Summer is a period of holidays and recreation in nature. And what is most often cooked at a picnic? That's right, kebabs and light vegetable salads. Summer salads from vegetables are not only delicious, but also very useful. Where to take as many vitamins as not in fresh seasonal vegetables. In this article we will tell you a few recipes for making delicious summer salads. They should preferably be cooked directly on the nature and eat fresh. And if you take them from the house ready, see that they do not contain perishable ingredients, such as, for example, mayonnaise.
How to cook a traditional summer salad?
Ingredients:
- tomatoes - 5 pcs .;
- cucumbers (young, unripe) - 3 pcs .;
- sweet pepper - 2 pcs .;
- salad onion - 1 piece;
- leaves of green salad - 4 pcs .;
- greens of dill and parsley - 80 g;
- olive oil - 30 g;
- lemon juice - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- salt - to taste.
Preparation
All vegetables are well washed under running water. If using early tomatoes and cucumbers, pour them with cold water and leave for about an hour, so you reduce the amount of nitrates contained in them.
Tomatoes and peppers are cut into slices, cucumbers are semicircular, onions are cut into half rings, and lettuce leaves are torn to pieces with small hands. Dill the fennel and parsley with a knife. Now all the components are connected, mixed and filled with olive oil and lemon juice, salt to taste.
Summer Glade salad
Ingredients:
- young cabbage - 0.5 kg;
- carrots - 1 piece;
- tomatoes - 2 pcs .;
- lemon juice - 20 g;
- greens of dill and parsley;
- salt, sugar - to taste,
- vegetable oil - 30 g.
Preparation
Cabbage finely shink, salt and my hands. Then add sliced tomatoes, grated carrot, grated greens of dill and parsley. We add a little sugar and lemon juice to the salad, fill it with vegetable oil and mix well. The dish is ready!
Salad «Summer mood»
Ingredients:
- leaves of wild garlic - 10 pcs .;
- cherry tomatoes or ordinary, but medium-sized - 300 g;
- cucumbers young - 2 pcs .;
- radish - 200 g;
- onion (small) - 1 pc .;
- quail eggs - 5 pcs .;
- salt - to taste.
Preparation
Cherry leaves cut into small strips, cut tomatoes slices, cucumbers - semicircle, onion finely chopped, radish cut into thin plates. All the ingredients are mixed and salted to taste. You can fill with sunflower oil, or you can sour cream, as you like. On top of the salad, put half the boiled and peeled quail eggs.