Green salad with apple that can be served with anything

A green salad with apple is something you can always serve. It goes perfectly with everything from fish cakes and a classic Swedish sausage dish for more modern dishes like falafel to chicken satay. A green salad with apple can be put together in just a few minutes, and the ingredients are ones you usually have on hand. 

TIP: Also try this delicious everyday salad with chickpeas, carrots and feta or one summer salad with rhubarb and mozzarella or a salad with blueberries

ALSO TRY: A salad with pomegranate seeds and avocado or a simple salad with grandma's dressing or fennel salad with arugula.

Ingredients for easy green salad

Green salad

The green salad can be anything from tender field lettuce to slightly bitter arugula. You can use head lettuce, heart lettuce, spinach...Whatever floats your boat! The salad can also be topped with finely chopped cabbage, such as scallions. You can also try making the salad with kale. It is just important that the cabbage is well massaged with the dressing. Try this one, for example pumpkin salad with kale.

Fruit or berries

Adding sweetness from fruits and berries does a great job of adding sweetness to a salad. A good everyday version is a salad with apples, but you can also add berries or any other fruit cut into bite-sized cubes.

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Cheese is optional, but it makes a salad a little more luxurious. Parmesan can be replaced with feta, mozzarella, blue cheese, or whatever suits the evening's menu.

Nuts or seeds

This salad is sprinkled with sunflower seeds, which are a perfect everyday sprinkle as they are considerably cheaper than other seeds, nuts and kernels. You can replace them with everything from almonds and pumpkin seeds to pine nuts and pistachios. Always remember to lightly toast them in a dry pan to enhance the flavour. And if they are larger nuts such as walnuts, chop them coarsely.

Vinaigrette

A dressing is needed, and a classic vinaigrette you can never go wrong with it! You can vary the recipe by replacing the lemon juice with lime juice or vinegar. Here, balsamic, apple cider or white wine vinegar are my favorites. If you want to make the vinaigrette vegan, you can use sugar or agave syrup instead of honey. As an alternative dressing, you can try this tahini dressing, a honey-dijon dressing or a classic granny dressing. 

Tips for the best salad

If you want to make sure you make the perfect salad, use this checklist. If you can answer "yes" to all of the points, the salad will definitely taste great!

Checklist for the perfect salad

1. Are the ingredients in season? They always taste better that way. 2.Have you thought about the basic tastes? Food with elements of both sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami taste more satisfying. 3. Have you thought about texture? Contrast is key, so add something crunchy to something soft and creamy - and vice versa. 4. Can the salad be arranged nicely? We eat with our eyes first, so even the color of the salad plate can influence whether the plate is emptied. 5. Have you seasoned it? Never put anything on the table that you haven't seasoned with salt, pepper, sweetness, and acid.