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Salad
This article is about the culinary dish of salad A salad is a light dish of food, which is made up of natural combination of foods including vegetables, fruits, cheese, cooked meat, eggs and grains and can often involve varieties sauces and dressings. Garden salads have a foundation of leafy greens, a garden salad is so common that the word salad alone often refers specifically to garden salads. Other types include bean salad, tuna salad, fattoush, Greek salad, and somen salad.

History
The ancient Greeks and Romans ate mixed green vegetables with a certain type of dressing. In his 1699 book, John Evelyn attempted with little success to encourage his fellow Britons to eat fresh salad greens. Mary, Queen of Scots, ate boiled celery root over greens covered with creamy mustard dressing, truffles, chervil, and slices of hard-boiled eggs. The United States made mixed greens salads popular in the late 19th century.

Types of salads
salad has become extremely popular in the last decade and its success