Birthday salads should be distinguished by their elegance and originality, at the same time - have a taste that everyone will like. It is also advisable that they are not too difficult to prepare, since there is no need for unnecessary chores on the eve of the holiday.
Black Pearl Salad
Black pearls in this variation of the salad are prunes stuffed with nuts. This dish is very bright and easy to prepare. For him you need to take: eggs - 2 pieces, crab sticks - 200 g, 200 g of cheese, prunes - about half a glass, chilled butter - 50 g, about 50 g of walnuts, mayonnaise - 6-7 tablespoons and herbs for decoration.
To prepare this salad, you need, first of all, to pour boiling water over the washed prunes so that it steamed. After the prunes are soft and swollen, cut a little on the side and place the walnuts inside. Cool hard-boiled eggs, peel and grate on a coarse grater. Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater, like eggs, with crab sticks, do the same procedure. Butter also needs to be grated, only on a medium one.
Now shape all the ingredients of the salad by layering them. You can also use a special culinary ring. First, lay out half of the grated eggs, then about one fourth of the crab sticks, now - a little mayonnaise. Then the fourth layer is exactly half of the grated cheese, the fifth is half of the mass of grated butter, the sixth is all the prunes stuffed with nuts, the seventh is what is left of the crab sticks, the eighth is a little mayonnaise, the ninth is the remains of cheese, the tenth is the remnants of grated butter. oils. Finally, the last layer is the second egg. You can decorate the constructed tower with herbs or leftover nuts.
Orchid salad
Potato chips act as orchid petals in this salad. This salad requires 200 g of ham, 2 eggs, 2-3 pickled cucumbers, 1 carrot, 50 g of chips, 150 g of hard cheese and 100 g of mayonnaise.
Hard-boiled eggs, cool and peel. Carrots need to be washed, peeled and grated, then you can start forming the salad. At the very bottom - grated carrots, then - a layer of mayonnaise, then - grated pickled cucumbers, and again a layer of mayonnaise. At this stage, you need to set aside some of the chips for decoration in the form of orchid petals, and crumble the rest: this will be the next layer of lettuce. Then brush again with mayonnaise.
Cut the ham into small cubes and lay out as the next layer, then mayonnaise again. The next layer is hard cheese grated on a coarse grater, and again a layer of mayonnaise. Now rub separately the yolks and whites of the eggs as the last layer. Lubricate everything again with mayonnaise. Decorate the salad with chips - petals, in the center of which rub the yolk: you should get a beautiful flower.
Pomegranate bracelet salad
This bright salad owes its name to an unusual serving in the form of a pomegranate bracelet. To prepare it, you will need 500 g of potatoes, 500 g of beets, 400-500 g of chicken fillet, 1-2 onions, 250 g of mayonnaise and 1-2 pomegranates.
Boil the chicken fillet for a start, chop it finely, chop the onion and fry the chicken and onion a little in a pan. Cool pre-cooked potatoes and grate on a coarse grater. Place the potatoes on a platter with a glass in the center. So, when spreading the salad around this glass, you should achieve the shape of a bracelet or ring. Brush a layer of potatoes with mayonnaise. Top with chicken fillet with onions and brush with mayonnaise as well. The next layer is boiled and coarsely grated beets, greased with a small amount of mayonnaise. And finally, the last, top layer - pomegranate grains. Salad ready.
