Salads without mayonnaise

Holiday salads without mayonnaise are a universal dish for people who follow proper nutrition. They can be prepared from a variety of ingredients that harmonize well with each other. And in order for the finished dish to be light and combined with other dishes on the table, it is enough to replace the mayonnaise dressing and combine the ingredients with olive oil, lemon juice or mustard.

Festive salad with crab sticks without mayonnaise

A light and delicate salad prepared with crab sticks, corn and Chinese cabbage will fit perfectly into the holiday table menu, thanks to its interesting combination of products, as well as its aromatic dressing.

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   How to prepare a simple and tasty salad without mayonnaise for the holiday table? Shred the washed and dried head of Chinese cabbage into thin strips.
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   The resulting slices are immediately sent to a deep salad bowl.
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   Add canned corn.
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   Add tomatoes, cut into medium-sized slices.
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   Coarsely chop the crab sticks.
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   Transfer the surimi to a bowl with the other ingredients.
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   Add finely chopped green onions there.
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   In a separate bowl, prepare the dressing: combine mustard, sour cream, lemon juice and a couple of pinches of salt.
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   Mix the sauce ingredients thoroughly.
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    Pour the dressing over the crab sticks with vegetables and add more salt if necessary.
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    Stir the salad thoroughly so that all prepared ingredients are covered with the sauce.
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    Place the food on portioned plates and serve. Bon appetit!

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Light chicken salad without mayonnaise

Let's prepare a light and incredibly tasty salad that everyone, without exception, can eat, even if they follow proper nutrition. By replacing mayonnaise with fatty avocado, we saturate the food with healthy saturated fats, which are very important for healthy hair and nail growth.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Portions – 2.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet – 200 gr.
• Avocado – 1 pc.
• Apples – 1 pc.
• Lettuce leaves – 3-4 pcs.
• Lemon/lime – ½ pc.
• Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.

 

Cooking process:

Step 1. To speed up the action, prepare the products according to the list: boil and cool the chicken in advance, wash and dry all the vegetables and herbs, peel the avocado from the thick peel and remove the pit.

Step 2. Cut the tender fillet into small cubes and pour into a deep bowl.

Step 3.Cut the avocado pulp into small pieces and add to the chicken.

Step 4. Add an apple, chopped in a similar way, to the same container.

Step 5. To preserve the bright color of the green ingredients, sprinkle the salad with lemon or lime juice.

Step 6. Next, we put lettuce leaves into the salad bowl, which we tear into smaller pieces with our hands.

Step 7. Sprinkle the food with salt and season with vegetable oil.

Step 8. Mix all the ingredients of the vitamin salad thoroughly.

Step 9. Decorate the dishes with a slice of lemon and start the meal. Bon appetit!

Salad with smoked chicken and mushrooms without mayonnaise

With a simple “trick” with cling film, your table can easily end up with a real forest clearing on a plate. Caps of marinated champignons, smoked chicken meat and sour cream dressing - you can be sure that guests will ask for the recipe!

Cooking time –2 hours 30 minutes

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 3.

Ingredients:

• Marinated champignons – 8-10 pcs.
• Parsley/cilantro – 1 bunch.
• Potatoes (boiled) – 2 pcs.
• Eggs (boiled) – 3 pcs.
• Smoked chicken – 200 gr.
• Pickled cucumbers – 2 pcs.
• Sour cream - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Before starting cooking, cover a deep salad bowl with a layer of cling film - this will allow us to easily turn the finished dish over. Place marinated mushrooms on the bottom, caps down.

Step 2. Chop a bunch of parsley or cilantro and generously sprinkle the champignons.

Step 3. Grate the boiled potatoes on a coarse grater and distribute them over the greens, brush with sour cream for juiciness.

Step 4. The next layer is finely chopped chicken eggs + sour cream and a little salt.

Step 5. Cut the hard pickled cucumbers into small cubes and place them on the eggs.

Step 6.We cut up any part of smoked chicken, i.e. separate the meat from the bones and skin, cut it into small pieces, place it on the cucumbers, don’t forget to make a sour cream layer.

Step 7. Place the assembled salad in the refrigerator for at least two hours, and then carefully turn it over using a flat dish. Bon appetit!

Squid salad without adding mayonnaise

We prepare a hearty and incredibly tasty salad, which is ideal for both a snack and a full meal for lunch or dinner. The combination of canned squid, boiled potatoes and eggs will give you a long feeling of fullness!

Cooking time – 50 min.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

• Canned squid – 250 gr.
• Potatoes – 3 pcs.
• Eggs – 4 pcs.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Sunflower oil – 3 tbsp.
• Mixture of peppers - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Boil the potatoes in their jackets in salted water until tender. Afterwards, drain the water and leave the tubers to cool.

Step 2. Without wasting time, cook the eggs in a separate pan.

Step 3. In vegetable oil, sauté peeled and washed under water chopped onions until translucent, adding a mixture of peppers and salt.

Step 4. Open the jar of squid, drain the liquid, and cut the shellfish into smaller pieces and place them in a deep plate.

Step 5. Peel the cooled potatoes and cut them into cubes.

Step 6. Grind boiled eggs in a similar way.

Step 7. Combine all the ingredients in a salad bowl with squid and fried onions.

Step 8. Stir, add salt if necessary and decorate with fresh vegetables. Bon appetit!

Salad with Chinese cabbage without mayonnaise

There is nothing simpler, faster and tastier than a light salad of finely shredded Chinese cabbage and crab sticks, seasoned with olive oil, garlic and ground pepper.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Portions – 2.

Ingredients:

• Bell pepper – 1 pc.
• Crab sticks – 100 gr.
• Peking cabbage – 60 gr.
• Red onion – 1 pc.
• Canned corn – 5 tbsp.
• Olive oil – 2-3 tbsp.
• Garlic – 1 tooth.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. For our own convenience and speed of action, place all the products indicated in the list of ingredients on the work surface: wash and dry the vegetables.

Step 2. Finely chop the cabbage, removing the top, damaged leaves if necessary.

Step 3. Peel the sweet pepper from white membranes and seeds, cut into thin strips.

Step 4. Cut the crab sticks into strips.

Step 5. “Free” the onion from the husk and cut into half rings.

Step 6. Combine all the ingredients in a salad bowl and add a few tablespoons of canned corn.

Step 7. Season the salad with salt and ground black pepper, pour in olive oil and add a clove of garlic passed through a press.

Step 8. Mix and the light vegetable salad without a drop of mayonnaise is ready. Bon appetit!

Simple boiled beet salad without mayonnaise

A light and bright salad made from boiled beets with garlic and vegetable oil is not only very tasty and aromatic, but also very healthy, especially in the autumn-winter period, when our body especially needs vitamins.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

• Beetroot (boiled) – 5 pcs.
• Garlic – 2-3 teeth.
• Sunflower oil – 3 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Pre-boil and cool medium-sized beets.

Step 2. Lubricate your hands with a drop of oil and start peeling the vegetables - this way your hands will stain much less.

Step 3. Grate the beets on a coarse grater, pass the garlic through a press - combine the two products, add salt and season with oil.

Step 4. Mix the ingredients thoroughly.

Step 5. Serve immediately or remove for half an hour or an hour in the refrigerator to cool. Bon appetit!

How to make canned tuna salad without mayonnaise?

Even those who don’t like canned fish will fall in love with this canned tuna salad from the first spoon! Which is not at all surprising, because the combination of ingredients in this recipe is so successful that the salad flies off the table in an instant!

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Portions – 4.

Ingredients:

• Canned tuna – 100 gr.
• Canned beans – 130 gr.
• Leaf lettuce – 60 gr.
• Tomatoes – 1 pc.
• Cucumber – 1 pc.
• Bell pepper – 1 pc.
• Red onion – 1 pc.
• Wine vinegar – 1 tbsp.
• Water – 1 tbsp.
• Salt – 1/3 tsp.
• Granulated sugar – ½ tsp.
• Parsley – 70 gr.
• Basil – 60 gr.
• Olive oil – 3 tbsp.
• Feta cheese - 80 gr.
• Lemon juice – 15 ml.
• Ground black pepper – ½ tsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. We start cooking by cutting the red onion into half rings: put the feathers into a bowl and add vinegar, water, granulated sugar and a pinch of salt - mix and let it brew for 10 minutes.

Step 2. Without wasting time, tear the lettuce leaves with your hands.

Step 3. Chaotically chop the tomato.

Step 4. Squeeze the onion and add ½ part to the vegetables.

Step 5.We cut the cucumber into quarters and add it to the already prepared ingredients.

Step 6. We clean the sweet peppers from white membranes and seeds, cut them into strips and put them in a salad bowl.

Step 7. Place the remaining onions on top of the bell pepper slices.

Step 8. Finely chop fresh parsley and basil and sprinkle over the salad ingredients.

Step 9. Open the can of beans and drain the excess liquid.

Step 10. Pour the legumes into the other ingredients.

Step 11. Let's make the dressing: in a deep bowl, mix olive oil, lemon juice, salt and ground pepper.

Step 12. Generously pour the aromatic sauce over the salad.

Step 13. Mash the tuna with a fork and place it on top of the vegetables.

Step 14. Decorate the dish with pieces of feta and begin tasting. Bon appetit!

Low-calorie Olivier salad without mayonnaise

This recipe is dedicated to all lovers of the classic Olivier salad, however, with a reduced calorie content. By replacing boiled sausage with chicken fillet, and mayonnaise with natural yogurt without additives and sour cream, we get an incredibly nourishing and tasty salad that you can eat even at night without remorse.

Cooking time - 30 min.

Cooking time - 20 minutes.

Portions – 8-10.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet – 400 gr.
• Eggs (boiled) – 6 pcs.
• Potatoes (boiled) – 4-5 pcs.
• Carrots (boiled) – 2 pcs.
• Canned peas - 1 can.
• Pickled cucumbers – 4-6 pcs.
• Sour cream – 200 gr.
• Natural yogurt – 120 gr.
• Mustard – 1-2 tsp.
• Sunflower oil – 1-2 tsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Spices for chicken - to taste.
• Granulated garlic - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Cool the boiled vegetables and peel them.Step 2.Wash the chicken fillet thoroughly with water, dry it and cut it into small pieces, add salt and seasonings.

Step 3. Heat a little sunflower oil in a frying pan and fry the meat for 5 minutes on both sides until golden brown.

Step 4. Cut the potatoes into medium-sized cubes.

Step 5. Peel the boiled eggs and finely chop them.Step 6. Grind the carrots in the same way as potatoes.

Step 7. Cut the slightly cooled meat into strips or cubes.

Step 8. Cut pickled or pickled cucumbers in the same way.

Step 9. For the sauce, in a separate bowl, combine sour cream, yogurt, granulated garlic, mustard, salt and ground black pepper.Step 10. Mix all the ingredients in a deep plate, add peas and season with sour cream and garlic sauce - mix.

Step 11. Arrange the delicious salad on portioned plates and enjoy. Bon appetit!

Diet salad with avocado without mayonnaise

Just once, having prepared a crispy, light and at the same time satisfying salad, enriched with a huge amount of vitamins and microelements, you will return to this recipe again and again. Which is not surprising, because the combination of avocado, cod liver and fresh cucumber is incredibly tasty.

Cooking time - 15 minutes.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Portions – 2-3.

Ingredients:

• Avocado – 1 pc.
• Cucumbers – 1 pc.
• Cod liver – 1 jar.
• Iceberg lettuce – ¼ head.
• Capers – 1 tbsp.
• French mustard – 1 tsp.
• Lemon juice – 1 tsp.
• Olive oil – 1 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Peel the ripe and soft avocado, remove the pit and cut into small pieces.

Step 2. Cut the cucumber into half rings.Step 3. Tear the washed and dried green salad with your hands and cut into thin strips.

Step 4.Mash the canned liver with a fork or cut into cubes.

Step 5. Combine all the ingredients mentioned above in a deep plate, add a little capers and mix thoroughly.

Step 6. Season the dish with mustard, lemon juice and aromatic oil.Step 7. If desired, decorate with herbs and serve. Bon appetit!

Caesar salad with sauce without mayonnaise

Each establishment and each housewife prepares Caesar salad in its own way, however, today we present to your attention a recipe for everyone’s favorite salad without a single drop of mayonnaise; a dressing of lemon juice, fragrant garlic and Provençal herbs will give the dish an original taste.

Cooking time – 45 min.

Cooking time - 10 min.

Portions – 3.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet – 200 gr.
• Loaf – 150 gr.
• Parmesan cheese - 50 gr.
• Leaf/iceberg lettuce – 200 gr.
• Olive oil – 6 tbsp.
• Provencal herbs – 3 gr.
• Mustard (dry) – 5 gr.
• Garlic – 2 teeth.
• Chicken yolks – 2 pcs.
• Lemon – ½ pc.
• Salt – 1 pinch.

Cooking process:

Step 1. We start cooking by marinating the chicken: rub the fillet with aromatic herbs and salt on both sides, leave to soak in the refrigerator for at least half an hour.

Step 2. Peel the garlic clove, cut it into several parts and fry in olive oil.

Step 3. Cut the white bread into neat cubes of the same size.

Step 4. As soon as the garlic plates begin to darken, take them out and fry the loaf instead until a golden crust forms.

Step 5. Cut the meat soaked in spices into medium-sized pieces.

Step 6. Fry the meat until cooked.

Step 7. Prepare the ingredients for making the sauce.

Step 8In a deep bowl, grind the yolks with a spoonful of mustard, add a clove of garlic, passed through a press, olive oil, lemon juice - mix thoroughly until a homogeneous consistency is obtained.

Step 9. Let's start assembling. Place green salad leaves on the bottom of a flat dish.

Step 10. Place chicken pieces on top.

Step 11. Pour over the aromatic sauce.Step 12. Lay out the browned crackers.

Step 13. Using a vegetable peeler, cut the Parmesan into very thin slices and arrange them beautifully in a dish.

Bon appetit!