Salads

Salads can provide the ideal accompaniment to griled meats or can be served as a meal. Salads may be presented as a side dish (accompaniment), a buffet item, an entree, as a main course or as a dessert. A variety of dressing types may be used to complimet, enhance and flavour the salad.

Types of salad:

Simple Salads - contain one (1) main type of ingredient usually combined with a dressing.


Example: Tomato Salad with Vinaigrette, Green Bean Salad, Carrot with Orange Dressing.

Compound Salads - contain more than one type of ingredient usually combined with a dressing.

Example: Greek salad, Ceasar Salad, Pasta Salad

Salads can be made from virtually any edible commodity. The most common types are made from vegetables, fruit, pasta, meats, seafood and rice.