The Omnivores' Diary

I don't know why I'm totally into discussing salads with you today. Maybe I'm craving for one??? But anyway the question is this: Do we have a lot of things to learn about salad? Oh yes, we do buddy! This blog will give you basic know-how about one topic- SALAD. First things first... Types of Salad. There are three: Simple salad, Composed salad and Salad plates. Simple Salad- composed of one type of salad green:  it can either be a leaf lettuce salad (refer to the different types of salad greens below. there's at least ten you know!), raw or cooked vegetable salad, sprout salad or legume salad  Composed Salad- various combination of salad ingredients such as leafy greens, raw and cooked vegetables, sprouts, legumes, rice or pasta and garnish. It is supposed to be a meal in itself. An example would be tuna nicois e.  Salad Plates- a variety of dressed salads arranged like a bouquet : mixed green salad, raw and cooked vegetable salads, mushroom salads, le...