Walnut salad is easy and simple to prepare and not at all expensive. Try to treat your guests - they will eat everything and ask for more. Prepare it and see for yourself - this appetizer is a hit!
The decoration of any festive (and not only) table is, of course, salads. An incredible number of them have been invented. From simple recipes that even schoolchildren can handle, to complex ones that contain expensive ingredients and require several hours to prepare.
You probably won’t find a person who doesn’t like salads. You can prepare a wonderful dish from almost any product. And for a woman, as experts say, it won’t be difficult at all to come up with a new recipe. Any housewife can create a snack from almost nothing.
The proposed salads consist of quite affordable products, and the result can surprise. Choose and let's cook together
Bright, juicy and tasty beet salad will bring a lot of taste impressions. This is both a wonderful appetizer and an excellent side dish. And you can take it on a picnic. A real lifesaver. Do you think that if you serve a snack without meat to men, they won’t even touch it? If you're wrong, it's eaten instantly.
A salad with chicken and nuts will adequately decorate any celebration if you use nuts in whole halves, imitating a turtle shell. Juicy apple shade, tender chicken fillet and kernels perfectly complement each other, creating a culinary masterpiece.
Salad with walnuts, prunes
It includes:
- prunes - a glass with a slide;
- walnuts – 0.5 cups;
- processed cheese – 2 packages;
- boiled eggs – 5 pieces;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- mayonnaise (sour cream).
In order for the salad with prunes and walnuts to have a delicate taste, it is better to use creamy processed cheese.
All ingredients of the future dish should be laid out in layers and each of them should be well greased with mayonnaise. You need to lay out the salad like this:
- Grated cheese.
- Chopped garlic.
- Finely chopped eggs.
- Chopped prunes.
The last layer is generously smeared with mayonnaise (sour cream). Before serving, the salad can be sprinkled with nuts.
Salad recipe with pine nuts, chicken and prunes
Another unusual dish that will reveal you as a good housewife is a salad with pine nuts and prunes. It is laid out in layers.
Ingredients:
- chicken fillet - 0.2 kg;
- veal - 0.2 kg;
- prunes - 150 g;
- hard cheese - 100–150 g;
- pine nuts - 50 g;
- green sweet and sour apple - 1 pc.;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- sour cream, mayonnaise.
Step-by-step cooking recipe:
- Cook the meat and cool. Do this directly in the broth in which the product was cooked. This way it will be richer and juicier.
- At this time you need to prepare the sauce. Mix sour cream and mayonnaise in equal proportions.
- Cut the fillet.
- Chop the garlic.
- Mix these two ingredients and pour in the sauce.
- Peel the apple, cut into strips, sprinkle with lemon juice and place a second layer on the meat.
- Rinse the prunes thoroughly. If it is dry, then add hot water and let it sit for a while. Then cut into thin slices and place on the apple. Drizzle some sauce over it.
- Cut the beef into strips, brush with sauce and also place in a layer in a dish.
- The last ingredient - cheese - sprinkle with nuts.
The appetizer is ready and can be served.
Attention!
You can use any cheese - it all depends on the preferences of the cook.
Salad with prunes, beets and walnuts
The combination of beets with prunes and walnuts has long been a classic. The dish is perfect as a cold appetizer. The composition of the salad “Beets with prunes and walnuts” includes:
- boiled beets – 200 grams;
- chopped walnuts – 30 grams;
- prunes – 50 grams;
- garlic – 2 cloves;
- mayonnaise – 2 tablespoons.
How to prepare the salad:
- The beets are grated on a coarse grater.
- Prunes are finely chopped.
- Chop the nuts.
- The garlic is crushed.
- Then all this is transferred to a container, adjusted to taste with salt and pepper, if necessary, and seasoned with mayonnaise.
“Taiga” recipe for salad with nuts
This dish will be appreciated by male representatives. It is tasty, nutritious and goes well with any side dish.
Ingredients:
- beef tongue - 250 g;
- cucumbers - 240 g;
- pine nuts - 60 g;
- beef - 100 g;
- onion - 1 piece;
- egg - 3 pcs.;
- apple cider vinegar - 40 ml;
- canned champignons - 140 g;
- mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. l.;
- salt to taste.
Step by step recipe:
- Pour water over the tongue and leave for 30 minutes. After this time, drain the liquid and bring to a boil. Cook for 2 hours. No need to add salt.
- Salt the meat and wrap in foil. Bake for about an hour at 190 ºC.
- Cool both ingredients and cut into strips, but short ones.
- Cut the onion into half rings and pour in the marinade for 30 minutes. Then rinse.
- Boil the eggs, grate on a coarse grater.
- Cut the mushrooms into slices, and the cucumbers into small strips.
- Combine all ingredients, season with mayonnaise, mix.
Before serving, the salad should sit for at least two hours.
Attention!
This dish takes a long time to prepare, but the result is worth it.
Salad "Turtle"
A tasty and tender dish with an interesting design. It will certainly become a decoration for the holiday table. Turtle salad with chicken and walnuts includes:
- medium-sized chicken fillet;
- boiled eggs - 3 pieces;
- hard cheese – 150 grams;
- onion – 1 piece;
- a handful of nuts;
- mayonnaise.
Chicken and walnut salad is one of the popular puff salads. For presentation, it is better to use a round plate. Each layer must be thoroughly greased with mayonnaise. The sequence of laying out the layers is as follows:
- Egg yolks, grated on a coarse grater.
- Chicken fillet, finely chopped.
- Chopped onion.
- Grated cheese.
- Grated egg whites (the last layer is not smeared with mayonnaise).
If desired, you can add an apple to the salad. This will give its taste a hint of piquancy and tartness. In this case, the layer of grated apple should go after the onion. When all the ingredients for the walnut salad are laid out on a plate, you can begin to decorate it. To do this, using mayonnaise, cells resembling a turtle shell are drawn on the surface of the salad. Each cell is decorated with half a nut kernel.
Vegetable salad "Eggplant"
With this salad, no mushrooms or meat are needed. The dish turns out to be satisfying, nutritious, and tasty.
You will need:
2 eggplants, 1 carrots, 2 sweet bell peppers, 3 cloves of garlic, 1 large onion, 1 tsp.
sugar and salt, 2 tbsp. l. vegetable oil, 1.5 tbsp. l. balsamic vinegar, a pinch of ground chili pepper, 0.25 tsp. black pepper, herbs. Preparation:
Cut the eggplants into long thin slices, rub them all over with salt, leave for half an hour, then boil in boiling water and squeeze. Fry the eggplants in vegetable oil until golden brown, and fry the grated carrots in a separate frying pan. Meanwhile, thinly slice the onion and pepper, season with balsamic vinegar, salt, sugar, black pepper, and leave to marinate for an hour. Place peppers and onions in a salad bowl, then eggplants, sprinkle with chili and chopped garlic and herbs, add carrots and mix.
Salad “Tenderness”
The recipe for this salad, like most others, is extremely simple. But a successful combination of products makes it very tender and satisfying. For the “Tenderness” salad with prunes and walnuts you will need the following ingredients:
- chicken fillet – 1 piece;
- fresh cucumber – 1 piece;
- prunes – 150 grams;
- walnuts – 80 grams;
- eggs – 5 pieces;
- mayonnaise.
You will need a transparent deep plate. The salad will be laid out in layers in the following sequence (each layer is smeared with mayonnaise):
- Chicken fillet, boiled and cut into strips.
- Steamed and chopped prunes.
- Walnuts (chopped).
- Egg whites, grated on a coarse grater.
- Cucumbers cut into strips.
- Egg yolk, finely grated.
The salad should stand for at least 2 hours in the refrigerator to soak well. You can decorate the dish with chopped nuts.
Vegetable salad with mushrooms and olives
Prepare this salad when you don’t have time to spend a lot of time fiddling around in the kitchen, but you really want to surprise and deliciously feed suddenly arriving guests.
You will need:
For the salad:
0.5 kg of champignons, 1/4 fork of cauliflower, 2 fresh cucumbers, 1 yellow bell pepper, 200 g each of green and black pitted olives.
For dressing:
1 head of garlic, 110 ml olive oil, 5 tbsp.
l. lemon juice or vinegar, 1 tbsp. l. salt, 3.5 tbsp. l. sugar, 10 black peppercorns. Preparation:
Mix the ingredients for the marinade in a bowl and set aside. Separate the cauliflower into florets, put it in boiling water for three minutes and immediately cover it with cold water, then drain it in a colander. Blanch the mushrooms in boiling water for five minutes, then transfer to cold water and also place on a sieve to drain the moisture. Cut the remaining vegetables into thin strips, leaving only the olives whole. Mix everything in one container, pour over the marinade and put in the refrigerator for five hours, stirring from time to time.
Georgian salad (with walnuts)
This dish will be appreciated. It will appeal to lovers of spicy and spicy foods. To prepare a classic Georgian salad with walnuts, you need the following products:
- 1 pod of hot chili pepper;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 50 grams of nuts (walnuts);
- 1 medium onion;
- 3 ripe tomatoes;
- 3 cucumbers;
- herbs – mint, basil;
- wine vinegar - 2 tablespoons;
- salt - teaspoon;
- water.
How to prepare the salad:
- Cut the tomatoes and cucumbers into small slices, and also chop the herbs.
- To dress the salad, make a nut sauce: in a blender, chop and mix well the pre-peeled garlic, salt, a little pepper, and nuts. The resulting mass is transferred to a deep container and combined with wine vinegar.
- Chopped vegetables and herbs are transferred to a dish and sprinkled with nut sauce.
Salad with egg noodles
“Noodles” are made from thin egg pancakes cut into strips. And in combination with crispy and juicy vegetables, you get a delicious snack.
You will need:
For the salad:
200 g shredded Chinese cabbage, 1 bell pepper, 1 red or sweet white onion, 5 cherry tomatoes, 2 tbsp.
l. lemon juice, herbs. For pancakes:
2 eggs, 1 tbsp.
l. flour, a pinch of salt. For dressing:
200 ml yogurt without additives, 1.5 tsp.
grainy mustard, 0.3 tsp. Tabasco sauce, sea salt. Preparation:
Cut the onion into half rings and marinate in lemon juice. Prepare a homogeneous batter from eggs, salt and flour, fry two thin pancakes in a frying pan with butter, cool and cut into thin strips. Mix cabbage and thinly sliced peppers, pickled and squeezed onions, tomato quarters in a bowl, add egg “noodles”, pour in dressing.
Salad in jelly “Motley balls”
Preparing this vegetable salad will take a little work in the kitchen, but the result is worth it!
You will need:
1 tbsp.
l. finely shredded white and red cabbage, a quarter each of red, green and yellow bell peppers, 2 tbsp. l. green peas, 2 tbsp. l. canned corn, 2 tbsp. l. lemon juice, 3 tbsp. l. soy sauce, 200 ml water, 1.5 tsp. sugar, 1 tsp. salt, 450 ml hot broth, 30 g gelatin. Preparation:
Prepare gelatin according to the instructions, strain and pour into the broth, add spices, soy sauce, lemon juice, pour into silicone hemispheres. Distribute the mixed vegetables into molds filled with gelatin broth and refrigerate for several hours. Before serving, combine the halves into balls and garnish with herbs.
Vegetable salad with crispy balls
Crispy breaded zucchini balls add richness and originality to this salad!
You will need:
1 bunch of lettuce leaves, 2 tomatoes, 5 tbsp.
l. fried mushrooms with onions, 1 young zucchini, 2 raw eggs, 2 boiled eggs, 1 tsp. lemon juice, 2 tbsp. l. soy sauce, 4 tbsp. l. breadcrumbs, sea salt and herbs. Preparation:
Mix the grated and squeezed zucchini with an egg, breadcrumbs and a pinch of salt, form into balls and fry in vegetable oil. Cut boiled eggs and tomatoes into slices, tear lettuce leaves with your hands, mix with fried mushrooms and place on an oval dish. Sprinkle with soy sauce, lemon juice, pepper and salt. Garnish with cooled zucchini meatballs and sprinkle with herbs.
