A Refreshing Salad for Health: A Simple Guide to Making Salad

On a sluggish morning, it can be hard to stomach rice. At times like this, eating a simple, refreshing salad may be better than forcing yourself to eat rice. But even a salad that looks simple can leave you unsure where or how to begin when you try to make one.

Many types of salad are available commercially, but making them yourself at home is not as difficult as you might think. With good salad ingredients and dressing, you can easily make a delicious salad at home. Let’s take a closer look at how to make salads.

Different Salads Are Easy to Make

Choosing good ingredients is the most important part of making a salad. Use fresh vegetables whenever possible and avoid vegetables that have been stored for too long. Along with using fresh ingredients, how the dressing is made is also important. In particular, if you are making a diet salad, it is best not to add too much dressing.

The easiest salad to make is an iceberg lettuce salad. Add 6 palm-sized iceberg lettuce leaves, 1/2 tomato (100 g), 15 g of chicory, and a suitable assortment of herbs or vegetables. To make the dressing, combine 10 g of onion with 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of soy sauce, 1 tablespoon (15 ml) of vinegar, 1/2 tablespoon (5 g) of sugar, 1 teaspoon (3 g) of minced garlic, and ingredients such as lemon juice or olive oil. Cut the vegetables into 1 cm pieces and add dressing to taste. Serving the iceberg lettuce salad with nuts can make it even more savory.

Fruit salad is also simple to make. Follow a process similar to the one above, but use vegetables and fruit in a ratio of about 3:1. Because fruit salad contains a lot of sugar, it is best not to add too much dressing.

A leaf lettuce salad should be made and eaten immediately because the lettuce can easily become soggy. Leaf lettuce is also a convenient size when served with meats such as steak or chicken breast, making it easy to eat in one bite.

Caesar salad is one of the best-known salads made with lettuce. It consists of romaine lettuce and croutons (fried pieces of bread) topped with Parmesan cheese. It can be enjoyed with a suitable mixture of lemon juice or olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, egg, and basil. Caesar salad has a longer history than many might expect: it was created in 1924 by Caesar Cardini, an Italian American.

For Salad Delivery, Check the Condition of the Ingredients Carefully

A wider variety of ingredients than you might expect can be added when making salad, including fruit and nuts as well as various meats, cheeses, and creams. However, using too much meat or cheese may make the vegetables soggy and increase the calorie content, making the result unsuitable as a health-conscious salad.

Recently, a growing number of services have begun delivering salads to people who find it difficult to make their own. Health-conscious office workers often have salad lunchboxes delivered. When choosing a specialty salad delivery shop, it is advisable to carefully assess the freshness of its salad vegetables and other ingredients.

[FamTimes = Reporter Kim Jae-young]