Perhaps the quickest, richest, savviest strategy for gussying up spring stalks that you’ve ever encountered.
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Strawberry Rhubarb Pie with Ginger Crumb Topping
A classic spring coupling, this melding of rhubarb and strawberries takes the form of sweet tart pie filling burbling beneath ginger-inflected goodness.
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- 30 M
- 3 H
- 22

Iced Berry Cake
This hardly decorous dessert is likely to make a colossal mess that will haunt your kitchen for weeks. But tell us it isn’t worth it.
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- 30 M
- 30 M
- 10

Easy Rhubarb Jam
Pink never seemed so pretty. Or so easy peasy. These fetching rhubarb preserves rely on just four ingredients and an occasional stir. No prior canning experience required.
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- 45 M
- 1 H
- 29

Pickled Ramps
Make an all-too-ephemeral ramps season everlasting simply by tossing the stinky veggies in a jar with some vinegar and sugar.
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- 5 M
- 5 M
- 12

Pickled Spring Vegetables With Mustard-Seed Vinaigrette
This quick refrigerator pickle melds old-fashioned crunch via new-fangled ease.
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- 20 M
- 8 H
- 2

Roasted Strawberries
Whether you have unripe berries, overripe berries, or an abundance of the season’s sweetest, most fragrant berries, say hello to your sweetly sticky solution.
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- 10 M
- 50 M
- 17

Sautéed Broccoli Rabe with Potatoes
Rabe. Raab. Rapini. Call it what you will, but this mustardy green veggie of Italian descent is never better than when jumbled with sautéed garlic and crisped potatoes.
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- 30 M
- 50 M
- 18

Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream
This little bit of heaven is exactly what it purports to be: a smooth, rich confection made from a strawberry Philly cream cheese cheesecake.
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- 20 M
- 12 H
- 18

Herbed Ricotta Dip with Vegetables
True story: This luscious little number inspired one toddler to dip and dunk his way through an entire bag of baby carrots. An entire bag. Behold, the power of the dipper!
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- 20 M
- 20 M
- 6

Minted Fresh Peas
Clap of hands. Is there anything that screams spring more than these lightly buttered peas with a wee bit of cooling mint on top? We think not.
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- 10 M
- 15 M
- 9

Asparagus Tart
If spring had a taste, we dare say it’d be this simple yet sophisticated tart with its cheese custard, shatteringly crisp phyllo crust, and row after row of spring spears.
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- 20 M
- 1 H
- 4

Spring Lamb with Rosemary
The perfect dish to usher in warm weather. Nothing but rosemary, garlic, salt, pepper, and a tour of duty in the oven.
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- 15 M
- 1 H, 45 M
- 7

Artichoke Halves Stuffed with Beef
These little jewels are stuffed with ground meat, layered into a skillet, and seared. Then artichokes are simmered in a tart tomato sauce until tender. Restraint, please.
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- 45 M
- 1 H, 15 M
- 2

Roasted Asparagus with Bay Leaves and Crispy Capers
For this radically simple recipe, stalks of spring-green asparagus, bay leaves, and capers are tossed in olive oil and blasted in the oven. Gotta love it.
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- 5 M
- 15 M
- 10

Steamed Veggies in Parchment Parcels
A savvy, sophisticated, eat-your-veggies strategy that works its stealthy charms on kids and adults alike. You’re welcome.
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- 10 M
- 25 M
- 20

Baked Asparagus with Parmesan and Balsamic Vinegar
These spring spears, albeit buried beneath a behomoth amount of Parmesan, have made converts of even the most reticent veggie eaters.
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- 20 M
- 30 M
- 21

Sunchokes
Sunchokes, alias Jerusalem artichokes, stumped our intrepid Greenmarket Girl, Renee, until she consulted the Sunchoke Deity, Jonathan Gold.

Fava Bean Puree
Few things say spring like the brilliant green of a fava bean. Here, a little help on how to harness these harbingers of warm weather.
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- 30 M
- 45 M
- 5

Lamb Chops with Cilantro-Mint Sauce
Is anything more alluring than watching your loved one gnaw a chop, coveting every last iota of lamb goodness? We think not.
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- 10 M
- 30 M
- 13
