Easter Recipes
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Please Note:
Easter Treats
Are they gluten free?
Most parents find themselves on the prowl for a decent Easter recipe that is fun AND tastes good. Easter bento boxes are the perfect solution to the problem. They're cute, fun, AND the treats can be contained and kept away from other foods that could possibly make someone living on a gluten free diet very sick.
To create the nests pictured above, simply use a gluten free no-bake cookie recipe, and press the cookies into greased muffin tins instead of spooning out into circles. When cooled, pop them out of the tins and fill with shredded coconut and gluten free jelly beans or other egg-resembling candies.
Shaped Food
Easter Is BETTER With Bento Boxes!
One of the fun things with bento is the animal shaped food in the box. Just think for a moment about all the fun animal shaped food and treats that pop up during Easter. A bento box can be filled with little chocolate bunnies, Marshmallow Peeps, and other Easter-themed candies. How about adding a little cup of chocolate Easter eggs? By doing that, half the work of creating the ensemble is already done!
Here's a little bonus, too...NO MORE of that horrible Easter grass all over the house! (Can you tell that I just HATE that stuff?!) Seriously, Easter grass may make a cute addition to Easter baskets, but it gets EVERYWHERE! If your kids are like mine at all, you're STILL finding bits and pieces of the stuff all the way into July!
Another little idea: Frost gluten free cupcakes with a thin layer of white or chocolate frosting. Then, top with colored coconut. Add a few jelly beans to the center. Take a coordinating colored pipe cleaner and cut it down to size to make a handle for your cupcake Easter basket!
Gluten Free Applesauce Muffins
If you have your heart set on Easter grass...
You can color shredded coconut with green food coloring and line individual compartments of the bento box with it before adding any other shaped foods.
Edible Easter grass! I think I can live with that!
Cheesy Potatoes
An Easter tradition made gluten free!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 1+ hr
This dish is an ABSOLUTE must-have at my family's Easter dinner. It makes a great addition to any Easter bento box, too, as it can easily be placed in one of the small containers to keep it away from the other foods.
Ingredients
- 2 lb. shredded hash browns
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 portion gluten free cream soup mix (recipe below)
- 1/2 C minced dried onion
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup milk
- 2 C. shredded Cheddar
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
Instructions
Mix all ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Spread evenly in lightly greased casserole dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 1-1 1/2 hours or until bubbly and browned. (May top with crushed tortilla chips, diced ham, or gluten free rice crackers the last 20 minutes of cook time, if desired).
Gluten Free Cream Soup
Gluten free replacement for canned cream soups
Since hunting down cans of gluten free 'cream of whatever' soup can be pretty expensive and difficult (if not impossible), here is a gluten free mix that you can use to substitute - for a fraction of the cost you would undoubtedly pay for the stuff in the can!
Ingredients
- 2 C non-fat dry milk powder
- 3/4 C tapioca or potato starch
- 1/4 cup chicken or vegetable bouillon
- 1/2 tea garlic powder
- 1/2 tea dried thyme
- 1/2 tea onion powder
- 1/2 tea dried basil
- 1/4 tea white pepper
Instructions
Mix all items together and store in ziplock bag or other air-tight container.
To make in place of one can of condensed cream soup:
Combine 1/3 cup of dry mix with 1 1/4 cups of water. Cook over medium heat stirring constantly, until thickened.
When thickened as desired, add chopped mushrooms, celery, chicken, etc.
Bread Baskets
for Easter bento boxes
Flip a fluted pan over so it's upside down. Wrap cookie or bread dough around each cup, then bake. When done, carefully remove each cup. Slip a pipe cleaner through the heated cup to create a handle, and VOILA! Edible Easter basket! Fill with savory or sweet treats, depending on the kind of dough used.You could even use it to make personal-sized bread bowls for stews or dips!
**Click on the picture for more information
For even more fun bread or cookie bowl ideas that would be great for your Easter bento box, check these bread bowls out!
Gluten Free Animal Cookies
Kinnikinnick Foods KinniKritters Animal Cookies, Gluten Free, Wheat Free, Dairy Free, 8-Ounce Box (Pack of 6)
Amazon Price: $20.55 (as of 05/31/2012)
Of course, you can ALWAYS make gluten free animal shaped cookies yourself, but the holidays are always a busy time. Why not save yourself a little bit, and just pick them up here? These gluten free animal cookies are the perfect quick addition to any gluten free Easter bento box. K Kritters are great!
Animal Shaped Food
Some ideas for your Easter bento box
Here are a few ideas for treats that can go into a bento box.
Remember: It doesn't ALL have to be savory or sweet. It can be a mix of both!
- Jelly beans
- Marshmallow Peeps
- Chocolate eggs & bunnies
- Gluten free Animal cookies
- M&M's
- Gluten free pretzels
- Sweet rice balls (colored or not, decorated like animals or not)
- Gluten free shaped cookies (flowers, hearts, etc)
- Colored rock candy sticks
- Swedish Fish
- Smarties
- Pez (don't forget a cute Easter dispenser for it!)
- Honey sticks
- Shaped finger sandwiches on gluten free bread
- Candy Tree lollipops
- Cut up fruits & veggies (don't forget little cups for dipping sauce!)
- Grape or pear tomatoes
- Hard boiled eggs
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Easter printed cupcake holders and plastic, colored Easter eggs make great little cups to hold small pieces like M&M's!
Need more animal shaped food inspiration?
Check out this dessert bento!
Bento
For dinner or dessert!
Tomo Tomo Yellow Animal Squirrel Bunny Chick Deer Bento Box-japanese Kawaii Cute Kitchen
Amazon Price: $11.95 (as of 05/31/2012)
Imagine keeping all of the Easter treatsor Easter dinner foods contained in this cute critter bento box! Who wouldn't just eat that right up?!
Bento Supplies
to make an Easter bento box!
Bento Eggs
REAL Easter Eggs!
Where to buy egg molds
for bento boxes
A few more bento ideas
Find anything you like?
Do you think you'd like to try a bento box for Easter?
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elynmac
Apr 8, 2012 @ 7:28 am | delete
- I want one now! What a fabulous idea. Everything is so .... cute!
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jseven
Apr 15, 2011 @ 2:19 am | delete
- Great lens and love the gluten free ideas!
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Philippians468
Apr 3, 2011 @ 9:38 pm | delete
- thank you for sharing this delicious lens! cheers
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Momsbusy247
Apr 1, 2011 @ 11:02 am | delete
- Happy April Fools Day! This Fool is Leaving You a Special Yummy Angel's Blessing!
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JavierMilian Mar 31, 2011 @ 1:12 pm | delete
- Love your approach to this lens. Great ideas.
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terrapin719
Mar 29, 2011 @ 8:52 am | delete
- It's been awhile since I bento'd, but you're so right it's perfect for a gluten free meal - mine might not always have been pretty but they were delicious :) These are great ideas!
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prosperity66 Mar 29, 2011 @ 3:47 am | delete
- Hm... Bento boxes are absolutely beautiful artworks that I couldn't eat because I just would want to keep them as they are and display them in the kitchen shelves!
However, and because I'm not skilled at all, I wouldn't be able to prepare such beautiful boxes :(
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annmackiemiller Mar 28, 2011 @ 4:15 pm | delete
- PS - you were my 900th squid like! oh and Angel blessed.
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- looks great
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clouda9
Mar 28, 2011 @ 2:29 pm | delete
- Cute, cute ideas to create a festive bento box for Easter. Those egg molds are sooo cool.
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