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.
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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.
Heidemarie Strnad says
Hi Elana,
thank you for all your recipes…I like to know, can I find them all in your cook book. I am thinking of buying it.
Happy Easter and all the best, Heidi
Elana says
Heidemarie, yes the ones that are not linked are in my first cookbook, the recipes that are linked you can find here on the blog.
Rita Silver says
Hi Elana,
I hope you are feeling well at this time.
I have followed you for years, and have printed out recipes and bought your book.
I’m gluten and dairy free for over 20 years, and eat really healthy. I believe food is medicine, and follow that.
You are an inspiration, I love all your teachings, and recipes.
Just wanted to reach out to say hello, and send ❤️.
Please take care,
Rita
Elana says
Rita, thank you for stopping by and for your incredibly sweet and thoughtful comment❤️
anna says
I will be celebrating Easter by thanking God for Jesus and what He has done for me….Thanks for the treat ideas to make the day an extra joyful party! Love ya!
Elana says
Anna, thanks for your lovely comment! You made my day :-)
Nikki Bahan says
THIS WAS JUST WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR!
Thanks for sharing :)
– Nikki Bahan
Elana says
Thanks Nikki!
Ava says
Hi Elana,
I am a young blogger who is interested in both your blog and recipes. Just recently, I tried your ‘Cookie Surprise Cupcakes’ and used a modified version of your ‘Vegan Buttercream Frosting’, both found in your cookbook, ‘ Gluten Free Cupcakes , 50 Irresistible Recipes Made with Almond and Coconut Flour’. I loved them, and can’t wait to try even more of your cupcake recipes! With your permission, I would like to use your recipe for a post on my blog. I would absolutely give you full credit, great reviews, and give a link to your blog. Both my mom and I love your recipes so much!
Thank You!!
Ava
Elana says
Ava, I’m so happy to hear that you are enjoying my second book, Gluten-Free Cupcakes! I am able to give permission to reprint recipes from the blog, but my publisher, Random House owns the rights to all of the recipes in my books, so those cannot be reprinted. I wish you all the best and am totally inspired to be in touch with you. Thanks so much for stopping by :-)
Karen says
I made the fruit salad, Roasted Chicken with Olives and Prunes,
Asparagus Basil Salad, Spinach Cake, for Mother’s Day dinner yesterday for my parents and in-laws. It was all wonderful.
Elana says
Thanks Karen!