Salad

A salad is a dish consisting of a mixture of small pieces of food, usually vegetables or fruit. However, different varieties of salad may contain virtually any type of ready-to-eat food. Salads are typically served at room temperature or chilled, with notable exceptions such as south German potato salad which can be served warm.

Garden salads use a base of leafy greens such as lettuce, arugula/rocket, kale or spinach; they are common enough that the word salad alone often refers specifically to garden salads. Other types include bean salad, tuna salad,fattoush, Greek salad (vegetable-based, but without leafy greens), and sōmen salad (a noodle-based salad). The sauce used to flavor a salad is commonly called a salad dressing; most salad dressings are based on either a mixture of oil and vinegar or a fermented milk product like kefir.

Salads may be served at any point during a meal:


 * Appetizer salads—light, smaller-portion salads served as the first course of the meal.
 * Side salads—to accompany the main course as a side dish, examples include potato salad and Caesar salad.
 * Main course salads—usually containing a portion of a high-protein foods, such as meat, fish, eggs, legumes, orcheese.
 * Dessert salads—sweet versions containing fruit, gelatin, sweeteners or whipped cream.

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