Unusual tasty salads will come in handy not only in case of a banquet. They can be used in the daily menu. Indeed, a non-standard combination of products and a beautiful presentation will make the dish even tastier and healthier. Particular attention should be paid to the design of children's foods. Indeed, in order to feed a little fidget, he must be interested in, for example, a salad in the form of a ladybug or a sandwich in the form of a pig’s muzzle. Then lunch will pass quickly, with pleasure and without whims.
Simple unusual salads for kids
The menu of the child should be as useful and varied as possible. In this case, it is not worth using foods that are heavy for digestion, and new ingredients should be introduced into the diet gradually and with caution. But after all, a simple porridge or a boiled piece of chicken is not likely to be eaten up by a little sabot with pleasure. Not to mention such healthy but unloved foods as
green salad, spinach and other vegetables.
It turns out that even a child can feed vegetables with pleasure, if served correctly. For example, put lettuce, spinach and other healthy greens on a dish, place halves of cherry tomatoes on top, garnished with drops of sour cream or pieces of black olives, turning them into ladybirds. The kid will gladly eat everything to the last leaf.
Light salad with grapes
Adults sometimes also behave like children, and begin to be mischievous about the uniformity of food. Of course, if you constantly cook the same thing, then even the most delicious dishes will soon get bored. It is for this reason that good housewives try all the time to look for something new, replace ingredients in proven recipes, in general, invent something.
For those who want to make a salad new, unusual, but at the same time healthy and tasty, a recipe with herbs and grapes is perfect. A strange at first glance, the combination of products makes the dish spicy, and the absence of mayonnaise and other harmful components - useful and rich in vitamins.
For a glass of grapes (they can be of any color, but for contrast it is better to use dark or pink) take a large bunch of green onions, the same amount of parsley and 100 g of salad leaves. For refueling you will need black ground pepper to taste, 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil, one each - water and vinegar, salt.
Before preparing this unusual salad (the recipe can be slightly modified or supplemented to your own taste, adding cucumber, cherry tomatoes or other vegetables), you need to wash all the ingredients. Then the greens should be finely chopped, and lettuce leaves torn into pieces by hand. Grapes are cut in half, seeds are taken out, all ingredients are mixed. Then, from salt, pepper, vinegar, water and oil, dressing is prepared by mixing them in a blender or just a spoon. Pour it over the salad immediately before serving. The dish will be especially true in early spring, when fresh greens are already on the beds, and other vegetables have not yet appeared.
Banquet salads
They should not only be tasty, but also attract the attention of guests with their appearance. Therefore, intending to cook an unusual salad, the recipe of which was found specifically for the banquet, you should immediately think about how it will look on the table. A beautiful and very tasty dish can be created even from products that are not compatible at first glance.
For 3 boiled chicken eggs, take a can of canned pineapple, 200 grams of smoked sausage, the same amount of pickled mushrooms, a bunch of dill and a small onion. You will also need a can of corn and mayonnaise for dressing.
All ingredients are chopped quite large (with the exception of onions and herbs, which are better to chop), mix and season with mayonnaise. Unusual tasty salads can be served during a banquet, but sometimes it is worth experimenting with a regular lunch.
Decoration for a special occasion
Any festive salad dressed with mayonnaise can be decorated with flowers made from edible ingredients. There are many options: roses cut from carrots or pieces of salmon, tulips from tomatoes or chamomile from egg whites.
Another very simple, but no less effective way of decorating is to create callas from sandwich processed cheese, a piece of boiled carrot and green onion. Having laid the salad in a serving dish and greased it with mayonnaise on top, you need to properly level the surface.
Then, callas are folded from the curd plates, from the piece of carrot for each flower, pestles are made by inserting them inside. Flowers are laid out on the surface, making out a bouquet of them (depending on the size of the dish, there may be 3 or 5 pieces). With the help of feathers of green onions make the stem and leaves. So you can arrange any appetizer and get festive unusual salads according to quite traditional recipes.
"Mushroom glade"
This dish can hardly be called unusual, since the ingredients in it are quite traditional. But on the table it looks so spectacular that it is always liked by those who have already tried it, and those who see such beauty for the first time. And the salad is hearty and tasty.
For 3 large carrots, take 4 medium potatoes, chicken breast, a half-liter jar of pickled mushrooms, 2-3 pickled cucumbers, green onions, dill, lettuce and mayonnaise to taste.
Since the shape of this salad plays an important role, when serving it, you need to use a large dish, on which the "mushroom glade" will be located. You will also need a deep bowl with a wide bottom, the diameter of which is slightly smaller than that of a prepared plate.
Eggs, carrots and potatoes must first be boiled and cooled. Then they are cleaned and rubbed on a coarse grater. Chicken breast, also boiled in salt water with bay leaf and allspice, cut into cubes. Cucumbers are chopped into thin strips, squeezing juice from them. Greens should be chopped as small as possible. Then proceed to the design of the salad, it is collected in layers.
At the bottom of the bowl, carefully lay the mushrooms with their caps down. Top them well sprinkled with herbs, lightly crush it and grease with mayonnaise. Next comes a layer of carrots, then cucumbers, then chicken, eggs, potatoes. Each of them needs to be smeared with mayonnaise. Press the salad down again and put the bowl in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
After the allotted time, you need to take a dish, put green leaves on it and gently turn the bowl in the middle. It turns out a real clearing, on which champignons “grew”. You can safely put the salad in the middle of the table. He, without a doubt, will decorate any celebration.
Unusual shrimp salad (recipe)
Seafood has long been familiar even in everyday diets. But the combination of shrimp and pasta in a salad can hardly be called traditional. It turns out already a full-fledged independent dish, that's just served it cold.
For 200 grams of boiled and peeled shrimp, you need 0.5 packs of pasta (any, but better “spiral”), half a can of black olives, a small onion. Still need large Bulgarian red pepper, as well as mayonnaise to taste.
Cook pasta until cooked, drain the water and leave to cool. It is better to pickle the onion or pre-sprinkle it with boiling water so that bitterness comes out. It is cut into thin half rings. The olives are cut in half lengthwise, and the bell pepper is chopped into small cubes. Then all the ingredients are mixed and seasoned with mayonnaise. Serve the salad better immediately after cooking so that the pasta does not get sour. If desired, you can add a little ground pepper to taste to it.
In the process of preparing various holiday dishes, you can always experiment a little and prepare an unusual salad (you can take the recipe ready or change something in one of the usual options). And if you cook in a good mood, then any meal will turn out to be tasty and beautiful.