Unbelievable Easter Recipes! 🤩 These GAME CHANGERS Will Have Your Guests Talking!

Hey friends, I'm sharing 3 recipes that are perfect for your family's Easter dinner table, a spring picnic, or just any weeknight dinner! They are all quick, easy, and made with simple, inexpensive ingredients you can find at any grocery store! I hope you have a beautiful and blessed Holy Week. Thanks for watching and as always I send you love from my kitchen - Mel
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EJ’s Broccoli Mac & Cheese:
12 oz bag of frozen broccoli florets
12 oz bag of frozen broccoli cuts
(You can use just florets but we like the stems to add texture)
1/2 of a 8 oz bottle of green lid shelf stable parmesan cheese
2 bags of 8 oz sharp cheddar shredded cheese or 1 big one
16 oz sour cream of your choosing
24 oz small curd cottage cheese
(16 oz is fine if not adding broccoli)
16 oz box of any pasta
Boil pasta and frozen broccoli together in same pot. Drain when pasta is al dente. Mix everything in pot, but only use 1/2 shredded cheese. Put in greased oven safe pan - I use a 9 x 12. Add the rest of the big bag of cheese or second bag of cheese on top before you bake it. Put in a 350-400 degree oven for 30-40 minutes. Use the higher temperature and longer cooking time if you like it crispy. We do! 😍 This also makes a great meal if you cook a package of Italian sausage links or another savory sausage & chop them up, drain the grease, and add them to the mix. I don't add any salt because the cheeses are pretty salty, but add salt and pepper to taste if you like.
I LOVED THIS RECIPE!!! I added in some cooked chicken breast some onion and garlic powder and made a panko topping to add before baking, too. Thanks a million EJ I appreciate you sharing your recipe and your support here means to world to me!

Loaded Potato Salad:
4 med to large potatoes
1 ½ cups mayo
2 tbsp mustard
½ tsp salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika
2 green onions
5-6 slices cooked bacon
4 hard boiled eggs

Wash and dice up potatoes, boil until fork tender
Mix the other ingredients leaving out one egg, some bacon and green onions for garnish
Drain your potatoes well then mix them into the other ingredients and top with your garnishes!

Nutter Butter Banana Pudding:
Here’s a link to my original recipe, just add a tsp of vanilla into the pudding mix, replace the vanilla wafers with Nutter Butter cookies, top with some mini chocolate chips and if you’re feeling extra - melt up some peanut butter in the microwave to drizzle over the top!

Here’s the multipurpose trifle bowl at Walmart and I linked one in my Amazon storefront, too in case you don’t shop at Walmart:

If you’re looking for something I use, including Auntie Nono’s, the Southern Biscuit Company Formula L Biscuit Mix, and lots more; you’ll probably find it here:

Need some more inspiration? Check out the playlists below:

My BEST OF THE BEST Most Viewed Videos Playlist:
My Crockpot Playlist:
My One Pot/Skillet Meals Playlist:
My What's For Dinner Playlist:
My Summer & Garden Recipes Playlist:
My Baking & Desserts Playlist:

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[InTheKitchenWithMommaMel]

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[sherrodfaulks]

Hi Mel, this is EJ’s partner. He doesn’t have a YouTube account so I thought I’d comment on his behalf. We were over the moon excited to hear you liked the mac & cheese! It’s a monthly staple in our house and each time it gets better and better. As you know, we last had it with your meatloaf and it was sensational. Cool to see how you put your spin on it. We love you, your family, and your content. Keep up the amazing work!

[stillsimplystephanie]

Those new pudding recipes look so good! That’s so sweet that your daughter wouldn’t eat peanut butter in solidarity with her sister. Hope you’re able to get power back soon!

[lulamaemcrae]

Hello Mama Mel, Happy Palm Sunday. All the recipes looks so good. The mac&cheese broccoli casserole was my favorite. Ya'll be blessed and have a wonderful week & a Happy Easter. Love from Lula Mae & Family. 💕 💕 💕 💕 💕

[janetdwyer]

Hi Mel can always use new recipes. You and your family enjoy. Your Easter

[berthabyrd]

Hey Mel, sorry to hear y'all have no power, it was so windy here last night that i was worried it would go out b/c my mattress uses an electrical pump and i have my oxygen, i just kept praying, prayers that y'alls is back on soon!

[MrsAlmaTrumble]

Hey Aunt Mel. Hope y'all are safe from the tornadoes Friday night. We had tornadoes hit 50 yards from our house. We're safe just no internet at our house. We have to come to town to get internet service. Everything looks absolutely delicious. Have a wonderful evening and week. See you next video if not before. Stay safe and healthy. God Bless.

[deebryars]

Last week we had golf ball size hail. It went on for about 25 min, it sounded like a war zone. God was with us, we had no broken windows. Just dents in the cars.

[suzimirsky]

Mel, that potato salad looks so good! I’m putting it on my Easter menu.
Sorry about your power - hope it gets fixed soon & the contents of your fridge stay safe!
Wishing you & your family have a blessed Easter.

[cindyclark]

Everything looks fantastic! Your potato salad reminds me of my mothers. She added very thinly sliced red radishes to hers and that little bit of crunch was so good!

[Pamela_Gram]

Oh, that potato salad looks so good. I can't mess with hubby's banana pudding. But I'll try some of your recipe in my portion of banana pudding.

[tracyroth]

All of these recipes look WONDERFUL!🫶🏼🙌🥰. Stay safe!

[jackiewilson]

All three look amazing!! My immediate family usually wants me to leave out bananas in my banana pudding lol

[stuartpierce]

Love your videos! Beautiful art work! Thanks Mel Take care Jennifer 🦋😊

[pamreneick]

Thank you looks so good👍👍 that sidewalk art is awesome so talented !!! I love the 3 d kind

[susanprice]

1. Ooh I like the way you think. When you put that cheese on top my first thought was "I bet that would be good with some buttered bread crumbs too". 2. My grandmother would roll over in her grave if I left out the sweet pickle relish and the pimento, but this one looks wonderful. 3. I make cooked banana pudding and I still want to try this one. And you should try adding a couple of drops of almond extract to your pudding. It will make people ask what's in it. You just have to be sure not to do more than a couple of drops or it will overpower. I think you should call this one Elvis Banana Pudding. 😉

[asweetnspicyginger]

My mouth watered the whole time you was making that banana pudding. Using those peanut butter cookies. Game changer!!

[guestguest]

The Nutter Butter Banana pudding is something I have to make soon. My husband will just love it!

[jcmhanel]

I had a potato salad at my sisters house several years back. It was absolutely the best potato salad I’ve ever eaten. I told her that and asked where they purchased it. She said it was made fresh with potatoes were dug out of the ground today. My sister has since passed away so I haven’t had any more of that, but it was the very best.

[rachelcastle]

You would make a great news reporter! Love all the chalk art! We do something similar on our Main Street in town. Love seeing so much talent! Everything looked delicious but I’m not sure about the nutter butter lol I love them, and I love banana pudding. 🤔 it might be worth a try 🤣😂 Have a great day, week, and a wonderful Easter ♥️