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Fresh, Fast Recipes to Celebrate the Season

Spring is all about fresh beginnings—and that includes what’s on your plate! Our spring recipe collection makes the most of colorful seasonal ingredients like asparagus, berries, peas, and herbs to help you enjoy light, healthy meals that come together in no time.

Whether you’re looking for quick weeknight dinners or ideas for spring gatherings, we’ve got you covered. Plus, check out our smart cooking tips and food safety reminders as you step back into warmer-weather meal prep.

🥬 Bright & Fresh Ingredients
🌼 Light Meals for Busy Spring Days
🌸 Easy Prep, Big Flavor

Aguas Frescas Cucumber and Lime
Aguas Frescas Watermelon and Lime
Apricot & Tomato Salad
Apricot Blueberry Yogurt Dessert
Asparagus Breakfast Bake
Baked Risotto with Lemon Seared Scallops
Balsamic Chicken and Spinach Salad
Balsamic Glazed Carrots
banana split cake slice Banana Split Cake
Barbecue Season is Here!
Blackberry Basil Iced Green Tea
Blackberry Chipotle Chicken
Blackberry Mocktail
Blueberry Lemonade
Braised Mediterranean Chicken
Cajun Grilled Fish Tacos
Charred Corn Salad
Chicken Avocado Mango Tacos
Chicken Garden Spring Rolls
Cilantro Lime Grilled Shrimp with Dip
Corn and Bell Pepper Salad
Cowboy Caviar
Creamy Avocado Veggie Dip
Creamy Onion Dip
Egg salad sandwiches on a cutting board Easy Egg Salad
Fiesta Cucumber Salad
Fresh Berry Caprese Salad
Get Cooking with Herbs
Ginger Lemonade
Soaked melon balls in a small bowl topped with mint Ginger Melon Salad
Gnocchi and Summer Vegetables Sheet Pan Dinner
Going Greek Dip
Greek Orzo Pasta Salad
Grilling Safely
High Protein Recipes
How to Freeze Blueberries
Italian Shrimp Fettucini
Leek and Potato Quiche a recipe by Dinner Tonight Leek and Potato Frittata
Lemon Butter Fish
Lemon Cupcakes
Lightened Up Carrot Cake Bars
Lunch Box Lessons
Mango Chicken Salad
Mango Salad
Mango Salsa a recipe by Dinner Tonight Mango Salsa
Margarita Chicken breast recipe on cutting board with side of sliced jalapenos, splayed over a colorful serape cloth Margarita Chicken
Mediterranean Hummus Board
Melon Smoothie
Mint Sugar Snap Peas
Pan-Roasted Grouper with Carolina Gold Rice Salad
Parmesan Asparagus
Parmesan Celery Salad
Peach Crumble
Peachy Blueberry Sorghum Cobbler
Peachy Mint Iced Tea with Lemon
Tips to packing a safe picnic basket - Take just enough food - Keep your cooler in the Shade - Use separate Coolers for meat and produce - Place leftovers back in the cooler within an hour Picnic Safety
Quick chicken and spring vegetables, a recipe by Dinner Tonight Quick Chicken and Spring Vegetables
Raspberry Limeade
Roasted Asparagus Salad
Roasted Cauliflower and Grapes
Rosemary Vegetable Skewers
Salmon Bowtie Pasta
Sausage and Veggie Skewers
Sauteed Parmesan Vegetable recipe in a white serving bowl with a grey napkin. Sauteed Parmesan Vegetables
Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
Shrimp and Slaw Street Tacos
Shrimp Tacos with Lime Crema Sauce
Six Easy Steps for Lunch Box Food Safety
Soba Noodle and Snap Pea Salad
Southwest Chicken Salad
Sparkling Pineapple Vanilla Tea
Spicy Grapefruit Refresher
pea and avocado toast Spicy Pea and Avocado Toast
Spicy Stuffed Bell Peppers, a recipe by Dinner Tonight Spicy Stuffed Bell Peppers
Storing Berries
Strawberry Banana Shortcake
Strawberry Basil Lemonade
Strawberry Cucumber Salad
Strawberry Soup, a recipe by Dinner Tonight Strawberry Soup
Spinach Strawberry Salad Strawberry Spinach Salad with Feta
How to De-stem strawberries Strawberry Tips & Tricks
Stuffed Portabella Mushroom recipe from Dinner Tonight, two mushrooms on a white plate, stuffed with veggies and cheddar cheese. Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms
Thai Chicken and Vegetable Curry
Tropical Fruit Salad
Tropical Tapioca Pudding
Tuna Ceviche Cucumber Bites
Watermelon Cucumber Balsamic Salad
Refreshing watermelon salad a recipe by Dinner Tonight. Salad presented in a glass bowl, spinach greens, pink watermelon, diced cucumber and feta cheese crumbles. Watermelon Salad
What Not to put Down the Drain
You Can Grill That?

 

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