Quick Pickled Sugarsnap Peas

Though I like them raw or gently sautéed until tender-crisp, one of my favorite things to do to sugarsnaps is to quickly pickle them in a gingery, barely sweetened brine. I make them as a refrigerator pickle so that they keep their crunch and eat them with open-face sandwiches or chopped and tossed with grain salads.

Pickled Spring Peas

These pickled peas are wonderful because they lose none of their pea essence in the pickling process. Instead, they just gain a vivid tartness. I've used them in a quick pasta dish and have a few left that I want to use to garnish my next batch of asparagus soup (two spring vegetables that go so well together).

Quick-Pickled Asparagus With Tarragon and Shallot

This simple quick-pickle recipe is made by soaking asparagus in a hot brine made from white wine vinegar, water, sugar, and salt, infused with the French flavors of tarragon and shallot.

Quick-Pickled Rhubarb With Lemongrass and Ginger

This simple quick pickle recipe is made by soaking rhubarb in a hot brine made from red wine vinegar, water, light brown sugar, and salt and infused with fresh lemongrass, ginger, and spices.

Snap Pea Salad With Creamy Yogurt-Mint Dressing

Snap peas are one of my favorite vegetables for eating out of hand, but I like them even better lightly blanched. It takes a little willpower not to tear through them all raw right away, but if you can hold off, an even tastier salad—full of plump, sweet peas in a creamy, minty dressing—awaits.

Snap Pea Salad

This snap pea salad is easy, tasty, refreshing, and versatile enough to serve with anything! It's also great for picnics, BBQs, and potlucks.

Quick Pickled Fennel with Orange

This fennel pickle is sweetened with orange and spiked with a generous amount of freshly ground black pepper. The end product is half salad, half pickle and all crunch and flavor....

Quick-Pickled Cucumbers With Rice Vinegar

A quick Japanese-style rice vinegar cucumber, perfect for serving with rice or stuffed into Pork Belly Buns.

Snap Pea Salad With Mint and Tahini-Harissa Dressing

Sweet snap peas and mint is a classic combination that lends itself well to variation. Here we riff on it by adding yogurt and a couple other flavorful ingredients like tahini and harissa. It's light yet rich, cooling yet spicy.

Quick-Pickled Watermelon Radishes

These quick and easy pickled watermelon radishes add bright flavor to all sorts of dishes, along with a beautiful burst of color.