What’s Cooking is a series in which I answer questions and share advice about food and cooking that you may have but are too shy to ask, or, as in many cases, questions that you do ask.
Whenever I am entertaining, I never serve a salad as the vegetable component of the meal. The main reason why is because people hardly eat the salad. Some people may take a little to garnish their plate, but let’s be honest, most are interested in the mains and sides. What’s been your experience? After having to constantly put away bowls of garden salad, I have sought to let the vegetables I serve be the side dishes, in the form of a stir fry, sauté or roasted. With this approach (except if they do not eat the vegetables on offer), people add helpings of the vegetables to their plate.
