Light Spring Meals to Freshen Up Your Plate
Spring is in the air – and in your veg box! 🌸
As the weather warms up and the days get longer, our tastebuds start craving meals that are lighter, brighter, and full of seasonal goodness. Think crunchy salads, zingy herbs, and colourful veggies that do double duty as both flavour and mood boosters.
Here’s a round-up of simple, delicious recipes that celebrate spring produce – all using ingredients you’ll find in your 5adaybox.
Aspargus and new potato frittata
Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time: 12 mins
Serves 3
A simple, low-calorie spring main that uses the season’s finest ingredients and is ready in just 20 minutes
Source: BBC Good Food, find the recipe here
Easy warm lentil and beetroot salad
Total time: 1 hour
Serves 4
A quick and nutritious midweek meal recipe that’s full of flavour from earthy beetroot, tangy feta and refreshing mint and coriander.
Source: Deliclous, find the recipe here
Strawberry spinach salad
Prep time: 15 mins
Serves 4
The best part about this salad? All you really need to do is arrange and mix, there’s absolutely no cooking involved
Source: Delish, find the recipe here
Courgette lemon orzo
Prep time: 3 mins
Cook time: 12 mins
Serves 2
This easy 5 main ingredient Courgette and Lemon Orzo is a perfect week night meal. It really does take 15 minutes to make, by the time the orzo has cooked. Use up those seasonal courgettes, slice up some garlic, cook the orzo and add a few herbs, a squeeze of lemon and olive oil and voila.
Source: Lucy and lentils, find the recipe here
Spring Veggie Tacos with Avocado Cream
Total time: 1 hour
Serves 6
Source: Nutrition stripped, find the recipe here
