In Western Europe, green salad is highly valued as an early ripening vitamin green. Unfortunately, this vegetable plant is not so popular in Russia. But you can cook many interesting and original salad dishes from it.
Preparing salad and combining foods
There are more than a hundred types of vegetable salads all over the world. The salad contains a minimum of calories, but at the same time it is very rich in vitamins and minerals. And the salts of potassium and sodium contained in it have a beneficial effect on the pancreas, kidneys, liver and cardiovascular system of a person, moreover, they actively regulate water metabolism in the body.
Before cooking, the salad is divided into separate leaves, which must be thoroughly rinsed under running water. If the salad is a little wilted, then you can dip it in a container of ice water for a few minutes. This will make the leaves firm, crisp and fresh again. The washed greens are dried and immediately started to cook.
Green salad goes well with any vegetables and food, such as meat, fish, cheese and more. Basically, lettuce leaves are used as a filling base in a dish. The neutral taste of these greens will harmoniously complement almost any flavor combination, regardless of the original ingredients and the dressing sauce.
The simplest salad recipes
To prepare a classic French salad from lettuce leaves, you will need 4 heads of salad, 50 ml of olive oil, a spoonful of lemon juice, black pepper and French mustard seeds. The lettuce is cut into leaves and cut into large pieces. The olive oil is mixed with lemon juice and mustard. Everything is mixed, salted to taste and laid out in a transparent salad bowl. After that, the dish is sprinkled with black pepper and served.
Another simple recipe involves lettuce, boiled eggs, green onions, tomatoes, cucumbers as ingredients. The composition of the products may vary depending on availability. Such vegetable salads are seasoned with mayonnaise sauce or sour cream.
A very unusual salad dish can be prepared from salad combined with cottage cheese. To do this, 500 grams of cottage cheese are seasoned with two tablespoons of sugar and salt to taste. The mass is mixed with finely chopped lettuce leaves and laid out on portioned plates in small slides. In the middle of the slide, a depression is formed which is filled with sour cream. This dish is low in calories and also rich in calcium. Perfect as a diet food as an independent dish for a light dinner.
