Sexy Salads

I started using the term “sexy salads” almost ten years ago. In fact, defining a “sexy salad” was the topic of one of the first videos I ever posted on social media back in 2016. In that video, I explain that when I describe a dish as a “sexy salad,” it means that it has every color of the rainbow in it. I even created infographics showing the colors: Red could be tomatoes, strawberries, bell peppers, and radishes. Orange could be roasted butternut squash and carrots. Yellow can be represented with bell peppers, onion, yellow beets. Greens are easy, because aside from lettuce, you have fennel, broccoli, celery, okra, bok choy, and so much more. Lastly, for blue/purple, you can use blueberries, red onion, purple cabbage, and dark radicchio. As I created dozens of sexy salad creations in that era, I realized that it is more than just the visual color scheme that makes a salad scrumptious or “sexy.” It’s the dynamic blend of flavors, textures, temperatures, and shapes. I’ve loosened up the criteria in the last few years to include any salad that satisfies you and becomes something you actually crave.