Green salad A green salad, or green leaf salad, another name for garden salad, is most often composed of leafy vegetables such as lettuce varieties, spinach, or rocket (arugula). If non-greens make up a large portion of the salad it may instead be called a vegetable salad. Common raw vegetables (in the culinary sense) used in a salad include cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, onions, carrots, celery, radishes, mushrooms, avocado, olives, artichoke hearts, heart of palm, watercress, parsley, garden beets, and green beans. Nuts, berries, seeds, lentils, and flowers are less common components. Hard-boiled eggs, bacon, shrimp, and cheeses may be used as garnishes, but large amounts of animal-based foods would be more likely in a dinner salad.
green salad a green salad or green leaf salad another name for garden salad is most often composed of leafy vegetables such as lettuce varieties spinach or rocket (arugula) if non-greens make up a large portion of the salad it may instead be called a vegetable salad common raw vegetables (in the culinary sense) used in a salad include cucumbers peppers tomatoes onions carrots celery radishes mushrooms avocado olives artichoke hearts heart of palm watercress parsley garden beets and green beans nuts berries seeds lentils and flowers are less common components hard-boiled eggs bacon shrimp and cheeses may be used as garnishes but large amounts of animal-based foods would be more likely in a dinner salad