Garden Salad

A garden salad (also green salad or tossed salad) is a salad consisting mostly of fresh vegetables. The base for the salad are greens such as lettuce or mesclun.

The proper garden salad is served with a dressing, such as vinaigrette, French dressing, ranch dressing, honey mustard, Italian dressing, Thousand Island dressing, or blue cheese dressing.

Large garden salads may be served as a main course. These may have additional ingredients, such as meats or seafood. Small garden salads may be termed a "side salad." The ingredients are often tossed quickly in a bowl with the dressing.

Possible ingredients include:

• tomato, cut into wedges, sliced, chopped or bite-sized such as cherry tomatoes
• carrot, sliced or shredded
• onion, sliced or chopped
• cucumber, sliced
• mushroom, usually sliced buttons
• bell pepper, sliced or chopped
• olive
• broccoli florets
• celery, sliced
• avocado
• bacon bits
• cheese, shredded or cubed
• hard boiled egg, sliced, wedged or chopped
• croutons
• radish, usually sliced thin