10 Recipes We're Looking Forward To Cooking This Spring

For the past couple of weeks we've been dropping by the farmers market, impatiently awaiting the arrival of spring veggies. We've had our fair share of roots, cabbage and cauliflower, now it's time for snap peas, asparagus and artichokes! This week, we noticed the first crop of asparagus stalks pop up on the stands (that and those delicious first cherry tomatoes). Needless to say, we started compiling recipes well in advance. Here are 10 of our very favorites. 

10 Recipes We're Looking Forward To Cooking This Spring

Asparagus and Pecorino Recipe

Asparagus and Pecorino team in a mighty side dish

This asparagus and pecorino recipe is so easy to make, and so satisfying, that it will likely make it to The Food Republic Hall of Fame. But first things first. Asparagus is the quintessential spring vegetable. It's also a favorite go-to of ours for entertaining. It requires very little prep and cooks up quickly. We love it with lemon and any hard cheese grated over the top.

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Sugar Snap Pea And Endive Salad Recipe

A snap pea salad recipe from ABC's Dan Kluger

Says ABC Kitchen Chef Dan Kluger: "The crunch with the acidity and Parmesan cheese really brings all parts of the salad together. It’s a really light and flavorful summer salad."

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Roasted Veal Chops with Artichokes Recipe

Veal with seasonal vegetables and a touch of cream

Artichokes are in season and the perfect place to put them to use is in this awesome recipe from Chef Laurent Tourondel. The other co-star to the veal here is black trumpet mushrooms, also referred to as Horns of Plenty, which have a trumpet or horn-shaped appearance. These mushrooms are particularly delicious and have a buttery flavor and chewy, almost meaty texture. I love to eat them simply...

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Spring Shellfish Stew Recipe

A stew for the season with kale and pancetta

This shellfish stew offers a nice bit of flexibility, depending on what's in season around town and what your fishmonger might have on special. Serve the stew with a simple green salad and good, rusty bred for mopping up the juices.

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Spring Omelet Recipe

Asian ingredients and chilis spice up this egg dish

Packed with seasonal spring vegetables, the omelet is topped with a spicy coconut-shrimp sambal and finished in the oven. You won't find this amidst the smoked salmon, home fries and hollandaise of your neighborhood brunch spot. But you might find it in Malaysia.

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Cacık Cold Cucumber-Yogurt Soup Recipe

Think beyond gazpacho for summer's cold soups

Yes, gazpacho is great, but after slurping the stuff all summer, I needed a break from the cold tomato concoction. Enter cacık (pronounced JAH-jek), another hot-weather favorite. The Turkish cold soup is basically a tzatzki thinned out to a soup-like consistency. Just when you thought tzatzki couldn't get any better.

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Grilled Spring Onion Pizza Recipe

With Strawberry, Arugula, and Goat Cheese

Executive chef Eric Lee of Simi Winery likes to create dishes that pair well with the vintages at the winery in idyllic Healdsburg, in Sonoma. This grilled pizza gets its sweetness from the strawberries and its bitter bite from the onions and arugula. It pairs well with the fruity and crisp Simi Sauvignon Blanc.

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Fennel, Artichoke and Potato Tagine

Bringing culture to your table recipe by recipe

The anise flavor of the fennel bulb is mild and adds a hint of licorice to the delicately seasoned vegetables in this dish. Feta cheese adds a delicious tangy note while boosting the protein content. Make this delicious, healthy vegetarian dish as an entree or a side any weeknight when you're strapped for time.

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Soba Noodle Salad With Spring Vegetables

Leftover chicken just found a tasty new home

We're all about recipes for leftovers, especially roast chicken. It doesn't have to be as boring as making yet another batch of chicken salad or adding shreds to soup. Rather, invest your active cooking time in creating a great new home for well-deserving leftover poultry. This Asian-inspired noodle bowl comes together in under half an hour for an easy weeknight dinner.

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Roasted Pear, Feta, Watercress And Hazelnut Salad Recipe

An earthy Middle Eastern fall salad recipe

The typical Turkish diet relies heavily on a variety of vegetables and these are prepared in such a way as to leave them tasting deeply and unforgettably of little but themselves. Try this pear, feta, watercress and hazelnut salad as a first course at your next holiday or special occasion meal. 

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