In modern Russian, the word "salad" is a dish of sliced ​​vegetables and fruits. Even in ancient Rome, those dishes that consisted only of products of plant origin were considered.

In France in the Middle Ages, such snacks were already popular because they were served as an addition to hot dishes. The high art of French culinary specialists and the favorable climate for the growth of greenery, guaranteed salads great popularity.

They also started adding cheese, mint, lettuce, dandelion, quinoa, chicory, etc. Dressed such dishes with honey and salt. Only at the end of the XVIII century began to use cabbage, celery and pepper.

Nowadays they are also prepared from fish, meat, eggs and mushrooms. Salads give appetite, very useful because they contain a lot of vitamins and minerals. The assortment of such snacks is so great that a delicious salad can be made from a different product.

Decorating salads at home is easy and simple

The most interesting stage in the preparation of such snacks is its decoration. Here fantasy can play with different colors and shapes. Every hostess wants her interesting idea to surprise guests.

Usually, we do not have enough time to invent something, because to prepare a large number of dishes on a festive table is not an easy task. You need to wash everything, clean, fry, bake.

Even the simplest decoration can be so beautiful that it is a pity to try such beauty. The traditional way is to decorate salads with parsley, dill, onion and lettuce. Our world has become so advanced that this method is no longer so relevant.

And how do you look at the fact that instead of the usual salad bowl or plate, put the finished dish in portions in baskets, tartlets, and put a lot of greens around.

Or with the help of a culinary ring in portions spread out the salad. You need to install the ring on a plate, fill it, pressing it with a spoon, and remove it. Top portions nicely put greens, beans or other ingredients to your taste. Surrounding people will admire such a work of art!

Try using the peel of some fruit, such as avocado, pineapple, coconut, orange, pomelo, melon, or others. Of course, one must first remove the core from them. It is so unusual and beautiful! All the guests will immediately disassemble such a snack, they will praise the inventive hostess. And most importantly - do not need to wash such a "dish"!

Decoration by color

For the unsurpassed decoration of your snack you need to have different color schemes that will give color to the most unpresentable salad:

• lilac color attached to the products beet juice;
• bright burgundy - boiled beets;
• pink - cranberry juice;
• red color - tomato, cranberry, pomegranate seeds, sweet pepper;
• yellow - egg yolk, grains of corn, sweet pepper;
• green - all greens, peas, cucumbers, olives, sweet peppers;
• orange - tomato paste, carrot or carrot juice;
• white - radish, egg white, sour cream, rice, cottage cheese, potatoes;
• blue color - red cabbage juice;
• purple - the cabbage itself. An example is Astra from shredded red cabbage.

Decoration figures

It is also important to remember that decorating such snacks is best before serving, so that our decoration does not lose its appearance.

A special place is occupied by the design of such a snack for the New Year's table. The attributes of the New Year are not long in coming: the salads in the form of a Christmas tree, a snowman, a toy, a gift bag will not only please adults, but also children.

A safe decoration for salads and snacks can be mushrooms, like pickled chanterelles, champignons and boletus. Seafood will also be a colorful addition: shrimps, salmon fillet, mussels, seaweed.

The decor can serve a variety of products, such as citrus fruits, herbs, fruits, vegetables, meat. Figures of animals, birds, fish, children’s toys, insects, geometric subjects (circles, diamonds, squares), and plants are made from these products. For example: roses wrapped in ham slices, parsley petals. Simple and very beautiful.

Canned beans, corn, peas, olives, and nuts are the fastest way to decorate your salad. From almond nuts can be made cones. Each nucleolus should be inserted into the dish in such a way that they resemble the scales of the cones, and around it should be placed the greens, which will replace the needles. Funny bees are made from olives and olives. To help also use cucumber and green onions.

You can also make decorating snacks from eggs. For example, in the form of a sprig of lilacs. Lilac inflorescence is prepared from egg white, half of which we paint with beet juice, and the second is left white.

Rub on a grater, lay out the inflorescences, sprinkle around the yolk, and between them - sprigs of any greens. This decoration of egg salads is simple but original.

Salad decoration with vegetables and fruits

The whole science of carving is engaged in the decoration of fruit and vegetable salads. Such decorative carving has become very popular. You need to have a good mood, and all your snacks will be unsurpassed.

Do you like chamomile? I think everyone loves them. Here is one way to make daisies out of white radish:

1. Clean the radish, cut into thin circles;
2. We plot in the center circles of metal cork, but do not cut;
3. We make rays with scissors, slightly going behind the circles;
4. Using small scissors, cut off the corners, first on one side, then on the other;
5. Place the carrot in the center.

The rose is the queen among all flowers. A rosette of tomatoes will become the beauty of any salad.

So: take a round large tomato, peel the top of the skin with a sharp knife. As if we are cleaning the apple in a spiral, only the width is small - about 2 cm.

Fruits and berries in our lives occupy a significant place. They have a lot of nutrients, especially for a growing children's body. But not every child wants to eat ordinary fruits. To do this, you have to invent how to submit it. Fruit salads help a lot with this. Their decoration is the most diverse. For example, a salad in the form of a Rubik's Cube. All from childhood remember this toy.

One-size fruit cubes are folded into a large cube using a plastic container, then we turn our fruit over with care on a plate and remove it. This way every housewife can decorate a salad for children in an original way!

Fruits are also used to decorate salads from vegetables, meat, fish. A beautiful example is the salad "", where pomegranate seeds are applied. The appetizer with chicken and grapes looks attractive, where the grape acts as a decoration for this salad. The ease of design and appetizing look will delight your guests. The decoration of your snack can be any product. The main thing is to know the measure, as well as to take into account that this design would suit the taste of the salad itself, and not spoil it.

Before embarking on such a grandiose undertaking, carefully study this issue from all sides. This will save your nerves and products in the future. But the result will be amazing!

Surprise your creativity not only relatives, but also guests at the holiday table. Let even a daily lunch or dinner will be your holiday. Thus, you will not only improve your skills, but once again will delight the children and their men.

Beautiful salad is quite easy to make. To do this, you only need to purchase the right ingredients and show your creative imagination.

Today we will tell you about how to make a beautiful salad with fresh as well as boiled carrots and eggs.

We decorate the snack

How to do it? A beautiful salad can include completely different ingredients. However, decorating such sliced ​​vegetables is permissible only if it is flaky. If you have prepared a mixed snack, then it is best to buy fresh parsley petals and, having formed a thick bunch of them, place it in the center of the product.

Beautifully chop vegetables

For salads, a decoration of cucumbers and tomatoes should be used only if the appetizer contains them. So guests will immediately understand what this dish is prepared from.

So, to decorate the salad should be used only as fresh and elastic vegetables. They need to be thoroughly washed. At the same time, it is extremely recommended not to peel them. After all, thanks to her, we can create a contrast.

Making a "hedgehog"

For salads can have absolutely any shape. The most popular are the "roses" (from tomatoes) and "petals" (from cucumbers). Today we decided to tell you how you can make a "hedgehog" from the presented ingredients. Such a “character” will perfectly decorate a dish for a children's holiday. For him, we need:

• large round tomatoes - 2 pcs .;
• fresh elastic cucumbers - 2 pcs .;
• red radish - 2 pcs .;
• olives and olives - a few pieces;
• mayonnaise or sour cream - a little.

Cut vegetables

Decorations for salads with their own hands should be done in stages. To start all the ingredients you need to wash and chop. Fresh tomatoes should be divided in half, and then, in staggered order, make cuts on the skin. After that it is required to cut cucumbers and radishes into thin circles. As for olives and olives, they must be chopped into circles. They will be useful to us for the formation of the "eye".

We form "hedgehog"

"Hedgehog" of cucumbers and tomatoes is formed quite easily. To do this, halves of tomatoes must be laid out on a flat plate with a convex part upwards. Next in their cuts you want to put circles of cucumbers and radish. By the way, it is from the last ingredient that you need to make a “hedgehog” face. For this radish should be divided in half and attached to a tomato. On it it is necessary to put two mayonnaise points and make a spout of olives and olives.

This "hedgehog" is good to put on the salad "Seigneur Tomato". It is prepared from the following layers:

• boiled beef, chopped into strips;
• onion half rings soaked in vinegar;
• boiled potatoes, chopped on the grater;
• hard cheese;
• thick layer of mayonnaise;
• chopped fresh tomatoes.

Also, this dish can be decorated with "rosettes" of tomatoes and "petals" of cucumbers.

Making decorations from eggs for salads

Decorations should be made from eggs for salads such as Mimosa, Sunflower, Herring under a fur coat, and so on. Egg “chamomile” is best suited for the appetizers. For her, we need only three large chicken eggs, which should be boiled beforehand boiled.

After preparation of the components, they must be cooled and cleaned. Next, the eggs must be carefully divided into proteins and yolks. The first ingredient must be cut into thin longitudinal strips. As for the yolks, they should either be crushed on a small grater, or mash with a regular fork.

Decorating process

After the eggs are prepared, and the layered salad is formed, you can safely proceed to its decoration. To do this, in the center of the snack you want to lay out the grated yolks, and place the strips of proteins along the edges. As a result, you should get a kind of daisy. If desired, several egg flowers can be made on the surface of a lettuce. So that they do not lose a beautiful view, the dish should be immediately presented to the table.

Chicken Salad Decoration

If you want to make a beautiful salad with chicken and eggs, then decorate it as follows. Eggs must be boiled, cooled and gently cleaned. Next, the protein should be divided in half (you can make a relief incision), and then remove one half, but so that the yolk remains in the whole form. With the help of pieces of olives and thin slices of boiled carrot yolk you need to make “eyes” and “beak”. In this form, "chickens" can be blended onto the surface of a salad, forming a kind of nest of french fries.

Making flowers from carrots

Carrot decoration in the form of a flower is very popular among hostesses. After all, make it easy and simple. However, the use of such products is recommended only for those salads that contain boiled carrots.

So, to decorate a puff snack, you need to purchase a fresh, thin vegetable and a long form. It is necessary to wash it thoroughly, and then boil it as a whole in salt water. After that, the carrots must be cooled and gently peeled. Then you can start cutting out flowers. To do this, along the vegetable should make several triangular cuts with a depth of no more than 4 millimeters. At the same time, the cut parts must be carefully removed.

In conclusion, the processed carrot should be chopped into rings of 5 millimeters thick. As a result of such actions, you should get beautiful and bright flowers, which you can immediately put on the surface of the salad. To complete the picture to them should add a sprig of parsley or dill.

In addition to the usual flowers, culinary professionals often make carrots of roses, butterflies, and so on. But this requires more experience and skill.

Let's sum up

As you can see, there are quite a few ways to decorate flaky salads. Using these techniques, you can not only beautifully cover but also surprise all the invited guests.

By the way, in addition to eggs, carrots, cucumbers and tomatoes, beetroot, red fish, various berries, nuts, fruits and so on are often used to decorate snacks.

There is nothing difficult in preparing a delicious salad according to the recipe. You take the proposed ingredients, crumble everything in one dish and voila! is ready.

As if not so. Little salad "nastrogat", it is also bring to the table   must be beautiful. So that the dish would cause appetite and the desire to immediately start eating it. But how to do it? That's right: read our article, How to decorate salads beautiful and original.

Culinary art

The beginning hostess can cope with cooking, but with her own hands - the process, though no less fascinating, sometimes requires skill and knowledge. Do not worry. We will tell you how to turn this action into a pleasant procedure, so that your loved ones highly appreciate your efforts.

Beautifully decorated salads - face of the hostess, a pleasant bonus for guests who will remember this table, and this evening, and invited people here. Some, according to the modern habit, will immediately begin to “click” on the magnificent decoration of the table on their phones and cameras in order to place them later in social networks - this is now fashionable.

The first thing that experts advise to cultivate your attention is on color. Bright, rich colors can cause appetite. But faded and gray colors only alienate the guest. This is good for those who are on a diet and want to eat a little this evening. But today we have a different task.

Try to make at least one or two salads from bright ingredients, with many shades. Usually it is fresh tomatoes (bright red color), yellow sweet pepper, green cucumber, boiled markovy of bright orange color. On this day, you can not do without greenery - fresh, bright, juicy, green-salted. This includes lettuce leaves, and, and onions, and “feathers” of dill and parsley, and ...

Psychologists have long said that the brain subconsciously perceives fresh greens as a healthy and healthy food, giving rise to the desire to immediately send all this beauty into your mouth.

Rules for beautifully decorated dishes

There are some unwritten lawsthat you must remember and follow, even if you are an aspiring cook. For example, it is best to decorate a salad with the elements of which it is composed. For example, Olivier can be decorated with circles of potatoes, eggs or boiled carrots.

Interesting that "Mimosa"   housewives love to do like a real one: grind egg yolk on a grater and put it on the salad in the form of flowers, making a fennel stem.

Often, people on the Internet are looking for an answer to the question of how to decorate, but experienced chefs have long thought everything out: make boiled fish or carrots “fish” - and the subject is observed, and the products are used the same.

Another important point: you need to make out the dish before serving. That is how it will retain its freshness as much as possible.

What color are the products?

To make it easier for you to navigate and invent, let us tell you what color will come out of a particular product:

• white   (radish, egg, sour cream, radish, potatoes)
• violet   (red cabbage)
• blue   (rice or egg white stained with red cabbage juice)
• yellow   (egg yolk, sweet pepper, grains of corn)
• burgundy   (boiled beets)
• purple   (grated egg whites, stained with raw beet juice)
• green   (olives, cucumber, green peas, greens, green pepper)
• orange   (sweet pepper of this color, boiled carrots)
• pink   (rice or egg white tinted with beet juice or cranberry juice)
• red   (tomatoes, pomegranate seeds, red sweet pepper, cranberries)
• the black   (olives, chop sticks).

Original decor ideas festive salads

Recently, chefs do not cease to amaze gourmets. What is it worth the appetizer or salad, made ... in a plate of fruit   (pineapple, orange, watermelon, etc.). True, tastes should be combined, otherwise guests will try something inedible instead of exotic cuisine.

How to decorate a salad for the New Year

The ideas of New Year alat decorations you see in the photo. The main principle that guided cooks - subject preservation. Chimes, snowflakes, winter, Santa Claus - all this can become a beautiful picture in capable hands, in others it will turn into a ridiculous and tasteless mass ...

Mommies are often very puzzled - how to decorate a baby salad, so that the child eats everything without reserve (it is no secret that many small gourmets have a poor appetite). Use funny and funny associations, usually animals such as cats, guinea pigs, butterflies, ladybugs, and your child will not be torn off the plate. Even

Do not forget also to serve beautifully and spices! For example, which you will find on our site.

A little tip for last:   Before you prepare a new dish, carefully study and prepare a list of products from which it consists, look on the Internet for decorating it. You can even draw it on a separate piece of paper and practice in advance. Good luck to you in this interesting case.

Fruit slicing should also be beautiful! From the video you can learn how to serve beautiful fruits to the table:

Wash raw eggs thoroughly, cut off tops, pour out the contents and use for various dishes.
   Rinse the empty eggshell, boil for 2-3 minutes in boiling water and dry.
   Then lubricate the inside with vegetable oil (excess oil should not be).
   Pour the prepared cooling jelly, then pour and place for 15 minutes in the refrigerator so that the layer on the inner surface of the shell will freeze. This will prevent pledged products from appearing on the surface itself. To the outer layer turned out even thicker, you can repeat the rinsing solution of jelly.
   Then gently put various products into the eggs, pour the jelly and refrigerate.
   When frozen, peel the shells and set on the table.
   If the shell sticks to the jelly, rinse for 2-3 seconds with hot water before cleaning.
Note.To simplify and speed up the preparation, you can not pre-rinse the shell with jelly solution, but you can immediately lay the food and pour the jelly.