Each housewife tries to cover not only a hospitable and generous holiday table, but also to pamper her guests with something original and especially delicious. And it would be nice if the dish was cooked quickly, and the products were affordable. One of these chopsticks for housewives is a salad "day and night." A big plus of this dish is that the salad is quite variable. It can be cheese, meat or seafood. We offer three options for a quick and tasty salad. The choice is yours.
Basis - seafood
Salads, in which the main ingredients are seafood, are at their peak today. Many were fed up with “mimosa” and “fur coats”, I want something overseas and unusual in taste.
Grocery list:
- Boiled shrimp - 200 g.
- Canned squid - 1 can.
- 3 eggs.
- A small apple.
- Hard cheese - 50 g.
- Olives - 1 b.
- Sweet onion - 1 pc.
- Parsley, basil or any other herbs.
- Salt is a pinch.
- Mayonnaise.
Cooking
The salad recipe “Day and Night” is notable for its ease of preparation. All products are cut arbitrarily, the main thing in this dish is a beautiful presentation and design.
We take the squid out of the can. If the pieces are large enough, then cut them into long slices. Boil the shrimp for three minutes, cool and rinse under running water, clear of the shell. Cut them in half.
The apple can be chopped on a coarse grater. The onion is cut into small cubes, it should be almost invisible in the salad. Cheese - on a grater. Grind greens.
To collect the salad “Day and Night” is a matter of five minutes. Some housewives lay the products in layers, but in the original - they simply mix together, generously flavored with mayonnaise. Making the dish is recommended in the theme of "yin - yang." Put the mixed ingredients in a serving plate. We pour one half of the grated protein of the boiled egg, the second part - finely chopped olives into thin circles.
Cheese base
Cheese salad "Day and Night" - this is the version of the dish that almost any housewife dreams of. In this recipe you do not have to boil anything, spend time preparing products, etc. All of the ingredients listed below are simply crushed into even squares or cubes and mixed together.
- Canned champignon mushrooms - 1 can.
- Egg - 2 pcs.
- A pair of canned pickled cucumbers.
- Hard cheese - 20-30 g.
- Olives - a can.
- Corn is a can.
- Mayonnaise.
Process
We open all the cans: cucumbers, olives, corn and drain the liquid. Cheese is ground on the finest grater. The egg is boiled and also rubs quite finely. Cucumbers can be cut arbitrarily, but in order to support the general concept, we can divide each long bar into three parts. The result is smooth and neat cubes.
We mix all the products together, flavored with homemade (preferably) mayonnaise and begin to decorate. In the cheese version of the salad for decoration, canned corn is used. Pour it on top and distribute it on one side of the plate. The recipe from the photo of the salad “Day and Night” allows you to understand how to chop olives to decorate the dish. They will sprinkle the second part of the plate.
The basis is meat
Ingredients:
- Three small potatoes.
- Chicken Breast - 250 g.
- Three eggs.
- Onion - two heads.
- Salt.
- Grated cheese - three tables. spoons.
- Mayonnaise.
- Olives - a can.
How to cook
This version of the salad "Day and Night" is more satisfying and high-calorie. You can make it a little “easier” by not frying the chicken, as stated in the original recipe, but by welding it. All at the discretion of the hostess. After processing, the chicken breast is cut into long strips. Potatoes are boiled, cooled and also cut into strips.
Egg and cheese should be crushed using a grater. Mix these two ingredients. Add one part to the salad, the second will go to decorate the dish. Onions should also be chopped as finely as possible. In the meat salad "Day and Night" should be present two main nutritious products: potatoes and meat. They are cut larger so that the taste buds immediately seized on these tastes. The rest of the products, so to speak, are the background for enhancing the effect.
We complete by mixing all the products and adding mayonnaise. You can add some salt. We finish the preparation of the Day and Night salad by decorating: cover one side with olives, the other with a mixture of grated egg and cheese.