Preparing light salads for a birthday: unique recipes

For a birthday, you want to set a special table to please the birthday person and guests. I also want to try making new salads. After all, “Olivier”, “Herring under a fur coat”, “Mimosa” are very tasty salads that have stood the test of time, but you still want to try something new. Therefore, in this article I will write 4 recipes on how to prepare salads for a birthday - delicious, simple, new.

You can read three recipes for delicious snacks for the holiday table here.

Sunflower salad with chicken and mushrooms

Chicken, mushrooms, cheese - a great combination. When you hear the list of these products, you immediately remember pizza with such a filling. A salad made from these ingredients will also not leave your guests indifferent, especially since it will be decorated in a rather original way, in the shape of a sunflower.

To make yellow sunflower leaves you will need chips. They must be bought in a box, not a pack, so that they are whole and the same size. Do not skimp on this important element; the beauty and aesthetics of the salad depend on it.

Sunflower salad is laid out in layers. To carefully and quickly lubricate each layer, cut off a very small corner of the mayonnaise pack. This way you can make a thin mesh. If the mayonnaise is in a bucket, then transfer it to a pastry bag or a regular bag (you also need to cut off the corner of the bag).

Ingredients:

• chicken fillet - 600 gr. (boiled)
• hard cheese - 150 gr.
• marinated champignons - 200 gr. (you can take fresh mushrooms and fry them)
• olives - 200 gr.
• chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
• chips - 100 gr.
• mayonnaise - to taste

How to prepare a delicious salad with chicken and mushrooms.

1. Chicken fillet needs to be boiled. To ensure that the chicken is not dry, you need to put it in boiling water. Do not add salt at the beginning of cooking! Salt will draw the juices out of the meat and it will become dry. Salt 5 minutes before cooking. You can boil the chicken in water with spices: peppercorns, bay leaf. It’s better to cook a whole large piece for about 30-40 minutes.

2. You can take pickled mushrooms. And not necessarily champignons. Mushrooms can be anything. Also, if you like the combination of chicken and fried mushrooms, buy fresh champignons, cut them into cubes and fry until tender. Don't forget to add salt and pepper at the end of cooking.

3. Cut the boiled chicken breast into small cubes or separate it into fibers with your hands.

4. Place the chopped chicken in the first layer on a wide dish. Cover with a mesh of mayonnaise.

5. The second layer is chopped mushrooms, which also need to be covered with mayonnaise.

6. Boil the eggs hard (cook for 10 minutes after the water boils). Separate the yolks from the whites. Grate the whites on a coarse grater and the yolks on a fine grater.

7. Third layer - grated whites. They do not need to be covered with mayonnaise.

8. The fourth layer is hard cheese grated on a coarse grater. You can also use processed cheese. Only the cheese must be tasty so as not to spoil the taste of the salad. Take cheese without adding vegetable fats. Cover the cheese with mayonnaise mesh.

9. Fifth layer - grated yolks.

10. Cut the olives in half lengthwise. Place the olive halves on the yolk as if they were sunflower seeds.

11. The final touch is to arrange the chips around the edge, like sunflower petals.

12. Let the salad sit in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes and serve. Sunflower salad will be a real decoration for the holiday.

13. For decoration, you can also make ladybugs from tomatoes and olives or bees from olives and olives.

Raspberry salad

Raspberry salad will definitely surprise guests with its combination of products. This dish is suitable for those who love spicy taste and experimentation.

Ingredients

• 210 grams of raspberries;
• 120 grams of feta cheese or feta cheese;
• a bunch of lettuce leaves;
• 200 grams of ham;
• 1 tablespoon olive oil;
• 1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar;
• salt and pepper - to taste.

How many calories?

Step-by-step instruction

1. Cut the cheese into cubes.
2. Cut the ham into thin slices.
3. Chop lettuce leaves.
4. Combine all ingredients on a flat plate.
5. Drizzle with apple cider vinegar, olive oil and salt.
6. Gently stir the salad so that the cheese does not lose its shape.

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“Sea” salad with squid and crab sticks

Seafood does not appear on our table very often, unless you live near the sea. But during the holidays, salads made from them are very popular, as they are tasty, filling, and original. Try making this seafood salad for your birthday, it will greatly delight all your guests.

Ingredients:

• boiled squid - 250 gr. (take half a kilo of raw ones, they will boil down a lot)
• crab sticks or crab meat - 200 gr.
• hard cheese - 100 gr.
• boiled egg whites - 6 pcs.
• red caviar - 70 gr.
• onions - 0.5 pcs.
• sugar - 0.5 tsp.
• vinegar 9% - 1.5 tbsp.
• mayonnaise - 75 gr.
• salt, pepper - to taste

Method for preparing seafood salad.

1. All ingredients for this salad are cut into thin strips.

2. First pickle the onions. To do this, cut it into very thin half rings, add one and a half teaspoons of sugar, add a little salt, pour 1.5 tablespoons of vinegar and fill everything with cold water so that it just covers the onion. Mash the onion well with your hand and set aside to marinate.

3. Squids need to be boiled in salted water. Remember that they cook very quickly. After the water boils, cook them for no more than 2 minutes, otherwise they will become very hard, “rubbery”. When the squids are cooked, pour cold water over them to stop the cooking process and cool.

4. Cut the squid into thin strips and place in a large bowl for easy mixing.

5. First cut the crab sticks lengthwise into 3-4 slices, then cut diagonally into thin strips. Place them with the squid.

6. In the same bowl, grate hard cheese and boiled egg whites on a coarse grater. Yolks are not used in this salad.

7. Place the pickled onion in a colander and squeeze a little. Add onions to salad.

8. Also add half of the red caviar to the total mass. The second half will be useful for decorating the salad.

9. Season the salad with mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste. In general, you need to add mayonnaise before serving. Mix all ingredients and taste for salt.

10. Place the finished salad in a salad bowl, garnish with herbs and remaining caviar. Enjoy!

Greek salad - a classic light dish on the holiday table

Greek salad is prepared exclusively from fresh vegetables, so it is a healthy and satisfying dish. It also contains cottage cheese, which contains a lot of calcium.

Ingredients

• 2 fresh cucumbers;
• 2 tomatoes;
• 1 bell pepper;
• 1 red onion;
• 20 large olives;
• 100 grams of Feta cheese;
• half a teaspoon of fragrant herb;
• 3 tablespoons olive oil;
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice;
• salt, pepper - to taste.

How many calories?

Step-by-step instruction

1. Cut tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and cheese into cubes.
2. Cut the olives in half.
3. Cut the onion into thin rings.
4. Combine all ingredients.
5. Add herbs, lemon juice, salt, pepper and oil. Mix.

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Fish salad “Ocean” - a new original taste

If you love fish, be sure to prepare this salad for your birthday. It turns out a little sour, satisfying and very tasty. You can use the amount of ingredients to suit your taste. If you want a more sour taste, take more cucumbers; if you want a more spicy taste, add more Korean carrots, etc. You can take any fish: pollock, perch, cod, notothenia or others. It’s better to take one with fewer bones, you’ll disassemble it faster.

Ingredients:

• boiled fish - 500 gr.
• pickled cucumbers - 3 pcs.
• onions - 2 pcs.
• Korean carrots - 200 gr.
• raw chicken eggs - 4 pcs.
• flour - 2 tbsp.
• green peas - 300 gr.
• garlic - 2 cloves
• curd cheese - 100 gr.
• mayonnaise - 70 gr.
• lemon juice - 1 tbsp.
• vegetable oil for frying - 2 tbsp.
• salt, pepper - to taste

Method for preparing fish salad.

1. Onions need to be cut into thin quarter rings.

2. For the salad you will need to fry egg pancakes. To do this, break 4 eggs into a bowl, add salt and pepper and stir with a whisk. Add 2 tbsp to the eggs. mayonnaise and 2 tbsp. flour. Mix all pancake ingredients thoroughly with a whisk.

3. Place two frying pans on the stove to heat: one for frying onions, the second for pancakes.

4. Pour vegetable oil into one frying pan, heat it and add the onion to fry until golden brown. Be sure to stir it so that it doesn't burn and spoil the taste of the salad.

5. Also pour a little oil into the second frying pan and fry thin egg pancakes (like regular pancakes).

6. Boil water, salt it, pepper it, you can add spices to the fish, bay leaf, a slice of lemon, a sprig of dill. Boil white sea fish until tender (15-20 minutes).

7. While the pancakes, fish and onions are cooling, chop the cucumbers. First, cut them lengthwise and then diagonally into thin strips.

8. Stack the cooled pancakes, cut them into strips and then into thin strips.

9. Use your hands to cut the fish into pieces, removing the bones. Place all ingredients in a large bowl for easy mixing.

10. Also put green peas, Korean carrots, fried onions in this bowl.

11. Now all that remains is to prepare the salad dressing. Mix mayonnaise, curd cheese, lemon juice. Grate the garlic into this mixture on a fine grater, pepper and mix well until smooth. There is no need to add salt, since all the salad components are already salted.

12. Season the salad with the resulting sauce and mix well.

13. Place the finished salad in a salad bowl or serving bowls, garnish as desired with herbs, lettuce, green peas, lemon slices, and pieces of fish. The salad turns out tasty and beautiful.

Simple and delicious fruit salad for birthday

This fruit salad is served for dessert and is inexpensive and simple. The main thing is that it will surprise guests with its delicate taste.

Ingredients

• 2 bananas;
• 3 oranges;
• 3 kiwi;
• 5 tangerine;
• 4 apples;
• 250 grams of ice cream.

You can use yogurt in your fruit salad instead of ice cream.

How many calories?

Step-by-step instruction

1. Wash and peel the fruit.
2. Divide tangerines into slices.
3. Cut banana, orange, kiwi and apple into small pieces.
4. Place the fruit in a salad bowl. Add ice cream.
5. When it melts, stir.

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