green salads
Lettuce-based side dishes
Green salads are dishes built around raw leafy vegetables, typically lettuce, spinach, or mixed greens, served cold with dressing.
Unlike potato salad or pasta salad, the defining feature is the fresh, uncooked greenery that forms the base.
Toppings vary widely—tomatoes, cucumbers, croutons, cheese—but the greens remain central.
I'll just have a green salad with my steak.
The term distinguishes these from heavier, mayonnaise-based salads.
- lettuceLeafy salad vegetable
- iceberg lettuceCompact, pale salad green
- spinachEdible dark green leaves
- arugulaPeppery Mediterranean salad green
- mesclunMixed young salad leaves
tomatoes · kale · endive · carrots · romaine · baby spinach · vinaigrette · cucumbers · tabbouleh · mizuna · frisée · rocket · mache · microgreens · radishes · watercress · escarole · avocado
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Simmered meat dishes
wilted greens · stir-fry · fried foods · steamed dishes · steamed vegetables
green saladsred meat
Mammal flesh for eating
steaks · roasts · potato dishes · fried chicken · charcuterie
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