Italian Spring Recipes

Spring for Italians is everything we dream of. Classic Italian cooking is all about simple, fresh, high-quality ingredients, and Spring brings some of my favorite seasonal vegetables like zucchini blossoms, fava beans, asparagus, and artichokes. Plus, this is the time of the year that I get to go outside and finally get on the grill.

In the Spring, we really start bringing the beans out of the soup and into our salads and rice! Some of our favorites are cannellini beans, fava beans, and borlotti beans. Paired with spring onions, arugula, or Tuscan kale, you can make simple and light Italian dishes, except on Sundays, of course!

I love how fleeting Spring feels. The ingredients come and go so quickly, and you only get so much time to make some of these Italian Spring recipes, especially those with fresh fava beans or zucchini flowers!

Check out our most popular Spring Recipes!

• Pasta Primavera (with Broccoli and Asparagus)- I love to break this dish out when we have fresh Spring produce available at the farmer's market.
• Chicken Piccata- Lemon is a main ingredient in a lot of our Spring dishes because it makes them bright and fresh, like this chicken piccata.
• Steamed Artichokes- So simple and delicious, I love to make artichokes on the weekend as a snack to pick on!

Dishes with Italian Spring Produce

Simple Italian Spring Dishes

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