What to prepare salads for the holiday: share recipes

Salads for the holiday are an indispensable attribute of a solemn feast for every good housewife. They are prepared from various products, fresh or processed (cooked, fried, etc.). They can be sweet or sharp, piquant or tender. Prepare salads for the holiday is not so simple, as it seems initially, because, in addition to taste, they are originally decorated, so that a simple dish can turn into a culinary masterpiece.

An interesting recipe for which you will need mushrooms, oranges and sweet peppers. The result is a salad with an original spicy-sweet taste, which the guests will appreciate. For its preparation, 300 grams of fresh mushrooms, 100 grams of cheese, preferably of a hard grade, a medium apple, an orange, two sweet peppers are taken.

For refueling you need a teaspoon of mustard, as much honey and a tablespoon of squeezed lemon juice.

Mushrooms are washed, boiled, cut into strips. Apple and orange are peeled and seeds (if any), the pulp of the fruit is crushed. Cheese is rubbed on the grater. Pepper is cut with strips. Ingredients are mixed, they put a sauce of mustard, honey and lemon juice. It is recommended to decorate salads for a holiday beautifully with rings of pepper or whole mushrooms, sprinkle with chopped herbs.

For such dates as Valentine's Day, March 8 or wedding anniversary, you can prepare an original dish in the form of a heart with a pomegranate. In order to cook it, you will need a boiled chicken (about 300 grams), medium-sized beets, 5 large walnuts, 3 chicken eggs, 100 grams of hard cheese, onion. Pomegranate (it is desirable to take such that the grains were bright color) is cleaned. Ingredients are crushed, laid out in layers in the following order: chicken fillet, chopped and fried onions, boiled eggs, grated cheese, chopped walnuts, beets. All ingredients are lubricated with mayonnaise. On top of this, grains of pomegranate are laid out in such a way as to close the previous products.

Meat salads to the festive table are a hearty dish, which can become the main decoration of the solemn feast. As the main ingredient is taken not only chicken fillet, but also boiled pork, beef, etc. So, you can prepare a salad with the following recipe, slightly changing the familiar and familiar "Olivier". Boiled chicken is cut into small pieces. It will take 1-2 breasts for 3-4 servings of the dish. 2 eggs are cut with small cubes. Fresh cucumber and boiled potatoes (2-3 pieces) are cut into pieces. All the ingredients are mixed and dressed with mayonnaise.

Salads for the holiday are dishes that need an original design. This will help not only to draw attention to them, but also to show additional skills and imagination of the hostess. For registration, you can use a variety of products, depending on which ingredient in the main dish. For salads with seafood, you can take whole boiled shrimps, figurines of boiled vegetables, grated cheese for decoration. If salads are prepared for the holiday with meat, then take circles of boiled eggs, greens, etc.