This is a wonderful main dish chopped salad recipe with a rainbow of healthy ingredients and a bright, tangy buttermilk dressing.
You can pile a bunch of delicious chopped salad ingredients into a big bowl or you can arrange them artfully in a platter. It’s all the same stuff and it ends up in the same place, so why make the effort to organize everything? I was pondering this as I carefully arranged lines of turkey, corn and cranberries, considering which colors and textures look best side by side. I came to the conclusion that food tastes better if it’s presented in an attractive way. I’ve always believed that. Also, I remember an article from Scientific American about all the things that can influence taste: “…Potato chips taste crisper if you hear a crunch over headphones. White wine with a drop of red food coloring tastes like red wine—even to experienced wine tasters….A block of cheese with sharp edges tastes sharper than one with round corners…” The bottom line is deliciousness is not just about what hits our tastebuds. All of our senses come into play when our brain tells us how delicious something is.
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