Easter recipes: A round up

Mr Bite and I are heading up to Exmouth this Saturday, to spend nearly a week there before returning over the Easter long weekend. Although we don't exactly need more warm weather after the Summer we've had, I'm really looking forward to the break and to going further north in Western Australia than I've been before. It should be a relaxed week, with opportunities for exploring both on land and underwater (there are lots of snorkeling spots).

With the timing of our trip, I expect to do less Easter baking this year than usual. I may dive into some things on our return, or I may let this year slide a little - I'll see how it pans out. Usually I make some Easter-themed things and some baked goods that are just enjoyable to have around. After all, a 4-day long weekend is pretty much an excuse to bake, in my mind!

Last year I had just bought my food processor and had fun with raw fruit and nut balls, berry-oat squares and lemon pie bars, and Hannah's chocolate coconut hazelnut fudge from Wayfaring Chocolate.

Vegan lemon pie bars - with terrible photography

Most years I also make Easter chocolates in some rabbit-shaped chocolate moulds I bought many years ago. I like being able to choose what chocolate goes in, and to combine flavours or add in ingredients if I'm feeling creative. Some examples of the sorts of shapes you can make are in this Easter chocolates post on Taste.com.au.

If you're looking for some other ideas for Easter this year, here are some of the things I might have made if we weren't going away...and which I may yet make later in April.

Sweet / baked goods

Blueberry lemon squares from Baked by Rachel - Almost a hybrid of my two Easter baking efforts last year.

Blueberry rye sourdough from cityhippyfarmgirl - Amazing looking bread.

Chilli chocolate egg lollies on BBC Good Food - Dark chocolate with chilli, on a stick.

Chocolate, blueberry and ginger scones from Green Gourmet Giraffe - These have been sitting in my 'to make' bookmark folder for 9 months now (!) and Easter seems like a good time to finally get to them.

Coconut peanut butter Easter eggs at The Baking Pan - Chocolate and peanut butter with coconut. What's not to love?

Easter bunny biscuits on Taste.com.au - Flavoured with cinnamon and lemon.

Gingerbread flax muffins from Post Punk Kitchen - Ginger, cinnamon, cloves...good flavours.

Honeycomb Hokey Pokey from Hotly Spiced - This recipe almost looks too good to be true, with 3 ingredients but incredibly crispy honeycomb results.

Hot cross muffin buns on BBC Good Food - A fun variation on standard hot cross buns (mine, of course, would have no peel).

Lemon drizzle cake on BBC Good Food - This ingredient list includes polenta and yoghurt.

Lemon and rosemary cupcakes from Delicious Magazine - Rosemary in cupcakes has me captivated.

Simnel cupcakes from Baking Mad - Cupcakes flavoured with treacle, mixed spice and raisins.

Warm choc-chip pikelets with caramelised pears and chocolate sauce on Taste.com.au - This would take my pikelet obsession to a whole new (dangerous!) level.

Welsh cakes from Eating for England - Traditional spiced Welsh cakes with currants.

Savoury / meals

Anything with berbere spice, from The Tropical Vegan - An Ethiopian spice mix with nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, paprika and coriander, among other things.

Bliss salad from Peas and Thank You - A cabbage-based salad with lots of added flavour.

Fried rice with cuttlefish, pineapple and dill on SBS Food - Probably without the cuttlefish, in my case.

Mango fried rice from Post Punk Kitchen - A tropical twist on fried rice.

Rhubarb and lentil curry from Allotment 2 Kitchen - An intriguing recipe adapted from Celia Brooks Brown 'New Urban Farmer'

Spiced lentil patty pockets with chilly, apple and tomato sauce from Veggie Num Num - These look seriously good.

Tofu bacon from Veganise This - Granted, this has nothing to do with Easter. But by all accounts it deserves to be made and, again, Easter seems as good a time as any!

And that's exactly one savoury recipe to two sweet recipes, which sounds about right to me :-)

What do you like to make at Easter? Do you have any plans yet for this year?

Also, thank you for all the well wishes regarding my coughing woes - I'm very pleased to report I'm nearly back to my usual cough-free self. I think going to work on Monday was a bit of a mistake all up (albeit a necessary one given what I had on), and a day at home yesterday worked wonders! 

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