Birthday is a special day for every person. On this holiday, I want to please myself and 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 meadow or Death number
I recognized this salad as Mushroom Meadow, and my friend, when she gave me the recipe for her favorite salad, called it Death Number. I think both names have a place to be, especially since the whole point is not at all in the name. I have never tasted more delicious food in my life!
This is a very tasty and not difficult salad to prepare. He prepares as changeling, first lay out all the layers, and then turn the salad over. Voila - and mushroom clearing ready!
Salad Ingredients:
- whole champignons (canned);
- chicken meat;
- onion;
- eggs;
- boiled carrots;
- pickled cucumbers (preferably gherkins);
- boiled potatoes.
Salad bowl is oiled vegetable oil, the layers are laid out starting from the topmost, i.e. mushrooms. We put the mushrooms with their hats down, so that when our salad turns over, everything will be beautiful. The sequence of lettuce layers is shown in the photo:
Pineapple salad with chicken and nuts
A very impressive salad for the holiday table. I cooked it for my husband's birthday, all the invited guests were delighted, including work colleagues. The combination of smoked chicken with pickled cucumbers is very successful.
List of ingredients:
- 100g walnuts halves;
- 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
Highly delicious combination 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 your birthday, but also on any other holiday.
- 3-4 hard-boiled eggs;
- onion 1 pc. (can be replaced with a young green onion);
- 150 grams of cheese;
- mayonnaise;
- kiwi 2-3 pieces (ripe, not hard);
- 2-3 tomatoes;
- chicken meat 250 grams (boil).
Salad Red Sea
Very simple and delicious salad with crab sticks and vegetables. It can be prepared as festive table for guests, and take it with you to work to treat colleagues on your birthday. I recommend preparing this salad in the summer, when there are fresh tomatoes new harvest! A very non-standard reading of a salad from crab sticks, You'll like it!
Products:
- 3 ripe tomatoes;
- packaging of crab sticks;
- hard cheese 150 g;
- 1 Bell pepper red (optional)
- salt, pepper to taste;
- mayonnaise;
- a couple of cloves of garlic.
Caesar salad with smoked chicken
I also propose to cook a very tasty and easy-to-cook Caesar salad with smoked chicken. To view the recipe, click on the photo below:
Summer Salads for Birthday
The choice of this or that salad may depend on the time of year when the birthday is celebrated. In summer, field trips and picnics with more greenery are relevant.
These salads are very easy to prepare in 5 minutes (), you just need to take everything the right vegetables with you on a trip. Vegetable salad with herbs goes well with fragrant kebab or grilled fish.
Below I have selected interesting recipes salads with photos that you can cook in the summer for your birthday. The main ingredients are juicy vegetables and greens. Delicious, mouth-watering, bright, will give you the pleasure of taste on this festive day!
Recipe number 1 - Greek Salad
This salad is perfect for a festive occasion. summer table! Lack of mayonnaise and meat do lettuce light for assimilation and dietary. At the same time, Greek is quite hearty salad You won't go hungry after eating it!
Products for Greek salad (for 4 servings):
- feta cheese (brine) 200 grams;
- 1 jar of pitted olives;
- 1 lemon (for dressing);
- 1-2 ripe tomatoes;
- lettuce leaves;
- shallots 1 piece;
- 1 sweet pepper;
- salt and black ground pepper taste.
Advice. Sometimes I add to Greek salad fresh cucumber, so the salad turns out to be more juicy and vegetable! Instead of ordinary tomatoes, you can take small cherry tomatoes, just cut each in half. Try it, you will like it!
Cooking
In a large bowl, combine chopped large slices tomatoes (it is better to take home 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 halved olives, diced cheese and lettuce leaves torn into small pieces. Add salt and pepper to taste, mix and you're done! It is better to eat a salad right away 🙂
Recipe number 2 - Nicoise 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 insanely delicious. After Greek, Nicoise is my favorite vegetable salad! Of course, in addition to vegetables, there is also canned tuna and eggs, because the dish turns out to be satisfying, although it does not contain extra calories.
Advice. Instead of chicken, 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;
- can of tuna own juice;
- olive oil 3-4 st. spoons;
- dry or fresh spices(rosemary, thyme, basil);
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- lemon juice;
- 1 st. a spoonful of sugar;
- quail eggs 6-8 pieces;
- lettuce leaves;
- salt and pepper to taste.
First, hard boil the quail eggs in salted water. Cool the eggs. In a large salad bowl, cut tomatoes into slices (no need to grind), sweet peppers into circles and lettuce leaves. Open the tuna, drain the liquid and add the fish, lightly 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 dressing over prepared salad. Enjoy your meal!
Recipe number 3 - Exquisite 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 for noble white wines, champagne, martinis.
What you need to prepare (for 2 servings):
- lettuce leaves 3-4 pieces or a handful of arugula;
- 2 pears;
- a handful of walnuts(or pecan);
- 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 Hope": Salads © 2013-2019Light summer salad- this is the perfect dish for the hot season. They can be prepared from vegetables, fish, herbs, fruits. Next recipes summer salads you will definitely like it.
Light summer salad with sheep cheese and pears.
Ingredients:
- iceberg lettuce - ½ head
- pear - 2 pcs.
- raspberries - ¾ cup
- soft sheep cheese - 100 g
- liquid honey - 1 tbsp. a spoon
- a handful of arugula
- salt
- juice of one lemon
- walnuts, olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
- mustard - 1 teaspoon
Cooking:
1. Sort the arugula and lettuce, rinse, tear into small pieces, mix, put in a large cup.
2. Rinse the pears well. If the fruits have a thick skin, remove it. Pears cut in half, remove the seeds, cut the flesh into thin slices.
3. Pour the pear slices with lemon juice, put on the salad, sprinkle walnuts and raspberries.
4. Form small balls from the cheese, put on the salad.
5. Rub honey with mustard, season, add olive oil, mix well, pour over the salad.
You can cook from the remaining fruits.
Light summer salad from string beans.
Ingredients:
- green beans- ½ kg
- radish - 1 bunch
- cottage cheese - 120 g
- any sprouts - ½ pack
- salt
- pepper
- olive oil - 3 tbsp. spoons
- sprigs of oregano
Cooking:
1. Thoroughly clean the beans, boil in salted boiling water, dip in cold water to preserve the color.
2. Rinse the radish well, remove the leaves, dry, grate with large holes or cut into narrow sticks.
3. Put the boiled and chilled beans in one large plate, put the radish on top, sprinkle with cottage cheese.
4. Add in pepper and salt, pour over with olive oil, garnish with herbs.
Salmon and spinach salad.
Ingredients:
- spinach leaves - 80 g
- a handful of arugula
- radicchino salad - 2-3 leaves
- salmon - 120 g
- paprika
- salt
- pepper
- soy sauce- 1 teaspoon
- vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
- french mustard and honey - 1 tbsp. spoon
Cooking:
1. Cut salmon into small pieces, fry in a pan with vegetable oil, cool.
2. Heat the paprika on the grill for 20 minutes, remove, cool, peel, cut the flesh into cubes or stripes.
3. Sort lettuce and spinach, rinse, mix with paprika.
4. Transfer the salad to a bowl, cover with cooled salmon.
5. Prepare the sauce: rub the soy sauce with vegetable oil, honey and mustard, season with pepper and salt, season the salad.
Prepare from the remaining fish.
Summer light salads.
Salad with peas and fish.
Ingredients:
- green pea- 1 b.
- long cucumber - 1 pc.
- a bunch of arugula
- green salad
- smoked fish fillet
- vegetable oil, mustard - 1 tbsp. spoon
- sour cream, lemon juice - 2 tbsp. spoons
- pepper, salt
Cooking:
1. Drain the liquid from the canned peas.
2. Rinse the cucumber, cut into slices.
3. Rinse the lettuce thoroughly, drain, tear into pieces.
4. Piece fish fillet cut into cubes.
5. Rinse the arugula thoroughly, dry it.
6. Prepare the sauce: mix sour cream with mustard, season with pepper, salt and lemon juice.
7. In a large salad bowl, combine lettuce and cucumbers, peas and arugula.
8. Pour all the products with the prepared sauce, stir.
9. Lay the pieces of smoked fish on top of the salad.
10. Serve salad with toast.
Salad with potatoes and eggs.
Ingredients:
- potatoes boiled in uniform - ½ kg
- tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- cucumbers - 2 pcs.
- boiled eggs - 3 pcs.
- green paprika
- dill
- salt
- pepper
- sour cream, mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. spoons
Cooking:
1. Peel the boiled potatoes, cut into small cubes.
2. Rinse cucumbers thoroughly, dry, cut into semicircles.
3. Rinse the tomatoes, dry, remove the seeds, cut the pulp into cubes.
4. Transfer all salad ingredients to a salad bowl, mix.
5. Prepare the sauce: combine sour cream with mayonnaise, season with salt and pepper, mix thoroughly.
6. Pour the salad with sauce, add chopped dill. ready!
Summer light salads.
Salad with watermelon and chicken.
Ingredients:
- green salad - 1/3 head
- boiled chicken breast
- nectarine, red lettuce leaves
- watermelon - 120 g
- apricot jam, mayonnaise - 1 tbsp. spoon
- yogurt - 2 tbsp. spoons
- pepper, salt
- crushed chili pepper
Cooking:
1. Rinse lettuce, tear, transfer to a bowl.
2. Cut the nectarine into slices, the chicken into thin slices.
3. Cut out the balls from the watermelon pulp.
4. Put meat and fruits on the salad.
5. Mash yogurt with mayonnaise and jam, season with pepper and salt, pour over the salad
6. Sprinkle chili, serve. ready with watermelon!
Salad with dried tomatoes.
Ingredients:
- arugula - ½ sachet
- goat cheese - 120 g
- lettuce "batavia" - ½ head
- olive oil, shelled sunflower seeds
- dried tomatoes - ½ can
- wine vinegar
Cooking:
1. Fry sunflower seeds in a dry frying pan.
2. Goat cheese grate on a coarse grater.
3. Drain the dried tomatoes, cut into small pieces.
4. Rinse the arugula, drain, tear into pieces, mix in a small salad bowl.
5. Sprinkle the salad with dried tomatoes, grated goat cheese, mix well, salt and pepper.
6. At the end, pour the salad with olive oil, wine vinegar.
Panzanella.
Ingredients:
- cucumbers, tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- pieces white bread- 6 pcs.
- shallots - 2 pcs.
-greens
- sprigs of greens - 4 pcs.
- olives - 120 g
- a cup of olive oil
- wine vinegar - 3 tbsp. spoons
- salt pepper
- balsamic vinegar - 1 tbsp. a spoon
Cooking:
1. Cut the bread into cubes, spread on a baking sheet, pour over with olive oil, put in the oven, bake for about 20 minutes.
2. Rinse the tomatoes, dry them. Remove the thick skin.
3. Cut the tomatoes into quarters, remove the seeds, cut the flesh into cubes.
4. Rinse the cucumber, cut into cubes.
5. Finely chop the onions and greens.
6. Drain the olives.
7. Mix the prepared salad ingredients with croutons.
8. Prepare the sauce: rub olive oil and 2 types of vinegar, season with pepper and salt. Pour the prepared dressing over the salad.
Salad "Homemade".
Ingredients:
- tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- champignons - 320 g
- bulb - 1 pc.
- sweet pepper - 3 pcs.
Cooking:
1. Cut the mushrooms into cubes, fry in vegetable oil.
2. Onion, pepper, tomatoes cut into cubes, mix with fried mushrooms, season with spices and mayonnaise.
Greek salad.
Ingredients:
- ham - 320 g
- green salad - 520 g
- tomato - 1 pc.
- olives - 20 pcs.
- onion - 1 head
- capsicum- 10 pieces.
- feta cheese - 120 g
- dried oregano - 1 teaspoon
- olive oil - ½ cup
- red wine vinegar - 5 tbsp. spoons
- salt - 1 teaspoon
- ground black pepper - 1/3 teaspoon
- sugar - ½ teaspoon
Cooking:
1. Tear lettuce leaves with your hands.
2. Finely chop the onion, ham and tomatoes.
3. In a small bowl, mix all the ingredients, mix well.
4. In another salad bowl, layer the tomatoes, onions, crumbled feta cheese, and sprinkle with oregano.
5. season, stir, divide into 4 servings, put pepper and olives in each of them.
Summer cod liver salad.
Ingredients:
- cucumber - 1 pc.
- cod liver - 160 g
- olives
- green onion feathers
- dill, parsley
- pepper, salt
Cooking:
1. Grate the cucumber.
2. Divide the liver with a fork, after draining the oil.
3. Cut the olives.
4. Cut greens and onions.
5. Put all the ingredients in a salad bowl, mix, sprinkle with lemon juice, salt.
Summer light salads.
Salad "Beijing with peas".
Ingredients:
- Chinese cabbage - 1 head
- green onions - 1 bunch
- peas - 1 bank
- Bulgarian pepper - 1 pc.
- boiled sausage - 320 g
- cheese - 220 g
- dill or parsley
- mayonnaise
- salt pepper
Cooking:
1. boiled sausage cut into strips, cabbage - chop.
2. green cucumber and cut the bell pepper into medium squares.
3. Mix all ingredients, add peas.
4. Cut the cheese into large squares.
5. Finely chop dill, parsley, green onions, season with mayonnaise, pepper, salt, mix gently, refrigerate.
Mimosa for summer.
Ingredients:
- pink salmon in its own juice - 1 can
- pear - 1 pc.
- hard cheese - 120 g
- eggs - 4 pcs.
- mayonnaise
Cooking:
1. Remove the fish from the jar, remove large bones, mash the fish along with the juice.
2. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
3. Rub the pear into a separate bowl.
4. Separate the whites of boiled eggs from the yolks.
5. Grate the whites, mash the yolks.
6. put on a flat dish in the following sequence:
- half of the grated proteins, mayonnaise
- half mashed fish, mayonnaise mesh
- half cheese, mayonnaise
- pear
- half of the yolks
- the remaining cheese, mayonnaise
- the remaining pink salmon, mayonnaise
Salad "Tenderness"
Ingredients:
- lettuce - 2 bunches
- purple onion - 1 pc.
- celery
- juice of one lemon
- sugar
- olive oil
Cooking:
1. Leaf salad rinse thoroughly. To do this, leave it for half an hour in cold water, rinse in running water.
2. Tear each leaf of lettuce into small pieces.
3. Chop the purple onion, pour hot water over it.
4. Mix all vegetables, salt, pour sauce made from lemon juice, sugar and olive oil.
Salad "Air Kiss"
Ingredients:
- low-fat cottage cheese- 220 g
- fresh cucumbers- 2 pcs.
- parsley, dill - 1 bunch each
- salt
Cooking:
1. Beat cottage cheese in a blender, add grated cucumbers, a bunch of parsley and dill, salt.
2. Ready salad place on lettuce leaves.
Summer salad "Blush".
Ingredients:
- small beets - 2 pcs.
- large apples - 2 pcs.
- grated horseradish, sugar - 1 teaspoon each
- low-fat sour cream - for dressing
Cooking:
1. Boil the beets, rinse them under running water.
2. Cut apples and beets into strips.
3. Add sugar and grated horseradish to vegetables.
4. Season the finished salad with low-fat sour cream. You can serve the salad in a salad bowl or serve in portioned bowls.
Summer is always full of fruits, vegetables and greens, so summer snacks and salads include fresh seasonal products. During this period of time, I want to unload the body from the results of winter gluttony, remove toxins and toxins, and get a generous portion of vitamins and minerals from nature itself. Therefore, housewives usually do not think about what kind of salad to cook in the summer - of course, from fresh vegetables, fruits and greens!
In this section you will find summer salad recipes with photos and detailed descriptions ways to prepare them. It is better to cook dishes from fresh vegetables and herbs immediately before serving, because they do not need to be soaked in sauces, besides, vitamins in fruits and vegetables are destroyed very quickly under the influence of light and air. delicious salads in summer - the best meal at any time of the day, and they are prepared from vegetables, fruits, berries, herbs, mushrooms, with the addition low-fat cheese, meat and fish. Delicious summer salads are usually dressed not with sour cream and mayonnaise, but a small amount vegetable oil, fruit and berry juices and light yoghurts. Ready meals you can decorate with berries, pieces of fruit, nuts and grated cheese.
How to make a summer salad for breakfast? Mix any fruits, berries, nuts, season the dish with yogurt, honey, condensed milk or whipped cream and garnish with grated chocolate. Such a dish can become a real energy charge for the body. Recipes with photos of summer salads for lunch and dinner amaze the imagination with variety and sophistication. Delicate fragrance melons will perfectly complement appetizing bacon with herbs, pistachios and feta, and young zucchini, cabbage and arugula will harmoniously fit into a duet of shrimp and avocado. Preparing summer salads does not take much time, so you can take a break from kitchen chores without denying yourself a good diet.
Prepare salads both in winter and summer, and you will find recipes on the EdimDoma website!
Each upcoming holiday puts any hostess into confusion: what dishes to serve on the table, how to surprise and please guests? Unfortunately, such traditional and everyday dishes as jelly, herring under a fur coat, Russian salad, vinaigrette and Mimosa salad are no longer relevant. Today, creativity and a combination of the incongruous are in fashion.
The prevailing female stereotype that it is impossible to cook beautiful vegetables from vegetables festive dishes, is wrong. And we will try to prove it in our culinary article. Today we will talk about how to prepare unusual summer salads for the festive table, and also give a few useful tips regarding decoration and decoration. So, let's start cooking!
Salad "Multicolored assortment"
What should be purchased for the dish? It:
- multi-colored Bulgarian pepper - 3 pcs.;
- large ripe tomatoes- 3 pcs.;
- half an onion;
- fresh cucumbers - 3 pcs.;
- baguette or loaf - 4 slices;
- oil for frying;
- fresh basil - a bunch;
- salt.
For sauce:
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- lemon juice (vinegar 9%) - 50 ml;
- mild mustard - 1 tsp;
- oil - 40 ml;
- salt, black ground pepper.
Today, many hostesses prefer to make summer salads on the festive table without mayonnaise. And this is absolutely correct. After all, the benefits of this product, which contains in its composition great amount substances harmful to the body, no.
So, let's start preparing our salad by cutting a baguette or a loaf. The pieces should not be very large. We heat the pan, grease it with oil and throw our bread there. Fry until the product acquires a beautiful golden hue.
Wash the vegetables thoroughly, peel and cut into small cubes. We tear the basil with our hands. Onion cut into half rings.
It's time to start refueling. If you are preparing summer salads for the festive table, then without tasty and fragrant sauce is indispensable in this situation. So, finely chop the garlic and mix it with the rest of the dressing ingredients. Add the cooled crackers to the vegetables and add a little salt. We pour dressing. Mix everything thoroughly and serve. Enjoy your meal!
Cheese salad with vegetables
Many vegetable summer salads on the festive table without mayonnaise contain cheese. This one is no exception. The only point is that the cheese is not used hard varieties, and brine (feta, cheese, etc.).
So, what products should we buy to make a salad:
- leaves Chinese cabbage- 6-7 pieces;
- multi-colored bell pepper - 3 pcs.;
- ripe tomatoes of large sizes - 2 pcs.;
- feta (brynza, sirtaki) - 250 g;
- hard cheese for sprinkling.
For the sauce you need:
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- olive oil - 50 ml;
- spicy mustard - 1 tsp;
- salt.
Let's start cooking
Summer salads on the festive table (with photo recipes are given in our article) should always begin with a thorough washing of vegetables. So, we take the most beautiful salad bowl and lay out the leaves of Chinese cabbage. Then comes the chopped bell pepper.
Mash the feta with a fork and mix with chopped olives. Cut the tomatoes into small cubes and lay them on top of the peppers. Finish the construction of feta with olives.
For dressing, finely chop the garlic and add mustard, salt and oil to it. Mix thoroughly. Pour the prepared sauce over our dish. Now you can serve to guests. As you can see, summer salads on the festive table are prepared quickly and easily. Enjoy your meal!
Salad with blackberries and cucumbers
What is needed for a meal? The ingredients are:
- fresh cucumbers - 7 pcs.;
- blackberry - 4 tbsp. l.;
- basil, mint;
- pistachios, peeled, unsalted - 4 tbsp. l.;
- fat yogurt - 4 tbsp. l.;
- fresh thyme - 2-3 sprigs;
- narsharab sauce - 5 ml;
- sea ​​salt, black pepper.
Preparing a salad with blackberries and cucumbers
Throw the pistachios into the pan and fry them, stirring constantly. We cut off the tips of the cucumbers, put them on a cutting board, beat them with a rolling pin (so they will become more juicy) and finely chop. We spread the cucumbers in a salad bowl, salt, pepper. Season with yogurt, sauce, mix thoroughly. Lay the washed blackberries on top and sprinkle with torn mint, basil, thyme. We finish with pistachios. That's all, our salad with cucumbers and blackberries is ready! Enjoy your meal!
Light salad with strawberries and chicken
Light summer salads on the festive table with berries will conquer any gourmet. Our dish in this case- not an exception.
So, for cooking we will need:
- ripe sweet strawberry- 8 pcs.;
- chicken fillet - 300 g;
- green onion- bundle;
- walnuts - 50 g;
- goat cheese (as an option - feta, cheese) - 150 g;
- lettuce - a bunch;
- balsamic vinegar - 100 ml;
- salt pepper.
salad preparation
To begin with, let's take chicken fillet. It should be peppered, salted, poured with 50 ml of balsamic vinegar and placed in a marinade container (for 1-2 hours).
In the meantime, you can do other work. We clean the nuts and grind them with a mortar. Wash the strawberries, tear off the tails and cut into 4 parts. Knead the cheese with a fork. Finely chop the green onion.
When our fillet is marinated, cut it into small cubes and fry in a frying pan, greased with oil, until tender. So that excess oil does not spoil the taste of our dish, place chicken pieces on paper towels.
Let's take a salad bowl and place washed, dried and torn on it on it. large pieces lettuce leaves. In a separate bowl, mix all the ingredients together with the cooled chicken cubes. Place the mixture on top of the lettuce leaves and pour over the remaining balsamic vinegar. That's it, our dish is ready! Try cooking summer fresh salads on the festive table with the addition various berries, and you will be convinced of their compatibility with any products. Enjoy your meal!
Salad "Peperonata"
Summer salads on the festive table, the recipes of which are in in large numbers presented in our article, you can cook with the use of baked vegetables. Try making a salad with beautiful name"Peperonata", and you will be convinced of the amazing taste and unusual aroma of this dish.
So, here are the products we need for this salad:
- Bulgarian pepper of different colors - 3 pcs.;
- young eggplant - 1 pc.;
- feta cheese or cheese - 250 g;
- pine nuts - 1.5 tbsp. l.;
- cilantro - 1 bunch;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- olive oil - 120 ml;
- leaves green salad- 5 pieces.;
- salt pepper.
Recipe
Put eggplant and pepper in the oven on a baking sheet, greased with oil. You do not need to peel vegetables so as not to lose original taste and flavor of these products. When the peppers and eggplants are fully cooked, take them out of the oven and let them cool. In the meantime, let's move on to other products.
The recipe for this salad includes the preparation of pesto sauce. So, chop the cilantro and put it in a blender bowl along with nuts and garlic. Pour in the olive oil and add a pinch of salt. Grind well for 30 seconds.
Roasted vegetables peeled and chopped large pieces. We take a salad bowl, lay out washed, dried and coarsely torn lettuce leaves, place medium-cut pieces of feta cheese on top. In a separate bowl, mix the roasted vegetables and pesto sauce. We spread the mixture in a salad bowl, let it brew for 15 minutes and serve. As you can see, the recipes for festive summer salads are simple, and the benefits from them are simply enormous. Enjoy your meal!
"Watermelon Dream"
And again, a combination of incongruous - watermelon and radish. Do not be afraid of this tandem. In this case, everything is sustained - the taste, the aroma, and the design.
Required Ingredients:
- Bulgarian multi-colored peppers - 3 pcs.;
- radish - 6 pcs.;
- large ripe tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
- sliced watermelon pulp- 1.5 cups;
- fresh cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
- feta - 200 g.
For the sauce you need:
- olive oil - 60 ml;
- lemon juice - 20 ml;
- mint - a bunch;
- oregano, salt, pepper.
Cooking "Watermelon Dream"
Wash and clean vegetables. Peppers, radishes, tomatoes and cucumbers cut into strips. Finely chop the mint, mix with lemon juice, oil, oregano, salt and pepper. Gently mix watermelon cubes with chopped feta cheese and vegetables, pour over the prepared dressing. It is worth noting that summer salads and snacks on the festive table using watermelon pulp are served immediately after preparation. Enjoy your meal!
Salad "From Seville"
If you like unusual summer vegetable salads, you can serve salad "From Seville" on the festive table. This is original and exotic dish will delight all guests without exception.
So what do we need for this salad?
- colored bell pepper - 3 pcs.;
- orange - 1 large;
- green salad - 1 bunch;
- green onions - half a bunch;
- cheese;
- oil for filling;
- salt pepper.
Recipe
First, rinse vegetables and fruits under running water. Peel the pepper and cut into strips. Remove the peel from the orange and remove the pits. Cut the fruit into cubes. We'll do the same with cheese. Take a salad bowl and put coarsely torn lettuce, orange, feta cheese, chopped olives, finely chopped green onions on top. Season the dish with oil, a little salt and pepper. That's it, the salad "From Seville" is ready. Enjoy your meal!
Salad with pepper and apple
If you like summer salads without mayonnaise, then this dish is what you need.
- multi-colored Bulgarian pepper - 4 pcs.;
- sweet multi-colored apples - 4 pcs.;
- sour cream or unsweetened yogurt- 100 ml;
- green onion - a bunch;
- leaves of green and red lettuce - 5 pcs.;
- sugar and salt.
Cooking
Wash the vegetables thoroughly, peel and cut into strips. We tear the lettuce leaves with our hands and put them in a salad bowl, put apples and peppers in the same place. Season with sour cream, salt, sugar, mix and sprinkle with finely chopped green onions on top. If for some reason you do not want to season the dish with sour cream, then make a summer salad with butter. On the festive table, this dish should be served immediately after preparation. Enjoy your meal!
Salad of baked trout and vegetables
We have already described vegetable summer salads on the festive table (with photo), now we can discuss recipes for dishes with the addition of fish. They are perfect for a special occasion.
So what do we need for the salad:
- trout fillet - 250 g;
- fresh green peas - 250 g;
- multi-colored Bulgarian pepper - 2 pcs.;
- fresh large cucumber;
- young potatoes (small tubers) - 10 pcs.;
- quail eggs - 5 pcs.;
- onion - 1 pc.;
- leaves of red and green lettuce - 5 pcs.
For refueling:
- unflavored olive oil - 80 ml;
- mustard - 1 tsp;
- lemon juice - 30 ml;
- egg yolk;
- salt pepper.
Preparing a salad according to the recipe
The first thing to do is fish. Salt it, pepper it and flavor it with a few drops of lemon juice. Let's turn on the oven. On baking sheets, greased with oil, put the trout and bake for 15 minutes. Rinse the potatoes thoroughly under running water, dry and send to the trout. After the specified time, we take out the fish, and leave the potatoes to bake until tender.
In the meantime, let's put the peas to boil. A few minutes will be enough. Rinse the cucumber and pepper, peel and cut into strips. Onions - half rings. Quail eggs boil and place in cold water.
Cut the cooled trout into cubes. In a salad bowl, place clean and dried lettuce leaves. In a separate container, stir the fish with the cooled baked potatoes and vegetables.
Now let's get to the sauce. For it, mix the mashed yolk, oil, lemon juice, mustard, salt and pepper. Season the fish with vegetables with the resulting sauce and mix. Place the salad on top of the torn ones. lettuce leaves. We take the eggs out of the water, peel and cut into two parts. Place them on top of the dish. Enjoy your meal!
Caprese with figs
If you like summer salads without mayonnaise, then you will really like caprese made in this version. It combines everything: and taste qualities, and color solutions. So, we need:
- ripe tomatoes (you can take different colors) - 3 pcs.;
- figs - 1 large or 2 medium fruits;
- dry-cured ham - 100 g;
- mozzarella - 150 gr.;
- balsamic - 1 tsp;
- olive unflavored oil - 40 ml;
- provencal herbs - a pinch;
- salt, preferably sea - a pinch;
- a mixture of peppers;
- basil - 3 sprigs.
Cooking caprese with figs
Figs, tomatoes and mozzarella cut into thin identical circles. We do the same with ham. Put the ingredients in rows on a flat salad bowl (this is the highlight of caprese). Drizzle the salad with oil, sprinkle with herbs, salt and pepper. Decorate with basil sprigs. Enjoy your meal!
Classic Greek Salad
it lovely dish will decorate any festive table.
To prepare it, you should purchase the following products:
- fresh cucumbers - 5 pcs.;
- pitted olives - half a jar;
- green lettuce leaves - a bunch;
- pitted olives - half a jar;
- red onions - 3 pcs.;
- unflavored olive oil - 170 ml;
- tomatoes - 7 pcs.;
- feta or cheese - 250 g;
- wine white vinegar- 3 tbsp. l.;
- cilantro - a bunch;
- oregano.
For sauce
- garlic - two cloves;
- lemon juice - 10 ml;
- unflavored olive oil - 200 ml;
- sweet mustard - 2 tsp;
- liquid honey - 10 ml;
- balsamic vinegar - 10 ml;
- basil leaves;
- salt pepper.
Cooking according to the recipe
Wash the onion, peel and thinly slice into half rings. We place our vegetable in a separate bowl, add oregano, wine vinegar and olive oil. Let the onion marinate for 1 hour. In the meantime, prepare the salad dressing. We clean the garlic and finely chop. My basil, cut and mix with garlic. In a separate container, mix vinegar, oil, honey, mustard and lemon juice. Add garlic and basil to it. Season with pepper and salt. Mix all ingredients thoroughly.
Tomatoes, cucumbers are washed and cut (cucumbers - in circles, tomatoes - in slices). We put the vegetables in a bowl and add pickled onions, olives, olives.
We cut the feta into large cubes and put it in our dish. Pour dressing over salad and garnish with herbs if desired. We mix. Enjoy your meal!
Appetizer Salad with Cracker
This dish is simply amazing. And most importantly, that it can be varied according to your preferences. So what do we need:
- rice - half a glass;
- rice vinegar - one teaspoon;
- cucumber - 2 pcs.;
- crackers - 15 pcs.;
- greens;
- processed cheese - 2 pcs.;
- salt.
Cooking
It is worth noting that summer salads on the festive table with crackers are prepared using salty biscuits. In this case, we need a square or rounded salted cracker.
So, cook rice in salted water. When it is cooked, add the specified amount of vinegar to it so that the rice does not spread when forming the dish. Three cheese on a grater and mix it with rice. We roll up small balls, sprinkle them with finely chopped herbs. Put the formed rice circles on the crackers, pressing lightly. Top with thinly sliced ​​cucumber slices. It turns out very original and beautiful. Enjoy your meal!
Summer recipes - best recipes seasonal dishes and drinks that will add variety to your menu. This is, first of all, healthy meals from vegetables, fruits, herbs, berries.In the heat, the body requires the consumption of a large amount of vitamins, preferably not synthetic, but real, in in kind. That is why in the warm season it is advisable not to miss this opportunity and switch to vitamin, juicy and light dishes. And the numerous recipes for summer dishes that can be found in large quantities at the "Povarenka" will help us with this, for every taste and every wish. So what dishes do many modern hostesses usually prepare for the summer?
Summer soups
Of course, these are, first of all, such as okroshka, beetroot, cold, gazpacho and many others. In the summer heat, such first courses are an excellent alternative to hot soups, pickles, borscht and saltwort.
The advantage of summer cold first courses is that the products in them are mostly fresh, which means that they have retained all their vitamins. Such dishes cool the heated body well, but the calories summer soups contain very little, which means that with their help it will not be recruited excess weight– just a find for the summer!
Salads and appetizers for the summer table
What kind summer recipes do without salads and snacks from vegetables and herbs? Such recipes must be taken into account and try not to spend a single summer day without them.
From vegetables and herbs in the summer, it would be right to season not with mayonnaise, but with more vitamin and healthy salad dressings, for example, vegetable oil with lemon juice, or natural yogurt, or mustard dressing.
What is summer without barbecue?
Summer is associated with us not only with vegetables and berries grown in our summer cottage, but also with picnics, field trips, as well as barbecue, barbecue, which are the main signature dishes on the menu for such out-of-town trips.
Kebabs can be prepared not only by craftsmen, but also by those who will take into account our advice on how to properly marinate them, fry them on charcoal, serve them beautifully, what sauce to prepare for them. Do not forget to serve barbecue and barbecue dishes with summer snacks for beer and meat cooked on fire.
For sweet...
As you can see, the recipes for the summer are striking in their diversity. Even dessert dishes for the summer menu are special - vitamin, refreshing. To summer desserts include sweet dishes such as homemade ice cream, jellies, mousses, puddings, dessert salads from fruits and berries, thick smoothies with ice.
Drinks on the summer menu
In the summer we take out a juicer from pantries and distant corners and press on it intensively juices from fresh vegetables, berries, herbs and fruits of the summer season. We also prepare cool compotes, homemade lemonades, non-alcoholic drinks as drinks so that your thirst recedes and the drink refreshes you in the summer heat.
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Make up summer menu and cook summer meals with "Povarenka" recipes, and your summer will be the most delicious, most vitamin, most iridescent period of the year!
