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This recipe requires exactly zero skill and provides ample opportunity to be amazed by yourself and the wonders of yeast.

A great Caesar salad gets its swagger from crisp, cold greens, creamy dressing, and freshly made croutons.

Put this gorgeous green blender sauce toward whatever long noodle is in your pantry.

Pickled chile vinaigrette, salami, and torn crispy bread help turn a bowl’s worth of stone fruit into a lightning fast summery dinner.

Raw zucchini has never tasted better.

The high-impact flavors traditionally used in the marinade for Peruvian chicken—soy sauce, cumin, and paprika—are applied to grilled tofu with resounding success.

Best served chilled.

With a crisp crust, garlicky mayo, and a juicy slice of tomato.

This thrifty riff hinges on canned butter beans and a juicy grated tomato marinade.

A classic that’s happy alongside a hearty, meaty main or alone as a vegetarian lunch.

Seasoned with smoky paprika and steam-charred in foil packets, these spuds taste like summer.

Whack raw asparagus with a rolling pin, then douse it in a lemony vinaigrette.

Shaved into a salad, roasted until crispy, or puréed into soup, our best asparagus recipes celebrate spring’s most iconic spears.

An herbaceous, crunchy, green riff on the iconic bread salad, tossed in a tangy buttermilk dressing.

Admit it: When you go for round two, it’s the sides you’re really craving.

Every salad should have pita chips.

A halfway-homemade pastry to wow anyone.

All pizza toppings welcome, especially pickled peppers, olives, maybe an anchovy or 10.

This salad gets better with time, making it a go-to for meal preppers and busy weeknights.

Vodka contributes an extra measure of tender crumb to these flaky-as-can-be biscuits.

From “The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook,” this recipe is a lesson in simple yet luxurious cooking.

A veg-forward main or gets-along-with-everyone side.

Like blistered asparagus with harissa and pickled rhubarb salad.

With four ways to dress it up, this simple risotto recipe is worthy of a dinner party—but it’s also delicious topped with nothing at all.