This is a simple German version with slices onions, a quick vinaigrette, and whatever herbs you have on hand.
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With an overnight marinade in the fridge imbuing the green beans with deep flavor, and a kicky dressing featuring shallots, thyme, lemon juice, and balsamic vinegar it is the perfect side to a rich main dish.
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The surprising combination of walnuts, jalapeño, cilantro, and onions all topping simple kidney beans is at once refreshing and deliciously savory.
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This salad is in many ways very reminiscent of a classic American potato salad, but the addition of carrots and peas and the simplicity of mayonnaise and dill pickles makes it a really delicious, if simple, dish.
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I love the tart-sweet combination of crunchy veggies marinated in cider vinegar with a little sugar.
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Easily a meal on its own, this garden salad is delicious and simple to make. Even better, serve it with a hot slice of Welsh Rarebit.
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The flavors in the fritters and the side salad are infinitely flexible to what you have on hand or is in season. Just roll with what you have and enjoy it!
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This tomato salad is dressed up with a quick bright dressing and topped with capers and basil. It makes a lovely refreshing side dish.
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This salad has many of my favorite attributes: bright, hearty, easily made ahead and rested in the fridge until ready to serve, and surprising! The lime and honey tang and sweet with the earthy beets is such a great combination, but one that is unexpected.
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Spain gets the double if not triple treatment each year thanks to two weeks of Pre-Season testing and the race at Circuit de Catalunya Barcelona. It’s a good thing there is such a variety of menu options and recipes to make! I have at least three cookbooks focusing on Spain, and still find delicious sounding things I have never tried before every time I open them.
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I love Middle Eastern food when the weather turns cold. The rich spices and hearty dishes are perfect fodor for a little chill in the air. I hope you enjoy this take on fried cheese, and a template for a bright fresh salad to lighten any meal.
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This salad is bright and refreshing. It has Indian roots and hails from a 1970s cookbook entitled ‘Singapore Food: A spicy journey through the history and wizardry of Singapore cooking’.
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This dressing is inspired by a Hungarian cucumber salad recipe. I think it goes equally well on a mixed chopped salad with tomatoes, cucumbers, and radishes. You could add greens if you like, but this crisp, crunchy, and juicy combo is pretty great as is.
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This is a lovely warm potato salad with a little extra flavor thrown in with fresh dill and caraway seeds that give this potato dish a wonderfully bright and savory flavor.
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The simplicity is really what makes this salad lovely.
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This is a super quick and simple slaw/ salad that can be served with just about any Middle Eastern meal.
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This spread came together pretty quickly and hit all the right buttons for a little bit of finger food, a little bit of crusty bread to sop up some saucy stuff, and some veggies strewn throughout. A nice glass of Spanish Rioja topped off the evening perfectly.
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The dressing and fresh herbs are the real stars of this dish. Simple ingredients are taken to new places with the addition of sumac, pomegranate molasses, and crunchy bits of pita.
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This meal had so many flavors, textures, different tasty elements, it was hard to pick a favorite. I think if I was pressed to choose though, it would be the Hearts of Palm Salad
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I think of this as a savory fruit salad.
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