31 Recipes to Spring Clean Your Diet with Green Eats
It was 60° over the weekend. Yippee! (My kids even rummaged around in the bins of stored summer clothes and found some shorts to wear.) March appears to be coming in like a lamb.
And we're just week's away from spring but while fresh local produce is still months many days away, I find myself itching to get more green on our plates.
So I'm cleaning out heartier recipes of root veggies and winter squash - and 'greening up' our meals.
I've been telling my kids, "Look through the fridge to see if you can find something green to add to dinner." This helps the kids be more in-control of what's on their plate - and way more interested in eating it. And yes, flecks of green count count too - and so do green kiwis.
Here are 31 brand-new ways to 'green' you plate - at every meal - and snacks too:
Green Ways to Start the Day at Breakfast
Baked Eggs with Fennel - Teaspoon of Spice
Sweet Potato and Kale Hash - Meri @Real Living Nutrition
Green Tea Frozen Yogurt Breakfast Cups - Ginger @Champagne Nutrition
Mini Spinach & Sweet Potato Frittata - Jodi @The Average RD
Wild Mushroom, Spinach & Herb Frittata with Lemon Yogurt Sauce - McKenzie @NourishRDs
Spring Soups and Sides
Healthy Broccoli Potato Cheese Soup - Kristy @Chocolate Slopes
Asparagus Mint Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette - Jessica Levinson, MS, RDN, CDN
Five Spice Baby Bok Choy - Meme @Living Well Kitchen
Pea Soup with Fresh Herbs - Meri @Real Living Nutrition
Roasted Lemon Asparagus - Brittany @Your Choice Nutrition
Asparagus with Cheese Sauce - Teaspoon of Spice
New Ideas for Spring Salads
Broccoli Slaw Salad with Flaxseeds & Hemp Seeds - Amy @Amy Gorin Nutrition
Spring Salad with Bulgur, Mandarins & Snap Peas - Lauren @Nutri Savvy
Avocado and Grapefruit Salad - Alysa @Inspired RD
Make Ahead Chop Chop Salad - Kelli @Hungry Hobby
Butter Lettuce Salad with Tarragon Vinaigrette and Spicy Pumpkin Seed Brittle - Abby @Abby Langer Nutrition
Garlic Scape Green Goddess Dressing - Teaspoon of Spice
Chipotle Sweet Potato Arugula Salad - Min @MJ and Hungryman
Meals with Green
Spicy Farmbox Stir Fry - Kelli @Hungry Hobby
Savory Moroccan Spiced Oatmeal - Jess @Dietitian Jess Nutrition
Green & Goat Cheese Pie with Potato Crust - Danielle @My Bottemless Boyfriend
Swiss Chard and Bacon Quesadilla - Min @MJ and Hungryman[bctt tweet="31 Recipes to Spring Clean Your Diet with Green Eats via @tspcurry" via="no"]
Avocado Pesto Pasta Salad - Liz @Shaw's Simple Swaps
Pistachio Power Pasta - Heather @Nutty Nutritionist
Green Masala Egg Curry - Dixya @Food Pleasure Health
Green Powered Snacks
Step by Step Guide to Rolling Fresh Spring Rolls - Emily @Emily Kyle Nutrition
Eat the 'Bugs' Do-it-yourself Probiotic Pickles - Rebecca @Rebecca Scritchfield
Pistachio Marshmallows - Kalee @The Crowded Table
Broccoli Rabe, Bacon and Eggs Bruschetta - Teaspoon of Spice
Green Machine Hummus - Liz @Shaw's Simple Swaps
Berry Green Dream Smoothie - Meme @Living Well Kitchen
How do you get more green onto your plate? Have farmers' markets started in your area yet? Any tips for getting kids to eat anything green? Let us know!
I'm so ready for warm weather and spring produce! Thanks for sharing my oatmeal recipe 🙂
Your oatmeal is brilliant! Love savory oatmeal...veggies for breakfast.
I love that Spring is here (well, it seriously feels like summer already right now in San Diego!) What a great idea with your kids, do they ever pick out pickles?! I could see my nephews doing that to me. Thanks for including my pasta and hummus recipes!
Ha! Pickle count as 'green' in our family Liz. My fave thing to do is save the pickle juice when the store-bought pickles are gone and add fresh cucumber slices and let sit over night in the fridge. The kids will eat the entire jar in 1 sitting. I like them too - like super fresh pickles!
I love your idea to send the kids to the fridge to pick a green food. I am totally trying that tonight. My kids are sure to get a kick out of that and it may just help get my daughter to actually EAT that green food:) Thanks for including my Mini Spinach and Sweet Potato Fritatta as well!
What yummie good ideas, we need green in this pre spring season
Thanks Bonnie! Green is good.
I have never ever had eggs with sweet potatoes. But thanks to your recipe, we tried it over the weekend. #winner
I love this warmer winter weather, but it gets me in the mood for all the fresh produce that spring and summer bring! What a great collection of recipes!
Thanks Kalee! I'm a warm winter gal too!
What a great round up, I can't wait for spring and fresh produce!! Thank you for including my spring rolls 🙂
I've never made spring rolls Emily. So can't wait to try them...in the SPRING! Ha...my kids will love the humor of Spring Rolls in spring. ONce it turns warmer. Now it's down to 33 degrees. ):
I'm so excited for spring to almost be here! We had a tease of it yesterday - although not quite shorts weather! Can't wait to make some of these recipes. Thanks for including my Asparagus salad!
i do smoothies mostly to get my greens in - esp when added with bananas and berries, its delicious..our farmers market started but i havent been there yet.
Sigh, I know Dixya. Our farmers markets are still over 90 days away. Yup, I'm counting!
Considering we didn't have a winter here in Texas, I guess there won't be much difference weatherwise now that spring is upon us. I'm not quite ready to part ways with my root vegetables..but all these fresh recipes are making my heart flutter and mouth drool ;). Thanks for such a wonderful roundup and for including my recipes!!
Ha! You have a heart of butter(nut) huh, Min?! I get ya!
Great round-up! Thanks for including my recipe. 🙂
There are so many recipes I want to try from this list! Bookmarking and can't wait to Spring clean with these recipes!