A salad is a dish consisting of a mixture of small pieces of food
usually featuring vegetables. They are typically served at room temperature or
chilled with notable exceptions such as south German potato salad which is
served warm. Salads may contain virtually any type of ready to eat food. The
word first appears as salad or sallet in the 16th century. Garden salads use a
base of leafy greens like lettuce’ arugula kale or spinach they are common
enough that the word salad
alone often refers specifically to garden salads. Other types include bean
salad’ tuna salad’ fattoush’ Greek salad and Japanese semen salad a noodle
based salad. Salads have been popular for the health benefits provided by them.
This dish has evolved over the years and thus many different types of salads
exist today. Broadly they can be classified into simple and mixed types. Salad
is a dish which is made by using raw edible food items like fruits and
vegetables. It is tossed with other cooked or uncooked vegetables or other food
items. The word salad has been derived from the word sal which means salt. This
is due to the fact that salt has remained the key ingredient for dressing of
salads. It is generally served cold or at room temperature. It is important to
mention that salads should be prepared only with fresh ingredients and no
compromise should be made on the quality of ingredients. Salads are known for
nutritional value provided by them. Vegetables other than greens may be used in
a salad. Common raw vegetables used in a salad include cucumbers’ peppers’
tomatoes’ onions’ spring onions’ red onions’ carrots’ celery and radishes.
Other ingredients such as mushrooms’ avocado’ olives’ hard boiled egg’
artichoke hearts’ heart of palm’ roasted red bell peppers’ green beans’
croutons’ cheeses’ meat bacon chicken or seafood tuna shrimp are sometimes
added to salads. A bound salad can be composed arranged or tossed put in a bowl
and mixed with a thick dressing. They are assembled with thick sauces such as
mayonnaise. One portion of a true bound salad will hold its shape when placed
on a plate with an ice cream scoop. Examples of bound salad include tuna salad’
pasta salad’ chicken salad’ egg salad and potato salad. Dessert salads rarely
include leafy greens and are often sweet. Common variants are made with gelatin
or whipped cream. jello salad pistachio salad and ambrosia. Other forms of
dessert salads include snickers salad’ glorified rice and cookie salad popular
in parts of the Midwestern United
States. Main course salads as dinner salads
and commonly known as entrée salads in North America may contain grilled or
fried chicken pieces’ seafood such as grilled or fried shrimp or a fish steak
such as tuna’ mahi-mahi or salmon or sliced steak such as sirloin or skirt.
Caesar salad’ Chef salad’ Cobb salad’ Chinese chicken salad and Michigan salad are
dinner salads. There is a rule when dressing salads: The more delicate the texture
and flavor of the greens the lighter and more subtle the dressing should be.
Mayonnaise based dressings should be used for stronger flavored greens while a
vinegar oil dressing should be used for lighter greens. A salad is a serving in a meal that
includes leaf vegetables such as lettuce’ spinach’ or arugula. Uncooked or cold
cooked vegetables that are sliced into small pieces tomato or onion are then
mixed with the leaf vegetables. A salad
dressing or vinaigrette is then poured on top of the vegetables. Egg
salad is often used as a sandwich spread’ typically made of chopped hard boiled
eggs’ mayonnaise’ mustard minced celery or onion’ salt pepper and paprika. Tomatoes and basil fresh from the garden are tossed with olives bell
peppers rotini pasta then
dressed with a creamy piquant blend of mayonnaise red wine vinegar and garlic.
Let the salad chill overnight to
bring out the snappy flavors. Part green salad part antipasto salad this recipe combines lettuce’
celery’ onion’ pepperoni olives and cherry tomatoes all tossed in a dressing
made with olive oil vinegar and a little mayonnaise. A bread salad made
from toasted or fried pieces of pita bread combined with mixed greens and other
vegetables. Seafood and vegetables over hard tack arranged into a decorative
pyramid and dressed with a rich sauce salad consisting of grated cheese’ grated
carrot and a mayonnaise dressing. Bound salads are often used as sandwich
fillings. They are popular at picnics and barbecues. Warm
salad contains a warm or cooked item as one of its ingredient. For example a
salad containing cooked meat will be known as a warm salad. The presence of
warm ingredients makes these salads desirable during winters. Warm potato salad
and char grilled lamb salad are two such examples. Fruit salads are made of
fruit and include the fruit cocktail that can be made fresh or from canned
fruit. A composed salad is a salad arranged on a plate rather than put into a
bowl. It can be used as a meal in itself rather than as a part of a meal. Eat Salads for the Health Benefits of Fruits and
Vegetables. High in polyphenols and vitamin E along
with monounsaturated fats the green fruit helps protect and nourish your skin
cells. Russian Salad is a potato salad with many variations to it. In its most
basic form it is diced potatoes and cooked vegetables mixed in mayonnaise. The
vegetables are usually diced carrot and green peas often canned or frozen.
Russian Salad has also has become popular in Spain where tuna is added. Iranian
versions usually add chicken. They're that healthy. Most of us are aware of
this in a general sort of way. The specifics of their healthfulness are a bit
less widely known and specifically salads are both full of heart healthy cancer
fighting cell building ingredients and are fantastic weight loss and weight maintenance
tools.
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