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These Salads Magically Get More Delicious as They Sit In Your Fridge

These make ahead salads are even better the next day. No joke.
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Annabel Mehran

Is there anything better than a salad? Yes, a lot, actually. But these make-ahead recipes that get better the longer they sit in the fridge are a pretty big deal on the salad scene. Your office lunch just got a big upgrade.

  • Image may contain Plant Food Vegetable Spinach Produce Kale and Cabbage
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    Freekeh Salad with Chicken and Kale

    If you can’t find freekeh, use another whole grain, like spelt or rye berries. The variety of ingredients here (Chicken! Grains! Kale!) are all hardy enough to stand up to a day or two in the fridge, fully-dressed.

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    Collard Green and Radish Slaw with Crispy Shallots

    Make the the collard greens base ahead, and think of it as the beginning of a choose-your-own adventure each day. You can skip the crispy shallots in favor of nuts, seeds, croutons, or anything else crunchy and salty.

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Senior Associate Web Editor. When she’s not torturing herself by grinding coffee beans by hand and making her own butter, Rochelle writes about cooking techniques and seasonal eating for bonappetit.com. She comes to BA by way of a small farm in Central New York, where she worked as a farmhand ... Read More
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