Hearty salad is an indispensable component of the festive table. Such a dish can be prepared on weekdays, it will successfully replace a full dinner. There are many recipes with different varieties of fish and meat, pasta, cheese, homemade crackers and other delicious ingredients.
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Pasta and Tomato Salad
A simple and satisfying snack for every day is a salad with curly pasta. Suitable paste in the form of large curls or bows. A meal that can feed the whole family is served chilled or warm. The grocery set includes ham, but smoked sausages or other meat delicacies are suitable instead.
Ingredients:
- 250 g farfalle (curly paste in the form of bows);
- 150 g of ham;
- 100 g of hard cheese (preferably parmesan);
- 3 ripe sweet tomatoes;
- 1 small red onion;
- green lettuce leaves;
- 4 tbsp. l olive oil;
- 1 tbsp. l lemon juice;
- salt and freshly ground black pepper;
- mustard;
- chopped basil greens.
Boil the pasta in salted water to the state of "al dente", discard in a colander and cool. Chop the onion into thin half rings, cut the tomatoes, ham and cheese into small cubes. Combine all ingredients in a deep bowl.
In a separate container, mix olive oil, lemon juice, pepper, salt, finely chopped basil. Add mustard to taste and mix thoroughly. Dress the salad with sauce and put on a dish lined with lettuce leaves. Garnish with sprigs of fresh basil.
Salad with Chicken and Nuts
A very nutritious dish that is worth preparing for the holiday. A simple but very elegant salad is served in tartlets and decorated with parsley or basil leaves.
Ingredients:
- 300 g chicken;
- 1 juicy green apple;
- 300 g of cucumber;
- 50 g peeled walnuts;
- a bunch of oak leaf lettuce;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 5 tbsp. l refined vegetable oil;
- 0.5 lemons;
- salt.
Boil chicken until tender, cool. Cut the apple and cucumbers into strips, fillet - in small pieces. Crush the nuts in a mortar into large crumbs. In a separate bowl, mix dressing of vegetable oil, lemon juice and garlic, passed through a press.
Tear lettuce leaves with your hands in a salad bowl, add cucumber, apple, chicken and nuts. Dress with sauce, mix. Serve with crackers or slices of fresh baguette.