Spanning both winter and spring, March is the month for getting in the last of those winter stews and warming dishes while dipping your toe into the well of lighter, fresher, produce-driven fare. Our most popular recipes from the month reflected just that: a wintery and spring mix.

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Turkish Red Lentil Soup

This simple, yet robust Turkish soup is rich with lemon and tomato. It gets a pleasantly thick body from red lentils, which soften and break down during cooking.

Pizza Dough

We discovered that the secret ingredient to the best pizza dough at home isn't actually an ingredient at all: it's temperature. The temperature of the dough, to be exact.

Senegalese Avocado and Mango Salad

This spicy, yet refreshing salad—adapted from a recipe in Pierre Thiam's cookbook, “Yolele!”—combines sweet, sour and salty flavors, accented by fresh parsley.

Chocolate Orange Tart

The ricotta cheese in this tart—inspired by one in Rose Carrarini's book, "Breakfast, Lunch, Tea"—creates a deliciously creamy yet surprisingly light filling that highlights the orange and chocolate that flavor it.

Belgian Meatballs (Boulets-à-la-Liégeoise)

Meatballs from Belgium are generously sized and savory-sweet thanks to a sauce made with sirop de Liège, a dark, thick, spreadable fruit juice concentrate.

French Apple Cake

For a more casual apple pie, lose the crust. This simple dessert is less cake than sautéed apples set in a thick, buttery custard encased in a golden crust.

Fluffy Olive Oil Scrambled Eggs

Put the butter down. For a fluffier, speedier scramble, we prefer olive oil. Read our reasons here, and try out the recipe to see for yourself. (Then, join the great debate by sharing your feedback!)

Turkish Beans with Pickled Tomatoes

Here, fresh dill, pomegranate molasses and pickled tomatoes make a bright finish for creamy Turkish white beans. It's a one-pot bean supper that we can't get enough of.

Coconut Cashew Cake (Sanwin Makin)

Rich with the flavor of coconut, traditional Burmese semolina cake is made by cooking the semolina into a thick porridge before it is baked. We lightened the cake's texture by using a straightforward cake-mixing method and added ground cardamom for fragrance and flavor.

Soup au Pistou

In Provence, bright, herbal pesto—a coarse puree of basil, garlic, cheese and olive oil— transforms a simple soup.

Singapore Chicken Satay

In Singapore, satay—thin strips of boldly seasoned and skewered meat—is cooked quickly over long beds of hot coals. In our recipe, however, the skewers are broiled on a wire rack set over a baking sheet lined with foil and sprinkled with 1 cup of kosher salt. The salt absorbs the fat when drips hit the pan, thereby preventing the fat from smoking.

Spicy Egyptian Eggplant with Fresh Herbs

This is an oven-friendly version of a dish typically deep-fried by street vendors in Cairo. Chunks of eggplant are tender and lightly charred, but not falling apart; cumin and coriander seeds add texture as well as spice, and mint and dill bring it home.