Almost any holiday table is complete without traditional dishes - olivier, mashed potatoes, meat dishes and beetroot salad with eggs. Each housewife has her own signature recipe for beetroot salad, characterized by the ingredients and the way of serving.
In this article we have collected for you the best salad recipes for both a festive dinner and for everyday use.
Useful properties of beets
Each of us knows that beets have a number of useful properties, and include minerals and vitamins in their composition.
The main useful qualities of beets include the following factors:
- prevention of constipation;
- strengthening the body as a whole;
- normalization of the gastrointestinal tract;
- the fight against spring vitamin deficiency.
In the modern world there are a huge number of dishes using beets, for example, salads, casseroles, cold snacks and so on.
Beetroot Salad with Cheese and Egg
Ingredients:
- beets - 600 grams;
- processed cheese - 100 grams;
- chicken eggs - 3 pcs.;
- salt;
- black pepper;
- vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons;
- sour cream or mayonnaise for dressing.
We divide the cooking process into several stages:
- First of all, it is necessary to boil the beets and give it time to cool to room temperature;
- now boil chicken eggs;
- remove the peel from the beets, wash it under running water and rub on a coarse grater;
- we clean the eggs and cut them into small pieces;
- then we rub the processed cheese and mix all the ingredients;
- add salt and pepper;
- as a dressing, you can use sour cream and mayonnaise. To make the dish easier and more dietetic, it is best to opt for sour cream;
- add dressing and sunflower oil;
- mix the resulting mass and send it to the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
Before serving, you can decorate the finished dish with a sprig of parsley and grated cheese.
Vegetable salad: beets, carrots, egg and sour cream
Another interesting way to make beetroot salad is the following recipe.
So, the necessary products:
- beets - 450 grams;
- carrots - 2 pcs.;
- small onion;
- vegetable oil;
- salt;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- sour cream - 50 grams.
Step by step cooking:
- boil beets, cool it and grate it;
- cut the onion into small cubes;
- boil eggs and carrots;
- cut the eggs and mix them with onions and beets;
- rub the carrots on a fine grater and add it to the rest of the products;
- salt and pepper our salad;
- add a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil and sour cream;
- mix thoroughly, that's all, a salad with beets, eggs and carrots is ready.
This salad perfectly complements the feast and goes well with any side dish, for example, boiled potatoes, meat and fish dishes.
Beetroot and Garlic Salad
For lovers of vegetable salads with a spicy taste, we offer the following recipe.
Ingredients:
- beets - 300 grams;
- a pair of garlic cloves;
- mayonnaise;
- salt;
- pepper;
- olive oil.
As in previous recipes, the first thing you need to cook beets. Next, rub it on a grater and chop the cloves of garlic with a knife. Combine spices, mayonnaise and olive oil. We mix all the ingredients and serve, decorating with finely chopped greens.
Beetroot salad with garlic will appeal to lovers of a sharp and unusual combination of flavors.
Beetroot salad with nuts and cheese
To prepare this dish, you will need:
- hard cheese - 100 g;
- beets - 500 g;
- eggs - 2 pcs.;
- sour cream;
- walnuts;
- salt;
- sunflower oil.
Step-by-step process of cooking beet salads with eggs, cheese and nuts:
- we rub the boiled beets on a grater;
- cut boiled eggs into small cubes;
- rub the cheese on a coarse grater and mix it with eggs and beets;
- then chop the nuts, add them to the resulting mass;
- salt, pepper and add sour cream and butter.
Once again, mix everything well and transfer to beautiful salad bowls. Sprinkle beetroot salad with eggs, cheese and nuts, chopped green onions and black peppercorns.
Light Chicken Breast Salad
Essential Ingredients:
- chicken breast - 350 g;
- beets - 300 g;
- carrots - 2 pcs.;
- onions - 1 pc.;
- eggs - 4 pcs.;
- sour cream - 50 g;
- black pepper;
- salt.
We break the cooking process into the following stages:
- boil chicken breast, cool it and rub it with salt and pepper;
- then boil the beets and eggs;
- peel the beets and rub on a fine grater;
- cut the eggs in half;
- grated boiled carrots on a coarse grater and add to beets;
- then cut the onion into small cubes and mix with the resulting mass;
- now we take our chicken breast and cut it into thin strips;
- we combine all the ingredients and add spices;
- season the salad with sour cream and mix.
Before serving, beetroot salad with an egg, chicken breast and carrot is decorated with eggs cut in half, sprinkled with chopped nuts and parsley.
This dish is more tender and nutritious, with a slight bitterness due to walnuts. Beetroot salad can be used in combination with potatoes and cereals, as well as a separate snack.