Salads Healthy and Delicious!
What are the different parts to a meal? Appetizer Accompaniment/Side Dish Main Dish/Entrée Dessert What part of a meal is a SALAD classified under?
For 30 seconds list all the different types of salad that you can think of. The student who writes down the most WINS!
Types of Salad Pasta Gelatin Protein Vegetable Fruit Where does your favorite salad belong?
Which nutrients are found in salad? 6 Basic Nutrients- Carbohydrates, Protein, Fats, Vitamins, Minerals, and Water
There are 2 basic types of Salad Dressing Vinaigrette – 3 oils to 1 vinegar (3:1 ratio) Mayonnaise Based Is your favorite salad dressing a vinaigrette or mayo based? What is your favorite salad dressing?
Salad Preparation Arranged: Pieces purposefully placed Mixed: Tossed and random
Care for Salad Greens Crisp up greens by placing in ice water for a few hours before serving Drain thoroughly Greens may be broken or shredded according to the purpose Do not over handle or greens become bruised and wilted Never freeze
Different Kinds of Greens Iceberg Green Leaf Bibb Endive Romaine Chinese Cabbage
How should we arrange a salad?
It needs to be FRESH! Fresh enough to have a frog living in your lettuce (but don’t eat the frog and WASH your lettuce!) -Focus on freshness, why?
C O L O R -Make it colorful, why?
Texture – salad items need to have the right texture (crisp, soft, smooth…) WHY?
Ingredient Preparation -Ingredients should be well drained and cut into convenient eating sizes
Final Preparation - Prepared right before serving. Dressing should be mixed in all together right before OR placed in a container off to the side. NO ONE likes soggy salad, yuck!
Italian Pasta Salad 1/2 pkg. Pasta, cooked & cooled (fun shape) 10 Olives, cut in half ¼ onion, sliced & quartered ½ Tomato, diced ¼ c. Pepperonis, sliced into strips ½ c. Broccoli flowettes and stems (PEELED), cut small (SMALL DICE) ½ c. Cauliflower flowerets, small (SMALL DICE) ¼ bottle Caesar Italian dressing ¼ bottle Italian dressing 2 TB Parmesan cheese *Prepare all ingredients. Combine all ingredients in order & toss lightly. Top with parmesan cheese. Eat and enjoy!