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46 Festive Easter Side Dishes to Make This Year

Updated on March 11, 2024

The sides are the best part of any celebratory meal, so we’ve rounded up all our Easter Sunday favorites: scalloped potatoes, roasted carrots, spring peas and more.

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Easy Easter Side Dishes to Fill Your Table

When you’re planning a special meal it can be easy to focus all your attention on fancy appetizers, a showstopping main or even the perfect dessert. But we all know that the sides make the meal, Easter dinner included. Colorful spring veggies, creamy potatoes and fresh, herbaceous pastas—there are so many seasonal favorites that deserve a spot on your table. So, don’t make the sides an afterthought; round out your spread with these essential recipes, starting with these perked-up peas. The addition of savory prosciutto and fresh green parsley to give them plenty of flavor.

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Carrots with Pesto and Ricotta

Dress up your carrots with drizzles of delicious pesto and ricotta. Subtly sweet, wonderfully savory, and oh-so-flavorful!

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The Best Cheesy Potatoes

Cheesy potatoes are perfect for any gathering—you've most likely seen them at family holidays, birthday parties and even funerals (they are often referred to as “funeral potatoes”). We spent days perfecting the BEST version—testing fresh vs. frozen potatoes and coming up with the perfect from-scratch sauce that doesn't rely on canned soup as its base. In the end, fresh potatoes won the competition, thanks to the creamy soft texture they provide and the way they soak up the silky smooth, rich homemade sauce. Of course, plenty of Cheddar tops it all off, as well as cornflakes for toothsome crunch.

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Steamed Asparagus

Olive oil, salt, pepper and lemon are all of the ingredients you need to make easy-to-steam asparagus.

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