Green salad

The "green salad" or "garden

salad" is most often composed of leafy

vegetables such as lettuce

varieties, spinach,

or rocket

(arugula). Due to their low caloric density, green

salads are a common diet food. The salad leaves may be cut or torn

into bite-sized fragments and tossed together (called a tossed

salad), or may be placed in a predetermined arrangement (a composed

salad).

Vegetable salad

Vegetables other than greens may be used in

a salad. Common vegetables used in a salad include

cucumbers, peppers,

tomatoes,

mushrooms,

onions,

spring

onions, red

onions, avocado,

carrots,

celery,

and radishes.

Other ingredients, such as olives,

hard

boiled egg, artichoke

hearts, heart

of palm, roasted

red bell peppers, green

beans, croutons,

cheeses,

meat

(e.g. bacon,

chicken),

or seafood

(e.g. tuna,

shrimp),

are sometimes added to salads.

Bound salad

A "bound" salad can be composed (arranged)

or tossed (put in a bowl and mixed with a thick dressing). They are

assembled with thick sauces such as mayonnaise.

One portion of a true bound salad will hold its shape when placed

on a plate with an ice-cream scoop. Examples of bound salad include

tuna

salad, pasta

salad, chicken

salad, egg

salad, and potato

salad.

Bound salads are often used as

sandwich fillings. They are also popular at picnics and

barbecues, because they can be made ahead of time and

refrigerated.

Main course salads

Main

course salads (also known as "dinner salads"[7]

and commonly known as "entrée salads" in North America) may contain

grilled or fried chicken pieces, seafood such as grilled or fried

shrimp or a fish steak such as tuna,

mahi-mahi,

or salmon.

Sliced steak,

such as sirloin

or skirt, can be placed upon the salad. Caesar

salad, Chef

salad, Cobb

salad, Greek

salad, and Michigan

salad are types of dinner salad.

Fruit salads

Fruit salads are made of fruit, and include

the fruit

cocktail that can be made fresh or from canned

fruit.

Dessert salads

Dessert salads rarely include leafy greens

and are often sweet. Common variants are made with gelatin

or whipped

cream; e.g. jello

salad, pistachio

salad, and ambrosia.

Other forms of dessert salads include snickers

salad, glorified

rice, and cookie

salad popular in parts of the Midwestern United

States.