salad course
Vegetables before entrée
A salad course is the portion of a formal meal when salad is served.
In American dining, it typically precedes the main course; in European tradition, it often follows.
The term appears mostly in formal settings or when describing multi-course meals: The salad course was a simple arugula with shaved parmesan.
- greensLeafy edible plants
- mixed greensAssorted salad leaves
- lettuceLeafy salad vegetable
- iceberg lettuceCompact, pale salad green
- vinaigretteOil-and-sour sauce
olive oil · croutons · cherry tomatoes · dressing · light lunch · leafy · crisp · tossed · Caesar · fork · light · fresh · entree · arugula · spinach · cucumber · tomato · olives
- dinner theaterdinner show, murder mystery, whodunit, melodrama, cabaret
- course
- eventsevent, events, party, parties, wedding
- appetizersmozzarella sticks, canapes, bruschetta, buffalo wings, nachos
- European DiningFrench cuisine, Italian cuisine, Spanish cuisine, German cuisine, Greek cuisine
- formal diningplace setting, dinner, porcelain, tablecloth, silverware
meal structure/sequence
salad coursemain course
Primary dish served
entrée · main dish · meat course · main event · fish course