common ingredients in making salads q2 Flashcards
most important crop in the group of leafy greens
lettuce
a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the Cucurbitaceae gourd family that bears
cucumiform fruits, which are used as vegetables
cucumber
is a dairy product, derived from milk and produced in wide ranges of flavours, textures and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep.
cheese
root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, red, white, and yellow varieties exist. It has a crisp texture when fresh
carrot
an edible flowering plant in the family Amaranthacee. It is native to central and southwestern Asia. It is an annual plant, which grows to
a height of 30cm
spinach
the edible, often red fruit/berry of the nightshade Solanum lycopersicum
tomato
is a piece of sautéed or rebaked bread, often cubed and seasoned, that is used to add texture and flavor to salads, notably the Caesar salad, as an accompaniment to soups, or eaten as a snack food
croutons