Traditionally Easter lunch interrupts the long fast of Lent. After 40 days of lean and light dishes here – finally – appear again on the tables meats, cold cuts, rich and abundant dishes and a riot of vegetables that celebrate the spring rebirth of nature. Even those who do not eat meat will be able to have a lucrative meal. Here are many ideas for a vegetarian Easter, more or less traditional.

Inevitable Easter

Easter is the egg feast in all forms: ideal for preparing appetizers and delicious and themed seconds. From omelettes to stuffed eggs, will be very useful to enrich all the dishes of your vegetarian Easter. Moreover, i artichokes, preferably fried or used as a condiment for tasty lasagne. Actually, view the abundance of vegetables which are usually brought to the table, even those who do not consume meat will have an easy life: asparagus, first beans, monk's beard and bitter herbs (chicory, dandelion, chicory) who remember the Passover, will make vegetarians happy and not only them. THE Easter banquets they are also accompanied – as if this were not enough – by gargantuan cold cuts and … cheeses of all types, the latter also appreciated by those who do not consume meat.

Traditional dishes for a vegetarian Easter

Even many regional dishes consumed on this occasion are already in themselves suitable for those who follow a green diet. Just think of the Crescia – a sort of "panettone" enriched with pecorino cheese and cheese – typical in the Aosta Valley and in the Marche or the famous Ligurian pasqualina cake: 33 (at least in theory) layers of pastry that contain a delicious filling of herbs or artichokes, ricotta (or prescinsêua, a typical curd cheese), marjoram and hard-boiled eggs.

Great classics in a veg key

Then there are a number of typical dishes that, without distorting the tradition too much, lend themselves to become suitable for a vegetarian Easter. The lasagna, for example, which often are not lacking on this occasion, are very good seasoned with artichokes and scamorza or with spinach and béchamel: two vegetarian versions that are also popular among omnivores. The crepes they are delicious and also Easter stuffed with asparagus it's a classic risotto with these tender spring buds always satisfies all the guests. Even the Stuffed eggsthen they can be stuffed with asparagus: blend the firm egg yolks with the steamed asparagus, salt, pepper and maybe a spoonful of robiola. Even if you are not a vegetarian, you will not miss the lamb with all these ideas for the "green" Easter.

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