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Tea sandwiches are great in their standard form, but why not make open-faced sandwiches for a party to show off the cucumber? Try not to smirk when your guests fawn all over them. These are so easy, you’re going to laugh. Read more about this recipe at VeganYumYum.

Black Pepper Tuna On Crisp Vegetables With Ginger And Soy Sauce Vinaigrette

Cook the tuna in aluminum foil to keep the cracked pepper from burning in the hot pan. The outside of the tuna gets cooked through the foil, while the inside remains rare. Read more about this recipe at the Washington Post.

Chicken With Sun-Dried Tomatoes And Watercress

An interesting combination of flavors infuses the chicken and builds the sauce. Use sun-dried tomatoes that are not packed in oil or liquid. Read more about this recipe at the Washington Post.

Watercress Bisque

This lovely, bright-green soup can be served warm or chilled, either as a main course or in small cups as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre. It's best consumed the same day it is made. Serve with crackers and cheese. You can use white pepper if you don't want to interfere with the soup's color. Read more about this recipe at the Washington Post.

Sweet Cress And Fruit Salad With Grapefruit-Verjus Vinaigrette

Verjus is the unfermented juice of unripe grapes. Use it like you would a vinegar, for dressings or marinades, or even for poaching fish or chicken. Read more about this recipe on hogwash.

Whole Wheat Fusilli With Watercress, Red Peppers, Pine Nuts And Garlic

You might not often find watercress in Italian pastas, but its peppery bite is balanced here by sweet peppers, pungent garlic and toasted pine nuts. Toss in a little basil at the end if you have some on hand.

Watercress And Peach Salad With Brie And Almonds

For this simple salad, which is on the menu at Nora in Dupont Circle, chef-owner Nora Pouillon uses locally grown peaches and an organic brie from Fromagerie Roussey in France. Read more about this recipe at the Washington Post.

Watercress, Snow Pea And Shiitake Mushroom Stir-Fry

This Asian-inspired stir-fry is perfect for the spring farmer's market vegetables. The sweet crunch of the snow peas complements watercresses' peppery bitterness. Serve with rice noodles or steamed brown rice. Read more about this recipe at the Washington Post.

Salmon With Figs, Saba And Watercress

The sweet, seasonal ingredients in this dish play off the slight bitterness of watercress. Soft black mission figs from California, olive oil from Sicily, saba from Italy and spicy watercress are perfect with fresh salmon. Read more about this recipe at the Washington Post.

Steak Sandwiches With Watercress, Fontina And Roasted Red Peppers

Watercress is the star of this sandwich; its peppery bite contrasts with the meaty steak, creamy fontina and sweet peppers. Mayonnaise and Dijon mustard gild the lily.

Chopped Watercress Salad With Peanuts

If you don't have watercress, you can use baby spinach leaves, a mix of spinach and arugula, thinly sliced celery, or cucumber sliced or chopped for this refreshing salad. Read more about this recipe in Nancie McDermott's Quick & Easy Vietnamese.

Watercress And Cucumber Tea Sandwiches

This classic tea sandwich combination works well: the sweet cucumbers play against the peppery watercress, the butter and cream cheese add their own richness, and soft white bread keeps it all together. Figure on at least one sandwich per person.