Leafy Greens

Serve this newfangled main-course salad with a crisp flatbread, such as lavash, and white wine or rosé spritzers.

The traditional egg and spinach dish is embellished with smoked turkey and porcini mushrooms.

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Oyster stuffing is more traditionally associated with the New England states, but this one teams the shellfish (also common to Pacific waters) with a classic ingredient from Northern California—sourdough bread. It's an outstanding rendition of an old-fashioned stuffing.

Components of this salad can be prepared one day ahead, then tossed together at the last minute. Offer white wine spritzers and iced tea with lunch. Colorful ornamental kale can be found at some supermarkets and specialty foods stores.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

The dressing gets its beautiful color and smooth texture from pureed mango.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Freshly picked greens and herbs are essential to cooking in the Apulia region of Italy. Their assertive, often bitter flavor enriches many a modest dish. Here, a just-cooked tomato sauce is enlivened with the peppery taste of arugula.

Begin the meal with this crisp and colorful salad. Jicama, avocado and red onion take it beyond the ordinary.

An elegant but no-fuss soup.

The combination of herbs, the rice noodles, and the garlicky lime sauce mark this pasta salad as Vietnamese.

This main-course soup is ideal for winter evenings. It originated in Portugal's Ribatejo province, famed for its horses, bulls and bullfighters. The soup gets its name from the kidney beans, which are referred to as "stones" by the Portuguese.