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What do you regard as a salad?

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Desdemona Fri 18-Sept-26 22:13:03

I went out for lunch today (a rare event!) and the dish I chose was served with salad.

It arrived with just some shredded lettuce and cucumber. To me, that isn't really a salad. Ok to bung in a sandwich but not to advertise as salad as a meal accompaniment.

When I make a basic salad at home it is lettuce, cucumber, tomato, onion and some shredded carrot, sometimes sweetcorn as well.

Sorry to be a whinger. What do you think is a decent side salad?

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JamesandJon33 Fri 18-Sept-26 22:15:58

Side salad … lettuce, cucumber, tomato and perhaps some other leaves or watercress.

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Mollygo Fri 18-Sept-26 22:47:46

Lettuce (leaves), tomato, cucumber, finely cut peppers, beetroot. Nowadays I add seeds as a topping.

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Gwyllt Fri 18-Sept-26 22:51:18

Side salads vary tremendously and it seems to bare little relationship to the cost of the meal

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Elrel Fri 18-Sept-26 22:59:55

Slimming World consultant said that a salad should have at least 10 ingredients! Often a case of ‘what’s in the fridge?’ for me however.

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