The best main-course salads are precariously balanced things, requiring planning and forethought to come out well. You need to make sure that your mix of vegetables, proteins and starches hits all the...
Watermelon works beautifully in summer salads, especially when paired with savory or bitter ingredients to balance its fragrant sweetness. This recipe is no exception. Adding radishes, arugula and diced...
In 1986, Craig Claiborne wrote about "an exceptional sauce 'borrowed' from the cuisine of Thailand, where it is known as nam pla, and Vietnam, where it is known as nuoc mam." This fish sauce is made with...
Save this classic Tuscan bread and tomato salad, flavored with basil, for summer's depths, when juicy tomatoes brim with flavor. Nice, firm beefsteaks are best here; save the highly perfumed, softer-fleshed...
This versatile salad, or pilaf, may be construed as a home cook's answer to a fast-casual lunch bowl. But it does not need to be piled high with a freewheeling array of additional ingredients. As it is,...
This colorful mixture is hard to resist, with its contrasting chewy and crunchy textures and the nutty Asian dressing. Black rice, high in antioxidant-rich anthocyanins, is now a staple in my pantry.
The authentic version of this sweet, fragrant bean salad requires about three times as much olive oil. In Turkey, borlotti beans or red beans would be used; I prefer pink beans, available in many supermarkets....
This Southern-inspired tossed salad contrasts bitter greens with plump peaches, piquant blue cheese and crispy cornbread crumbs. Seasoned with smoked paprika, onion powder and a hefty dose of pepper, the...
I was going to call this a barley salad with parsley, dill and hazelnuts, but it is really a parsley salad, like a Middle Eastern tabbouleh. The relatively small amount of barley contributes substance...