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Harissa-Braised Green Beans with Herbs

A stewed green bean can be just as good as a crisp, barely cooked one.

Roasted Radishes with Green Goddess Butter

If you have extra Green Goddess Butter (and you will), serve it over seared steak, swordfish, whole fish, chicken, or on toast, melted into pasta, on a spoon directly into your mouth, and so on.

Grilled Carrots with Limey Hot Sauce and Cotija

Of course, you don’t have to grill these carrots, but grilled carrots are good as hell, and if you have the opportunity to do so, grill ’em.

Mustardy Green Beans with Anchovyed Walnuts

The key is to have just-cooked green beans, lightly dressed and topped in a tangy, mustardy dressing, with toasted, garlicky, anchovyed walnuts.

Melon with Crispy Ham and Ricotta Salata

More salad than snack, but truthfully, it can be eaten as either a predinner snack or a dinner salad.

Summer Squash with Basil, Parmesan, and Toasted Buckwheat

I would not do anything ahead of time here, other than toast the buckwheat or pumpkin seeds.

Smashed Cucumbers with Sizzled Turmeric and Garlic

It’s hard to say how this salad-y number is best served—because the answer is “with everything and all the time.”

Crushed Peas with Burrata and Black Olives

This “salad” is just an excuse to eat an extraordinary amount of cheese.

Vinegared Apples with Persimmon and White Cheddar

You want the fruit to be fairly acidic and salty; the honey is there to compensate for any lack of naturally occurring sweetness, so adjust with more as needed.

Celery Salad with Cilantro and Sesame

It’s the perfect thing to eat when getting down on intensely lamb-y noodles or crazy-hot dumplings

Citrusy Cucumbers with Red Onion and Toasted Sesame

This is the kind of dish that can be served as part of a “snacks for dinner” spread, but also as a salad alongside other mains.

Celery and Fennel with Walnuts and Blue Cheese

Unfortunately for celery, the nicest thing most people can say about it is that they like to eat it with their buffalo wings; but the merits of this very good and underrated vegetable are plenty, and well . . . I LOVE CELERY.