What’s in Season – March Produce and Recipes
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March is here and it brings more sunshine and more delicious fruits and veggies. My handy guide to what’s in season in March will help you make the most of the fresh produce—from crisp greens to sweet citrus, there’s plenty to choose from.
March is officially springtime; the days are longer, the temperature’s warmer – and there are plenty of delicious things that have come into season. Consider March’s seasonal produce as a transition between the hearty vegetables of the winter and the brighter options of the new season. Much of the produce carries over from February, with a few new additions that are better suited to the Spring palate.
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Citrus
Oranges, grapefruits, and tangerines will still be in season. Learn how to make orange juice or how to make grapefruit juice. Enjoy delicious blends like this freshly squeezed orange carrot juice and fresh pineapple orange juice. Make garlic lemon pasta, lemon butter sauce, and homemade lemon pepper seasoning.
How to Make Grapefruit Juice (3 Methods)
View RecipeBrassicas and leafy greens
Arugula – Otherwise known as garden rocket or rocket salad, arugula’s peppery taste makes it a welcome part of an early spring arugula salad, included in a sandwich or used as a garnish. You can also make sautéed arugula or turn it into a delicious arugula pesto.
Sauteed Arugula Recipe
View RecipeBroccoli (and Broccolini) – After a late winter growing season, broccoli and broccolini finally come into season in March. There are many ways to enjoy broccoli—you can learn to make steamed broccoli, roasted broccoli, sauteed broccoli, air fryer broccoli, or this broccolini recipe.
When the weather is warmer, you can even make grilled broccoli. And if you need an easy mid-week dinner idea, try beef and broccoli stir fry or broccoli cheddar soup.
Broccoli Cheddar Soup
View RecipeChard – Swiss Chard is a superfood when it comes to leafy greens as it’s packed full of Vitamin C. If you don’t like spinach, sautéed Swiss chard is the perfect healthy side dish. You can also make stuffed Swiss chard rolls or lentil and chard soup.
Stuffed Swiss Chard Leaves
View RecipeSpinach can be used in virtually any dish, alongside other leafy greens like watercress and mustard greens. It’s great for salad season—make this refreshing strawberry spinach salad. You can also enjoy sautéed spinach with garlic, creamed spinach recipe, or ravioli and spinach pasta! I love adding it to these Lebanese spinach pies.
Easy Garlic Sauteed Spinach
View RecipeBrussels Sprouts – It’s the end of the season for these winter staples, so enjoy them while they’re fresh! Roast Brussels sprouts in the oven or make crispy air fryer Brusells sprouts.
Roasted Brussel Sprouts
View RecipeCauliflower – It’s the end of the season for cauliflower as well, so make the best out of these humble veggies. I love making simple cauliflower rice or cauliflower steak. You can also roast cauliflower or make cauliflower soup.
Cauliflower Steak
View RecipeCabbage – Like other leafy greens, cabbage comes fully in season this month. I love to make stuffed cabbage rolls. You can also quick-boil cabbage or roast cabbage for a delicious side.
Make a warming cabbage soup or cabbage casserole. And don’t forget St Patty’s favorite corned beef and cabbage.
Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
View RecipeKale – It is a great substitute for other veggies that are available in the winter. Enjoy a simple kale salad with lemon, add it to other salads or soup, or make a refreshing kale blueberry smoothie.
And if you end up buying a bit too much (or are lucky enough to grow it in your garden!), make crispy kale chips for long-term storage.
How to Make Crispy Kale Chips
View RecipeRoot vegetables
Beets, Carrots, and Parsnips – Many of these vegetables are available all year round. But these three are reaching the end of their seasonal freshness in March so enjoy them at their best now.
With beets, you can make beet juice, beet hummus, beet salad, beet soup, pickled beets, or roasted beets. I love to make pink beet pasta, too!
Homemade Beet Juice
View RecipeWith carrots, you can make carrot soup, carrot dip, carrot top pesto, and simple carrot raisin salad. You can also enjoy roasted carrots—they are so sweet and caramelized. To start your morning, learn how to make carrot juice or carrot ginger juice. And to end the day, enjoy a slice of my classic carrot cake recipe.
Simple Carrot Salad
View RecipeWith parsnips, make creamy parsnip soup or delicious roasted parsnips side.
Easy Oven Roasted Parsnips
View RecipeSweet Potatoes – They’re at the end of their freshness, so should be enjoyed for the last time this month. If you have too many, you’ll be happy to hear they’re very versatile – you can bake sweet potato, air fry, or even microwave sweet potatoes. Enjoy some sweet potato fries, mashed sweet potatoes, and a sweet potato casserole!
I love to make sweet potato flatbread that I use for quick lunch sandwiches and wraps.
Sweet Potato Flatbread
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Avocado – Though these are available all year round, avocados are one of the best fruits in March. They are a great source of plant-based, healthy fats and have become an incredibly versatile ingredient.
Enjoy an avocado toast, make an authentic guacamole recipe, add them to salads, or make a delicious pasta sauce. One of my favorite recipes is this avocado pasta sauce. And for a fun twist on your next dinner party, you can make avocado butter or avocado chocolate mousse!
Creamy Avocado Pasta Sauce
View RecipeArtichoke – Perfect for roasting and dipping, artichokes are kings of March produce, starting their season this month. You’ll love roasted artichoke (don’t forget the simple artichoke dipping sauce) and spinach artichoke dip. You can also see my other methods for how to cook artichokes.
Easy Roasted Artichokes
View RecipeAsparagus – An excellent source of Vitamin K, asparagus will have just completed its annual harvest and will be flooding the shelves and farmer’s markets in March. I’m sure you’ll love asparagus soup, sauteed asparagus, roasted asparagus, air fryer asparagus, or pickled asparagus. I also share my top tips for how to store asparagus.
Cream of Asparagus Soup
View RecipeLeek – The sweet, mild flavor of leeks makes them great to add to soups (enjoy a delicious potato leek soup), stews, and other recipes. You can also grill or roast leeks as a simple side dish.
The Best Potato Leek Soup
View RecipeAnd finally, spring greens like Spring Onion and Green Garlic are in peak season. Spring onions start their fresh season in March and make a great substitute for hefty yellow or white onions in cooking or salads. Similarly, green garlic – with its mellow flavor – will have survived the winter frost and be ripe for the picking. These are great options for lighter dishes without sacrificing any of the flavor.
More seasonal produce guides
If you try any of these recipes with produce in season in March, let me know how it goes in the comments below. I’d love to see your recipe recreations—tag me on Instagram @Alphafoodie!
