| Salads are perfect appetizers and desserts. It is | | | | healthy. Most are made from vegetables and fruits. It |
| often made from vegetables and fruits, and very | | | | could be topped with a dressing or just seasoned to |
| easy to prepare. | | | | taste. It may also be an appetizer for your main |
| A lot of people are becoming health conscious | | | | meal. |
| already. They prefer to prepare their own food to | | | | Green or garden salads are mostly made out of |
| make sure they are eating just healthy foods. They | | | | green leafy vegetables like lettuce, cucumbers and |
| would not know what ingredients are used in | | | | cabbages. It may also be topped with mushrooms, |
| commercial foods. | | | | carrots, peppers, onions, celery, avocado, and |
| Then again, many of us are busy with our works and | | | | radishes. You could make your own vinaigrette |
| personal lives. It is often easier to resort to buying | | | | dressing or just buy ready-made in bottles. |
| food outside rather than go to the ordeal of | | | | Another kind of salad is the entrée. It has |
| preparing our own food in the kitchen. Good thing | | | | toppings like chicken or sea foods. The most |
| though that there are now many quick recipes that | | | | common type of green salad known worldwide is the |
| will only take around 10 minutes to do. These are | | | | one we called the caesar salad. This is very healthy |
| easy to make and promises to be very healthy. | | | | and offers a complete meal at the same time. You |
| You could also adapt a few tips on how to make | | | | have meat and vegetables already in one dish. |
| preparations much easier and quicker. The first tip is | | | | Dressings added to salads vary in different cultures. |
| to use all the possible convenient products available | | | | Vinaigrettes are common in Southern Europe but |
| to you. It could be frozen mixed veggies, pasta | | | | Asians adopted it too. Mayonnaise is often used in |
| sauces and many more. It requires little cooking. You | | | | Eastern Europe. Crème Fraiche is the well |
| could toss them up together in a matter of few | | | | known Denmark's salad dressings. |
| minutes with hardly any cooking needed. | | | | Other salad dressings are light edible oils. It may be |
| Ready the ingredients beforehand if you are thinking | | | | soybean oil, olive oil and corn oil. Vinegar and cheeses |
| of a recipe already. Also prepare the utensils and | | | | can also be added to complement the taste. There |
| other items you will need. You could easily cook after | | | | are lots of ingredients that can be made salad |
| coming home if you have all these prepared already. | | | | dressings. These salad dressings are added to salad |
| Think of recipes that only have a few ingredients. | | | | to add some flavors to the vegetables or fruits. |
| These are easier to prepare. You could also use | | | | These are needed because some of the vegetable |
| leftovers instead of buying in the grocery. You save | | | | are taste less. We need something to make it a little |
| time and money. Recipes are not necessarily strictly | | | | sweet or sour to make the salty taste of the fruit or |
| followed. You could always deviate and make use of | | | | vegetable less. |
| what you have in your refrigerator. Just experiment | | | | Salad garnishes also add flavor. It could be bacon bits |
| and see what will taste good for you. Be sure to | | | | ( an imitation), beetroot bell peppers, mushrooms, |
| write down what you have used so you could | | | | anchovies, sunflower seeds, shredded carrots and |
| prepare it again next time. | | | | many more. |
| Salads are generally easy to make, plus it is very | | | | |