Main-course salads should offer protein as well as carbohydrates. Vegetables supply the carbohydrates. Grilled vegetable salad promises a smorgasbord of flavors and textures. Before deciding what to put into your salad, decide what type of salad you want. There are several kinds.
Bound salads are held together by one ingredient, often mayonnaise.
Our Stuffed Shrimp Salad is, in part, a bound salad. Mayonnaise and horseradish bind it. When making any bound salad, be sure that all of the ingredients are chilled before you start. Even a new jar of mayonnaise should be chilled before using. Chilling the ingredients helps reduce the growth of harmful bacteria.