March may feel like an in-between month, but it’s packed with exciting excuses to try new recipes.

The thing I like best about March is that garlic mustard starts to come up where I live.

It’s a sign that spring is here.

Irish Beef Stew

Simply Recipes / Sally Vargas

Don’t worry, there are no foraging recipes here.

Beyond the foraging scene, for so many living in temperate climates, March is an in-between month.

March often (but not always) contains significant holidays from Ramadan and Easter to Passover.

Irish Soda Bread

Simply Recipes / Sally Vargas

And there’s Holi and Norwuz, too.

Not to mention St. Patrick’s Day.

These are all in some way celebrating spring.

Table Knife With a Bit of Pea Pesto Rested on Top of a Bowl of Pea Pesto Surrounded by Slices of Toasted Bread on the Counter (Some Pieces of Bread Is Smeared With Pea Pesto) and a Blue and White Stripped Kitchen Towel

Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek

It’s one of the most popular stew recipes on our site.

Its complex flavors come from likewise untraditional red wine and Worcestershire sauce.

Simply Recipes / Sally Vargas

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Bowl of Fusilli With Spring Vegetables and Breadcrumbs Next to a Glass, a Bowl of Breadcrumbs, and a Another Bowl of Pasta

Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek

This Americanized version has raisins and is a perennial reader favorite.

There’s another soda bread I love in our library:oatmeal soda bread.

It goes well with nearly any soup or stew.

Multiple Hamantaschen cookies with apricot filling arrayed on a counter

Alison Bickel

Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek

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Pea Pesto

This easy pesto is SO good and surprisingly substantial.

It feels fresh and springy, and all of its bright green comes from ordinary frozen peas.

Sabzi Polo (Persian Herb Rice) on a Plate With a Serving Spoon, and Surrounding It, Small Plates With Sides and Glasses of Water

Simply Recipes / Tara Omidvar

Spread this over toast instead of mashed avocado.

Fusilli With Spring Vegetables and Breadcrumbs

This pasta’s creaminess comes from mascarpone cheese.

Hamantaschen

Purim, which falls on March 23 and 24 this year, is a rad holiday.

Rack of lamb cut into chops on platter with rosemary

These hamantaschen have a tangy homemade apricot filling and taste like tiny pies.

Simply Recipes / Tara Omidvar

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A rack of lamb is easy to cook, especially with our fail-safe recipe.

How to Make Deviled Eggs – Close up of deviled eggs with dill and paprika

Coco Morante

The sprig of dill on these is especially cheerful.

Alica Ramkirpal-Senhouse / Simply Recipes

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Unlike many fried foods, they’re just as good at room temperature as they are hot and fresh.

Plated Guyanese pholourie

Alica Ramkirpal-Senhouse / Simply Recipes

Rhubarb Skillet Cake

It’s just not early spring without an appearance of a rhubarb dessert.

This almond-flavored cake is easy to make on a whim.

Almond Flour Cake Recipes - almond cake in skillet with cream nearby

Sally Vargas