Lent is probably my favorite time to live the liturgical year at home with my kids, and holy week is when it all comes to a head! Today, I want to share some food ideas and recipes that you can make with or for your kids during Holy Week. I now have an entire cookbook full of symbolic Holy Week and Easter recipes! I hope these holy week recipes bring your family together and help everyone stay focused on the true meaning of this week. Let’s check out the Holy Week food ideas.
Pretzels are a very traditional food for Lent, in fact, they were actually invented to be a simple Lenten snack, and are in the shape of arms crossed in prayer! You can find my recipe for Lenten pretzels here.
Palm Sunday Food Ideas
Our favorite food treat on Palm Sunday is to have…. Palm (ice cream) Sundaes! The kids love this tradition and the great thing for moms is that ice cream takes practically no prep work.
Another option for Palm Sunday is to make a recipe that includes heart of palm. You can buy this at any grocery store in the canned and/or jarred section with the veggies. Why not try this heart of palm dip from Beautiful Plate? It looks delicious and people describe the heart of palm as similar to artichokes.
I also think these grilled Parmesan hearts of palm recipe from Food Republic sounds absolutely delicious!
Spy Wednesday Food Idea
Spy Wednesday is the day that Judas schemes to turn Jesus in for 30 pieces of silver. For this day, try making “money bag wontons” for dinner to symbolize the bag of silver that betrayed Jesus.
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Holy Thursday Recipes
The perfect recipe for Holy Thursday is to bake unleavened bread together! I mean… it is the anniversary of the Last Supper, the day that Jesus gave us the Eucharist, the day of the first mass, and you can totally serve your unleavened bread with grapes or grape juice in wine (plastic) wine glasses for the kids. Find my recipe for unleavened bread here.
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You can also have a simple Christian Seder meal, which is a tradition we started here in Lydia’s first communion year.
Good Friday Food And Recipe Ideas
We love to make these easy crown of thorns crackers for Good Friday! They’re absolutely perfect because they’re meat free, protein packed, and not overly indulgent for Good Friday.
In fact, throwing a Lenten Tea on Good Friday with all sybolic foods is one of my favorite traditions with the kids! You can find my whole menu with symbolic holy week food for kids here.
Hot Cross Buns are a very traditional recipe for holy week. Some families make them on Holy Thursday, others on Good Friday. Some families eat them on Good Friday while others hold them for breakfast Saturday morning. Whenever you make or eat them is up to you, but here is a great hot cross bun recipe for you to try this year from Oh, Sweet Basil.
For dinner on Good Friday (and also Ash Wednesday), I like to serve an easy crown of thorns bread with a simple meatless soup. This is easier to make than it looks and it definitely makes an impression!
A very simple yet meaningful food idea for Good Friday is a meatless sandwich of your choice with pretzel crosses in the top.
Holy Saturday
If your family has never tried making Resurrection rolls, I fully recommend it! You can find my resurrection roll recipe here. They are easy, fun, and meaningful for kids! These are also called “Empty Tomb Rolls” and check it out… they’re empty inside! Well named!
I also have a variation of the resurrection rolls that are made with peeps that I call rainbow resurrection rolls. The fun colors make these even more beautiful and surprising than the origional version!
Easter story cookies are PERFECT for Holy Saturday! This is probably the most meaningful recipe on this list, and definitely the one that gets the kids involved the most. I highly recommend this Easter Story Cookies recipe, as well as the above resurrection rolls. Our family makes both every year.
Even More Meaningful Easter Recipes For Kids
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