McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King (which parent Diageo (nyse: DEO - news - people ) wants to unload) are bludgeoning one another with ever-cheaper offerings as health-oriented upstarts like Salad Works and Panera Bread (nasdaq: PNRA - news - people ) nip at their heels.

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's homegrown rock-star chef Johnny Monis, 33, this salad goes easy on the bread and heavy on the vegetables.

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With a salad, a loaf of crusty Italian bread and some red wine (homemade, if you were lucky), Sunday dinner was complete.

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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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