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Easter dinner on the table by 1, with every dish landing together.

Easter dinner is early. Church runs until 11, maybe later. The ham needs two hours, the scalloped potatoes need an hour, and someone promised deviled eggs that still need to be made. A midday serve time with a short morning means there is no margin to figure it out on the fly. Set when you eat, and the morning sequences itself.

A midday deadline with a late start

Thanksgiving gives you the whole morning. Easter does not. Between church, getting the family dressed, and a serve time closer to lunch than dinner, you're working with a shorter runway. The ham still takes two hours. The sides still need oven time. Anything that slips pushes the whole meal past the window when people actually want to eat.

The plan in Ready Time

  1. Set the deadline. That's the time you need to be ready.
  2. Add your steps and how long each one really takes.
  3. Ready Time works backward and gives every step a start time.
Easter Dinner
15 min Prep ham & preheat oven 9:15 AM
2hr Ham in the oven 9:30 AM
15 min Prep scalloped potatoes & sides 11:30 AM
5 min Potatoes & sides into oven 11:45 AM
10 min Pull ham, brush on glaze & return 11:50 AM
15 min Make deviled eggs & cold sides 12:00 PM
5 min Pull ham & let rest 12:15 PM
10 min Carve ham 12:20 PM
15 min Pull sides & plate everything 12:30 PM
15 min Set table 12:45 PM
Easter Dinner 1:00 PM

Anchor to when you eat rather than when you wake up

Ready Time works backward from your serve time. If you're eating at 1 PM, it tells you the ham goes in at 10, the potatoes at 11:30, and the glaze goes on at 12:15. You get the sequence and the start times before the morning even begins. Follow the notifications through a short morning and everything lands together instead of one dish at a time.

What time should Easter dinner be?

Easter meals are often midday or early afternoon (around noon to 2 PM), especially when morning plans run long. A midday serve means the ham or roast goes in mid-morning, rather than whenever you finally get home and change.

What time to start cooking Easter dinner?

If you eat at 1 PM and the main needs about two hours, you're lighting the oven mid-morning, with sides timed to the same landing. Anchor to serve time rather than wake-up time so church or family photos don't erase the cooking window.

Ready Time 9:15 AM
Prep ham & preheat oven. Easter Dinner in 3h 45m
Ready Time 11:50 AM
Pull ham, brush on glaze & return. Easter Dinner in 1h 10m
Ready Time 12:45 PM
Set table. Easter Dinner in 15m

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