Spring-time Culinary Doldrums

I hate to say it, but Spring is a season of culinary doldrums for me. Mostly, it's my allergies. I just can't smell, and my culinary grey-cells rely very heavily on my sense of smell. Also, there's not a lot of exciting produce available in the spring, here in San Francisco.

Yes, asparagus and artichokes are fantastic! But I can't eat them every night. Well, I could, but that could get excessively repetitive.