I hope they're effective in this context! I think the concepts are similar, but I feel weird because I don't want to connote the same importance about salads that artists do about artistic things.
Food is at least as important as art. Art only nourishes your mind, but food nourishes both mind and body.
I have a strategy for getting myself to eat vegetables. I've been using it for about six months now, and it works well:
Side effect: people who see my plate think I'm a very healthy eater. But sometimes they ask my "why is your salad steaming?"
I also posted this on my blog