Easy Easter Brunch Recipes

Delicious Easter eats

Celebrate Easter Sunday by leaving the Peeps and chocolate bunnies in your basket. Instead, feast on these healthy, fresh, and fast spring recipes.

Mini Smoked Salmon Frittatas

These portion-controlled frittatas sneak in healthy substitutions without compromising flavor. Egg whites, low-fat cream cheese, and scallions add a savory taste for less than 200 calories.

Ingredients: Olive oil, onion, smoked salmon, eggs, half-and-half, milk, low-fat cream cheese, scallions

Calories: 179

Triple Pea Salad With Creamy Tarragon Dressing

This veggie-rich dish contains a hearty dose of vitamin C in every crunchy bite. And the light yet creamy dressing kicks the flavor up a notch.

Ingredients: White wine vinegar, reduced-fat sour cream, olive oil, honey, tarragon, frozen peas, edamame, sugar snap peas, mixed salad greens, radish wedges

Calories: 138

Goat Cheese, Artichoke, and Smoked Ham Strata

Get savory Mediterranean flavor in this artichoke and goat cheese strata. Sourdough bread adds a complementary, tangy taste, and the ham offers a perfect smoky finish. Low-fat dairy products and fresh spices keep this dish a lean 379 calories.

Ingredients: Low-fat milk, egg substitute, goat cheese, thyme, nutmeg, garlic, sourdough bread, Parmesan cheese, smoked ham, artichoke hearts, fontina cheese

Calories: 379

Lavender-Scented Summer Fruit Salad

Dried lavender adds a delicate flavor to the honey-lime dressing in this fresh fruit salad. Stone fruit and berries are rich in antioxidants and provide the right tangy-tart flavors to balance the sweet topping.

Ingredients: Peaches, nectarines, plums, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, honey, dried lavender, lime juice, mint leaves

Calories: 119

Almond Ciabatta French Toast

A new take on French toast, this recipe uses vanilla and almond extracts to add flavoring, and sliced almonds to provide a heartier texture. You'll get a boost of fiber and protein in the form of a sweet breakfast treat.

Ingredients: Vanilla extract, almond extract, eggs, sugar, low-fat milk, whole milk, ciabatta bread, almonds

Calories: 367

Raspberry-Almond Torte With Chocolate Ganache

A rich dessert like this will keep you away from the processed candies in your Easter basket. Almond paste and raspberry preserves make a decadent flavor combination, but low-fat dairy keeps this recipe figure-friendly.

Ingredients: Butter, almond paste, granulated sugar, eggs, flour, lemon juice, raspberry preserves, powdered sugar, unsweetened cocoa, fat-free milk, semisweet chocolate

Calories: 320

Frozen Iced Tea

If you're craving a lighter finish to a hearty brunch, make this refreshing iced treat. For an added layer of freshness, add a few mint sprigs.

Ingredients: Tea bags, sugar, light-colored corn syrup, lemon, mint sprigs (optional)

Calories: 115

Raspberry Lemonade

The raspberry puree and sugar add just the right amount of sweetness to the sour lemons. The result is a cold, tart drink that is rich in vitamin C.

Ingredients: Fresh lemon juice, sugar, raspberry puree, ice

Calories: 114
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Yamashita Park

Yamashita Park

# 3   of 9 most visited sights in Yokohama

Yamashita Park's Waterfront Walkway Yamashita Park is a public park that stretches about 750 meters along Yokohama's waterfront. The park is about a hundred meters wide, and consists mostly of open green space. It was constructed after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Strolling through Yamashita Park, it is hard to miss the massive ocean liner in the water beside the promenade. The ship is called the Hikawa Maru, and was first put into service in 1930 along the Yokohama-Vancouver/Seattle line. The ship had first-class cabins that attracted the likes of the imperial family and Charlie Chaplin for the transpacific journey. In 1960, after 30 years at sea, the ship was retired. It now serves as a museum, with informative displays and interiors in the style of the 1930s. Near the Hikawa Maru, and also hard to miss, is the Yokohama Marine Tower. Recently renovated, the Marine Tower is located just beside the park and extends 106 meters into the air. Although not as high as the Landmark Tower Sky Garden, the Marine Tower's observatory also has a 360 degree view, located 100 meters above ground. Hikawa Maru and Marine Tower One of the park's main features is a wide path that runs along the water. It is usually quite busy, with many people enjoying the view of the bay and the ships passing by. At the park's southern end, the path leads into the Rinkosen promenade, which passes by the Osanbashi Pier and leads to Minato Mirai. The walk is a pleasant way to travel between the areas. A few fountains and an eclectic group of monuments are distributed throughout the park: an Indian memorial, a monument to a Filipino general, a girl scout statue, two monuments to particular Japanese children songs, and a statue of a large head commemorating the introduction of the western-style haircut to Japan. Yamashita Park and the Hikawa Maru seen from the Marine Tower Observatory

How to get there

Yamashita Park is a five minute walk from Motomachi-Chukagai Station (8 minutes, 200 yen from Yokohama Station) on the Minato Mirai Line. The park can also be reached by foot from Chinatown in five minutes or from Minato Mirai in about 30 minutes. The Akaikutsu Loop Bus stops in front of the Marine Tower (Marine Tower-mae bus stop) and in front of the middle of the park (Yamashita Koen-mae Bus stop). The loop bus connects many of Yokohama's sightseeing attractions and costs 100 yen per ride. Yamashita Park can also be accessed by "Seabass" boats, which depart from Yokohama Bay Quarter (500 meters from Yokohama Station's east exit. The journey costs 700 yen one way, and half the boats travel directly (15 minutes) while the other half stop at Minato Mirai (35 minutes) along the way. How to get to and around Yokohama

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