The Perfect Salad – Easy as 1, 2, 3…

Salads may be simple but they are anything but boring. Here are the three steps to create a perfect salad:

1. Delicious Green Leaves

Use greens as the base of your salad, there are loads to choose from, why not try some that you haven’t eaten before, here are some suggestions: 

Varieties of Salad Leaf

• Baby Leaf Spinach
• Cabbage – Red and White  
• Chard
• Cos
• Frisee   
• Kale
• Lambs Lettuce
• Little Gem
• Radicchio
• Rocket/Arugula
• Sweet Romaine
• Watercress

2. Something to get your teeth into

Depending on what you fancy, choose a selection of fruit or vegetables to add to your leaf, I find that up to 3 ingredients work best. Some of my favourite are:

• Avocado and celery
• Grated carrot and raisins
• Chunky cut peppers
• Tomato and sweetcorn
• Beetroot and orange
• Apple and celery
• Tomato, cucumber and onion
• Mushroom, onion and pepper
• Grated courgette and carrot

3. A Topping

Finish your salad with a flavour to complement the rest of your dish and can include:

• Sprouts
• Seeds
• Chopped walnuts
• An oil based dressing
• Vinegars
• Nut cheese

Helps to know
There are so many combinations of flavours and textures to get your senses going you will never again think of a salad as just being iceberg, tomato and cucumber… Add to this that each time you cut a vegetable in a different style it will add a different texture to your dish. Just think of the difference between juicy grated carrots and crunchy chopped carrots.

Happy experimenting!

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