How to Make a Really Good Salad

10 Tricks For the Best Homemade Salads

May 17, 2013

Create Balanced Flavors

How to Make a Really Good Salad

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by Anna Monette Roberts 1

Create Balanced Flavors

The salad should have salty, sweet, acidic, and bitter flavors from the meat, fruit, vinaigrette, and greens. Represent as many flavor profiles as possible. For instance, this salad has salty cashews, sweet mango, acidic vinaigrette, and spicy peppers.

Photo: Nicole Perry

6 / 13

by Anna Monette Roberts 1

Create Balanced Flavors

The salad should have salty, sweet, acidic, and bitter flavors from the meat, fruit, vinaigrette, and greens. Represent as many flavor profiles as possible. For instance, this salad has salty cashews, sweet mango, acidic vinaigrette, and spicy peppers.

Photo: Nicole Perry

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1 Comment

Nancy Einhart 10 weeks 3 days

To me, nothing ruins a salad more than bad ratios of ingredients (the avo/cheese issue you mention)!