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These 50 easy, fresh spring dinner ideas are all a great way to celebrate spring vegetables, spring salads, fresh herbs, fresh produce, and other vibrant seasonal ingredients. I can’t get enough of spring recipes with fresh salad, green beans, seasonal produce, fresh ingredients and fresh vegetables.
These healthy spring dinner ideas are the best spring dinner ideas because they combine the best of both worlds. Quick spring dinner ideas can be healthy and also have a creamy sauce, a little white wine to lighten the dish and add acidity, a lemon sauce, sour cream, and all of your old time favorites to make delicious dinners.
Add seasonal flavors into your weeknight pasta and spring produce into your easy dinner!
This time of year is perfect for adding an easy spring meal into your weeknight dinner routine. I have sourced the internet to find some of my favorite super easy and super fresh spring dinner ideas right to your screen in one handy article. Try some new recipes, give your dinner party a springtime twist and use all the seasonal green veg you can in your for your next easy spring dinner!
Chicken and Leek Rosotto
This chicken and leek risotto is healthy comfort food at its best! Creamy, flavorful and easy to make as a one pan meal, it’s perfect for a fun family dinner.
Green Spaghetti Sauce
Delicious and healthy, this creamy green spaghetti sauce gives you all your greens for the day! Stir into your pasta for a cozy comfort food dinner that comes together in around 30 minutes and add to your favorite spring dinner ideas!
Easy Creamy Lemon Chicken
This Easy Creamy Lemon Chicken recipe is known for its delicious lemon sauce that has a combination of creamy and tangy flavors. The lemon is the perfect thing to bring out the spring freshness.
Pesto Butter Salmon
Savor the rich flavors of this Pesto Butter Salmon recipe, as tender salmon fillets are baked to perfection, and smothered in a luscious fresh pesto-infused butter. In less than 30 minutes, this baked salmon dish is an excellent choice for weeknight dinners!
20 Minute Pasta Fresca
This pasta fresca is served with a quick balsamic vinaigrette and packed with veggies like cherry tomatoes, fresh garlic, and fresh spinach. A crowd-pleaser made using pantry staples for your spring dinner ideas!
Easy Quinoa Wrap With Homemade Italian Dressing
Enjoy a flavorful lunch with this homemade veggie wrap! Loaded with protein-packed quinoa and colorful veggies all dressed in a homemade Italian dressing. This quinoa wrap makes a great meal prep recipe, tasty lunch or gluten-free dinner recipe on a busy weeknight!
Salt And Pepper Chicken
Salt and pepper chicken is a must have recipe in your fakeaway recipe rotation. I understand that if you live in a bigger city, everybody has their favorite Cantonese, Taiwanese, or Chinese salt and pepper chicken takeout hot spot, but where we live, not so much.
Pan Seared Honey Glazed Salmon With Collard Greens
Pan-seared honey glazed salmon on a bed of collard greens is quick, healthy, garlicky, and lemony. This recipe is a weeknight dream. It’s easy to make, gentle on the budget, and seriously flavorful.
Airy Fryer Chicken Sausage With Peppers And Onions
Ready in just 15 minutes, including prep time, this air fryer chicken sausage recipe is one of my favorite and spring dinner ideas. The chicken sausage comes out juicy, and the vegetables are perfectly charred with a slight crunch.
Straw And Hay Pasta With Crispy Prosciutto
Paglia e Fieno, which literally translates to “straw and hay” in Italian, is a classic pasta salad dish that’s made with two types of pasta–yellow egg fettuccine for the straw and green spinach fettuccine for the hay. The pasta is tossed with a delicious creamy sauce of mushrooms, sweet green peas and parmesan cheese that’s finished with a fun crispy prosciutto topping!
Artichoke Sausage Pasta With Lemon And Basil
Enjoy this quick and easy Artichoke Sausage Pasta for dinner tonight. Your favorite pasta shape is tossed with sautéed artichoke hearts, Italian sausage, sun-dried tomatoes and garlic in a light white wine and olive oil sauce that’s finished with lots of fresh lemon, basil and pecorino cheese. A flavor and texture powerhouse!
Rotisserie Half Chicken
This roasted half chicken recipe creates the most delicious, golden brown, juicy result you’ve ever tasted that is also a healthy dinner. It has crisp skin lightly seasoned with garlic and thyme and tender, succulent meat. Best of all, this half roasted chicken is elegant enough for a special occasion but easy enough for a stress-free weeknight meal.
Roasted Lamb Breast Recipe
This succulent lamb breast recipe is seasoned with Dijon mustard, garlic, and rosemary before being roasted to perfection. With a tender interior and a lightly crisp exterior, this recipe is sure to impress! Keep reading for step-by-step instructions and the tips and tricks you need for a delicious lamb dish.
Easy Mahi Mahi With Lemon Garlic Sauce
Easy Mahi Mahi Recipe with Lemon Garlic Sauce. A simple and wildly delicious way to prepare and serve this tender, flakey, and popular white fish.
Sheet Pan Chicken Asparagus
This one-pan chicken dinner with asparagus makes weeknight dinners even easier. Chicken and fresh asparagus are coated in a tangy and sweet honey Dijon sauce and baked to tender perfection on a sheet pan.
Easy Tomato Chickpea Pasta
The easiest recipe for Tomato Chickpea Pasta! Perfect for a weeknight dinner or date night at home. Chickpea pasta has more fibre and protein than traditional pasta, plus I’ll show you a few tricks to make sure it tastes extra delicious.
One Pot Garlic Sausage Pasta
A One Pot Pasta recipe that’s got it all: juicy chunks of Italian sausage, sautéed with onion and garlic, swimming in a luxuriously rich scratch-made tomato sauce. Best of all? No need to dirty up an extra pan!
Easy Spinach Garlic Pasta With Peas
This 20-minute vegetarian dinner spinach garlic pasta with peas is comforting, satisfying, and the perfect weeknight meal.
Cooked pasta noodles, spinach, fresh basil, sugar snap, and sweet peas are all infused in extra virgin olive oil, sautéed fresh garlic, onions, simple seasoning, and creamy Parmesan cheese.
One Skillet Spanish Pesto Chucken Thighs
If you want to make something special for dinner or a momentous event, this One-Skillet Spanish Pesto Chicken Thighs is your go-to recipe.
This delicious chicken dinner promises amazing flavor, juicy chicken thighs, and the rich, herby goodness of an easy-to-make Picada pesto. The best part, it pairs with just about anything. Let’s make it!
Healthy Spicy Shrimp Dinner
Looking for a healthy spicy shrimp recipe for any day of the week? Look no further! These easy to make shrimp will knock your socks off! You can actually make them as spicy as you wish. That way you can customize this recipe to fit the tastes of your entire family. Now, whip up this recipe and serve it up with a couple of sides for a healthy meal in no time at all.
Strawberry Chicken Salad With Easy Homemade Maple Dressing
This EASY Strawberry Chicken Salad and the Creamy Maple Dressing that goes with it are SO addictive you’ll be craving it every day! The perfect summer salad!
One Pot Pasta With Ricotta And Lemon
One Pot Pasta with Ricotta and Lemon is an easy and tasty weeknight dish! Serve it as the main course or alongside a protein such as chicken or shrimp.
Avocado Spring Rolls With Zesty Thai Peanut Sauce
Avocado spring rolls are your ticket to a fresh, flavorful meal that’s as fun to make as it is to eat. These rice paper rolls are stuffed with creamy avocado, crisp veggies, and tender rice noodles. Dunk them into our zesty flavorful Thai peanut sauce for a killer combo!
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Perfect Salmon Burgers
Perfect salmon burgers are tender, juicy, laced with fresh dill and incredibly delicious, not to mention the healthiest burger you’ll ever eat for a great spring dinner idea.
Easy Shrimp Scampi
This healthy spring dinner idea is loaded with garlic, lemon, and basil with plenty of succulent shrimp. This recipe is easy, irresistible, and the perfect spring dinner idea.
Wholesome Pesto Chicken
This pesto chicken recipe needs just 5 ingredients + 25 minutes! Basil pesto, sweet tomatoes, and melty mozzarella make it juicy & flavorful.
Goat Cheese Salad
Make this easy goat cheese salad recipe with chicken, greens, walnuts, avocado & red pepper dressing. It’s the perfect light and fresh meal!
Sheet Pan Mediterranean Cod
This Sheet Pan Mediterranean Cod mixes Mediterranean ingredients like olives, capers and lemons with cod and fresh vegetables. The flavors in this dish are both light and flavorful. Sheet pan meals require minimal clean-up which makes them my go-to on those buys weeknights.
Easy Asparagus Quiche
This delicious Asparagus Quiche features fresh spring vegetables and plenty of cheese inside a flaky buttery crust. Homemade quiche is so simple to prepare and bake and even easier to store and reheat for breakfast or brunch.
The Best Strawberry Spinach Salad
Everyone loves this salad! Freshly toasted pecans, sweet strawberries, and creamy goat cheese star in this delicious Strawberry Spinach Salad with a creamy balsamic poppyseed dressing.
Asparagus Stuffed Chicken Breast
Asparagus stuffed chicken breast is easy to make with only a handful of ingredients. This one-pan dinner is a filling and satisfying chicken recipe that everyone will love!
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Roasted Asparagus And Mushrooms
This roasted asparagus and mushrooms recipe is the ultimate spring side dish. It is full of flavor, easy to make, and can be done in just 20 minutes. The best part is that it is perfectly roasted to bring out the natural flavors of the vegetables.
Spring Vegetbale Fried Rice
So healthy fried rice with egg – what’s the secret? It’s straightforward really – lots of vegetables, minimal fat, brown rice and extra eggs for protein!
Vegetarian Spring Peas And Lentils
Nothing beats fresh, crunchy, in season veggies tossed in a delicious dressing. Especially when eaten with the sun on your face.
Or on a balcony…or a beach…by a pool…oops, I’m getting carried away! The classic British reaction to the least amount of sunshine!
I’ll put my flip flops away and get back to business!
Grilled Herb Crusted Rack Of Lamb
Want to impress with an easy lamb recipe? My grilled herb crusted rack of lamb is simple and delicious. Take charge with my tips on how to grill rack of lamb on a gas or charcoal grill (you can even roast it in the oven). The rosemary herb garlic marinade permeates the meat and is better the longer it soaks.
Fresh Fava Bean Pasta
This amazingly delicious and super simple one-pot fresh fava bean pasta recipe from Sicily is so much more than the sum of its parts! All you need is pasta, fresh fava beans, spring onions, wild fennel or dill, pecorino and ricotta to make what is one of the best spring pasta recipes I know!
Spring Salad With Chicken And Lemon Dressing
This vibrant main course salad is full of the good-for-you, in season produce arriving on store shelves now. Crisp Romaine lettuce, tender asparagus, sweet peas and refreshing cucumber make a fresh green base for tender roasted chicken, cooling mint leaves and salty feta cheese.
Herd Butter Roasted Artichokes
Whether this is your first time making artichokes, or your tenth time, you will love this simple herb butter roasted artichoke recipe. This guide will take out the guesswork of how to make delicious roasted artichokes…with ingredients you probably already have!
Bright Spring Mix Salad
You will love this bright & refreshing spring mix salad with a tangy Citrus-herb vinaigrette. It combines fresh spring greens with colorful veggies, and creamy avocado. This is great as a side dish or healthy lunch that is easily customizable with other toppings you enjoy!
20 Minute Chickpea Curry
Cozy up with the most flavorful weeknight spring dinner idea, ready in just 20 minutes! This chickpea curry is filled with aromatic spices, tomatoes, and creamy coconut milk. It’s better than other chickpea curries thanks to a few surprise ingredients & techniques to make this dish super fast and easy. Dip your piece of buttered naan into this heavenly dish and you will surely be craving seconds.
Vegan Lo Me in With Crispy Tofu
This vegan lo mein is a better than your favorite take out! It combines tender noodles enveloped in a savory sauce of soy sauce, sesame, garlic and ginger. Add in some vibrant veggies and crispy asian-inspired tofu, and you have a better-than-takeout version of one of the most popular dishes!
Minty Pea Soup
This Minty Pea Soup is a great spring addition to add to your lineup. You can easily serve the soup as a precursor appetizer to the main meal, or it can be satisfying as a light and healthy dinner all on its own! What really makes this a great soup is that it is extremely easy to make and comes together very quickly.
Easy Black Bean Soup From Scratch
Dive into a hearty and flavorful bowl of this Easy Black Bean Soup recipe. It’s a simple, nourishing dish that’s perfect for any day of the week. Packed with wholesome ingredients, this soup is sure to become a go-to for its ease and deliciousness.
Mini Pot Pies Recipes
Discover the charm of these mini pot pies, the epitome of wholesome dinner recipes. Their simple preparation makes them an easy weeknight meal, ensuring you spend less time in the kitchen and more with your loved ones. Using only plant-based ingredients, including vegan pie crusts, these pies are a testament to traditional whole foods cooking.
Pearl Couscous Salad With Asparagus
This Israeli or Pearl Couscous Salad with roasted asparagus and chickpeas is the perfect side dish for summer picnics, parties, BBQs and meal prep! The lemon olive oil dressing adds a refreshing burst of flavour that makes it a definite crowd pleaser! It can be made in less than 30 minutes!
Spring Pea Pizza
This easy homemade pizza is packed with bright, spring flavor. Start with a quick pea pesto base, add fresh mozzarella and prosciutto, and top it off with a handful of fresh pea shoots or pea tendrils!
Easy Shiitake Mushroom Recipe
Get stuck on these sticky shiitake mushrooms, the fungi you can’t resist! These caramelized extra sticky mushrooms are rich in Unami flavor and slathered over a bed of warm sushi rice. They’re sweet, savory and spicy, made quickly in your skillet and ready to devour in less than 30 minutes. Low calorie, meatless, dairy-free, gluten-free, plant-based.
Thai Drunken Noodles
Spicy, saucy, with a hint of sweet, and packed with healthy vegetables and fresh Thai holy basil, this Drunken Noodles Recipe takes less than 30 minutes to prepare in one pot (perfect for busy nights), is gluten-free, non-dairy and meatless. Only 389 calories per serving and features an updated ingredients list and new step-by-step pictorial of how to make.
Chicken Salad With Grapes
This sweeter twist on chicken salad with grapes, pecans, celery, poppy seeds, and hints of lemon and honey is perfect as a side dish or on a sandwich!
Pan Seared Salmon With Cucumber Lime Salad
This easy seared salmon recipe is topped with a fresh cucumber based salad and takes less than 20 minutes to make from start to finish! Top it off with a cucumber and onion salad for the perfect essence that everyone is guaranteed to love!
Use this new season of spring to dive into the warmer weather with lemon zest, delicious side salad, crusty bread and simple ingredients for special occasions.
These easy recipes are perfect spring dinner ideas to keep your warmer days light, fun and super yummy and seasonal!
Looking for a ton more recipes? Check out a huge list with more of my favorites here.
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