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    36 Best Easter Side Dishes for your Holiday Feast 2025

    Modified: Mar 8, 2025 · Published: Feb 19, 2024 by Sharon Rigsby · Leave a Comment

    Easter side dish roundup Pinterest pin showing 6 side dish photos and text.

    Check out 36 of my most popular recipes for Easter Side Dishes. These recipes and menu ideas are the best of the best; they are irresistibly delicious, kid-friendly, and perfect for your Easter celebration.

    Whether cooking for two or a crowd, choose from these easy, mostly make-ahead, top-rated spring vegetable dishes, show-stopping cheesy casseroles and lighter spring dishes.

    Pictures of 6 Easter side dishes including Spinach Salad, Potato Salad and Broccoli Cheese Casserole.

    Like my popular Southern Potato Salad, these festive, traditional, and non-traditional Easter side dish recipes are perfect to pair with showstopping main dishes such as Baked Ham with Pineapple and Cherries, Double Smoked Ham, and Roasted Rack of Lamb with Garlic and Herbs.

    This comprehensive spring collection of Easter Sunday favorites is full of unique menu ideas that include healthy, keto, gluten-free, low-carb, and vegetarian options.

    And don’t forget your Easter dinner menu wouldn’t be complete without a luscious, easy-to-make Easter dessert.

    1. Easy Southern Potato Salad

    Easter or summer picnics wouldn’t be the same without a tasty helping of potato salad. Like Grandma used to make, this easy-to-make, old-fashioned potato salad is creamy, tangy, delicious, and loaded with crunchy dill pickles, spicy mustard, mayonnaise, and must-have hard-boiled eggs!

    Southern Potato Salad
    Southern Potato Salad in a bowl

    2. Ultimate Broccoli Cheese Casserole

    When you see the word “ultimate” in a recipe title, you expect it to be spectacular. This delicious broccoli cheese casserole loaded with cheesy goodness lives up to its name!

    Broccoli Cheese Casserole
    A spoonful of Broccoli Cheese Casserole topped with crushed Ritz crackers and cheese.

    3. Classic Southern Deviled Eggs

    Classic Southern Deviled Eggs are devilishly delicious with mayonnaise, mustard, and dill pickles. And they are a classic for a good reason; everyone loves them!

    Deviled Eggs
    A deviled egg on a deviled egg holder that is long and skinny instead of the usual plate.

    4. Southern Baked Pineapple Casserole

    A quintessential Easter side dish in the South, Southern Baked Pineapple Casserole is the epitome of a quick and easy recipe! You will be saying yes, please, to a serving of this popular pineapple cheese casserole full of sweet pineapple chunks and blanketed with a crisp, buttery Ritz cracker topping.

    Pineapple Casserole
    Pineapple cheese casserole topped with crushed Ritz crackers in a white baking dish.

    5. Southern Cheesy Cornbread Pudding

    Southern Cheesy Corn Pudding is a beloved traditional holiday and pot-luck dinner side dish in the South! If you like corn and you like cornbread, you will love this decadent and creamy corn casserole recipe.

    Cornbread Pudding
    An oval casserole dish with cornbread pudding and a serving spoon.

    6. Green Bean Casserole without Mushroom Soup

    Discover a delightful twist on the classic Southern Green Bean Casserole. This easy-to-make recipe is crafted with fresh ingredients without canned cream of mushroom soup.

    Green Bean Casserole
    Baked green bean casserole topped with crispy fried onions and shredded parmesan cheese.

    7. Southern Baked Mac and Cheese Casserole

    Macaroni and Cheese is synonymous with Southern entertaining. You would be hard-pressed to find any holiday or celebration involving food in the South without a macaroni and cheese casserole front and center on the table.

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    A spoonful of Southern Mac and Cheese over the casserole.

    8. Southern Sweet and Sour Green Beans

    Southern Sweet and Sour Green Beans with smokey bacon, crunchy water chestnuts, and sweet onions taste just like its name! It’s also definitely one delicious and easy green bean recipe that deserves a place of honor in your repertoire of “go-to” recipes for green beans.

    Sweet and Sour Green Beans
    A white bowl with Southern Sweet and Sour Green Beans.

    9. Southern Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes

    Southern Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes, an Easter brunch or dinner tradition, especially in the South, consists of sliced potatoes covered in a decadent and rich cheesy bechamel sauce and baked until they are melt-in-your-mouth tender.

    Scalloped Potatoes
    A spoonful of cheesy scalloped potatoes.

    10. Easy Grape Salad with Cream Cheese

    Easy, old-fashioned Grape Salad is full of plump, juicy grapes, buttery toasted pecans, and a tangy dressing made with cream cheese, sour cream, and sugar. Is it a salad or a dessert? You decide. Either way, it’s the perfect holiday treat.

    Grape Salad
    Easy Grape Salad with Cream Cheese in a white bowl garnished with pecans and with hydrangeas in the background

    11. Easy Southern Broccoli Salad

    This recipe for Easy Southern Broccoli Salad is jam-packed with fresh broccoli, dried cranberries, roasted pecans, cheddar cheese, and cherry tomatoes. It’s bright, fresh, and the perfect Easter side dish.

    Broccoli Salad

    12. Baked Mushroom Casserole

    Baked Mushroom Casserole is a delicious and impressive mushroom side dish with a blend of shitake, cremini, and baby portabella mushrooms, baked with butter, parsley, and lemony goodness.

    Mushroom Casserole
    Baked Mushroom Casserole garnished with parsley in a white baking dish.

    13. Roasted Broccoli and Carrots

    Is one of those side dishes that goes with just about anything, and, honestly, roasting broccoli and carrots in the oven is so easy you’ll feel like a pro, even if you’re new to cooking. Make it today

    Roasted Broccoli and Carrots
    Roasted broccoli and carrots on a white oval bowl on a table.

    14. Green Bean Bundles Wrapped in Bacon

    Easy, delicious Green Bean Bundles Wrapped in Bacon will lend an elegant touch to your holiday dinner table. These divine little packages of tender green beans, wrapped in smoky bacon with a touch of brown sugar, will be a favorite of your family and friends.

    Green Bean Bundles
    Green Bean Bundles with Bacon-9

    15. Spinach Strawberry Salad with Pecans

    Discover my delicious Spinach Strawberry Salad Recipe featuring sweet strawberries, crunchy roasted pecans, and fresh baby spinach.

    Spinach Strawberry Salad
    Spinach Strawberry Salad with Pecans and Poppy Seed Dressing on a table.

    16. Copper Pennies (Marinated Carrots)

    Copper Pennies, also known as Marinated Carrots or Sweet and Sour Carrots, are carrot medallions marinated in a tangy tomato sauce. It’s the best carrot side dish ever and is perfect for Easter. You might say it’s “Copper Pennies from Heaven”!

    Copper Pennies
    A bowl of Copper Pennies on a tan napkin.

    17. Cauliflower Cheese Bake

    Cauliflower Cheese Bake is the perfect rich and creamy but low-carb side dish for your Easter dinner or any dinner when you want to treat your family or guests to something special! It’s a true crowd-pleaser!

    Cauliflower Cheese Bake
    Cauliflower Cheese Bake in a white baking dish.

    18. Make-Ahead Vegetable Tian – Pudge Factor

    Make-Ahead Vegetable Tian is as delicious to eat as it is beautiful to present. Imagine overlapping alternating potatoes, zucchini, and tomatoes sitting atop luscious caramelized onions topped with Gruyère cheese.

    Vegetable Tian
    Vegetable Tian in a white baking dish with a loaf of French bread.

    19. Classic House Salad

    Discover the ultimate go-to salad with this Quick and Easy Classic House Salad Recipe, which includes a yummy homemade dressing.

    House Salad
    A forkful of house salad with lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumber on a white plate.

    20. Easy Parmesan Potatoes Au Gratin

    This recipe for Easy Parmesan Potatoes Au Gratin is irresistibly delicious and the perfect special occasion side dish. With thinly sliced, tender Russet potatoes nestled in a thick and decadent cream sauce and nutty parmesan cheese, this indulgent side dish might edge out your entrée and become the star of the show!

    Parmesan Potatoes Au Gratin
    A white gratin dish full of potatoes au gratin with a spoonful taken out.

    21. Easy Baked Southern Candied Sweet Potato Casserole

    Easy Baked Southern Candied Sweet Potato Casserole features thinly sliced sweet potatoes, covered with brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and ground cloves, and then topped with sweet, creamy butter and candied pecans. This easy Easter casserole comes together quickly and is both decadent and delicious! 

    Candied Sweet Potatoes
    Baked Southern Candied Sweet Potatoes

    22. Easy Southern Corn Salad

    Easy Southern Corn Salad is a delicious staple in the South, especially in the spring and summer when fresh corn is readily available at the farmer’s markets. Easy Southern Corn Salad only takes minutes to make, and because it’s made without mayonnaise, it’s fresh, light, and healthy.

    Corn Salad
    Corn salad in a white bowl garnished with basil.

    23. Potato Broccoli Salad

    Potato Broccoli Salad with Vinaigrette is a lighter, delicious, and healthy change from classic or traditional potato salad. The addition of broccoli and cherry tomatoes ramps up the nutritional value, and the use of a tasty vinaigrette instead of mayonnaise and eggs reduces the calorie count.

    Potato Broccoli Salad
    Cooked New Potatoes, broccoli and cherry tomatoes in a white serving bowl for Potato Broccoli Salad with Vinaigrette

    24. Sweet Onion Casserole

    Just in time for Easter, this easy Sweet Onion Casserole is the best side dish ever! Caramelized sweet onions, Vidalia if you can find them, are meltingly tender and paired with buttery, crunchy Ritz crackers, sour cream, and cheese; this decadent onion casserole melts in your mouth!

    Sweet Onion Casserole
    A white serving bowl with onion casserole topped with Ritz cracker crumbs.

    25. Spinach Salad with Apples and Pecans

    This easy and flavorful salad is the perfect blend of crisp, juicy, tart apples, crunchy pecans, tender spinach, tangy dried cranberries, and creamy feta cheese. A zesty homemade poppy seed dressing seals the deal and enhances the flavor and texture of this dish. 

    Spinach Salad with Apples
    Spinach salad topped with apples, pecans and feta in a white bowl.

    26. Garlic Parmesan Green Beans

    Is there anything better than fresh green beans transformed into a garlicky, cheesy, lemony masterpiece? This Garlic Parmesan Green Beans recipe is one of my favorite ways to add big flavor to an easy side dish.

    Garlic parmesan green beans
    A plate full of garlic parmesan green beans topped with parmesan cheese and garnished with slices of lemon.

    27. Traditional Southern Cornbread Dressing

    In the South, cornbread dressing recipes have been passed down through generations, and there are almost as many variations as Easter eggs. But the one constant in most of the cornbread dressing recipes is flavor!

    Cornbread Dressing
    A white serving bowl full of cornbread dressing with a cornucopia in the background.

    28. Easy Spicy Southern Corn Casserole

    Easy Spicy Southern Corn Casserole is a fiesta for the senses with luscious corn deliciousness, spicy chilies, jalapenos, bacon, and decadent cream cheese filling that brings it all together.

    Corn Casserole
    Thanksgiving side dish Easy Spicy Southern Corn Casserole

    29. Southern Green Beans and New Potatoes

    Southern Green Beans and New Potatoes is an old-fashioned side dish that has been around the proverbial block many times. This delicious tried, and true Southern-style recipe features fresh, crisp green beans and tender new potatoes cooked with a little bacon, garlic, and onion.

    Green Beans and Potatoes
    Cooked Green Beans and Potatoes garnished with bacon in a white serving bowl.

    30. Old Fashioned American Coleslaw

    One taste of my creamy Old-Fashioned American Coleslaw will remind you of country picnics, potlucks, dinner on the grounds, and Easter dinner at Grandma’s house.

    American Coleslaw
    A large glass bowl full of coleslaw with a pitcher of coleslaw dressing next to it.

    31. Southern White Acre Pea Succotash

    Southern White Acre Pea Succotash, with white acre peas and fresh corn, is healthy and full of garden-fresh delicious flavors and summery goodness.

    Succotash
    Southern White Acre Pea Succotash fill of summery goodness

    32. Ultimate Make-Ahead Frozen Fruit Salad

    Ultimate Make-Ahead Frozen Fruit Salad is an easy, quick and delicious fruit salad. It’s full of pineapple, cherries, and pecans, and it would be perfect for serving for an Easter brunch, lunch or dinner, or any time for that matter.

    Frozen Fruit Salad
    Make Ahead Frozen Fruit Salad on a beautiful antique plate.

    33. Roasted Carrots with Lemon Vinaigrette

    Roasted Carrots with Lemon Vinaigrette are delicious roasted, crisp-tender, sweet carrots topped with a yummy lemon and fresh herb vinaigrette. This elegant side dish would be a stunning and flavorful addition to your Easter dinner table.

    Roasted Carrots
    Roasted Carrots with Lemon Vinaigrette-4

    34. Ultimate Blue Cheese Potatoes Au Gratin

    Are you looking for a delicious side dish for a special dinner or your Easter table? How about something just a little different from traditional mashed potatoes? Hold on to your chef’s hat because Blue Cheese Potatoes Au Gratin will rock your world.

    Blue Cheese Potatoes Au Gratin
    Ultimate Blue Cheese Potatoes Au Gratin on the Thanksgiving trable

    35. Pommes Anna (A.K.A. Potatoes Anna) – Pudge Factor

    Pommes Anna, also known as Potatoes Anna, is a simple yet impressive side dish that will be a showstopper at your next dinner party. It’s buttery crispy on the golden brown outside and melt in your mouth tender on the inside.

    Pommes Anna
    Potatoes Anna on a plate

    36. Twice-Baked Mashed Potatoes (Make-Ahead)

    Mouth-watering Twice Baked Mashed Potatoes with their creamy texture are the answer to your prayers for a perfect side dish and an amazing, easy-to-make, make-ahead mashed potato recipe.

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    A white serving bowl full of mashed potatoes topped with a pat of butter.

    Frequently asked questions:

    What are traditional foods for Easter?

    In the South, ham and potato salad are probably the most traditional foods served for an Easter brunch, lunch, or dinner. It does vary depending on the region of the country you live in.

    What is the most eaten food at Easter?

    A quick internet search says that lamb is the most eaten food at Easter. However, that varies by where you live. In the South, the most popular main dish is ham.

    What food is traditionally served on Good Friday?

    Fish or seafood is the most popular main dish choice on Good Friday.

    What are the most popular side dishes at Easter?

    Because it’s spring, side dishes that feature fresh spring vegetables such as asparagus, carrots, broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower are especially popular.

    What Easter side dishes travel well?

    If you’re making a side dish to bring to a family Easter lunch or dinner, choose something that can be prepared ahead and served cold or at room temperature. Good choices include Grape Salad with Cream Cheese, Southern Baked Pineapple Casserole, Southern Deviled Eggs, Southern Potato Salad, Southern Broccoli Salad, and Potato Broccoli Salad.

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    From my family to yours, I wish you sunshine, good times, and a very happy Easter!

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