Light salad. Light salad - a nutritious light salad for the assimilation of foods, seasoned with vegetable oil, yogurt, sauce or low-fat dressing.

Food directly affects our well-being. If you want to feel lightness, energy, vitality - eat healthy, light food that saturates the body with useful substances, but does not exhaust you, leaving only one desire - to lie on the couch. Want to eat and feel comfortable and easy? Forget about heavy, multi-component salads seasoned with fatty mayonnaise. In fact, mayonnaise only spoils the salad, its benefits and positive effects on health. You have to manage with healthier dressings - lemon juice, olive oil, high-quality soy sauce, yogurt, low-fat sour cream, etc.

Choose only healthy foods for your salad. Refuse sausages and smoked meats, which today are often put in salads. Only fresh seafood, vegetables, tender low-fat cheeses, fruits. Do not overdo it with cheese and eggs. Remember that food leftovers from the refrigerator are not healthy foods. All products must be fresh. For the same reason, you don’t have to cook much - it’s always better to make and eat a fresh salad than to think that the day before yesterday will also help to improve your health. There are no vitamins or freshness in such a salad.

Also important is the way the products are processed. If you are preparing a salad of fish, then you do not need to fry it - it is better to stew or cook. The same applies to chicken, if you decide to make a salad with fillet. Vegetables for light salads are taken fresh. It is enough to wash and cut them. Therefore, light salads - quick salads. Eating healthy can save you time! It is a pity that fast food lovers do not know about this!

Separately, we should talk about salt, which is a provocateur of heart disease, inhibits the withdrawal of fluid from the body and increases appetite. Add salt in a minimal amount - only such a salad is light and dietary.

Enhancing the taste of a light salad, which may seem a little fresh, you can use the right spices. Good options are cilantro, cinnamon, ginger and, of course, black pepper. After all, spices not only enrich the taste, but also burn fats. The feeling of lightness will increase every day! Many blame on spices that they stimulate appetite. If you feel hungry, just eat a couple of extra spoons of salad, because it has very few calories. Compared to any salad dressed with mayonnaise, diet salad is a feather!

Salad - this is usually a snack dish consisting of several sliced \u200b\u200bproducts, and seasoned with some sauce or vegetable oil. As a sauce, sour cream, yogurt, mayonnaise, etc. can be used. To make the salad delicious, it is important to correctly observe the proportions of the ingredients, as well as know their compatibility among themselves. The time requirement is the simplest salads, which are prepared quickly, and the products require the most ordinary. Today, such recipes for simple salads can be found in abundance on the pages of specialized sites, in literature, on television. Any housewife has in her arsenal a couple of “salads easier than simple” that help her out at the right time.

Such salads can be prepared from both vegetables and fruits. There are also a large number of interesting solutions from meat, cheese, seafood. The correct selection of ingredients sometimes allows you to create a real culinary masterpiece from ordinary products. For example, take a simple combination - carrots, apples, sour cream - and you will have a wonderful “quick” snack on your table, just a delicious salad. Or even simpler - cucumbers with sour cream. This is a simple and tasty salad!

Simple chicken salads are very good and nutritious. The use of chicken fillet, sausages in salads is now very common throughout the world. Combine the chicken fillet, herbs, olive oil and vinegar - and you have a simple birthday salad ready. For any holiday, recipes for simple and tasty salads can be invented on the go, from what you currently have in the refrigerator. And do not strive to surprise guests with a large number of products in the salad. The fewer the ingredients, the better and brighter will be "heard" the flavoring shades of each product, and they will not clog each other. To make a salad for a birthday simple and delicious, it is enough to show ingenuity and imagination, correctly and beautifully mix the simplest products in one dish.

If you still can’t make the salad simple, a photo from the site will help you understand the principles of making such dishes. Presentation of the salad is one of the main requirements for these dishes. Therefore, master the recipes of simple salads with photos, immediately make a high-quality presentation of your creation.

Take a look at our other simple salad tips:

Do not overload salads with a large number of ingredients, let each of them give their taste to the final dish to the maximum;

Simple classic salads can be served as a side dish for any main course of meat, fish, poultry;

Pay attention to the aesthetic appearance of the salad. Do not forget that salad is the decoration of your table;

Keep an eye out for fresh salad products. You can’t hide the unpleasant smell of stale vegetable anymore; it will ruin the whole dish;

Perishable salad products should be purchased immediately before cooking;

It is important to follow the phased addition of certain products. Crackers, if provided for in the recipe, are added immediately before serving. Salad with greens is seasoned with sauce or oil also before serving, otherwise the salad will take on a sluggish, ugly appearance;

Cheese for salad should be spicy, slightly spicy, with a bright taste;

Simple fruit salads are a dessert and are served at the end of the celebration.

Simple, tasty and hearty salad "Obzhorka" with chicken I recommend strongly try. There are several types of this salad, this is the simplest and most democratic :)

Chicken, carrots, onions, pickled cucumbers, garlic, vegetable oil, salt, pepper, mayonnaise

What to cook for a birthday? According to this recipe with a photo, prepare a delicious holiday chicken salad for your birthday. The birthday recipe is simple, easy, inexpensive and original. And such a dish is being prepared quickly. And it’s quite suitable as a children's salad for a child’s birthday. And adults will appreciate the taste, beauty and originality ... Help yourself!

Chicken fillet, eggs, apple, fresh cucumbers, mayonnaise, lemon juice, tomatoes, greens

Are unexpected guests already coming to you? Well, let them go, we are always glad to see the guests :) Crab salad with crackers "Instant". Up! And already on the table!

Crab sticks, crackers, canned corn, Peking cabbage, hard cheese, mayonnaise, garlic, salt, ground black pepper

Instant Salad! While unexpected guests take off their coats and sit down at the table, you will already have a tasty, hearty snack ready. And if the guests did not come, prepare a sprat salad for yourself;)

Canned sprats, tinned corn, tinned beans, hard cheese, garlic, crackers, greens, mayonnaise

Someone will say that the Mimosa salad is not a new recipe. Yes, but this salad is delicious, beautiful and even some kind of cheerful. If the mood turns out to be “rainy,” let's fix it with Mimosa salad. And how to cook "Mimosa" not just with potatoes, but with an apple and cheese, I'll tell you now and show you.

Canned sardines, canned saury, onions, potatoes, butter, mayonnaise, eggs, apple, hard cheese, green onions

Tasty salads are a must in the festive table. Salad "My Paradise" from vegetables, eggs and sausages will surely appeal to lovers of Olivier.

Smoked sausage, boiled potatoes, boiled carrots, pickled cucumbers, eggs, canned green peas, hard cheese, mayonnaise

Naples salad recipe - not only a wonderful decoration of the festive table, but tasty and easy to prepare dishes. Why the second name of this dish is “8 layers” salad, it’s not hard to guess) Make such a salad for your birthday, and don’t forget about it when choosing New Year’s salads.

Leaf lettuce, canned corn, canned green peas, bell pepper, eggs, bacon, olives, cheese, mayonnaise, mustard, vegetable oil, sugar ...

This colorful salad is decorated in an unusual way - its components are laid out in sectors. Each guest can make a salad to taste)))

Crab sticks, cucumber, canned corn, canned beans, crackers, mayonnaise, greens

Simple, tasty, healthy salad. And multi-colored vegetables delight the eye with bright colors. In just 10 minutes you will create a charge of health and mood for the whole family.

White cabbage, fresh cucumbers, Bulgarian red pepper, Bulgarian yellow pepper, parsley, vegetable oil, salt, sugar, vinegar, cranberries

Very tasty salad. Simple, tasty and satisfying. And most importantly - the husband is happy :)

Rusks, beans, canned corn, pickled cucumbers, garlic, champignons, onions, vegetable oil, salt, pepper, mayonnaise, cherry tomatoes ...

What do you think should be a salad? Unusual, tasty, easy to prepare? Please, before you is a simple, quick, and most importantly tasty salad!

Russian cheese, smoked meat, smoked chicken, pitted black olives, Peking cabbage, crackers, chips, salt, pepper, olive oil, sunflower oil

A simple vegetable salad in a new way. Well, a very mouth-watering beetroot salad. If you take lean mayonnaise and exclude eggs, then this dish can also be prepared in fasting.

Beets, potatoes, carrots, eggs, greens, ground black pepper, mayonnaise, salt

It's easier than ever to make such a salad for dinner or for a holiday. Fast, tasty and guests are not ashamed to serve. Salad with crab sticks and Beijing cabbage is why I like it.

Peking cabbage, crab sticks, bell pepper, canned corn, greens, green onions, mayonnaise, salt, pepper

This is the most delicious cod liver salad I've ever eaten. I recommend. Unusually. Handsomely. Simply. Gently. A wonderful option for a salad for a birthday or snacks for the New Year.

Cod liver, carrots, boiled eggs, cheese, onions, mayonnaise

Such a salad of beans and crab sticks can be a real lifesaver for receiving unexpected guests. In a matter of minutes you will serve this satisfying and very effective multi-colored dish. However, the working housewife always has every minute counts, so we recommend taking note of this quick salad with red beans.

Crab sticks, canned corn, onions, boiled eggs, canned beans, mayonnaise, salt

Well, a very delicious salad with boiled meat, vegetables and mayonnaise. Hearty and some special. And for dinner you can serve, and to the festive table.

Pork, carrots, onions, sugar, vinegar, canned green peas, mayonnaise, salt, pepper, vegetable oil

For the holidays I will offer you a chicken dish with an unusual combination of ingredients - a salad with chicken, kiwi and apple. Simple, but beautiful, exquisite. Salad "Malachite bracelet" on New Year’s Day can be made, as well as for a romantic dinner.

Chicken fillet, eggs, kiwi, apple, carrot, Korean carrot, hard cheese, garlic, mayonnaise, lemon juice

Light and tasty salads bring variety to our diet. They do not need expensive ingredients and a lot of time. Enough seasonal products and the fact that in the refrigerator, adding a little imagination and seasoning with your love, you will give your loved ones a real masterpiece.

How to make light and tasty salads - 15 varieties

A very light salad, its name speaks for itself. Low-calorie cucumber and chicken will saturate the body, but the figure will remain in order.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet 300 gr.
• Cucumbers 150 gr.
• Canned Green Peas 150 gr.
• Sour cream 150 gr.
• Dill
• Salt.

Cooking:

Boil the fillet from the moment of boiling for 20 minutes. Cut the cucumbers with a medium dice and chop the dill finely. When the meat has cooled, we also chop it into pieces and mix with cucumbers and peas. Salt to taste and season with sour cream.

Peas can be taken and freshly frozen, only first it will need to be boiled, and then doused with ice water.

Ingredients:

• Boiled potatoes 300 gr.
• Boiled eggs 3 pcs.
• Cream cheese 200 gr.
• Fresh cucumbers 3-5 pcs.
• Mayonnaise 3-4 tablespoons
• Salt, pepper and herbs to taste.

Cooking:

Peel potatoes and eggs, cut into cubes. Add chopped cucumbers to them, mix everything. Cream cheese is also cut into cubes and added to the salad.

To make the cheese easier to chop, put it in the freezer for a while. 5-10 minutes will be enough.

Mix everything well, add spices and season with mayonnaise.

This salad is perfect as an appetizer for beer and children recommend it from the age of five and in limited quantities.

Ingredients:

• Chicken 300 gr.
• Mayonnaise 250 gr.
• Hard cheese 200 gr.
• Rusks 200 gr.
• Canned corn 380 gr.
• Tomatoes 3 pcs.

Cooking:

In salted water, boil the chicken, and, after cooling, cut into pieces. Peel the crust and pulp from the loaf into a cube. Sprinkle with vegetable oil and dry in the oven until golden brown. Cheese and tomatoes are also cut into a small cube. Mix everything, add canned corn and season with mayonnaise.

The salad is tastier when the crackers in it are crispy, so you need to add them to the salad just before serving.

The cooking is very quick and easy. And thanks to the original dressing, it will suit both the festive table and pamper your loved ones for every day.

Ingredients:

• Beijing cabbage 300 gr.
• Smoked balyk 200 gr.
• Lettuce 50 gr.
• Garlic 2 cloves.
• Seedless grapes 100 gr.
• For refueling:
• 4-5 tsp olive oil
• Dijon mustard 2 teaspoons
• Salt 0.5 tsp

Cooking:

We cut cabbage and lettuce, add chopped garlic and diced balyk to them. Then we cut the grapes in half and send to the rest of the ingredients. For the sauce, thoroughly beat all the ingredients with a fork and season the salad. Everything is ready! Fast and unusually tasty!

Seafood is very healthy, and with the addition of fresh vegetables, this non-tricky salad becomes a storehouse of vitamins and minerals. Present a portion of health to your family.

Ingredients:

• Seafood: 400 gr.
• Bulgarian pepper 1 pc.
• Tomatoes 2 pcs.
• Onion 0.5 pcs.
• Butter 30 gr.
• Lemon juice, salt, pepper to taste.

Cooking:

First of all, we prepare seafood: in a pan we melt butter, and when it warms up well, we send our sea cocktail. Keep on fire until all the liquid has evaporated.

Do not overexposure seafood for a long time on fire, they will become rubber.

In the meantime, cut the onion into cubes and, to get rid of excess bitterness, pour boiling water over it. We clean the pepper, grind it with straws. From the tomato we take the flesh (so that they would not give the unnecessary moisture), cut like pepper. Mix all the ingredients, add spices and season with lemon juice.

A very healthy salad, all products are carefully selected and create a spicy taste that will appeal to almost everyone.

Ingredients:

• Boiled beetwax 2 pcs.
• Raw carrot 1 pc.
• Garlic 1 clove
• Walnuts 3-4 pcs.
• Soy sauce
• Olive oil
• Apple cider vinegar.

Cooking:

We clean the boiled beets and three on a coarse grater, on it we rub the raw carrots. Press garlic through a press. We chop walnuts with a knife and also move to the rest of the salad. Pepper, pour oil and apple cider vinegar on soy sauce. All is well interfere. Everything is ready! Fast and helpful!

For gourmets, this Italian salad is just a godsend. It is very easy to cook it looks simply luxurious, and the taste is simply divine.

Ingredients:

• Shrimp 150 gr.
• Hard cheese 100 gr.
• 2 eggs
• Tomatoes 2 pcs.
• Garlic 1-2 cloves.
• Mayonnaise 100 gr.
• Ketchup 100 gr.
• Lime juice.

Cooking:

First of all, put boiled shrimp in mayonnaise and ketchup sauce and leave to insist. Meanwhile, we clean the boiled eggs, and cut into slices. Remove the pulp from the tomatoes, and cut into slices as well. We lay eggs on a layer of tomatoes and a layer of grated cheese. Put shrimp on top. Each layer can be sprinkled with lime juice and pour over the sauce. But you can simply mix all the components of the salad and then season with lime and sauce, all according to your desire. For the great taste of this tender salad, this will not hurt.

An excellent summer salad diversifies your menu and gives a good boost of energy for the whole day.

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes 3-4 pcs.
• Red onion 0.5 pcs.
• Olives 250 gr.
• Hard cheese 200 gr.
• Fresh parsley and basil.
• Lemon juice
• Olive oil.

Cooking:

Cut the tomatoes into slices, dice the cheese and cut the olives in half. Cut the onion into thin half rings. Mix everything, add greens. Season with lemon juice and oil. Everything is ready!

This salad is known to everyone, but it will never bother. It is available even in winter, but its taste always takes us to the warm summer coast of Greece.

Ingredients:

• Olives 1 can
• Cucumbers 3 pcs.
• Tomatoes 3 pcs.
• Sweet red pepper 1 pc.
• Onion 1 pc.
• Lettuce
• Sirtaki cheese
• For refueling:
• Garlic 1 clove
• Olive oil 100 ml.
• Lemon juice
• Spices to your taste (basil, thyme, rosemary).

Cooking:

Cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers are cut into a large cube and sent to a deep bowl. We cut the onions in half rings, salt, knead with our hands to give the juice, and send them to the vegetables. We make dressing: grind spices, add squeezed garlic to them for piquancy. And a little pepper. Squeeze out the juice of half a lemon, add the butter and mix well. Refueling is ready. Add the olives to the vegetables and now is the time to mix everything. Next, cut the cheese into a large cube and add it to the salad immediately before serving.

Instead of Sirtaki cheese, you can take feta cheese or feta cheese.

Serve the salad before serving: put lettuce on a plate, then chopped and mixed vegetables, and finally pieces of cheese. Since the cheese is salty, salt can be omitted. Dress the salad and serve.

Such a salad will become traditional on your table due to its delicate taste. And having beautifully decorated it is perfect for a festive table.

Ingredients:

• Squid 300 gr.
• Cucumbers 2 pcs.
• Boiled eggs 3 pcs.
• Sour cream
• Salt.

Cooking:

Thaw squids and peel. Cut into strips and boil for three minutes in salted water.

You can boil first, and then chop, so there is a chance not to digest this capricious product.

Boil eggs and chop with straws. Cut the cucumber into strips as thin as possible and mix all the components of the salad. Add sour cream, salt. We mix everything well and can be served.

This is an unusual name for the salad because most of the ingredients are red and crab sticks are present in its components.

Ingredients:

• Crab sticks 200 gr.
• Tomatoes 2 pcs.
• Bulgarian red pepper 2 pcs.
• 2 cloves of garlic
• Cheese 150 gr.
• Homemade mayonnaise to taste.

Cooking:

Cut the crab sticks into thin strips. We cut tomatoes in the same way, having previously removed their entrails. We remove the core from the pepper and also chop the straws. Three cheese on a coarse grater. We chop the garlic and also send it to the rest of the products, season with mayonnaise and can be served.

Because of her sweet taste, the fair sex adores him.

Ingredients:

• Canned Pineapples 120 gr.
• Boiled chicken breast 200 gr.
• Hard cheese 150 gr.
• Boiled eggs 2 pcs.
• Garlic 1 clove
• Mayonnaise to taste
• Salt.

Cooking:

The whole cooking process takes only a few minutes, for this we grind all the components of the salad, salt and season with mayonnaise. Mix all the products in a bowl and serve.

This recipe saves a lot of time, and even a child can cook it.

Ingredients:

• Canned tuna 1 can
• Tomatoes 2 pcs.
• Boiled eggs 2 pcs.
• Canned corn 0.5 tins
• Sour cream and mayonnaise 1 tbsp. spoon
• Greenery.

Cooking:

Drain excess liquid from canned food, and take the fish apart. Cut eggs and tomatoes, add corn. Mix everything and season with sour cream and mayonnaise. Decorate with greens.

The easiest to prepare, but its taste is not inferior to expensive salads.

Ingredients:

• Cabbage young 1 head
• 1 carrot
• Onion 1 pc.
• Greenery
• Salt pepper
• Vinegar and vegetable oil.

Cooking:

With a sharp knife, finely chop the cabbage into strips, you can use a chopper. Three carrots on a coarse grater and send to the cabbage. Cut onion, salt, add a little vinegar, and also move to the rest of the vegetables. Grind the parsley and salt along with the rest of the salad. Now you need to mix everything well so that the cabbage starts up the juice. Fill everything with oil.

This dish is not only tasty but also hearty.

Ingredients:

• Canned Beans 380 gr.
• Meat fillet (which one you like) 300 gr.
• Mushrooms 300 gr.
• Onion 100 gr.
• Carrots 150 gr.
• Chicken eggs 2 pcs.
• Salt, mayonnaise, cooking oil for frying.

Cooking:

In salted water with spices, cook the meat until tender. Finely chop the onions, carrots and mushrooms and fry them individually in a pan. Cut the cooled meat into a cube, add corn, fried vegetables and chopped eggs to it. Salt, mix and decorate to your liking.

The history of the origin of salads

Salads  - These are cold or warm dishes, which, as a rule, are served either in front of the main course, or as a side dish to it. You can cook them practically from any products: vegetables, meat, mushrooms, fish, seafood, fruits, nuts, berries. The main thing is to combine the components correctly. However, more on the rules for making salads will be discussed later in the article.

The history of the origin of salads dates back to pre-Christian times, this dish was known more than two millennia ago, and the Roman Empire is considered its homeland. The Romans created salads mainly from vegetables and herbs. Such dishes were always plentifully salted, and also seasoned with vinegar and honey. Salads and, accordingly, recipes for their preparation were further developed in the Renaissance. Now they were prepared with the addition of root crops, cheeses, spices and spices, as well as with the addition of all kinds of dressings and sauces. Products such as eggs, meat and fish appeared in salads only in the nineteenth century. But mayonnaise, as a classic salad dressing, began to be used only at the beginning of the twentieth century.

To date, the variety of salad recipes is simply amazing, even the same salad has hundreds of variations. As for the ingredients, practically all products known to us are used in certain combinations. At the same time, salads ceased to be a light aperitif or side dish, they became a completely independent hearty dish.

Types: simple for every day and holiday

The types of salads currently existing simply can not be counted. There are hundreds of classification features by which they can be combined. However, in this case, we would like to focus on two main types - on simple salads for every day, as well as on holiday salads.

Simple salads for every day, which we used to cook at home for breakfast, lunch and dinner, are usually quite simple and quick to prepare meals. Often these are dishes consisting of 3-5 components. As a rule, products only need to be crushed, mixed and seasoned. But heat treatment for whipped salads is extremely rare. The process of preparing such a dish usually takes no more than half an hour. Thus, salads for every day, which are prepared at home, are as simple as possible. Yes, and in the design they are unpretentious. Despite this, such dishes become an excellent independent dish for breakfast or dinner, as well as a good complement to the main course for dinner. It turns out delicious, satisfying and extremely useful!

Holiday salads are a special category. Here you can find the most unexpected combinations of products, as well as simply unimaginable design options. Holiday salads from salads for every day differ in a set of ingredients. A celebration dish may contain more than a dozen products in its composition. In this case, the preparation of products can be quite lengthy. So, if you are planning to cook this or that festive salad, then be prepared for the fact that you will have to spend a lot of time on it, and accordingly you need to start cooking ahead of time in order to be in time for the guests to arrive. Holiday salads, like ordinary homemade salads, can be vegetable, fruit, meat, fish, containing seafood. Their main difference, as we mentioned earlier, is a richer set of ingredients and a more complex process of preparation and design.

So, no matter what you plan to make a salad (simple for every day, special holiday, classic, original or any other), you can always find the right recipe in this section of the site. Detailed text descriptions, as well as step-by-step photos, will help you quickly and without any problems cope with the cooking process.

The technology for preparing salads is quite simple. It is only necessary to grind the necessary ingredients and mix them in one container and season.  We can say that this type of dish is for the "lazy." Cooking salads, as a rule, does not require any special efforts, nor a lot of time.

As for the rules for making salad, that is one main recommendation. The amount of protein products in the dish should not be more than 25% of its total volume. In this case, the salad will be balanced and healthy. As for the combination of certain products, it is a matter of taste. Sometimes, even the seemingly radically opposite taste ingredients, in combination, create a simply amazing dish to taste.

When creating a salad, be sure to make sure that its composition does not repeat the composition of the main dish. In addition, be careful with the choice of refueling. Unsuccessfully selected, it can irreparably ruin the dish. Therefore, if in doubt about salad dressing, then try it in a small portion of it. If the taste suits you, then you can fill the rest of the salad.

And, of course, an indispensable rule regarding salads - a light vegetable salad should be served with a fatty meat dish, steamed and slightly spicy vegetables should be served with a fish, but a hearty salad dressed with mayonnaise should be put on the table as an independent dish.

To summarize ...

It’s not difficult to make a salad at home, it’s more difficult to choose from the variety of recipes that exist. However, if you solve the problem of choice, then no other problems should arise. All recipes in this section have not only a detailed text description, but also step-by-step photos.