If you’re planning a feast for the holiday I’ve got you covered with my healthy Gluten Free Recipes for Easter.
Gluten Free Recipes for Easter
These fabulous dishes include everything from gluten free dessert recipes like my Nut Free Carrot Cake and Gluten Free Coffee Cake to apps like Guacamole Deviled Eggs and much more.
Paleo Recipes for Easter
All of the recipes here are Paleo and grain free, many are SCD Diet compliant as well.
Spring Holidays
The spring holidays, Easter and Passover, mark my favorite time of year. The ground begins to thaw, buds make their way up through the soil, and the dirt comes alive.
Year after year, my garden is reborn after a deep sleep. Signs of transformation abound. As the earth awakens, a renewed hope and the promise of abundance emerge.
This lovely time of transformation is the perfect backdrop for Passover and Easter.
Healthy Easter Recipes
My healthy gluten free Easter menu is a creative affair inspired by the riches of spring. My favorite gluten free Easter recipes use fresh, seasonal ingredients such as asparagus, spinach, rosemary, and so much more.
Special Diets
If you’re on a Nut Free Diet, try my Chocolate Chip Scones made with coconut flour and if you’re in need of dairy free dessert recipes serve up my Keto Blueberry Lemon Bread.
Egg Free Desserts
In need of egg free desserts? Try my Raspberry Thumbprint Cookies, Keto Turmeric Bars, or Raspberry Streusal Bars. There are also numerous low carb vegetarian recipes that are gluten free below.
Easter Recipes from the Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook
My favorite holiday delights are the almond flour recipes, like Gluten Free Lemon Bars, Chocolate Chip Scones, and my Savory Vegetable Quiche from my first cookbook.
- Savory Vegetable Quiche
- Spinach Sun Dried Tomato Tart
- Gluten Free Carrot Cake
- Chocolate Chip Scones
- Gluten Free Lemon Bars
- Raspberry Bars
More Gluten Free Easter Recipes From the Blog
And here are additional healthy gluten free recipes for Easter on the blog.
- Asparagus Basil Salad
- Spinach Cake
- Deviled Eggs
- Fruit Salad
- Nut Free Chocolate Chip Scones
- Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Creamy Cream Cheese Frosting
- Lemon Poppy Seed Bunny Cookies
Is Passover On the Full Moon
The spring holidays are a celebratory time of rebirth. Passover always falls on the full moon of the month of Nisan in the Jewish calendar which is a lunar calendar.
Is Easter After the Spring Equinox
Easter, on the other hand, falls on the Sunday after the first full moon or after the spring equinox, so its date varies.
Further, Western churches use the Gregorian calendar, the standard calendar for much of the world, while Orthodox churches use the older Julian calendar. According to Borgna Brunner:
The two churches vary on the definition of the vernal equinox and the full moon. The Eastern Church sets the date of Easter according to the actual, astronomical full moon and equinox, while the Western church does not use the astronomically correct date for the vernal equinox, but a fixed date (March 21).
So, Easter can occur at two different times during the year. One Sunday celebrated by Western churches and one by Eastern churches. For the Eastern church, Easter always falls after Passover. For the Western Church, Easter sometimes precedes Passover by weeks.
Your Easter Celebrations
What does Easter mean to you? Before you read the above, did you understand the factors that determine the date of the Easter holiday? Will you be celebrating Easter? If so, how?
This post is an oldie but goodie from the archives that I’ve updated. I first posted it in 2011.
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