Salad Brain is a creativity platform.
These exercises use the platter, rather than the typical deep salad bowl, as the canvas for creation and a means to illustrate the universal process of creative thinking and design. No matter the field, the steps of creativity are the same. Here we’re using salads because we all have some experience with salad, a low-stakes, easy medium for practicing everyday creativity. Plus, your installation will feed you beautifully and well, and shouldn’t we all be eating more salads anyway?
We call it PLATTERAL THINKING!
For an introduction to getting in touch with your salad brain, read Welcome to Salad Brain Creativity.
INGREDIENTS:
Peaches
Cantalope
Cucumber
Pepitas
Jalapeno
Onion
Radish/Radish Sprouts
Cilantro
Feta Cheese
Watercress
PLATTERAL THINKING:
Here are a few tricks for taking fruit to the savory salad side. You can’t go wrong with radishes, onion, cucumber, cilantro, and jalapeno. Cheese and nuts do the trick as well. And peppery radish sprouts too. See how ripe peaches work with watercress and a few of these favorites above.
WHAT IF?
Change up the fruit according to what’s in season. Go simple. A plate of cantaloupe with some radish rounds suddenly doesn’t seem like breakfast. Watermelon and cucumber. Mango and jalapenos. You’ve had all this more than you think. Don’t forget the magic of coarse salt and pepper. Go in the opposite direction and change the focal point. Can you accent a cucumber salad with fruit?
