Easter recipes Archives - Caroline's Cooking

Vichy carrots (French glazed carrots)

Caroline's Cooking — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 11:00:00 +0000

Vichy carrots are a restaurant-worthy French-style way to prepare carrots, giving them a wonderfully gently sweet, buttery glaze. Despite how good they taste, they're really easy to prepare and perfect as a side to so many mains. It's all too easy for side dishes to be a bit of an afterthought and feel a little...

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Cozonac (Romanian Easter & Christmas bread)

Caroline's Cooking — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Cozonac is a delicious combination of soft, gently sweet bread and a lightly sweet nut swirl. You'll find it served as a traditional festive treat, but it is certainly tasty, and pretty, enough that you'll want to enjoy it much more often. Just as a number of countries have particular dishes that you typically serve...

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Lebanese chicken and rice

Caroline's Cooking — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000

Lebanese chicken and rice is a delicious combination of luscious rice cooked with ground meat and spices, shredded chicken and toasted nuts. All come together to make a dish packed with great flavors and textures. Best of all, while it might seem fancy, it's a lot easier than you might think. I've long been drawn...

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Sopa de ajo - Spanish garlic soup

Caroline's Cooking — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:00:00 +0000

This garlic soup may not have many ingredients, but Spanish sopa de ajo is packed with flavor and warmth. It's easy to make, rustic and comforting. Just what you need on a cold day. You'll find variations on garlic soup in a number of different cuisines, some of them with a dizzying number of garlic...

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Asparagus frittata

Caroline's Cooking — Fri, 03 May 2019 10:00:59 +0000

This asparagus frittata is easy to make and the kind of dish that's as good at breakfast as lunch or dinner. With simple flavors, it's both fresh and comforting - plus easy to adapt too! Omelette, frittata, tortilla... These are only a few of the names for the relatively simple beaten egg dish that is...

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Tsoureki - Greek Easter bread

Caroline's Cooking — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 10:00:05 +0000

Tsoureki is the traditional Greek Easter bread that's a deliciously soft, gently sweet yeast bread similar to brioche or challah but with it's own distinctive flavor. It's wonderful enjoyed on it's own when fresh and leftovers make fantastic French toast. I go through phases when I never make bread, then others when I make it...

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Torta pascualina (Spinach ricotta pie)

Caroline's Cooking — Wed, 14 Mar 2018 10:00:05 +0000

Torta pascualina is originally an Italian pie that has taken up residence in Argentina and Uraguay as a popular Easter dish. Whenever you serve this, it's a delicious combination of cheeses, spinach and egg, wrapped up in crisp pastry. I originally came across this pie years ago and made it when my now 5 year...

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Torrijas - Spanish French toast

Caroline's Cooking — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 11:00:03 +0000

Spanish-style French toast, torrijas, is traditionally served during Easter, but there's really no reason why you shouldn't enjoy this tasty treat any time of year. Soft inside, crisp outside and gently and warmly flavored, it'll be love at first bite. French toast is one of those things that's so comforting and often a childhood favorite....

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Spanish chickpeas and spinach

Caroline's Cooking — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 12:07:16 +0000

This Spanish chickpeas and spinach is a classic tapas dish that's easy to make and wonderfully versatile. Simple, hearty vegan comfort food. So after my delicious roast lamb earlier in the week I decided to get a bit more in the Easter mood. I considered another baking project but for some reason or another nothing...

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Roast lamb with garlic and rosemary

Caroline's Cooking — Tue, 31 Mar 2015 12:14:10 +0000

Roast lamb is a classic for Easter and a British Sunday roast. And it's easy to understand why: this roast is easy to make, with aromatic flavor from the rosemary and garlic. The perfect centerpiece! I don't know about anyone else, but Easter seems to have snuck up on me a bit this year. True,...

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