From Orange-Ricotta Pancakes To Your New Favorite Spring Pasta, Here Are 30 Irresistible Recipes To Make All April Long
Helllooo, spring! The temperatures are finally rising, the birds are chirping, the flowers and blooming, and the farmers markets are bustling with delicious seasonal produce. Ready to embrace the new season? Here are 30 amazing recipes to make in April and beyond.
1.Strawberry-Stuffed French Toast
Well if this sweet cream cheese, cinnamon, and strawberry French toast doesn't turn you into a morning person, I'm frankly not quite sure what could.
Recipe: Strawberry-Stuffed French Toast
2.Fancy Egg Salad Sandwich
Make the homemade mayonnaise if you're feeling ambitious, but you can also opt for the store-bought stuff. This creamy egg salad with chives may look fancy, but it's so easy to make.
Recipe: Fancy Egg Salad Sandwich
3.Rhubarb Scones
These buttery, sweet, and savory scones are always a good way to start your day. Make a big batch, and you can even store the extras in the freezer for lazy mornings.
Recipe: Rhubarb Scones
4.Orange Ricotta Chocolate Chip Pancakes
These citrus-infused pancakes are the perfect balance of sweet and tangy. Top them with a slab of butter or a dollop of whipped cream and some maple syrup for good measure.
5.Ottolenghi’s Braised Eggs With Leek and Za’atar
You're going to want some crusty bread or soft pita to sop up all this creamy deliciousness.
6.Easy Fava Bean Dip
Give the hummus a rest and opt for this creative and fresh bean dip instead. It tastes delicious with crudité, in a big salad, or as a spread on your favorite sandwich.
Recipe: Easy Fava Bean Dip
7.Crab and Artichoke Toasts
Looking for a party dip that everyone can get behind? These open-faced bites taste like artichoke dip mixed with a crab melt. Yup, I know you're drooling...
Recipe: Crab and Artichoke Toasts
8.Herby Butter Lettuce Salad With Tahini Dressing
Sometimes simple is best, like in the case of this butter lettuce salad. There are no fancy ingredients, just crisp veggies and a creamy, tangy dressing that is totally irresistable.
9.Spicy Ramen With Sweet Potatoes and Crispy Shallots
It may be spring, but there are still some chilly nights ahead. Embrace the cooler temps with bowls of this slurp-able veggie ramen soup.
10.White Cheddar Mac 'n' Cheese With Sweet Peas
This homemade mac is surely the most decadent way to eat your veggies.
11.Creamy Jerusalem Artichoke Soup
Top these rich bowls of soup with anything from croutons and shredded Parmesan cheese to a drizzle of hot chile oil and crispy kale. The options are endless.
Recipe: Creamy Jerusalem Artichoke Soup
12.Spring Asparagus Pasta Salad
It might not be picnic weather quite yet, but it's not too early to practice with this spring pasta salad. Stick with asparagus, cheese, and tomatoes or swap in whatever fresh veggies you have in the fridge.
Recipe: Spring Asparagus Pasta Salad
13.Beet and Goat Cheese Salad
Tangy mandarin oranges, creamy goat cheese and avocado, and sweet roasted beets make for a dinnerworthy salad that even lettuce haters can get behind.
Recipe: Beet and Goat Cheese Salad
14.Caramelized Fennel Paccheri With Sausage and Pistachios
Upgrade pasta night with the help of caramelized fennel, chopped pistachios, and crumbled sausage. It's a date-night-worthy meal you'll want to make on repeat.
Recipe: Caramelized Fennel Paccheri With Sausage and Pistachios
15.Braised Chicken With Mushrooms and Shallots
This one-pot meal is easy enough for a weeknight dinner but sophisticated enough for a special occasion. While the recipe calls for oyster mushrooms, I love using a mix of your favorites for the best flavor and texture.
16.Creamy Potato Leek Gratin With Fennel and Gruyere Cheese
This veggie gratin is packed with leeks, potatoes, and fennel, then topped with lots of cheese and cream, and baked until it's a golden, bubbly bliss.
Recipe: Creamy Potato Leek Gratin With Fennel and Gruyere Cheese
17.Asparagus Tart With Tarragon, Chives, and Gruyere
This elevated side dish begins with a simple, store-bought ingredient: puff pastry dough. From there, it's topped with herby cream cheese, asparagus, and chives, and then it's baked in the oven until perfectly flaky.
18.Crab, Asparagus, and Leek Quiche
The best thing about quiche is that it's totally appropriate to eat at any time of day. Make it once and enjoy it for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner.
Recipe: Crab, Asparagus, and Leek Quiche
19.Salmon and Israeli Couscous With Cucumbers
These salmon and couscous bowls topped with pine nuts and tangy cucumber salad feel light and fresh yet so filling.
20.Marinated Beet Poke Bowls
Maybe you don't love eating raw fish at home, or maybe you're not a huge fish fan whatsoever. These marinated beet poke bowls are a fun twist, loaded with fresh, colorful veggies and any of your favorite toppings.
Recipe: Marinated Beet Poke Bowls
21.Mini Chicken Pot Pies
These muffin tin chicken pot pies are so versatile. Serve them as appetizers, a family-friendly dinner with your favorite sides, or make some extras for on-the-go lunches.
Recipe: Mini Chicken Pot Pies
22.Spring Pea Risotto
Decadently creamy yet refreshing, this pea risotto makes for a great side dish or main course. It takes a little bit of effort, but it's mostly just stirring.
Recipe: Spring Pea Risotto
23.Maitake Mushroom Alfredo Pasta
This grown-up pasta Alfredo is pretty much the most indulgent thing you can make with a few ingredients. Morel and shiitake mushrooms, crème fraîche, pasta, and white wine are pretty much all you need.
Recipe: Maitake Mushroom Alfredo Pasta
24.Baked Cod With Asparagus, Leeks, Lemon, and Thyme
Seafood season is upon us, so take full advantage with this one-pot baked cod and veggies. If you don't love cod, try swapping in another white fish like hake, halibut, or sea bass.
25.Strawberry Pound Cake
The greatest thing about pound cake is you can make it for dessert and enjoy the leftovers with your morning cup of coffee.
Recipe: Strawberry Pound Cake
26.Papaya Bars
Papayas are in season, so transport yourself to more tropical weather with the help of these silky, custardy dessert bars on buttery shortbread crust.
Recipe: Papaya Bars
27.Key Lime Cheesecake Parfaits
This deconstructed key lime pie is refreshing, zesty, and so flavorful. Plus, it's ideally proportioned so you don't have to share your precious bites.
Recipe: Key Lime Cheesecake Parfaits
28.Pineapple Mint Caipirinhas
If you've never tried a caipirinha, this Brazilian-inspired cocktail is made with a rum-like spirit called cachaca. This version is infused with pineapple, mint, and plenty of fresh squeezed lime.
Recipe: Pineapple Mint Caipirinhas
29.Strawberry Gin Sour Cocktail
This sophisticated drink might look like some fancy concoction you'd order at a cocktail bar, but it's really only five ingredients: strawberries, gin, elderflower liqueur, lime juice, and egg white.
Recipe: Strawberry Gin Sour Cocktail
30.Spicy Cucumber Margarita
Upgrade your taco Tuesday with the help of these spicy-meets-crisp springtime margs.
Recipe: Spicy Cucumber Margarita
