22 Ways to Eat Your Greens Recipes

A rimmed baking sheet filled with crispy baked kale chips.

Kale Chips1/22

Potato chip fiends, stop your scoffing. We double-dog dare you to make a batch and stop at just one.

Three grilled artichoke halves, some lemon wedges, and dip on a wooden peel

Grilled Artichokes2/22

Simple and stunning. That's what we expect outta any side that we pull off the grill. These artichokes deliver all that—and then some.

Ten spears of asparagus seasoned with salt and pepper and arranged in a row on a baking sheet.

Roasted Asparagus3/22

Think a recipe for roast asparagus isn't necessary? We thought so, too...until we tried this. Lovely spears time after time. Not at all mushy. And never tough.

A white plate of kale slaw with shaved fennel and toasted pine nuts on top and a bowl of buttermilk dressing on the side.

Kale Slaw4/22

Move over, cole slaw. There's a new slaw in town, and it features everyone's favorite dark leafy green.

A saucepan filled with green soup, with a swirl of cashew cream in the center.

Green Soup5/22

A quick and easy way to inject some broccoli, peas, spinach, and other greens into your weekday routine. And it doesn't taste as hippy as it looks.

A glass jar filled with green sauce with a spoon resting inside.

Green Sauce6/22

Dubbed "magic sauce," this zingy green sauce lends an exaggerated oomph to just about anything. Watch how quickly it disappears and you'll understand the magic.

A white plate of broccoli rabe with balsamic brown butter being poured on top

Broccoli Rabe with Balsamic Brown Butter7/22

Think you don't like broccoli rabe? Think again. We defy you to try this butter-blasted kin to broccoli and not be converted.

A white oval dish filled with cooked spinach with raisins and pine nuts sprinkled over the top and a spoon resting in the dish.

Spinach with Raisins and Pine Nuts8/22

When prepared simply yet perfectly as here, this classic side dish will leave a lingering memory of just how lovely something healthy can be.

A bowls of green beans gremolata with a small dish of gremolata on the side.

Green Beans Gremolata9/22

An easy way to gussy up green beans and make them seem fancy without being fussy.

white plate of kale miso salad with roasted sweet potatoes on the side

Kale Salad with Miso Dressing10/22

A surprising and stunningly persuasive reason to eat your veggies. Leafy greens, baked sweet potatoes, and walnuts all come together amazingly with an umami-rich miso dressing.

Two glasses of green smoothie, one of them tipped over and spilled with two spinach leaves beside it.

Green Smoothie11/22

Close your eyes and we swear you'd never guess this sweet, banana-y smoothie is suffused with good-for-you greens.

A peanut butter, honey, and arugula sandwich on a white plate.

Peanut Butter, Honey, and Arugula Sandwich12/22

This peanut butter, honey, and arugula sandwich is like a pb&j sandwich gone to finishing school...at Chez Panisse.

Black-eyed peas, spinach, red onion, and red pepper on a white plate.

Black-Eyed Peas with Spinach13/22

After trying this Southern good-luck charm of black-eyed peas, we say forget the luck. Just pass more of these peas, please.

A bowl of pureed pea soup with mint with a spoon resting in the bowl and a glass of wine, piece of bread, and pepper mill beside it.

Pureed Pea Soup with Mint14/22

Eating your vegetables has never been so easy--nor so enticing--as this simple, savvy, spring-y sweet pea soup.

Salmon Fish Fingers with Asparagus and Spring Peas15/22

Cook couscous. Press the seasoned little roly polies onto salmon fillets. Sauté until crisp yet tender. Sizzle spring veggies in butter. Accept accolades.

Haricots Verts with Frisée and Bacon16/22

An inventive riff on plain old greens, this inspired salad juxtaposes a sassy sherry vinaigrette with crisp green beans, tender cipollini, and—mmmm—bacon. Our kinda salad.

A white bowl partially filled with arugula pesto and a spoon resting in the pesto. A few arugula leaves scattered beside the bowl.

Arugula Pesto17/22

A peppery riff on the classic Italian condiment that may even have improved upon tradition.

A white bowl filled with warm sourdough bread salad with chicken and fresh baby greens.

Warm Sourdough Bread Salad with Chicken18/22

Tender. Crunchy. Savory Sweet. This satiating bread salad is full of contradictions, including how something so straightforward can taste so complex.

A white bowl filled with spinach and arugula risotto on a grey linen napkin.

Spinach and Arugula Risotto19/22

This risotto, straight from Rome, gets its flavor and color from spinach, arugula, and parsley. Its smoothness is a product of butter, cream, and cheese.

Green Tea Ice Cream20/22

Get a load of this stunning scoop! The silken ice cream has a vibrant sea-green shade that's as distinctive as its nuanced and vaguely tea-y taste.

Black bowl of green gazpacho, with two ice cubes, drizzle of olive oil

Green Gazpacho21/22

Though this cool, creamy, don't-turn-on-the-stove soup is hardly penance, it certainly makes amends for all those burgers and brats. Summer detox, anyone?

A light-blue gravy boat filled with svelte green goddess dip

Svelte Green Goddess Dip22/22

This evocatively named dip isn't the same as the one of yore. It's got the same sumptuous taste, the same creamy texture, the same luminous color, just not the same calorie count.