Salad Recipes

The neighborhood potluck was in three hours and I’d completely forgotten. My phone buzzed with a text from Karen, the organizer: “Reminder! Main dish or … Read more

There used to be a tiny Lebanese restaurant tucked behind a dry cleaner on Fourth Street that made a watermelon salad I still dream about. … Read more

This was supposed to be a pretty standard side dish for a backyard barbecue, something to just throw together while the burgers were sizzling. I … Read more

By the fourth batch in three days, I’d stopped apologizing to my family for the mountain of cucumbers taking over the fridge. The first one … Read more

Late Sunday afternoon, the kind where the light gets that golden, lazy quality and the whole house feels quiet, and all I wanted was something … Read more

Chopping the last cucumber and realizing I had absolutely no plan for a side dish. The chicken was already resting on the cutting board, the … Read more

I set the plate down and my mother-in-law actually stopped mid-sentence. She just stared at it for a second — the deep ruby-poached pears, the … Read more

I want something that feels both fancy and completely effortless right now. The kind of dish that makes you look like you tried really hard … Read more

“You have to taste this tomato thing I made,” my neighbor texted me, followed by three eggplant emojis and a photo that looked like a … Read more

Honestly, I thought cold noodle salads were just an overhyped side dish—flavorless, soggy, and a bit sad. I mean, who really craves noodles drenched in … Read more