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Cornmeal Waffles with Currant-Maple Sauce
If you can't find currants (check the farmers' market first), use any other berry or a mix.
Tomatoes in Chile-Fennel Oil
Double the chile oil, keep it chilled, and drizzle it over flatbreads, pastas, and all of your grilled meats and vegetables all summer long.
Corn and Fregola with Grilled Halloumi Cheese
If this were our party, we'd get all the grilling out of the way early in the day and toss this Mediterranean fantasy of a salad together in our caftans.
Cabbage and Carrot Slaw with Walnut-Za'atar Pesto
The usual slaw suspects get a modern upgrade thanks to a salty-cheesy walnut pesto.
Shrimp Salad with Cucumber and Fennel
Poaching the shrimp with their shells on locks in their flavor.
Roasted Peaches with Ricotta Buttercream and Breadcrumbs
Nectarines, all types of plums, or apricots are easy swaps for the peaches.
Roasted Garlicky Sweet Peppers and Chiles
Don't like it hot? Remove the seeds to tone it down, or make this addictive condiment with sweet peppers alone.
Tomato-Peach Salad with Tofu Cream
No one will know this umami-packed creamy dressing is made with tofu; they'll just think it's delicious.
Collard Greens and Kale Pesto
You wouldn't blanch tender herbs such as basil, but doing so here softens the collards and kale.
Smoked Tomato Soup
Skillet smoking is a chef's trick that's easy to do at home.
Creamy Tahini Sauce, Three Ways
Serve this ultra-creamy tahini sauce with grilled meats or roasted vegetables, or use it as a base for a silky avocado dip or an herby salad dressing.
Bibb Lettuce, Chicken, and Cherry Salad
Toss the first juicy, sweet cherries of the season into this salad, along with rotisserie chicken and a vibrant creamy horseradish dressing.
Five-Bean Salad with Smoked Paprika Vinaigrette
The rich Spanish flavors of smoked paprika and Marcona almonds are balanced by the bright freshness of parsley and celery in this update on a classic side dish.
Jicama, Radish, and Pickled Plum Salad
Inspired by chile salt-sprinkled mangos, this salad is so deftly seasoned, you won't even notice there's not a drop of oil in the whole dish.
Fruit Salad with Fennel, Watercress, and Smoked Salt
Feel free to adapt this fruit salad as the seasons change; aim for a mix of juicy fruit (like melon), stone fruit, and berries.
Crudités Salad with Farro and Pecans
A texture riot of a salad; it gets crunch and creaminess from toasted pecans and almond butter(!).
Snap Peas and Green Beans with Arugula-Mint Pesto
When not using this pesto to dress this very green salad, you could schmear it on just about any sandwich, or stir it into scrambled eggs.
Potato Salad with 7-Minute Eggs and Mustard Vinaigrette
Egg salad and potato salad: Unite! We like how the still-soft yolks dress the salad, but you can cook the eggs a minute or two longer if you like them more set.