What's in Season?
If you want to start cooking with more fresh fruits and vegetables, see what's in season during the fall, winter, spring and summer months. Plus, eating in-season produce is a simple way to save money on groceries and slash your bill at the supermarket.
Spring Fruits
Spring Vegetables
- Apricots—Try this recipe for Grilled Apricots
- Avocados—Try this recipe for Chile Lime Crab Salad with Avocado
- Carrots—Try this recipe for Carrot Cake with Soy Cream Cheese Frosting
- Cherries—Try this recipe for Couscous Salad with Dried Cherries and Hazelnuts or tempt your sweet tooth with 6 outrageously delicious cherry desserts
- Grapefruit—Try this recipe for Bittersweet Chocolate Basil Tart with Honey Grapefruit Sauce
- Kiwis—Try this recipe for Baked Coconut and Lime Rice Pudding
- Kumquats
- Lemons—Try these recipes for Lemon-Infused Angel Hair Pasta or Lemon Crisps
- Mango—Try these recipes for Coconut Shrimp with Mango-Mojo Dip or Mango Coconut Dream Pie
- Pineapple—Try this recipe for an Antioxidant Smoothie
- Navel oranges—Try this recipe for Stir-Fried Orange Beef with Sesame Seeds
- Strawberries—Try these recipes for Mango-Strawberry Griddle Cakes or Chocolate-Dipped Strawberries from the Biggest Loser Ranch
Spring Vegetables
- Artichokes—Try this recipe for Grilled Artichokes
- Arugula—Try these recipes for Chicken and Pancetta Panini with Fontina, Arugula and Provençale Mustard or Orange Arugula and Vidalia Onion Salad
- Asparagus—Try these recipes for Asparagus with Butter and Soy Sauce or Creamy Asparagus Soup
- Beets—Try these recipes for Crunchy Raw Beetroot Salad with Feta and Pear or Chocolate Beet Mini-Cakes
- Fava beans—Try this recipe for English Peas, Favas, and Asparagus with Mint
- Fennel—Try this recipe for Shaved Fennel, Grapefruit, and Arugula Salad with Avocado Oil Vinaigrette or Red Pepper and Fennel Soup
- Fiddleheads
- Greens—Try this recipe for Risotto with Spring Greens and Prosciutto
- Leeks—Try these recipes for Artichoke, Mushroom and Leek Crostini with Pesto or Leek, Pea, and Mint Soup or Halibut with New Potatoes, Artichokes, Leeks and Spring Garlic Aioli
- Lettuce—Try this recipe for Cristina's Caesar Salad or Chinese Chicken Salad in Lettuce Cups
- Morels—Try these recipes for Cornish Game Hens with Mushroom-Rice Stuffing or Pork Leg Pate with Mushroom Salad
- Nettles
- Spring onions—Try this recipe for Warm-Three Onion Dip
- Parsley—Try this recipe for Avgolemono Soup
- Peas—Try this recipe for Low-Fat Spaghetti Carbonara with Peas
- Radishes—Try this recipe for Warm Rare Beef Salad with Miso Mustard and Spring Vegetables
- Rhubarb—Try this recipe for Rhubarb Crumble or Cindy Crawford's Strawberry Rhubard Pie
- Scallions—Try these recipes for Chinese Scallion Pancakes or Miso Noodle Soup
- Spinach—Try this recipe for Indian Lamb and Spinach Curry for the Crock-Pot or Italian-Sausage Burgers with Garlicky Spinach
- Swiss chard—Try this recipe for Cornmeal Crust Pizza with Greens and Ricotta or Red Swiss Chard with Onions and Currants or Colin Cowie's Curried Red Lentil and Swiss Chard Soup
- Turnips—Try these recipes for Roast Duck with Cherries and a mash of sweet potatoes, turnips, and Yukon golds or Turnips and Broccoli Rabe with Parsley
From The Oprah Winfrey Show Celebrity Chefs Move In with Viewer Families
Published on March 11, 2009
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