The blooming and calming spring weather brings us shine, hope, and… a lot of unique ingredients to make tasty spring seasonal treats! Here are some of the best spring dishes, starting with mouthwatering appetizers, appealing main courses, and delicious spring-baked treats to try this year!
Light and refreshing spring appetizers
1. Asparagus And Pea Salad
You’ll find that the range of salads for a spring food list is extensive (and magnificent, of course). Choosing the best salad you’ll like is a little hard. But we sure have to try some seasonal vegetables during this time, like asparagus, rhubarb, peas, and more. There’s also a wide variety of ingredients to add juiciness to the bowl, like different berries and citrus fruits!
This crispy, blanched asparagus and pea salad pairs well with tasty cheeses like goat or ricotta. Toss in your favorite greens and mix in an easy salad dressing or vinaigrette, and your salad is ready. Try adding some dry fruits like walnuts or almonds for a little crunch!
2. Fresh Lemon Pasta Salad
For those who would like to combine the goodness of spring vegetables and fruits with the deliciousness of pasta, a pasta salad is the perfect choice! You’ll have a lemon-infused bowl of cozy goodness with spring vegetables and cheesy pasta through this light salad!
You can choose any boiled pasta and toss some spring vegetables like asparagus, peas, arugula, etc. Make a simple lemon dressing with salt, pepper, Dijon mustard, chopped garlic, and lemon, and your pasta is ready to be topped with fresh ricotta!
3. Roasted Carrots
One of the easiest dishes to prepare for the spring season is roasting carrots with fresh herbs and light dressing for a tasty and nutritious appetizer or side dish! You can enhance this easy appetizer or side dish with the addition of a glossy honey glaze, which will not only make the spring dish look more textured but also increase the taste of the carrots.
Tasty Spring Dishes Main Course
4. Seafood Risotto
A simple and fulfilling spring dish idea is to make a risotto for your friends and family during this bright season. Why not use the fresh seafood that we acquire through the season and pair it with some vegetables for a light and nutritious meal?
Pick your favorite risotto rice and choose from the freshest seafood around your area to make a creamy seafood risotto. You can take a packed seafood mix or get your favorite seafood. Cook the rice in vegetable stock and add the seafood mix with some parsley and peas. Once done, use grated cheese over the dish for a gooey bowl of tasty risotto.
5. Chicken Lasagna
Usually, lasagna is seen as a tasty but heavy dish with oodles of cheese and pasta sheets, but we can do a lighter spring food version, too! For a fresh chicken lasagna, just start the spring dish with layers of light meat sauce, then the cooked lasagna noodles and cottage cheese (yes, that’s what makes this spring food healthier), and repeat the process for as many layers as you want. Once your layers are set, garnish with seasonal herbs.
6. Spring Vegetable Stir-Fry
An easy (and super nutritious) option to try as spring dishes this season would be a simple stir-fry consisting of the tastiest seasonal vegetables! The best thing about this dish is that it takes little time, and everybody can choose from their preferred vegetable.
Peas, carrots, asparagus, and cauliflower are some popular spring vegetables. Drizzle with an easy, flavorful sauce and garnish with chopped nuts!
7. Salmon with Roasted Asparagus
Another classic spring dish that is light on the stomach but quite fulfilling is the combination of perfectly cooked salmon with roasted spring vegetables like asparagus. This complements the tasty fish nicely, and you can make it more flavorful with a simple lemon butter sauce.
An amazing feature of this recipe is that it’s a one-pan spring dish, which will help you save time cooking and cleaning kitchen utensils!
Fresh And Flavorful Spring Desserts
8. Strawberry Chocolate Biscuits
Who doesn’t love the smell of freshly oven-baked cookies? We can add strawberries to the popular chocolate chip cookies to make them taste and appear more bright and spring-worthy! The delicious sweet smell and color of bright red strawberries would be a delicious treat for all, from teeny tiny kids to adults!
9. Honey and Rhubarb Muffins
We must complete our best spring treats with a nice and healthy version of muffins! In your muffin batter, you can use honey to sweeten instead of sugar as a nourishing and seasonal alternative that gives the muffin more flavor.
This is a great way to add another tasty underutilized spring vegetable, rhubarb, which will also be tasty for kids and help them get the benefits of organic vegetables!
10. Lemon Blueberry Cake
Blueberries and lemon are a match made in heaven. The cake may take the most time on the spring treats list, but it can also last for days. The soft cake batter infused with the zinginess of fresh lemons and the sweetness from fresh blueberries would make a hearty spring treat for everybody. The fluffy cake can be iced with your preferred icing, but it’s super tasty as it is.
To end
Spring treats are delicate and tasty. There are so many fresh ingredients to mix, match, and experiment with. We cannot rank any particular dish as the best. But we can try some of these classic spring foods and give them our spin for a personal touch!