Probably, this happened to you: a knock on the door, you open - and there is a cheerful company of friends who decided to spontaneously look at the light. And you feverishly sort through the contents of the refrigerator in your mind, while hospitably inviting everyone to the house. Do not worry. Now you will familiarize yourself with several recipes for tasty and affordable salads that will help with honor to get out of a difficult situation.
Cabbage, sausage, mayonnaiseYes, if you are interested in inexpensive salads in a hurry, the first one you are offered is this one. What is needed for him: a piece of any cooked sausage. It is not - it does not matter, sausages or sausages will do, only the latter have to be boiled. So: cut the meat component into cubes. If there is green onion and fresh dill - wonderful! Finely chop them. No - okay, an ordinary onion will do. Chop it finely and pour over boiling water to slightly soften bitterness and pungency. In general, onion is a democratic vegetable, it is an obligatory ingredient that can be added to almost all inexpensive salads, whipped up or not. And finally, cabbage. Cut it into thin strips, remember lightly to let the juice run. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, season with mayonnaise and drizzle with vinegar or lemon juice, add salt, and sprinkle with hot pepper a little. If there is canned green peas - put it, it will not hurt. Mix again, put in a salad bowl - everything, the dish is ready! It is not high-calorie, tasty - only solid vitamins!
Carrot and nut salad
We continue to offer inexpensive salads in a hurry, and next in line we have a dish of carrots. 3 large root vegetables should be rubbed, as in Korean. Cut half a cup of cilantro, chop a tablespoon of peanuts. Put the listed components in a bowl. Heat a little vegetable oil, add 2 teaspoons of lemon juice, 1 - sugar, to taste - salt. Shuffle. Add 2 cloves of chopped garlic, hot pepper. Let it stand for 10 minutes and serve! This salad is a great snack and a storehouse of vitamins!
Crab sticks rush to the rescue
If you have a package of two crab sticks, a jar of canned corn and several eggs, then you can also create inexpensive salads in a hurry, almost 20 minutes. Boil hard-boiled eggs, cool, chop finely. Cut sticks, mix with corn. To make the dish a delicate consistency, grind them with a blender. Add the eggs, season with mayonnaise, add salt and pepper if desired.
Assorted Vegetables
By the way, good salads in a hurry, inexpensive at all, will turn out if you use crackers, hard cheese, cucumbers and tomatoes as ingredients. Cut everything in an arbitrary amount, add greens, season with mayonnaise. Or do this: boil 3 eggs, cut into thin circles. Also do with a fresh cucumber - you will need it too. Add a little vinegar and mustard to the sour cream, this will be a sauce. It is advisable that you have lettuce leaves - cut them. Put them in the dish first, then the eggs. Pour them with sauce. Cover with slices of cucumbers and sprinkle with dill. Very tasty!
Fruits and vegetables in one “bottle”
You probably already noticed that almost all the cheap salads, whipped up, consist of vegetable components. And finally, such an appetizing recipe. For it you will need: 2-3 fresh cucumbers, the same amount of raw carrots, apples, tomato, a few lettuce leaves. Chop the carrots, apples and cucumbers with straws. Tomatoes - in small slices. Tear the salad into medium pieces. In half a glass of sour cream, add a little sugar, salt and lemon juice, mix, dress with the resulting sauce. It will be accepted with a bang.
Bon appetit and delicious snacks!