Fresh & Easy Green Salad

 

Welcome to WESTERN COOKING IN PLAIN ENGLISH VIDEOS! In this video I've shown how to make a very quick and easy green salad using following required ingredients and pieces of equipment along with how to use some optional ingredients to take that salad "from simple to exciting!":

 

Ingredients :

Lettuce
Tomato
Salad Dressing

 

Optional "From Simple to Exciting" Ingredients (Use your choice or a combination of any of the following)

Red (or any) Onion
Shredded Carrots
Grated Zucchini or Yellow Squash
Avocado
Radishes
Sunflower Seeds
Roasted Red Peppers
Sun Dried Tomatoes
Olives
Grated or Shredded Cheese
Wheat Germ
Ground Black Pepper

 

Equipment :

Salad Spinner or Colander
Sharp Knife
Cutting Board
Grater (if you're grating any vegetables to go into the salad)
Bowl
Salad Spoons (or any big spoons)
Paper Towels (only if you're using sundried tomatoes packaged in oil)

 

1. Tear the lettuce into bite sized pieces and either rinse and spin it dry in a salad spinner or rinse, shake and gently squeeze it dry using a colander.

2. Add the lettuce to a bowl.

3. Then rinse any other vegetables you're using to make the salad and prepare them like this.

Tomatoes - cut out the core, cut them in half, slice them and then cut the slices in cross sections.
Red (or any) Onion - cut it in half lengthwise and in half again, peel off the skin, make thin slices keeping the back of the onion intact, then cut those slices in cross section.
Carrots - chop off the root tip and grate them into the salad.
Zucchini or Yellow Squash - chop off the end and either grate¡­or cut them into the salad.
Radishes - chop off the roots, cut a thin piece from the side and put the flat surface face down on the cutting board to make cutting easier, and cut the radish into thin slices.

4. Then top with your choice of a combination of the following optional ingredients:

Avocado - avocados are ripe when you can press your thumb fairly firmly into the skin and leave a dent. Prepare them by cutting lengthwise around the seed, twisting them open, safely removing the seed (as shown in the video), cutting them in half again, peeling the skin, cutting them in slices and the chopping the slices in cross section.
Sun Dried Tomatoes - if they're packaged in oil, you can either use them as is or drain some of the oil by squeezing them gently in paper towels. Then slice and chop them into smaller pieces.
Roasted Red Peppers - use them as is out of the jar, slice them open and cut them into smaller pieces.
Olives - make sure the seeds are removed first, then add them either whole or sliced.

5. Finish the salad by topping with your choice or a combination of:

Wheat Germ
Sunflower Seeds
Grated or Crumbled Cheese
Either Commercial or Homemade Salad Dressing
Ground Black Pepper

6. Toss the salad with either salad spoons or big spoons until all the ingredients are well mixed together.

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