{"id":28209,"date":"2020-07-17T14:30:06","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T14:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artisanfoodtrail.co.uk\/blog\/?p=28209"},"modified":"2024-12-18T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T10:27:00","slug":"how-to-build-a-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artisanfoodtrail.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-build-a-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"How to build the perfect salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/artisanfoodtrail.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Main-Header.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;AFT Main Header&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Main Header&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_2=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;20px||0px|&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_post_title author=&#8221;off&#8221; date=&#8221;off&#8221; comments=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; title_font=&#8221;Arvo|on|||&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#853d01&#8243; title_font_size=&#8221;30px&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||0px|&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; parallax_effect=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/artisanfoodtrail.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Salad-Bowls.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Salad 1 &#8211; The Artisan Food Trail&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Salad Bowls&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Main Image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Main text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|||&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Long gone are the days of a boring salad. We grew up in the 1970s and a salad consisted of lettuce, cucumber, tomato, maybe some spring onions, or a radish or two or maybe grated carrot. It was invariably accompanied by a blob of salad cream. The salad was always an aside to ham or boiled eggs or perhaps some cheese, but it was never the star of the show.<\/p>\n<p>How things have changed, now we\u2019ve grown up and can cook for ourselves. The salad has become an exciting meal in itself and a time to experiment with flavours and textures.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve spent some time analysing what makes a salad great and have broken it down into building blocks to set you up with texture and flavour foundations on which to create your masterpiece.<\/p>\n<p>Of course there are so many things you can add to your salad and below are some starting points.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner admin_label=&#8221;Classic Caesar Header&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#853d01&#8243; use_background_color_gradient=&#8221;on&#8221; background_color_gradient_type=&#8221;circular&#8221; background_color_gradient_stops=&#8221;#58b51e 34%|#ffffff 95%&#8221; background_color_gradient_start=&#8221;#58b51e&#8221; background_color_gradient_start_position=&#8221;34%&#8221; background_color_gradient_end=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; background_color_gradient_end_position=&#8221;95%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||15px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;5px||0px||false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; collapsed=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Classic Caesar Dressing heading text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;15&#8243; header_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; header_3_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; header_3_text_align=&#8221;center&#8221; header_3_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>The building blocks of a salad<\/h3>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/artisanfoodtrail.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1-green-leaves.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Green Leaves &#8211; The Artisan Food Trail&#8221; title_text=&#8221;1 green leaves&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221; Image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221; Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;15&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;23px&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Get the green stuff<\/h2>\n<p>A salad doesn\u2019t just need to be lettuce try other leaves such as spinach, kale, shredded cabbage, watercress, rocket. Of course you can add your favourite type of lettuce, or go with a mixture.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/artisanfoodtrail.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-crunch-colour.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;Crunch colour &#8211; The Artisan Food Trail&#8221; title_text=&#8221;2 crunch colour&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221; Image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221; Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;15&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;23px&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Make it crunchy &amp; colourful<\/h2>\n<p>The most interesting salads have a variety of textures, so prepare your vegetables in different ways. Chop cucumber, slice onions, grate carrots and always cut cherry tomatoes in half as this makes it easier to spike with a fork.[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Row&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;-21px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;fade&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/artisanfoodtrail.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/3-protein.jpg&#8221; alt=&#8221;protein &#8211; The Artisan Food Trail&#8221; title_text=&#8221;3 protein&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; align_tablet=&#8221;center&#8221; align_phone=&#8221;&#8221; align_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; admin_label=&#8221; Image&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; animation=&#8221;off&#8221; sticky=&#8221;off&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221; Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;15&#8243; header_2_font=&#8221;|600|||||||&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;23px&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Pop in some protein<\/h2>\n<p>For something meaty, think roast chicken, turkey, ham, bacon, or pulled pork. You could also opt for some charcuterie such as salami or chorizo. For fish lovers there\u2019s mackerel, tuna prawns and smoked salmon. For vegetarians, boiled eggs, crumbled feta, or some torn mozzarella. 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