What summer salads can be prepared. Summer salads on the festive table: light - without mayonnaise, delicious, simple recipes with photos

Summer is an energetic, fun and easy period! A person needs a strong enough energy supplement to fulfill everything that is planned for this time. So, the food of the hot months of the year should be special. Not only tasty and satisfying, but healthy and energy-intensive.

It is in summer that there are practically no products that are “out of season”. A huge number of vegetables, fruits, herbs are available, various combinations of which will give each new culinary homemade delicacy a special aroma and taste.

But, in the hot season, poisoning is very dangerous! This means that the correctness of the purchase, storage and processing of products should be approached even more carefully!

Below, the following summer snacks will please all gourmets: both vegetarians and meat-eaters. There is only one thing in common in the dishes presented: they do not take much time to prepare and do not need professional cooking skills.

How to cook summer snacks - 15 varieties

There are no food frills in this recipe! But, such an appetizer will look chic on the dining and holiday table!

Compound:

Bread (mostly black, but optional) - 1 loaf;
Herring fillet - 2 pcs.
Beets - 300 gr.
Garlic - 4-5 cloves;
Sunflower oil for frying - 100 gr.
Greens, tomatoes, cucumbers - to taste and desire.

How to cook:

Let's boil the beets and peel and rub on a fine grater that has already cooled down.

Add the crushed garlic and mix thoroughly.

Prepare slices of bread. Pieces of bread should be lightly fried in sunflower oil.

It is better to buy ready-made sliced: less hassle, and all the pieces are neat and uniform.

Herring fillet mode into portioned pieces according to the size of a toast.

On each toast we lay a layer of beet-garlic mass, and on top - a slice of herring. You can decorate with dill leaves, sprinkle with black ground pepper, make a special layer between beets with garlic and herring from a slice of tomato, cucumber, greens - everything is possible for the hostess's fantasy!

What attracts in this appetizer is that it is hearty and appetizing! And it only takes about 10-15 minutes to prepare!

Compound:

Puff pastry - 1 pack;
Any fish (salted, smoked, fried) - 350 gr.
Hard cheese (but can be replaced with processed cheese) - 200 gr.
Egg - 1 pc.

How to cook:

Defrost the dough and unroll in one layer. Cut into rectangles 7x7 cm.

Prepare portioned pieces of fish: clean from the bones, cut.

Put a piece of fish and a small cube of cheese on the dough, roll it into an envelope or a triangle. Brush with beaten egg.

Put everything on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper and greased with oil. Bake in a well-heated oven for no more than 10 minutes (until golden brown).

Is it possible to name a more favorite treat than potatoes + herring? Yes, there is nothing surprising, but you definitely won’t find anything tastier!

Compound:

Herring fillet - 300 gr.
Boiled potatoes - 500 gr.
Dill greens - 1 bunch;
Onion and ground black pepper - to taste.

How to cook:

Boil and cool potatoes. Peel and cut crosswise into plates up to 1.5 cm thick.

It is more convenient to cook potatoes "in their uniforms", because this way they will crumble less during further cutting.

Cut the herring into portions, finely chop the dill, chop the onion.

Spread the ring of potatoes on a flat dish, sprinkle with melted butter on top, sprinkle with ground pepper and sprinkle with chopped dill. Put a piece of herring on each piece of potato, and decorate with onions on top.

The appetizer is prepared quickly, but is quite a satisfying dish. Excellent transportability, i.e. perfect for a snack on the road or in nature.

Compound:

Canned fish in oil - 500 gr.
Wafer cones for stuffing - 20 pcs.
Boiled rice - 1 cup;
Onion - 2 pcs.
Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp.
Spices - dill, pepper;
Vegetable oil for frying.

How to cook:

Chop the onion and fry until golden in oil.

Take the fish apart from the bones and finely crush with a fork.

Mix fish + onion + mayonnaise + rice + spices.

Stuff waffle molds and fry them in oil for 2-3 minutes.

Already after 2-3 minutes, the stuffed tubes lend themselves well to an easy change of shape.

At first glance, it is very difficult to understand what such "sweet" cakes do on a table of fish and meat dishes. After all, it looks like a great dessert. But, having tried it, you understand that the main ingredient of these “sweets” is fried fish with vegetables!

Compound:

Fish fillet - 500 gr.
Onion - 200 gr.
Carrot - 150 gr.
Tomatoes small and firm - 200 gr.
Mayonnaise and sour cream - 100 gr.
Flour - 100 gr.
Eggs boiled and raw - 3 pcs.
Vegetable oil for frying - 100 gr.
Greens for decoration and 2-3 cloves of garlic.

How to cook:

We make minced meat from fish fillet and onions. Add here ground black pepper, salt, flour, raw eggs - mix everything well.

Put the minced meat cakes in a pan with heated oil and fry on both sides until cooked.

Separately mix mayonnaise, sour cream.

Mode tomatoes on mugs up to 1 cm thick.

We prepare the carrot layer: overcook the grated carrots slightly in oil and add 1 tablespoon of sour cream and grated garlic.

Separately three yolks and whites.

We put a carrot-garlic layer on a fried fish cake, on top - a tomato ring and cover with a second cake. Lubricate the ends of the cake with sour cream and mayonnaise sauce and dip in grated protein. We also grease the top with sauce, but dip in grated yolk.

Everything, the main composition of the fish cake is ready. You can decorate and supplement the appetizer to your liking: caviar, herbs, olives, etc.

For such a recipe, you should take pork or beef, because. other types of meat do not tend to hold their shape when cooked.

The dish is quite satisfying, and therefore complement it with light salads or just raw vegetables.

Compound:

Meat (fillet) - 500 gr.
Pickled mushrooms (or fresh) - 200 gr.
Garlic - 1-2 heads;
Processed or hard cheese - 150 gr.
Sour cream 20% - 150 gr.
Dill and parsley greens - 1 tbsp each
Salt, spices, pepper.

How to cook:

Cut the meat into portions lengthwise (thickness up to 1 cm) and beat off. Salt, pepper, put 2-3 cloves of crushed garlic.

On a layer of spices and garlic, put sliced \u200b\u200bmushrooms and a cube of cheese (91.5x1.5 cm) in the center of a piece of meat).

Fasten the meat with toothpicks in the form of a bag.

Separately, we make bases from foil for each bag in the form of a bowl with high sides. We place meat bags in these bowls, cover with a layer of foil on top and send to a hot (t = 200C) oven for 15-20 minutes.

After this time, you should get a baking sheet with meat for a control check. And then, send it back to the oven for 20 minutes until the meat is ready and a golden crust appears on it.

The sauce for such meat bags is prepared simply: mix sour cream with dill and parsley, salt and pepper.

The liver must be in the diet at any time of the year, as it is a unique product necessary for high vitality and energy of the body.

For the recipe, beef, chicken, turkey, pork liver is suitable.

Compound:

Liver - 500 gr.
Onion - 200 gr.
Flour - 100 gr.
Eggs - 3 pcs.
Processed cheese - 3 briquettes;
Mayonnaise - 100 gr.
Garlic - 1 head;
Salt, spices, herbs.

How to cook:

Grind the liver with onions. Add salt, spices, flour (to the consistency of sour cream), eggs and bake pancakes in butter from the resulting dough.

Rub the cheese on a fine grater, add crushed garlic, finely chopped herbs and mayonnaise.

Brush each pancake with cheese mixture and roll up. You can fasten the form with green onions. Trim the ends with a sharp knife for a neat look.

These mini alternatives to liver cake look great on the table in both summer and winter. Moderately high-calorie and immensely healthy dish!

Compound:

Liver - 500 gr.
Eggs - 3 pcs.
Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp.
Flour - 150 gr.
Carrot - 200 gr.
Onion - 200 gr.
Vegetable oil for frying - 150 gr.
Garlic and herbs - to taste;
Spices (salt, pepper)

How to cook:

We prepare the carrot-liver mixture: grind the liver, half the volume of the onion, grate half the volume of carrots on a fine grater, salt / pepper, add flour and eggs.

Flour must be put so much that the dough looks like thick sour cream.

Form small cakes with a spoon and fry in a well-heated oil in a frying pan.

Separately, we prepare the filling: grate the second half of the carrots on a coarse grater, chop the remaining half of the onion finely, fry all the vegetables in oil until slightly golden. At the end of frying, add crushed garlic and mayonnaise to the mixture.

Lubricate the finished pancakes with the filling and cover with another one on top. Such a “liver hamburger” can be painted on top like this: grease with a thin layer of filling, put a circle of tomato (cucumber) and sprinkle with finely chopped greens.

Tomatoes, ham and cheese - everyone loves this combination! And the look of this snack is so original - well, just a “table decoration”.

Compound:

Cherry tomatoes - 500 gr.
Ham - 300 gr.
Hard cheese - 200 gr.
Eggs - 2 pcs.
Mayonnaise - 150 gr.
Garlic and greens

How to cook:

Prepare the base: grate boiled eggs and cheese, mix with mayonnaise, garlic and herbs.

Cut the ham into round slices, and then cut each circle in half, i.e. make semicircles.

The cut on the semicircle is necessary so that the stuffed rolls stand confidently exactly at the cut points.

Twist each semicircle in the form of a tube, tie with a green onion feather at the base and set like little men as shown in the photo.

Fill the resulting half-pipe with filling into 2/3 parts, and put a cherry tomato on top (like the “head” of the resulting little man). You can even draw eyes with mayonnaise. Decorate the figurines with greenery.

About this appetizer can be said in a nutshell: fast and delicious!

Compound:

Hard cheese - 500 gr.
Processed cheese - 300 gr.
Sausage - 250 gr.
Shelled walnut - 100 gr.
Greens - to taste.

How to cook:

Hard cheese should be cut into three equal parts and dipped in water heated to 100C for 20 minutes.

Cut the sausage, greens finely. Do not mix!

Each piece of cheese in 20 minutes in hot water became soft and can be easily rolled out.

The board on which we will roll the cheese should be gently covered with cling film so that the melted cheese does not stick to the surface and then it is easy to wrap the cooked rolls in the same film.

So, on each rolled layer of cheese we lay out a layer of soft processed cheese, and on top we lay sausage, greens, nuts (each layer has its own). And each such layer is rolled up, wrapped in cling film and sent to the refrigerator until completely cooled.

Already cooled rolls will take shape well and can be easily cut into portioned pieces and served to guests.

This recipe is universal, since the filling can be absolutely anything: meat, fish, vegetable, fruit, salty, sweet. For an amateur!

The secret of the success of this snack is that there are no food delights here: only what is at hand. And in the summer everyone has zucchini, tomatoes and greens.

Compound:

Young zucchini - 1 pc.
Tomatoes are small and fleshy - 0.5 kg.
Greens and garlic - to taste;
Mayonnaise - 150 gr.
Sunflower oil for frying - 150 gr.
Flour - 5 tbsp.
Eggs - 2 pcs.

How to cook:

Whisk eggs in a bowl.

Place flour in a bowl and season with salt/pepper.

Cut the zucchini into slices (up to 1 cm thick). Dip each piece first in egg, then in flour and fry in oil until golden brown.

Put the fried zucchini from the pan on a paper towel so that all excess fat is gone.

Mix finely chopped greens, crushed garlic and mayonnaise in a container.

Slice the tomatoes.

Lubricate each piece of zucchini with mayonnaise sauce of herbs and garlic, put a piece of tomato on top and decorate with herbs. Sandwich "Summer" is ready!

The aromas of fresh cucumber, bell pepper, and tomato are softly combined with each other, giving this dish a special summer mood of freedom.

To prepare these rolls, you need to stock up on toothpick skewers, because. only with the help of them can you fix the shape for naughty cucumbers.

Compound:

Cucumbers (long and thin) - 2 pcs.
Cherry tomatoes - 10 pcs.
Green olives - 10 pcs.
Bulgarian pepper (bright) - 3 pcs.
Lemon juice - 2 tsp
Salt/pepper - to taste.
Fetta cheese (a pigtail is also suitable) - 200 gr.
Mayonnaise - 150 kg.

How to cook:

Finely chop olives, peppers, cherry tomatoes (5 pcs) and fry in a pan with lemon juice. Cool, add chopped cheese and mayonnaise.

Cucumber cut into thin slices in length. Lubricate each plate of cucumber with stuffing, roll up.

Cherry tomatoes (5 pcs) cut in half and, pierced in the middle with a skewer, chop off the cucumber roll.

This appetizer is for those who love spicy and aromatic dishes.

Compound:

Eggplant - 1 pc.
Parsley greens - 1 bunch;
Garlic - 1 head;
Salt, spices, oil for frying

How to cook:

Do not peel the eggplant, but cut into thin strips.

In order for the bitterness to come out of the eggplant, you need to sprinkle them with salt and leave for a while, and then rinse thoroughly.

Each such slice is fried in well-heated sunflower oil on both sides until golden brown.

Separately, finely parsley mode, and garlic mode.

We put all the fried eggplants in a form in layers, each sprinkling with garlic and herbs. We send it to the refrigerator for half a day.

When we get it, it remains just to roll the fried eggplants already soaked with garlic and fragrant herbs into rolls (if cut along the fruit) or you can decorate on top with a circle of tomato and herbs (if you cut the eggplant in circles) and eat.

This is an exclusively vegetarian dish, but so beautiful and unusual that even a notorious meat eater will not refuse the temptation to try it. And when you try it, you will definitely fall in love with this culinary masterpiece!

Compound:

Tomatoes (dense and fleshy) - 6 pcs.
Garlic - 3-4 cloves;
Processed cheese - 3 pcs.
Mayonnaise - 150 gr.
Greens - a bunch of parsley and dill.

How to cook:

Grate processed cheese, finely chop the greens, squeeze the garlic and mix all the ingredients with mayonnaise.

Peel the tomatoes from the pulp and fill them with prepared minced cheese and herbs.

To gently peel the pulp from the tomatoes, start with the tail: cut it off with a slight entry into the tomato, then cut off the “fly agaric hat” from the side and take out all the pulp and juice along the perimeter of this cut for the hat.

Decorate the resulting snack "under the fly agaric" and add greens.

This dish is prepared extremely quickly, but has a rather appetizing and presentable appearance, i.е. It is quite suitable for both daily diet and holiday tables.

Compound:

Tomatoes - 6 pcs.
Eggplant - 2 pcs.
Garlic - 3-4 cloves;
Soft processed cheese - 200 gr.
Olive oil and greens

How to cook:

For the filling: mix melted cheese, garlic and finely chopped greens. Mix everything.

Cut the eggplant: first in half, and then each half into slices (thickness up to 0.5 cm). Fry the slices in olive oil.

Be sure to salt the chopped eggplants before frying: this way they will give extra juice and unwanted bitterness will go away.

Cut the tomatoes: cut off 1/3 from the side of the tail, then take out the pulp from the larger part with a spoon, and cut the smaller part into thin slices.

Grease most of the tomato from the middle with a thin layer of filling.

We form a flower from fried eggplant slices and tomato slices: the first layer is eggplant, on top are several slices of tomato, and carefully twist the two resulting layers into a roll.

We put the roll in the form of a flower in a tomato with a filling. Top with grated cheese or chopped herbs.

In anticipation of the holidays, every housewife, dreaming of surprising with something new, original, begins an active search for new recipes. I want it to be not like everyone else, but better, tastier, more beautiful.

But, as you know, the new is the well-forgotten old. Vegetables are rightfully popular during feasts, because there are usually a lot of dishes on holidays, you want to taste all the dishes, while maintaining your health - not every stomach can withstand a large amount of heavy food.

Here are some options for summer lightness.

Salad "Black Prince"

This salad has oriental roots and the prince is black not only because there is eggplant in the salad.

Eggplant round - 1 medium size;
sweet pepper - 1 medium size;
tomato - 3 medium sizes;
garlic - 2 cloves;
onion - 1 medium size;
parsley;
dill;
basil;
sunflower oil;
apple cider vinegar;
soy sauce.

First, prepare the eggplant: you need to take one eggplant and bake it in the oven until a crust appears.

Remove, cool and peel.

Finely chop the pulp.

Add finely chopped or crushed garlic, soy sauce, garlic, vegetable oil to the eggplant mass.

Tomatoes, without removing the seeds, cut into slices.

Chop the onion into thin half rings and add apple cider vinegar to remove bitterness. Cut sweet bell pepper into thin strips.

Finely chop the dill, parsley and basil.

It goes well with meat, poultry, barbecue and vodka!

Put tomatoes, peppers and onions in a deep dish, pour everything with eggplant dressing and sprinkle with chopped herbs. You do not need to salt the salad, as soy sauce is salty.

Serve the salad immediately to the table, otherwise the tomatoes will release a lot of juice, and the salad will become a cold soup, which is also not bad in principle. This summer salad comes out bright, with a mild, spicy basil flavor and garlic aroma.

Salad "Sea Breeze"

The next salad is a good alternative to the traditional herring under a fur coat, but much healthier and less high-calorie.

Seaweed - 1 package dried or 1 canned;
beets - 1 medium size;
salted herring - 1 small fish;
blue or red onion - 1 head;
mayonnaise - about 2 tablespoons;
coriander;
dill.

Boil the beets or cook in the microwave - put in a bag without tying and cook at full power for about 15 minutes, depending on the size, let cool, peel and rub on a special grater in long strips.

Good with potato dishes.

Drain all the liquid from the seaweed, you will not need it (you can use dried seaweed, after boiling it).

Onion cut into thin half rings. Remove skin and bones from herring and cut into strips as thin as possible.

Mix all ingredients, sprinkle with dill and dry coriander. Add Mayo. Salt is not needed.

These ingredients will make the original.

Salad "Greek"

The classic combination of cheese and tomato in this salad is given a new twist by the Adyghe cheese, which has a curdled texture and a salty taste.

Tomato - 2 medium sizes;
Bulgarian sweet pepper - 1 large;
cucumber - 1 medium size;
onion - 1 medium head;
lettuce leaves - a bunch;
Adyghe cheese, or similar to it - 150 gr;
olives (olives) - 10 pieces;
parsley, cilantro;
olive oil;
soy sauce.

Remove the core from the tomatoes, you will not need it, it can be used to prepare the sauce for another dish. Cut vegetables into equal cubes.

Salad "Stozhok"

An original and very easy-to-prepare salad, guests cannot recognize potatoes in it for a long time - the taste is so unusual.

Potatoes - 2 medium sizes;

dried wood mushrooms - 1 briquette;

vegetable oil;

soy sauce;

dill.

Peel the potatoes, grate it raw on a coarse grater. Boil water in a saucepan.

Put the grated potatoes in a small colander and dip into boiling water. Cook for about 3 minutes, remove and rinse with cold water.

Mushrooms pour boiling water, let swell and straighten. Cut the mushrooms into small curls.

Cut the sausage into thin strips. Mix the ingredients, put on a plate in the form of a stack, sprinkle generously with soy sauce and pour with oil, crumble dill greens on top. Meat salads are indispensable for.

Salad "Khrustishka"

Almost everyone loves crunching cabbage, but one cabbage is boring, but with an apple and a red berry it’s just a pantry of vitamins and a sea of positive emotions.

Cabbage;

apple;

cranberries or lingonberries;

lemon;

sugar and salt;

vegetable oil.

Chop cabbage into very thin strips. Sprinkle it with sugar and salt and knead well with your hands until the juice appears.

The salad is crispy, juicy and beautiful. Suitable for potato dishes, meat, fish and spirits.

Drizzle with juice squeezed from one lemon. Stir and taste - the cabbage should be slightly salty and sweet and sour in taste.

Add a thinly sliced green apple and drizzle olive oil over the salad. Arrange berries nicely on top.

Salad "Cheerful chicken"

The salad is easy to prepare, light, women really like it; it has a savory, slightly pungent, buttery flavor with sour notes.

Chicken breast fillet - 2 small or 1 large;

green or red salad - 1 bunch;

round radish - 6 pieces;

crackers - 1 sachet;

garlic - 1 medium clove;

dill;

parsley;

green onion;

unrefined sunflower oil;

mayonnaise;

soy sauce;

Apple vinegar.

Boil the fillet or cook in the microwave: put in a bag and cook at full power for 3 to 5 minutes. Cut the radish into slices, fillet into cubes. Finely chop the garlic.

Mix radishes, chicken, garlic, croutons and chopped greens. Tear lettuce leaves with your hands into pieces of arbitrary size and shape.

Suitable for white wines, but can be served with any other drink.

Mix mayonnaise, soy sauce and sunflower oil in equal proportions and add a little apple cider vinegar.

Put lettuce leaves on a flat dish, put the rest of the salad on them, pour dressing, even drops over the entire area of \u200b\u200bthe salad. Stir the salad after serving.

Salad "Rainbow mood"

This salad turns out to be very beautiful, bright, women and children like it.

Cucumber - 1 medium size;

tomato - 2 large;

pepper - yellow, red, green - half;

green apple - half;

purple cabbage - one quarter of a fork, or half if small;

carrots - 1 medium size;

dill;

feathers of a batun or any other onion - 1 small bunch;

dill;

olive oil.

Cucumber, pepper, cabbage chop thinner straws. Chop the apple and carrot on a coarse grater.

Finely chop the onion and dill greens. Cut the tomato into slices.

Salad goes well with any meat and fish dishes.

Put the salad on a dish with a slide, lightly sprinkle with fine salt. Spray on top with oil.

Salad "Spicy Cucumber"

You need to be careful with this salad: it suits those who like it spicy.

Cucumber - 5 pieces of small sizes;

garlic - 1 large head;

fine salt;

ground black pepper - half a pack;

mustard seed;

sunflower oil;

apple cider vinegar.

Cucumbers cut lengthwise into 4 parts and then across. Finely chop the garlic.

Put cucumbers in a deep bowl, salt, add garlic, pepper and mustard seed, vinegar and sunflower oil.

The salad is spicy but not hot. It goes very well with new potatoes, meat, fish and strong drinks.

Leave for an hour and a half in a cold place, then mix and serve to the table, pouring over the allocated juice.

Salad "Happy Chinese"

The spiciness of this salad should be slightly noticeable, so in no case should you overdo it with spicy seasoning: after standing, the salad will soak and become even more spicy and salty.

Starch noodles - 0.5 packs;

cucumber - 2 medium sizes;

onion - 1 large head;

carrots - 1 small;

raw smoked sausage - 150 grams;

vegetable oil;

soy sauce;

seasoning "Weijing";

seasoning "Malasyan".

Boil the noodles without untying. Rinse with cold water in a colander, let the water drain well. Remove the strings and cut the noodles into pieces about 5–7 cm long.

This is a variation of the Chinese Haihe salad. The salad has a bright, spicy taste. It goes well with neutral rice and potato dishes.

Chop cucumber and carrot into thin long strips along or rub on a special grater.

Cut the sausage into long thin noodles.

Chop the onion into thin half rings.

Mix all the ingredients, add seasonings, soy sauce, vegetable oil.

Put the salad on a flat large dish.

Seasoning "Weijing" - white crystals, consisting of monosodium glutamate. Seasoning "Malasian" - orange spicy seasoning. They are sold in small bags, the packaging shows a Chinese chef. Starch noodles are white, thin, long starch-based noodles sold in bags, usually 2 bunches, tied with string. It is not necessary to cook it - just pour boiling water over it and wait for softening.

Salad "Tsukesha"

Raw zucchini is very rarely used, but in vain - this vegetable is rich in vitamins, nutritious and tasty if cooked correctly.

Zucchini - 1 small size;

onion - 1 head;

parsley;

garlic - 2 small cloves;

dill;

table vinegar;

sunflower oil;

salt.

Fresh, small young zucchini, without seeds, together with the peel, cut into very thin plates, then into strips 2–3 cm wide.

We chop the onion in half rings. Finely chop the dill and parsley. Finely chop the garlic.

The salad is very light, suitable for boiled new potatoes and meat dishes, good quality, strong drinks.

Mix vegetables, salt, add table vinegar and sprinkle with vegetable oil.

All presented salads are easy to prepare, do not contain expensive and rare ingredients and therefore are suitable not only for holidays, but also on ordinary days, and on holidays they will help save precious time and, importantly, the family budget.

After many days of cold winter, each person needs to nourish his body with vitamins. In the coming spring and summer, you need to immerse yourself in full strength and with perfect dedication. To do this, you need to relax not only the soul, but also gain physical strength. This applies not only to a particular person personally, but also to all members of his family.

It is very important to please yourself and all your loved ones with healthy, tasty, summer dishes, preferably salads.

Summer is the time when nature very generously shares its wealth of fruits, vegetables and herbs with man. All this can be plucked from the garden or bought fresh on the market. With the help of various summer salads, you can both nourish your body with useful substances after the cold weather, and provide yourself with them for future use for the coming winter.

Vegetables and fruits will become faithful assistants in achieving such goals. In summer, they will not only nourish and give strength, but also provide a certain cooling effect. Fresh light foods are very rich in water, minerals, vitamins, that is, everything that a person loses on hot summer days.

In the summer there is absolutely no desire to eat something heavy and fatty, that is, I don’t feel like eating fried meat and even fish at all. Summer light salads meet all the needs associated with the desire to consume something nutritious, but at the same time tasty and light. Salads made from fresh vegetables are not only very light, but also have perfect taste, and more importantly, such dishes are perfectly digested.

Benefits of Summer Light Salads

The main advantage of light summer salads is that you can eat them in absolutely unlimited quantities, that is, for breakfast, for lunch, and also for dinner. In this case, you do not have to fear that a couple of kilograms will be added to the total weight. For those who care about their figure, as well as for those who want to lose weight, this is an ideal diet. You can eat salads for a long time and feel lightness, comfort and a significant improvement in overall well-being.

Another important advantage is that light salads can be used as a main course, as well as as an addition to a more serious meal. This allows you to diversify the daily menu as much as possible, you can experiment and invent and look for something new.

This article presents the simplest and lightest salads, but it’s worth noting right away that this is only a fraction of the entire proposed variety that exists. Even this minimum is quite enough to make the menu varied, bring great pleasure to loved ones, and also get great benefits and pleasure.

Light salad with radish

This is one of the simplest and healthiest salads that can be prepared in a few minutes.

300 grams of radish;
4 pre-boiled eggs;
100 grams of fresh green onions;
30 grams of dill and the same amount of parsley;
sour cream or other light dressing sauce.

Eggs need to be cut into relatively small pieces, radishes in circles, greens are chopped very finely. All ingredients are thoroughly mixed, sauce and salt are added according to taste preferences.

color salad

This salad is similar to the one presented above, just a small amount of cabbage is added, and oil is used as a dressing.

400 grams of cauliflower;
350 grams of fresh radish;
1 small lemon;
50 g vegetable, preferably olive oil;
40 grams of different greens and green onions;
for taste sugar, salt, pepper.

Radishes should be cut into slices. Cabbage is divided into separate inflorescences, boiled in slightly salty water and cooled. After that, everything is thoroughly mixed and laid out in a prepared salad bowl. The mixture is seasoned with oil and spices and finely chopped herbs.

Salad Smart

This is a favorite salad of many, which is made from fresh cucumbers and eggs. The dish is very tasty, and if desired, it can be decorated and served when meeting guests, as it looks very attractive.

300 grams of fresh cucumber;
3 boiled eggs;
1 spoon of lemon juice;
3 tablespoons of light non-fat sour cream, herbs and
salt.

For cooking, it is necessary to cut the cucumbers into strips, roughly also cut the egg white, and it is better to finely chop the yolk along with the greens. The components are thoroughly mixed, everything is seasoned with lemon juice and sour cream. To give the dish a solemn look, you need to decorate it a little with finely chopped greens and one yolk.

The salad will look perfect laid out in a slide. From the greens it is worth making a rim around the edge, and grate the yolk in the very middle

Salad "Freshness"

This is one of the freshest salads that gives the perfect refreshing effect, has a sweet and sour taste. Ideal with dishes such as boiled potatoes, fish, meat, and just bread.

To prepare a salad, you need to take one fruit of a radish, apple, cucumber, carrot, onion. As a dressing, a spoonful of greens, a clove of garlic, a spoonful of oil and vinegar are used. Salt and sugar are added to taste.

All vegetables are washed, peeled and rubbed on large graters. The onion should be cut into thin strips, pour over the prepared vinegar and let it brew a little before adding. Garlic and herbs are finely chopped, and then all the ingredients are transferred to a salad bowl and seasoned with oil and seasonings.

celery salad

Celery is rich in various vitamins, useful minerals, proteins and acids. This plant is able to effectively slow down various aging processes, has a positive effect on digestion, calms the nerves, cleanses the body of harmful toxins, and also has an ideal effect on the skin. Salads with celery are always very tasty and healthy.

The product is ideally combined with fresh cucumbers, with herbs. You can experiment with celery as much as you like, add it to a variety of dishes and at the same time be sure that the product will not spoil the taste of the salad, moreover, it will make them tastier and healthier.

150 grams of celery;
2 small carrots;
1 apple, preferably green, with a slight sourness;
3 tablespoons of not very fat sour cream;
1.5 tablespoons lemon juice and salt

The celery root is thoroughly peeled, then rubbed on a grater along with carrots and an apple. Everything is mixed, sour cream, lemon and salt are added.

fresh cabbage salad

Cabbage is the dream of every person who wants to lose weight and feel very good. This product contains tartonic acid, which effectively prevents the formation of fats from carbohydrates. Salads prepared from fresh cabbage are very healthy and tasty, they must be on the table.

1 small head of cabbage;
1 carrot;
celery - amount to taste;
1 cucumber, you can also add sweet pepper;
2 cloves of garlic;
as a dressing - olive oil and salt.

Carrots should be grated on a coarse grater, cabbage, celery, garlic and greens should be chopped. The mass is seasoned with oil, and it is better if it is fragrant vegetable and olive, with a little lemon juice.

Salad "Health"

This is one of the healthiest salads that is easy and simple to make in the summer.

¼ small from a small head of early cabbage;
1 bunch of lettuce;
1 fresh cucumber, apple, sweet pepper, tomato;
2 tablespoons chopped walnuts;
mustard, oil, pepper are used for dressing,
salt.

Vegetables are thoroughly washed, peeled and cut into small strips. You can grate the apple and cucumber on a coarse grater, and chop the cabbage and then mash it a little with your hands. Everything is mixed and laid out in a salad bowl, then seasoned with the listed ingredients. Top everything with nuts. To give the dish a little zest, you should add a little basil and garlic.

Cabbage and prunes salad

A healthy salad that has a beneficial effect on digestion and overall health.

300 grams of cabbage;
1 glass of prunes;
1 carrot;
sugar, cumin, lemon juice and 2 tablespoons of oil.

To prepare the dish, you need to chop the cabbage, pour a little boiling water over it and put it in a colander. Everything is placed in a container and sprinkled with salt and sugar. Grated carrots and finely chopped prunes are added. After mixing, cumin and lemon juice with oil are added. The taste is simply unreal!

Green bean salad

Green bean salads are very healthy and tasty. Cooking doesn't take long.

200 grams of beans;
25 grams of cheese, strictly hard varieties;
1 tablespoon of oil, a little lemon juice and a small amount of greens.

The beans are peeled and boiled in slightly salted water. The cheese is cut into very thin slices and added to the beans. The mixture is seasoned with oil and lemon, and everything is sprinkled with herbs on top.

Zucchini appetizer salad

Salads with zucchini will appeal to everyone, without exception, even the most demanding gourmets.

1 zucchini;
2-3 cloves of garlic;
oil for frying;
parsley;
mayonnaise or sour cream, as well as salt to taste.

Zucchini is peeled, cut into small pieces and fried in oil. After the product has completely cooled down, garlic, salt, sour cream and herbs are added.

Zucchini, if desired, can be replaced with eggplant and get a completely new, very tasty dish.

Salad of beets and green onions

As soon as fresh beets appear, you should definitely make a tasty and healthy salad that is filled with vitamins and is characterized by ideal taste. Beets are a product that retains its useful qualities for a long time even after heat treatment. In addition, beets are optimally combined with different products, so you can effectively diversify the menu from it.

200 grams of boiled, as well as 100 grams of fresh beets;
100 g green onions;
a little vegetable oil, salt and sugar.

Beets are processed on a coarse grater, mixed with the rest of the ingredients and seasoned with dressing. Beets can be used boiled. The product is cut into strips, young potatoes, pre-cooked, are added. Everything is mixed and filled with oil. Also, beets can be made with apples and tomatoes, with radishes and just with herbs. There can be a lot of options, but all types of salads will be very healthy and tasty.

Salad "Polyanka"

This is a special light salad that can be prepared not only in summer, but at any time of the year. You can make it very quickly, and the result is a delicious dish.

4 boiled young potatoes;
2 radishes;
3 boiled carrots;
2 eggs;
greens, mayonnaise and a little salt.

All components are rubbed on a coarse grater, except for radish, from which you need to squeeze the juice and use it for dressing. Salad with a container is laid out in layers, everything is soaked with sour cream or mayonnaise. In addition, each layer must be salted. The sequence of layers is as follows - potatoes, radish, carrots and eggs. At the end, everything is sprinkled with greens, and you can also use mushrooms for decoration.

Summing up

If you have an appetite and at the same time there is a desire to keep your figure and nourish your body with healthy foods, it's time to cook one of the light salads listed above.

This is an ideal opportunity to supplement your diet with vitamins and minerals, reduce weight or maintain weight loss results, and boost your immunity. Bon appetit with healthy and tasty products!

What salads can be quickly prepared in the summer? From this material you will learn how to cook light and healthy summer salads at home, visual step-by-step recipes for which you will find below.

Summer is a time of freshness and lightness, which we try to achieve in everything, and food is no exception. Therefore, the most popular summer dish on the tables is deservedly recognized as a light vegetable or fruit salad, which is used as an appetizer, side dish, sometimes replaces a full breakfast and even lunch in hot weather. You can add to it whatever your heart desires and whatever is at hand. Tomatoes, onions and radishes will be a piquant addition to lettuce leaves, and if you mix all this with coriander, basil, parsley or celery (they contain a lot of essential oils), then you are guaranteed an excellent taste and smell of a delicious light dish.

Step by step recipe with photos. We whip up a light summer salad of tomatoes, cucumbers and herbs:

Summer light salads are quite easy to prepare. You can choose from a variety of ingredients, chicken meat is often used. Such snacks will be appropriate on the festive table. The duet of pineapple and chicken is also suitable for those people who are on a diet, but want to treat themselves to something tasty and unusual.

In summer, all kinds of salads are ideal. Seasoned with citrus juice, vegetable oil, mayonnaise or sour cream, they are a great addition to our menu. These simple, tasty and inexpensive dishes are perfect for the festive table, and for every day.

The first mention of salads dates back to the era of the Roman Empire. During feasts, meat was served with dishes of herbs and vegetables seasoned with honey, vinegar and salt. The word salata (salty) meant "dish with dressing". The salad usually consisted of lettuce, endive and onion, dressed with olive oil, honey, salt, and vinegar. Lettuce (the leaves of which we add to our salads) got the name "salad" from the name of the dish, and not vice versa.

During the Renaissance, salads became an indispensable addition to the ceremonial table. Dishes become more elegant, new products appear, strict rules of etiquette appear. Cheese, artichokes, asparagus, various root crops are added to delicate, balanced salads. In the form of dressings, wine, various vinegars, lemon juice, olive oil and salt are used. Fragrant herbs and spices are also added.

Until the 19th century, salads consisted of fresh vegetables, herbs, root vegetables, and fruits. Starting from the 19th century, meat, boiled vegetables and root crops, salted and pickled foods, boiled eggs, cheese, mint, parsley, mayonnaise appeared in the salad. Since the 20th century, all kinds of meat, fish, mushrooms, canned peas and corn, all kinds of fruits have been added to vegetable salads. They also use all kinds of seafood: shrimp, lobster, squid…

In modern times, we can invent snacks ourselves, experiment with different ingredients, creating a new unique taste. Salads are extremely useful. They contain fiber, and vitamins, and proteins, and polyunsaturated fats, and various minerals, and carbohydrates. And it's just delicious...

Thus, not a single holiday can and does not do without summer, vegetable salads. Today we will look at some simple and delicious recipes for these dishes on the New Year's table.

Summer salad of crab sticks with tomatoes

This salad is not only delicious, but also very healthy.

Salad of crab sticks (crab meat) with tomatoes has a high nutritional value, it combines vitamins A, C, B1, B2, PP, many mineral salts, carbohydrates, fiber, complete protein, healthy fats. Vitamin A is involved in almost all major functions of the body, improves vision, strengthens the immune system. B vitamins speed up the metabolism in the human body. Vitamin C helps prevent colds. Vitamin P - strengthens capillaries and vessel walls. Lettuce is very rich in minerals such as cobalt, potassium, iron, iodine, zinc and calcium. The use of such a salad is very useful for both adults and children. Also, the use of such a salad lies in the high content of garlic, which helps fight infectious diseases.

Salad of crab sticks (crab meat) with tomatoes goes well with other dishes of our table. And it can also be an independent dish.

Ingredients:

Tomatoes - 2-3 pieces,
crab sticks (crab meat) -200 g,
cheese - 150-200 g,
mayonnaise, preferably homemade - 100 g,
garlic - 2-3 cloves,
salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking:

We remove the pulp from the tomatoes, drain the juice, cut into strips.

Cut crab sticks into strips.

Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

Grind garlic

Place all ingredients in a salad bowl. Add mayonnaise.

We mix.

Salad ready!

Bon appetit!

Radish salad with sour cream, “country style”

Radishes contain a large amount of fiber, which helps the intestines work, improves peristalsis, frees the body from harmful substances (for example, cholesterol), removes excess fluid and promotes weight loss. Young and juicy radish has a decongestant effect, improves metabolism and digestion.

Ascorbic acid, which is found in radishes, strengthens blood vessels, improves immunity. Essential oils provide an antibacterial effect. With the help of phytoncides, radish fights colds well.

Given all the beneficial properties of radish, it is advisable to include it in your diet and combine it with other equally tasty and healthy foods.

So, let's prepare our delicious salad.

Ingredients:

Radish - 0.5 kg,
dill - a bunch,
young onion - bunch,
rustic sour cream - 3 tbsp. spoons,
salt - to taste.

Preparing our salad

We cut the radish.

We cut the greens

We put everything in a bowl, salt, season with rustic sour cream.

Salad ready!

Bon appetit!

Light cabbage and cucumber salad

This salad contains the whole spectrum of vitamins, which makes it almost indispensable for proper nutrition.

Such a salad must be included in the diet to maintain health and beauty. With it, you can easily get rid of excess weight and maintain the result. The calorie content of cabbage and cucumber salad is usually very low, and the products included in the composition help to remove harmful substances and excess fluid from the body, which is ideal for a diet menu.

Cabbage and cucumber salad helps to keep the body in good shape, saturating it with vitamins and all the necessary trace elements.

Ingredients:

Cabbage - 500 g.,
carrots - 1 pc,
cucumbers - 2-3 pieces,
green onion, dill - 1 bunch,
vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons,
lemon juice - 1 tbsp. spoon,
sugar - 1 teaspoon,
salt, pepper - to taste.

Finely chop the cabbage

Add salt to the cabbage, mix. Cabbage needs to be “mashed” a little to make it softer.

Three carrots on a coarse grater

Cut greens, add to cabbage and carrots

Add salt, pepper, vegetable oil, mix.

Summer salad of baked vegetables with tomatoes

This salad is ideal for a diet menu. It can be eaten in almost unlimited quantities, because the health benefits are great, and the harm is minimal, besides, the salad helps to get rid of extra pounds and perfectly satisfies hunger.

Oven-baked vegetables and fruits retain more vitamins than boiled or fried ones. During cooking, some of the useful substances contained in them go into the decoction, and when frying, they are destroyed by excessively high temperatures, and a harmful carcinogenic crust is also formed. When baking, you can avoid the use of fats, which will reduce the overall calorie content of the dish. This can be done simply - just cover the baking sheet with parchment or use special sleeves for baking.

Ingredients:

Zucchini - 1-2 pieces,
carrots - 1 pc,
onion - 1 pc,
dill, parsley - a bunch,
tomatoes - 1 pc,
bell pepper - 1 piece,
garlic - 1-2 cloves,
salt - to taste,
olive oil (sunflower) - 2 tbsp. spoons.

Cooking:

Coarsely cut zucchini

We spread the zucchini on a baking sheet, which is covered with tracing paper (parchment paper)

Coarsely chop the carrots and add to the zucchini

Cut the bell pepper, put on a baking sheet

Cut the onion into half rings, add to our vegetables.

We bake our vegetables in the oven.

Chopped tomatoes and herbs

We spread the cooled baked vegetables in a salad bowl, add salt, squeeze the garlic. Add tomatoes, herbs, sunflower or olive oil.

We mix.

Salad ready! Bon appetit!

Light vegetable salad with cheese and olives

Vegetable salad with cheese and olives is a storehouse of all kinds of vitamins, minerals and beneficial microorganisms.

The olive oil used to dress the salad is rich in vitamin E and other antioxidants. This is an excellent tool for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and obesity. Olives improve the functioning of the liver and have a cleansing effect on it. Cheese is a source of proteins, minerals and vitamins. Basil tones and strengthens the nervous system, is an antiseptic. Vegetables are fiber and dietary fiber that improve digestion. They also contain vitamins A, C, B1, B2, PP, sugar and many mineral salts, magnesium, and iron. The use of tomatoes and greens reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, improves the functioning of the lungs, stomach and pancreas.

This is not only healthy, but also an unusually tasty salad.