Salads can be called the main treat on the holiday table, since probably everyone loves them. When planning their own anniversary, many people have problems with creating a menu, because they want to cook something tasty, but at the same time original.
We will try to understand this issue by presenting to your attention simple, but at the same time unusual recipes.
What kind of salad can you make for your anniversary with chicken?
Salads with poultry are popular, but you don’t want to cook something banal. In this case, pay attention to the presented culinary masterpiece with mushrooms and omelettes. The dish can be served either in a large container or in portioned cups.
3 eggs, large carrots, 125 g champignons, a couple of onions, 150 fillets, 2 tbsp. spoons of oil, tomato, a couple of cucumbers, a little turmeric, a bunch of dill, salt, pepper, green onions and mayonnaise. If you want to make a dietary snack, then use a mixture of sour cream with a small amount of mustard as a dressing.
Preparation steps:
- beat the eggs using a whisk, and then add a couple of tablespoons of cold water or milk, as well as salt and a couple of pinches of turmeric, to get the original color. Take a frying pan and heat 1 tbsp in it thoroughly. a spoonful of butter. Pour in the egg mixture to form a thin layer and prepare the omelette. If the pan is small, then divide the total amount into several portions and fry them in turn. Cool the finished omelette and cut into strips;
- Cut the peeled onions into half rings, the carrots into thin strips, and the peeled mushrooms into small pieces. Heat a tablespoon of oil in a frying pan and fry the onion, and when it becomes transparent, add the mushrooms and cook until almost done. After this, add the carrots and fry for about 4 minutes. Finally, add salt and pepper to taste;
- Boil or bake chicken fillet and then cut into small pieces. Cut the prepared cucumbers into strips and the tomatoes into cubes. If you serve in one plate, then combine all the prepared ingredients, add mayonnaise and mix everything well. If you want to serve the salad in portions, then place the meat with mushrooms and mayonnaise on the bottom, and then lay out the cucumbers and omelet. Garnish with chopped green onions and tomatoes. If desired, each layer can be salted.
Meat salad for anniversary
We suggest considering a version of the dish served in edible baskets. It can be served as an appetizer at the beginning of the celebration, or placed in one salad bowl and placed on the table. If you plan to have a buffet, this recipe will also come in handy.
Prepare the following set of products: 175 g beef tongue, 85 g pickled green beans, 3 prunes, 4 dates, a couple of onions, 35 g dried mushrooms, 3 tbsp. spoons of nuts, 115 g of sour cream, 55 g of mayonnaise, and also salt, pepper and herbs.
Preparation steps:
- First you need to boil your tongue. Do this according to all the rules to end up with a tasty product. Typically, heat treatment takes 2-3 hours. Cool the tongue, remove the skin and cut into cubes;
- Soak dry mushrooms until soft, then add new water and boil for 15 minutes. If the mushrooms are large, then cut them into pieces. Chop the peeled onion into cubes and fry together with the mushrooms until golden brown;
- Chop the nuts and then fry them in a dry frying pan for several minutes. Cut the prunes, dates and beans into pieces. Combine all the ingredients, add a mixture of mayonnaise and sour cream, and add salt and pepper to taste. Mix everything well and serve in portioned baskets, which you can make yourself or buy ready-made in the store. Tartlets made from different types of dough are suitable for such salads. The main thing is to serve them immediately so that the base does not become soggy.
A simple spicy salad for an anniversary
Many people prefer spicy food, so for such guests you can serve a dish that is prepared from raw and fried vegetables.
Prepare the following set of products: large carrots, 3 eggplants, a bunch of parsley, red bell peppers, garlic, salt, granulated sugar, apple cider vinegar and pepper.
Preparation steps:
- First, take care of the eggplants, which need to be peeled and cut into small cubes. Place them in a bowl, cover with water, add 1 teaspoon of salt and leave for 15 minutes. This procedure is necessary in order to get rid of the inherent bitterness;
- at this time, peel the carrots and cut them into cubes about 10 cm long. Peel the peppers from seeds and membranes, and then cut them into thin strips. Heat a frying pan with oil and fry the carrots until tender. Place the eggplants in a colander to remove water, and then fry them separately until golden brown;
- To assemble a snack for an anniversary, you need to combine the prepared vegetables and add garlic passed through a press. Determine its quantity depending on the desired spiciness; lovers of fiery salads can take several heads. Add more chopped herbs, then mix gently and leave to steep for half an hour.
Anniversary salad recipe with tuna
This dish is not only tasty, but also light, since the original sauce is used as a dressing, not mayonnaise. This salad is ideal for an anniversary, because it will surprise even demanding guests.
You need to take the following products: 200 g cherry tomatoes, a can of canned tuna, a bunch of lettuce, 100 g pitted olives, 2 tbsp. spoons of cheese and lemon juice, 2 eggs, 3 tbsp. spoons of olive oil, salt and spices.
Preparation steps:
- To begin with, lettuce leaves must be washed in running water and then dried. Tear them with your hands and place them in a dish. Boil the eggs hard and cut them into slices, placing them on lettuce leaves;
- Divide the cherry into 4 parts and also place in the dish. It's time to open the can of tuna, drain the liquid, and divide the meat itself into pieces and place it on top. You need to grate the cheese and place it on a plate along with chopped olives;
- All that remains is to prepare the dressing, for which you combine lemon juice, oil and spices. Whisk everything and pour on top of the salad. Must be served immediately.
Shrimp appetizer
Such simple snacks do not stay on the table for long, because they are not only convenient to eat, but they also look beautiful and are very tasty. The prepared ingredients are enough for 8 servings.
To prepare a snack, you need to take the following products: 8 large tomatoes, 355 g shrimp, a couple of eggs, 2 cloves of garlic, salt, pepper, parsley and mayonnaise.
Preparation steps:
- to make an original anniversary snack, you need to cut the tomatoes into pieces, and then, using a small spoon, remove the pulp. There is no need to throw it away, but cut everything into pieces;
- Boil the shrimp for a few minutes, then drain them in a colander and rinse under running water. Peel and then cut into pieces, but if the shrimp are small, leave them whole;
- Boil the eggs hard and then chop them finely. Pass the garlic through a press and chop the parsley. Combine all prepared ingredients, add salt and spices. All that remains is to mix and coat with mayonnaise. Fill the tomato boats with the filling. You can decorate with greenery.
Light liver salad for an anniversary
The dish prepared according to this recipe turns out to be very delicate in taste. Everything is prepared extremely quickly and easily. The liver must first be soaked in milk and then boiled until tender.
Anniversary is a very symbolic date. It means that a person has passed a certain stage in life. That is why it is customary to celebrate anniversaries on a special scale. Today it is customary to celebrate such a day in restaurants and cafes, where professional chefs are ready to make any fantasy come true. If funds are limited, the celebration can be held at home in a narrow circle. Our article will tell you how to create a menu for your anniversary and prepare festive treats at home.
The anniversary menu should be compiled so that the dishes on it include:
original,
bright,
matching,
diverse,
delicious.
Then your guests will definitely remember your holiday for a long time, and, probably, later your help will be in demand for creating a menu for the anniversary.
We offer a holiday menu that includes original and simple treats.
Snacks
Preparation:
Cut the tops of 8-10 tomatoes beautifully with a knife with a thin blade. Remove the pulp. Rub the inner walls of the tomatoes with salt and place on a paper napkin with the holes facing down for half an hour. Mash 200 grams of Adyghe cheese, beloved by many, with a fork. Wash a bunch of fragrant green onions, a bunch of dill and a bunch of parsley, chop them finely. Then combine with cheese. Squeeze 1 clove of garlic into the mixture and add a couple of tablespoons of sour cream/mayonnaise. Spices to taste. Fill the tomatoes with the resulting filling. Place on a wide dish.
Preparation:
Chicken fillet (3 pieces), cut into thin slices each, beat. Add salt and spices. Leave for half an hour. Place curd cheese (100 grams), 1 tomato on the fillet and wrap each of the mini-rolls tightly with bacon. Bake in a cast iron pan for 30 minutes at 200 degrees.
Preparation:
Cut 1 French baguette into slices, brown without adding oil in a frying pan. Then grate 3 boiled eggs. Next, mash 1 canned cod liver, combine with your favorite cheese (quantity as desired) and finely chopped herbs (dill/parsley). Add 5 tbsp mayonnaise sauce. Spread mixture onto baguette slices. Serve to the table, first sprinkled with herbs.
1) "Gift"
Preparation:
The salad consists of the following layers, each coated with mayonnaise:
Chicken fillet cubes;
coarsely grated boiled carrots;
champignons fried with onions, seasoned with pepper and salt;
grated apple;
chopped walnuts;
mashed yolks;
finely chopped egg whites.
Salad “Gift” To decorate the “Gift”, make a bow from beautifully cut ribbons of raw carrots. Additionally garnish with chopped dill and tomatoes.
2) “Fish cake”
Preparation:
Base: 5 tbsp boiled rice, a pack of crab sticks, half a kilo of salted salmon, 4 boiled eggs.
Cream: 100 grams of cheese similar to Philadelphia, 4 tbsp sour cream, the same amount of mayonnaise, 8 grams of gelatin.
Separately grate the sticks, whites, and yolks. Place the strips of salmon on the very bottom of the mold covered with cellophane. Layer layers of rice, yolks, whites and sticks onto the fish, brushing it with cream. Cool for several hours in the refrigerator. Remove and invert onto a plate. Decorate with greens and red caviar.
Fish Cake Salad Hot
Preparation:
Rinse half a glass of rice. Then put it in boiling water for 20 minutes. Keep a small cabbage fork in hot water for 3 minutes. Remove and separate into leaves. Sauté an onion, carrots, 5 champignons and a clove of garlic in 2 tablespoons of oil. Then grind 300 grams of chicken fillet in a meat grinder. Then mix with salt, fried vegetables, rice and spices.
For the tomato sauce: grate 3 tomatoes and pass through a sieve. Then add 300 grams of sour cream.
Place cabbage leaves in tartlet molds, greased with any butter, and minced meat on top. Pour 2 tablespoons of sauce and wrap with the free edges of the sheet. Then pour the remaining sauce over all the cabbage rolls.
Dessert
Woodpile Cake
Preparation:
Boil 1 cup of running water with a small pinch of salt. Then add 100 grams of butter. Next 1 tablespoon of sugar, 150 gr. wheat flour and stir vigorously. Let cool and beat in 3 eggs, 1 at a time. Mix the mixture with a mixer. On a baking sheet lined with good baking paper, pipe a pastry bag into a “log” of the size desired.
Boil a little more than half a liter of milk. Next add a couple of eggs, 2 tbsp flour and 1 tbsp white sugar. Whisk everything together. Bring to boiling point. Cool. Grate the zest of 1 lemon. Beat with butter. Then put it in your refrigerator for half an hour.
Place a layer of custard cakes on the bottom of a rectangular pan and coat generously with cream. All other layers are laid in the same way. Leave the resulting “Woodpile” in the refrigerator until guests arrive.
Woodpile Cake 
An airy dessert is the perfect end to a festive meal.
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Hello dear readers. If you came across this article today, it means that you or your loved ones are approaching a happy holiday, a birthday. Today we’ll talk not about the holiday itself, but about its preparatory part, that is, about salads that you can quickly and easily prepare. I have chosen, in my opinion, the most delicious and easy to prepare salads that you can make for your birthday. I'll tell you a little history and then we'll get started.
Birthdays have been celebrated since time immemorial. This tradition first appeared in Europe, and then became popular in all countries of the world. Previously, it was believed that on a person’s birthday, a lot of negative energy accumulates and evil forces come out, so on this wonderful holiday, all friends and relatives gathered under one roof to protect and save the birthday person from evil spirits with their good thoughts and wishes.
Before starting the article, I also wanted to say that one of the ingredients for today’s salads will be crab sticks. But I haven’t written in such detail about this salad yet, and therefore I want to recommend this site: http://kopilpremudrosti.ru/salat-iz-krabovyx-palochek.html - very tasty salads made from crab sticks. On a note!
So, TOP 10 birthday salads:
Salad with croutons “Royal”
This is one of the fastest and most delicious salads you can prepare for the holiday. 
Necessary products for cooking:
- eggs - 4 pieces
- cheese (hard) – 300-350 grams
- crab sticks (crab meat) – 1 package (240g.)
- crackers – 100 grams
- half a lemon
- garlic – 2 cloves
- mayonnaise to taste
1. We prepare the products you need on the table.
2. Cut the crab sticks into rings; if you decide to cook with crab meat, chop it finely.
3. Boil the eggs hard, cool in cold water and chop.
4. Take a large grater and grate the cheese on it.
6. Place all the crackers in a deep plate. Gently sprinkle with lemon juice. Mix well by adding mayonnaise.
7. That’s basically it, the crab salad with croutons is ready. You can set the table and treat your guests.
“Obzhorka” with chicken
“Obzhorka”, in my opinion, will suit your table well. I recommend this simple and satisfying salad to you. There are several varieties, but since today’s topic is “quick and easy,” I’ll tell you the classic recipe.
Products for cooking:
- chicken meat – 350 grams
- bottom of a large onion
- one large carrot
- pickled cucumbers – 3-4 pieces
- mayonnaise – 3 tbsp. spoons
- vegetable oil
- salt, pepper to taste
- garlic optional - 3-4 cloves
1.Put the food on the table.
2. Wash the chicken under cold water.
3. Place the meat in a saucepan and cook for about twenty minutes until done. Salt the water.
4. Wash the onions and chop finely.
5. Peel the carrots, wash and cut into strips, you can also grate them on a grater (large).
6. Remove the chicken from the pan and cut into pieces.
7. Pour oil into a frying pan, put on fire and fry the chopped carrots for 5 minutes.
8. Fry the onions and carrots separately in a frying pan. Cool.
9. Finely chop the garlic.
10. Cut the pickled cucumbers into strips.
11. Place all cooked and chopped products in a deep plate and add mayonnaise.
12. Mix everything thoroughly.
“Obzhorka” is ready to eat.
Salad “Birthday”
This masterpiece, like “Obzhorka” made with chicken, is simple and original. Prepare for one, two, three and will be very suitable for a child’s holiday.
Required ingredients:
- chicken fillet – 350 gr.
- apples – 100 gr.
- eggs - 3 pieces
- fresh cucumbers – 300 gr.
- tomatoes (tomatoes) – 100 gr.
- greens – 25 gr.
- mayonnaise
- lemon juice – 15 gr.
1. Boil eggs and chicken meat in advance, peel apples and cucumbers.
2. Shred the chicken.
3. Then finely chop the eggs.
4. Cut the apple into strips and sprinkle with lemon juice.
5. We also cut the cucumbers into strips, or into cubes (optional).
6. In a deep plate, mix the chopped ingredients.
7. Add mayonnaise to taste.
8. Tomatoes should be cut into slices.
“Venice” salad - step-by-step recipe
The unusually tender and delicious “Venice” salad will go well with meat and potatoes on your holiday or New Year’s table.
Ingredients:
- smoked sausage – 120 gr.
- cheese (hard varieties) – 150 gr.
- one carrot
- one cucumber
- corn - 1 can
- mayonnaise.
1.Get the necessary products
2. I cut all the products equally into strips. The main thing is not to add salt, this is the highlight. First the sausage
3. Then hard cheese
4. Cucumbers.
5. Carrots, don't forget to wash them.
6. Take a can of corn and drain the juice. Place in a bowl.
7. Pour all the ingredients into a bowl.
8. Add mayonnaise.
9. And mixes well.
The salad is completely ready. Bon appetit!
Caesar at home
“Caesar” has many varieties of preparation. I'll tell you the recipe for Caesar with chicken.
Ingredients:
- chicken breast (boiled) – 350 grams
- cheese (hard) – 200 grams
- eggs (boiled) – 4-5 pieces
- one pack of crackers with cheese
- tomatoes (Cherry) – 200 grams
- salad – 200 grams
- half a lemon
- 2 cloves garlic
- olive oil – 100 ml.
- mustard – 2 tbsp. spoons
- salt to taste
Cooking method:
- The breast should be washed well in cold water, put on fire in salted water and boil.
- Wash the lettuce leaves and dry them.
- Boil the eggs, let them cool and cut into half rings.
- Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
- Wash the tomatoes.
Caesar should be laid out in five layers:
- crackers
- tomatoes
Place lettuce leaves on a plate, on which we lay out all the layers. Sprinkle spices on top.
Snack "Tulip Tomato"
A very simple and original appetizer for your table that will delight your guests on their birthday and beyond. It can be prepared for the New Year and other holidays.
Required Products:
- tomatoes (not large) – 30 pieces
- bunch of green onions
- cheese – 200 grams
- crab sticks – 1 package (240 gr.)
- three cloves of garlic
- fresh cucumber
- mayonnaise
How to cook and stuff tomatoes with cheese and crab sticks, see the video below.
Tiffany salad with chicken and grapes
Not a single birthday would be complete without such a wonderful treat. Salad “Tiffany” will perfectly decorate your holiday table. Now I will tell you how to prepare it step by step.
Products for cooking:
- chicken breast – 2 pieces
- cheese (hard) – 180 grams
- eggs – 5 pieces
- half a kilogram of large grapes
- curry seasoning – 0.5 teaspoons
- almonds or walnuts - half a glass
- vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. spoons
- mayonnaise, salt, parsley - to taste
1. We take the necessary products
2. Wash the meat and boil it, then cut it into fibers.
3. Pour butter into a heated frying pan, place crumbled chicken breast on top and sprinkle with curry seasoning. Fry for five minutes.
4. Hard boil the eggs and cool them in cool water.
5. Grind the eggs on a grater.
6. Fry the nuts and chop.
7. Cut the grapes into halves, removing all the seeds. You can use “kishmish”, it is seedless.
8. Open the mayonnaise and draw the shape of a bunch of grapes on the plate.
9. Lay out the first layer, chicken breast, sprinkle with nuts or almonds. Grease with mayonnaise.
10. Place the eggs on top and also sprinkle with nuts and spread with mayonnaise.
12. Place the grape halves on top, dipping them in mayonnaise.
Place in the refrigerator and let sit for a while, usually about two hours. We take out the salad, surprise and treat the guests.
Sunflower salad
This masterpiece, in the shape of a flower, has long been popular among housewives. It is often prepared for the New Year.
Ingredients:
- chicken breast – 250 grams
- potatoes - 2 pieces
- gherkins cucumbers – 5 pieces
- eggs - 3 pieces
- olives – 10 pieces
- one carrot
- chips (large) and mayonnaise
1. We take the necessary products. Cook meat, potatoes and carrots in salted water. Boil potatoes in their jackets.
2. Grate the potatoes and place the first layer in a deep bowl, sprinkle with mayonnaise.
3. Place the gherkins in the second layer.
4. Slice the chicken breast and place it in a third layer.
5. The fourth layer is grated carrots.
6. Separate the whites from the yolks, grate them and place them in the fifth layer.
7. Lubricate the resulting layers with mayonnaise.
8. Grate the yolks and sprinkle on top of the mayonnaise.
9. Cut the olives into four parts and decorate the salad with them.
10. Insert chips along the edges.
Let it brew a little, the “sunflower” is ready for the festive table.
Appetizer “Mushroom Glade” – step-by-step recipe
A very original and quick-to-prepare appetizer that should please your guests and decorate your holiday table.
Required ingredients:
- marinated champignons – 300 grams
- fresh cucumber – 300 grams
- cheese (hard variety) – 120 grams
- eggs (boiled) – 3 pieces
- olives, mayonnaise, salt, pepper
- wooden skewers
1. We take the necessary products.
2. Grate cheese and eggs and mix them with mayonnaise and pepper. Salt.
3. Mix in a deep plate.
4. Cut fresh cucumbers into 4-5 mm slices.
5. Take the resulting cheese mass with a spoon and spread it on the cucumber.
6. Pierce the cucumber with a skewer and place the mushroom and olive on top.
Bon appetit!
Festive salad “The Three Little Pigs” for children
If a children's party is coming up, then the “Three Little Pigs” salad must be on your table. Because it is tasty, original in design and easy to prepare.
Products for cooking:
- chicken meat (breast) – half
- one fresh cucumber
- one egg (chicken)
- quail eggs - 3 pieces
- one apple
- hard cheese – 80 grams
- several cranberries
- one radish
- sour cream and dill
1. Lay out all the necessary ingredients for cooking
2. Boil the breast and cut or tear into fibers.
3. Grate the boiled egg on a coarse grater
4. Place the egg and breast on a plate
5. Grate fresh cucumber on a coarse grater
6. The apple should also be grated
7. Mix all the products in a plate.
8. Grate the cheese.
9. And add it to the common plate.
10. Mix the resulting mixture with sour cream.
11. Make a mound out of the salad.
12. Sprinkle with chopped dill. The result was a so-called clearing.
13. Boil quail eggs (throw into boiling water for 5 minutes).
14. We clean the eggs and make them funny piglets. Ears and tails, cut out their radishes. To connect them, we make holes with a toothpick. We put the heels on mayonnaise. Let's make eyes. We also cut out the arms and legs from the radishes (the milk part). We make hooves from any dark berry and glue them onto mayonnaise.
Birthday is a special day for every person. On this holiday, I want to please myself and my loved ones with a good mood, smiles, and friendly meetings. I bring to your attention delicious birthday salads with photos and recipes from my personal collection.
Salad Mushroom Glade or Deadly Number
I recognized this salad as Mushroom Glade, and my friend, when she gave me the recipe for her favorite salad, called it Deadly Number. I think both names have their place, especially since the whole point is not in the name at all. I have never tasted anything more delicious in my life!
This is a very tasty and easy to prepare salad. He prepares as changeling, first lay out all the layers, and then turn the salad over. Voila - and the mushroom clearing is ready!
Salad composition:
- whole champignons (canned);
- chicken meat;
- onion;
- eggs;
- boiled carrots;
- pickled cucumbers (preferably gherkins);
- boiled potatoes.
The salad bowl is greased with vegetable oil, the layers are laid out starting from the top, i.e. mushrooms We place the mushrooms with their caps down so that when our salad turns over, everything will be beautiful. The sequence of salad layers is shown in the photo:
Pineapple salad with chicken and nuts
A very impressive salad for a festive table. I prepared it for my husband’s birthday, all the invited guests were delighted, including my work colleagues. The combination of smoked chicken with pickled cucumbers is very successful.
List of ingredients:
- 100 grams of halved walnuts;
- 2 medium potatoes;
- 3 hard-boiled eggs;
- pickled cucumbers (preferably gherkins);
- hard cheese 150 g;
- 200 g smoked chicken;
- salt to taste;
- a bunch of green onions for decoration;
- dressing - mayonnaise.
Salad Emerald scattering with chicken and kiwi
A very tasty combination of boiled chicken and juicy ripe kiwi with a slight sourness! An original and easy-to-prepare salad that will decorate the festive table not only on a birthday, but also on any other holiday.
- 3-4 hard-boiled eggs;
- onions 1 pc. (can be replaced with young green onions);
- 150 grams of cheese;
- mayonnaise;
- 2-3 kiwis (ripe, not hard);
- 2-3 tomatoes;
- chicken meat 250 grams (boil).
Red Sea Salad
A very simple and tasty salad with crab sticks and vegetables. You can prepare it for a festive table for guests, or take it with you to work to treat your colleagues on your birthday. I recommend preparing this salad in the summer, when fresh tomatoes from the new harvest are available for sale! A very non-standard interpretation of crab stick salad, you will love it!
Products:
- 3 ripe tomatoes;
- packaging of crab sticks;
- hard cheese 150 g;
- 1 red sweet pepper (you can do without it);
- salt and pepper to taste;
- mayonnaise;
- a couple of cloves of garlic.
Caesar salad with smoked chicken
I also suggest preparing a very tasty and easy-to-prepare Caesar salad with smoked chicken. To view the recipe, click on the photo below:
Summer salads for birthdays
The choice of one salad or another may depend on the time of year when the birthday is celebrated. In summer, outdoor trips and picnics with more greenery are popular.
These salads are very easy to prepare in 5 minutes (), you just need to take all the necessary vegetables with you on your trip. Vegetable salad with herbs goes well with aromatic kebab or grilled fish.
Below I have selected interesting salad recipes with photos that you can prepare for your birthday in the summer. The main part of the ingredients are juicy vegetables and herbs. Delicious, appetizing, bright, they will give you taste pleasure on this holiday!
Recipe number 1 - Greek Salad
This salad is perfect for a festive summer table! The absence of mayonnaise and meat makes the salad easy to digest and dietary. At the same time, the Greek salad is quite a filling salad, and you definitely won’t go hungry after eating it!
Ingredients for Greek salad (for 4 servings):
- feta cheese (pickled) 200 grams;
- 1 jar pitted olives;
- 1 lemon (for dressing);
- 1-2 ripe tomatoes;
- lettuce leaves;
- shallot 1 piece;
- 1 sweet pepper;
- salt and ground black pepper to taste.
Advice. Sometimes I add fresh cucumber to Greek salad, so the salad turns out more juicy and vegetable! Instead of regular tomatoes, you can use small cherry tomatoes, just cut each one in half. Try it, you will like it!
Preparation
In a large bowl, combine tomatoes cut into large slices (it is better to take homemade ones) with bell pepper rings and shallots. Squeeze the juice from the lemon, combine with olive oil and season the salad with this dressing.
Add olives cut in half, cubed cheese and lettuce leaves torn into small pieces. Add salt and pepper to taste, stir and you're done! It’s better to eat the salad right away :)
Recipe number 2 - Niçoise salad with vegetables, tuna and eggs
This delicious summer salad came to us from distant France, to be more precise, from sunny Provence. The recipe is simple and incredibly delicious. After Greek, Niçoise is my favorite vegetable salad! Of course, in addition to vegetables, there is also canned tuna and eggs, so the dish turns out to be satisfying, although it does not contain extra calories.
Advice. Instead of chicken eggs, put quail eggs in the salad. This will make the taste more refined!
Ingredients (for 4 servings):
- 1 large bell pepper;
- 3-4 ripe tomatoes;
- a can of tuna in its own juice;
- olive oil 3-4 tbsp. spoons;
- dry or fresh herbs (rosemary, thyme, basil);
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- lemon juice;
- 1 tbsp. spoon of sugar;
- quail eggs 6-8 pieces;
- lettuce leaves;
- salt and pepper to taste.
First, boil the quail eggs hard in salted water. Cool the eggs. In a large salad bowl, cut tomatoes into slices (no need to chop), bell peppers into slices and lettuce leaves. Open the tuna, drain the liquid and add the fish, slightly crushed with a fork, to the salad.
Combine herbs with lemon juice, crushed garlic and sugar, add olive oil and leave for at least half an hour. Pour the prepared salad with spicy dressing. Bon appetit!
Recipe number 3 - Gourmet salad with pear and Dor Blue cheese
The combination of sweet fresh pear with spicy noble Dor Blue cheese (with blue mold) is the choice of true gourmets! Treat yourself to this unusual salad, which is also good as an appetizer with noble white wines, champagne, and martinis.
What you need for cooking (for 2 servings):
- 3-4 salad leaves or a handful of arugula;
- 2 pears;
- a handful of walnuts (or pecans);
- blue cheese 150 grams;
- a few mint leaves;
- honey 2 tbsp. spoons;
- olive oil and lemon juice for dressing.
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“Recipes of Nadezhda”: Salads © 2013-2019
Simple birthday salads are quick to prepare, satisfying and will serve as table decoration. When preparing for such an important day, there are many things to consider. Both the location and the number of guests, and one of the most important factors is the food. A tasty and beautiful salad will decorate the festive table and will definitely attract the attention of guests.
Salads are quick to prepare and are very popular among housewives. You can choose a dish to suit your taste, using products that suit you.
In order to reduce the time for preparing dishes, puff salads are best prepared in advance the night before and put in the refrigerator, this way the dish will be well soaked and reduce the amount of worries on the day of the holiday.
How to prepare simple salads for a birthday - 15 varieties
Malachite Bracelet Salad is a layered salad that can be prepared in advance. Carrots and eggs can be pre-boiled; in this case, cooking will take less time.
Ingredients:
- 1 smoked chicken fillet
- 1-2 carrots
- 4 kiwi
- 3-4 eggs
- 1-2 apples
- 250 g mayonnaise
- salt to taste.
Preparation:
- Boil the carrots, cool, peel and grate on a coarse grater.
- Boil the eggs hard, cool, and grate on a coarse grater.
- Cut the chicken fillet into small cubes.
- Peel and seed the apples, grate them on a coarse grater, and squeeze out the juice.
- Peel the kiwi and cut into thin half rings.
- Place a glass in the center of a large dish and lay the salad around it in layers, greasing it with mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste: chicken fillet, carrots, apples, eggs.
- Place sliced kiwi on top around the entire perimeter. Leave the salad for soaking.
In order to speed up the process of preparing the salad, you need to boil the eggs and carrots in advance; you can also do the same with mushrooms, so as not to wait until they cool down.
Ingredients:
- 200 g crab sticks
- 3 boiled eggs
- 150 g hard cheese
- boiled carrots
- 150 g mushrooms
- sour cream
- pepper.
Preparation:
- Cut crab sticks, hard cheese, boiled carrots and eggs into small cubes.
- Cut the mushrooms into strips, fry in vegetable oil, add salt and pepper, let cool and add to the salad.
- Season the salad with sour cream, add a little salt if necessary.
- If desired, you can decorate the salad with herbs.
This salad will definitely appeal to lovers of seafood, namely shrimp.
In order for the shrimp to have a richer taste, they should be boiled with a few peppercorns and a couple of bay leaves.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg frozen shrimp
- 1 Chinese cabbage
- 1 fresh cucumber
- 3 boiled eggs
- 200 g mayonnaise
- greens (optional).
Preparation:
- Cook the shrimp for 3 minutes, cool and peel.
- Shred and salt the cabbage.
- Cucumber cut into strips
- Cool hard-boiled eggs, peel and cut into small cubes.
- Combine all the ingredients of the salad, season with mayonnaise, add salt, mix well and can be served.
This salad option is perfect for a celebration. Cooking does not take much time, and the dish turns out nourishing and tasty. To prepare it you will need pre-boiled vegetables, meat and eggs.
Ingredients:
- 150 g boiled meat
- 2 boiled potatoes
- boiled carrots
- 3 boiled eggs
- pickle
- mayonnaise
Preparation:
- Grind the meat in a meat grinder.
- Grate the potatoes on a fine grater, add salt and pepper to taste, and brush with mayonnaise.
- Grate the carrots on a fine grater and place on the potatoes.
- Place the meat in the next layer, leave a third of the meat for decoration, and spread with mayonnaise.
- Next add finely chopped cucumber.
- Place the finely chopped yolk and brush with mayonnaise.
- Place the final layer of protein, chopped on a fine grater.
- To decorate, apply dark stripes from the remaining meat.
This salad can be used as an alternative to the well-known “Shuba”. The components of the salads are similar, but the changes made and the design of the salad make the dish unique and inimitable.
Ingredients:
- boiled potatoes - 3 pcs
- boiled beets - 1 piece
- boiled carrots - 2 pcs.
- raisins - 100 g
- onion - 1 piece
- boiled eggs - 4 pcs
Preparation:
- Pour boiling water over the raisins for 15 minutes, place on the bottom of the salad bowl. Place diced onion on top.
- Grate potatoes, beets and carrots on a coarse grater and lay out in layers. Grease each layer with mayonnaise.
- Grate the eggs on a fine grater, add mayonnaise, mix well. Apply the mixture as the last layer and smooth it out well. Decorate the salad.
You don't need any special ingredients to make this salad. The preparation is simple, but it will take a little longer to prepare than usual. The so-called “highlight” of the salad is beets, or more precisely, their combination with prunes and walnuts. An unusual combination of products gives the salad a delicate, unforgettable taste.
Ingredients:
- boiled beets - 2 pcs.
- prunes - 100 g
- walnuts - 0.5 cups
- garlic - 1 clove
- apple - 1 pc.
- mayonnaise
Preparation:
- Finely chop the prunes. Chop the nuts with a knife. Pass a clove of garlic through a garlic press.
- Peel the beets and apple. Grate the beets on a coarse grater, cut the apple into small cubes.
- Combine all ingredients, except the apple, and season with mayonnaise, mix well. Level the salad, place apples on top and spread evenly with mayonnaise. If desired, you can sprinkle the salad with finely grated egg white. Garnish with herbs and prunes.
This salad recipe is for lovers of fresh vegetables. Pepper, tomato, cucumber - this salad has the taste and aroma of warm summer. The dish turns out juicy and tasty, you and your family will definitely like it.
Ingredients:
- bell pepper
- cucumber
- tomato
- apple
- mayonnaise or sour cream
- egg yolk - 4 pcs
Preparation:
- Cut the vegetables into cubes, add salt and pepper to taste, season with mayonnaise or sour cream, place in a salad bowl and smooth out.
- Grate the yolk on a fine grater and sprinkle on top of the salad.
- If desired, decorate the salad with herbs.
A very simple and tasty salad with crab meat, shrimp, fresh cucumbers and cheese. The salad is prepared quickly and does not bring much trouble, except that you have to spend time cleaning the shrimp.
Ingredients (for 2 servings):
- 1 package crab meat
- 100-150 g shrimp
- cucumber
- 3-4 plates of processed thin cheese for sandwiches
- 2 tbsp. l. mayonnaise.
Preparation:
- Cut the cucumber, crab meat and shrimp into cubes.
- Place everything in a salad bowl, mix and season with mayonnaise.
- Cut the cheese into small strips or squares and sprinkle on top of the salad.
This is a wonderful hearty salad that includes pork and vegetables. If you don't like pork, you can replace it with chicken, so the salad will be less fatty. You can also use sour cream instead of mayonnaise. It will take time to prepare the salad, but the result is worth it.
Ingredients:
- 500 g pork
- 3 eggplants
- 3 tomatoes
- 2 sweet peppers
- bulb
- greenery
- salt spices for meat
- vegetable oil.
Preparation:
- Marinate the meat with spices and mayonnaise for 1 hour.
- Cut the eggplants, peppers and tomatoes into strips, and the onion into cubes.
- Fry the eggplants and onions separately.
- Bake the meat in foil for 1 hour at 180 degrees, cut into strips.
- Place all ingredients in a salad bowl, add salt, pepper, grease with mayonnaise and mix well.
The Birch Grove salad is not only tasty, but also very attractive to look at. With the help of simple products, you can “draw” a real birch grove and surprise your loved ones not only with the excellent taste, but also with the unusual appearance of such an appetizing dish.
Ingredients:
- 2 pickled cucumbers
- 500 g chicken fillet
- 400 g champignons
- 4 boiled eggs
- bulb
- mayonnaise
- tomato slice, parsley, dill for decoration.
Preparation:
- Chicken fillet must be boiled until tender in salted water, cool and chop.
- Finely chop the cucumbers.
- Fry mushrooms cut into strips with chopped onions in vegetable oil.
- Boil the eggs, cool. Separate the whites from the yolks. Grate the whites on a coarse grater, grate the yolks on a fine grater.
- Combine all ingredients except the yolk, season with mayonnaise, mix and place in a salad bowl, level and sprinkle evenly with yolk.
- Decorate the salad. Draw a birch trunk with mayonnaise, lay out strips of mushrooms on the trunk. Place leaves from parsley, herbs from dill, and red flowers from tomatoes.
This salad is best prepared in the evening so that it is well soaked. Fresh vegetables go well with meat products. The main advantage of this salad is its appearance and a large number of ingredients that are in perfect harmony with each other.
Ingredients:
- 150 g ham
- 1 chicken fillet
- 200 g champignons
- 2 fresh cucumbers
- 2 sweet peppers
- 100 g hard cheese
- 200 g mayonnaise
- 2 boiled yolks
- pepper
- vegetable oil.
Preparation:
- Boil the chicken fillet.
- Cut the ham, fillet, sweet peppers and cucumbers into strips.
- Grate the boiled yolks and cheese.
- Chop the mushrooms and fry in vegetable oil until cooked.
- Lay out the salad in layers, brushing with mayonnaise: chicken fillet, mushrooms, half a sweet pepper, ham, cucumbers, cheese and yolks.
- Decorate the top with sweet peppers in the shape of a flower.
- Let the salad soak.
This is a very tasty and satisfying salad without mayonnaise. Vegetable oil is used to dress the salad. It’s not difficult to prepare, and you and your guests will definitely love it.
Ingredients:
- 250 g beef
- boiled carrots
- tomato
- bell pepper
- boiled potatoes
- 150 g Chinese cabbage
- vegetable oil.
Preparation:
- Chop beef, carrots, pulpless tomatoes, peppers, onions, and potatoes into cubes.
- Cut the Chinese cabbage into strips and add to the bowl.
- Season the salad with vegetable oil, add salt and pepper to taste, mix well.
- Garnish the dish with lettuce and Chinese cabbage.
Salad with sardines and crackers. Prepares in literally 5 minutes. You will definitely like this unusual combination of products. If desired, processed cheese can be replaced with hard cheese. A few minutes and the dish is ready.
Ingredients:
- 1 can of sardines in oil
- 3-4 eggs
- 2 processed cheese
- 250-300 g saltine crackers
- 400 g mayonnaise.
Preparation:
- Hard boil the eggs, cool, peel, separate the yolks from the whites.
- Soften the sardines with a fork.
- Grate the whites, yolks and processed cheese on a fine grater separately from each other.
- Lay out the salad in layers, spreading with mayonnaise: sardines, part of the cracker, whites, part of the cracker, cheese, remaining cracker and yolks.
- The salad can be decorated with cracker crumbs.
- Let the salad soak by placing it in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.
If you like the crunch of crackers and don’t have time to wait for the salad to soak, then you can simply combine all the ingredients of the salad, season it with mayonnaise and serve.
Salad "Naples" will perfectly decorate your holiday table. The second name of the salad is “8 layers” because it contains 8 ingredients. The salad needs to be thoroughly soaked in order to please you and your guests with an even richer taste.
Ingredients:
- 1 bunch of lettuce
- can of canned peas
- 2 bell peppers
- 2 eggs
- 300 g bacon
- jar of pitted olives
- 150 g cheese
For the sauce:
- 8 tbsp. l. mayonnaise
- 12 tsp. mustard
- 4 tbsp. l. vegetable oil
- 4 tbsp. l. Sahara
- 4 tsp. vinegar (optional).
Preparation:
- Prepare the sauce: Mix all ingredients for the sauce in a saucepan. Boil over low heat, cool.
- Boil the eggs, cool and chop.
- Cut the pepper into cubes.
- Coarsely chop the salad.
- Cut the bacon into cubes.
- Cut the olives into slices.
- Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
- Lay out the salad in a salad bowl in layers: lettuce, corn, peppers, pour in the sauce, peas, bacon, olives, pour in the sauce and sprinkle evenly with grated cheese on top.
A very tasty salad with Chinese cabbage, corn, boiled sausage and eggs. If you season the salad with sour cream instead of mayonnaise, it will also turn out to be dietary. You can also season the dish with mustard grains or vegetable oil if desired.
Ingredients:
- Chinese cabbage
- 300 g boiled sausage
- can of canned corn
- 3 boiled eggs
- mayonnaise
- pepper.
Preparation:
- Cut the eggs into large pieces.
- Cut the cabbage into 4 pieces, then cut into strips.
- Cut the sausage into strips.
- Combine all the ingredients of the salad, season with mayonnaise, salt and pepper, mix well.
- Transfer the finished dish to a salad bowl and serve
