Sides & Vegetables

A classic and nutritious way to get your daily mix of greens—kale, anyone?—that’s based on Greek tradition…complete with a little added oomph.

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• 15 M
• 30 M
• 0

A handful of cheap ingredients. The exact perfect temperature and timing. And a little patience, please, while spuds are elevated from simple to stellar.

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• 15 M
• 1 H, 5 M
• 0

When summer flaunts her finest late-summer feast, there’s very little that needs be done by way of embellishment. Just a little easy extravagance.

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• 20 M
• 20 M
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Get your aggression out in genteel fashion by making smashed cucumbers and then letting them soak up some sesame and soy goodness.

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• 15 M
• 45 M
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This brashly untraditional panzanella grills the bread so you can dispense with waiting for stale bread. Still frugal. Still stunning. Still more than the sum of its parts.

• (3)
• 20 M
• 45 M
• 14

Perhaps the quickest pickles ever, these tongue-tinglingly tangy specimens stack flavor on flavor all in the span of a few minutes of work and a few hours of waiting.

• (2)
• 5 M
• 45 M
• 6

This is not your mom’s potato salad recipe. It relies on tangy Dijon vinaigrette and soft-boiled eggs for dressing with runny yolks that spill into the salad to form an unparalleled richness.

• (5)
• 45 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 10

Roast beets until sweet enough to be considered dirt candy. Plonk on a place with tangy goat cheese, peppery greens, and a generous drizzle of honey. Lunch is done.

• (1)
• 30 M
• 1 H, 30 M
• 2

Yep. We smoked, pickled, and fried these spuds. And we’ve no regrets. David divulges—and indulges—all in this blog post.

• (3)
• 30 M
• 11 H
• 43

There’s a week or two midsummer when peak blueberry and tomato seasons overlap. You’ve been warned. Go.

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• 15 M
• 15 M
• 0