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    Spring Recipes

    Healthy spring recipes are all about fresh ingredients, lighter meals, and simple dishes that fit the season. As the days get warmer, it’s the perfect time to enjoy vibrant salads, easy dinners, and refreshing drinks, like this sparkly pineapple mocktail.

    But spring can still be unpredictable, and on cooler days, a warm and comforting meal is just as welcome. This collection includes a mix of light, fresh recipes, along with options like soups and savory dishes, so you’ll always have something to cook, no matter the weather. Enjoy!

    Fresh & Seasonal Salads

    Light, fresh, and full of flavor, these salads are perfect for spring days. Simple ingredients come together for easy, everyday meals.

    • Two wooden spoons resting in a large plate filled with a healthy chicken salad with olive oil.
      Shredded Chicken Salad with Avocado (No Mayo)
    • A meatball salad bowl with fresh cucumber slices, lettuce, greens, mini tomatoes, cheese and dressing.
      Italian Meatball Salad With A Simple Dressing
    • A large wooden bowl filled with fresh and creamy mango avocado salad, onions, cilantro, sunflower seeds and red bell peppers.
      The Best Mango Avocado Salad (Healthy & Nourishing)
    • A fresh healthy cucumber salad in a serving bowl.
      Cilantro Cucumber Salad With Avocado & Pickles

    Light Soups & Meals

    These light soups and meals bring a balance of comfort and freshness, making them ideal for early spring. Warm, nourishing, and easy to enjoy any day of the week.

    • Two bowls of asparagus soup topped with avocado, half of a cooked egg and head of an asparagus.
      Healthy Creamy Asparagus Soup (no cream)
    • Orange soup in a white bowl topped with shaved almonds and chili flakes.
      Creamy Carrot Orange Soup (With Spinach & Almonds)
    • Avocado leek soup served in small bowls topped with seeds and coconut cream.
      Creamy Avocado Leek Soup
    • Two plates of bock choy soup with pork and noodles and garnished with chili peppers, peanuts, and hard-boiled egg.
      Easy Ginger Bok Choy Noodle Soup With Pork

    Light Spring Dinner

    These light spring dinners bring together fresh ingredients and simple cooking for easy, everyday meals. Perfect for warmer days when you still want something satisfying and balanced.

    • Bowls filled with cooked rice, small tomatoes, avocado slices, fried edamame beans, fried plantains, and topped with chimichurri sauce.
      Avocado Plantain Rice Bowl Recipe with Edamame Beans
    • A large plate filled with three roasted chicken drumsticks, sweet potatoes, and a green salad with romaine lettuce, cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes.
      Healthy Baked Chicken Drumsticks (Easy Sheet Pan Dinner)
    • A garlic spinach pasta recipe with peas in a large Dutch pan topped with Parmesan Cheese.
      Easy Spinach Garlic Pasta With Peas
    • Shrimp with Shirataki noodles tossed in a green pesto sauce and presented in a large skillet.
      Low Carb Noodles with Shrimp & Garlicky Cashew Pesto
    • Creamy cooked cod and leek in a cast iron pan.
      One Skillet Creamy Leeks With Cod Fillets
    • Cooked salmon poke bowl with avocado, carrots, and onions.
      Cooked Salmon Poke Bowl With Easy Sauce
    • A cast iron skillet with glazed peach chicken legs.
      One Skillet Peach Glazed Chicken Legs
    • Gluten free turkey burger topped with slices of tomato, thinly sliced red onions, pickles in a bun next to a dollop of ketchup.
      Turkey Burgers on The Stove (Juicy & Flavorful)

    Simple Spring Sides

    Fresh, simple sides that add flavor and variety to any meal. Easy to make and perfect for spring cooking.

    • Jars filled with rhubarb compote.
      How To Make A Simple Rhubarb Compote
    • Cilantro parsley chimichurri sauce in a glass container.
      Cilantro parsley chimichurri
    • ROASTED ASPARAGUS WITH BUTTERED SHALLOTS & GARLIC SCAPES
      Roasted Asparagus with Buttered Shallots and Garlic Scapes
    • Strawberry rhubarb sauce in glass jars.
      Rhubarb Strawberry Compote With Mint
    • Olive oil coated mini potatoes and green beans on a serving plate.
      Italian Potatoes and Green Beans Salad
    • Chopped cucumbers and onions topped with a spicy dressing and chopped peanuts.
      Easy Spicy Cucumber Salad With Peanuts
    • Seasoned raw carrot salad with apples on a serving plate.
      Carrot Apple Salad With Seasoned Greek Yogurt
    • A spoon resting in a ramekin filled with spiced apricot jam.
      Quick Spiced Apricot Jam With Store-Bought Spread

    Healthy Spring Desserts

    • A piece lifted and taken out of a large ricotta pie.
      Easy Honey Ricotta Pie (No-Roll Gluten-Free Pie Crust)
    • Almond flour rhubarb cookie bars stacked on top of each other.
      Easy Almond Flour Rhubarb Cookie Bars
    • An almond flour mug cake with blueberries.
      Almond Flour Mug Cake with Blueberries
    • Cups of creamy Paleo banana pudding.
      Paleo Banana Pudding (Creamy, Dairy-Free Dessert)
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    –Fannie Farmer

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    Spring Favorites


    • Strawberry rhubarb sauce in glass jars.
      Rhubarb Strawberry Compote With Mint
    • A strawberry smoothie bowl topped with toasted oats, nuts, and fresh strawberries.
      The Best Easy Strawberry Smoothie Bowl
    • Two purple blueberry and raspberry smoothies on a table.
      Blueberry And Raspberry Smoothie
    • Pancakes stacked on top of each other and topped with strawberries and goat yogurt.
      Flourless Plantain Pancakes With Warm Strawberry Sauce

    Easy Weeknight Dinners

    • Cooked salmon poke bowl with avocado, carrots, and onions.
      Cooked Salmon Poke Bowl With Easy Sauce
    • A large plate filled with three roasted chicken drumsticks, sweet potatoes, and a green salad with romaine lettuce, cucumbers, and cherry tomatoes.
      Healthy Baked Chicken Drumsticks (Easy Sheet Pan Dinner)
    • Creamy paprika chicken with plantain chips.
      One Pan Coconut Chicken With Plantain Chips
    • Two plates of bock choy soup with pork and noodles and garnished with chili peppers, peanuts, and hard-boiled egg.
      Easy Ginger Bok Choy Noodle Soup With Pork

    “Cooking can cure almost anything.”

    –Michelle Dockery

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