Is a salad truly a salad if it is not fresh and nutritious? I don’t think so. Salads are typically counted in the category of healthy food but the composition of the salad is the main criterion to judge whether it is actually healthy or not. Now this in turn is going to depend on your understanding of the nutritional value of various ingredients. If you that one of the commonly used base, formed of quinoa grain chiefly supplies protein to our bodies then you are on the right path to proper knowledge which is very much required if you really want to eat right and healthy. This is the point which separates the renowned chef from us common folk who like to experiment with food in the walls of their own kitchen.
Now this knowledge is going to take you all the way when coupled with right taste...