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Eating in season

Eating in season

Recipes & garden advice for people who cook with fresh produce

Spring is around the corner

  • Pasta with asparagus and flowers, recipes for April vegetables
    April recipes: vegetables
  • Strawberries on a white background. April recipes using seasonal fruit.
    Recipes for using fruit in April
  • Salad with edible flowers, arugula, lentils, and couscous.
    Salad with edible flowers, lemon, and couscous
  • Homemade strawberry rhubarb cream cheese spread on a bagel, next to other bagels and fresh fruit.
    Strawberry rhubarb cream cheese

A spotlight on asparagus

  • Stir fry with asparagus, snap peas, and spinach over rice, on a gray plate.
    Stir fry with asparagus, snap peas & spinach
  • Parmesan roasted asparagus, 425F in the oven for 8 minutes
    Parmesan roasted asparagus
  • A pan of asparagus risotto with ham mixed in
    Asparagus risotto with ham
  • Eggs Benedict with asparagus, deli ham, and a fried over easy egg that was easy and quick to make. Set on a wood cutting board backdrop.
    Shortcut eggs Benedict with asparagus

April: produce in season

April finally brings us the first of spring produce, like asparagus and rhubarb. The asparagus in my midwest garden has started to pop up! For those of you in warmer climates, you might see your very first cherries or strawberries, but the rest of us will have to wait another month (or two).

Artichokes are in season
Artichokes
asparagus in season
Asparagus
When are blood oranges in season? Get the full scoop along with how to pick the best ones and store them.
Blood oranges
Celery in season
Celery
When is celery root in season? How to pick the best ones and store them.
Celery root (celeriac)
Cherries are in season from mid-spring to mid-summer. Pick the best ones and store them right with these tips (and recipes!)
Cherries
Grapefruits are in season in winter. More on picking the best ones & recipes.
Grapefruit
Kiwi in season cut in half to show green flesh
Kiwi
Kumquats are in season in the middle of winter to early spring.
Kumquats
Mandarins are in season throughout winter and early spring.
Mandarin oranges
Types of wild mushrooms, maitake, shiitake, portobello, oyster
Mushrooms
Sugar snap and shelling peas are in season in spring, summer and fall. Get more info on picking the best ones, storing them and of course, recipes.
Peas
Pink pineberries in season
Pineberries
Rhubarb is in season from April through July.
Rhubarb
Strawberries are in season from mid-spring through summer and into early-fall.
Strawberries
sweet onions (vidalia, walla walla), in season
Sweet onions

More recipes to try this month:

  • A plate of blueberry cucumber salad with feta cheese and pistachios
    Blueberry cucumber salad with feta cheese
  • Roasted strawberries in their own sauce
    Roasted strawberries (for better flavor)
  • Blueberry syrup in a jar, on top of a pile of fresh blueberries.
    Blueberry syrup recipe (with canning instructions)
  • A dinner plate filled with Chinese chicken salad, mandarin oranges, shredded cabbage, and a sesame salad dressing.
    Chinese chicken salad with fresh mandarin oranges
See more Spring recipes →

Guides for your garden

  • 4 seed starting trays
    My new favorite seed starting trays
  • One bell pepper followed through its ripening stages. It starts off green with a hint of red on August 5th, turning red on August 15th.
    Bell pepper growth stages (with timeline photos!)
  • Green asparagus spear growing in the garden
    How to grow asparagus for beginners (with pictures!)
  • A test to find the best pickling cucumbers, lined up outdoors for size and shape comparison
    The best pickling cucumbers (for crisp pickles!)
  • Amish Paste tomato on a mulch background, weighs about 12 ounces. The best tomato for making paste.
    The best tomatoes for making paste, based on flavor
  • Comparing tomato varieties to find the best tomatoes for making sun-dried tomatoes. Showing before and after dehydrating: Sungold, Principe Borghese, Juliet, and Evil Olive.
    Best varieties to grow for sun-dried tomatoes (from garden trials)
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About The Food Geek

Welcome, I'm Veronica, your resident food geek - experienced recipe developer and gardener.

My goal is to help you enjoy eating at home by knowing what fruits & vegetables are currently in season and the best ways to use them. To do that, I've put together seasonal produce guides and recipes with practical advice.

Learn more about me →

Recently updated guides & recipes

  • A peach arugula salad with feta cheese, pecans, and a raspberry vinaigrette.
    Peach arugula salad with raspberry dressing
  • A stone fruit salad with peaches, nectarines, plums, and apricots, along with goat cheese and arugula.
    Stone fruit salad with goat cheese
  • A strawberry spinach salad with feta on a plate, on a summer picnic table
    Strawberry spinach salad with avocado-peppercorn dressing
  • Strawberry salad dressing with poppy seeds on a table
    Strawberry salad dressing with poppy seeds

About the Food Geek

Welcome, I'm Veronica, your resident food geek - experienced recipe developer and gardener. My goal is to help you enjoy eating at home by knowing what fruits & vegetables are currently in season and the best ways to use them. To do that, I've put together seasonal produce guides and recipes with practical advice.

More about me

Bundles of herbs on a black countertop with text "April produce & recipe guide"
4 seed starting trays

My favorite seed starting supplies

Printed book - how to grow asparagus

On sale now for $3.99: my ultimate guide on growing asparagus


Popular recipes

  • A blueberry cheesecake bar cut in half to show the cream cheese filling and graham cracker crust. Set on top of fresh blueberries.
    Blueberry cheesecake bars with graham cracker crust
  • A jar of strawberry rhubarb jam made without pectin, next to fresh strawberries and rhubarb stalks
    Strawberry rhubarb jam (without pectin)
  • Strawberry rhubarb bars with fresh rhubarb and strawberries in the foreground
    Strawberry rhubarb oatmeal bars with fresh fruit
  • Pineberry bruschetta (crosini) appetizer toasts with goat cheese and honey, on a gray tabletop
    Pineberry bruschetta with goat cheese & honey
See more Spring recipes →

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