1,489 sprig recipes

Pureed carrot rhubarb soup with orange juice, served over garlic-rubbed cinnamon sourdough croutons and garnished with fresh chervil. A spring showstopper that keeps guests guessing.

This recipe is from a Toronto restaurant called "The Stockyards". There's no reason to settle for a boring average grilled cheese when it's so easy to kick it up a notch and create something very special.

Whole rainbow trout baked with fennel fronds, lemon slices, and white wine, then drizzled with a nutty brown butter sauce. A French-inspired fish dinner ready in 30 minutes.

Salmon pate made with poached fresh salmon and smoked salmon, blended with butter, dill, and sour cream. Sealed with clarified butter for an elegant make-ahead appetizer.

I used Cornish Game Hens, but you could also use a cut up chicken. If you can't get winter melon, watermelon will work. Winter melon is white, very mild tasting and a tad denser than watermelon. I think you could get away using something like Honeydew too.

Pork loin braised in tangy tomatillo and serrano chili sauce with nopalitos and fresh cilantro. A traditional Mexican-style green chili stew with bright, herby heat.

A tasty drink made with pineapple juice, lemon balm and a bit of mint.

Grilled Hawaiian fish draped in a silky basil-coconut curry sauce with lemongrass, ginger, kaffir lime leaves, and homemade red curry paste. Island-meets-Thai fusion, fresh and fragrant.

By using braising to cook the chicken slowly over a long time creates fall-off the bone tender meat and allows the rich flavors to mingle perfectly together. Creamy and rich flavor without all the fat.

Italian veal roast stuffed with pancetta, porcini, rosemary, and bay, then braised in white wine and vermouth with toasted almonds. Rustic Northern Italian Sunday dinner.

Medaillons de veau en croute: veal loin medallions seared, topped with mushroom duxelles, and baked in puff pastry. Classic French haute cuisine served with a white wine pan sauce.

Serves a large group and can be prepared the morning of the party and is assembled at the site of the party, 10 minutes before serving.

Rich homemade beef stock from roasted marrow bones, aromatics, and herbs simmered for hours. This master chef method from Bon Appetit yields a deeply flavored base for soups, stews, and sauces.

Roasted cod with plum tomatoes, orange zest, and caramelized onions. A one-dish Mediterranean fish dinner with bright citrus, fresh thyme, and sweet roasted vegetables layered over flaky white fish.

Fresh fig salad with mixed greens, goat cheese, walnuts, and a champagne vinegar shallot vinaigrette. An elegant no-cook salad that showcases ripe figs at their peak.

Roasted rack of lamb with fresh thyme and rosemary, seared then oven-roasted to medium rare with a white wine and lamb stock pan sauce. A classic French masterchef recipe.