Feasts and holidays are an integral part of our lives. At this time, relatives and friends gather at a common table, friends and friends come, on the table there are snacks, slices, hot dishes and, of course, salads, interesting, tasty, nutritious and unusual. It is so nice to see a beautifully served table when everyone is enjoying themselves and having fun. Another main component of a successful feast is the ease of cooking. Why? Yes, because a tired hostess is unlikely to have a good mood during the holiday. Therefore, in our article you will find simple but interesting salads, recipes and ingredients for them, as well as a description of the process of their preparation.
Cooking "Soccer Ball"
The following ingredients must be prepared for this dish:
- 2 jars of tuna in oil;
- boiled potatoes in an amount of 3 pieces;
- medium-sized tomatoes - pieces 3;
- two boiled chicken eggs;
- 2 onions;
- salt;
- dressing mayonnaise;
- and we will decorate our salad with 3 egg whites, seedless olives and greens.
It’s easy to make an interesting salad: first you need to pour the oil from open cans of tuna, and then knead the fish with a fork to get a homogeneous mass. Chop the tomatoes into cubes, peel the boiled potatoes, and then finely chop them. Grind eggs cooked until cooked. Onions must be cut into small pieces or also pass through a grater. Then combine all our components together: canned food, potatoes, tomatoes, grated eggs and onions, sprinkle with salt and mix with mayonnaise.
Decoration and assembly of the soccer ball salad
To serve you need a shallow dish or a tray, so that it is convenient to put a salad on it, it should resemble the shape of a ball. Put the almost ready salad on the dish, form the necessary appearance. For this, three squirrels on a grater (finely), yolks are also recommended to be added to the salad. Sprinkle the whole surface of the future ball with grated squirrels without leaving any gaps. Pitted black olives cut into medium slices and stack on grated proteins in the shape of hexagons. Thus, we decorate the entire area of ​​the salad so that it resembles a soccer ball in coloring . My greens, dry and finely chopped, and then put on a dish around the salad. This “carpet” symbolizes the football field. Such a masterpiece will certainly appeal to a man who is fond of football, plays on his own or watches broadcast matches on television.
Tasty seafood dishes
There are quite interesting salads whose recipes contain seafood. Such treats include the Pearl of the Sea. For salad, you need to prepare:
- half a kilogram of squid;
- 250 grams of crab sticks (or crab meat);
- 4 hard boiled eggs;
- 100 grams of natural (non-protein) red caviar.
Squids put in a pan with water, bring to a boil and cook after that 3 minutes. We take them out of the pan and let cool. At the same time we cut into small particles crab sticks (or crab meat). Then we cut the cooled squids in small cubes. We separate the egg whites from the yolks, lay the yolks aside, we will not need them for this treat, and we rub the proteins on a fine grater. In a clean dish, mix the chopped ingredients - squid, crab sticks, eggs and caviar. Salt, depending on your personal preference, then mix with mayonnaise. Next, put everything in a beautiful salad bowl. You can decorate the salad with caviar on top, and put a hard-boiled peeled quail egg on top of it, it will symbolize a pearl in a shell.
Especially for children
Almost all children love sweet foods. And mothers, to pamper their children, look for unusual salads, interesting recipes in cookbooks, and sometimes come up with new combinations on their own, mixing baby’s favorite berries and fruits. The whole family will be pleased by the unusual serving of healthy “Pineapple Salad”. The following ingredients are required for this dessert:
- miniature pineapples - 3 pieces;
- medium sized kiwi - 2 pieces;
- ripe banana - 1 piece;
- a bunch of seedless grapes;
- half a lemon or lemon juice;
- pomegranate seeds (for decoration);
- an orange - 1 piece.
An interesting salad for a child’s birthday should be prepared by processing pineapples: they must be rinsed with water and blotted with a towel to dry. Then cut the pineapples lengthwise into 2 halves. With a sharp knife, cut out the stump, and then with a spoon carefully remove all the flesh, leaving only the peel from the pineapple. Thus, we get a salad bowl of pineapple.
The pulp, which was removed from the tropical fruit, cut into small slices, it will still be useful to us. I wash and cut the grapes into halves, peel the kiwi and cut into small cubes, peel the bananas and cut into slices, then sprinkle with lemon juice so that they do not darken. Squeeze the juice from the orange, it is useful to us for dressing. Mix chopped fruits, season with orange juice, then spread in halves of pineapples. Top decorate with pomegranate seeds. We put it in the refrigerator for about an hour, when the fruits give juice, the salad will become even more delicious. Similar light interesting salads can be prepared from any fruit, vegetables or their mixture. Just show your imagination. Refueling can also be different: you can use yogurt, natural or with toppings, and syrup, and even jam. And for decoration, use flowers cut from strawberries, halves of grapes and other small berries.
Hearty and tasty: salad with chicken and prunes
Each hostess has her own signature salads, interesting and piquant. Sometimes the ingredients in their composition seem inconsistent with each other. But in fact, it turns out a hearty, tasty and festive dish, such as, "Salad with Chicken and Prunes." For him you need to get out of the refrigerator:
- 250 grams of chicken, preferably smoked;
- 50 grams of prunes;
- 3 boiled eggs;
- 100 grams of cheese;
- 150 grams of champignons;
- onion;
- clove of garlic;
- mayonnaise;
- peeled walnuts;
- we will decorate our salad with bell pepper, pomegranate seeds, as well as herbs.
Cut the chicken into pieces, soak the prunes in water for an hour, and then finely chop. From the eggs that were previously cooked, we take out the yolk and rub it on a fine grater. Three squirrels are also on a grater, but put on a separate plate. Three cheese finely, cut onions, chop walnuts until crumbs. Fry the champignons in oil, add onions to them, and then keep them on fire for another 5 minutes. The preparation is over.
How to make a salad
We collect our treats, forming it in layers:
- champignons with onions with mayonnaise and a small handful of nuts;
- egg yolks;
- a portion of grated cheese mixed with mayonnaise and nuts;
- portion of smoked chicken with mayonnaise and nuts;
- prunes mixed with mayonnaise and walnuts;
- the remaining half of the chicken with mayonnaise and nuts;
- the rest of the cheese with mayonnaise;
- grated squirrels with mayonnaise.
The topmost layer must be carefully leveled and decorated with pomegranate.
In our article, we presented to your attention salads interesting, bright, unusual, which will decorate any table.