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Night + Market Green Papaya Salad

If Thai food were laid out as one of those nutritional pyramids they showed you in health class, green papaya salad would be at the bottom, right above rice. In other words: It is fundamental. 

Seasoned Fried Peanuts

Add these seasoned peanuts to your som tum.

Ants on a Log Should Be a Salad

Just keep the raisins out of it.

Ants on a Log Celery Salad

A sophisticated take on the beloved children's snack of celery with peanut butter and raisins, this salad is a study in textures with chewy dates, crisp apple, and fresh herbs.

You Thought You Didn’t Need Another Kale Salad. But This One Has Potato Chips

It also has a killer sweet onion dressing and spicy gochujang-glazed peanuts. A picnic showstopper that costs less than $2 per person? Sold.

Maui Kale Salad With Sweet Onion Dressing

With a simple sweet onion dressing, roasted peanuts, and crunchy potato chips, this salad is an easy favorite. As the salad sits, it becomes even more flavorful.

Kim Chee Peanuts

We took roasted peanuts and coated them with sweet-spicy kochujang, Korean chile flakes, and garlic salt as a topper for the kale and cabbage salad at Tin Roof.

Peanut Butter Brookies

What’s better than a brownie? A brownie with a layer of peanut butter cookie, that’s what.

Salted PB&J Ice Cream Pie

Peanut butter, jelly, and buttery crackers, now a in no-churn ice cream pie form. Any nut or seed butter, jam or jelly, will work.

This Nigerian Spice Mix Is Prime for Grilling Season

Yaji, or suya spice, is the signature flavor of Nigerian meat skewers, but it can go wherever you want to use it.

Mala Fried Peanuts

Shelled raw peanuts are easy to find at Asian markets, health food stores, and other specialty food stores.

Boiled Peanuts with Chile Salt

Fresh shell-on peanuts are available only at harvest time and are hard to find, but unroasted shell-on peanuts work just as well and can be found in many supermarkets and online.  

The Better Way to Toast Your Nuts

You need toasted nuts. You need melted butter. Achieve both tasks with one method and end up with a sauce you can put on almost anything.

Pineapple Shrimp Noodle Bowls

Caramelized pineapple and sautéed shrimp get tossed in a sweet, sour, and spicy sauce with lots of fresh basil. We like it spooned over rice noodles and topped with cucumbers, onions, and peanuts, but it’s also great with any grain.

Brussels Sprout Tacos with Spicy Peanut Butter

Cooked and raw brussels sprouts are matched with a rich umami dressing and a spicy nutty sauce in this surprising but winning taco.

Raw Caramel Peanut Crunch Bars

Combine puréed dates, peanut butter, and puffed rice into these no-cook treats and gloss with a generous coating of chocolate for a (healthier-than-store-bought) candy bar whenever a craving strikes.

Taste Test: Crunchy Peanut Butter

Did your favorite spread its way to the top?

Make-Ahead Chicken Freezer Packets

Imagine this: a stack of packets in your freezer that you can take straight to the oven for a full dinner in 30 minutes.

Seared Halloumi with Peanut Dukkah

Sear squeaky, salty Halloumi cheese in a pan—it won’t melt, but will get a crisp golden crust—then douse in honey and a spicy nut and seed sprinkle and serve as an appetizer or with a simple green salad.

Watermelon With Lime Dressing and Peanuts

This boldly flavored fruit salad is a welcome accompaniment to any grilled main.