Spring is the time of awakening of nature and all living things. Our body also needs a shake-up and awakening in the spring. In winter, people resemble hamsters who eat themselves up and are in “zombie” mode throughout the cold season, but as soon as the warmth comes, everything immediately changes. The body is rebuilt every spring and it is at this time that vitamin deficiency and other ailments worsen. During this period, it is necessary to saturate your body with vitamins.
Fruits and vegetables appear on shelves and in stores, from which you can make wonderful salads. Spring salads are dishes that are both tasty and healthy food. Let's find out simple and delicious recipes for spring salads .
Spring salad with cabbage
Fresh cabbage salad is not only tasty, but also very healthy! The dish contains many vitamins and healthy organic matter. In addition, this is a low-calorie dish that can be prepared for both lunch and dinner.
Ingredients:
- 1 green apple;
- 1 onion;
- 3 tbsp. l. low-fat sour cream;
- Spices;
- 2 fresh cucumbers;
- 1 tbsp. l. mayonnaise;
- Greenery;
- 300 g fresh white cabbage.
Cooking method:
- Finely chop the cabbage;
- Then cut the onion into half rings;
- Cut the washed cucumbers into cubes or strips;
- Core, pit and peel the green apple;
- Grate the peeled apple on a medium grater;
- Now chop the dill and parsley;
- Combine all ingredients in one container and mix;
- Add mayonnaise, spices and sour cream to the dish with cabbage and cucumbers.
To decorate the prepared salad in an original way, you can decorate it with finely chopped dill and roses made from fresh cucumber.
Salad with quail eggs
There is nothing more enjoyable than trying a salad with a refreshing and original taste for the first time. This salad only takes a few minutes to prepare. This salad goes great with a spicy dressing based on natural yoghurt and curry. Other ingredients include quail eggs, cucumbers, spinach and lettuce. This composition is complemented by spicy sesame seeds. It turns out tasty, healthy and very beautiful!
Required Ingredients
- quail eggs 8 pcs.;
- spinach bunch;
- lettuce (or arugula) bunch;
- long cucumber 1 pc. or 2 pcs. average;
- natural yogurt 150 grams;
- curry 1 teaspoon;
- black pepper, salt to taste;
- black sesame 1 tbsp. spoon.
How to prepare light spring salads
- Boil quail eggs hard for 4-5 minutes, then cool, peel, cut in half and sprinkle with a pinch of curry.
- Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise and then into thin slices.
- Wash the lettuce leaves and spinach, dry and tear them with your hands.
- Combine natural yogurt, curry, black pepper, salt in a bowl and stir until smooth.
- Place lettuce leaves, spinach and cucumbers on plates. Place quail eggs on top.
- Drizzle the salad with dressing and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Stir the salad just before eating.
Recipes for spring holiday salads
At any time of the year, no holiday is complete without salads. If in the cold season it’s Olivier, crab, fur coat, then in the spring you want something new and light. Let's find out new recipes for spring salads .
Potato spring salad
For this salad we will need:
- half a kilo of small potatoes
- radish
- walnuts
- vegetable or olive oil - optional
- some lemon juice (preferably freshly squeezed)
- greenery
- honey and mustard (teaspoon each)
- seasonings to taste
Preparation:
- In preparing this salad, you can use both peeled boiled potatoes and potatoes in their skins. Unpeeled potatoes will add piquancy to this dish, so it is better to take very small potatoes so that they can be boiled whole.
- Cook the potatoes, but not for long so that they don’t boil over. We cut it in half or into quarters, depending on the size of the potato.
- We make a marinade from olive oil, lemon juice, honey and mustard. This marinade should steep for at least 30 minutes, so while the potatoes are boiling, you can immediately begin preparing the dressing.
- Finely chop the onion.
- It is better to cut the radishes into slices to make the salad look more presentable.
- Combine all the previously prepared ingredients, mixing them thoroughly.
The salad is ready to be served on the holiday table.
Spring salad “Cucumber”
Preparing such a salad is simple and quick, and even if guests come without warning, making a holiday salad will not be difficult, and it will take you little time to prepare. So, the ingredients:
- cucumbers
- sour cream
- mixture of honey and mustard (proportion 1:1)
- greenery
- seasonings to taste
Preparing the salad:
- Finely chop the cucumbers. You can peel them, you can cut them unpeeled if they have no bitterness.
- Lightly salt the chopped vegetable and let it release its juice.
- Finely chop the greens. Add it to the cucumbers.
- Season the future salad with a mixture of mustard and honey.
- Add sour cream. Mix everything. You don’t have to interfere, but serve it on the table in a presentable manner, after which you can mix all the ingredients on the festive table.
Recipes for spring salads without mayonnaise are similar to those above, just instead of mayonnaise and sour cream you add olive or vegetable oil. Spring salads are also good because they can be dressed with anything you like; this is not a fur coat or Olivier salad, where you cannot replace mayonnaise with butter.
“Spring Day” salad recipe
Delight your guests with a delicious salad with an unusual design. In order for the salad in question to turn out perfect, we need:
- all kinds of greens
- chicken eggs (4 pieces)
- chicken fillet (400 g)
- half a kilo of potatoes
- carrots (400 g)
- mushrooms (preferably champignons, 300 g will be enough)
- mayonnaise, salt to taste
Let's start cooking:
- We cook potatoes and carrots, you don’t need to cook these vegetables for a long time, we need them whole, not boiled, so that the salad looks appetizing
- Boil the chicken fillet, first adding salt to the water in which it will be cooked.
- Peel the vegetables and grate them on a fine grater.
- Eggs need to be boiled too
- Cut the chicken fillet into not very small pieces
- Grate the eggs using the same grater as the vegetables.
- Finely chop the champignons and fry until golden brown, then let them cool
- Chop the greens, preferably not too finely.
- Lay out the prepared ingredients in layers in the following order:
- potato
- mushrooms
- carrot
- chicken fillet
- onion
- eggs
- decorate with greens
Don’t forget to coat each layer thoroughly with mayonnaise.
Recipes for spring salads for birthdays can be very diverse. You can use all the recipes given above, the main thing is to decorate them festively. To do this you can:
- decorate them beautifully with greenery
- layer ingredients
- arrange the ingredients beautifully on a plate and mix them on the table
In fact, recipes for simple spring salads yourself, because spring is the time to create, dream and make dreams come true. Don’t be afraid to experiment, because there are no ingredients that cannot be combined, so it all depends on your desire and imagination.
How to prepare “Spring Salad”
1. I suggest starting the recipe for preparing the “Spring” salad with dressing. Place olive oil, lemon juice, mustard (in this case beans), honey, salt and pepper to taste into a deep bowl.
2. Pass the garlic through a press, mix everything thoroughly until smooth.
3. Place a pan of water on the fire and bring it to a boil. Wash and dry the beans, peel the carrots and cut into strips. You need to do the same with zucchini. The straw should be the size of a bean pod.
4. After boiling, add salt to the water. Place the beans in a colander and carefully lower them into the pan for 3-4 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare a small bowl with cold water and ice cubes.
5. After cooking, immediately transfer the beans to ice water. After 3-4 minutes, you can take out the pods and dry them on a paper napkin.
6. Place the carrots in a colander and place them in the same boiling water. 1 minute will be enough.
7. And transfer to ice water.
8. You will need to keep the zucchini in boiling water for another minute.
9. Our delicious “Spring” salad at home is almost ready. Transfer the drained vegetables to the bowl with the dressing and stir gently.
What to serve at the table
Just putting the salad in a salad bowl will be normal. It will be more interesting if it shows off in portioned bowls or deep and wide glasses. The last option is called a cocktail salad.
A “Spring” salad in the form of a chamomile will look unusual: without mixing, arrange the vegetables in groups in a circle, circle the “chamomile petals” with the sauce using a pastry syringe, and pour the rest into the center.
In addition to “Spring”, you can prepare a salad with arugula for the holiday; its mustard taste will add piquancy. If you don’t like arugula, prepare the “Mistress” salad, or please your guests with the “French” salad.
What are the benefits of spring salad?
Firstly, it’s incredibly tasty (after all, we miss fresh vegetables so much), and secondly, it’s very healthy. The fact is that some vitamins are not absorbed in the gastrointestinal tract without the help of fat. These are fat-soluble vitamins. If you eat them without a fatty dressing, they will pass through.
Vitamins are also necessary for the absorption of the protein product contained in the salad. They are catalysts for protein metabolism. This is especially important for people who play sports or watch their figure, children, the elderly, as well as during and after illness.
Spring cabbage salad for the winter
Every housewife should have at least a couple of recipes for making light salads for the winter. Firstly, they are quickly absorbed without placing a “heavy burden” on the stomach. And secondly, they contain many useful vitamins, which the body simply needs during the cold season.
Ingredients:
- 300 g white cabbage;
- 2 fresh tomatoes;
- 1 bell pepper;
- 1 onion;
- 2 medium carrots;
- 2 fresh cucumbers;
- 1 tbsp. l. vinegar;
- 2 tbsp. l. olive oil;
- Spices;
- ½ tsp. Sahara;
- Greenery.
Cooking method:
- Shred the cabbage very thinly;
- Then grate the carrots on a coarse grater;
- Cut the peeled onion into small cubes;
- Cut the remaining vegetables into small cubes;
- Combine all crushed ingredients in a container;
- Season the aromatic dish with vinegar, sugar, spices and olive oil.
