Types of Salad Everyone Needs to Know About

"Green salad" is a general term that can refer to any tossed salad made with greens, such as iceberg lettuce, arugula, and spinach.

Tossed salads are made by tossing ingredients (and usually dressing) in a haphazard way, so that they end up evenly mixed.

Fattoush is a Levantine salad composed of mixed greens and toasted or fried khubz, or flatbread.

Salade niçoise is made with tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, anchovies or tuna, and Niçoise olives.