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Cool, crisp, bright, and healthy: who doesn't love green salad? Your creativity runs free here, mix up combinations to your liking. There are no real "hard and fast" rules: but some ideas may help you whip up viridian vibrance for lunch or an appetizer. Scroll on down for lists of green salad ingredients, then further down for combination ideas.

 

  • Figure about 2 - 3 cups of salad per person

  • Think color, texture, and flavor​

  • Mix contrasting notes like sweet/sour

  • Consider proteins such as cheese or chicken

  • Don't forget fresh herbs for a real flavor punch

  • Fruit sweetens any salad

  • Some type of bread often accompanies green salad

  • What's freshest at the market? What's on sale? What do you have tons of?

 

 

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Green Salad Ideas

* Vegetables

  • tomatoes (yes, it's technically a fruit, but we consider it vegetable-y)

  • cucumbers

  • peppers

  • white, green, or red onions

  • broccoli

  • mushrooms

  • frozen green peas

  • radishes

  • celery

  • blanced green beans

  • zucchini

  • corn

  • carrots

  • fennel

 

 

* Greens

  • lettuces

  • mustard, collard, or turnip greens

  • spinach (technically a lettuce, but it deserves mentioning on its own)

  • arugula

  • bok choy

  • green, red, or purple cabbage

  • chickory - bitter but balances well with fruit

  • kale

  • radicchio

  • dandelion

  • watercress

  • rampion (what Rapunzel's father stole from the witch's garden)

 

 

* Fruit

  • apples

  • pears

  • raisins

  • grapes

  • melons

  • avocado (technically a fruit)

  • berries

  • pineapple

  • dates

  • craisins

  • oranges

  • yucca

  • jicama

* Herbs

  • basil

  • dill

  • oregano

  • thyme

  • chives

  • cilantro

  • chervil

  • tarragon

  • mint

  • marjoram

  • parsley

* Protein

  • chicken

  • ham

  • bacon

  • steak slices

  • turkey

  • cheese

  • nuts

  • tofu

  • beans (garbanzo, cannellini, black, kidney)

  • hard boiled egg

  • seafood

* Extras

  • croutons

  • olives

  • anchovies

  • seeds (pomegranate, pumpkin, flax)

  • salsa

  • squash & squash blossoms

  • couscous

  • barley

  • quinoa

Bibb Avocado Salad​

1 head Boston bibb lettuce, torn into pieces

1 avocado, peeled and sliced

1/4 cup coarsely grated parmesan cheese

1 seedless orange, peeled and segmented

2 tablespoon slivered almonds

Here are some classic and contemporary green salad combinations

                                                                           Each recipe yields approx. 4 servings

Bacon & Bleu Salad​

1 head leaf lettuce, torn into pieces

1 cup crumbled bleu cheese

1 pound bacon, fried crisp & crumbled

1 cup beefsteak tomato, cut into wedges

1/2 cup sliced cucumber

 

Southwest Green Salad​

1 head romaine, torn into pieces

1/4 cup fresh chopped cilantro

1/2 cup sliced black olives

1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

1/4 cup blanced corn

1/4 cup black beans

1/4 cup salsa

1/4 cup chopped white onion

*optional: 1 jalepeno, diced

 

Greek Green Salad

2 cups fresh spinach, torn into pieces

2 cups romaine lettuce, torn into pieces

1 cup feta cheese, crumbled

1/2 cup pitted Greek olives

1/2 cup thinly sliced white onion

1 bell pepper, sliced thin

1/2 cup thinly sliced cucumber

2 tomatoes, cut into wedges

 

 

Baby Greens, Beets, & Walnuts 

3 medium beets, cooked or jarred & drained

4 cups mixed baby salad greens 

1/2 cup loosely packed fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves

1/2 cup (2 ounces) crumbled goat cheese

1/4 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted

 

 

 

 

Here are some salad flavor combinations

                   No real recipes, just use what sounds good!

                                                                           

  • spinach

  • sliced strawberries

  • crumbled bacon

  • pecans

  • sliced green onions

  • Boston bibb lettuce

  • sliced canteloupe

  • shredded sharp cheddar

  • fresh mint leaves

  • leaf lettuce

  • radiccio

  • shredded jicama

  • blueberries

  • grilled shrimp

  • romaine lettuce

  • tomato slices

  • shredded pepper jack cheese

  • chopped hard boiled egg

  • diced cucumber

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