Thoughtfully composed with nutritious ingredients, vibrant dressings, and crunchy garnishes, salad can do some amazing things at mealtime.
Three healthful and colorful salads you'll want to eat this winter include, clockwise from top left, an Orange-Miso Mukimami Salad, Jennifer Anistan's Quinoa Salad, and a Six-Fruit Winter Salad. Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS
Salad usually means the tender, leafy greens that broadcast the start of spring, the dense heads of iceberg lettuce we grew up with or, perhaps, plastic tubs of fresh spinach and spring mix you can find at any grocery store.