Salad

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less. Though detested on lawns, dandelions are now cultivated commercially and are widely available at farmers markets and supermarkets. Great additions to this salad are red onion and shaved Parmesan.

This is a good one for potato salad, too.

Here's a terrific salad with the bold tastes of cilantro and cumin. Cold beer is the ideal beverage go-with.

Active time: 15 min Start to finish: 15 min.

Here's a versatile recipe that works well as an appetizer or a side dish.

Right now is the absolute peak of tomato season, and this attractive salad is an excellent way to show off the crop.

Cold steak from last weekend's cookout would taste great sliced and laid over this salad.

Anywhere you go in Laos, you will find women patiently preparing papaya for this salad. Using a small machete-like knife, they make repeated shallow parallel cuts, each about 1/8 inch deep, in a section of the papaya. Then they scrape the papaya from top to bottom so they end up with very nice julienne. A food processor fitted with the julienne disk or a manual slicer such as a mandoline works equally well.

A growing interest in Middle Eastern food, spurred most likely by the vegetarian movement, brought tabbouleh to the attention of many Americans. It was often served as a side dish at health food restaurants.

Active time: 20 min Start to finish: 45 min (includes cooling onion)

This recipe can be prepared in 45 minutes or less. Some varieties of fresh thyme are stronger than others, so we've given a range. Try starting with 2 teaspoons and adding a third if you need more flavor. And, whatever you do, don't stint on the salt!

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Pae Thee Thoke Chinese long beans, also known as yard-long beans, really are long — about 18 inches.