It’s that time: time to celebrate a new month with 30 delicious, seasonal recipes to cook in April! Get ready for recipes filled with fruits, veggies, and plenty of pantry staples to make salads, easy dinners and some incredible baked treats that are perfect for Easter.
Many of the ingredients, especially the produce, are easy to swap with what you have on hand so feel free to customize! Simpler ingredients like frozen veggies will be perfect in some of these delicious dinner recipes.
What’s in season in April?
If they’re available in your local grocery store, grab some of these extra fruits & veggies this month! These can easily be swapped for other greens and produce items as well.
- Arugula
- Asparagus
- Broccoli
- Brussels Sprouts
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Citrus
P.S. did you know we have dedicated ingredient pages? YES! Click any of the produce names above to see all of those recipes, or head to our Recipe Index to filter by even more.
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If you make any of these seasonal spring recipes, be sure to leave a comment and let me know how you liked it! You can also share a photo of your creation on Instagram with the hashtag #ambitiouskitchen. Enjoy xoxo!
Breakfast
Carrot Cake Pancakes (gluten free + dairy free!)
Spiced Chickpeas and Eggs with Herb Garlic Yogurt & Tomato Cucumber Salad
Vitamin C Packed Strawberry Orange Banana Smoothie
Spinach & Goat Cheese Quiche with Sweet Potato Crust
Lemon Poppy Seed Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
Grandma’s Buttermilk Blueberry Pancakes
Lunch
Tahini Jalapeño Green Goddess Chicken Salad Wraps
Carrot Arugula Salad with Fig, Goat Cheese & Avocado
BBQ Ranch Chicken Quinoa Bowls
Roasted Carrot Cauliflower Quinoa Salad with Sunshine Dressing
Everything Spring Green Salad with Basil Lemon Vinaigrette
Roasted Veggie, Chickpea & Pesto Quinoa Salad
Dinner
Vegan Pasta Primavera with Creamy Garlic Cashew Sauce
Herby Chicken Meatball Pitas with Jalapeño Tzatziki
Healthy Orange Chicken Stir Fry
Firecracker Chicken Meatballs with Cilantro Coconut Pineapple Rice
Damn Good Salmon Taco Bowls For Two
Turkey Picadillo (with a slow cooker option!)
Apps, snacks & sides
Ham & Cheese Sliders with Fig Jam
Roasted Carrot Puff Pastry Tart with Herbed Goat Cheese & Hot Honey
Whipped Feta Yogurt Dip with Hot Honey, Basil & Toasted Almonds
Crispy Parmesan Roasted Potatoes with Garlic, Lemon & Herbs
Snacks & Treats
Strawberry Sweet Rolls with Strawberry Cream Cheese Frosting
Lemon Blueberry Zucchini Cake with Lemon Frosting
White Chocolate Blueberry Oatmeal Cookies
Healthy 4 Ingredient Reese’s Eggs
The Best Healthy Carrot Cake You’ll Ever Eat (gluten free & paleo-friendly!)
If you make any of these seasonal spring recipes, be sure to leave a comment and let me know how you liked it! You can also share a photo of your creation on Instagram with the hashtag #ambitiouskitchen. Enjoy xoxo!
Beyond fabulous recipe roundup!!
Thanks Liz! Bring on April 🙂
This looks like spring already!! I ‘m all for starting cooking with more colors and new falvours! I love winter, but I loooove when season change and you get to change the regular dishes.
I went to the farmers market the other day (I’m lucky to have a weekly farmers market in my hometown) and was blown away by how many delicious things I found! I got the sweetest strawberries, also articholes which I cooked yesterday and they literally melted in the mouth, also green couliflower and different zuccini types which I turned into a veggie stew with some parnshiips and potatos. I love it!
thanks for the inspiration. I love seening your recipes, they are all so delcious! latest addition in my kithchen, the coconut pancakes!
Amazing!! I’m jealous you have a farmers market up and running already – we got more snow in Chicago just today. Hope you loved the coconut flour pancakes and get to try some of these 🙂
The pancakes came out amazing!!
Love that you included outside blogs too 🙂 I love your blog but im always looking for new blogs and new recipes too!
These are some of the great recipes to keep yourself healthy..!!! Thank you for the articles. I really like to make healthy food.
Absolutely! Enjoy!
Oh my goodness, this cake is delicious!!! I just made it for the 2nd time this week because my husband & I ate it all before I could share it with my daughter & grandson! It’s so refreshing, takes a little time to get all ingredients together but SO worth it! Thank you thank you thank you for another delicious recipe!