Refresh your dinner rotation with these spring recipes! They include vibrant salads, pastas, egg dishes, and more ideas filled with peak-season produce.
These spring dinner ideas are full of bright, fresh flavors! They’re the meals I’m craving as the days get longer and the weather gets warmer. Move over, soups and stews—here, you’ll find vibrant salads, veggie-loaded pastas, delicate egg dishes, grain bowls, and more. If your dinner rotation could use a refresh after a winter full of comfort food, these spring recipes have you covered.
I chose these spring dinner recipes with weeknights in mind. Most are easy to make in about 30 minutes, and a few are designed for prepping ahead. They’ll help you enjoy the best flavors of the season—fresh herbs! asparagus! peas!—without requiring too much time or effort in the kitchen (because if you’re anything like me, you want to soak up as much spring sunshine as you can). I hope you find some you love!
Our Top 5 Spring Dinner Recipes
Pasta Primavera
This colorful pasta is full of my favorite spring farmers market finds—asparagus, peas, cherry tomatoes, zucchini… It’s one of my go-tos on weeknights in the spring—it comes together in just 30 minutes!
Veggie Frittata
With over 200 5-star reviews, this veggie frittata is one of our most-made recipes every spring. It’s flexible, so feel free to add whatever spring vegetables you love. To name a few, spinach, broccolini, mushrooms, and asparagus are all delicious here.
Sesame Soba Noodles
Crisp radishes and snap peas play off creamy avocado and gooey soba noodles in this 20-minute dinner recipe. Leftovers—if you have any—are great for lunch the next day!
Sheet Pan Gnocchi
This sheet pan dinner is a HUGE reader favorite! Store-bought gnocchi, cherry tomatoes, broccolini, and chunks of feta all roast on one pan until they’re nicely browned. Bastian wrote, “Delicious and so simple! Definitely adding this to our busy weeknight rotation.”
Best Veggie Burger
When it gets warm enough to turn on the grill, these savory, meaty veggie burgers are the first thing I make. They’re one of my favorite make-ahead spring dinner recipes—you can prep the patties ahead and store them in the fridge until you’re ready to cook. They freeze well too.
More Spring Dinner Ideas
Lemon Pasta
This 20-minute pasta is bursting with bright, zesty citrus flavor! Serve it with a side of roasted asparagus for a refreshing spring dinner.
Thai Green Curry
Store-bought green curry paste makes this flavorful curry quick and easy to prepare. Serve it with a side of rice and lots of fresh herbs on top.
Falafel
These crispy homemade falafel balls are packed with parsley and cilantro for fresh flavor. Make them ahead and freeze them for quick weeknight dinners!
Fresh Spring Rolls
On a warm spring night, I love digging into these spring rolls for dinner. They’re filled with gooey noodles, tofu, herbs and crisp veggies, plus mango for sweet pops of flavor. Serve with peanut sauce to take them over the top!
Best Egg Salad
If you end up with hard boiled eggs left over from spring celebrations like Easter and Passover, make this bright and briny egg salad to use them up! I like to add capers to mine for an extra-tangy kick.
Easy Veggie Stir Fry
Who needs takeout when you can make a quick and easy stir fry at home? This one stars spring veggies like snap peas, scallions, and mushrooms. A 5-minute stir fry sauce fills it with sweet and savory flavor.
Asparagus Risotto
This lemony risotto is a celebration of spring produce! Leeks add savory depth, asparagus adds grassiness and crunch, and basil and dill lift and brighten the whole thing up.
Peanut Noodles
This 20-minute noodle bowl is one of our go-to spring dinner ideas. I mix up the creamy peanut sauce while the noodles cook, then pile on carrots, cucumbers, tofu, and lots of herbs before serving.
Niçoise Salad
One of the best things about spring? Salad for dinner is back on the table! This veggie riff on a Niçoise is one of my favorites. Boiled potatoes, hard boiled eggs, and creamy white beans make it a satisfying meal.
Asparagus Soup
I make this creamy green soup on repeat in early spring, when the nights are still chilly enough to make you crave something cozy for dinner. You can make it two ways—add cream for a classic cream of asparagus soup, or skip it for one that’s brighter and fresher.
Artichoke Pasta
Joanne wrote, “This really does taste like restaurant food for very little effort. Delicious!” It stars a bright lemon butter sauce, fresh herbs, and roasted artichokes.
Crustless Quiche
No crust=no fuss, meaning that this broccoli and Gruyère quiche is fair game for busy weeknights. I love it with a simple green salad on the side.
Easy Fried Rice
Got leftover rice in the fridge? Make this 15-minute recipe to use it up! Scrambled eggs and spring veggies like scallions, carrots, and peas make it a complete meal.
Tagliatelle with Asparagus and Peas
This creamy pasta is secretly dairy-free—I toss it in a light cashew cream sauce for lemony flavor and luxe texture.
Sushi Bowl
Your favorite veggie sushi in rice bowl form! Douse it in spicy mayo to tie the sweet, tangy, and savory components together.
Crispy Sesame Tofu
Looking for protein-packed spring dinner ideas? These sesame tofu cutlets are for you! I love to serve them with cilantro lime rice and spring veggies like snap peas and cucumbers.
Pesto Pizza
Step aside, red pizza sauce. I’m topping all my spring pies with basil pesto instead!
Mediterranean Quinoa Bowl
Filled with quinoa, colorful vegetables, roasted chickpeas, and pickled onions, this hearty grain bowl is great for weeknights or meal prep lunches. Lena called it “A 10/10 dish.”
Banh Mi Sandwich
An oldie but a goodie, this reader-favorite banh mi is filled with seared tofu, spicy mayo, and sweet and tangy pickled veggies. Prep the pickles on the weekend so that you can easily assemble sandwiches during the week!
Radish Salad
We all go nuts for asparagus at this time of year, but I’m just as excited for radishes’ spring debut. This main dish salad features them three ways—raw radishes add crunch, roasted radishes add sweetness, and dollops of radish green pesto take it over the top.
Healthy Taco Salad
Bookmark this recipe for spring meal prep! Great for lunch or a weeknight dinner, it consists of components like shiitake walnut taco “meat” and a creamy cilantro lime dressing. With them ready to go in the fridge, you can easily toss this one together for a quick, healthy meal.
Lemon Chickpea Soup
Fresh dill and lots of lemon make this soup feel light and bright enough for spring. We have tahini and blended chickpeas to thank for its creamy texture—there’s no actual cream here.
Enchiladas Verdes
Top these zesty veggie enchiladas with my homemade green enchilada sauce, or use store-bought tomatillo salsa for a weeknight shortcut.
Bibimbap
This Korean-inspired rice bowl is topped with a sunny side up egg and colorful vegetables. Serve it with spicy gochujang sauce for a spring dinner that’s just as satisfying as it is fresh.
Easy Tostadas
This recipe is one of my favorite family-friendly spring dinner ideas, because everyone can customize their own tostadas. I load mine up with pickled serrano peppers and avocado, while our kiddo sticks to beans and cheese.
More Spring Recipes to Try
Looking for more fresh meal ideas for spring? Check out one of these recipes next:
I made the Best Veggie Burger with the mushrooms and it is really great! I substituted Lucina cherry balsamic vinegar for both the balsamic vinegar and the Worcestershire sauce glaze and it was delicious. It is in my regular rotation box. I have been on a doctor highly recommended vegan diet for the last couple of months to help with a medical pain issue so am completely new to vegan/vegetarian cooking and have been enjoying exploring various recipes and websites. Thank you for yours.
I’m glad you loved the burgers!