Tossed Salad Combination Guide

Use this guide for wonderful salad ideas and tasty combinations. Remember to toss lightly when adding your favorite dressing and garnish just before serving.

Bibb Lettuce
Add These: Tomato, cut in wedges; Unpared cucumber, sliced; Avocado, peeled and sliced
Garnish With: Hard-cooked egg, sliced

Boston Lettuce
Add These: Hard-cooked egg, chopped; Fresh mushrooms, sliced; Chives, snipped
Garnish With: Parsley sprigs

Boston Lettuce
Add These: Watercress; Anchovy fillets
Garnish With: Parmesan cheese, grated

Chinese Cabbage
Add These: Leaf lettuce; Celery, bias-cut; Radishes, sliced; Chives, snipped
Garnish With: Water chestnuts, sliced

Curly Endive
Add These: Iceberg lettuce; Bacon, crisp-cooked & crumbled; Tomato, cut in wedges; Celery, sliced; Radishes, sliced; Green onion, chopped
Garnish With: Hard-cooked egg, sliced

Iceberg Lettuce
Add These: Carrot, shredded; Celery, diced; Mandarin oranges, well-drained
Garnish With: Raisins

Iceberg Lettuce
Add These: Raw cauliflowerets, thinly sliced; Onion, sliced and separated into rings; Pimiento-stuffed green olives, sliced
Garnish With: Blue chese, crumbled

Leaf Lettuce
Add These: Chicory; Watercress; Tomato, cut in wedges; Onion, thinly sliced; Cucumber, sliced
Garnish With: Walnut halves

Leaf Lettuce
Add These: Curly endive; Tomato, finely diced; Green onion, sliced
Garnish With: Cheddar cheese, cut in thin strips

Romaine
Add These: Tomato, diced; Green pepper, chopped; Romano cheese, grated
Garnish With: Artichoke hearts

Raw Spinach
Add These: Bacon, crisp-cooked & crumbled; Hard-cooked eggs, chopped; Carrot, thinly sliced
Garnish With: French-fried onions

Raw Spinach, shredded
Add These: Raw zucchini, sliced; Radishes, sliced; Green onion, sliced
Garnish With: Mushroom crowns

Submitted by Chef Mary Kelly, owner of Simply Delicious Personal Chef Service. To learn more about this unique dining alternative, visit www.ChefMaryKelly.com or email Chef Mary at Dining@ChefMaryKelly.com

Better Homes & Gardens: Salad Book, 1969