Holidays, hippity hop, Easter is on it’s way!

 

We usually celebrate Easter at the beach, but this year everybody has too much going on…

 

 

 

 

We decided to combine Easter with Charlie Brown’s birthday, April 16,  and have some family fun next Saturday afternoon…a birthday party Easter Egg Hunt!

 

 

 

CC and Charlie Brown’s other grandmother is going to join us and luckily for me she has already filled eggs with goodies and has offered to share and help  😅 Thank you Sally!

 

 

 

 

Most of my Easter decor is at the beach, but luckily I do have my new MacBunnies here to help decorate

 

 

 

I’ve been hopping around the archives for recipes and ideas

In case you’re still planning your menu or need a last minute idea

maybe these will help

We are going to gather late in the afternoon

we will sip and nosh while the littles search the yard for Easter treasures,

the menu will be finger food and appetizers

with a birthday cake for the birthday boy

 

Confetti Birthday Bundt delighted him 2 years ago

 

These Pimiento Cheese Puff Pastry Eggs are hard to resist

 

 

I definitely want to make Mary’s Roasted Carrot Hummus pop over to see her show stopping presentation here

Or if I get lazy, I can make this easy Carrot Dip Garden instead, it’s a prepared dip covered with chopped green onions and “planted” with baby carrots in a spinach lined bowl

 

 

 

And how cute would this fruit from Living Locurto be for the egg hunters??

 

 

 

 

or even easier, these Easter Peep Fruit Kebabs from Amee’s Savory Dish

 

 

 

 

Pineapple Glazed Kielbasa Bites from Complete Recipes is on the April Bucket List, I think they would be perfect

 

 

 

HHjr has been perfecting his pizza oven technique, maybe I can get him to do a pizza or two, a cheese one for the littles and perhaps a fancier one for the adults

 

Crazy Spring Radish Pizza is topped with asparagus, radishes, and salami

 

 

 

In keeping with our non traditional Easter

I am cooking our holiday ham today,

which we will enjoy tonight and then I’ll have leftovers for the party,

you might want to save these recipes for your leftover Easter ham

 

 

Baby Ham & Cheezee Bites

 

 

 

 

Sweet Potato Spirals with Ham & Cheese

 

 

 

 

Orange Roll Ham Sliders were a hit as part of Christmas Eve’s Lunch, but might be too sweet for an afternoon party…

 

 

Monte Cristo Mini Danish

 

 

On Easter Sunday, HHjr and his boys and I will be having Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole and Coconut Grapefruit Brulee, so stay tuned for that!

 

What is your favorite Easter nibble?

Help!

 

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I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:

Meal Plan Monday  Dishing it & Digging it,   Between Naps on the Porch,

Merry Monday   Make it Pretty Monday    Celebrate and Decorate,

Tasty Tuesday   Oh My Heartsie Girl  Full Plate Thursday

Thursday Favorite Things  Creatively Crafty   Home Matters 

Weekend Potluck   Sweet Inspirations   Happiness is Homemade

Comments
41 Responses to “Holidays, hippity hop, Easter is on it’s way!”
  1. Lovin’ the B-Day Bundt cake Jenna! Have fun with the kids:@)

  2. Nancy says:

    Your ideas are a plenty! That Garden Dip is too cute! I may just do that as an appetizer since we are having friends for Easter! Thank you for so many wonderful ideas… again!

    PS… those MacBunnies are amazing!

  3. Sharon Mann says:

    What fun, I love the Peeps on the fruit kabobs.

  4. pattyanneart says:

    Sounds like a wonderful party! 🌷🐰 Thanks for all of the great ideas and recipes. 💕

  5. Benita says:

    You have shared so many cool recipes and ideas! I do hope the birthday bash is a success…I know you guys will have a fabulous time! Love that birthday cake from the past! Have a great one! Hugs!

  6. What fun ideas! Love the kabobs, LOL!!

  7. Karen says:

    Oh my goodness, so many inspiring food ideas. I know your combined party will be lots of fun. I hope your weather holds out, I know there are lots of weather warnings around.

  8. Jill Kuhn says:

    It ALL looks so good, Jenna!! 🐰🌷💕 I like the idea of serving finger foods. I especially want to try the pineapple and Kiebasa sausage recipe at the lake this summer! 😊

  9. Marilyn says:

    Thank You for sharing your lovely and cute Easter settings. Wishing you and yours a BLESSED HOLY WEEK and a HAPPY EASTER
    Marilyn,Joan and Marion

  10. Michelle says:

    Thank you for all the recipes! They all look so good. I love your bunnies!

  11. Jodi says:

    so many wonderful choices for what is sure to be a fun day!!! <3

  12. Oh the carrot dip garden and the kebabs are certainly going to be on my table this year. Thanks for posting this!

  13. Cyndi Raines says:

    All mouth watering dishes! Like the carrots sticking out of the dip, too cute! So many great recipes and fun food! What a wonderful birthday celebration! Happy Easter! 🐣🐇🐑

  14. debra cantales says:

    The carrot dip garden is adorable Jenna!! 🐰🌷💕 Wish you and your family wonderful celebrations!

  15. Happy birthday to Charlie Brown! You are a wonderful planner and organizer, the party sounds perfect to me. Pizza is always appropriate especially from your wood fire oven! Have a most wonderful week Jenna!

    • Oh, thanks Pam, it’s about as far away from a formal Easter dinner as you can get, but the important thing is gathering and being together…I hope Mother Nature is kind next weekend!

  16. Happy Birthday to Charlie Brown…oh how I love to see your wonderful recipes and those of others..yes, as the kids get older, there are so many more activities going on…I am sure you will have a most wonderful Easter/Birthday celebration in your home…Love the idea of finger foods and cake! Have a most wonderful time!!!

  17. Bonnie Morgan says:

    Great food ideas and darling Easter table in your entry.Sounds like a great event to celebrate his birthday. How fun to have little ones to hunt eggs and the other grandmother to help with the celebration. I look forward to pictures.
    Love that carrot dip garden and fruit kebabs! Too cute.
    Happy Easter Jenna!

    • Thanks Bonnie! I am so lucky that Sally, the other grandmother, lives 10 minutes from me and we are very good friends! We have a lot of fun with our little bunnies…

  18. What a great post! All of your food looks delicious, the table is beautiful, and what a brilliant idea to use cookie cutters to cut out fruit. Why didn’t I think of that? I also love your bunny chalkboard. I hope you and your family have a wonderful Easter and Charlie Brown’s birthday.

  19. Your cakes are darling — it’s all so happy! I hope you have a beautiful Easter — with all that cheer about you, I think you are off to a good start.

  20. Mary says:

    A delicious Easter round-up Jenna! I miss those days of Easter egg hunts with my nephews…they’re all grown up now! Thanks for the shot out ♥

  21. Miz Helen says:

    This is a great collection of Easter ideas that I will surely enjoy! Thanks so much for sharing your post with us this week and hope you have a very special weekend!
    Miz Helen

  22. marilyn1998 says:

    Thank you for sharing at #ThursdayFavoriteThings. Pinned and shared.

  23. Miz Helen says:

    Congratulations!
    Your post is one of our Top Ten Post this week on Full Plate Thursday. Thanks so much for sharing it with us and come back soon!
    Miz Helen

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