What’s in Season in May?

Choose from any of these recipes to cook in season produce this May.

Along with flowers, May also brings a broad range of delicious and fresh fruits and vegetables to your local farmers’ markets and grocery store aisles.  Searching out locally sourced produce, meat, and dairy products can help you stretch your food dollar because you are getting food when it is at its freshest.   Supporting the efforts of local ranchers and farmers, who operate almost year round, helps to protect our local food supply while also boosting the economy right here at home.  If you are looking for the freshest, most flavorful food products available, look for Arizona grown.

Fill your plate with these delicious recipes that highlight in-season ingredients for May.

Apricots

• Apricot Appetizers
• Jeweled Rice with Medjool Dates

Arugula

• Golden Beet and Pomegranate Salad
• Goat Cheese Arugula Pizza

Beets

• Beets with Olive Oil, Garlic, and Parsley
• Swiss Cheese with Beets, Goat Cheese, and Raisins

Blackberries

• Blackberry Cobbler
• Blackberry Spinach Salad

Carrots

• Isabell Rousseau’s Carrot Salad
• Carrot Bread

Cucumbers

• Cucumber Sandwiches
• Pennee’s Fresh Cucumber Delight

Garlic

• Chicken Tortilla Soup
• Hearty Hamburger Stew

Leeks

• Carrot, Turnip, and Leek Sauté
• Chilled Potato, Leek, and Beet Soup

Lettuce

• Tostados
• Join the Party Salad

Nectarines

• Grilled Pork Chops with Nectarine Salsa
• Peach Nectarine Muffins

Onions

• Bacon, White Bean, and Kale Skillet
• Easy Ground Beef Stroganoff

Peaches

• Peach Paradise
• Barbecued Peaches

Peas

• My Mother’s Egg Foo Yung
• Quinoa with Peas

Potatoes

• Ham and Potato Casserole
• Roast Pork with Potatoes

Radishes

• Join the Party Salad
• Broiled Summer Squash with Radish

Spinach

• Farmer’s Favorite Salad
• Pasta Goat Cheese Recipe

Summer Squash

• Garlic Roasted Summer Squash
• Mexican Summer Squash

Tomatoes

• Okra and Tomatoes
• Italian Pot Roast Spaghetti

Zucchini

• Sweet Potato and Zucchini Frittata
  
• Zucchini and Squash Spice Cake

Zucchini Blossoms

• Crispy Zucchini Blossoms
• Fried Zucchini Blossoms with Grilled Vegetable Panzanella and  Baby Arugula Salad

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