Salads

Crunchy seeds, warm squash and crisp arugula make this salad textural delight.

This vinaigrette has a few more ingredients to pair with the bitter winter greens (notably, the honey). You might want to double or triple the recipe—it’s a great staple to keep in the fridge all week.

Farro is a highly versatile grain, and for all the right reasons: You can use it in soups and risotto, and in hearty bowls and grain salads. This recipe packs a lot of flavour and texture, despite how simple it is to make. Enjoy on its own or with grilled tofu, shrimp or fish on the side. —Diala Canelo

Keeps things cool in the kitchen tonight with a hearty vegetarian salad that lets your slow cooker to do all the heavy lifting.

This is the salad equivalent of getting catfished. All the ingredients come together to trick your brain into thinking you’re eating a delicious Caesar salad, but there’s no mayonnaise and no anchovies anywhere in the recipe. The only thing it has in common with a Caesar are the croutons and the cheese (which we really couldn’t live without). Hail, Caesar!—Janice Tiefenbach, Stephanie Mercier Voyer, Ryan Gray and Marley Sniatowsky of Elena