Fresh vegetable salad recipes that will please even your husband

It is believed that fresh vegetable dishes are preferred only by women looking after their figure. However, a light vitamin salad can easily interest men as well, if you follow our recipes.

Beetroot with garlic and raisins

An appetizer that will impress even gourmets. Sour raisins will accentuate the sweetness of the beets, and garlic will add spice to the dish. The fact that this is delicious is indicated by a large number of variants of this salad. Today the ingredients will be as follows:

• 300 g of boiled or raw beets;
• 100 g raisins;
• 2-3 cloves of garlic;
• salt;
• black and red pepper to taste;
• 2-3 tablespoons of mayonnaise.

Choose from boiled, baked or raw beets depending on your preference, tastes and mood. With raw it will be more useful, with boiled or baked in the oven - softer and more familiar.

Peel and grate beets: boiled - on coarse, and raw - better on fine. You can also use a grater for Korean dishes - it will look very nice. Place in a salad bowl.

Choose raisins with sourness, it will better shade sweet beets, give the dish a more refined taste. Pour boiling water over the raisins for 10-15 minutes, or put them in cold water and bring to a boil, then sort, rinse and dry on a paper towel.

Grate the peeled cloves of garlic on a fine grater, press through a press or chop with a knife as small as possible. Add garlic with raisins to the beets, a little pepper, salt and season with mayonnaise. Mix everything thoroughly. The first salad is ready. Try it.

Carrot with egg and cheese

This salad is jokingly called "Dystrophic", as it is very healthy and high-calorie, suitable for improving health for all thin and weak. The ingredients are:

• 2 raw carrots;
• 4 boiled eggs;
• 100 grams of hard cheese;
• 1-2 sprigs of dill;
• 2 cloves of garlic;
• salt;
• black pepper to taste;
• 2-3 tablespoons of mayonnaise.

Wash and peel the carrots, boil and peel the eggs. Then grate the carrots and eggs on a coarse grater, and the cheese on a fine grater. Rinse the dill, remove the large stalks and chop finely. Chop the garlic, add a little salt and pepper, season with mayonnaise, stir.

You can decorate with a sprig of dill. Instead of hard cheese, you can use 2 processed cheese, then the appetizer will turn out to be thicker, not friable, it can be spread on a slice of bread. These sandwiches for breakfast are sure to please my husband.

Pumpkin with orange

All ingredients must be fresh and juicy, pumpkin and carrots are sweet, and an apple is better sour. For 2-3 servings you need:

• 100 g pumpkin;
• 50 g carrots;
• 150 g apples;
• half an orange;
• one and a half tablespoons of raisins;
• a large spoonful of honey.

Wash and peel vegetables, remove cores and peels from apples. Peel the orange, soak the raisins in cold water, then rinse and dry. Grate the pumpkin, carrots and apples on a coarse grater, cut the orange into large cubes, mix everything and season with honey. Let the salad steep so that all the flavors mix, and treat your sweet tooth.

Potato "in Chinese"

This salad has a secret of how to cook potatoes. You will need:

• 5 potatoes;
• a clove of garlic;
• half an onion;
• 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
• half a tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice;
• seasoning for Korean carrots - to taste;
• salt to taste.

Wash, peel and grate potatoes on a coarse or Korean grater. Boil water and salt it, dip the grated potatoes there for one minute, discard in a colander. It will remain crisp without losing its color and the starchy taste will disappear.

After that, peel the onion, cut and fry in oil until golden brown. Place the potatoes in a salad bowl, add frying, finely grated garlic, vinegar or lemon juice, salt and spices.

Let it stand in the refrigerator for 2 hours and serve, so that everyone is surprised and guesses what it is made of. Next time you can add carrots, herbs and finely chopped meat for amazing taste again.

Broccoli with cheese and corn

A salad very rich in vitamins is sure to please you. Ingredients:

• 500 g broccoli;
• 300 g canned corn;
• 250 g of hard cheese;
• 3 sprigs of dill;
• 3-4 cloves of garlic - for an amateur;
• 300 ml of 25% sour cream;
• 30 g "Knorr" seasoning for dill salad /

Wash broccoli, cut into florets, cheese into cubes, and dill as small as possible. Put in a salad bowl, add corn, after draining the water.

Make a separate dressing: add seasoning and garlic to a jar of sour cream, mix well. Season, let the dish cool and the cheese soften.

Green beans with walnuts

This colorful appetizer can be either a regular salad or a great side dish. Take:

• 400 g green beans;
• 3 tablespoons of walnuts;
• 4-5 sprigs of parsley;
• half or small red onion for salad;
• 4 hours l. olive oil;
• 1-2 hours l. dijon mustard;
• 2 h l. balsamic vinegar;
• 1-2 hours l. honey;
• black pepper;
• salt.

Steam the beans for 5-8 minutes, fry the nuts without oil until a nutty flavor appears and chop coarsely, chop the parsley. Peel the onion and prepare it in thin rings.

Prepare the dressing in a separate bowl by mixing oil, mustard, vinegar, honey, pepper and salt. Put all the ingredients in a salad bowl and season, stirring gently. Serve warm. It will taste better this way.