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SALADS

A dish usually cold, raw or cooked


vegetables or fruit in various combination.
Commonly serve with dressing.
There are four main types of salads:
1. Appetizer - For a starter to stimulate the
appetite, and it is served at the beginning of the
meal. Make it with crisp greens, fruit or raw
vegetables, and keep the servings small.
2. Accompaniment - Served with main the course
of the meal either on dinner or salad plate. This
salad should contrast pleasantly with the rest of
the meal in color, flavor, and texture. Use crisp
greens, fruits, or vegetables whether raw or
cooked.
Types of Salad
3. Main Dish - Must be substantial and satisfying.
Make it with meat, fish, eggs, poultry, vegetables,
fruit or a combination of fruit and cheese. This is
served in meal-sized portions and often served
hot.
4. Dessert - This may be a sweetened, molded or
frozen salad made of fruit gelatin or fruit mixture.
Whipped cream is usually added to the dressing.
This salad furnishes the meal with a color, flavor
and texture treat.
Nutrients in a Salad
• Minerals and vitamins come made to order in the
fresh fruits and vegetables found in salads.
• Salads provide plenty of bulk or roughage to aid
good digestion and elimination. This regularity
will help you grow stronger and more healthy and
beautiful.
• The main course salads of eggs, fish, meat,
poultry and cheese serve as body builders and
provide protein for the body.
• Pasta and potatoes provide carbohydrates.
Principles of Salad Making
1. Place on a chilled plate or dish at least 5 hours
before serving.
2. Prepare salad dressing 2 to 3 hours and chill.
3. Make just before eating.
4. Choose fresh and good quality produce.
5. Salads should look neat, but not labored over.
6. Handle greens as little as possible.
7. Avoid too much dressing.
Principles of Salad Making
8. Do not put the dressing on or salt salad until
just before serving.
9. Break or tear into bite-size pieces.
10. Use not more than 3 -4 ingredients.
11. Ingredients should be well-drained.
12. Combine crisp with soft ingredients for
contrast in texture.
13. Toss with a fork to give the tossed rather than
smashed appearance.
14. Serve immediately.
A. Appetizer Salad B. Main Dish Salad
C. Accompaniment Salad D. Dessert Salad

Match the type of salad with the description:


_____ 1. A chef’s salad bowl is an
example of this type of salad.
_____ 2. Small salad used as a first
course.
_____ 3. A side dish that goes with the
main dish.
_____ 4. Served as a dessert.
5. The purpose of an appetizer is to:

a. tide you over until the meal is served


b. help to curb your appetite
c. wet your appetite
d. a and b
6. A main dish salad must contain which
nutrient?
a. Carbohydrates d. protein
b. fat
c. vitamin C
7. Dessert salad may be ________,molded or
frozen.
a. sweetened c. cooked
b. unflavored d. none of the above

8. In salads other than main dish salads, the


body is made up mainly of:
a. fruit c. greens
b. Meat d. whipping cream
Test 2
9. Identify the nutrients that you get from eating
salads of different types.

10. List at least five principles in making a salad.


• a.
• b.
• c.
• d.
• e.
Summary:
• Luscious looking salads are fun to create and
a delight to eat. Watch your meals take on a
new sparkle when you serve salads. They are
always so colorful and gay looking. You
can use raw foods, simple foods and even
leftovers to make them.

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