Lunch

Rinsing the cooked couscous stops the cooking and prevents it from sticking together as it cools.

We won't lie: the poppy seed dressing and the burrata are the best part about this grilled beets recipe.

For the quick pickles, try using other crisp vegetables, such as radishes, celery, or fennel.

We love the way this recipe revamps a standard BLT.

This also makes a great dinner for one; just cut the ingredients in half.

"I like the fact that just three or four main ingredients can make a smashing result," says van Boven about this sweet and crunchy salad.

Although the recipe calls for chicken, you can serve this nutrient-dense cabbage slaw with any protein you like.

The only thing better than pimiento cheese dip? Melted pimiento cheese dip, laced with chopped pickles for a little zip.

Serve the shrimp on toast to soak up the delicious pickling liquid.

For a hash with plenty of crisp texture, cook it over moderately high heat scraping and folding in the browned bits from the bottom of the pan as it cooks.

This recipe gives you yet another excuse to keep a package of puff pastry in the freezer.

This is the time of year to try all different kinds of garlic--spring garlic, young garlic with unformed cloves, garlic scapes. Use any of them in this vegetable-packed egg drop soup recipe.

There are all kinds of radishes available at the markets in spring--use any shape or color that looks good to you.

Marinated white anchovies bear little resemblance to the pungent salted brown ones packed in oil. They're plump, vinegary, tender, and addictive when paired with the crisp frisee and chewy bread in this sandwich.

Here's a skillet hash browns recipe that justifies the existence of that food processor grating disk (you didn't throw it out, we hope). If you don't have one, a box grater will do.

Bloomfield loves making this salad with black mint, which you'll find in spring and summer at farmers' markets.

This frittata is lightened by using only half the egg yolks of traditional recipes.

Use your favorite low-fat turkey or chicken sausage in this slimmed-down version of the Italian sandwich classic.