Salad Recipes

The pomegranate seeds were bleeding all over my cutting board. I’d been too aggressive with the knife again, and now my fingers were sticky, the … Read more

“Wait—this is a salad? It feels like I’m eating fall.” My sister said that last October, fork halfway to her mouth, looking genuinely confused. She … Read more

The first bite of roasted squash — that caramelized edge where the flesh meets the baking sheet, all sweet and almost burnt — still takes … Read more

The last jar slid into my bag at 10:47 PM on a Sunday. I closed the fridge, wiped a smear of dressing off my thumb, … Read more

The third time I made this creamy cucumber dill salad in a single week, I stood over the kitchen sink eating it straight from the … Read more

My grandmother handed me a bowl of potato salad at a family reunion a few years back, and I took a polite bite, expecting the … Read more

Third time in six days and I finally figured out the apple situation. The first two attempts were good—don’t get me wrong—but that third salad? … Read more

The grill was still smoking from the burgers, and I had just realized I forgot to buy a vegetable to go with dinner. Panic, honestly. … Read more

I did not trust cucumbers in salads. Let me just put that out there right now. For years, I viewed them as watery, flavorless little … Read more

“This is the best thing I’ve eaten all week.” My sister said it while standing over the kitchen counter, fork in one hand, phone in … Read more