Vibrant lemon-basil Israeli couscous salad is toasted little pearls of pasta tossed with tomatoes, arugula, milky mozzarella, and walnuts, all in a lemon dressing with real sparkle. It's the potluck bowl that never comes home with me. Tired of the same old boring...

Vibrant quinoa pita salad takes everything I love about fattoush — the shards of crisp toasted bread, the lemon, the crunch — and makes it a full meal with quinoa and chickpeas. Feta on top, because fattoush would want it that way. Tired of the same old boring salads?...

Quinoa stuffed avocado salad looks like spa food and behaves like a real lunch — fluffy lemon-dressed quinoa piled into ripe avocado halves on a bed of spinach. Thirty minutes, and most of it is the quinoa simmering while you chop. Looking for a lunch that's as...

Mediterranean chickpea salad is 15 minutes of chopping, and then the fridge does the real work. Cucumber, tomato, green pepper, and red onion tumble with garbanzos, feta, and lots of fresh mint in a lemony oil-and-vinegar dressing. Tired of boring desk lunches? Say...

20-minute Tuscan bean salad with goat cheese toasts is weeknight cooking at its smartest: two cans of beans, a baguette, and one little trick that makes bottled dressing taste homemade. Dinner lands on the table before the toast even cools. Tired of sad desk lunches?...

15-minute black bean and corn salad is the no-cook potluck dish I make all summer — canned beans, thawed corn, crunchy peppers, and a cumin-orange vinaigrette shaken in a jar. There isn't even a stove involved. Craving something fresh, filling, and ridiculously...

Tired of the same old salads? Say hello to your new favorite lunch! This isn't just a salad; it's a full-on flavor experience. We're piling a vibrant, crisp-tender mix of green beans and edamame onto thick slices of toasted country bread, all slathered with a creamy,...

Roasted tomato and cannellini bean panzanella is my favorite way to turn a loaf of crusty Italian bread and a tray of romas into dinner. The tomatoes roast concentrated and sweet, the beans make it substantial, and the toasted bread soaks up everything. Say hello to...

Mediterranean-inspired bulgur salad with navy beans is the make-ahead grain salad I stash in the fridge for lunches — fluffy bulgur, creamy white beans, cucumber, sweet pepper, and toasted pine nuts under a lemon vinaigrette. It's a salad that's genuinely...

Crispy tempeh and rainbow vegetable salad is 30 minutes to a dinner that eats like a crunchy slaw with a warm, savory topping. Napa cabbage, red cabbage, spinach, and snow peas under seared tempeh, all glossed with a ginger-mint vinaigrette. Craving a meal that's as...