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Easter lunch ideas and meals

Enjoy a delicious Easter lunch with your friends and family. We've got a great collection of tasty recipe ideas and meals for roast lamb, flavoursome fish and gorgeous, fresh sides that will impress! Browse through our editor's choice of Easter lunch ideas and recipes to find some inspiration, or take a look at our popular recipes down below.

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Editor's choice

Get your chops around this speedy midweek meal – a great way to enjoy this classic cut of lamb. Simply grilling lets the meaty flavours shine and serving with sweet, roasted broccoli, mixed quinoa and a herb-packed salsa verde gives a light supper
Grilled lamb chops with roasted broccoli, quinoa and salsa verde
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For an Easter lunch with a difference, try this spiced roast pork recipe with tangy orange and rhubarb sauce.
Spiced roast pork with rhubarb sauce
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This tasty potato bake with tangy cherry tomatoes and fragrant oregano is the ideal side dish recipe for an Easter feast or Sunday roast
Tomato and oregano potato bake
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Baklava is just for dessert, right? Wrong! This pepper and aubergine baklava is a simple and savoury recipe that's guaranteed to impress your guests thanks to its intricate layers of well-seasoned vegetables and flaky filo pastry. Easy to make, easy to eat.
Pepper and aubergine baklava
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This one-tray roasted salmon recipe is a great way to celebrate spring flavours and is an inspiring alternative Easter lunch idea
One-tray roasted salmon with spring veg
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Look no further for the perfect Easter lamb recipe – deliciously marinated leg of lamb is stuffed with tangy feta, olives and pistachios before roasting, resulting in a rich, tender lamb centrepiece with fresh Greek flavour
Roasted leg of lamb stuffed with feta, olives and pistachios
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This speedy roast dinner side dish is bursting with fresh spring flavour – toss together green beans, broad beans and peas with fragrant dill and mint before crumbling over tangy feta
Spring beans and peas with feta
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This striking filo wreath makes an ideal centrepiece to an Easter buffet if you are feeding a crowd. Crisp buttery filo hides a succulent spiced lamb and spring greens filling, best served warm with generous dollops of cooling minted yoghurt alongside.
Lamb and spring greens wreath
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Popular Easter lunch recipes

Spring roasted chicken with tarragon
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Keep it classic for your Sunday roast with this succulent roast chicken. With fragrant tarragon, fresh spring veg and smooth gravy, just add new potatoes for a complete family meal.
  • Serves 4
  • 85 mins
  • 454 calories
Christmas ham
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Give this traditional Christmas ham a go – simmered in bay-infused cider and roasted with a mustard and demerara glaze, it it makes for a magnificent centrepiece
  • Serves 8
  • 130 mins
  • 350 calories
Whole roasted cauliflower with garlic and paprika
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Try this whole spiced cauliflower as an impressive alternative to your traditional Sunday roast
  • Serves 4
  • 40 mins
  • 281 calories
Jon’s ‘laid-back’ Easter lamb
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Jon is almost as devoted to cooking as he is to a lie-in. Luckily he’s found a way to do both...
  • Serves 8
  • 480 mins
  • 562 calories
Hasselback potatoes
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Swap your classic roasties for these simple hasselback potatoes. Baby potatoes are sliced thinly down the middle, drizzled with plenty of garlic butter and roasted until crisp on the outside and perfectly fluffy in the centre – the ideal side dish for your
  • Serves 4
  • 70 mins
  • 348 calories
Baked Camembert in sourdough
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This easy, cheesy bread is perfect for a get-together. A cheat’s fondue, the bread acts as the bowl and accompaniment for the oozy honey, garlic and thyme Camembert
  • Serves 6
  • 35 mins
  • 349 calories
Spiced slow-roasted lamb shoulder
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A recipe like this means only one thing, spring is here and the sun is coming out
  • Serves 6
  • 5 hrs plus 6 hrs marinating
  • 413 calories
Slow cooked lamb shanks with roasted root vegetables
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Cooked slowly, this easy lamb shanks recipe makes a great alternative to a Sunday roast. Simmered in sweet, tangy pomegranate juice, the lamb shanks become meltingly tender and the sauce develops a rich, meaty flavour
  • Serves 4
  • 250 mins
  • 812 calories
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