Decorating salads is a reason to write a separate article, because beautiful salads are an integral part festive feast when every housewife comes up with something original to make the holiday special.

Beautiful salads are especially relevant when there are small children in the house - it’s interesting for the kids to watch how their mother decorates the salads, and then they gobble it all up together.

Read also: Decorating salads for the holiday: recipes with photos Examples of salad decorations New Year, for birthday, anniversary, wedding. How to decorate salads for any celebration. Beautiful salads with descriptions and photos

Also, beautiful salads are relevant for children's matinees and birthdays. Beautiful decoration Making salads is not at all as difficult as it might seem, and all you need to do is show a little imagination and your beautiful salads will surprise all your guests.

Especially for readers Home Restaurant I made a photo selection of how to beautifully decorate salads, which I hope you will find useful.

Most of the salads presented in this article are layered, and to keep their shape, it is best to make them in a springform baking dish, wait for the salads to set in the refrigerator, and then remove the ring, and only then start decorating the salads.

Festive salad “Butterfly”

How to prepare Butterfly salad with step by step photos you can see

New Year's salad "Horse"

Ingredients:

Chicken leg: 1 pc. (or chicken breast: 1 PC.)
Fresh cucumbers: 2 pcs. (or sweet bell pepper: 2 pcs.)
Mushrooms: 200-300 g
Onion: 1 piece
Vegetable oil: for frying
Chicken eggs: 4 pcs.
Mayonnaise: to taste
Salt: to taste

Preparation:

Boil the eggs hard. Cool.

Boil the chicken leg (or breast) in salted water until tender (about 30 minutes after boiling). Cool.

Peel the onion, wash and cut into small cubes.

Wash the mushrooms and cut into small cubes.

Heat a frying pan, pour a little oil. Place mushrooms and onions in the pan. Fry over medium heat, stirring, for about 10 minutes.

Separate the chicken meat from the bones and cut into pieces.

Cucumbers (or Bell pepper) wash and cut into cubes.

Separate the whites from the yolks. Grate the egg white onto fine grater.

Grate the yolk on a fine grater.

Cool the mushrooms.

Combine prepared meat and cucumbers in a bowl.

Add salt to taste, season with mayonnaise.

Mix well until smooth.

Combine the yolks with mayonnaise and mix well. (Bring to the consistency of thick sour cream.)

Place the salad on a flat dish (black or burgundy will look more impressive), using a knife to form a horse’s head. You can prepare a pattern in advance.

Brush the horse silhouette with the yolk mixture. Lay out the mane of mushrooms.

The last layer is proteins. Finalize the head and ears.

Make eyes and nostrils (for example, from olives), decorate the New Year's salad as you wish. Let the salad sit in the refrigerator for at least 1-2 hours. New Year's Salad "Horse" is ready.

Crab stick salad “Mice”

Ingredients:

150 grams of hard cheese (can be processed)
240 gr crab sticks
2 cloves garlic
250 g mayonnaise
1 carrot
parsley
peppercorns

Preparation:

1. Grate cheese, crab sticks and garlic on a fine grater.

2. Cut the carrots into slices.

3. Combine cheese and garlic with mayonnaise, mix well.

4. Ready mass put in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

5. Form oval molds from the cheese mass.

6. Then roll them in grated crab sticks on all sides.

7. Make ears from carrots, tails from crab sticks, and eyes from black pepper.

Sakura branch«

Ingredientsfor salad:

300 grams of smoked chicken or pork, cut into strips;

2 small beets, chopped;

A jar of pickled champignons;

Egg yolks 4-5 eggs;

Grated cheese 200 grams;

Grated whites.

You can add fried or pickled onions after the beets.

Preparing the salad:

Coat all layers with mayonnaise.

Sakura flowers are made from protein colored with beet juice, branches from finely grated black and green olives, leek leaves.

The stamens are from the yolk.

The design depends on your taste.

flower pot«

The salad is prepared in a pop-up baking dish. If there is none, you can use a simple cardboard tape, fasten it in the form of a ring, and wrap it in foil. Place in this ring in layers, coating each with mayonnaise:

1. grilled or smoked chicken, cut into pieces;

2. prunes, cut into strips;

3. champignon mushrooms, fried with onions;

4. cucumbers, cut into strips (let them stand before placing and drain excess liquid),

5. carrots in Korean.

For decoration: Radishes are used that are soaked in beet juice.

If you want lilac flowers - in juice red cabbage.

Free the salad from the outline, place unsweetened crackers around the “pot”, garnish with whatever green leaves are on hand. In the photo, the salad is decorated with sorrel.

Lay out the flowers, fill the middle with yolk, and place the egg white, grated on a fine grater, in between.

Keep in the refrigerator until serving.

Salad "Pansies"

Salad "New Year's cracker"

Salad recipe " New Year's cracker» with step-by-step photos you can see

Salad “Snake” for New Year 2013

Recipes New Year's salad“Snake” (7 pieces) with photos can be viewed

Crab Salad

You can see the recipe for Crab Salad

Salad "Goldfish"

You can see the recipe for the “Goldfish” salad and decoration options

Salad “Pearl”

You can see the recipe for the “Pearl” salad

White Birch Salad

You can see the recipe for White Birch salad and decoration options

Salad "Tsarskiy"

Preparation of the Tsarsky salad and decoration options, you can see

Salad “Cornucopia” No. 1

You can see the recipe for the Horn of Plenty salad No. 1

Salad "Violet"

salad ingredients: smoked ham, prunes, fried champignons with onions, fresh cucumber, Korean carrots, mayonnaise.

cooking : Lay out all the ingredients for the salad in layers, spreading mayonnaise in a salad bowl, or springform. Cut the radishes into slices and soak in red cabbage juice so that the violet petals turn lilac. Place spinach leaves on the salad, and then make flowers from radish circles. Make the centers of violets from egg yolks. Line the sides of the salad with crackers.

Salad “Fox coat”

Salad preparation and decoration options, you can see

Salad "Spiderweb"

salad ingredients: sprats, butter, onion, hard cheese, boiled eggs, mayonnaise. Fresh cucumber, black olives, ketchup, herbs for decoration.

cooking : Mash the sprats with a fork and place on a plate, then add finely chopped onion with mayonnaise. The next layer is grated cheese with mayonnaise, then three pieces of butter, and finally eggs.

To decorate, mix 1 tablespoon of mayonnaise with ketchup and draw a spider web. Make a spider from a black olive. Decorate the sides of the salad with cucumbers and herbs.

Eggplant appetizer “Peacock tail”

Preparing snacks with step by step photos you can see

Fireworks Salad

salad ingredients: ham, boiled eggs, yellow, red and green bell peppers, tomato, mayonnaise, onion

cooking : Cut all salad ingredients into thin slices. On a plate, place the ham in the first layer, with onion strips. Next, add three colors of bell pepper, alternating them with egg whites. Top with tomatoes and mayonnaise, which we hide under grated egg yolks. Mayonnaise can be served separately in a gravy boat.

Lady's Hat Salad

salad ingredients: is based on

ingredients for decoration : suluguni rope cheese, tomato, black olives

Salad "April Olivier"

salad ingredients: boiled eggs, boiled carrots, boiled potatoes, pickles, fresh cucumbers, boiled sausage, green onions, smoked sausage, parsley, dill, mayonnaise.

ingredients for decoration : radishes, fresh cucumbers, lettuce, curly parsley, salami for roses, olives, egg white.

cooking : Cut the salad ingredients into cubes and season with mayonnaise. To decorate the salad, place lettuce leaves on a plate. Place the salad on top of the leaves. Cut the cucumber in half and cut into slices. Cut the radish in half. Place radishes and cucumbers on the sides one by one. Place curly parsley on top around the edges. Before preparing the salad, cut a piece from the boiled eggs and cut it in half. Place the halves in a circle. Place a salami rose in the middle. It turns out it's very simple to do. Cut 7 thin pieces of salami, wrap the first piece in a tube, and place the rest next to each other and secure with toothpicks.

Cut the olives into thin slices and decorate the salad with them in the area of the eggs.

Green Rose Salad

salad ingredients: boiled chicken fillet, processed cheese, fresh cucumbers, boiled eggs, pitted olives, red Crimean onions, mayonnaise.

cooking : Cut the salad ingredients into cubes and season with mayonnaise. Decorate the salad with slices or slices of fresh cucumber in the shape of a rose.

Mexican salad

salad ingredients: boiled chicken fillet, radishes, fresh cucumbers, boiled eggs, green onions, boiled potatoes, chili peppers, lettuce, pickled cucumbers, lemon juice and vegetable oil

cooking : Cut the salad ingredients into cubes and season with lemon juice and vegetable oil. Place lettuce leaves on a plate and top with the salad itself. Using toothpicks, assemble a cactus from pickled cucumbers.

Salad "White Crocuses"

salad ingredients: boiled eggs, Chinese cabbage, canned corn, pickled champignons, green onions, fresh cucumbers, mayonnaise.

preparation: Chinese cabbage, pickled champignons, green onions, cut fresh cucumbers into cubes, add corn and season with mayonnaise. Place the salad on a plate and sprinkle finely chopped eggs on top.

For decoration, we take 7-8 small seeded onions (they are sold by grandmothers at the market), a bunch of green onions and 1/4 of a carrot. We clean the small onions. Now take a sharp knife and cut out the cloves along the top of the onion. We take out the “insides” of the onion and, using a toothpick and green onions, insert the stems into the “onion cups” and place a small piece of carrot in each onion.

Liver cake “Chamomile”

preparation: preparing liver cake Here's the recipe. Decorate with chopped dill, add chamomile from egg white and yolk.

Salad "Championship"

salad ingredients : green peas (young or frozen), canned. corn, boiled potatoes and carrots, balyk, eggs, green onions, dill, mayonnaise, quail eggs.

cooking : cut all the ingredients into cubes and place layers on a square plate coated with mayonnaise in the following sequence: potatoes, green onions, eggs, balyk, corn, carrots, potatoes. Decorate the salad green peas, and dill. Make the field markings with mayonnaise and the soccer ball with a quail egg.

Salad "Snowdrops"

salad ingredients : boiled beef, onions marinated in lemon juice and sugar, eggs, mayonnaise, hard cheese

cooking : The salad is laid out in layers in the following order: pickled onions, boiled meat, boiled eggs. Do not coat each layer too thickly with mayonnaise, including the top one. Press lightly. Sprinkle the salad with grated cheese, make snowdrop stalks from the feathers of green onions, and cut the petals from thinly sliced daikon radish slices.

salad ingredients : unsweetened round crackers, canned pink salmon, saury or tuna, boiled eggs, garlic, green onions, mayonnaise

cooking : Place the crackers on a plate in a circle in the shape of a flower. Next is a layer of eggs with mayonnaise, then a layer of crackers, then canned food with mayonnaise and green onions, and grease the last top layer of crackers with mayonnaise and sprinkle with finely grated eggs. Garnish the salad with tomato slices, olive halves and sprigs of herbs.

Salad “Vegetable with garlic”

salad ingredients : tomatoes, cucumbers, garlic, vegetable oil, herbs

cooking : Cut the vegetables into slices and arrange them in rows on a round dish. Sprinkle with crushed garlic, herbs, and pour over vegetable oil.

Crab Spring Salad

salad ingredients : crab sticks, or crab meat, fresh cucumbers, eggs, grated hard cheese, Chinese cabbage, olives. Sauce: mix mayonnaise and sour cream in equal parts, seasoning with a little mustard.

cooking : cut crab sticks, cucumbers, eggs, and olives into cubes, tear Chinese cabbage into small pieces. Add cheese and season with sauce, place in pan and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Remove the salad, transfer to a platter, and garnish with green onions and crab stick flowers.

Mimosa salad with mice

salad ingredients : boiled eggs, boiled carrots, boiled potatoes, onions, canned fish(sardine in oil), mayonnaise, greens

ingredients for decoration : pieces of cheese (for the ears and tail of the mice), black peppercorns (use as eyes for the little mice)

Salad "Aquarium"

salad ingredients : Seafood Cocktail, onion, red canned beans, pickled champignons, pickled cucumbers, grated hard cheese, mayonnaise

ingredients for decoration : seaweed, red bell pepper (to make fish and star), mayonnaise, several mussels to make crabs

Sunflower salad

salad ingredients : boiled chicken fillet, onions, fried champignons, boiled eggs, mayonnaise

ingredients for decoration : Pringls chips and olives

Salad "Wicket"

salad ingredients : avocado, shrimp, fresh cucumbers, boiled eggs, onions, mayonnaise

ingredients for decoration : green onion feathers, salty straw, a piece of black bread to make the bottom

Salad "Corn"

salad ingredients : boiled chicken breast, pickled cucumbers, onions, fried mushrooms, boiled eggs, parsley and dill, mayonnaise, canned corn

ingredients for decoration : leek leaves and canned corn

Salad "Hedgehog"

salad ingredients : boiled chicken breast, pickles, boiled carrots, green onions, dill, parsley, canned corn, eggs, mayonnaise

ingredients for decoration : Place the salad on a hedgehog-shaped dish.

Grate the eggs on a fine grater, mix with mayonnaise, and coat the hedgehog. Use for needles potato chips, and for the eyes and nose, squeeze out circles from the skin of the pickled cucumber.

Salad "Crab Paradise"

salad ingredients : crab sticks, pickled mushrooms, processed cheese, canned corn, garlic, mayonnaise, greens

ingredients for decoration : red caviar, olives, curly parsley

Salad "Watermelon slice"

salad ingredients : smoked chicken fillet, fried champignons, boiled carrots, boiled eggs, grated cheese, garlic, mayonnaise

ingredients for decoration : red bell pepper (watermelon pulp), olives (pits), fresh cucumber (peel)

Salad "Gift"

salad ingredients : boiled veal, boiled carrots, boiled beets, steamed prunes, walnuts, boiled eggs, grated hard cheese, mayonnaise, parsley

ingredients for decoration : Cut ribbons from boiled carrots and garnish with parsley.

Salad "Gill wood grouse's nest"

salad ingredients : boiled chicken fillet, ham, pickled champignons, eggs, mayonnaise

ingredients for decoration : potatoes cut into strips, fried in vegetable oil, lettuce, for bird eggs: processed cheese, egg yolks, dill, mayonnaise, garlic.

Starfish salad

salad ingredients : crab meat or crab sticks, canned corn, boiled eggs, lightly salted salmon, grated hard cheese, garlic, dill, mayonnaise

ingredients for decoration : shrimp, red caviar, salad laid out in layers.

Salad “Hares in the garden”

salad ingredients : fillet smoked fish, for example, butter, boiled potatoes, boiled eggs, boiled carrots, pickles, greens

ingredients for decoration : make a “bed” of carrots in the middle, put bunnies made of eggs on the sides

Orange slice salad

salad ingredients : boiled eggs, boiled carrots, onions, chicken fillet, pickled champignons, grated hard cheese, mayonnaise

ingredients for decoration : Lay the salad in layers, shape it into an orange slice, garnish with grated carrots and egg white.

Salad “Cornucopia” No. 2

salad ingredients : boiled chicken fillet, boiled potatoes, pickles, canned corn, eggs, mayonnaise

ingredients for decoration : lettuce, vegetables, lightly salted salmon, greens, and cheese

Salad "Pineapple"

salad ingredients : smoked chicken, boiled potatoes, boiled eggs, grated hard cheese, pickles, onions, mayonnaise

ingredients for decoration : halves walnuts, green onion feathers

Tiger salad

salad ingredients : smoked or fried pork, onions, boiled carrots, eggs, grated cheese, prunes, fresh cucumbers, paprika, garlic, mayonnaise

ingredients for decoration : The salad is laid out in layers, garnished with grated carrots, black olives, and egg whites.

Salad "Bunch of Grapes"

salad ingredients : canned fish(cod liver, for example), green onions, boiled potatoes, eggs, grated hard cheese, mayonnaise

ingredients for decoration : blue grapes seedless

Salad “Male whim”

salad ingredients : smoked chicken fillet, boiled beef, eggs, Crimean onion, grated hard cheese, mayonnaise

ingredients for decoration : sandwich cheese for the calla lilies, green onions for the stems, and a yellow bell pepper to make the pistil

The unusual thing about this recipe is that the salad contains an apple, which at first glance does not quite fit with Chinese cabbage, chicken meat and eggs. The dressing is an equally original dressing made from sour cream, mustard, honey and garlic. But, I dare to assure you, you will be satisfied with the result. Personally, this salad with chicken, Chinese cabbage and apple surprised and captivated me!

Chinese cabbage, chicken fillet, apple, eggs, onion, lemon juice, green onion, salt, sour cream, mustard, honey, garlic, sunflower oil, lemon juice, salt

Salad with chicken fillet, carrots and egg pancakes- very tasty, but in an ordinary presentation it will look boring. You just have to show your imagination by decorating it with flowers made from carrots, beets and cheese, and the salad will immediately turn into a very beautiful and attention-grabbing appetizer, worthy of the most exquisite holiday table!

chicken fillet, hard cheese, beets, carrots, eggs, onions, sunflower oil, parsley, garlic, mayonnaise, salt, water

Delicious salad with chicken, festively decorated in the form of a bouquet of flowers, will always be relevant for a festive feast. Chicken salad is not only beautiful, but tasty and healthy. All ingredients are perfectly selected in it. Even the mint leaves decorating the salad give it freshness and special charm.

chicken breast, carrots, sour apple, eggs, walnuts, garlic, mayonnaise, salt, ground black pepper, olives, fresh mint, cabbage

Smoked perch salad with eggs and onions is suitable as an appetizer for a holiday table. The salad is nice fresh taste, but not bright appearance. Therefore for beautiful presentation You can use tartlets.

sea bass, purple onion, boiled eggs, dill, sour cream, mayonnaise, salt, ground black pepper, tartlet

Layered salad"White" - cold appetizer, which includes chicken meat, rice, beans, radishes and eggs. As you understand, all the ingredients are light colors, which is why the salad has such a simple name. The recipe for layered chicken salad will fit perfectly into the holiday menu. Guests will remember for a long time delicate taste of this chicken salad. Be sure to prepare!

chicken fillet, white beans, rice, boiled rice, radish, eggs, green onions, mayonnaise, cream cheese, garlic, salt

The “Hat” layered salad is interesting in its design, which presents an ideal and favorite combination of products: chicken fillet, cheese, champignons. It is tender, satisfying and very tasty. This salad with chicken, mushrooms and cheese will definitely not go unnoticed by your guests!

chicken fillet, fresh champignons, hard cheese, chicken egg, onion, mayonnaise, salt, carrots, green onion

Bright and light salad from Chinese cabbage with salted herring, sweet pepper, beans and onions will surprise you with its original combination of ingredients and, as a result, new and very original taste! This salad is suitable for both holiday menu, and for a regular lunch.

Chinese cabbage, red onion, red bell pepper, salted herring, boiled beans, sunflower oil, salt, ground black pepper

Beautifully decorated, intriguing layered salad “Mistress” with beets, carrots and cheese. This beet salad has both sweetness and heat. Layered salad "Mistress" will become unusual dish on your festive table on Valentine's Day. It is better to prepare such a salad on the eve of February 14, so that it has time to soak in.

beets, carrots, hard cheese, prunes, walnuts, mayonnaise, salt, sugar, garlic, olives

Layered salad “Two Hearts” is distinguished not only by its original presentation, but also by its convenience, because it will satisfy the taste of both meat-eaters and people who prefer fish dishes. Of course, you will have to tinker a little, but you will get two salads in one - meat and fish. And this is already great occasion For romantic dinner or lunch.

beef, pink salmon, carrots, pickled cucumbers, canned beans, eggs, rice, onions, vinegar, sugar, mayonnaise, salt, pomegranate

Recipe interesting salad with beans, corn and avocado for those who like unusual combinations! Lung, nutritious dish from extraordinary ingredients!

beans, canned corn, red onion, avocado, red bell pepper, parsley, lime juice, wine vinegar, lime juice, honey...

This salad with seaweed It will appeal to those for whom herring under a fur coat is not suitable for various reasons or who want variety. It turns out no less tasty and nutritious!

boiled carrots, boiled potatoes, boiled beets, sea cabbage, mayonnaise, salt, ground black pepper

Layered salad with chicken, carrots and daikon will please fans hearty salads with mayonnaise. The salad recipe is simple, but the result is... perfect snack To strong drinks at any feast!

chicken fillet, carrots, daikon ( white radish), onion, vegetable oil, mayonnaise, salt, ground black pepper, parsley

Salad Artist's Palette of Delicious Colors
By mixing different "paints" you can get a variety of different colors and shades.
Of course, the range of possible culinary “colors” is much wider than those indicated here - include all the amazing richness of your unbridled creative imagination. red— sweet peppers, tomatoes, pomegranate seeds, cranberries;
burgundy — boiled beets;
pink- beet or cranberry juice;
orange- carrot, carrot juice, tomato paste;
yellow- egg yolk, sweet pepper, corn kernels, saffron-colored rice;
green- greens, sweet peppers, olives, green peas, cucumbers, boiled spinach, pureed through a sieve;
blue- grated egg white or rice, colored with the juice of raw red cabbage;
lilac- grated egg white, colored with juice raw beets;
violet- red cabbage;
white- egg white, radish, radish, potatoes, rice, sour cream, cottage cheese;hblack- olives

"Chrysanthemum"

1) Lay out 18 slices of boiled sausage folded in half in a path. 2) Roll these slices into a roller, starting from the fold of the first slice. 3) Tie the twisted roller in the lower quarter with a green onion feather. 4) Place 12 quartered sausage slices around the core. These will be the lower petals of the "flower". 5) Open the core petals and decorate the “chrysanthemum” with greenery. 3. "Hedgehog"
1) Fold a slice of boiled sausage in half, and then into three folds like an accordion. 2) Chop three folded slices with a toothpick. This is the basis of the future figure.
We will need five such blanks in total. 3) Arrange three pieces, pinned together with toothpicks, to form a 3/4 circle shape.
Place the two remaining blanks on top, completing the figure to a hemisphere. 4) Cut one slice in half and fold one half into a cone - this will be the “nose” of the hedgehog. 5) Decorate with berries and herbs.

Salad "Monomakh's Hat"
Another salad design option:
Ingredients :
beets - 1 pc.,
potatoes - 3 pcs.,
hard cheese - 100-150 g,
eggs - 3-4 pcs,
carrots - 1 large piece,
pork - 300 g,
pomegranate - 1 pc.,
walnuts - 50 g,
green pea,
mayonnaise,
garlic - 1 clove,
salt Preparation Boil the beets and potatoes, cool, peel and grate on a coarse grater. different plates.
Raw carrots wash, peel and grate on a fine grater.
Boil the eggs, peel and grate the whites on a coarse grater and the yolks on a fine grater into different plates.
Boil the meat and cut into cubes or strips.
Grate the cheese on a coarse or fine grater.
Walnuts finely chop or grind using a blender.
Pass the garlic through a garlic press and mix with mayonnaise. Lay out the salad in layers, pouring mayonnaise mixed with garlic over each layer (you can also lightly salt some layers):
1st layer: half a potato
mayonnaise
2nd layer: beets
mayonnaise
3rd layer: half a carrot
mayonnaise
4th layer: half walnuts 5th layer: half the meat
mayonnaise
6th layer: remaining potatoes
mayonnaise
7th layer: egg yolks
mayonnaise
8th layer: half cheese
mayonnaise 9th layer: remaining meat
mayonnaise
10th layer: remaining carrots Top the whole salad well with mayonnaise.
Make a rim of cheese along the edge of the salad (lightly grease the cheese with mayonnaise), apply a rim of grated egg white on top of the cheese and sprinkle a little with chopped walnuts.
In order to make a decoration in the form of a crown, you need to cut the red onion in half in a zigzag manner and divide the onion into 2 halves. Take out the middle of one half of the onion and make a “crown” from the remaining 1 or 2 layers.
Place the “crown” on the top of the “cap” and fill it with pomegranate seeds.
Decorate the salad with pomegranate seeds and diamonds cut from beets and leave to brew for 8-12 hours.
Before serving, decorate the salad with green peas (if you decorate with peas in advance, they will wilt).
Salad “Pomegranate bracelet”
Ingredients :
beets - 1 pc.,
onion, sweet - 1 medium onion,
potatoes - 2 pcs.,
beets - 1 pc. (or medium-sized carrots - 2 pcs.) - choose to taste
chicken breasts - 2 pcs.,
hard-boiled eggs - 2 pcs.
pomegranate - 1 or 2 pcs. - depending on the chosen decoration method (see below),
walnuts (finely chopped) - 50 g,
mayonnaise,
spices ( nutmeg, cardamom, pepper) - to taste,
salt. Preparation Original and very beautiful salad. It will not only please your household, but will also bring health benefits.
Boil beets (or carrots - choose to taste), potatoes and eggs. Grate the boiled vegetables and eggs on a coarse grater into separate plates.
Boil the chicken fillet until tender and cut into strips or cubes.
Finely chop the onion and fry. Place the salad on a large flat dish in successive layers. But there is one trick - first you need to place a glass in the center of the dish to lay out the salad in the shape of a ring.
Some layers, if desired, can be lightly salted and flavored with spices. 1st layer: potatoes, lightly grease with mayonnaise.
2nd layer: beets (or carrots), lightly grease with mayonnaise.
3rd layer: walnuts.
4th layer:
5th layer: fried onion.
6th layer: eggs, lightly coat with mayonnaise.
7th layer: half a chicken, lightly coated with mayonnaise.
Carefully cover with film and place in the refrigerator overnight to soak.
Before serving, coat with mayonnaise, remove the glass and decorate. Design option 1:

Design option 2:
Salad decoration (shortly before serving):
Option 1: Sprinkle with walnut pieces and pomegranate seeds.
Option 2. Cover the entire surface of the salad with pomegranate seeds.
And we succeed" Garnet bracelet".
ANOTHER OPTION FOR THE SEQUENCE OF LAYERS:
1. Boiled potatoes (three on a coarse grater)
mayonnaise
2. Smoked chicken legs - 2 pcs. (cut the meat finely without skin)
mayonnaise
3. Boiled beets (grated on a coarse grater)
mayonnaise
4. Walnut - 1 cup
mayonnaise
5. Boiled eggs - 3 pcs (three on a coarse grater)
spread mayonnaise generously over the entire surface
6. Sprinkle pomegranate seeds on top.
Never forget to use your imagination.
You can decorate this salad like this:

Chicken Cake Salad
Ingredients :
- 2 chicken breasts,
- 6 eggs,
- 250 g hard cheese,
- 1 clove of garlic,
- 1 cup walnuts,
- 250 g champignons,
- 2 onions,
- mayonnaise,
- vegetable oil;
For decoration:
- greens and small tomatoes. Preparation Boil chicken breasts until tender, add a little salt
Three eggs on a coarse grater. We reserve two whites for decoration.
We also grate the cheese and garlic and mix them together.
Finely chop the onion and fry together with mushrooms in vegetable oil.
Chop the nuts. When everything is ready, we begin to assemble and decorate the CHICKEN CAKE, for which we use a mold.
If the form is not collapsible, to facilitate subsequent removal of the salad, the form can be lined with film.
Place the prepared ingredients in the mold in layers. 1st layer - finely chopped chicken breasts.
Mayonnaise. 2nd layer - walnuts. 3rd layer - grated eggs. Mayonnaise. 4th layer - fried mushrooms with onions. 5th layer - grated cheese with garlic. Mayonnaise. Cover the top with mayonnaise and sprinkle with grated whites. This salad cake needs to soak well in the refrigerator for 1-2 hours. Before serving, remove the “cake” from the mold, place it on a dish and decorate as you wish.

IN in this case The “cake” is decorated with parsley leaves and cherry tomatoes.

Sunflower salad
Another design for the Sunflower salad:
Ingredients :
boiled chicken breast - 200 g,
fried champignons - 200 g,
boiled eggs - 3 pcs.,
cheese - 100 g,
yolk - 3 pcs.,
pitted olives,
Pringles chips. Preparation Lay the salad in layers, covering each layer with mayonnaise, in the following sequence:
1) shredded chicken breast
2) fried champignons
3) grated eggs on a coarse grater
4) cheese, grated on a coarse grater
5) yolks, crushed with a fork (there is no need to pour mayonnaise on THIS layer)
We cut the olives lengthwise into 4 parts and place them on top of the salad (they represent seeds).
Place the salad in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
Before serving, place chips in the shape of sunflower leaves along the edges of the salad and sprinkle finely grated yolk in the middle. Salad "Gill wood grouse's nest"
Ingredients :
. potatoes - 3-4 pcs.
. onions - 2 pcs.
. carrots - 4 pcs.
. eggs - 5-6 pcs.
. boiled chicken meat
. mayonnaise
. dill
. garlic Preparation Cut the potatoes and carrots into thin strips, cut the onion into half rings.
Fry the vegetables one by one in small amount oil, place on a napkin to get rid of excess fat. (If desired, the potatoes can also be deep-fried.)
Separate boiled chicken meat into fibers.
Separate the yolks from hard-boiled eggs.
Cut the whites into strips, mix with meat, fried vegetables and season with mayonnaise. You can add finely chopped garlic or mustard to taste.
Place on a plate, make a depression in the center and shape into a nest.
Grind the yolks with mayonnaise, add finely chopped dill. Form small balls in the shape of capercaillie eggs from the resulting plastic mass and place them in the recess in the center of the salad.
For information about Easter, customs and Easter dishes, see Russian Orthodox cuisine p. Easter. Easter feast . Salad "Turtle"
Ingredients :
. eggs - 4 pcs.
. chicken meat (smoked) - 150 g
. leek - 1 pc.
. apples - 2 pcs.
. cheese - 100 g
. walnut - 150 g
. salad Preparation Cover the dish with lettuce leaves and layer the ingredients on them.
1st layer - egg whites, grated.
2nd layer - finely chopped smoked meat.
3rd layer - mayonnaise.
4th layer - leeks cut into rings.
5th layer - grated apples (preferably sour).
6th layer - mayonnaise.
7th layer - grated cheese.
8th layer - yolks.
9th layer - mayonnaise.
10th layer - chopped walnuts.
Make a “head” for the turtle from the egg. The legs are made from walnut halves. Draw a net with mayonnaise and decorate with onion rings (you can also use pickled onions). Another option for decorating Turtle salad

Salad "Pineapple"
Ingredients :
- potatoes - 2-3 medium pieces,
- chicken leg- 1 piece (300-400 g),
- walnuts (halved) - 150 g,
- eggs - 3 pcs.,
- cheese - 100 g,
- pickled cucumbers (gherkins) - 4-6 pcs.,
- onion (or red salad onion) - 0.5-1 medium piece (to taste),
- green onion feathers for decoration,
- mayonnaise,
- salt,
- pepper. Preparation Wash the potatoes well, boil them in their skins, cool, peel them and grate them on a coarse grater.
Hard-boil the eggs, cool, peel and grate on a coarse grater.
Boil the leg, cool, separate the meat from the bones and chop finely.
Grate the cheese.
Cut the cucumbers into small cubes.
Peel the onion and chop finely.
Place the prepared ingredients in layers on an oval dish. Lightly salt and pepper the layers and brush with mayonnaise. 1st layer: potatoes
2nd layer: onion
3rd layer: half chicken meat
4th layer: pickled cucumbers
5th layer: remaining chicken meat 6th layer: cheese
7th layer: eggs Coat the top layer of the salad well with mayonnaise and garnish with walnut halves and green onions.
Instead of halved walnuts, the surface of the salad can be sprinkled thickly with chopped walnuts. Walnuts can be replaced with canned or boiled champignons, decorating the surface of the salad with them in the form of pineapple scales, laying out the mushroom slices slightly overlapping.
The tail can be made from chopped feijoa or kiwi. Salad “Herring under a fur coat”
Ingredients :
. beets (boiled) - 1 pc.
. egg (boiled) - 2 pcs.
. herring - 2 pcs.
. mayonnaise - 100 g
. potatoes (boiled) - 4 pcs.
. carrots (boiled) - 1-2 pcs. Preparation Cut the herring fillet into pieces, and grate the boiled potatoes, beets, carrots and eggs on a coarse grater.
Place a layer of potatoes on a flat dish first, then a layer of herring, a layer of eggs and a layer of beets, etc.
The last layer is made from beets (for beauty).
Lubricate each layer with mayonnaise, and sprinkle the last layer with grated beets.
Make a mesh out of mayonnaise.
Ready salad garnish with egg slices placed around, but you can also add herbs. Salad decoration “Herring under a fur coat”

Salad roll “Herring under a fur coat”
Not difficult, affordable and very tasty!

Ingredients :
- 2 medium boiled beets
- 1 large boiled carrot
- 2 medium boiled potatoes
- 100 g cream cheese
- 150 g mayonnaise
- 1 lightly salted herring
- 5-10 g of gelatin, depending on its quality Preparation Wash the vegetables, boil and peel.
Soak gelatin in 1/4 cup cold water for 30-40 minutes and dissolve it in a water bath until completely dissolved (but do not boil). Then cool and mix with mayonnaise.
Grate the beets on a fine grater.
Also grate the carrots on a fine grater.
Potatoes - on a coarse grater.
Lightly salt the grated vegetables.
Cut the herring into pieces, after cleaning and removing the seeds.
Place cling film on the table (in several strips and in several layers). If rolling the roll is done alone, it is useful to place a towel under the film - this will make subsequent rolling of the roll easier. Add 3-4 tablespoons of the mayonnaise-gelatin mixture to the beets, mix and place on the film in a layer in the form of a rectangle.
NOTE. Before laying the beetroot layer on the film, it is useful to sprinkle finely chopped dill, or mixed with other herbs - this will make the roll tastier and make it easier to roll, because will prevent the beets from sticking to the film.

Attention! Each subsequent layer of products should be smaller in area. The next layer will be cream cheese, to which you also need to add 2-3 tbsp. l. mayonnaise-gelatin mixture.
NOTE. Heat the cheese a little in a water bath until softened, mix thoroughly with the mayonnaise-gelatin mixture and place it warm on a layer of beets. Add 2-3 tbsp to grated potatoes. l. mayonnaise-gelatin mixture, mix and place in the next layer. Place a layer of grated carrots on the potatoes, also mixed with 2-3 tbsp. l. mayonnaise-gelatin mixture. Place pieces of herring fillet in the middle of the carrot layer.
NOTE. If we do not use ready-made pieces of herring, but cut them ourselves, then the herring fillets can be cut into long strips along the length - this will be more convenient for subsequent cutting portioned pieces roll. Then, carefully, lifting the edges of the towel and film on both sides (it is advisable to have someone help with this), without making much effort and slowly, roll the layer into a roll.
Or you can cover the herring with a layer of vegetables, first on one side and then on the other. (The film should not get inside the roll.)
NOTE. To greatly facilitate the work of rolling, you can place a stick or rolling pin under the raised edge of the film. Carefully fold the edges of the film; excess can be trimmed with scissors.
Then wrap the roll in foil and put it in the refrigerator for several hours to harden. After hardening in the refrigerator, carefully remove the foil and film.
Cut the roll into slices with a sharp knife, place on a plate, garnish with herbs and serve. "Fur coat in a fur coat"
Original and tasty!

Ingredients :
- 1 baguette (French loaf)
- 2 fillets of one salted herring; if you have whole herring, you need to cut it into 2 fillets, removing the skin and bones
- 2 processed cheese
- 2 eggs
- 50 g butter
- 1 large beet
- greens (dill)
- 10 gherkins
- salt, pepper to taste (I didn’t add) Preparation Let's prepare the filling.
Processed cheese and grate the eggs on a fine grater.
Add to them softened room temperature butter (but NOT mayonnaise!), stir well.
If the herring is not very salty, add salt and pepper.
Set aside a third of the mixture, adding finely chopped herbs to it.
Add to the rest of the mixture (this is two-thirds) boiled beets(or even better - baked in the oven or microwave), grated on a fine grater, and stir everything well.
Assembling a “fur coat within a fur coat.”
Cut the baguette lengthwise on one side so that it opens well (like a chest).
Using a spoon and your hand, scoop out the crumb, leaving the sides of the baguette about 1 cm thick.
Coat the inside of the baguette with the beetroot mixture, evenly distributing the layer along the walls.

On top of the beetroot layer inside the baguette, evenly place a layer of herbs. You can add chopped green onions.
Then, near the uncut side, we lay out the gherkins in a line, and place the herring fillet next to it, as shown in the photo.

Lightly grease the surface of the walls along the cut line of the loaf with butter, close the loaf, carefully aligning the edges, and wrap tightly cling film in several turns.
If this is done carefully, the cut will be glued together so that it cannot be detected.
Place in the refrigerator for 3 hours.
Before serving, remove the film, cut into slices about 1 cm thick (cutting thicker is not recommended) and place the slices on a dish.
WARNING! Adding mayonnaise to the filling will result in a thin porridge.
Salad “Shrimp under a fur coat”
Design option:
Ingredients :
. boiled peeled shrimp - 500 g
. boiled potatoes in their jackets - 4 pcs. medium size
. Hard boiled eggs - 4 pcs.
. red caviar - 1 jar (140 g)
. mayonnaise Preparation Boil shrimp in spices (bay leaf, black peppercorns, salt).
Boil potatoes and eggs, peel and grate on a medium grater.
Cut the shrimp in half and divide into two equal parts.
Place in a salad bowl in layers:
1) mayonnaise
2) half shrimp
3) mayonnaise
4) grated potatoes
5) mayonnaise
6) grated eggs
7) mayonnaise
8) shrimp
9) mayonnaise
10) caviar (spread in an even layer on mayonnaise)
Let the salad sit in the refrigerator for at least six hours.
Before serving, garnish with remaining shrimp, lemon slices, herbs, and a tomato “rose.”
The salad is incredibly tasty, tender and filling at the same time. Salad “Summer Rain”
(based on the Mimosa salad)

Ingredients :
. potatoes - 2 pcs.
. carrots - 2 pcs.
. eggs - 3 pcs.
. onion - 1 pc.
. canned fish - 2 jars of different canned fish (for example, pink salmon and tuna)
. mayonnaise
For decoration:
. beet
. cucumber Preparation Boil carrots with potatoes and beets separately (all in peels and in salted water).
Boil eggs hard.
Peel the boiled eggs, carrots and potatoes and grate them separately on a coarse grater.
Finely chop the onion and pour boiling water over it to remove the bitterness.
Lay out in layers:
1) mash canned fish of the same type with a fork + grease with mayonnaise;
2) finely chopped onion + grease with mayonnaise;
3) grated carrots + grease with mayonnaise;
4) mash canned fish of another type with a fork + grease with mayonnaise;
5) grated eggs + grease with mayonnaise;
6) grated potatoes + grease with mayonnaise.
Then we decorate the salad.
Cut 2 thin slices from boiled beets. From one slice we cut out the “umbrella dome”, from the second - the “handle”.
Grate the remaining beets and place them in a border around the salad.
Cut the cucumber slice into thin strips and lay out the “drizzles” (see photo).
We make flowers from vegetables and eggs. Portioned salad “Shrimp cocktail”
Ingredients :
. fresh frozen shrimp - 200 g
. cucumbers - 4 pcs.
. apples - 2 pcs.
. boiled carrots - 2 pcs.
. lime - 1 pc.
. mayonnaise
. ground black pepper
. salt Preparation Thaw the shrimp and boil them for 3-4 minutes in salted water, and then peel.
Cut cucumbers, carrots and apples into thin strips (apples should be sprinkled with lemon or lime juice to prevent them from darkening). Cut the lime into cubes (the amount of lime is to taste, but you don’t have to add it).
Place the ingredients in a bowl, put shrimp on top, salt, pepper and season with mayonnaise.

Also see SNACKS section Shrimp appetizers And Seafood appetizers Salad “Mushroom Basket”
Ingredients :
. boiled potatoes - 2-3 pcs.
. pickled cucumber - 2 pcs.
. Korean carrots- 100 g
. boiled pork - 300g.
. cheese ( durum varieties) - 150 g
. onions - 3 large onions
. marinated champignons - 150 g
. mayonnaise
. greenery Preparation

Pickle the onions in advance. To do this, finely chop the onions and pour in the marinade ( Apple vinegar, salt, sugar, water).
Grease the edges and bottom of the bowl with vegetable oil and sprinkle with dill (the bowl should be taken with high edges, since the salad is multi-layered). Or line a bowl with cling film.
Place champignons in the first layer (caps down), sprinkle pickled onions on top, then grated potatoes in the next layer. Grease with mayonnaise.
Then add a layer of chopped meat and a layer of cucumbers.
Sprinkle with onions again.
The next layer is potatoes again. Grease with mayonnaise.
Then post it Korean carrots, followed by grated cheese. Grease with mayonnaise.
Place the salad in the refrigerator for 5-6 hours (so that the salad is well soaked in mayonnaise).
After 6 hours, remove from the refrigerator, cover with a flat dish and turn the salad onto the dish.

Mimosa salad with salmon

Ingredients :
. salmon can - 1 pc.
. hard-boiled eggs - 5 pcs.
. hard cheese
. butter
. onions - 2 pcs.
. mayonnaise, salt to taste
. greenery Preparation
First layer - chopped egg whites small pieces+ mayonnaise.
The second layer is grated cheese + mayonnaise.
The third layer is salmon mashed with a fork.
Layer four - butter chilled in the refrigerator.
Fifth layer - finely chopped onion + mayonnaise.
Layer six - yolks of 4 eggs mashed with mayonnaise (save one yolk for sprinkling).
Place in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.
When serving, place on lettuce leaves, sprinkle with one mashed yolk and garnish with herbs.
Spring design option
fish salad "Mimosa" for March 8 We lay out the top layer of grated whites and place decorations from sprigs of herbs and grated egg yolks on them, as indicated in the photo.

Decoration of the “Lilac” salad
Base - fish salad "Mimosa" or meat "Olivier", or other suitable salad
The basis can be any salad or pate to taste and discretion home cook.
We lay out white “lilac” inflorescences from grated egg white, lilac inflorescences from grated egg white, colored with beet juice (the color will turn out exactly lilac). And decorate with sprigs of greenery.

Fish salad "Mimosa"
decorated with funny mice

The ratio of ingredients to taste and mood. Preparation Place on a plate in layers, greasing each layer. real mayonnaise (surrogate from the store is undesirable in any salads):
- potatoes, boiled in their jackets (even better - baked) and grated on a coarse grater
- grated egg white
- grated cheese
- well mashed canned fish (drain the liquid first)
Spread mayonnaise on all sides and sprinkle with finely grated egg yolk.
Mice different sizes make from hard-boiled chicken and quail eggs - cut ears and tails from cheese, make noses and eyes from black pepper grains. Salad decoration for March 8
The base, laid out in a figure eight, can be any suitable salad or the vinaigrette, or Herring under a Fur Coat". To form holes in the figure eight when laying out the salad, place the cups in the middle, then remove.
Peel hard-boiled eggs, color them lilac with beet juice and cut crosswise from the sharp end.

Salad “March 8” Ingredients :
. 6 medium potato tubers,
. 2 carrots,
. 4 medium beets,
. 2 onions,
. 2 eggs,
. mayonnaise.
For decoration:
. salmon,
. caviar,
. greenery. Preparation The salad is made according to the “Herring under a fur coat” recipe.
Gut the herring, remove the skin and remove the bones. Cut the pulp into small cubes.
Wash the potatoes, boil them in their skins, cool, peel, and cut into very thin slices.
Wash the carrots, boil, cool, peel, and grate on a coarse grater.
Wash the beets, boil, cool, peel, grate on a coarse grater.
Finely chop the onion, pour boiling water over it, dry and cool.
Hard-boil the eggs, cool, peel, grate or chop.
Place two circles (one larger, one smaller) in layers around two glasses on a flat oblong dish:
- potato,
- herring,
- onion,
- carrot,
- beets.
- grease with mayonnaise.
Repeat layers until you run out of ingredients.
Remove the cups.
Thickly coat the top layer with mayonnaise and decorate with salmon flowers, green leaves, and red caviar.
Let the salad brew for several hours in a cool place. “Tulips” for March 8
(stuffed tomatoes)

Design options for “tulips”:

Ingredients :
. 3 medium lightly salted herrings (or soak strong salted herrings),
. 10 oblong tomatoes,
. 3 hard-boiled eggs
. 100 g cheese,
. 2 cloves of garlic,
. mayonnaise,
. greenery. Preparation Filling: grate boiled eggs and hard cheese on a fine grater. Then add garlic, passed through garlic and mayonnaise.
Tomatoes, preferably oblong in shape, are cut crosswise (not all the way through) into 4 parts. Carefully remove the pulp with a spoon and also carefully stuff it so as not to damage the shell.
Then we insert a thin feather of green onion from the bottom of the “tulip”, place it on a dish and decorate with parsley sprigs.
The bouquet can be tied with a ribbon at the bottom. Or make a “vase” from half a sweet pepper. Salad "Natalie"
Ingredients :
. 1 glass boiled rice,
. 200 g finely chopped prunes,
. 350 g smoked chicken breast,
. 2 onions
. 500 g champignons,
. 300 g cheese
. 2 boiled eggs,
. 2 fresh cucumbers,
. mayonnaise.
For decoration:
. processed cheese (ready sliced is preferable),
. carrot,
. greenery. Preparation Fresh champignons and cut the onion into small strips and fry.
Cut the chicken, prunes and cucumber into strips.
Grate the cheese and eggs on a coarse grater.
This salad requires a wide, flat dish.
Layer the salad in layers:
- rice (salt on top),
- prunes,
- chicken mixed with mayonnaise,
- onions with champignons,
- cheese with eggs and mayonnaise,
- cucumbers,
- pour mayonnaise.
Starfish salad

Another salad design option " Starfish»:
Ingredients :
. 1.5 cucumbers, (one for the base, the rest - cut)
. 1 large potato
. a few slices of salmon or trout for layering
. 10 slices salmon or trout to garnish the salad on top
. 2 grated crab sticks or boiled or fried fish, mashed with a fork
. 1-2 eggs
. shrimps Preparation Slice the cucumbers thinly lengthwise and lay out the base of the salad. Grate the potatoes, mix with mayonnaise and place on cucumber slices. The next layer is chopped salmon. Place boiled or mashed with a fork fried fish or grated crab sticks. Sprinkle a little mayonnaise.
Cover the top with grated egg (1-2 pieces), mixed with mayonnaise. Then add chopped cucumber and pour mayonnaise over it.
Place peeled small shrimp on top. Carefully cover the salad with thin slices of salmon or other salmon fish.
Decorate.

NOTE. Instead of covering the salad with slices of red fish, you can use a thin layer of pre-boiled and then grated carrots. Starfish salad
garnished with caviar and crab sticks

Ingredients :
. 4 pieces of boiled potatoes,
. 200 g hard cheese,
. 200 g salmon,
. 2 boiled carrots,
. 3 boiled eggs,
. 1 fresh cucumber
. mayonnaise,
. salt.
For decoration:
. 40 g red caviar,
. 3 olives,
. 3 crab sticks,
. 1/2 lemon slices,
. greenery. Preparation Grate cheese, potatoes, eggs on a medium grater. Grate the carrots on a fine grater and mix with mayonnaise. Cut the salmon into small pieces.
For this salad you need a wide flat dish.
The salad is laid out in layers in the shape of a star, lightly pressing each layer, and greasing it on top with mayonnaise and carrots:
1 layer - potatoes, salt,
2nd layer - cheese,
3rd layer - salmon,
4 layer - eggs,
5th layer - cucumber.
Decorate the salad as shown in the photo. Crab Star Salad
garnished with slices of crab sticks

Ingredients :
. 250 g crab sticks,
. 1 can of corn,
. 5 eggs
. 3 tbsp. spoons boiled rice,
. 1 onion,
. mayonnaise.
For decoration:
. 150 g crab sticks,
. greenery. Preparation Cut crab sticks, eggs and onions into small cubes, add the rest of the ingredients and mix everything.
Arrange the salad in a star shape.
Garnish the salad with slices of crab sticks and herbs. Decorating a salad of crab sticks
See section CARVING, 2nd page of the section DECORATING DISHES and p. BOUQUETS OF VEGETABLES AND FRUITS . Salad “Male whim” Ingredients :
. 150 g ham,
. 200 g champignons,
. 100 g cheese,
. 5 eggs
. 2 cloves of garlic,
. mayonnaise.
For decoration:
. 3 pcs. bell pepper (red, orange, green),
. cheese "Viola"
. parsley,
. confectionery powder. Preparation Cut the ham into strips and grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
Chop and fry the champignons, boil the eggs and chop the whites and yolks separately.
Lay out the salad in layers, giving it a rectangular shape, grease each layer with mayonnaise:
- ham,
- yolks,
- Champignon,
- cheese,
- proteins.
To decorate, finely chop the pepper, squeeze out the juice and combine all the colors.
We make strips along the length and add finely chopped greens on top.
We cut out a “tie” and a “shirt collar” from the cheese.
Decorate the “tie” with powder. Salad "Mokshansky"
Ingredients :
. 400 g smoked chicken,
. 200 g hard cheese,
. 300 g pickled mushrooms,
. 4 boiled eggs,
. 2 onions,
. 5 fresh tomatoes,
. 3 cloves of garlic,
. juice of 1/2 lemon,
. mayonnaise,
. salt.
For decoration:
. 3 small tomatoes,
. 6 pcs olives,
. 1 cucumber. Preparation Chop the onion and fry with mushrooms. Cut the chicken into cubes, grate the eggs and cheese.
This salad requires a flat dish.
The salad is laid out in layers, lightly pressing down, each layer coated with mayonnaise with the addition of garlic and lemon juice:
1 layer - chicken meat,
2nd layer - mushrooms with onions,
3rd layer - eggs,
4 layer - cheese,
5th layer - tomatoes (preferably placed before serving).
Decorating the salad ladybugs: body made of tomato, head - 1/2 olive.
Cucumber leaves - see layer 4 - eggs, grated on a coarse grater,
5th layer - olives, finely chopped.
Decorate the salad as shown in the photo: grass and a mountain of greens, flowers of carrots, mountains of olives, a sky of unpainted protein and colored blue by red cabbage juice. Salad "Daffodils"
Ingredients :
. 200 g boiled chicken,
. 2 onions,
. 300 g fried mushrooms,
. 100 g cheese,
. 2 boiled potatoes in their jackets,
. 2 boiled carrots,
. mayonnaise,
. sour cream (or Calve sauce with forest mushrooms"),
. greenery,
. salt to taste. Preparation Cut the onion into cubes. Scald half the onion with boiling water and leave for 15 minutes. Fry the other half of the onion with chopped mushrooms.
Cut the chicken into small cubes.
Place the salad in layers on a flat dish:
- grated potatoes and 1/2 scalded onion,
- mayonnaise,
- chicken meat and 1/2 scalded onion,
- sour cream (or Calvet sauce with wild mushrooms),
- fried mushrooms with onions,
- Calve sauce with wild mushrooms,
- grated cheese,
- mayonnaise,
- grated 1.5 pcs. carrots,
- mayonnaise,
- grated yolks,
- mayonnaise,
- grated whites,
- chopped greens around the edge,
Place “flowers” of boiled carrots and green onions on top (see photo). Salad "Pansies"
Ingredients :
. 300 g smoked meat,
. 4 onions,
. 150 g cheese,
. 2 carrots,
. 5 eggs
. 2 cloves of garlic,
. mayonnaise.
For registration:
. carrot,
. radish,
. beets, boiled with the addition of vinegar (3-4 tablespoons of vinegar per liter of water),
. greenery. Preparation Cut the meat into strips.
Chop the onion and fry until golden color, cut the carrots into strips and also fry.
Beat the eggs and fry the pancakes, and when cool, cut into strips.
Combine all ingredients, season with mayonnaise and garlic and mix well.
Place in a salad bowl and top with grated cheese.
Then decorate by making “pansies” out of vegetables (radish, carrots, red cabbage - see photo) and adding green leaves. Orange slice salad
Ingredients :
. 250 g boiled chicken breast,
. 1 onion,
. 1 carrot,
. 200 g pickled champignons,
. 200 g boiled rice,
. 4 hard-boiled eggs
. 100 g soft cheese,
. 250 g mayonnaise (or sour cream with added salt and seasonings to taste),
. 2 cloves of garlic,
. salt to taste. Preparation Cut the carrots into strips and sauté a little with the onion to preserve the color.
Finely chop the chicken and champignons, mix the cheese with grated garlic.
Place the salad on a flat dish in layers, giving the shape of an orange slice; coat each layer with mayonnaise:
- carrots with onions,
- chicken breast,
- Champignon,
- cheese with garlic,
- grated yolk. Lubricate everything with mayonnaise or sour cream.
We make markings on top and decorate with grated carrots and egg white, as shown in the photo.
Salad “Fire of Love”
Ingredients :
. 400 g boiled or smoked meat,
. 4 onions,
. 300 g Korean carrots,
. 5 hard-boiled eggs,
. mayonnaise.
For registration:
. pitted olives,
. 1 red bell pepper,
. cheese,
. greenery. Preparation Boil the meat and cut into strips.
Chop the onion and fry until golden brown.
Beat the eggs and fry the pancakes, and when cool, cut into strips. Salad " New year's night»
Ingredients :
. 200 g salted herring fillet
. 1 onion
. 2-3 beets
. 3 pickled cucumbers
. 4 carrots
. 2 apples (preferably sweet and sour)
. 150 g hard cheese
. 4 potatoes
. 9 eggs
. greenery
. 3 tbsp. l. vinegar
. 0.5 tsp. Sahara
. 300 g mayonnaise
. salt
. 1/4 cup cranberries for garnish Preparation Cut the herring fillet into strips approximately 1 cm wide.
Cut the onion into thin rings and marinate for 5 minutes in 3% vinegar mixed with sugar.
Boil beets, potatoes and carrots, cool, peel and grate separately from each other. Two boiled carrots leave for decorating the salad with a New Year's dial.
Wash the apples, peel, core and grate.
Boil the eggs, grate 3 eggs on a coarse grater.
Layer the products in layers:
1 layer - herring pieces
2nd layer - pickled onions
3rd layer - greens
4 layer - beets
5 layer - mayonnaise
6th layer - sliced cucumbers
7th layer - grated carrots
8 layer - apples
9 layer - cheese
10th layer - potatoes
11th layer - mayonnaise
Layer 12 - grated eggs (this is the “snow” layer)
Make a dial from 12 halves of hard-boiled eggs, and from boiled carrots- arrows and numbers.
Garnish the dish with cranberries and finely chopped herbs. Salad “First sheet of the calendar”
Design options for other dates:

Ingredients :
. sweet bell peppers (red and yellow);
. boiled shrimp;
. hard cheese;
. boiled eggs;
. mayonnaise (or sour cream with spices);
. greens for decoration.
(you can use other products for the salad - depending on your taste and availability) Preparation Layered salad.
We place the products on a plate in the shape of a rectangular “calendar”.
The first layer is diced sweet pepper. Mayonnaise mesh. A layer of boiled shrimp (they can be chopped - to taste). Again a grid of mayonnaise. A layer of grated cheese. Mayonnaise mesh. Grated egg yolk. Mayonnaise mesh. Grated egg white. To give the assembled “calendar” a clear rectangular shape, lightly press it on all sides with a large wide knife.
Coat the top and sides of the calendar with mayonnaise. Decorating the "calendar".
The number is made from sweet red pepper, the letters are made from boiled carrots; yolk, greens, pomegranate seeds, several peeled seeds, snowflakes - grains of grated protein.
According to your own imagination, you can use everything at hand.

Rainbow salad
Place the salad on a dish in an arc, decorate on top with strips of sweet pepper, carrots, yolk, chopped greens, egg whites and beets grated on a coarse grater.
1st layer - sweet pepper, diced
2nd layer - boiled carrots, grated on a coarse grater
3rd layer - boiled chicken fillet, cut into cubes
4th layer - boiled eggs, grated on a coarse grater
5th layer - green onions crushed
6th layer - boiled beets, grated on a coarse grater
7th layer - boiled chicken fillet, cut into cubes
Lubricate each layer with mayonnaise.
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Olive palms for decorating salads

Chop green onions long tubes- 3 pieces for each palm tree.
We cut the onion tubes into noodles, but do not cut them all the way through. It turns out to be a skirt with a long fringe.
In order for the onion to curl well, you need to buy freshly cut ones. Also, for better curling, the resulting “skirts” can be slightly chatted in warm water.
Then a “skirt” of a larger diameter is taken and a smaller one is inserted into it, then another and another... (the principle of a telescopic pipe is used).
Olives are strung onto skewers for kebabs, and greens are put on top. Instead of skewers, you can also use hard cocktail tubes cut obliquely at the ends.
To ensure that the palm trees stand steadily in the salad and do not fall, they should be inserted into half a large radish or into a cucumber cut lengthwise.

Design options with sweet pepper palm crowns:

“Palm trees” made from banana slices, kiwi and tangerine slices:

Flower made from cucumber slices

Cut a piece 5 cm long from the cucumber. Cut in half lengthwise. Use a knife to make longitudinal cuts in the peel (this is called “carbing”). Use the cut strips for the stem of a decorative flower.
Cut the processed cucumber into thin slices. Divide them in half and use them as petals for a “daisy”.
Complete the “flower” with cherry tomato halves.

Design option with salted fish “roses”:

The unusual thing about this recipe is that the salad contains an apple, which at first glance does not quite fit with Chinese cabbage, chicken and eggs. The dressing is an equally original dressing made from sour cream, mustard, honey and garlic. But, I dare to assure you, you will be satisfied with the result. Personally, this salad with chicken, Chinese cabbage and apple surprised and captivated me!

Chinese cabbage, chicken fillet, apple, eggs, onion, lemon juice, green onion, salt, sour cream, mustard, honey, garlic, sunflower oil, lemon juice, salt

A salad with chicken fillet, carrots and egg pancakes is very tasty, but if served in an ordinary way it will look boring. You just have to show your imagination by decorating it with flowers made from carrots, beets and cheese, and the salad will immediately turn into a very beautiful and attention-grabbing appetizer, worthy of the most exquisite holiday table!

chicken fillet, hard cheese, beets, carrots, eggs, onions, sunflower oil, parsley, garlic, mayonnaise, salt, water

A delicious chicken salad, festively decorated in the form of a bouquet of flowers, will always be relevant for a festive feast. Chicken salad is not only beautiful, but tasty and healthy. All ingredients are perfectly selected in it. Even the mint leaves decorating the salad give it freshness and special charm.

chicken breast, carrots, sour apple, eggs, walnuts, garlic, mayonnaise, salt, ground black pepper, olives, fresh mint, cabbage

Smoked perch salad with eggs and onions is suitable as an appetizer for a holiday table. The salad has a pleasant fresh taste, but not a bright appearance. Therefore, you can use tartlets for a beautiful presentation.

sea bass, purple onion, boiled eggs, dill, sour cream, mayonnaise, salt, ground black pepper, tartlet

Layered salad "White" is a cold appetizer, which includes chicken meat, rice, beans, radishes and eggs. As you understand, all the ingredients are light colors, which is why the salad has such a simple name. The recipe for layered chicken salad will fit perfectly into the holiday menu. Guests will remember the delicate taste of this chicken salad for a long time. Be sure to prepare!

chicken fillet, white beans, rice, boiled rice, radish, eggs, green onions, mayonnaise, cream cheese, garlic, salt

chicken fillet, fresh champignons, hard cheese, chicken egg, onion, mayonnaise, salt, carrots, green onion

A bright and light salad of Chinese cabbage with salted herring, sweet peppers, beans and onions will surprise you with its unique combination of ingredients and, as a result, a new and very original taste! This salad is suitable for both a holiday menu and a regular lunch.

Chinese cabbage, red onion, red bell pepper, salted herring, boiled beans, sunflower oil, salt, ground black pepper

Beautifully decorated, intriguing layered salad “Mistress” with beets, carrots and cheese. This beet salad has both sweetness and heat. Layered salad "Mistress" will become an unusual dish on your holiday table on Valentine's Day. It is better to prepare such a salad on the eve of February 14, so that it has time to soak in.

beets, carrots, hard cheese, prunes, walnuts, mayonnaise, salt, sugar, garlic, olives

The layered salad “Two Hearts” is distinguished not only by its original presentation, but also by its convenience, because it will satisfy the taste of both meat-eaters and people who prefer fish dishes. Of course, you will have to tinker a little, but you will get two salads in one - meat and fish. And this is a great reason for a romantic dinner or lunch.

beef, pink salmon, carrots, pickled cucumbers, canned beans, eggs, rice, onions, vinegar, sugar, mayonnaise, salt, pomegranate

This salad with seaweed will appeal to those for whom herring under a fur coat is not suitable for various reasons or who want variety. It turns out no less tasty and nutritious!

boiled carrots, boiled potatoes, boiled beets, sea cabbage, mayonnaise, salt, ground black pepper

Layered salad with chicken, carrots and daikon will appeal to lovers of hearty salads with mayonnaise. The salad recipe is simple, and the result is an ideal appetizer for strong drinks at any feast!

chicken fillet, carrots, daikon (white radish), onion, vegetable oil, mayonnaise, salt, ground black pepper, parsley