15 Easy Easter Side Dishes for a Perfect Spread

Easter celebrations aren’t complete without a table full of delicious sides to complement the main dish. Whether you’re serving ham, roasted lamb, or keeping it vegetarian, these are the sides that deserve a spot on your table.

Mediterranean Orzo Salad

You’ll love this Greek orzo pasta salad with bright, fresh flavors and satisfying, salty bites! It’s made with classic Greek ingredients like crunchy and crisp cucumbers, juicy tomatoes, briny olives, salty feta, and fresh dill. Everything is tossed with tender pasta and a red wine vinaigrette for a salad that’s utterly delicious.

Get the Recipe: Greek Orzo Salad.

Lemon Kale Salad

This easy lemon kale salad recipe is made with crunchy lacinato kale, a bright lemon dressing, and extra flavor from crunchy panko and shredded Parmesan cheese. After my cousin brought this kale salad to Thanksgiving one year, it was requested year after year – it’s that good! You can make this delicious salad ahead of time so that you aren’t adding extra work to your meal. Just keep the dressing to the side and mix it in right before serving.

Get the Recipe: Kale Salad.

Creamy Cucumber Salad

You’ll love this classic cucumber salad! Thinly sliced cucumbers are tossed with onions and a simple sour cream dressing, this gets better as it sits in the fridge. It’s easy to prep and made with simple ingredients, it’s a staple at our house.

Get the Recipe: Creamy Cucumber Salad.

Crockpot Cheesy Potatoes

This crockpot cheesy potatoes recipe is loaded with layers of flavors and makes the perfect side for Easter mains. And it’s all made simple in the slow cooker! Made with the same ingredients as my potato casserole, but everything cooks in the slow cooker which can be helpful if you have a full oven on holidays.

Get the Recipe: Crockpot Cheesy Potatoes.

Roasted Honey Glazed Carrots

A bowl of carrots with spices over top. — Photo Credit: My Everyday Table.

Not only is this honey-glazed carrot recipe incredibly simple to make, but it has delicious natural sweet flavors that work with so many main dishes. The carrots are tossed in a honey, butter, and thyme mixture and roasted until tender-crisp. Yum!

Get the Recipe: Roasted Honey Glazed Carrots.

Mediterranean Dense Bean Salad

When you’re in the mood for a salad that’s incredibly delicious, fun to eat, and super nutritious, this garbanzo bean salad is what you’re going to want to make! Made with crunchy and fresh veggies, satisfying garbanzo beans, and a homemade vinaigrette, this salad can be prepped ahead. Not a traditional Easter side, but a delicious one!

Get the Recipe: Garbanzo Bean Salad.

Easy Napa Cabbage Slaw

This crunchy napa cabbage slaw recipe is the best coleslaw! Crunchy napa cabbage is studded with blue cheese crumbles and tossed in an easy and flavorful vinaigrette dressing. This easy coleslaw recipe takes just 15 minutes to make and 8 easy ingredients that you probably already have.

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Italian Chopped Salad

Quite possibly my all-time favorite salad and maybe yours, too, this is our go-to house salad and the side to so many dinners. This is the perfect chopped salad – crunchy, well-balanced, and tossed in a flavorful homemade red wine vinaigrette. Each bite is packed with bold Italian flavors.

Get the Recipe: Italian Chopped Salad.

Spinach Salad with Bacon Dressing

warm bacon spinach salad — Photo Credit: My Everyday Table.

A classic spinach salad with hot bacon dressing makes the most colorful and delicious side to offer for the holidays. It is rich and delicious, but not as heavy as many traditional holiday sides. The warm bacon dressing makes the salad extra special and we’ve added some additions like dried cranberries and pepitas for extra flavor, texture, and color.

Get the Recipe: Spinach Salad With Bacon Dressing.

Cheesy Potato Casserole

A plate of cheesy potatoes with ham and green beans on the side. — Photo Credit: My Everyday Table.

You can’t have a holiday meal without a potato side dish and you are going to love these easy cheesy potatoes! This simple side dish is like a classic potato casserole, but with a little extra flavor added in. They are delicious and super easy if you are looking for something other than mashed potatoes.

Get the Recipe: Cheesy Potato Casserole.

Mediterranean Tortellini Pasta Salad

Mediterranean tortellini salad — Photo Credit: My Everyday Table.

This Mediterranean pasta salad would be a great side for roasted lamb. This salad has it all with sweet, crunchy, chewy, acidic, and salty flavors in each and every bite. You’re going to love it.

Get the Recipe: Mediterranean Tortellini Pasta Salad.

Easy Haricots Verts

A plate of green beans with lemons on the side. — Photo Credit: My Everyday Table.

If you are looking for a simple but elegant Thanksgiving side dish then these haricots verts (French green beans) are for you! These thin and tender green beans have a mild flavor and are a welcome side dish among heavier and richer options.

Get the Recipe: Easy Haricots Verts.

Ham and Potatoes Au Gratin

Cheesy au gratin potatoes with ham. — Photo Credit: My Everyday Table.

This ham and potatoes au gratin works as a side for Easter or a good use of your leftovers if ham is on the menu. Either way, it’s a dish you want to make! Thinly sliced potatoes are layered with smoky ham and creamy gruyere cheese, and everything is soaked in a cream and fresh thyme mixture. It’s as delicious as it sounds!

Get the Recipe: Ham and Potatoes Au Gratin.

Greek Potato Salad with Green Beans

This tasty Greek potato salad is bursting with flavor, it’s really easy to make, and the whole family will enjoy it. This healthy side salad comes with not one nutritious veggie but two! Pair it with a fish or lamb main dish.

Get the Recipe: Greek Potato Salad with Green Beans.