The Best Salad Cookbooks

Ottolenghi Simple delivers 130 recipes that prove Middle Eastern cooking doesn't demand hours at the stove, and Yotam Ottolenghi has built them all to work in 30 minutes, 10 ingredients, or a single pot.

Matty Matheson's Home Style Cookery proves that cooking for people you love stops feeling like a performance—it's just good food, made simple.

Matty Matheson: Home Style Cookery: A Home Cookbook cover

Jamie Oliver's 5 Ingredients Mediterranean proves you don't need a sprawling shopping list to cook like you've been traveling the sun-soaked coasts.

5 Ingredients Mediterranean: Simple Incredible Food [American Measurements] cover

Meera Sodha brings 120 plant-based recipes from across Asia to your weeknight table in East, a collection of vibrant, fuss-free dishes inspired by home cooks and gourmet chefs from Bangalore to Beijing.

East: 120 Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes from Bangalore to Beijing [American Measurements] cover

Let Meera Sodha walk you through Made in India, over 130 recipes from her family kitchen that taste nothing like the takeout menu.

Made in India: Recipes from an Indian Family Kitchen cover

Weeknight cooking stops feeling like a chore in RecipeTin Eats Dinner, where Nagi Maehashi's 150 recipes deliver comfort, speed, and genuine flavor without the fuss.

RecipeTin Eats Dinner: 150 Recipes for Fast, Everyday Meals cover

Mandy Wolfe, Rebecca Wolfe, and Meredith Erickson show you how salad night becomes the night everyone's actually excited about in Mandy's Gourmet Salads.

Mandy's Gourmet Salads: Recipes for Lettuce and Life cover

Bobby Flay walks you through Bobby at Home with 165+ recipes that prove bold doesn't need complicated—from Spanish shrimp and grits to sticky-sweet chicken and everything in between.

Bobby at Home: Fearless Flavors from My Kitchen: A Cookbook cover

Cook with Me gathers 150 recipes built on decades of family dinners and kitchen arguments, as Alex Guarnaschelli shares the dishes that shaped her—and invites you to make them your own.

Cook with Me: 150 Recipes for the Home Cook: A Cookbook cover

Alex Snodgrass brings 105 recipes to The Comfortable Kitchen that prove comfort food and nourishment aren't enemies—they're the same meal.

The Comfortable Kitchen: Bestselling Approachable and Nutritious Recipes for Everyday Meals That Bring Joy Back to the Family Table (A Defined Dish Book, 2) cover

David Lebovitz's My Paris Kitchen shows how Paris rewrites its own rulebook, and modern Parisian cooks follow eagerly along.

My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories [A Cookbook] cover

Simple Thai Food by Leela Punyaratabandhu proves that pad Thai at home tastes better when it's cooked your way.

Simple Thai Food: Classic Recipes from the Thai Home Kitchen [A Cookbook] cover

Books in this list

Ottolenghi Simple: A Cookbook

Matty Matheson: Home Style Cookery: A Home Cookbook

5 Ingredients Mediterranean: Simple Incredible Food [American Measurements]

East: 120 Vegan and Vegetarian Recipes from Bangalore to Beijing [American Measurements]

Made in India: Recipes from an Indian Family Kitchen

RecipeTin Eats Dinner: 150 Recipes for Fast, Everyday Meals

Mandy's Gourmet Salads: Recipes for Lettuce and Life

Bobby at Home: Fearless Flavors from My Kitchen: A Cookbook

Cook with Me: 150 Recipes for the Home Cook: A Cookbook

The Comfortable Kitchen: Bestselling Approachable and Nutritious Recipes for Everyday Meals That Bring Joy Back to the Family Table (A Defined Dish Book, 2)

My Paris Kitchen: Recipes and Stories [A Cookbook]

Simple Thai Food: Classic Recipes from the Thai Home Kitchen [A Cookbook]