basic vegetable salad from switzerland

Ingredients For basic vegetable salad from switzerland

• lettuce (mesclun, butter lettuce, baby spinach, etc.)
• carrots (i used orange and yellow)
• celery
• purple cabbage
• cucumbers
• tomatoes
• beets (which i grated raw)
• yellow summer squash or zucchini
• green beans, quickly steamed
• onion (yellow, red, scallions, shallots)
• fresh herb(s): dill, parsley, tarragon, etc.
• OPTIONAL ADDITIONS:
• hardboiled eggs
• cooked beans (kidney, garbanzo, broad, etc.)
• nuts or seeds (hazelnuts, almonds, walnuts, pine nuts, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, etc.)
• BASIC SALAD DRESSING:
• pinch

  ground white pepper
• mustard (i used stoneground mustard)
• pinch

  salt
• 3 Tbsp

  vinegar (i used equal parts white wine vinegar and apple cider vinegar)
• 4 Tbsp

  oil (grapeseed for this variation)
• FRENCH DRESSING:
• pinch

  ground white pepper
• 1 tsp

  french mustard (dijon, for ex)
• 2 Tbsp

  onion, finely minced, shallot for ex. (skip the onion if your salad contains onion)
• 1 sm

  clove garlic, finely minced
• pinch

  salt (maldon or grey salt would be good!)
• 3 Tbsp

  white wine vinegar
• 4 Tbsp

  olive oil
• ITALIAN DRESSING:
• pinch

  cracked black pepper, to taste
• 2 Tbsp

  onion, finely minced (skip if salad contains onion)
• 1 sm

  clove garlic, finely minced
• 3 Tbsp

  red wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar
• 4 Tbsp

  olive oil