I decided against using
my salad plates since it had the same design and I didn't want to be too «matchy», so I set them aside (In this instance, I would bring out the pre-plated salad to my guests.)
Not exact matches
I wanted to keep things simple with this
salad,
since it's meant to be part of an already - crowded Thanksgiving
plate.
For one, you're serving soup, which gets served in bowls, and
since you're still not Martha Stewart, you don't want to put out separate
plates for
salad, which will have to be washed, by you, in addition to the bowls, at some point later this week.
Plates For this setting, we opted to forgo a service
plate (also known as a charger); instead there's a dinner
plate topped with a
salad plate,
since salad will be served first at this particular meal.
A large
plate is best
since brunch menus usually include eggs, other hot dishes and some
salads.