# Secrets for Better Salads

This video shares tips and tricks to improve your homemade green salad recipes.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- arugula
- pecorino cheese
- lemon
- salt
- olive oil
- romaine
- ranch
- baby spinach
- bib lettuce
- vinaigrette
- salt
- mayo
- mustard
- molasses
- vinegar
- olive oil
- vegetable oil
- chabata
- sugar
- butter
- spices of choice
- minced garlic
- parmesan
- cracked black pepper
- candied nuts

## Instructions

1. Stir together salt, mayo, mustard, and molasses in a Mason jar.
2. Add vinegar and shake to combine.
3. Add oil in three additions and shake well each time.
4. Smear the dressing all around the bowl and add the greens.
5. Dress salad by drizzling dressing from the start.
6. Make candied nuts using Erika Turner's simple method.
7. Whisk together foamy egg white, granulated and brown sugars, melted butter, salt and spices.
8. Stir in nuts and spread onto lined baking sheet.
9. Bake in a 350-degree oven until nuts are browned, stirring once halfway through.
10. Let them cool and then chop.
11. Make crunchy vegetables using Andrea Geary's method.
12. Use a mandolin to shave vegetables that can be eaten raw in a salad.
13. Pop them in a salad spinner and cover with ice and water.
14. Leave in fridge for at least two hours.
15. Drain the veg and spin dry.
16. Make croutons by wetting bread and cooking in skillet with oil, garlic and parmesan.
17. Add baby arugula to a bowl.
18. Add a drizzle of lemon juice and toss.
19. Add salt and olive oil.
20. Give it a quick toss.
21. Add salad to the plate.
22. Shave pecorino over the top.
23. Add lemon zest and crack black pepper.

## Equipment

- knife
- cutting board
- grater
- bowl
- measuring glass
- salad spinner
- whisk
- saptula
- skillet
- oven

## Tips

- Pair the dressing to the greens.
- Balance flavors that you like along with texture.
- Emulsified vinaigrette is a good choice when in doubt.
- Using 2 types of oil (extra virgin olive oil and vegetable oil) keeps the vinaigrette from solidifying in the fridge.
- Add other ingredients before or after dressing according to whether they will wilt.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEnJBnx5V3c&list=PLRn2b2rtU0IZk9cXQ5G3itByuit3yjzSr&index=4
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c5f7bf72-a698-4ee7-9ea4-4b6ae3cf99c9
- Extracted: 2025-05-29

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