Salads

The First Time I Screwed This Up… The first time I made a butter leaf salad, I treated it like any other salad — just …

I dumped soggy apples and limp celery into a pool of mayo, thinking I had a “classic.” No contrast. No sharpness. No freshness. It tasted …

The first time I made a rocket salad, I figured it was impossible to mess up. Peppery greens, a bit of dressing, maybe some cheese. …

The first time I made this, I ruined the quinoa.I rushed it. Skipped the rinse. Let it steam in a hot pot, and what I …

The first time I made this, I treated it like just another “healthy salad.” Prawns? Check. Lettuce? Sure. Avocado, Trendy, fine. I figured toss it …

The first time I made macaroni salad, I thought it was foolproof—boil pasta, dump mayo, call it a day. What I got was a sticky, …

The first time I made lobster salad, I drowned it in mayo, tossed in chunky celery, and wondered why it felt like fancy tuna mush. …

I thought papaya salad was just a light, “healthy” side. I tossed in the ingredients like it was coleslaw, skipped the mortar, and ended up …

I thought fennel salad was for people who drank cucumber water and called it dinner. Thin, wispy slices with a sad drizzle of lemon? No …

The first time I tried to make a crab potato salad, I treated it like a tuna mayo job—lazy, overmixed, and totally missing the texture. …