Desert Salad

Desert Salad is a consumable item in Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
Desert Salad provides a very high amount of health over a short period of time, healing 210 Hit Points with a Survival skill of 55, which is necessary to craft it. It is also one of a minority of food items that provide significant restoration to both the Dehydration and Starvation levels while in Hardcore mode.

Though it is not the most filling item in the game, its weight to health ratio makes it one of the most efficient foods available. Accordingly, it is also one of the more difficult items to make, due to the rarity of pinyon nuts.

Crafting
This item must be crafted by the Courier. It is not sold by merchants or found anywhere in the wasteland.

Creation requirements

Behind the scenes
Desert Salad is a direct reference to the real-world recipe featured in the Fallout game manual, alongside the Mushroom Cloud recipe. Strangely, even though pinto beans are both part of the original recipe and found in-game, it is not part of the recipe. The instruction manual recipe for desert salad, described below in the expandable:

Wüstensalat Ensalada del desierto Пустынный салат Пустельний салат