Vegan triumvirate

The Greenest Gazpacho, Carottes Râpées Ribbon-Style and Way Better Three-Bean Salad are here to be your best friends this spring-into-summer and beyond.

The other day, while enjoying a giant batch of my Way Better Three-Bean Salad, I noticed that many of the things I love to eat this time of year happen to be vegan. Then came news that I’ll have a vegan house-guest next week. (Hello, Sophie! Can’t wait!)

Naturally I’ll subject her to that groovy bean salad. But what else?

And then it dawned on me: That plus two other dishes of my own device add up to a dreamy vegan trio that for me, deliver endless deliciousness during warm weather. People who are not vegan will not even notice they’re vegan. All three happen also to be gluten-free. They’re colorful (which in the vegetable world means healthful), bright-flavored and easy to put together. Any on its own would s…