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Composed Salad

1905-Style Salad

A composed salad of iceberg, tomato wedges, ham and Swiss matchsticks, and green olives, tossed at the table in a garlic, lemon, and oregano dressing.

25 min · Serves 4

Green Salad

Bibb and Radish Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing

Tender Bibb lettuce and thinly sliced radishes under a hot bacon, shallot, and red wine vinegar dressing that is made at the last minute and poured on just before serving.

30 min · Serves 4

Protein Salad

Classic Chicken Salad

A mayonnaise-bound chicken salad built on gently poached, salted chicken, with celery, shallot, parsley, and optional tarragon, plus a clear cooling and storage routine.

100 min · Serves 4

Protein Salad

Classic Egg Salad

A mustard-and-lemon egg salad with a choice of texture, built on eggs that are seasoned before the mayonnaise goes in, so the bowl tastes like egg rather than only like dressing.

55 min · Serves 4

Grain Salad

Couscous, Lentil and Chickpea Salad with Cranberries

A cold salad of toasted pearl couscous, lentils that hold their shape, and chickpeas, with dried cranberries plumped in a cumin, cinnamon, and lemon dressing.

70 min · Serves 6

Potato Salad

Creamy Potato Salad

A mayonnaise potato salad with Yukon Gold potatoes, hard-cooked eggs, celery, scallions, and dill, with the vinegar going onto the warm potatoes and the creamy dressing waiting until they cool.

130 min · Serves 6

Chopped Salad

Grinder Salad

A chopped salad of shredded iceberg, salami, ham, provolone, tomato, and pepperoncini in an oregano, red wine vinegar, and pepperoncini-brine dressing.

30 min · Serves 4

Illustrated bowl of Mediterranean dense bean salad with chickpeas, cannellini beans, roasted red pepper strips, halved Kalamata olives, and cubed feta, garnished with parsley and lemon wedges.
Bean Salad

Mediterranean Dense Bean Salad

A make-ahead bean salad built from two kinds of beans, roasted peppers, and feta, dressed assertively enough to actually hold up — and improve — over several days.

50 min · Serves 6

Illustrated bowl of Mediterranean farro salad with roasted red onion wedges, arugula, crumbled feta, toasted almonds, and roasted tomatoes.
Grain Salad

Mediterranean Farro Salad with Roasted Onion, Arugula, and Feta

A warm-dressed farro salad with roasted red onion, arugula, feta, and toasted almonds — built around the one timing detail (dressing the grain while it's still hot) that actually seasons a grain salad all the way through, not just on top.

60 min · Serves 4

Protein Salad

Mexican-Inspired Chicken Salad

A meal salad of fajita-style seared chicken, charred peppers and onion, romaine, black beans, and avocado, with a lime and cilantro dressing.

65 min · Serves 4

Green Salad

Passover Romaine, Orange and Radish Salad

A salad of romaine, orange segments, and radishes in a lemon-and-orange olive oil dressing, made without grain, vinegar, mustard, or sesame, so you can apply your own Passover customs to it.

30 min · Serves 4

Grain Salad

Quinoa, Mango and Black Bean Salad

A cooled quinoa salad with black beans, red bell pepper, and red onion in a lime and cumin dressing, with mango and cilantro folded in at the end.

60 min · Serves 6

Green Salad

Spinach, Cranberry, Pine Nut and Feta Salad

A simple spinach salad with toasted pine nuts, dried cranberries, and feta in a sharp red wine vinegar dressing, dressed at the last moment.

20 min · Serves 4

Chopped Salad

Turkish Shepherd's Salad

A chopped Turkish-style salad of tomato, cucumber, green pepper, onion, and parsley, dressed with just olive oil and lemon and served fresh.

25 min · Serves 4