Original Salad «Turtle» - a cheerful festive snack for a children's table

Children's festivities are no different from adult celebrations, the only difference is that all dishes should be carefully thought through and prepared only from fresh products, the table should be decorated colorfully and cheerfully. We should take care of salads. It is best to decorate them in the form of funny animated characters or animals.

Do not overdo it with fat components - give preference to chicken or turkey meat. To your attention we will present an original, easy and useful salad "Turtle". He will charm the children with an unusual serving and taste. It can be cooked in several versions: from boiled meat or red salted fish. They assemble the dish layer by layer, and for sizing it is possible to apply sour cream or light mayonnaise.

Salad bowl for snack pick oval shape, so that the resemblance to the turtle was fuller. The bottom of the dishes must be covered with green leaves of Chinese salad. "Turtle" salad is a real festive dish that will become a decoration of the table and will be the focus of your children's attention. An unusually delicate taste is obtained due to a harmonious combination of ingredients - cheese, chicken, apple, nuts. Although there are many options for its preparation: with prunes, mushrooms, pineapple, grapes.

We offer a classic "Turtle" salad with chicken

Components of snacks:

- chicken fillet (200 g);

- cheese (100 g);

- sweet and sour apples (2 pcs.);

- onion - to taste;

- walnuts (100 g);

- four eggs;

- sour cream or mayonnaise;

- lettuce leaves for decoration and olives.

Boiled meat is cut into thin slabs. We shred onions finely. We rub boiled yolk and protein in different containers. Part of the nuts are crushed, the second part is left for the top. We rub the cheese and apples on a medium grater.

Assembly

On the leaves of the lettuce we spread in the following sequence the prepared foods: proteins, fillets, onions, apple, ½ cheese, yolks, again cheese, nuts. Each layer is blotted with mayonnaise. Imitate the turtle shell will be lobules of nuts, and instead of the head, put the boiled egg. Let's make our eyes from olives. "Turtle" salad should soak for several hours. Children will be delighted! As an ornament, you can use salted cucumber, greens - it all depends on your imagination and taste preferences.

"Turtle" salad with prunes

We need:

- cheese (100 g);

- four eggs;

- boiled chicken (100 g);

- walnuts (100 g);

- prunes (100 g);

- apples (2 pieces);

- mayonnaise.

The first layer will be sliced meat, then grated cheese, apples, grated squirrels, chopped prunes, yolks and nuts. We impregnate with mayonnaise, we decorate from above by analogy with the above-described recipe. To give the dish brightness and color saturation, make carrots and verdure flowers and "drop them" on the sides of the snack.

Salad "Turtle" (photo attached) is easily prepared and quickly eaten. If desired, you can experiment with products, for example, add grapes or mushrooms. Do so that the children want to try it, and for this, due attention must be paid to the appearance. An interesting and bright form will certainly intrigue kids.