Children's festive events are no different from adult celebrations, the only difference is that all dishes must be carefully thought out and prepared only with fresh products, the table should be decorated in a colorful and fun way. You should take care of salads. It is best to design them in the form of funny cartoon characters or animals.
Do not overdo it with fatty components - give the advantage to chicken or turkey meat. We bring to your attention an original, light and healthy salad โTurtleโ. He will captivate the children with an unusual presentation and taste. It can be prepared in several versions: from boiled meat or slightly salted red fish. They collect the dish in layers, and sour cream or light mayonnaise can be used for smearing.
Pick up an oval-shaped salad bowl for snacks so that the resemblance to the turtle is more complete. Be sure to cover the bottom of the dishes with green leaves of Chinese salad. Turtle Salad is a real festive dish that will become a table decoration and will be in the center of attention of your children. An unusually delicate taste is obtained thanks to a harmonious combination of ingredients - cheese, chicken, apple, nuts. Although there are many options for its preparation: with prunes, mushrooms, pineapples, grapes.
We offer a classic turtle salad with chicken
Component snacks:
- chicken fillet (200 g);
- cheese (100 g);
- sweet and sour apples (2 pcs.);
- onions - to taste;
- walnuts (100 g);
- four eggs;
- sour cream or mayonnaise;
- lettuce for decoration and black olives.
We cut the boiled meat into thin cubes. Finely chop the onion. Rub the boiled yolk and protein in different containers. Grind some nuts, leave the second part for the top. Grate cheese and apples on a medium grater.
Assembly
On the leaves of lettuce we spread the prepared products in the following sequence: proteins, fillets, onions, apples, ยฝ part of cheese, yolks, again cheese, nuts. We coat each layer with mayonnaise. Slices of nuts will imitate the tortoise shell, and instead of the head put a boiled egg. We will make eyes out of olives. Turtle salad should be soaked for several hours. Children will be delighted! As a decoration, you can use pickles, greens - it all depends on your imagination and taste preferences.
Turtle Salad with Prunes
We will need:
- cheese (100 g);
- four eggs;
- boiled chicken (100 g);
- walnuts (100 g);
- prune (100 g);
- apples (2 pcs.);
- mayonnaise.
The first layer will be chopped meat, then grated cheese, apples, grated proteins, chopped prunes, yolks and nuts. Saturate with mayonnaise, decorate on top by analogy with the above recipe. To give the dish brightness and color saturation, make flowers from carrots and greens and plant them on the sides of the snack.
Turtle salad (photo attached) is easy to prepare and quickly eaten. If desired, you can experiment with products, for example, add grapes or mushrooms. Make the kids want to try it, and for this, due attention must be paid to appearance. An interesting and bright form will certainly intrigue the kids.