There is one beautiful legend telling about where the name of the salad “vinaigrette” came from. Once, during the reign of Alexander I, the famous chef from France was present at the royal kitchen. He watched the work of Russian colleagues who were involved in the preparation of the salad. When they watered the salad with vinegar, the Frenchman asked: "Vinegre?" Translated from French, it means "wine vinegar." And so a new name for the prepared dish appeared.
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The benefits of vinaigrette
The composition of the vinaigrette traditionally includes such familiar vegetables as carrots, beets, potatoes, cucumbers, onions. Each of them is incredibly healthy, as It is a source of various vitamins and minerals. Thanks to this, vinaigrette is considered to be an excellent dish, suitable for dietary and balanced nutrition.
Vinaigrette is indispensable in the winter season, and is also useful to all nursing mothers.
A positive point in the preparation of this salad is that all vegetables are boiled directly in the peel. Due to this, they retain the bulk of their nutrients and vitamins.
Despite the enormous benefits of vinaigrette, its calorie content is relatively small. It is approximately 130-150 kcal per 100 g of ready-made salad. You can determine the exact number of calories in a salad using special tables. Do not forget that potatoes are more calorie than the rest of the ingredients, so carefully monitor how many potatoes you have chopped into a vinaigrette. By changing at your own discretion the amount of constituent vegetables, you can reduce or increase the nutritional value of the dish.