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 Salad has always been the most beloved and demanded snack in our country both on holidays and on weekdays. No wonder the French say that a real woman can make three things out of nothing: a salad, a hat and a scandal. Preparing a salad is easy, and beautifully decorated and effectively served at the table, it becomes the main treat and secret weapon of any housewife.
There are many salad recipes, which can be not only tasty, but also healthy, full of vitamins and varied in taste. Such different and seemingly incongruous components form an amazing beauty and taste harmony.
As we know, snacks serve to whet the appetite and are served before the main course. If you plan to serve only the snack table, then salad can fulfill this role, becoming the main course. Initially, the salad was a separate vegetable dish, which included herbs, including parsley and endive, seasoned with a sauce of pepper, salt and honey. Today there is an unheard of variety of salads, including meat salads, fish, combined, puff, salads with cheese and seafood, and many more recipes that appear almost every day and become popular and in demand among our readers.
It is not in vain that salads are given the leading role in the festive feast. Did you know that initially salads were created and served only for noble persons. Already in our time, the salad "went" to the people and became popular and so beloved. Having gained popularity in Europe and America in the 20th century, salads began their development with renewed vigor, acquiring new ingredients and national characteristics. Today we can say that for the preparation of salads, you can use almost all known products, combine them, finding new flavor combinations, although the main rule is about product compatibility.
A modern Italian proverb about cooking salads says that 4 cooks are needed to prepare a culinary masterpiece: the first must be stingy, or not spill the bite, the second must be a philosopher to properly season the salad with salt, the third, by an artist, is his task to beautifully cut and decompose the food, and the last should be a motto, so as not to feel sorry for the oil. In principle, in order to prepare a correct and tasty salad, it is enough to follow the recommendations in this statement.
In order for the salad to become the main decoration of the festive table or to please your loved ones on weekdays, it is necessary to prepare it in such a way that at one glance you would like to eat every last piece. Do not forget that a salad can spoil the impression of dinner, for the first piece, in the words of a Russian proverb, is a robber. It creates the mood of the eater, the atmosphere of the food. And to get your guests in the right mood, it is very important to choose the right salad. It is not worth preparing salads for important events according to new, untested recipes. If you want to please your loved ones with a new or unusual salad, you should prepare it in advance in a small portion, and only then prepare it for the table.
Since many people now monitor their nutrition and health, green salads with vegetables, fish or chicken with olive oil and balsamic dressings have become fashionable. Such salads not only look spectacular on the table, but are also very useful, because they contain live vitamins and minerals. But do not forget about the kind classics - Olivier, vinaigrette, mimosa and other salads loved from childhood. Now you can find many lightweight recipes that, as before, have such a familiar and beloved taste, but are much healthier and less high in calories.
Prepare salads according to well-known recipes, come up with your own, and let every holiday and weekday decorate your signature dish - a salad, such a simple and intricate dish at the same time that allows every woman to find the right way to the hearts of her beloved every day.
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