This bright and fresh strawberry spinach salad recipe with pecans is a family favorite! It's a wonderful salad that celebrates fresh strawberries—the salad is studded with them, and you'll also make a homemade strawberry vinaigrette. I highly recommend making this salad during strawberry season - which runs from April through July (peak months are May …
Spring
You're going to love our spring recipes! We share healthy spring recipes that focus on the beautiful flavors of the season.
This shaved fennel and asparagus salad recipe combines quinoa, Manchego cheese, red onion, and a zesty lemon dressing. It’s super refreshing and makes a great light lunch or side salad. For dinner, you can serve it with Baked Salmon with Lemon or alongside a heartier vegetable dish like roasted cauliflower. If you’ve never eaten asparagus raw …
This easy radish cucumber salad recipe with dill and feta is a crunchy and fresh side. It's a perfect, easy side dish! It makes four side salad servings and is ready in just 10 minutes. This radish and cucumber salad is crunchy and delicious! It tastes so fresh and bright. The peppery radishes give it …
This heart of palm salad with arugula, chicken, and hard-boiled eggs is an easy, flavorful main course for two people. It can easily be scaled up. It's a refreshing and healthy main course salad recipe that we think you'll love. What is Heart of Palm? Heart of palm is a vegetable that's harvested from the …
This French potato salad with green beans is a hearty side dish or a wonderful lunch. It's full of flavor, has velvety potatoes, a fresh punch from the green beans, and added substance from the hard-boiled eggs. Why You’ll Love this French Potato Salad This lovely recipe has similar flavor undertones to a Nicoise salad. …
This spicy Thai grapefruit salad is bright and zesty with complementary flavors. It's a real showpiece for a dinner party! Punch it up with some rice noodles for a vegetarian main course or add in some ahi tuna to make a delicious poke bowl. This glorious spring salad is colorful and delightfully delicious. The bright …
This recipe for a honeydew melon and blackberry salad with watercress and red spring onions is a delightfully flavorful and unique summer salad. It's especially good if you get very ripe, juicy blackberries! Why You’ll Love This Salad Recipe This salad is fresh and fruity - you’ll love the bright flavors and unique combination of …
This spring omelette recipe is a riot of ribboned asparagus, herbed goat's cheese, and chive blossoms. Why You'll Love This Spring Omelette This recipe for an asparagus, goat cheese, and chive blossom omelette looks like it has many steps, but in reality it goes very quickly. This spring omelette is perfect for brunch, lunch, or …
This Salmon Salad Niçoise has just about everything in it! It's for those of us who like a few too many ingredients in our salads. It's delicious, hearty, and an incredibly inviting lunch for 2 to 4 people. Lest anyone take issue, this is definitely not a traditional Salad Niçoise. A traditional version would have …
This brown butter radish salad with lemon is both beautiful and delicious. After they’ve been sautéed, the radishes have a subtle flavor, but adding their greens and the lemon juice and zest adds a layer of brightness to the dish. You will enjoy this simple recipe as either a side or a light lunch. Why …
This sweet potato toast recipe is topped with avocados, microgreens, radishes, raspberries, edible flowers, and sesame seeds. It's super savory, delicious, and beautiful! They're ridiculously simple to make, and they hit the spot. I have a well-documented love of edible flowers. They are so bright and cheerful. I think marigolds are especially good on these …
These radish appetizer mini puff pastry tarts with goat's cheese, radishes, and microgreens are a delicious, peppery, and delightfully rich recipe. They are a perfect appetizer or cocktail party pass around. Why You'll Love This Radish Puff Appetizer These fun radish appetizers are delightfully tasty with a buttery crust, rich goat cheese, and bright veggie …
This shaved asparagus salad with quinoa recipe is a delicious side dish! It packs well for a take-to-work lunch or makes a great side salad for dinner. It's topped with a zesty dressing made from orange juice and mustard - it adds a punch of flavor that pairs well with the subtle asparagus and quinoa. …
Everyone loves these adorable strawberry tartlets. They're super cute and absolutely delicious - what's not to love? They're a fun Valentine's Day dessert or good for any time you have fresh strawberries and puff pastry. Perfect for a brunch or to take to a party! Why You'll Love these Mini Tarts These delicious strawberry tartlets …
This asparagus tart made from puff pastry and ricotta is a wonderful, tasty recipe. It highlights the grassy flavor of the asparagus and the buttery puff pastry! Why You’ll Love this Asparagus Tart This asparagus puff pastry tart is a fabulous way to showcase tasty asparagus spears. I need to go on record here and …
This easy, marinated strawberries recipe with orange blossom water is a tasty little treat. You can enjoy it on its own as a little snack or treat or use it as a topping for cheesecake, sponge cake, or yogurt. Why You’ll Love this Easy Dessert Fresh strawberries are, in my opinion, the most exciting fruit …
This delightful spring farro salad has roasted asparagus, broccolini, and radishes. It's bursting with flavor. It's topped with dill, chives, and a mustardy dressing for a bright hit of spring flavor! One of the best things about spring is the abundance of fresh produce available. Check out our guide on early spring produce - March …
This easy grilled asparagus recipe is ready in less than 15 minutes. It's a fabulous side dish to serve during spring and summer. The asparagus gets a lovely char that adds great flavor. Tossed with sumac, it gets a great kicky flavor. This fresh and easy side dish will be a family favorite. It's so …
This scallops with peas and edamame recipe is ready in about 25 minutes and tastes so fresh and delicious! Pan-searing the scallops brings out their flavor and develops a delightful crust on them. Scallops cook quickly and have a reputation for being a bit finicky, but I'll show you how to cook them to perfection. …
This sheet pan salmon with haricots verts, radishes, and a mustardy dressing is an easy weeknight meal. Cooking everything on a sheet pan makes for easy clean-up and minimal prep work. While it takes some time to roast, this recipe calls for less than 10 minutes of hands-on time! Why You'll Love This Easy Salmon …
If you are lucky enough to get your hands on some ramps, you've got to try this ramp omelet. It serves two and is full of ramp deliciousness. It's a simple recipe with eggs, feta, and ramps, but it's a perfect breakfast or brunch for two. Why You'll Love This Omelet Recipe Cheese and eggs …
Roasting sunchokes to crispy perfection is easy and requires very little hands-on time! Sunchokes have a lovely, delicate, sweet flavor for a root vegetable and taste great when roasted. Sunchokes, also called Jerusalem artichokes, are the tuberous root of a type of sunflower. They're not artichokes, nor do they have anything to do with Jerusalem—Native …
This delightful kumquat salad with watermelon radishes, radicchio, and dukkah seasoning is a bright pop of flavor. It's bursting with seasonal produce and topped with a delicious, nutty blend. You will love this salad if you like complex flavors, bitter greens, and bright citrus. Why You'll Love this Salad This salad has a lovely mix …
One of the easiest and most delicious ways to enjoy watermelon radishes is on a slice of toast with a thick layer of goat cheese. This recipe is almost not a recipe; it's just a few ingredients and truly simple. Watermelon radishes are available in spring and fall and they're well worth it if you …
This tangy rhubarb crisp recipe is the perfect way to enjoy fresh rhubarb stalks. Rhubarb is in season from April through June, so get some when you can! Rhubarb is actually a vegetable, but it tastes like a fruit when added to a crumble or a pie. While it's a little too tart raw, it's …
This delightful rhubarb and blueberry galette is a tart and tangy dessert, with just enough sweetness! Rhubarb season is short, but it's a wonderful ingredient to bake with, so take advantage of it while you can. Rhubarb is often paired with strawberries, which is a delicious combination, but pairing it with blueberries is absolutely phenomenal! …
This beautiful strawberry cucumber salad is refreshing and delicious! It's perfect for late spring and early summer when fresh strawberries are at their peak. The crunchy, cool flavor of the cucumbers offsets the juicy brightness of the berries. It's a perfect salad topped with a healthy portion of chopped herbs and crumbly feta and paired …
This radish salad has four kinds of radishes! If you love the peppery, crisp flavor of radishes, then this is the salad for you. The bright, fresh flavors of thinly shaved radishes pair beautifully with mellow olive oil and parmesan cheese. The dish is topped with finely chopped pistachios to add sweet, earthy notes. Why …
These watermelon radish bites with spicy tuna are a great little appetizer. They're perfect for a canapés party or whenever you need a small, hand-held appetizer. Watermelon radishes are ridiculously pretty - their hot pink center makes them pop! The best thing about this recipe is that it's incredibly easy and quick to make. Why …
You've got to try this rhubarb shrub recipe! Whether you use it in a cocktail or non-alcoholic drinks, it's a beautiful fruit syrup that you can use in lots of drinks and a great way to add a little zing! I'll also show you how to make my favorite rhubarb shrub cocktail using gin and …
Radishes are the best! They have vibrant colors and flavors and can be eaten raw, roasted, pickled, or blended into condiments. Radishes are pungent, edible root vegetables grown worldwide. They come in all sorts of colors: red, pink, purple, white, green, black, and yellow. For our purposes, I will only share types of cultivated radishes …
If you love watermelon radishes, here are some great recipes to use them in! These radishes don't taste like watermelon but look like it. Watermelon radishes are a nondescript-looking root vegetable on the outside—they're pale green and milky white, but when you cut them open, they're vibrant pink! Watermelon radishes are an heirloom variety of …
These edible flower ice cubes are the prettiest addition to a cocktail, sparkling water, sangria, or punch! They're so easy to make and add much visual interest to a drink. How to Use Floral Ice Cubes Making ice cubes with flowers is a great way to preserve extra edible flowers or make a fancy drink …
These healthy spring salads are all delicious recipes that showcase the season's freshest ingredients. Spring is a riot of greens, asparagus, radishes, citrus, potatoes, and green beans. The fruit and vegetables in the spring season are a welcome pop of flavor and color after the sturdier produce available in winter. We've got several different types …
This delicious baked stuffed artichokes recipe is an Italian favorite! Stuffed Italian artichokes are made with panko breadcrumbs, shredded parmesan (or pecorino), herbs, olive oil, and lemon juice. This savory combination pairs perfectly with the artichokes' grassy flavor. Artichoke hearts are the most commonly consumed part of the artichoke since they usually offer the most …
These healthy spring recipes are all delicious dishes that showcase the season's fruit and vegetables. Spring is a riot of soft greens, fresh asparagus, crunchy radishes, zesty citrus, new potatoes, and green beans. The fruit and vegetables in season in spring are a welcome jolt of new flavor after the winter. We've got several different …
These pan-fried oyster mushrooms are a fantastic side dish! Oyster mushrooms are one of the most delicious types of mushrooms. They're savory and delicate - they have a mild, earthy flavor that pairs well with so many dishes. Oyster mushrooms are grown around the world and are common in European and East Asian cooking. They …
These delicious Asian-style green beans are going to be your new favorite side dish! They're a fantastic way to cook fresh green beans that not only highlights the natural flavors but adds a zesty kick. This simple side dish is very easy to make and ready in just a few minutes. It's as good as …
This adorable Easter snack for kids is so easy to put together! It's infinitely customizable—you can add or subtract any of the little treats or snacks. It's got some sweet treats, along with some savory options and wholesome bites like carrots, celery, and hummus. This fun snack board is ready in just a few minutes. …
Spring has officially sprung, and what better way to celebrate than with a delicious spring charcuterie board! This board is easy to put together and it's a fun way to enjoy spring colors and flavors. We used some of our favorite spring produce items in this recipe, including colorful cauliflower, watermelon radishes, and artichoke dip. …
This ramp pesto recipe is phenomenal! Its bright green color and bold flavor make it a sensational spread or a great addition to pasta. This easy pesto is quick to make and is perfect for ramp season, which runs from late April to early June. This will be your new favorite way to enjoy ramps! …
This easy ramp butter recipe is a delicious and flavorful compound butter. It's garlicky and gorgeous! This butter can be used on toast or biscuits, added to fresh pasta, roasted meat or vegetables, or served on grilled fish. It's great to have on hand to enhance your cooking flavors. What is a Ramp? Ramps are …