How to Combine Ingredients?

This post came about after Dani (blog reader) sent me an email saying that she had doubts when it came to dressing salads and combining ingredients. I want to make it clear that the post is based on the reality of the region where I live (Sorocaba) and I know that the vegetables available, as well as those considered more “common” change depending on the region, so feel free to collaborate through comments! In this post I’m going to talk more about salads that contain raw ingredients, otherwise the post would be gigantic, but I’ll soon make a post about salads with cooked vegetables.

Sheets: You can choose as many types as you want and combine them with each other. It’s cool to choose different shades and textures. Always tear the leaves with your hands or use your own knives that are already available on the market. Never use metal knives, as they oxidize the vegetables.

Look here How to best store leaves in the fridge.

Below are some suggestions (it would be impossible to exhaust the possibilities):

You can make a salad just with leaves or, if you want to be fancy, make a base with the leaves and mix them with other ingredients, such as:

Fruits also combine very well with leaves, below are some indications:

Other interesting ingredients that can be used to spice up your salads:

Salad Dressing Recipes:

*** Observation: The sauces below are in small quantities, increase the ingredients proportionally according to your needs. Black pepper can be added to all of the sauces below.

1. Basic sauce: 2 tablespoons of olive oil + 2 tablespoons of lemon juice or vinegar + 2 tablespoons of water + 1 pinch of salt
2. Acid Mustard Sauce: 2 tablespoons of olive oil + 2 tablespoons of lemon juice or vinegar + 2 tablespoons of water + 1 tablespoon of common mustard + 1 pinch of salt
3. Mild Mustard Sauce: 2 tablespoons of olive oil + 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar + 2 tablespoons of water + 1 tablespoon of common mustard + 1 tablespoon of cream or ricotta cream + 1 pinch of salt
4. Rose sauce: 1 tablespoon ketchup + 1/2 tablespoon mustard + 1 tablespoon lemon juice + 3 tablespoons mayonnaise + 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce + 1 pinch of salt
5. Passion fruit sauce: 2 tablespoons of concentrated passion fruit juice + 2 tablespoons of olive oil + 1 tablespoon of water + 1 teaspoon of honey + 1 pinch of salt
6. Honey and mustard sauce: 2 tablespoons of common mustard + 1 tablespoon of honey + 1 tablespoon of water + 1 tablespoon of balsamic vinegar + 1 pinch of salt
7. Garlic sauce: 2 tablespoons of olive oil + 2 tablespoons of lemon juice or vinegar + 2 tablespoons of water + 1 tablespoon of fried garlic + 1 pinch of salt
8. Yogurt broth: 1 tablespoon of olive oil + 2 tablespoons of natural yogurt + 2 tablespoons of lemon juice or vinegar + 2 tablespoons of water + 1 pinch of salt
9. Basil Sauce: 2 tablespoons of finely chopped or crushed basil leaves + 3 tablespoons of olive oil + 1 tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar + 2 tablespoons of water + salt
10. Dry Herb Sauce: 4 tablespoons of olive oil + 1/2 teaspoon of dried rosemary + 1/2 teaspoon of oregano (dried) + 1/2 teaspoon of dried basil + 2 tablespoons of juice lemon or vinegar + 1 tablespoon of water + 1 pinch of salt
11. Orange Sauce: 4 tablespoons of orange juice + 2 tablespoons of olive oil + 1 teaspoon of common mustard + 1 teaspoon of honey + 1/2 chopped seedless pepper + 1 pinch of salt
12. Oriental Sauce: 2 tablespoons of olive oil + 2 tablespoons of soy sauce + 1 tablespoon of water + 1 teaspoon of honey + 1 teaspoon of toasted sesame seeds + 1 pinch of salt + 1/2 spoon (coffee) sesame oil (optional).
13. Balsamic Dressing: 2 tablespoons of olive oil + 3 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar + 1/2 teaspoon of oregano + 2 tablespoons of water + 1 pinch of salt

Ingredient and Sauce Combinations:

1. Mix of Green Leaves (choose 2 or more options) + Sliced ​​Hearts of Palm + Sliced ​​Tomato + Sliced ​​Onion + Basic Sauce.
2. Mixed Green Leaves (choose 2 or more options) + Sliced ​​Cucumber + Flaked Tuna + Yogurt Sauce
3. Mix of Green Leaves (choose 2 or more options) + Apricots + Walnuts (or other nuts) + Gorgonzola Cheese + Basic Sauce
4. Swiss chard in strips + grated beetroot + grated carrot + grated radish + rose sauce
5. Swiss chard in strips + Pineapple in cubes + Turkey breast in cubes + Yogurt Sauce
6. Arugula + Cherry Tomato (or regular tomato) + Regular or Buffalo Mozzarella + Basil Sauce
7. Mixed Green Leaves (choose 2 or more options) + Chopped Strawberries + Chopped Pineapple + Sliced ​​Carambola + Passion Fruit Sauce
8. Arugula + Watercress + Diced Mango + Orange Sauce
9. Mix of Green Leaves (choose 2 or more options) + Kani + Cucumber in slices or cubes + Oriental Sauce
10. Chicory + Fried Bacon + Fried Garlic + croutons + Basic Sauce
11. Mixed Green Leaves (choose 2 or more options) + Diced Melon + Diced Cooked Ham + Yogurt Sauce
12. Arugula + Boiled Quail Egg + Cherry Tomato + Sliced ​​Red Onion + Parmesan Shavings + Dried Herb Sauce
13. Radicchio + American Lettuce + Green and Black Olives + Chopped Tomato (or Cherry) + Diced White Cheese + Croutons + Basil Sauce
14. Diced Cucumber + Chopped Watermelon + Chopped Melon + Yogurt Sauce
15. Mix of Green Leaves (choose 2 or more options) + Ruby Grapes cut in half + Gorgonzola Cheese + Walnuts (or other nuts) + Mustard and Honey Sauce

Guys, this post was huge and could have been 8 times this size given the number of possible combinations for salads. These were just a few suggestions. And you? How do you usually prepare sadaditcha everyday? What ingredients and combinations do you like?

* Image at the top of the post