I’ve learned countless tips, tricks, and techniques from Cook’s Illustrated over the years, but for some reason, I rarely end up cooking any of the dishes. After seeing their method for crispy chickpeas for Chopped Salad with Spiced Skillet-Roasted Chickpeas, I knew I had to break that streak!
Edy Massih’s Charred Corn, Tomato & Halloumi Salad is the perfect late-summer dish combining flame-charred corn and scallions with tomato wedges and seared halloumi, dressed in a mint-lemon vinaigrette. It’s an easy, flavorful way to savor seasonal produce before autumn arrives.
Based on a salad he enjoyed at Hi Tops bar in San Francisco this recipe features crispy roasted kale chips mixed with arugula for a delightful texture contrast. The real star is the balsamic, miso, honey, and scallion oil vinaigrette
As a cartoon in the New Yorker recently said, “Summer’s here. Do you want to talk incessantly about tomatoes or corn?” All I ask is: why choose? Sure, I practically eat tomato sandwiches daily during July and August, but I’m never going to turn down […]
Zaynab Issa’s twist on this street-food favorite, Halal Cart Chicken Salad, which will satisfy my itch until I’m back in the city for some halal cart deliciousness.
The base of the salad is tasty by itself, featuring ribbons of Tuscan kale, cooked green lentils, feta and Castelvetrano olives. However, the spiced oil takes this to the absolute next level! It’s infused with scallion, lemon, garlic, cumin and crushed red chili flakes with coarsely chopped almonds – ensuring every bite of this salad is a dream.
Lidey jokes that this is her husband’s favorite salad because it doesn’t contain any lettuce – and on this point I couldn’t agree more, many of my favorites are lettuce-less.
This vibrant salad combines chickpeas and Kalamata olives with diced tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, red onion, capers, scallions and parsley all tossed in a garlic and oregano red wine vinaigrette.
Back in those pre-pandemic days when I wasn’t working from home full-time, one of my favorite lunch spots near our office was La Pecora Bianca and my favorite dish was their farro salad – no wonder with the similarities to my other favorite: Charlie Bird farro salad from Cook Like A Pro!