In anticipation of the festive event, the hostesses pre-prepare the menu and are engaged in the selection of original snacks. After all, every woman wants to surprise guests with a richly laid table, on which there will be not only hot dishes, but also light salads. For a birthday, the assortment of products should be diverse.
The most important thing is that after the event there will be no heaviness in the stomach, so you need to dilute fatty dishes with light, low-calorie and healthy snacks. Let's start with salads, without which no celebration can do. The first option, under the funny name "Goldfish", is a delicious, light salad. The recipe somehow reminds everyone of the well-known “herring under a fur coat” only in our case it is more refined.
Necessary components:
- herring fillet;
- carrot;
- green apple (2 pcs.);
- three eggs;
- beet;
- potatoes (2 pcs.);
- slightly salted salmon (any red fish can be used) - 200 gr.;
- gherkins (5 pcs.);
- olive mayonnaise;
- onion;
- vinegar;
- sugar.
Dice onion diced for half an hour in a marinade of vinegar, sugar, salt and water. Boiled vegetables: carrots, beets, grate potatoes. Do the same with eggs and apples.
Cut the gherkins, herring and salmon into pieces. We spread the products in layers in the form of a fish: herring, potatoes, carrots, pickled onions, eggs, cucumber, apple, beets, salmon. All layers must be lubricated with mayonnaise. From olives you can make eyes, from greens - fins.
Light birthday salads can be prepared from any vegetables, fruits and lean meats. This is just the second recipe for appetizers that gourmets will like, as there is also meat and fruit in the composition. The dish is called - "Crimean Salad".
Structure:
- grape-raisins - a bunch;
- chicken fillet - half a kilogram;
- two hundred grams of cheese;
- cheese (200 grams);
- walnuts (300 grams);
- fresh cucumbers (4 pcs.);
- mayonnaise;
- greens (cilantro, parsley).
For this dish, it is better to choose seedless grapes. We cut large berries into pieces, leave a few pieces for decoration. Grate cheese in a separate bowl. Divided boiled fillet into fibers. Chop the nuts. Cut cucumbers into thin strips, potatoes into cubes.
Now we proceed to the design of the salad, it must be laid out in the form of a vine - in layers. The sequence of layers is as follows: potato, cheese, grapes, nuts, fillets and completes the layer of grapes. Do not forget to grease all products with mayonnaise. From greenery make a stalk imitating a bunch of grapes.
Many people think that light salads for birthday should be strictly from diet products, although this is a misconception. The main thing is not to overdo it with high-calorie dressings and correctly combine the ingredients. Of course, you can just chop tomatoes with cucumbers and serve on the festive table, but guests are unlikely to appreciate this dish.
After all, the celebration does not happen so often, and therefore everyone is waiting for some kind of magic, unusual dishes with exotic contents in a bright performance. It all depends on your imagination, you can make an original light salad from ordinary products. The recipe with the photo will show how to cook a fun chicken snack called “Hedgehog”.
You will need:
- chicken meat (400 grams);
- two hundred grams of cheese;
- four eggs;
- two potatoes;
- two cloves of garlic;
- canned peas (jar).
As a dressing, low-calorie mayonnaise or sour cream is suitable. For decoration, you will need olives and a little peas.
Boil chicken meat and cut into strips. Three boiled potatoes and yolks on a grater. Now we combine all these products, add ½ part of grated cheese and peas to them. Dress with mayonnaise and squeeze the garlic.
We mix the mass well and form a hedgehog from it. We cover it with a mixture of grated cheese, protein and mayonnaise. We cut olives into two parts and imitate needles. We’ll make the eyes out of peas. Very bright and cheerful turned out salad.
Prepare light birthday salads in the form of different animals, cartoon characters or any other items. Submission is of no small importance. If you do not eat meat, then it can be easily replaced with mushrooms.