It’s an early Easter this year! Are you ready?
This pagan celebration has somehow turned into a chocolate orgy! I also think it’s outrageous that hot cross buns appear on Boxing Day. More and more catalogues and shops are suggesting that Easter is another Christmas and we should buy gifts as well as copious amounts of chemical-laden chocolate. It is easy for kids to get caught up the hype.
Okay, so how do you participate in Easter, enjoy some chocolate and not be a party-pooper? Well, it’s easy. Just go back to basics – home made is best or choose your products wisely. Create family traditions based around making treats together on the Easter weekend. We ask family and friends to not buy chocolate for our kids. We all just get one small portion of chocolate each. That is really enough and we all enjoy it!
Here are some more healthy ideas and alternatives for you.
Easter Bunny cupcakes from Including Cake! A healthier version of vanilla cupcakes with lemon frosting.
Cute egg bunny from Lifetime Moms.
Spelt Hot Cross Buns from Tash at A guy, a girl, fur kids and food.
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It’s all in the packaging! Cuteness from A Lemon Squeezy Home.
Upcycled packaging from British Cream Tea. Perfect for your home-made treats.
We found Green and Black’s Organic Easter Eggs in Woolworths! They are quite large though! Maybe share?
Take a look at their website for more information.
A cute way to serve Easter snacks from Ebony at Neat 2 Eat.
Bunny Crackers from Kaboose .
Gluten-free, grain-free, yeast-free hot cross buns from the talented Tania at Tania’s Pantry.
An easter-egg fitness treasure hunt from Super Healthy Kids!
MooFree Easter Eggs are organic, vegan and dairy-free. Get them from Allergy Friendly Foods.
Fruit Bunny Snack from The Prime Pursuit.
Lemon Poppy Seed Bunnies from Elana’s Pantry. Gluten-free, grain-free, vegan.
Gorgeous hand-made bunnies from Vicki Lorraine are a cute addition to an Easter basket.
Pink Bunny Egg from Parents.com. I suggest using beetroot to colour!
You might also like to read last year’s guide to a Happy, Healthy Easter. There are some awesome ideas there too.
I will be back on Friday with some super-healthy chocolate recipes and a giveaway so you can make your own chocolate treats.
Whatever you do for Easter, enjoy the lovely time spent with family and friends!
Do you have any healthy Easter ideas or recipes? Please link up with me!
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Great ideas. Love this post!
thanks Candice!
I LOVE all of these ideas… I am constantly trying to come up with ways to make Easter special for the children and the family and taking the focus away from the chocolate and other negative associations I find it has… we will definately use some of these ideas…
That’s awesome MaryAnn! It just takes a bit of creative thinking!
We have a strict no presents/ chocolate from grandparents/extended family as the Easter Bunny is the only one to bring chocolates if we are good (and yes, by we, I mean mama & daddy too!) We use Christmas & birthdays to give gifts in our house.
And I will be making them all on EB’s behalf this year
any recipes you want to share?
I cant swear by it as this will be my first time making chocolates (eek!!) but I’ll be using Quirky Cookings Almost Raw Chocolate & White Chocolate from Chocolate Covered Katie.
Also, I made extra boiled eggs for dinner, so I have some soaking in beetroot juice (trying for a crackled look as well as the bunny ones you pictured)!
I cant swear by it as this will be my first time making chocolates (eek!!) but I’ll be using Quirky Cookings Almost Raw Chocolate & White Chocolate from Chocolate Covered Katie.
Oh, and using these chocolates, I’m going to TRY and make Ferraro Rocher & Raffaello clones for us adults
Also, I made extra boiled eggs for dinner, so I have some soaking in beetroot juice (trying for a crackled look as well as the bunny ones you pictured)!
awesome!!
I like your style Lorraine!!!
Just a quick followup: I peeled two boiled eggs and soaked in the beetroot juice and they worked really well (possibly let them stain a bit too long -about a day & half- as they weren’t as vibrant as the ones pictured, but still made a cute little bunny! Just make sure they are loosely packed into whatever container you are using, mine were squished against the sides and the other eggs, which actually made a weird little face! Also made some crackled ones by lightly cracking around the centre of the egg, and resulted in some tie-dyed looking eggs that were white at top & bottom, and tie-dyed look around the centre. Win for beetroot juice!!!
awesome Lorraine!!!! thanks for letting us know