Toss it up!

Step 2 – Build it up – A Tossed Salad

Build a green salad into a more substantial option with the addition of some vegetables.

Photograph: Sanat Tanna; Courtesy: Cafe Basillico

Anything can go here - from common vegetables like tomato, cucumber, onion, spring onion, carrot, radish, blanched beans and cauliflower to the more exotic peppers, mushroom, olives, capers, broccoli (steamed).

Ensure vegetables make up half to three-quarters of your salad creation.

This two part salad includes assorted leafy greens + 2 parts of as many different vegetables as you wish. (This is of course a loose equation. Experts agree that most of us fall short in our daily intake of vegetables. And since one really cannot get enough vegetables, this is one place where you can pile them on!)

So your basic Tossed Salad for two will require

For a more substantial green salad you will need –

1 fully prepared recipe of green salad

2 cups assorted vegetables

1 tbsp EVOO

½ tsp Vinegar or 1 tsp lemon juice

Additional salt and pepper to taste

The tossed salad how to:

Place vegetables, EVOO, salt and pepper in a large bowl and toss gently till well coated. Combine with already mixed green salad.

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