Chinese Marinated Celery MAKES: 4 servings TIME: 15 minutes, plus 3 hours to marinate A little something to snack on before dinner, a great side dish, or a unique addition to a picnic spread. Ten times better than you could imagine. Try it with carrots too. 1 pound...
Cherry Tomato Salad with Soy Sauce MAKES: 4 servings TIME: 15 to 30 minutes The combination of soy sauce and tomatoes is fantastic, and because cherry and grape tomatoes are among the few supermarket fruits that are actually worth eating in winter, this dish can help...
Celery Remoulade MAKES: 4 to 6 servings TIME: 20 minutes The basis for this salad is the rГ©moulade dressing of tangy, mustardy, homemade mayonnaise, one that can make practically anything taste good. The classic French-bistro preparation is for celery root, but...
Cauliflower Salad with Olives and Bread Crumbs MAKES: 4 servings TIME: 45 minutes, including cooking the cauliflower Bread crumbs give this crunchy dish, which is common in southern Italy, enough body to stand on its own; I like to serve it family style, passing more...
Carrot or Celery Salad MAKES: 4 servings TIME: 20 minutes This is so easy it barely qualifies as a salad, yet celery and carrots are so readily overlooked, and this is so good. Consider using this ultra-basic lemon juice–olive oil dressing—just as you would a...
Broiled Tomato and Blue Cheese Salad MAKES: 4 servings TIME: About 30 minutes Though fresh plum tomatoes are acceptable even in the off-season, they’re decidedly improved by being broiled for a couple minutes. Add blue cheese (or virtually any other kind of grated...
Avocado Salad with Ginger and Peanuts MAKES: 4 servings TIME: 2 hours, largely unattended Avocado is so rich and creamy that all it needs is a little acidity to become a “salad.” This sweet and sour dressing, almost a ginger syrup, really does the trick. Serve...
Arame and Bean Thread Noodles with Ponzu Dipping Sauce MAKES: 4 servings TIME: 30 minutes, plus about 2 hours to chill The fine, noodlelike texture of arame and its mild grassy flavor make this the perfect introduction to the world of seaweed salads. (It doesn’t...
Wild Rice, Walnut, and Cranberry Salad Makes 6 cups (1.25 L) Wild rice is not true rice but an annual species of grass that grows in shallow freshwater streams and lakes. Once harvested only in the wild, today this rice is available worldwide, thanks to large...
Watercress, Avocado, and Grapefruit Salad Makes 4 servings This artistic salad is designed to be served as a side salad. Add more watercress if you want to serve it as a main dish. The dressing for this elegant salad uses mirin, a Japanese rice wine that is subtle,...
