Lettuce
Steakhouse Salad With Pesto Vibes
What do we mean by “pesto vibes”? A lemony, crunchy nut dressing, fresh basil leaves, and lots of shaved Parmesan.
By Ali Slagle
Classic Caesar Salad
A great Caesar salad recipe like this one gets its swagger from cold and crisp greens, a creamy and briny dressing, and freshly made croutons.
By Sue Li and Chris Morocco
Mortadella Wedge Salad
It’s not like a regular wedge; it’s a cool wedge—and by cool we mean stuffed with pickled jalapeños and paper-thin slices of mortadella and drizzled with tangy buttermilk dressing.
By Ali Slagle
Tomato Salad With Blue Cheese and Crispy Shallots
Regulars of the Mayflower Inn in Washington, CT, have been known to revolt when this tomato salad isn’t on the menu.
By Dani Shapiro
Grilled Chicken Breasts With Tadka-ish Sauce
We’ve got moisture insurance (a tadka-ish sauce!) for these grilled chicken breasts.
By Rachel Gurjar
Cold Shrimp in Dill Cream Sauce
This fantastic make-ahead recipe is ideal for a picnic or tomorrow’s lazy lunch.
By Ned Baldwin
Kisir (Spicy Bulgur Salad in Lettuce Cups)
In this dish from southeastern Turkey, chewy, nutty bulgur meets sour-sweet pomegranate molasses meets spicy Aleppo-style pepper meets crunchy-cool lettuce cups.
By Yasmin Khan
Crunchy Greens With Fat Choy Ranch
Bright and tangy vegan ranch slathered over vibrant herbs and peppery watercress make this salad a summertime standout
By Justin Lee
Gado-Gado Summer Rolls
Lara Lee’s crunchy, bright, and veg-packed summer rolls are a cross-cultural twist on two street food icons: refreshing Vietnamese gỏi cuốn and Indonesian gado-gado.
By Lara Lee
Anything-Goes Green Goddess Salad
This pick-your-own-protein salad is all about the green goddess dressing, an herby, punchy, creamy green sauce that originated in San Francisco in the 1920s. It's just as delicious as it is versatile: You can use any combo of tender herbs (cilantro, mint, basil, parsley, dill, tarragon, chives), cultured dairy (yogurt, sour cream, buttermilk, labneh, crème fraîche), and acid (lemon juice, lime juice, unseasoned rice vinegar, apple cider vinegar).
By Molly Baz
Healthyish Chicken Salad
This is the summery chicken salad you could eat plate after plate of without feeling like you’ve downed a jar of mayonnaise—because you didn't!
By Christina Chaey
Sesame Caesar Salad
Swapping tahini for the mayonnaise that you typically see in classic Caesar salads keeps things creamy but adds nutty earthiness to the tangy mustard and funk from Parmesan cheese.
By Andy Baraghani
Spicy Steak Lettuce Wraps
Lettuce wraps might be our all-time favorite weeknight summer dinner—minimal cooking, maximum flavor and freshness.
By Molly Baz
Spring Chicken Salad With Smashed Green Beans
Properly-poached chicken breast is truly a thing of beauty—juicy, tender, and a blank canvas for big flavors.
By Kat Boytsova
Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Fennel Slaw and Caesar Mayo
Deeply charred mustardy chicken thighs are paired with a crunchy and refreshing fennel-basil slaw for the ultimate summer-night chicken sandwich.
By Molly Baz
Lazy Caesar Salad
No raw egg yolk, no problem. All the flavor you love in the classic in a quarter of the time.
By Claire Saffitz
BLT Salad
Cooking bacon in the oven on a sheet tray is so hands-off, so splatter-free, and so easy, it just might convince you to eat a lot more bacon in the future.
By Claire Saffitz
BLT Turkey Burgers
Ground turkey is hardly the stuff of flavor fireworks, but turkey sausage, preseasoned and ready to cook, tends to have great flavor right out of the package.
By Chris Morocco
Beef and Romaine Stir-Fry
Maybe you’ve never thought to cook romaine before, but just think of it like any other leafy green and give it a try.
By Claire Saffitz