If you're overwhelmed with salad greens, fill your sink up with water and wash and dry everything all at once, Ms. Welsh suggests.

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An ordinary salad of greens, tomatoes and raw veggies turns almost decadent with slices of avocado.

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Meals also usually include malum, a salad of chopped leafy greens and coconut, crispy poppadoms (a large circular piece of thin, spiced bread), dal (a type of lentil stew), coconut sambal (a spicy condiment), home-made chutney and of course, fragrant steamed rice.

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Out went the traditional iceberg lettuce topped with tomatoes and onions, and in came four new salad varieties featuring 11 different greens and new ingredients like apples, pecans and asiago cheese.

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Micro-greens--mini arugula, fennel and spinach--cost twice as much as full-sized greens, and they were a hit at high-end eateries during the salad days of the last economic boom.

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