• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
Cooking On The Weekends
  • About
    • Press
    • Contact
  • Recipe Index
  • "How To"
  • Work with Me
menu icon
go to homepage
  • About
    • Contact
  • Recipe Index
  • Subscribe
  • Shop
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
  • subscribe
    search icon
    Homepage link
    • About
      • Contact
    • Recipe Index
    • Subscribe
    • Shop
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
  • ×
    Home » Seasonal Recipes

    Seasonal Recipes

    Starting a recipe with the highest quality ingredients is a must. The more delicious your raw ingredients are, the more delicious your recipe will be. That means making recipes when the produce involved is in peak season. This recipe collection is divided into spring, summer, fall and winter, with many overlapping. (You can make many year-round, but they'll be at their best when the ingredients are in season.)

    BROWSE BY . . .

    • Spring Recipes
    • Summer Recipes
    • Fall Recipes
    • Winter Recipes

    Top 10 Seasonal Recipes

    • Compressed Watermelon Tomato and Jalapeño Salad With Creamy Lemon-Lime Avocado Dressing on narrow white plates.
      Compressed Watermelon Salad
    • Chicken pieces on the bone baked in mango coconut sauce in a baking dish with fresh cilantro.
      Baked Coconut Mango Chicken
    • Very big stuffed artichoke that's golden on top, on a black background.
      Ultimate Stuffed Artichoke Recipe
    • Tomato Poblano Salsa on a tortilla chip held above a dark grey bowl filled with more salsa.
      Roasted Tomato Poblano Salsa
    • Top view of an open jar filled with pink-orange orange slices with rosemary.
      Marinated Oranges with Honey
    • Black bowl filled with mango salsa with a small Habanero pepper right on top.
      Mango Habanero Salsa
    • Large glass goblet with caramel-colored rim, filled with passion fruit mousse, with a purple cloth behind it.
      Passion Fruit Mousse
    • Pile of slow roasted tomato confit with sprigs of rosemary on a white plate.
      Tomato Confit with Rosemary
    • One slice of peach cheesecake on a dark blue plate with sunflowers in the background.
      Peach Cheesecake with Almond Crust
    • Sheet Pan Chipotle Chicken with Corn Salsa on a white plate with avocado and cilantro sprigs
      Sheet Pan Chipotle Chicken with Corn Salsa

    All Seasonal Recipes

    • Roasted Brown Butter Hazelnut Brussels Sprouts in small red casserole dish.
      Hazelnut Brown Butter Brussels Sprouts
    • One wedge of spaghetti squash filled with squash, sausage and spinach mixture, with melted cheese on top, on an Italian painted plate.
      Stuffed Spaghetti Squash with Sausage
    • forkfull of spaghetti squash
      How to Cook Spaghetti Squash
    • Spinach Pesto Spaghetti Squash in a pretty Italian painted pasta bowl.
      Spinach Pesto Spaghetti Squash
    • Persimmon Prosciutto Pork Tenderloin sliced in a white dish with rosemary sprigs
      Persimmon Prosciutto Pork Tenderloin
    • Four stacked slices of persimmon cake with three whole persimmons behind it.
      Spiced Apple Persimmon Cake
    • peeled red pearl onions on cutting board with knife
      How to Peel Pearl Onions
    • Close up of one pastry-wrapped Asian pear half, surrounded by maple leaves.
      Honey Baked Asian Pears
    • White bowl filled with polenta, topped with braised beef short ribs in pumpkin sauce.
      Braised Beef Short Ribs with Pumpkin
    • One whole fanned port wine poached pears on white dish with bits of pistachio.
      Port Wine Poached Pears
    • Small brown ceramic bowl with orange-patterned stem, filled with baked caramel apples and hazelnuts.
      Baked Apples (with Honey and Hazelnuts)
    • Several honeynut squash with cranberry, spinach and onion filling, with dots of roquefort cheese on top, on a white platter.
      Stuffed Honeynut Squash
    • Top view of a cream-colored, brown-rimmed ceramic bowl filled with chunks or roasted butternut squash.
      Date Butter Roasted Butternut Squash
    • Date butter in a red-rimmed bowl on a dark wood cutting board, with a tiny gold spoon.
      Date Butter
    • One baked sweet potato half with bacon, basil and melted cheese on top.
      Basil Baked Sweet Potatoes with Bacon
    • Pineapple Pork chops and sliced with pineapple slices and cilantro, on a white plate.
      Pineapple Pork Chops
    • Pickled tomato salsa in a jar with a spoonful on top.
      Pickled Tomato Salsa
    • Close up of Hatch chile butter in a terra cotta bowl.
      Roasted Hatch Chile Butter
    • Spicy Serrano-Tomato Preservesin a round jar with serrano stem poking out.
      Spicy Tomato Preserves
    • Three pieces of Bruschetta with Champagne Grapes on wood board.
      Champagne Grape Bruschetta
    • Rounded glass filled pale yellow-colored smoothie with a rambutan on the edge.
      Tropical Rambutan Smoothie
    • Terra cotta bowl with peach avocado salad and fresh flowers behind it.
      Peach Avocado and Zucchini Salad
    • Minty Avocado Toast Recipe-Three Ways -- Fresh, beautiful fruit is a beautiful touch on minty avocado toast. Oh yes, it’s the perfect summer appetizer!
      Minty Avocado Toast with Fruit
    • Cold Cucumber Soup with a slice of lemon in orange bowl with white rim
      Cold Cucumber Basil Soup
    • A few scoops of lychee ice cream in a pink-rimmed ceramic bowl with pink Gerbera daisies in the background.
      Lychee Ice Cream
    • pile of lychees spilling out of a bowl
      How to Peel and Eat Lychee Fruit
    • White rectangular plate on a bamboo sushi mat with charred shishito peppers.
      Blistered Shishito Peppers
    • Small turquoise-rimmed ceramic bowl fill with chunky apricot preserves and a small golden spoon.
      The Best Apricot Preserves
    • Stack of several Roasted Kohlrabi slices on a white, square plate.
      Roasted Kohlrabi
    • Green Lemon pesto with lemon slice and basil leaf on top, in a green bowl, fitted inside a yellow bowl.
      Lemon Pesto
    • Light green bowl filled with strawberry and avocado salsa, with a halved strawberry on top.
      Strawberry Avocado Salsa
    • A few Spiced Avocado Fries on a white plate.
      Spiced Avocado Fries Recipe
    • Creamy Avocado Butter in a red and white striped bowl.
      Avocado Butter Recipe
    • sliced loaf of avocado zucchini bread
      Avocado Bread
    • 3 bowls of butternut squash chili with fresh oregano sprigs
      Butternut Squash Chili
    • Potato Chestnut Soup in cream bowl with crimped rim
      Potato Chestnut Soup Recipe
    • Spinach Artichoke Dip with Gruyère
    • White plate with several slices of baked acorn squash topped with a pecan crust.
      Baked Acorn Squash Slices with Pecans
    • Bright red bowl full of chunky ginger applesauce with a wood spoon surrounded by a whole green and red apple.
      Ginger Applesauce From my Mom
    • Small white and blue plate with Pecan Green Beans.
      Pecan Green Beans with Orange

    Posts pagination

    1 2 … 7 Next page

    Primary Sidebar

    Hi, I'm Valentina, certified chef, owner, recipe developer and photographer at Cooking on the Weekends. I'm also a mom of two boys and a Los Angeleno. I use seasonal whole foods to create unique and comforting recipes for casual entertaining.

    More about me →

    MOST POPULAR RECIPES

    • Pile of Spicy Roasted Daikon French Fries on a wrinkled piece of parchment paper, with title at the top.
      Spicy Roasted Daikon Radish French Fries
    • Three baked Rockfish Fillets on white platter with fresh thyme and lemon slices.
      Rockfish Recipe (Baked with Lemon)
    • large copper pot and ladle with ginger lemongrass soup
      Ginger Lemongrass Soup with Coconut Milk
    • Stack of 5 cinnamon raisin cookies with cinnamon sticks around them.
      The Best Cinnamon Raisin Cookie

    Footer

    ↑ back to top

    About

    • Privacy Policy
    • Press

    Newsletter

    Get new recipes you’ll love!

    Contact

    • Contact
    • Work with Me

    Review the privacy policy for Cooking on the Weekends

    Copyright © 2025 Cooking On The Weekends, All Rights Reserved