Talking about homemade fruit salad

Nowadays, more and more people pay attention to diet health, and there are many musicians in the background who are worried about diet collocation. They often ask questions about how to eat, and salad ranks first.

Looking back at Nanchang, there are no fewer than ten salad shops. There are indeed many salad lovers among these diners, and many of them just want to keep up with the fashion. After all, friends are taking pictures, and the salad is still very good. However, more and more people scoff at salad and think that eating salad is equivalent to eating grass, which is unbearable for ordinary people to regard it as delicious.

Everyone has a different understanding of salad. Have you thought about it? When a friend asks you what you are eating, and you only answer a salad or eat grass, will you suddenly burst into depression? After all, salad has a name, and it is not only a combination of vegetables and fruits, but also an appetizer and a staple food, but you don't know how to match it!

Therefore, today's salad cognitive guide will give you an all-round understanding of salads from the aspects of their types, tastes and collocation. In the future, you don't have to find a store to help you match it, and you can even make a perfect salad at home!

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1. Types of salad

Don't think that salad is only divided into fruits, vegetables and potatoes!

2. those dishes and side dishes of salad

What are these dishes called? What is that smell? Take what?

First, leafy vegetables

B, aromatic plants

3. What are the salad dressings and what is the basis for preparation?

Still using the ready-made thousand island sauce in the supermarket? Mayonnaise? Know them, let's do it ourselves!

First, the golden ratio of salad dressing

B, the main raw materials of salad dressing

C, basic salad dressing

Mayonnaise | Vinegar | Thousand Island Sauce | Caesar Salad Sauce | Honey Mustard Sauce

4. How to make a perfect salad?

Perfect salad recipe map

What exactly is a salad?

The word Saland comes from the Latin word "Sal", which means salt. Salad is made of all kinds of cold clinker or raw materials, adding condiments or pouring all kinds of cold sauce and fire sauce. The choice of salad ingredients is very wide. All kinds of vegetables, fruits, seafood, eggs and meat can be used to make salads, but the ingredients should be fresh and tender.

1 | Types of salad

If you want to talk about the types of salads, just like our domestic cold salad dishes, you can still divide salads according to time periods and ingredients.

By time period

Divided into: appetizer salad, side salad, main course salad, fruit salad;

Appetizer salad

Obviously, it is mainly eaten before meals, or used next to the main course. The main purpose is to stimulate appetite. Salad sauce is mostly sweet and sour, and sour seasoning and sweet seasoning are indispensable.

Main course salad

If it's a main course salad, you should increase the intake of protein and carbohydrates, so that you won't be hungry soon after eating it. What birds, pigs, cows, sheep, seafood or pasta often appear here?

Fruit salad

As the name implies, it is mainly based on the diversification of fruits, usually with mayonnaise or yogurt.

In addition to the pastoral salad ordered by many people, Caesar salad and Waldorf salad are often heard in hotels, and are distinguished according to the ingredients. But why do you call it that? Do you know that?/You know what? In fact, they are named after the first chef who made this salad. If you can also create your own salad, it is not impossible to name it after yourself. Of course, you must be famous first!

According to the composition table

Divided into: pastoral salad, Caesar salad, Waldorf salad, Greek salad, Nice salad, Ke Bouchaara, chef salad, etc.

Caesar Salad

That was in the 1920s, when Mexican Caesar Cardini (? Caesar Cardini, now known as the "king of salad", is one of our traditional salads. After a weekend party, it appeared in front of a group of Hollywood stars. Generally speaking, this salad is made of lettuce, egg yolk, bread pieces and parmesan cheese. If it is delicious, you can add bacon, beef, chicken breast and other meat, which tastes sweet and sour.

Waldorf salad

It was originally invented by astoria Hotel. Its main ingredients are lettuce, celery, apples, walnuts and mayonnaise. This is a very classic American salad with salty and sweet taste.

Greek salad

Greek salad always has a strong summer flavor, of course, it is better to eat it in summer. It is mainly composed of cucumbers and tomatoes, and added with very representative Greek foods-olives and Fietta cheese. This salad tastes refreshing, sweet and sour, and is very suitable for western food.

Nicholas salad

Unlike other salads, it is eaten as a main course salad in Nice. The main ingredients are lettuce, eggs, potatoes, tuna and tomatoes. With the coolness of southern France, this dish is also in line with its urban temperament, cool and refreshing, appetizing and digestion.

Coe Bouchaara

This dish is a little different from the one above. It has no fixed ingredients. You can call it that when you make the leftovers in the refrigerator into a salad. His name was created by a man named Robert Howard Cobb in Hollywood, USA. It's simple to do, that is, to make leftovers from his own restaurant. However, I am famous because I acted in the movie Julie and Julia.

Chef salad

The name of this salad can probably be seen on the menus of many western restaurants. This dish is not named after the chef, but it has the chef's preference. It's a bit like the recommendation of the chef in the restaurant. He mixed the ingredients that he thought were delicious and nutritious and presented them to diners with beautiful shapes. So, if you see the chef's salad in a western restaurant, you can boldly serve it. I believe you will feel different every time.

But there are so many names of salad that I only mentioned a few. Some people will wonder what other salads are called. Actually, it's very simple, according to the proportion of ingredients and the way of making salad.

If an ingredient is outstanding, directly A+ salad.

Tip: potato salad, flounder salad

Two kinds of ingredients are matched, A+B+ salad.

Tip: Shrimp spinach salad, Flammulina velutipes tofu roll salad.

If the production method is outstanding, stir-fry stew +A+ salad.

Tip: Fried vegetable salad, smoked salmon salad, baked colored pepper bread salad.

2 | Salad dishes and side dishes.

For some people who can't buy vegetables, it seems that all vegetables in salad are the same, so they often buy spinach, radish and other dishes suitable for cooking instead of salad. Of course, it is not impossible, but remember to drain.

These leafy vegetables can often be seen in supermarkets. Although the taste and taste of these vegetables will be slightly different, they can be increased or decreased according to personal preferences. However, we should pay attention to one principle. Vegetables with thick leaves should be served with thick salad dressing, and vegetables with soft leaves should be served with thin salad dressing to avoid losing the taste of vegetable leaves because of dehydration too fast or absorbing the taste of sauce because of thick leaves.

Leafy vegetables

Speaking of lettuce, are you called lettuce because you think it can be eaten raw, just like my sister? ! The lettuce mentioned here is a little different from our oil-consuming lettuce, mainly in taste and practice.

Round lettuce

Alias: lettuce, lettuce, iceberg lettuce, lettuce.

August 18: Round lettuce is rich in dietary fiber and vitamin C, which can eliminate excess fat, so it is also called slimming lettuce; Among modern people who have obviously increased the amount of meat, it brings a refreshing and tender feeling, so have you thought of Hamburg? That's right! Lettuce in it, that's it! Not what we usually eat.

What flavor: crisp and delicious, fresh and juicy, light and sweet.

How to choose: choose bright green, shiny and thick. It can be refrigerated for 20 days. Remember to wrap it in plastic wrap.

How to take it: This kind of lettuce is the most commonly used salad ingredient, which is simply versatile. Pairing meat is king, but it is recommended to tear it by hand, which is much better than cutting it with a knife!

lettuce

Alias: Rommel Lettuce

August 18: its English name is Rome, which means lettuce that Romans like to eat.

What flavor: The taste is crisp, slightly bitter and a little sweet, which is not as refreshing as lettuce.

How to choose: choose shiny leaves.

How to take it: This lettuce is the first choice for Caesar salad. For details, please turn to the top to see the introduction of Caesar salad.

Purple leaf lettuce

Alias: leaf lettuce;

August 18: the variation variety of leaf lettuce in the long-term cultivation process is extremely rich in nutrition.

What's the smell: The leaves are thin, and it's easy to taste with salad dressing, but it's also easy to dehydrate, so don't put salad dressing before eating.

How to choose: the leaves are shiny and overgrown.

How to take it: wild, more suitable for embellishment, to avoid all green lettuce is too monotonous.

Purple cabbage

Alias: purple cabbage, red cabbage, red cabbage, commonly known as purple cabbage, red cabbage;

August 18: Natural edible pigment, making purple cakes is super convenient. In addition, it is rich in vitamin C, vitamin U and more vitamin E and B groups.

What flavor: rich in dietary fiber, crisp and easy to feel full.

How to choose: choose a round one without a spire. Because the roots are perishable, they can be preserved for a long time by digging out the stems and plugging them with kitchen paper after buying them home.

How to eat: Because the leaves are thick, they can be well blended with salad dressing after shredding. Salad dishes are very common, so they are still versatile.

Leaf mustard

Alias: green mustard, red mustard

August 18: This mustard is a mustard leaf with mustard seeds, which is characterized by obvious leaf edge folds.

What's the smell? Spicy and unique mustard flavor.

How to choose: the leaves are complete and bright.

How to match: Because of its unique aromatic taste, it can effectively remove the fishy smell and is suitable for matching with meat and fish.

chicory

Alias: Italian chicory, softened white chicory

August 18: Originated from Central Asia and North Africa on the Mediterranean coast, the white stems and purplish red leaves look very beautiful and the colors are very bright. At first glance, I thought it was purple cabbage

What flavor: crisp and tender taste, slightly bitter and slightly sweet taste.

How to choose: round, small and shiny, wrapped in plastic wrap, can be kept for about a week.

How to set it: after washing, break off the leaves and dip them in raw sauce, or cut them into filaments and mix them in salad, or use them for decoration.

chicory

Alias: Kuju, dandelion

8 18: Bitter chrysanthemum always appears with hot pot. In fact, the tender dishes often seen in buffets are mostly bitter chrysanthemums. Besides being a salad, our cold bitter chrysanthemum in Nanchang is also a must.

What flavor: slightly bitter and spicy.

How to choose: choose the one with green leaves and crisp stems.

How to take it: because it is slightly bitter, it is more appetizing and more suitable for meat. Sometimes you can boil a poached egg in sugar water, cut the yolk, and directly use the semi-solidified yolk to make salad dressing and bitter chrysanthemum and mix well.

Yulancai

Alias: European chicory, bitter vegetable

August 18: Looking at the name linked with Magnolia, you will know that it is extraordinary. But it seems, don't think it's a doll dish!

What's the taste: slightly bitter.

How to choose: there are light yellow, light green and red ones, of course, you can choose them all. Just choose white and smooth stems, not dull ones.

How to take it: Generally, it can be directly opened, washed and wrapped with food. If you can't buy it, it's ok to use baby dishes instead.

Wutacai

Alias: boiled vegetables, boiled vegetables, boiled pine and black vegetables.

August 18: Our endemic species in China are mainly distributed in the Yangtze River valley, like blooming pagodas with full leaves. Its carotene content is twice that of spinach, and it is rich in iron and calcium, which is very suitable for growing children. Because it is rich in vitamins, it is also called "vitamin dish".

What flavor: soft and sweet.

How to choose: choose dark green shiny leaves shaped like spoons.

How to take: Suitable for any salad type.

spinach

Alias: Persian food, red root food, parrot food.

August 18: It is clearly recorded in Don Yao Hui that spinach seeds were introduced into China from Nepal as a tribute during the reign of Emperor Taizong. Its origin can be traced back to Persia in West Asia 2000 years ago, and it passed through North Africa and was spread to Western Europe and Spain by the Moors.

What's the smell: sweet and delicious.

How to choose: choose the one with short stems and red roots, which is sweeter.

How to take it: with fruit, nuts and some cheese, sweet and sweet.

Aromatic vegetables

Aromatic vegetables are natural vegetables with special fragrance. They not only have the nutritional value of vegetables, but also have unique fragrance, which can refresh the mind and add unique flavor to dishes. Like perilla, mint, fennel and so on. They are all common in our daily cooking. The following are commonly used in salads!

Rukola

Alias: stinky vegetable, northeast stinky vegetable, Brassica, floating vegetable.

August 18: I usually eat too much sesame oil, but I didn't expect arugula to be eaten and mixed with salad. Of course, its seeds are not the black sesame we often eat. Black sesame belongs to the flax family, while arugula belongs to the Cruciferae family, so it doesn't make any noise at all. Since arugula is called "smelly dish", it is conceivable that its taste is quite unique.

What flavor: a little bitter, a little special. Just like durian, it smells attractive if you like it, but it stinks like shit if you don't like it.

How to choose: choose light green and complete leaves, which will make the bitterness fade.

How to decide: Smoked salmon is usually used to decide, and some sour salad dressing such as lemon juice is added, which is fat-reducing and delicious.

parsley

Alias: parsley, French parsley and coriander.

August 18: this is one of the most widely used aromatic vegetables in western food. In particular, chewing celery leaves after eating onion and garlic can eliminate the odor in the mouth and teeth. The leaves of Italian parsley are flat and have a stronger fragrance. It is also called flat leaf parsley.

What's the smell: Have you ever eaten celery? Yes! That smell! Just more tender. The taste is fresh and mild, with a strong vanilla flavor.

How to choose: choose the green one, the stem can stand up, and forget the wilting one.

How to set it: Because of its special aroma, it can add color and fragrance to dishes, and it is suitable for all kinds of ingredients, especially fish, meat, potatoes, roast chicken and so on.

Purple basil

Alias: nine floors, gold is not exchanged.

8 18: I didn't know what it was before. I didn't know there were such advanced ingredients until I watched many cooking programs. If you don't add basil to western food, people will say you are too low-level.

What flavor: something with unique sweetness and bitterness.

How to choose: Basil can be planted at home, similar to China mint.

How to take it: Perfect with tomatoes.

coriander

Alias: coriander

August 18: well, its appearance instantly changed the content from writing salad to writing Chinese cold salad, but yes, it often appears in salad dishes, mainly in southeast Asia and Mexico.

What's the smell: Go to a hot pot restaurant and order a plate of coriander, and you'll know if you like the smell of vomit.

How to choose: choose crisp stems and bright colors, and the leaves can't wither.

How to take it: It can generally be paired with fish, which can effectively remove the fishy smell. In addition, it is very suitable for salad dressing, which can stimulate appetite and promote digestion.

Seeing this, I really admire your courage!

Seeing that I have said so much, do you think I will teach you how to make salad next? Next, it's still early. Let's talk about salad dressing. If you want to know how to make a salad, please look directly at the fourth item at the bottom. If you want to continue, please read on, and then it's about the full dry salad dressing.

3 | What salad dressings are there and the basis for making them?

A delicious salad, in addition to fresh ingredients, salad dressing definitely plays a vital role. If you want to go from salad white to salad god, you must know the basic salad dressing making method and the golden ratio. Otherwise, how to develop your own salad dressing?

Still don't get to know the commander of salad dressing 108. Let's first look at the golden ratio reconciliation formula of salad dressing.

A sauce is nothing more than sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty. If there are the latter three kinds, it can't be called salad, only cold salad.

So the most common salad dressing is moderately sweet and sour. And the golden ratio of salad suits our taste best.

On this basis, you can add some spices such as vinegar and sugar according to your personal taste, and then add some spices such as mustard to enhance the taste.

The main raw materials of salad dressing

Contains peanut oil, soybean oil, grape seed oil, rapeseed oil, olive oil, sesame oil, perilla oil, etc.

The main function of oil is to increase the smooth taste and consistency of sauce. If you are afraid that the heat of oil is too high, you can use broken fruit or plain yogurt to increase the consistency of salad.

Contains: white vinegar, red vinegar, black vinegar, fruit vinegar, lemon juice, wine vinegar, etc.

Add flavor to the salad. If you choose yogurt as thickener, put less sour seasoning.

Contains: white sugar, honey, agave syrup, maple syrup, citron tea, etc.

If you want to lose weight, please choose agave and citron tea. Sugar, if you don't mind! !

Contains: horseradish sauce, horseradish sauce, whole mustard sauce, Dijon mustard sauce, green mustard sauce, etc.

So don't think that there are only Japanese green mustard, there are many kinds of mustard.

Contains: garlic, onion, ginger, lemon, dried plums, aromatic plants, etc.

Using more seasonings in salad seems to be more garlic and black pepper, but you don't have to put coriander and perilla, that is, a little cold!

Contains: soy sauce, soy sauce, Chili sauce, sweet noodle sauce, sweet and spicy sauce, oyster sauce, mayonnaise, etc.

In order to make Sarah have her own personal characteristics, these seasonings are appropriately added according to preferences, and there is always one that suits you!

Do you know the basic salad dressing?

Before you know the basic salad dressing, it is necessary for you to know the basic process of salad dressing, so that you can make the corresponding salad dressing according to the process as long as you know the materials.

The sequence is as follows: powdery solid seasoning → liquid seasoning → flavoring seasoning → sour seasoning → oil.

Then you can make the following salad dressing at home after you know it!

Mayonnaise salad dressing

Mayonnaise looks like jade, tastes suitable for all ages and tastes very mellow, but don't be deceived by its beauty. Once you eat too much, you can't eat at all. Do you know that?/You know what? Hesitant mayonnaise needs to be emulsified with oil, so 100 grams of mayonnaise contains more than 60 grams of oil. As you can imagine, it can make your weight go up a step.

But many people still love it, because it's delicious! !

Taste: strong, salty and sour.

Tip: Because mayonnaise uses too much oil, it has the highest calorie among all salad dressings, so it is not suitable for people with three highs. In addition, try raw eggs at home, please choose fresh eggs in case infants and pregnant women are not suitable for eating.

Oil vinegar

I still remember that after my first contact with vinegar juice, my salad dressing was basically vinegar juice, which could stimulate the deepest feeling of taste and instantly felt that this dish of "grass" was 10 thousand times more delicious. I just ate a little acid, and then I slowly remembered the sweetness in the vinegar juice.

No wonder some people say that Italians can eat. They only need simple raw materials and chemical interaction, which can awaken the deep taste memory of diners.

Taste: refreshing

Tip: This sauce is very suitable for green dieters. If you want to add flavor, you can add garlic juice, vanilla and thyme in moderation.

Caesar salad dressing

When it comes to Caesar salad, you can't let go of the salad dressing that goes with it. Remember that Caesar salad and Caesar salad dressing have nothing to do with Julius Caesar, so this product is not from Egypt, but from the United States.

Taste: mellow

Tip: the best choice for Caesar salad

Honey mustard salad dressing

If you are afraid of mustard, don't think that mustard is the same as Japanese food we eat, and that this sauce goes straight to the brain. Don't forget, there is honey in it. When they collide with each other, you will feel the double experience of sweet and spicy, and it feels good!

Taste: Sweet salad dressing with slight irritation.

Tip: Eat vegetable salad, cheese salad, perfect with sparkling wine or white wine.

thousand islands

The name of this sauce really comes from Qiandao Lake, not Qiandao Lake in China. It is a scenic tourist attraction on the border between the United States and Canada. A *** 1865 archipelago, with the center of the lake as the dividing line, connects with New York in the south and Ontario in the north.

Taste: sweet and sour

Tip: Thousand Island Sauce goes well with seafood. It is said that the fisherman's wife accidentally made sauce for her husband to go fishing. I didn't expect it to spread, so it was named.

I remember that in order to make vegetables not dehydrate quickly in the fusion of salad dressing, and the taste is crisp. Then all you have to do is pour two-thirds of the salad dressing into the salad and the other third as dipping sauce!

4 | How to make salad?

The above is to let you know the composition of a salad from the aspects of vegetables, seasonings and salad dressing, so start actual combat! How to mix your own salad at home and make yourself a perfect salad.

The following 7 points, please keep in mind, others will be fascinated by your collocation.

Choose a vegetable

Choose several vegetables

Commonly known as "basic dishes", of course, you choose your favorite vegetables, but I don't know that there are some fixed combinations. Generally, the following vegetables have the highest frequency. Of course, if I see expensive vegetables, I usually choose expensive ones.

Choose a grain or bean.

Choose grains or beans.

Such as quinoa, chickpeas, cooked rice, etc. , it is relatively hot now; Then potatoes and sweet potatoes can also be used! If you don't make a staple salad, then this item can be ignored.

Choose a vegetable or fruit.

Choose a fruit or vegetable.

Such as celery, onions, colored peppers, carrots, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, avocados, apples and so on.

It has two functions: adding flavor and making the color of salad look better.

Choose a protein.

Choose a protein.

Such as fish, chicken, tofu, eggs, beef and so on. What are the things that increase your energy, satiety and satisfaction? Don't treat yourself badly, there are good things.

Choose delicious extra food.

Select seasoning ingredients

Such as vanilla, blue cheese, feta cheese, parmesan cheese, olives and so on. If you don't like special tastes, this item can be ignored. I hate eating olives. They taste bad and salty.

Choose crispy add-on products

Choose snacks with rich flavors.

Such as crisp corn flakes, pita bread slices, toast diced, fried bacon slices, melon seeds, almonds and so on. , all have a faint oily fragrance, which makes them delicious and generate.

Choose a seasoning

Choose a salad dressing.

Whether the salad is delicious or not, besides the above, this juice is the key. For example, basic vinegar juice, Caesar juice, Thousand Island sauce, olive oil balsamic vinegar, and Asian sesame sauce.

If you find it troublesome to remember

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