Fried rice has never tasted this fresh or light. Loaded with spring vegetables and easy on the salt and grease, you may never order this favorite for delivery again. With left over rice already on hand this one dish dinner will be ready in under 30 minutes.

A classic white pizza topped with Ricotta, fresh Mozzarella and Parmesan gets a salty, richness from Prosciutto and sweet-freshness and from thinly shaved asparagus . A splash of white balsamic vinegar adds just the right amount of acidity to balance all the cheese and delicious dough.

Classic Carbonara is rich, decadent and delicious. Sweet pork, eggs and salty, sharp cheese blend with starchy pasta cooking water to make a creamy sauce. Fresh asparagus gives it a little spring lightness.

Airy and light-tasting yet just a little decadent, this soufflé combines sweet, crisp asparagus, salty, gamey Prosciutto and sharp, nutty Gruyère cheese in one spring dish that is perfect from breakfast to dinner.

Meaty white fish delicately poached in a floral, fresh and pleasantly spicy green curry and coconut broth. Mushrooms add meaty richness while radishes lose their pepperiness adding a tender but hearty bite. Finished with lots of wilted, fresh spinach this is everything you want takeout to be and so good you may never go back.

Saint Patrick’s Day always feels to me like the perfect way to celebrate that last moment before the winter farm market bids takes its leave and begins exploding with spring produce. It’s a meal filled with root vegetables, cabbage and slow cured, slow cooked meat. Besides, a holiday like this is everything I love about food - the opportunity to create some joy and sit down at a table to share it.

Irish soda bread’s humble beginnings welcome the addition of butter and an egg, caraway seeds and currant, transforming into a rich, flavorful loaf, best served slathered with butter. Irish of course. Best of all? This will be ready to eat in under an hour with no proofing.

Floral honey and the sharp, earthy flavor of caraway brighten, while roasting develops and deepens the often insipid sweetness of cooked carrots. Perfect for a Saint Patrick’s Day meal with the caraway echoing the flavor of both the corned beef and soda bread.

Colcannon is an Irish blend of cabbage and mashed potatoes. It becomes a wonderful soup for the raw, damp days of March. A combination of waxy (Red or Yukon Gold) and starchy (Russet) potatoes creates the perfect creamy, light texture.

Sweet (but not too sweet) and spicy, this version of a Chinese takeout classic skips the battering and deep-frying in favor of stir-frying. Don’t worry, I’m not going healthy on you. This is to show off the sweet, floral flavor of fresh winter oranges accented with a bit of heat from dried chiles.

Get ready to like cooked carrots. The floral notes of apricot and earthy chile flakes ground the sweetness of the carrots and preserves. A little heat makes them pop! Recipe from my cookbook Seasons to Taste: Farm-fresh Joy for Kitchen and Table.

Layer upon layer of sweet mild flavors, from lightly caramelized onions and apple cider to warm cardamom, make this roast delicious and complex. Be ready to fight over the sauce! Recipe from my cookbook Seasons to Taste: Farm-fresh Joy for Kitchen and Table.

There’s nothing like a hot tray of nachos covered in gooey cheese and loaded with toppings, but these green nachos are something special. Fresh, green salsa verde, coriander and cumin-rubbed chicken, homemade guacamole and pickled onions for the win!

My perfect wing has crispy skin, a tangy-sweet, sticky glaze and tender, juicy meat but I don’t always feel like going through the effort and mess of deep frying. Get ready for easy, no mess, crisp-skinned wings right from the oven with the sweetness of honey, bright ginger and the depth of soy sauce. Finger licking and wet naps required, just the way a good wing should.

This game day take on a classic Spanish tapas dish pairs crispy, homemade tater-tots with smoky, sweet Bravas tomato sauce and sharp, rich, garlic-y aioli. Bonus, for all of that richness, it’s totally vegan. Want to save some time? The tots are good but the sauces are the real magic here so bake some cubed yellow potatoes or heat up some frozen tots in your air fryer and sauce away!

Turnips - think potatoes with an extra punch of flavor - make these latkes so delicious that you’ll be serving them all the time as a side for braised pot roast, as an hors d’oeuvre topped with smoked salmon, dill and capers, or used as crispy, creamy, hot croutons atop a Caesar salad.

Crisp endive leaves hold a rich blend of roasted squash, sweet/tart cranberries and bright candied ginger. Pepitas brittle with a touch of Cayenne pepper adds the perfect crunch and a little heat to balance out the sweetness in this vegetarian hors d’oeuvre.

Crisp endive and peppery arugula receive sweet balance from a creamy balsamic vinaigrette, sweet/tart cranberries, the bright bite of candied ginger and nutty, toasted pepitas for a little crunch. This salad is as beautiful as it is delicious and a perfect hearty-yet-light-tasting winter lunch.

Happy holidays! Despite the changes to many plans this year the food I want to eat remains the same: lighter and light-tasting work-from-home lunches followed by small bites. Here's a roasted squash, dried cranberry and endive salad that transforms into an elegant hors d'oeuvre.

Beyond being beautiful, briny squid ink pasta balances rich Alfredo sauce with the sweet, vegetal notes of fresh pumpkin purée in this striking fall plate.