Add Color to Your Meals

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Sheet pan dinners aren’t pretty, but they are delicious. When your meal is mostly brown, quickly steaming broccoli or boiling corn is a great way to quickly add veggies to the meal. These quick salads are your next best option. They use minimal ingredients, come together while everything else cooks, and the leftovers are great in a bowl the next day.

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Garlicky Iceberg (aka Life-Changing Lettuce)

Simple vin + crunchy iceberg pairs so well with crispy protein like schnitzel or tofu.


Cukes & Beans

One of my FAVORITES. If you don’t have beans, use broccoli (or whatever other veg you have).


Mediterranean Chopped Salad

My go-to salad for so many meals, and even better in a pita the next day.


Miso Sesame Slaw

The dressing here is what makes this slaw so good. If you don’t want to shred cabbage yourself, buy a bag of pre-cut slaw and make the dressing.


Confetti Greens

The ultimate clean-out-your-fridge salad, packed with herbs.

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