What's in Season: Spring Produce Guide
Spring is the time of year when the natural world shakes off the cold of winter, and blossoms with new life. As such, there are many fruits, vegetables, and other crops that first begin to ripen in during the spring months. Those crops that ripen quickly can be picked and delivered to the market before the days start getting too warm. Here is a spring produce guide to help you understand the seasonality of produce that should become available as the winter draws to a close:
- Apples: Apple Fruit Leather
- Asparagus: Gluten-Free Asparagus Soup
- Bananas: Banana Soft Serve
- Broccoli: SuperGreen Baby Smoothie
- Cabbage: Sauerkraut
- Carrots: Carrot Juice or Immune-Boosting Smoothie
- Celery: Garden Green Giant Juice
- Cherries: Detox Smoothie with Pomegranate & Sour Cherries
- Collard Greens: Sprout’s “Yummy in My Tummy” Green Smoothie
- Corn: Taco Creamy Corn Soup
- Cucumbers: Cucumber-Tahini Dressing
- Garlic: Savory Garlic Butter
- Grapefruit: Grapefruit-Mint Sorbet
- Lemons: Lemon Ice Cream
- Lettuce: Paleo Green Smoothie
- Mangoes: Mango Pineapple Sorbet or Strawberry Mangorita
- Mushrooms: Zucchini Pasta with Pesto
- Nectarines: The Orange Juice
- Onions: Creamy Miso Dressing
- Oranges: Spring Green Smoothie
- Pears: Ginger & Pear Vegan Smoothie
- Peas: Steamed Peas Baby Food
- Pineapple: Pineapple Orange Popsicles or Pineapple Juice
- Potatoes: Vegan Cheese Sauce
- Spinach: Go Green Protein Shake
- Sweet Potatoes: Sweet Potato Bisque
- Tomatillos: Tomatillo Ranch Dressing
- Tomatoes: Spicy Ketchup
- Watermelon: Agua Fresca de Sandia
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