As the days get longer, our standards for summer salad recipes are only getting higher, and we’re not settling for anything less than mouthwatering arrangements of the season’s freshest produce. We’re giving the leading roles in this list to tomatoes, watermelon, zucchini, and fresh corn. But that’s not all. It’s time to gather your ripest stone fruit and throw together a peach and nectarine salad. Don’t want to deal with pits? No problem. Feast upon salty, crunchy cucumbers instead. Try one of our new potato salads—and pasta salad too.
While all these summer salads are best eaten outside as you lounge on a red-and-white picnic blanket, they also taste good enjoyed from a reusable container while scrolling through spreadsheets. Because even when you’re working through your lunch break—or perhaps especially when you’re working through your lunch break—you deserve the best summer salad recipes we’ve got.