7 useful and very tasty salads

During long holidays we were so tired from the heavy, not very healthy dishes and sophisticated salads! Some people, especially impressionable, the word "mayonnaise" me in the face ...

Now we want the food simple and healthy, but still delicious. We have in store for you a few recipes appetizing and hearty salads with healthy ingredients and light dressing.

Chinese Spicy salad with chicken and sesame

You will need:

1 medium carrot

half major Brassica pekinensis

half beam cilantro

1 tbsp. l. seeds black sesame

1 tbsp. l. white sesame seeds

35 g of cashew (optional)

200-300 g of chicken

2 tbsp. l. soy sauce

2 tbsp. l. white wine vinegar (optional)

2 cm ginger root

2 tbsp. l. olive oil

1, 5 hours. L. sesame oil

2-3 green onions pen

salt to taste.

Preparation:

For the dressing in a small bowl, combine the soy sauce, vinegar, olive oil and sesame oil, salt and finely chopped onion and ginger. Mix thoroughly and allow to stand. At this time, grate the carrots on a coarse grater, finely chop the Chinese cabbage and finely chop the cilantro. Chicken fillet boil and divide hands into large pieces. Vegetables and chicken, place in a large salad bowl, add sesame seeds, cashews, filling and well mix everything. Delicious salads, which all will be delighted ready.

A warm salad with lentils

You will need:

200 g lentils

1 onion

2 tbsp. l. olive oil

150 g of spinach

50 g cheese

3 tbsp. l. red wine vinegar

3 celery stalk

2 sweet peppers (optional)

dill, oregano to taste

salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

Pour into pan lentils and fill 3 cups of water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for half an hour. Sliced ​​celery and onions fry in olive oil. After a couple of minutes, add chopped bell peppers into strips, salt, spices and 2 tbsp. l. water. Stew for 5 minutes. The finished lentils, place steamed vegetables, vinegar, salt and spices. Stir and garnish with salad leaves baby spinach, cheese and dill.

Salad with rice and salmon

You will need:

200 g rice

350 g Smoked salmon

3 tbsp. l. olive oil

2 tbsp. l. any chopped nuts

1 h. L. honey

2 tbsp. l. pumpkin seeds or sunflower seeds

pinch cumin (optional)

salt, pepper and herbs to taste.

Preparation:

Boil the rice in plenty of water. While he cooked, cut the salmon into small pieces. Lightly fry in a dry frying pan seeds and nuts, stirring constantly. For the filling, mix the olive oil with honey, add salt and spices. Drain the water from the rice, cool it. Put in a salad bowl rice, fish and seeds with nuts. Pour the dressing and mix well.

A simple and elegant salad of feta and beet

You will need:

4 medium beets

60 g of feta cheese

bunch of parsley

2 garlic cloves

2 teaspoons lemon juice

black pepper and salt to taste

2-3 tablespoons of olive oil.

Preparation:

Boil the beets until tender, cool and clean. Beet and feta cheese cut into cubes. Parsley finely chop. For the filling, mix the lemon juice, olive oil and pepper. Salt salad, pour the dressing and toss gently.

Funchoza salad, eggplant and beef

You will need:

300g fillet beef

250 g of eggplant

1 carrot

4 cloves of garlic

1 h. L. grated ginger root

100 g Funchoza

herbs to taste

salt

vegetable oil

4 tbsp. l. soy sauce.

Preparation:

Slice the beef into thin strips (you can freeze slightly for this). Marinate in two spoons of soy sauce for half an hour, and then let the liquid drain. Finely chop the carrots, garlic finely chopped. In wok or deep pan heat the vegetable oil and fry meat 10 minutes on high heat, stirring constantly. Put the garlic and ginger and fry for one minute, then add the carrots and 2 tablespoons of soy sauce. Stir and cook for another 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Separately, in a well-heated oil fry the eggplant, cut into strips. Boil Funchoza as directed on the package, wash it and mix with meat and eggplant. Serve salad possible and cold and hot tucking carnations.

Salad with chicken and croutons

You will need:

200 g of chicken

250 g of cucumber

200 g loaf

150 g hard cheese

1 onion

lettuce beam

2 garlic cloves

1 tbsp. l. white wine vinegar

3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil

salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

Fry loaf cubes in the vegetable oil until golden brown. Slice the boiled chicken and cucumbers into small pieces, onion - half rings and cheese grate. For the filling, mix vegetable oil, chopped garlic, vinegar, salt and pepper. Put everything except the lettuce and croutons in a bowl and pour dressing.

Lettuce tear hands and gently mix with the remaining ingredients. Sprinkle with croutons and herbs (no need to stir) and serve.

Crunchy salad with pasta, apple and pecan

You will need:

200 g of spinach or lettuce

half cup of shells or other medium-sized pasta

1 stalk celery

half a cup of dried cranberries

Bank of canned mandarins or 5-6 fresh, peeled and shredded into slices

1 large green apple

1 teaspoon lemon juice

1/3 cup pecans (can be replaced with walnuts, cashews)

a bit of feta cheese

4 tbsp. l. olive or vegetable oil

2 tbsp. l. apple cider vinegar

2 tbsp. l. white wine vinegar

2-4 Art. l. Sahara

paprika to taste

1 tablespoon poppy (optional).

Preparation:

While the pasta cooked, prepare the sauce. In a food processor or blender, combine the oil, apple cider vinegar, white wine vinegar, sugar, paprika and poppy. You can just put it all into a small jar, close the lid and shake well. Drain the pasta, rinse them immediately and add a few tablespoons of filling, so they soaked its taste and aroma. Put the pasta in the fridge to cool. Spinach, place in a bowl completely (if using salad - tear his hands), add chopped celery, cranberries and mandarin. Apple cut into thin slices, sprinkle with lemon juice and place in a salad. Pour salad dressing, mix and only then add the cold pasta. pecans can dry without oil in a frying pan for a couple of minutes (walnuts toast is not necessary), stirring constantly. Sprinkle salad with nuts, garnish with crumbled feta cheese and serve.