes that are perfect for Easter and beyond. 

Breakfast Charcuterie Board

Here's major inspiration for a company breakfast. It's a perfect combination of sweet and savory.

Foxes Love Lemons

Everything Cheesy Potato and Egg Breakfast Casserole

Once I was served a similar casserole. My longtime friend, Dierdre, had made it. It was perhaps the best thing I ever ate. Maybe it was the hangover?  What’s not to love about cheesy potatoes, baked eggs, and crispy bacon? 

Half Baked Harvest

Smoked Salmon Deviled Eggs

I have made these before. Trust me, they were a hit, not to mention so attractive. Each bite is a palate pleaser.

Down Shiftology

Frothy Orange Creamsicle Cocktail

Refreshing and delicious, this is the perfect brunch cocktail. It's made with vodka, and the froth is beaten egg whites. 

Fit Foodie Finds

Baked Egg Boats

This dish is basically a quiche that uses a hollowed out baguette as its base instead of a buttery pie crust. A terrific twist on a classic.

Spoon Fork Bacon

Jalapeno Cilantro Hash Stuffed Portobellos

The recipe author says it best: "These jalapeno hash stuffed portobellos are deliciously salty from the bacon with a kick of spice and topped off with a poached runny egg."

Running To The Kitchen

Caprese Baked Eggs

If you are like me and love a Caprese Salad, you will love this dish.The runny yolk of the eggs is perfect for dipping crusty bread into. What a fabulous idea for a recipe!

Recipe Tin Eats

Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

I try to keep toxins out of my life as much as possible, especially in food. So I am trying this food based egg dying method this year. I think the colors are simply beautiful. 

A Beautiful Mess

Pesto Tomato, Egg & Avocado Breakfast Salad

I love salad for breakfast. In fact I have some form of it almost every day. What a healthy start to the day!

The Kitchen Magpie

Eggs Benedict Bread Pudding

A savory pudding is combined with everyone's favorite brunch bite, Eggs Benedict. Yum!

Foodness Gracious

The Ultimate Egg Salad Sandwich

It's all about the fresh herbs in this recipe. A combination of mayo and yogurt keeps it light and fresh.

A Couple Cooks

Sausage and Egg Breakfast Dumplings

These are fun! The dumpling wrappers are store bought, making this an easy recipe. Dipping sauces and chopsticks required!

Pure Wow

Greek Steak Salad French Bread with Soft Boiled Eggs + Feta

Isn't this a gorgeous salad? Or is it a sandwich? Sounds like heaven to me.

Half Baked Harvest

Soft Polenta With Poached Egg and Parmesan

Polenta is lovely. This treatment with a poached egg and greens really elevate the classic.

Gourmet Traveller

Buffalo, Bacon, and Goat Cheese Deviled Eggs

I am always on the lookout for inspired deviled egg recipes. Because life is too short to serve them plain. A must make!

How Sweet It Is

Potato & Egg Salad With Pesto

My family always thinks that everything is better with pesto. I make it often. This colorful salad will b e a spring sensation.

Angies Recipes

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Foodie Friday: Celebrate Easter & Passover Together

Easter Egg Excellence!

{ Via: ZsaZsa Bellagio }

This has been a week, hasn't yet? Yet most of us will try to make something out of Passover and Easter, if only just for ourselves. It is important to find joy even under our current circumstances. An easy way to make Easter happen is to color eggs, especially if you have children. Here's inspiration, and of course, a recipe, too. It wouldn't be #FoodieFriday without one.

Six Guidelines For Flawless & Fun Egg Decorating

Who knew that the right vinegar makes a difference? Click to learn how you can showcase bright colors, and how to avoid a messy cleanup.

Williams Sonoma

Naturally Dyed Easter Eggs

With all of the bleach, alcohol, and other toxins around us now, why add them to your food? These eggs have been made with fresh fruit, veggies, and turmeric. Very clever and healthy! 

Get the DIY info at...

Food52

How To Host A Virtual Easter Egg Decorating Party

This Spring, it's virtual everything - from happy hours, zoom meetings and yes, egg decorating.  How fun for Grandparents and their grand babies, or children and their friends. Just do it.

Martha Stewart

Crafty Eggs

Here's an easy way to decorate an egg, while cleaning out the craft closet. Grab some pre-made garland or embroidery floss and wrap up your eggs for the big finish. This DIY takes seconds to throw together, so you can get back to planning that Easter brunch

Brit Co. 

Make Pickled Eggs in Every Natural Color & Flavor Under
 The Sun
The first time I had a dyed boiled egg was about 25 years ago at lovely little restaurant named The Cottage, in a suburb of Chicago.  I was in awe of the uniqueness and beauty of the eggs. And I still am. To create these eggs think beets, red cabbage, turmeric and more!
Food52

Glitter Eggs

The last time I colored eggs, I did glitter eggs. It couldn't be any easier. We made a little mess but that's the fun of it. These aren't your average eggs. use glitter that matches your decor.

Martha Stewart

Fabric Covered Eggs

The creative people at Serena & Lily covered their eggs this year with fabric from their chic coastal collection of fabrics. Isn't that a clever idea? They are having a 20% off sitewide sale right now.

Serena and Lily

Sesame Roasted Asparagus, Egg and Bacon Salad

If there’s one recipe that screams Easter, it's this Sesame Roasted Asparagus, Egg and Bacon Salad. I will be making this in the very near future.

Half Baked Harvest

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Easter & Passover Celebrations At Home

Foodie Friday: Easter Egg-cellence Recipes & Tips

{ Via: MacKenzie Childs }

As the title suggests, this post is all about eggs. Easter eggs, that is. You'll find last minute inspiration for new techniques in dying those eggs, cooking them,  and drinking them! That's right. You'll find Easter egg cocktails, gold leaf eggs, and the prettiest frittata you ever did see.  You will look like a good egg with any of these recipes for a elegant Easter weekend. 

Absolut Mini Egg Martini

Cheers to bunny ears and martinis! This chic cocktail will help you do that bunny hop 
with style.
Hello Magazine

Sprinkles Easter Eggs

These eggs are too pretty to eat. Made with pastel nonpareils, ( Amazon has them ) they are just the prettiest, and couldn't be easier. Spread some tacky glue on the egg and roll in the sprinkles. Get more info at

Studio DIY

Cheesecake Eggs With Shortbread Soldiers

These look crazy fun, don't they? They are the perfect Easter brunch dessert.

Half Baked Harvest

Bacon Blue Deviled Eggs With Roasted Garlic And Asparagus

I feel like I may have shared this recipe before. It is worth repeating however. Life is too short to make boring deviled eggs. These are as chic as can be!

How Sweet Eats

Spring Salad With Eggs & Creamy Tarragon Dressing

What a beautiful addition to the Easter table. To me, an egg can really elevate a salad, while it adds the protein to the dish. The dressing sounds to die for.

The View From Great Island

Martha's Favorite Method for Decorating Beautiful Easter Cookies

If asked, I would say that I am a very good baker, however my goods tend to taste better than they look. Hopefully you will find Martha's tips as helpful as I did. 

Martha Stewart

How To Make Natural Egg Dyes

Loving the idea of natural dyes. If I was dying eggs this year, this would be my method. You use actual food, fruit and veggies to create these subtle colors. These were done with a Vitamix, but I bet any good blender would work. And it is all healthy without chemicals.

The Celebration Shoppe

Bake Your Eggs!
Trending in egg dying is baking your eggs. This makes so much sense to me. Click to get the step by step directions along with dying tips.
Heather Christo

 Egg Cream Cocktail

This celebratory cocktail was inspired by the Cadbury Egg, that everyone loves....especially Miss Shop This. But it only looks like one. In fact it tastes more like an exotic Pina Colada. I'll have one please!

Prima Magazine

Root Vegetable Frittata

This is loveliest egg dish that I ever saw. It's made with egg whites, swiss cheese, green onion, sweet potato, rutabaga, turnip, and red potatoes.  Purple basil adds the pretty.

Cooking With Ruthie

Easter Egg Cake
They say that this is not hard to make at all. It's a classic cake with a beautiful buttercream frosting...My favorite. I would call this cake my #Eastergoals.
Broma Bakery

Gold Leaf Shaving Cream Easter Eggs
Have you heard of the the shaving cream egg dying method? First I have heard of it was this month. Don't be intimidated by the title. These are fancy but totally kid friendly. You can get the gold leaf fast from Amazon, and it is less than $10.
The Sweetest Occasion

Easter Egg Donuts

Let the kids help you decorate these Saturday nght or early Sunday morning. They are filled with your choice of Jam, lemon curd, or your fave cream filling. See the step by step instructions at 

Sugar Hero

Bunnies, Baskets, Eggs, Oh My!

If you are unprepared for Easter, or just planned a spur of the moment party, don't stress. There's still time to order on line and pick up at your nearest Pier One. And everything is on a very deep sale. There's every type of Easter egg you can imagine, too. 

Pier One Imports

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