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From pasta to salad, chicken or fish, there are plenty of spring dinner ideas to take full advantage of the seasonal offerings of spring!
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We Love Spring!
Spring brings fresh peak-season fruits and veggies to brighten up our dinners and add color. Some of my favorite spring produce to include in recipes that aren’t as common are peas, radishes, artichoke hearts, and leeks.
Between all the delicious ingredients that spring yields, you’ll be able to create some delicious spring dinner ideas.
Why we love spring dinners:
- Spring produce. Use them in salads or pair them with your favorite main dish. Produce can easily be grilled, roasted, or served raw.
- Simple. These dinners are perfect for weeknights or special occasions!
- Variety. We’ve included a variety of options to fit any flavor preference and time constraints.
The Elements of a Spring Dinner
Whether you’re cooking for yourself or your kids, or planning a dinner party, find dinner ideas for spring to fit your needs.
- The meal. Balance your meal by adding color. The colors of different produce are visually appealing and offer a variety of healthy nutrients and vitamins. Incorporate produce right into the recipe or serve spring produce on the side.
- Salads. Start with your favorite greens like spinach, arugula, or lettuce. Add protein like grilled chicken, shrimp, cubed ham, and bacon bits to turn a side salad into a filling meal.
- Stir fry is perfect for spring vegetables like snap peas, onions, tomatoes, green beans, corn, red peppers, and broccoli as well as delicious proteins. Eat alone or serve over rice.
- Sandwiches. Elevate anything from a ham sandwich to a Veggie Panini.
- Soup. The heavier soups of winter give way to lighter and brighter spring soups like Carrot Soup.
- A simple side vegetable like Roasted Asparagus or Sheet Pan Veggies goes great with beef, poultry, and fish.
- Seafood. Salmon, halibut, scallops, shrimp, and lobster can all be prepared with bright fresh spring flavors.
- Beef, poultry, and pork are often incorporated into spring dinner recipes. They can be grilled, baked, or pan-fried in ways that lighten the meal and are served with a side of delicious produce.
- Pasta and rice pair well with all the light and bright spring flavors, particularly lemon, and make a great complementary side to meats and seafood.
Best Spring Dinner Recipes
Quick, easy, and full of seasonal flavors, these easy spring dinners are sure to be a hit!
1 Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner
2 Pigs in a Blanket
3 Roast Chicken Recipe
4 Huli Huli Chicken
5 Chicken Salad Recipe
6 Parmesan Crusted Pork Chops
7 Steak and Potatoes Recipe
8 Parmesan Crusted Chicken Recipe
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Get the recipe9 Chicken Stir Fry Recipe
10 Green Chili Chicken Enchiladas
Healthy Spring Dinner Recipes
Keep it light and healthy with any of these delicious dinner options. Fresh herbs are a great way to add texture and elevate any dish!
11 Lemon Garlic Chicken
12 Baked Pesto Chicken Recipe
13 Zucchini Boats Recipe
14 Veggie Panini Recipe
15 Lemon Pepper Chicken Recipe
16 Baked Salmon Recipe
17 Lemon Chicken with Veggies Recipe
Recipe Video
Get the recipe18 Crockpot Ham Recipe
19 Pasta Primavera Recipe
20 Lemon Asparagus Pasta Recipe
21 Beef and Broccoli Recipe
22 Chicken Souvlaki Recipe
23 Tomato Pie Recipe
24 Healthy Chicken Piccata Recipe
25 Sweet and Sour Meatballs
Our Favorite One Pan Meal
Anytime we can save on dishes and mess by using one pot or pan is a win, and this Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies doesn’t disappoint!
The best part is this sausage sheet pan dinner is on the table in only 30 minutes! It’s a tasty, healthy dinner recipe the entire family will love!
Here is the recipe:
20+ Spring Dinner Ideas
Ingredients
- 4 small red potatoes washed, sliced and cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 head broccoli washed and chopped
- 1 yellow bell pepper sliced and seeded
- 1 red bell pepper sliced and seeded
- 1 cup fresh green beans trim the ends or 1 cup sliced zucchini
- 4 sausage links sliced
- ¼ cup olive oil divided
- 1 teaspoon garlic salt with parsley flakes
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- pepper
- fresh parsley if desired
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Line a baking sheet with lightly greased aluminum foil. (Parchment paper will work too)
- Add the red potatoes to the baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil before seasoning with garlic salt and pepper. Bake the potatoes for 10 minutes.
- Remove the potatoes from the oven and add all the veggies and sausage. Drizzle the mixture with the remaining olive oil and seasonings. Make sure everything is coated by tossing the mixture with tongs or a wooden spoon.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Brighten Up Your Menu
We hope you love all of the wonderful spring dinner ideas listed above. You’re sure to find some new quick, easy, and delicious favorites to brighten up your menu this spring!
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