Cuisine at home

CHILLIN’ OUT

SUMMER’S HERE and the time is right for downshifting into the slow lane. To us, that means weeknight meals should be good but not too fussy, and when it’s hot, we want something cold. These four entrée salads tick all those boxes. Inspired by global flavors, and a little Americana thrown in, your palate will be anything but bored.

The crab salad teems with textures and bold flavors. Creamy, crunchy, and cool, it sings with spice and delivers everything you expect in a Thai-inspired dish — a balance of sweet, sour, salty, and spicy heat. The chicken salad is a little bit of a riff on

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