Best Salad Ever (My Most Requested Salad Recipe) (2024)

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What can I put in a salad to make it more interesting? ›

Add spices and flavours such as paprika, chilli flakes, curry powder, harissa or parmesan. Add acidity or sourness with vinegar, lemon juice or pomegranate molasses to transform your salad.

Spinach Salad

It is a popular salad choice in the United States due to its health benefits and versatility. The salad typically includes a variety of additional ingredients for added taste and texture.

So here for it. I'm sure you've seen the viral Kardashian salad on TikTok. Did you know it was actually created in the 50s by Chef Jean Leon at La Scala Boutique? That's how it got it's real name: the La Scala Chopped Salad.

“Try tossing together two or more different greens to give your salads more exciting tastes and textures,” says Amidor. Even if two greens look similar, they have unique flavors, she explains. Arugula, frisée, and radicchio, for example, have bold tastes and can punch up romaine and iceberg lettuce.

An appetizer salad should stimulate the appetite and have fresh, crisp ingredients such as cheese, ham, salami, shrimp, crabmeat, or vegetables lightly coated with a tangy, flavorful dressing (that will 'wake up the mouth').

One of the easiest ways to get some flavour in your salad is to mix up your leaves with bright herbs that pack a punch. Plants like parsley, dill, mint and coriander can really kick your salads up a notch and give them some (much needed) depth and can give a great dose of flavour in every bite.

3. Main Dish - Must be substantial and satisfying. Make it with meat, fish, eggs, poultry, vegetables, fruit or a combination of fruit and cheese.

What's in Millionaire's salad? ›

Best: Spinach or Kale Salad

They have the most nutrients. Case in point: Kale and spinach have over 10 times more immune-boosting vitamins A and C than iceberg lettuce. Not a fan of those? Turn over a new leaf: Boston, bibb, and romaine lettuces have a mild flavor, while arugula and watercress have a peppery bite.

The first recordings of people enjoying salad date back to Ancient Roman times. The salads of that time were not much different than the modern-day garden salads of today. They consisted of fresh, edible herbs, lettuce, and raw vegetables, and the dressing of the time was a simple mixture of oil and salt.

McCarthy Salad at The Beverly Hills Hotel: $1,912

Leave it to a hotel in Los Angeles to charge nearly $2,000 for a salad. All jokes aside, this is actually the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel's signature salad — and it usually costs around $45.

At $US1912, the upgraded McCarthy salad may be a contender for the world's most expensive. The record was previously set in 2003 by French chef Raymond Blanc for a $1128 (£635) Florette Sea and Earth salad, which featured a range of rare caviars, langoustines, Cornish crab and lobster.

Iceberg lettuce is the most common crisphead lettuce variety. Look quickly, and you might mistake it for a green cabbage, but it's worlds away in texture and flavor. It's mild and refreshing, like biting into crunchy water.