Spring: Seasonal Foods & Recipes
Spring Recipes | March Foods | April Foods | May Foods
With memories of winter now fading, tender shoots, young sprouts and fresh greens have begun pushing their way through the warming soil. Crisp green peas and firm asparagus are at their freshest. Plump red strawberries and fragrant pineapples sweeten market shelves. The widening array of springtime produce is a harbinger of the larger harvest to come.
March Foods
Vegetables
Asparagus | Green Beans | Beets | Corn | Peas | Peppers
Fruits
Bananas | Berries | Figs | Kiwi | Mangos | Pineapple
Fish & Seafood
April Foods
Vegetables
Artichokes | Asparagus | Green Beans | Beets | Corn | Fava Beans | Fiddlehead Ferns | Peas | Peppers
Fruits
Bananas | Berries | Figs | Kiwi | Mangos | Nectarines | Peaches | Pineapple | Plums
Fish & Seafood
May Foods
Vegetables
Artichokes | Asparagus | Green Beans | Beets | Corn | Fava Beans | Kohlrabi | Peas | Peppers | Spinach
Fruits
Apricots | Bananas | Cherries | Figs | Mangos | Melons | Nectarines | Peaches | Pineapples | Plums
Typical Spring Dishes
Soups & Stews
- Irish Stew (Irish lamb & potato stew)
- Meggyleves (Hungarian sour cherry soup)
- Risi e Bisi (Italian stewed rice & peas)
Pasta & Dumplings
- Bun Thit Nuong (Vietnamese rice noodles with pork & vegetables)
Eggs & Dairy
- Quiche Lorraine (French bacon & egg tart)
Poultry
- Circassian Chicken (Turkish chicken with walnut sauce)
- Gā Xāo Sa (Vietnamese lemongrass chicken)
Vegetables & Beans
- Anginares ā la Polita (Greek artichoke hearts & potatoes with dill)
- Asparagi alla Parmigiana (Italian asparagus gratin)
- Horta Ladolemono (Greek greens with lemon-olive oil dressing; see Greens recipe notes)
- Mavromatika Fasolia me Myronolahana (Greek wild greens with black-eyed peas; see Greens recipe notes)
- Spinaci con Pignoli (Italian sautéed spinach with garlic & pinenuts)
Desserts
- Bärkräm (Swedish berry cream)
- Clafouti (French cherry flan)
- Strawberry Shortcake (American strawberries with a sweet biscuit)
- Tire sur la Neige (Canadian maple syrup taffy)
Beverages
- Agua Fresca (Mexican fresh fruit beverage)
- Lemonade (United States)
- Limeade (United States)
- Limoncello (Italian lemon-flavored liqueur)
Breakfast
- Matzo Brei (Jewish/Israeli fried flatbread & eggs)
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