Essential life skills: Salad making

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Now that you’re in college, there are no more homemade dinners waiting for you after a long day of school. Eating out all the time is expensive, and cooking a full meal is time-consuming. So what’s one to do? The easy and healthy solution is to put together a salad because it doesn’t take long to prepare and makes a healthy evening meal.

Patrick De Oliveira

Chop, chop: Making salads is a quick, easy way to fill up and stay healthy. A good salad has four key components — lettuce, cheese, fruit (or vegetable) and protein.

There are four components to making a good salad, says Thomas Holland, manager at Ingredient, 947 Massachusetts St. First, you have to pick any kind of lettuce to serve as a base. Then, you add some kind of cheese, some kind of fruit and some other vegetable. Adding meat or tofu is also an option if you want to get some protein. “The fun thing is finding a combination that's new and different,” Holland says.

Making the dressing may sound intimidating, but Holland says most stores have a good selection. If you want to make your own, an easy and tasty recipe is to mix three parts olive oil with one part balsamic vinegar and then add some seasoning, Holland says.

So next time you think about calling in that pizza, just grab some fresh greens and toss together a well-seasoned salad.

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