Salad
Crispy Rice Salad With Spicy Tahini Dressing
With crunchy cabbage, sweet mango, and ripe avocado, this salad will keep you full.
By Nina Moskowitz
Easter Salad
With colorful radishes and jammy eggs, this is just as great for a holiday as it is for a casual spring lunch.
By Kendra Vaculin
Roasted Cauliflower Salad With Feta And Dates
Roasty, bright, sweet, and pickly, this sheet pan salad—a vegetarian main OR ample side dish—checks all the flavor boxes.
By Kendra Vaculin
Happy Fridge Salad
The citrus juice and sherry vinegar in the dressing work hard to tenderize the hearty kale and crunchy broccoli slaw as they sit in the fridge.
By Hana Asbrink
Cabbage and Burrata Salad With Spicy Tahini
This dinner salad combines decadent burrata cheese with a spicy tahini dressing that clings to every crinkly leaf of Napa cabbage.
By Chris Morocco
Quinoa-Bean Salad With Lots of Dill
Stable enough to last days in the fridge (and hearty enough to sate a breastfeeding mom).
By Rebecca Belenky and Annah Feinberg
Brussels Sprouts Stir-Fry With Cheddar and Raisins
Instead of roasting, toss your brassicas in a skillet for a quick side dish.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Festive Red Cabbage and Radicchio Salad
This monochromatic mix of radicchio, cabbage, red onion, and cold weather citrus is bright, crunchy, and fresh—just what your holiday table requires.
By Kendra Vaculin
Maple-and-Bacon Fall Chopped Salad
This seasonal chopped salad features roasted squash, bacon, walnuts, hard-boiled eggs, cheddar, apple, and kale tossed in a sweet maple vinaigrette.
By Hana Asbrink
Divorce Salad
With balsamic marinated beans, lots of cheese, and crispy onions, this meal-prep-friendly dinner salad is one you’ll have on repeat.
By Emily Farris
Black Garlic Caesar Salad
Black garlic can be found at some specialty markets and Asian grocery stores; it lends a deep, almost mushroom-like quality to classic Caesar dressing.
By Silver Iocovozzi
Apple Som Tam
In this take on Thai som tam, crisp, juicy apples replace green papaya for a crunchy, sweet, sour, and spicy salad that’s ready in 20 minutes.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Summer Bean Gribiche
Gribiche, the classic French sauce made of hard-boiled eggs, mustard, and herbs, is tossed with snappy summer beans for a simple but substantial salad.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Creamy Tahini Chicken Salad
A creamy tahini sauce (made with lemon juice and tangy dijon mustard) solves the problem of creating a rich and well-dressed chicken salad without the mayo.
By Kendra Vaculin
Honey and Bitters Fruit Salad
Whether your produce is peak-season or just so-so, this smart recipe will make it shine.
By Brigid Washington
Salted Melon Salad with Jalapeños and Feta
A simple combination of shallots, chile, and loads of acid, fat, and salt transforms any mediocre melon into something juicy and joy-inducing. Feta helps too.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Hot-and-Sour Fruit Salad
Summer means spicy, savory fruit salads made with whatever fresh produce you’ve got, plus lime juice, sugar, fish sauce, dried shrimp, and lots of red chiles.
By Rachel Gurjar
Cucumbers With Pickled Ginger–Scallion Sauce
Smashed cucumbers are tossed in a dressing of soy sauce, scallions, and jarred, pickled sushi ginger for a simple, refreshing side.
By Shilpa Uskokovic
Green Bean and Farro Picnic Salad
It’s excellent at any temperature and sturdy enough to make ahead.
By Kendra Vaculin