Salad Recipes

My neighbor, Carol, showed up at my back door with a bottle of wine and a confession: she’d accidentally defrosted three pounds of chicken breasts … Read more

Late July, and the only thing I want is a bowl of creamy cucumber salad with dill and sour cream. The kitchen windows are steamed … Read more

The kind of creaminess that clings to every forkful—that’s what I was after. Not the watery, sad potato salad that gets left at the bottom … Read more

This was supposed to be a simple salsa—plain, straightforward, nothing fancy. I grabbed the wrong mango from the fruit basket (too ripe, honestly), the blender … Read more

“Why can’t we just toss the sun-dried tomatoes in whole instead of blending them?” my friend asked one afternoon as I was preparing what I … Read more

Introduction I used to think kale salads were just boring bowls of leaves that made me feel like I was eating rabbit food. This was … Read more

The neighborhood block party was in less than two hours and I had absolutely nothing ready. Everyone else was hauling trays of slow-roasted meats and … Read more

Introduction My friend Carla refused to touch anything resembling a Caprese salad for years. She swore she hated the whole idea of tomatoes and cheese … Read more

Introduction The summer I turned thirty, I was helping to clear out an old community center kitchen after a local charity event. While sorting through … Read more

Introduction It was 11:17 PM on a quiet Thursday when this craving hit me like a sneaky little lightning bolt. I didn’t have the usual … Read more