Original salads are not just delicious dishes, but also a way to surprise and delight your loved ones and guests. Unusual salads are amazing not only for their taste combination, but also for their attractive appearance, which makes the dish look like a small work of art in the hands of a skilled housewife. It is noteworthy that such recipes are quite simple to prepare, but almost always require a creative approach. Below are the most original and popular salads.

There are recipes that combine, at first glance, incompatible products. Such unusual salads can combine different tastes, for example, in the Pineapple salad salty and sweet-sour tastes perfectly complement each other.

To prepare Pineapple salad you will need:

• 300-400 g chicken fillet;
• 4 chicken eggs;
• 1 can of canned pineapples;
• 150 g of hard cheese;
• 100-150 g of peeled walnut halves;
• 1 onion;
• mayonnaise;
• salt;
• feathers of green onions.

Boil the chicken fillet until tender, cool and cut into small cubes. Divide the ingredient in half. Set the first part aside and lay the second in a serving dish. Salt a layer of chicken, brush with mayonnaise.

Finely chop the onion and then scald it. Place half of the chopped onion on top of the chicken layer and brush with mayonnaise as well. Boil chicken eggs, grate on a coarse or fine grater, put half of the ingredient on the onion layer, salt, coat with mayonnaise.

Now you need to make the main one - the pineapple layer. Drain the liquid from the jar, mix half of the pineapples with mayonnaise and lay out in the next layer. Grate half of the hard cheese on top of the fruit, do not grease the cheese with mayonnaise. Then repeat all layers.

The salad is ready, all that remains is to decorate it. Make the top of a pineapple from the feathers of green onions, and decorate the dish itself with walnut halves. Remember that original salads also require proper serving. Be sure to place such a handsome man in the center of the table and do not cut it until the guests arrive.

Unusual salads should differ in the composition of the ingredients so that guests not only see the beautiful design, but also taste a variety of treats. Pick up various recipes, for the holiday you can choose both popular salads and little-known ones.

To prepare the Rose salad, you will need:

• 200 g fresh champignons;
• ½ cans of canned corn;
• 2 onions;
• 2 potatoes;
• 200-300 g of smoked chicken fillet;
• 1 large bag of chips;
• mayonnaise;
• vegetable oil;
• salt.

Boil the potatoes in salted water and puree them, then set them aside. You can add herbs, spices, or fresh herbs to the puree. Rinse the mushrooms and chop them. Fry them in a small amount of vegetable oil, after a while put finely chopped onions in a pan with mushrooms. Fry the ingredients until cooked through, season with salt and pepper to taste.

Place the prepared mushrooms and onions on a serving plate and form the first layer. Place half of the cooled mashed potatoes on top of the mushrooms. Try to keep the layers even and neat. Brush the puree with mayonnaise.

Cut the smoked chicken fillet into small pieces, lay out a layer of chicken and brush it with mayonnaise. Next, lay out the canned corn and another layer of mashed potatoes. The puree should cover the entire salad.

Take the chips and lay out the middle of the rose from them first, and then the side petals. The dish is ready! By the way, you can come up with other unusual salads from these ingredients, or make a different design, because the most delicious and original dishes are obtained in the course of experiments.

There are unusual recipes for salads and seafood. For example, in this salad, squids, popular since Soviet times, go well with pears and pickles.

To prepare the salad you will need:

• 400 g squid (fresh or frozen);
• 4 eggs;
• 1 green pear;
• 1 onion;
• 100 g pickled cucumbers;
• 1 carrot;
• salt;
• parsley.

Peel and boil the squids. Cut the chilled seafood into strips. Also boil chicken eggs, separate the yolks from the whites. Mash the yolks into crumbs, and grate the whites on a coarse grater. Grind carrots, pickled cucumbers and peeled pear separately on a grater. Finely chop the onion and scald with boiling water.

Take a serving platter and start to lay out the salad in layers. Put half of the sliced ​​squid in the first layer, do not forget to brush with mayonnaise. Next, lay out onions, carrots, pears, leftover squids, pickles, chicken yolk, protein. Grease each layer well with mayonnaise, salt to taste. Garnish the prepared salad with fresh parsley sprigs and serve. Remember, the flaky salads must be soaked well before serving.

Listing the original salads, one cannot but mention the Pomegranate Bracelet salad. Below is a recipe for cooking a dish with beef.

To prepare the "Pomegranate Bracelet" you will need:

• 300-400 g of beef;
• 200 g potatoes;
• 2 grenades;
• 1 carrot;
• 300 g of beets;
• 100 g chopped walnuts;
• mayonnaise;
• salt.

Boil the beef in salted water, boil potatoes, carrots and beets separately. Next, cut the meat into small cubes, grate the boiled and cooled vegetables on a medium grater. Do not mix the ingredients.

Place a jar or glass in the center of the serving platter. Place the grated potatoes on the sides in a ring shape, season with salt and pepper to taste, brush with mayonnaise. Put half of the beets on top of the potatoes and brush with mayonnaise as well. Next, lay out the carrots, nuts, some of the beef, the remaining beets and the remaining meat. Salt and grease each layer. Remove the glass from the center, grease the salad liberally with mayonnaise, garnish tightly with pomegranate seeds. It is better to keep such original salads in the refrigerator for 5-6 hours before serving.

Unusual salad recipes can decorate any festive table. You have probably tried the famous Napoleon cake, and you may also like the salad of the same name.

To prepare "Napoleon" you will need:

• 4 puff cakes, which are used to make the cake;
• 150 g smoked chicken breast;
• 100 g of pickled champignons;
• 6 chicken eggs;
• a handful of pitted olives;
• mayonnaise;
• salt.

Chop the smoked chicken into small pieces. Boil eggs, chop finely or grate on a coarse grater. Cut the mushrooms into cubes, the olives into rings. Mix all the ingredients, salt and pepper as desired and season with mayonnaise. The filling for the salad cake is ready.

Take one crust and place 1/3 of the filling on top of it. In this way, collect all the salad. Liberally grease the last crust with mayonnaise and sprinkle with crumbs. Leave the dish in a cool place for several hours to soak. Bon Appetit!