This month's newcomers...

Watercress; rocket; Spring lamb; rosemary; cockles; Spring onions; broccoli; radishes; wild garlic; spinach; Jersey royal new potatoes

Editor's pick of seasonal recipes: Rocket, basil, mint and parsley soup ; Watercress, red chard and mint salad ; Spiced spinach-stuffed lamb ; Spring onion cakes ; Jersey Royals with gremolata ; Poached chicken with wild garlic pesto ; Wild garlic and parsley risotto ; Lamb chops with rosemary beans; Banana and ricotta pancakes with maple-pecan sauce

VIDEO: watch Anjum Anand prepare a simple spinach and lentil curry

Seasonal food recipe finder: March

Watch Celia Brooks Brown plug this month's "hungry gap" with the freshest, local ingredients at London's New Covent Garden Market

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Seasonal food recipe finder: February

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Seasonal food recipe finder: January

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VEGETABLES

Broccoli Broccoli soup ; Broccoli with Truffles ; Pasta with broccoli and potatoes ; Steamed fish with broccoli and oyster sauce

Cauliflower Curried cauliflower and smoked haddock soup ; Cauliflower cheese; Spiced cauliflower with spinach

Mint Beetroot, blood orange and mint salad ; Melon with mint and lime ; Pineapple ravioli with iced mango and mint ; Courgette, lemon and mint risotto with mascarpone

Jersey royal new potatoes Jersey Royals with gremolata ; Crash-hot Jerseys ; Jersey royal and crab salad ; Small new potatoes with caviar and chives ; Rocket and potato salad with dill gremolata and sardine crostini

Parsley Gremolata ; Pan-fried fish with gremolata ; Salsa verde

Purple sprouting broccoli Purple sprouting broccoli with anchovy dressing ; Purple sprouting broccoli, pine nuts and sesame seeds ; Roast belly pork with purple sprouting broccoli ; Linguine with goat’s cheese, lemon and purple sprouting broccoli

Rhubarb (forced) Rhubarb and champagne jellies ; Baked rhubarb ; Ricotta and rhubarb pots ; Rhubarb crumble cake ; Rhubarb chutney

Rocket Rocket, basil, mint and parsley soup ; Beef carpaccio with rocket ; Rocket cocktail

Rosemary Rosemary lemon chicken ; Rosemary-braised carrots ; Lemon and rosemary popsicles ; Risotto with rosemary and parsley ; Lemon and rosemary ice-cream ; Red onion and rosemary farinate ; Rosemary shortbread

Sorrel Warm roasted vegetable salad

Spinach Spinach with pine nuts and raisins ; Spinach fiorelli with gammon and mascarpone ; Spiced spinach-stuffed lamb ; Spinach tart with bacon and feta ; Simple spinach and lentil curry ; Sesame spinach ; Smoked Haddock, Baby Spinach, Cashel Blue and Egg Pizza ; Spinach tempered with cumin and garlic ; Spinach, pancetta and dolcelatte tart ; Chickpeas, spinach and bacon ; Spinach with lemon and parmesan ; Barley and spinach risotto ; Spinach chana dal ; Spinach and feta pie ; Spinach and fennel soup

Spring onions Spring onion pancakes with gravlax salmon ; Salmon and spring onion tarts ; Champ with spring onions and broad beans ; Spring onion cakes

Watercress Watercress and potato soup ; Chicken, potato and watercress salad ; Watercress, red chard and mint salad ;

Wild garlic Wild garlic and parsley risotto ; Garlicky beans in a sauce of tasty greens ; Poached chicken with wild garlic pesto

FRUIT and NUTS

Bananas Banana and rum tatins ; Banana Fool ; Banana Smoothies ; Caramelised bananas with quark cream ; Banana bread ;Steamed banana pudding with walnuts ; Passion fruit and banana souffle ; Banana and ricotta pancakes with maple-pecan sauce ; Banana and Fresh Cream Millefeuille ; Banana and Peanut Fool ; Banana hot cakes with maple syrup

Kiwi fruit

Lemons Lemon-roasted chicken with citrus zest pilaf ; Lemon and rosemary popsicles ; Lemon confit ; Home-made lemon jelly ; Tagliatelle al limone ; Little lemon pots ; Lemon and lime tart ; Lemon-sugar crêpes

Pineapple Pineapple ravioli with iced mango and mint ; Salt-baked pineapple

MEAT

Lamb Saddle of lamb stuffed spinach ; Lamb brochettes ; Leg of Lamb Stuffed with Garlic, Feta and Herbs ; Greek lamb and tomato casserole with fennel ; Lancashire hotpot ; Grilled lamb with white beans and mint ; Lamb chops with rosemary beans

FISH and SEAFOOD

Bream Baked sea bream with tomatoes and basil ; Black bream with basil and peas bonne femme ; Sea bream in banana leaf ; Sea bream with roasted fennel, olives, clams, garlic and thyme ;

Clams Warm salad of clams, mussels and squid ; Warm clam and white bean salad ; Clams and jamón in sherry

Cockles Fricassee of cockles and clams with jerusalem artichokes and wakame seaweed ;

Hake Pan-fried hake with wilted lettuce and tomato butter sauce

John dory Shallow-fried John Dory with Ratatouille ; John dory pan-fried with green spice paste

Lemon sole Lemon sole with crushed peas ; Goujons of lemon sole, fat-cut chips and sauce tartar

Mussels Cataplana of salt cod, chorizo and mussels ; Moules marinieres ; Seafood is a cinch ; A word in your shell-like

Oysters Oysters with three sauces ; Steamed oysters with mirin and soy; Fresh oysters with a japanese dressing

Salmon Salmon and coriander fish cakes ; Cumin salmon with green bean raita ; Grilled salmon with pear salsa ; Fennel and Smoked Salmon Salad ; Seared salmon with shallot and white wine sauce ; Oven-roasted salmon with red cabbage and beetroot ; Salmon baked with herbs and caramelised lemons ; Salmon, bacon and wilted sprout tops ; Salad niçoise with seared salmon ;

Sea trout Poached Sea Trout with Gewürztraminer Sauce ; Wild sea trout and baby leeks with crushed potato and tomato butter ; Smoked trout kedgeree

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