Green Salads: English Vocabulary List

a type of salad where individual ingredients are artfully arranged and presented on a plate, rather than being mixed together

"Composed salad is arranged."

"A composed salad arranged ingredients artistically on a plate rather than tossing them together."

a type of salad where various ingredients are mixed together in a bowl, typically with a dressing

"Tossed salad mixes ingredients well."

"The tossed salad was mixed in a large bowl with greens vegetables and vinaigrette dressing."

a type of salad made with wedge-shaped lettuce, dressing, bacon, and toppings

"Wedge salad has lettuce."

"The wedge salad was a quarter head of iceberg lettuce topped with blue cheese dressing and bacon."

a type of Indonesian or Malaysian vegetable pickle, typically made with carrots, cucumbers, and other vegetables, marinated in a tangy and spicy sauce

"Acar is pickled vegetables."

"Acar was a pickled carrot and cucumber salad from Indonesia eaten as a side dish."

a type of salad from Afghanistan, typically made with fresh vegetables, herbs, and spices

"Afghan salad has herbs."

"The Afghan salad was chopped cucumber tomato onion and cilantro dressed with lemon juice."

a type of salad commonly found in Middle Eastern cuisine

"Arab salad has lemon."

"Arab salad consisted of finely chopped vegetables like cucumber tomato and parsley with olive oil."

a type of salad made with a variety of fresh vegetables

"Garden salad has lettuce tomatoes."

"The garden salad contained lettuce cucumber carrot and tomato with a simple vinaigrette."

a salad made with olives, tomatoes, and feta cheese

"Greek salad has feta olives."

"Greek salad had tomato cucumber red onion feta cheese and olives with olive oil and oregano."

a type of East African salad made with chopped tomatoes, onions, cilantro, and other fresh vegetables

"Kachumbari is tomato onion salad."

"Kachumbari was a fresh East African tomato and onion salad with cilantro and lime juice."

a dish made with fresh spinach leaves, often combined with other ingredients

"Spinach salad uses baby spinach."

"The spinach salad had fresh baby spinach bacon crumbles hard boiled egg and warm bacon dressing."

a dish made with fresh arugula leaves, often combined with other ingredients

"Arugula salad is peppery."

"The peppery arugula salad was dressed simply with lemon juice shaved parmesan and olive oil."

a salad made with a mix of fresh greens, vegetables, and often additional toppings

"House salad is restaurant standard."

"The house salad was the default side salad served with most entrees at the restaurant."

a salad made with seasonal ingredients such as roasted vegetables, fruits, nuts, and grains

"Harvest salad has nuts fruit."

"Harvest salad contained roasted squash dried cranberries pecans and goat cheese over mixed greens."

a salad made with ingredients commonly found in Mexican cuisine, such as beans, corn, avocado, tomatoes, and Mexican spices

"Mexican salad has beans corn."

"The Mexican salad included corn black beans avocado tortilla strips and creamy cilantro dressing."

a salad made with ingredients commonly found in Italian cuisine, such as mixed greens, tomatoes, olives, peppers, cheese, and Italian dressing

"Italian salad has mozzarella."

"Italian salad had romaine lettuce red onion olives pepperoncini and provolone cheese with vinaigrette."