For all the pasta aficionados out there, this spring season holds an opportunity to refresh your palates with bright, fresh tastes leveraging seasonal produce such as peas, artichokes, asparagus, and ramps. Let’s start from the heart of it all, Pasta Primavera. Here, we're providing you with two alternative recipes: a classic version and one for vegan enthusiasts.

Innovative chefs, such as Cassie Piuma, are transforming traditional spaghetti by adding a spring touch. Her particular creation involves fresh gnocchi with a sprinkle of sugar snap peas, red pepper and dill, served atop lemony, garlic-infused strained yogurt.

Enigmatic wild onions, or ramps, that are only available during the spring give another pasta variant a garlicky twist. If these aren't within reach, chef Justin Smillie suggests using elephant garlic or scallions as an alternative.

Speaking of impactful flavors, Justin Chapple takes traditional puttanesca sauce to another level by combining it with parsley, fresh spring onions, spicy Calabrian chiles, and olives, resulting in a particularly vibrant dish.

Outstanding pasta recipes like the rustic prosciutto-ricotta filled lasagna, chili and fennel seeds flavored stuffed shells with Cannellini beans, dried morel mushrooms for a vegetarian ragù, and a vegan-friendly pasta allowed by a couple of clever recipe tweaks, are guaranteed to take your spring season dining experience to a whole new dimension.

And that's not all, other notable mentions are a modern smoked ham-infused carbonara, a colorful tubular garganelli pasta with sweet spring peas in a garlicky sauce, pasta salad with sweet grilled corn and zucchini complemented with a creamy lime dressing, and a wonderful pasta, asparagus, and pine nut combination tossed in a puree of parsley, chives, tarragon, and chervil.

Finally, chefs Andy Ticer and Michael Hudman introduce a heavenly crab pasta, an additional pasta salad featuring spring asparagus, zucchini, eggplant, a variation of traditional potato gnocchi, an Easy Ravioli recipe with a sweet and creamy filling, and a simple vegetarian pasta combining the flavors of spring in a luscious sauce.

These recipes infuse more fun, taste, and color to pasta-loving kitchens. Brace yourselves for a spring-inspired pasta journey that you won't forget!