Salad with olive oil is not only extremely tasty, but also very useful. It's no wonder many salad recipes include in its membership olive oil. Olive oil contains a lot of useful substances: provitamin A, vitamin E, K, polyphenols. It has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system, improves digestion and has healing properties in general. Often, however, extra virgin olive oil has a somewhat peculiar odor, which not everyone likes.
How to choose oil?
What kind of oil should be chosen to salads dressed with them, they have not lost their appetizing appeal? Most of all, suitable for salads unrefined olive oil Extra Virgin Olive Oil.
It is made by a process of cold-pressed and held thermal and chemical treatment. This saves all oil contained in the olives, valuable substances, their natural taste and smell. Olive oil Olio di Olivia vergine is also produced by the method of cold-pressed, however, used for its production fruit of lower quality. The smell of this oil is sharper and it gives salads taste that not everyone likes. Then the salads are unlikely to be in demand, no matter how good the chosen recipes.
Olive oil is almost all associated with a healthy lifestyle. Or, at least, the fight against excess weight. If you perceive it as olive oil, then you fit the recipes vegetable salads. If you love a hearty salads - note meat recipes. And seafood lovers will find in this article salad recipes with olive oil.
Greek salad"
Of course, we can not ignore Salad "Greek", which became an instant classic. To prepare this salad, you'll need the following ingredients:
1/2 kilo of medium-sized tomatoes.
400 grams of fresh cucumbers.
1 clove of sweet onions.
250 grams of salty cheese - ideally feta.
1 jar of olives (black) pitted.
Lettuce.
7 tablespoons of olive oil.
2 tablespoons lemon juice.
A little black pepper.
Preparation of salad:
Cucumber peel and dice large (!) Size, and cut and tomatoes. Peel the onion and cut it thick enough semicircles, the thickness of which must not be less than half a centimeter.
Then clean the pepper and cut it into cubes. Lettuce cut can not be - it should pick large pieces, break feta cheese. Two-thirds of vegetables on a plate, then lay the second layer of cheese slices and pour half the olive oil. The remaining vegetables and olives lay on top of the cheese. Again, pour the remaining butter and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Salad "Summer"
Summer salad - just a storehouse of vitamins and minerals. In addition, thanks to its composition of cheese, lettuce is very rich, but at the same time, low-calorie. You'll need the following ingredients:
5 medium sized fresh tomato.
2 small fresh cucumber.
1 clove of sweet onions.
2 chicken eggs.
200 grams of any hard cheese.
5 tablespoons olive oil.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Chicken eggs Boil, cool and clean, cut into small cubes. Onions cut into very thin rings and everything a little salt and pepper. Grate the cheese on a fine grater, then Put lettuce in a salad bowl, add the butter, stir and sprinkle with cheese. On each side of a salad garnish with thinly sliced slices peeled cucumber.
Salad "Spring"
Tired salad "Summer"? Prepare a "Spring". You'll need the following ingredients:
2 medium-sized carrots.
1 large tomato.
50 grams of white cabbage.
2 cucumber medium size.
3 tablespoons olive oil.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Cut a long thin strip of cabbage and carrots, put them in a bowl, a little pepper, salt and leave for a few minutes to let the vegetables juice. At this time, cut into small cubes of tomatoes and cucumbers, then add the cabbage and carrots. Fill the salad with olive oil, salt and pepper and place in a salad bowl.
Salad "Mexican"
With the preparation of this salad will have a bit tricky. But it is unlikely his original taste will impress even the most capricious fussy. For the preparation of the drug you need the following ingredients:
2 small fresh cucumber.
2 small sweet tomatoes.
1 bell pepper.
50 grams of canned corn.
20 grams of olives.
20 grams of lettuce.
30 grams of potato chips.
2 small garlic cloves.
3 tablespoons olive oil.
little greenery.
10 grams of chili sauce.
30 grams of walnuts.
Preparation of salad:
Cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes cut into small cubes and lettuce hands tear into small pieces. In a deep bowl, mix, add pre-cut circles of olive and corn. Leave the salad for a few minutes.
Preparation of the sauce:
In any non-metallic container, mix the olive oil and chili sauce, add to the chopped garlic and nuts, chopped greens, and again as it should whisk. All the sauce is ready!
Put the plate on a flat two-thirds of potato chips, they put the salad on top pour sauce richly all things. Garnish with remaining chopped lettuce and chipsovoy crumbs and serve.
Salad "Marquis"
Origin of the name of this salad also remains a mystery. But one thing is certain - the recipe is so good Marquise submit any salad would not be ashamed! You'll need the following ingredients:
50 grams of chicken.
30 grams of pickled cucumbers.
20 grams of green peas.
1 small fresh tomato.
20 grams of olives.
30 grams of zucchini.
5 tablespoons fat mayonnaise.
1 tablespoon soy sauce.
1 tablespoon ketchup.
Preparation of salad:
Cook the chicken, cool it and cut into strips - as thin as possible. Cucumbers and tomatoes cut into thin slices and olives - rings. Combine all ingredients in a deep container, season with mayonnaise and ketchup, leave for 15 minutes.
At this time, finely chop the zucchini, add the peas, cover with olive oil and sauce, let it sit for three minutes. Lay on a flat plate of salad and pour even pour olive oil.
Salad with oranges
Sometimes I come across very original recipes of salads with olive oil - for example, a salad with oranges. For its preparation you need to prepare the following ingredients:
1 large sweet orange.
20 grams of a leek.
50 grams of walnuts.
Half sweet peppers.
Lettuce.
50 grams of olive oil.
30 grams of orange juice.
Preparation of the sauce:
In a deep container, place the orange juice and olive oil, add salt and pepper. With corolla carefully whisk the sauce - you should get a homogeneous mass.
Preparation of salad:
Peel orange, break it into slices, and then cut into cubes of medium size. Leek cut into rings, and Bulgarian perets- strips. Narva lettuce into small pieces, season with the sauce and all the ingredients thoroughly. Arrange the salad on a plate and sprinkle with walnuts.
Salad "Exotic"
Remember, we promised salad recipes for seafood lovers? Here is the first of them. Salad is very rich, so it can be used as a separate dish. For its preparation, the following ingredients:
1 fresh pineapple medium size.
150 grams of cooked (not pickled) mussels.
150 grams of cooked peeled shrimp.
100 grams of green olives.
1 small cucumber.
1 large tomato.
3 tablespoons olive oil.
Preparation of salad:
Cucumbers and tomatoes cut into small cubes. Pineapple cut in half, then remove the flesh without damaging the shell, remove the pulp from the core and also chop. Put in a deep container vegetables, shrimp and mussels, mix with olive oil. Then Put lettuce in a makeshift cup of pineapple. On top of salad can be decorated with any olives or walnuts - to your taste.
Salad with shrimp
No less an original salad with seafood - shrimp salad. Strictly speaking, there are different recipes for this salad, but we offer you the most original and delicious of them. You'll need the following ingredients:
500 grams of shrimp.
300 grams of mushrooms.
200 grams of cheese.
2 heads of sweet onions of medium size.
2 cloves of garlic.
150 grams of white bread.
mayonnaise.
Preparation of salad:
Cut the garlic into large chunks and fry in olive oil for a minute. While the fried garlic, cut the bread into cubes and fry together with garlic until crisp. When crackers are ready, pass them in the strainer to glass excess oil.
Add to the pan a little olive oil, slice the onions and mushrooms. Fry them until fully cooked. In a deep container, combine all ingredients, add a little olive oil and mayonnaise. Cheese rub on a small grater. Salad out onto a plate and sprinkle the top with a thick layer of grated cheese.
As you can see, the recipes are very diverse - you're bound to pick up something just for her family. Bon Appetit!
