4,328 spring recipes

Oven-baked nacho cheese potato slices tossed with taco seasoning, barbecue sauce, green peppers, and onions, topped with melted cheese. A hearty Tex-Mex side or meatless main.

Baked vegetarian walnut burgers with silken tofu, sunflower seeds, herb stuffing mix, scallions, and nutritional yeast. A hearty meatless patty that holds together on the bun and delivers plenty of savory flavor.

Curried corn salad with red bell pepper, cucumber, scallions, and spinach in a tangy curry-mustard vinaigrette. A no-cook, low-fat side dish ready in ten minutes.

Korean kalbi short ribs marinated in soy sauce, sesame, garlic, ginger, and sugar, then broiled or grilled. Thin-cut, caramelized, and loaded with savory-sweet flavor.

Garlic shrimp and vegetables stir-fry with celery cabbage, water chestnuts, peas, and green onions in a soy-cornstarch sauce. A 40-minute Chinese-style dinner served over rice.

Pasta rings tossed in cool, spiced cucumber raita with mint, cumin, and lemon. A summer pasta salad with Indian roots: tangy yogurt, crunchy cucumber, and warm cumin against tender anellini pasta.

Hint of ginger marinade combines soy sauce, dry sherry, fresh ginger, garlic, and lemon zest for poultry, pork, and fish. A fast Asian-leaning marinade ready in 5 minutes, no cooking required.

Sizzling rice soup simmers a clear chicken broth with chicken, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and water chestnuts, finished with crispy fried rice that audibly sizzles when added to each bowl. Classic Chinese restaurant favorite.

Teriyaki beef sirloin skewers marinated in soy, garlic, ginger, and brown sugar, then broiled until charred at the edges. Sliced thin for fast cooking and served over rice.

Beef stir-fry with crisp nashi pear and buttery macadamia nuts. Tender filet tossed in soy-ginger sauce, finished with sesame seeds. An Aussie-Asian fusion on the table in 30 minutes.

Hells Canyon chukar stir-fry: velveted game bird breast stir-fried with cashews, scallions, snow peas, and rice wine. A hunter's-kitchen take on classic Chinese stir-fry technique.

Mexican pizza on cornmeal-dusted personal crusts topped with seasoned ground beef, taco sauce, cheddar, and finished with cool lettuce, tomato, sour cream, and scallions. Pizza-night-meets-taco-night.

Mee Krob: Thai crisp-fried rice noodles tossed in a sweet-sour-salty sauce with pork, chicken, or shrimp, topped with lacy fried egg nets. Crunchy, tangy, showstopping.

Fresh tomato salsa with bell pepper, jalapeno, garlic, cilantro, and lime, brightened with red wine vinegar and chili powder. The chunky homemade salsa that beats jarred every time, served fresh or rested for deeper flavor.

Clam chowder with pasta is a brothy, Italian-style tomato clam soup with little ditalini cooked right in, brightened with garlic, white wine and a kick of dried chili. A rustic, coastal one-pot bowl.

Cheese pasties, hand-held British turnovers stuffed with sharp cheddar and diced root vegetables (turnip, carrot, leek, celery) in a flaky butter shortcrust, warmed with mace and cayenne. Crimped, baked golden, and even better the next day.