Use this guide for wonderful salad ideas and tasty combinations. Remember to toss lightly when adding your favorite dressing and garnish just before serving.
Bibb Lettuce
Add These: Tomato, cut in wedges; Unpared cucumber, sliced; Avocado, peeled and sliced
Garnish With: Hard-cooked egg, sliced
Boston Lettuce
Add These: Hard-cooked egg, chopped; Fresh mushrooms, sliced; Chives, snipped
Garnish With: Parsley sprigs
Boston Lettuce
Add These: Watercress; Anchovy fillets
Garnish With: Parmesan cheese, grated
Chinese Cabbage
Add These: Leaf lettuce; Celery, bias-cut; Radishes, sliced; Chives, snipped
Garnish With: Water chestnuts, sliced
Curly Endive
Add These: Iceberg lettuce; Bacon, crisp-cooked & crumbled; Tomato, cut in wedges; Celery, sliced; Radishes, sliced; Green onion, chopped
Garnish With: Hard-cooked egg, sliced
Iceberg Lettuce
Add These: Carrot, shredded; Celery, diced; Mandarin oranges, well-drained
Garnish With: Raisins
Iceberg Lettuce
Add These: Raw cauliflowerets, thinly sliced; Onion, sliced and separated into rings; Pimiento-stuffed green olives, sliced
Garnish With: Blue chese, crumbled
Leaf Lettuce
Add These: Chicory; Watercress; Tomato, cut in wedges; Onion, thinly sliced; Cucumber, sliced
Garnish With: Walnut halves
Leaf Lettuce
Add These: Curly endive; Tomato, finely diced; Green onion, sliced
Garnish With: Cheddar cheese, cut in thin strips
Romaine
Add These: Tomato, diced; Green pepper, chopped; Romano cheese, grated
Garnish With: Artichoke hearts
Raw Spinach
Add These: Bacon, crisp-cooked & crumbled; Hard-cooked eggs, chopped; Carrot, thinly sliced
Garnish With: French-fried onions
Raw Spinach, shredded
Add These: Raw zucchini, sliced; Radishes, sliced; Green onion, sliced
Garnish With: Mushroom crowns
Submitted by Chef Mary Kelly, owner of Simply Delicious Personal Chef Service. To learn more about this unique dining alternative, visit www.ChefMaryKelly.com or email Chef Mary at Dining@ChefMaryKelly.com
Better Homes & Gardens: Salad Book, 1969
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