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MÂche, FrisÉe, and Radish Salad with Mustard Vinaigrette
With crunchy radishes and bitter frisée, this salad brings its vinegar note in the form of a spicy mustard dressing.
Golden Beet and Sunflower Salad
To maximize the flavor of this salad, toss the beets with the dressing while they’re still warm, so they’ll absorb more of it.
Dandelion Salad with Lardons and Goat Cheese Phyllo Blossoms
This dish is a take on the bistro classic frisée salad with lardons.
Kohlrabi Slivers and Pea Shoots with Sesame Dressing
Food editor Maggie Ruggiero became enamored of a sesame-dressed salad at Donguri, a Japanese home-cooking restaurant in New York City. This is her take on it. Because the sesame seeds are unhulled, they have a richness that flatters the freshness of spring vegetables—here, cool kohlrabi and sweet pea shoots.
Parmesan Cauliflower and Parsley Salad
Fried with a parmesan coating, humble cauliflower takes on a whole new appeal in this salad; lots of parsley makes it aromatic and refreshing.
Asparagus Salad with Celery Leaves, Quail Eggs, and Tarragon Vinaigrette
A simple green salad, yes. But ordinary? Not a chance.
Farmers Market Greens
Let your imagination run wild with this salad, which can include any mixture of baby greens: Try kale, tatsoi, and mustard greens, or go even crazier and add some sorrel and garnish with edible flowers.
Grilled Caesar Salad
Just when the crowd thinks you’re done with the grill, surprise them with this; the romaine’s leaves char slightly but stay fresh and crisp.
Purslane and Parsley Salad
You might run across purslane, with its glossy, plump leaves, at a farmers market—and you might even find it growing in the cracks of your sidewalk or in your yard. Luckily, this incredibly nutritious and juicy green is a weed, which means it pops up wild nearly everywhere. Lots of chopped parsley and a simple vinaigrette flatter its herbal, lemony crunch.
Escarole, Fennel, and Oak-Leaf Salad
Soft and crisp, bitter and sweet—this simple salad is a clean, bright counterpoint to the rest of the meal.
Greek Country Salad
This is not the salad with feta and olives that most Americans know, but a version popular in the Greek countryside that typically includes a few wild greens foraged from the land.
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