April fruits and vegetables

For the planet and for your health, it is best to use seasonal fruits and vegetables. Here is the list of April fruits and vegetables found in France, their health benefits and recipes to prepare them.

April vegetables

Garlic

Our complete file on garlic >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Hummus with fresh herbs
  • Cod mussels and aioli
  • Chimichurri salsa sauce

Asparagus

Our complete file on asparagus >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Mimosa eggs with cream cheese and asparagus
  • Asparagus carbonara
  • Asparagus risotto
  • Asparagus gratin

Beet

Our complete file on beets >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Lactofermented beets
  • Sweet Potatoes and Roasted Beets
  • Beetroot meatballs
  • Beetroot panna cotta

Carrot

Our complete file on carrots >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Bone Broth
  • Carrots with cumin
  • Lacto-fermented carrots with lemon flavors
  • Carrot gazpacho

Celery

Our complete file on celery >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Homemade vegetable stock cubes
  • Celery root tagliatelle with seafood
  • Celeriac timbale and rutabagas with hazelnut oil
  • Watercress soup with ginger

Cabbage

Our complete file on cabbage >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Red cabbage, avocado and red onion salad
  • Alsatian or “sauerkraut burger”
  • Sautéed green vegetables
  • Kimchi
  • Cauliflower crumble

Shallot

Our complete file on shallots >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Veggie sweet potato and coral lentil pancakes
  • Portobello egg on a bed of spinach
  • Salmon tartare with figs

Endive

Our complete file on endive >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Duck breast with orange
  • Endive canapes with smoked salmon and persimmon
  • Endive tartiflette

Spinach

Our complete file on spinach >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Spinach tart smoked trout without dough
  • Spinach Crustless Quiche
  • Creamed Spinach
  • Madrid-style spinach

Fennel

Our complete file on fennel >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Detox soup
  • Roasted carrots, fennel and parsnips
  • Sicilian fennel and orange salad

Chew

How to accommodate it:

  • Spinach salad with tofu
  • Fennel, apple and orange salad
  • Salad B9

Turnip

Our complete file on turnips >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Vegetarian couscous
  • Pumpkin fries, turnip, celery root, rutabaga
  • Sambar Dal
  • Spring salad

Onion

Our complete file on onions >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Tuscan croutons
  • Onion & apple chutney
  • Onion soup
  • Acquacotta

Peas

Our complete file on peas >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Quinoa pilaf, tofu & fresh peas
  • Chicken and pea tagine
  • Pea soup
  • Cream of peas and parmesan mouillettes

Radish

Our complete file on radish >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Spring salad with shrimp
  • Stir-fried snow peas and radishes
  • Pink radish verrines

April fruits

Banana

Our complete file on bananas >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Coconut chocolate fondant banana bread
  • Banana and peanut ice cream
  • Skyr Banana Coconut Fondant

Lemon

Our complete file on lemon >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Ketogenic lemon mug cake
  • Gluten-free lemon tart
  • Quinoa tabbouleh with fruit
  • Salt-preserved lemons

Orange

Our complete file on orange >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Orange sports drink
  • Fregola and blood orange salad
  • Gluten-free and lactose-free orange cake
  • Saint Basil Cake

Pomelo

Our complete file on pomelo >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Pomelo vinaigrette
  • Grilled salmon with grapefruit

Apple

Our complete file on the apple >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Apple cinnamon porridge
  • Apple and prune tagine
  • Tarte Tatin
  • Cinnamon-Coconut Baked Apples
  • Homemade cider vinegar

Rhubarb

Our complete file on rhubarb >> HERE <<

How to accommodate it:

  • Rhubarb raspberry almond clafoutis
  • Savory rhubarb cake
  • Rhubarb and sweet potato with curry and coconut milk

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  • Historical

  • Current version

    03/31/2026

    Updated by Marie-Céline Ray


    Science journalist

  • on 03/25/2019

    Publication by Marie-Charlotte Rivet Bonjean


    Dietitian-nutritionist

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