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How to beautifully decorate New Year's snacks and salads. Salad decoration

How to beautifully decorate New Year's snacks and salads. Salad decoration

On the New Year's table 2020, everything should be solemn and conducive to the holiday. It’s not enough to prepare delicious snacks. They also need to be arranged correctly, and most importantly, decorated in an original way. This is what we will talk about. After all, you don’t have to cook something unusual to make the table festive. You can decorate even a simple Olivier salad or the familiar herring under a fur coat in a beautiful and unusual way.

A tasty and simple “Mouse” salad, a symbol of the coming year, will become a table decoration. But it is also very tasty; first of all, my household eats it. Detailed recipe with step-by-step photos.

Options for decorating salads in the shape of a Mouse

assorted photographs with original decorations for New Year's salads

How to decorate a New Year's salad, general principles

There are not many ways to decorate salads. The situation is easiest with puff snacks. Firstly, they already look beautiful in transparent portioned salad bowls. Secondly, the puff salad can be laid out in any shape, for example: crescent, Christmas tree, snowman, heart. It will already look unusual and beautiful. In this case, the upper part can simply be decorated with a pattern or inscription made from mayonnaise or other dressing sauce.

Penguins or snowmen made from eggs, olives and carrots, strung on a toothpick, will be an excellent decoration for your New Year's salad.

Christmas trees made from vegetables, fruits and sweets.

And here is an example of New Year's carrot carving - a Christmas cone.

And here’s how the hostess decided to present it to the New Year’s table in an original way, only instead of the traditional cabbage or fresh cucumber, rice was added to the salad.

An equally original option for serving puff salad would be to wrap it in a roll. In this form, any appetizer will look very unusual, even a simple herring under a fur coat. By the way, making a roll is quite easy if you collect the salad not on a plate, but on cling film.


“Bullfinch on a spruce branch,” another original decoration for a New Year’s salad made from tomatoes, eggs, green onions and olives. In the second salad, a walnut was used as a cone, and a spruce branch was decorated with pomegranate seeds.

You can work a little more by preparing the decoration from half eggs and Korean carrots. From these ingredients it is easy to lay out, for example, a watch dial. But this is quite simple. In fact, entire artistic compositions can be created from ordinary boiled eggs.

In general, the best option for decorating any salad is sprinkling. This design does not take much time, but the scope for imagination is almost unlimited.

Here is an example of how you can decorate a fruit salad for the New Year. These Christmas canapés can simply be placed on the table as a snack.


However, it is worth understanding that the products that will be used to decorate the salad must be in harmony with the ingredients of the appetizer itself. In fact, it is not very good if a salad with red fish is decorated with pieces of sausage. Although there are exceptions. For example, balls made from low-fat cottage cheese mixed with chopped herbs and crushed garlic can be an excellent addition to a vegetable salad with tomatoes.



New Year tree made from onion feathers.

An interesting design option is the unusual presentation of the dish. Salads that contain vegetables or fruits can be served in salad bowls made from the same vegetables. An excellent portioned salad bowl is made from a pod of sweet bell pepper or from half a large apple, if all the pulp is removed from it. A boat-shaped salad plate can be made from a cucumber slice. Well, half a pineapple will make a whole salad ship.

Bags of lettuce stacked on one dish will look completely unusual. Making them is also not difficult. Place a couple of spoons of salad on pre-baked pancakes. The pancake is wrapped in a bag and tied with a green onion stalk.

Ideas for decorating New Year's salads 2020

Now it's time to get straight to the ideas. Of course, no one says that you need to decorate salads exactly in the ways described below. Here are just a few examples. So you shouldn’t limit your own imagination. But perhaps these options will become the basis for creating your own masterpieces.

How do you like this culinary masterpiece of boiled beets and carrots and pickled cucumbers? The author of the salad is a real artist!

Decoration “Christmas balls”

An ordinary salad can be turned into a New Year's composition if you put a “fir branch” of fresh herbs on its surface and decorate it with balls made from halves of cherry tomatoes and olives. Additional decorations can be cut from colored bell peppers. The background for such a “drawing” can be grated egg white or fresh cucumber. It all depends on what ingredients the salad itself consists of.

Or you can create a composition of different salads on one dish, placing them in the form of the same Christmas tree balls. You can decorate them with boiled carrot figures or simply paint them with mayonnaise. Well, the spruce branch is again made from fresh greenery.

Decoration of New Year's salad "Candles"

Candles perfectly emphasize the New Year's mood. So such decoration would be quite appropriate. Almost any salad can be decorated in this way, since the main products for decoration are greens, cheese for sandwiches, and canned corn.

To begin with, the finished snack must be laid out in the form of a ring or garland. Place thin sprigs of dill and rosemary on top. Scatter some corn over the greens. It will look nice if the yellow corn kernels are “diluted” with a small amount of pomegranate seeds. And the finishing touch is evenly placed candles made from rolled cheese. Flame tongues can be made from boiled carrots, pieces of crab sticks, Korean carrots or small pieces of sweet bell pepper.

You can simplify the task somewhat and simply “draw” a candle. To do this, the salad must be laid out in the shape of a truncated triangle with a rounded base. Level the top of the salad and spread with mayonnaise. Sprinkle the entire surface with grated cheese, and in the upper part pour a small oval of grated egg white. The candle wick can be made from a piece of prune, and the flame from cheese, egg yolk, boiled carrots and a piece of red bell pepper. Lay out the lower part of the composition with sprigs of dill and decorate with a bow and balls, again cut from sweet peppers.

Christmas wreath

For this design, the salad should be placed on a large plate in the shape of a ring. It’s quite simple to depict this by placing a glass in the center of the plate, laying out the ingredients or a ready-made snack, and then taking out the glass. The surface of the salad must be leveled and coated with mayonnaise.

The workpiece should be sprinkled with finely chopped herbs and decorated with cherry tomato halves. Imitation of ribbons tying the resulting wreath can be made from strips of daikon, radish or boiled carrots.

Decorating the Christmas Bell Salad

You can arrange the salad on a bell-shaped dish in almost the same way as in the previous case. First, the dish is laid out in the required form, and then the salad is sprinkled with grated carrots. The design on the resulting bell is laid out with black caviar or finely chopped olives.

If desired, the composition can be supplemented with a bow of red bell pepper. Well, a spruce branch can be modeled from dill.

Decoration “Watermelon slice”

Not only fresh fruits, but also salads made in their shape, for example: in the shape of a watermelon slice, can perfectly decorate the table. This design option is well suited for vegetable or meat salads, the ingredients of which are not cut into very large pieces.

Place the finished salad in the shape of a watermelon slice, level the surface and grease it a little with mayonnaise. Cover the entire surface of the salad with a thin layer of finely grated carrots (you can use either boiled or fresh root vegetables). Make a watermelon rind from finely chopped herbs, for example: dill, parsley and green onions. Sprinkle a thin strip of grated cheese between the “crust” and “pulp” - this will make the salad look even more like a real watermelon. Well, small pieces of olives can become seeds.

Fish salad can also be presented in the form of a watermelon crust. But in this case, instead of carrots, it is better to use red caviar (and not necessarily real) or finely chopped red parts of crab sticks.

While everyone is preparing for the New Year 2019 and running across culinary sites in search of the best dishes, we want to show you what options for preparing and decorating salads. After all, the recipe can be anything, but how to decorate it in a festive way? Take a look, brainstorm ideas and don’t forget to photograph your creations. After all, it continues. So, options for decorating salads for the New Year, from masterpieces to the simplest.

Every caring housewife, in anticipation of the New Year, draws up a holiday menu and puzzles over what is so tasty and interesting to cook this time? The main character of the upcoming 2019 is Pig! Watch and repeat interesting ideas using photos and videos.

Let's start with a simple and quick, but effective option. Marina Shevchenko decided to prepare an original dish, a variation on the famous and beloved Olivier salad.Guests will be pleasantly surprised by such a cold appetizer!

Salad “Pig”, variation of Olivier

Ingredients:

  • boiled sausage – 200 g
  • potatoes – 2 pcs.
  • pickled cucumber – 3-4 pcs.
  • egg – 2-3 pcs.
  • processed cheese – 1 pc.
  • green onions – 50 g
  • canned peas – 200 g
  • mayonnaise – 3 tbsp. l.
  • salt, pepper - to taste

For decoration:

  • olives – 2 pcs.
  • paprika - optional
  • fresh herbs

Cooking method

Boil several small potato tubers in their skins in advance. Then cool it, peel it and cut it into small cubes.

Choose boiled sausage from a trusted manufacturer, fresh and of high quality, then the salad will taste better. From part of the sausage, cut out the ears, snout and stigma for the pig, and chop the rest of the sausage into medium-sized cubes.

This time I used pickled cucumbers, but you can replace them with salted ones, because this will not adversely affect the taste of the salad. Chop the cucumbers into cubes as well. Drain the brine that formed after slicing the cucumbers.

Rinse several green onions in running water, wipe dry and finely chop with a sharp knife.

Combine all previously prepared ingredients in a deep plate. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add two tablespoons of mayonnaise. Mix.

On a beautiful large plate in which the dish will be served, place the salad in a hemisphere so that it resembles the “body” of a pig.

Boil chicken eggs in advance (about 8-10 minutes), cool and peel them. Grind on a fine grater along with melted cheese.

Mix cheese and eggs thoroughly. You should get a homogeneous paste-like mass. Cover the top of the salad with this mixture. Then make a mesh of mayonnaise and with clean hands spread the mayonnaise over the entire surface of the salad.

Decorate the salad with sausage ears, snout and stigma. Sprinkle paprika on top for color and arrange fresh parsley around the salad.

The result was an incredibly beautiful and tasty New Year's dish - “Pig” salad!
Happy upcoming you!
You can see more options on how to decorate salads and snacks in the shape of Piggy in these videos from YouTube.

Pig with a surprise:

You can decorate snacks and sandwiches in the same way.

Tartlets - pigs

They can be prepared both on the eve of the holiday itself and after it, when you want to pamper your family with an original snack. These are the wonderful pigs you will get to please your loved ones and guests.


Ingredients:
— tartlets – 6-8 pcs.;
- hard or other cheese - 50 g;
— mayonnaise – 50 g;
- garlic - 1 clove;
— chicken eggs – 2 pcs.;
- sausages for decoration - 1-2 pcs.;
- salt, pepper - optional;
- lettuce leaves, olives or peppercorns - for decoration.

Preparation:

Three hard-boiled chicken eggs on a fine grater, do the same with hard cheese. Grate the cheese and eggs into one container, where we will prepare the filling. For the filling you can use any type of cheese: hard or soft.

Squeeze a peeled clove of garlic into the filling; it will give the appetizer a piquant aroma and additional taste.

Season the filling with full-fat mayonnaise and mix until smooth to form a thick filling. If desired, add salt and pepper.

Place a teaspoon of filling into the tartlets and press lightly, giving an even shape. On top we decorate the tartlets with a snout and ears cut from milk sausages.

We lay out the eyes of the pigs: they can be cut out from an olive or you can use peppercorns or pieces of prunes for this.

Place the finished tartlets on a dish and serve immediately for the holiday, garnished with lettuce leaves.
Bon appetit and happy New Year!

Snack “Glamorous Pigs”:


Stuffed eggs with piglets:

Christmas tree salads

First of all, of course, the New Year is associated with a Christmas tree. Here, the best option for decorating salads is dill.

Recipe for Herringbone salad with chicken and prunes

A recipe for an amazing salad for the festive table, called “Christmas Tree”. This is a very tasty, tender and at the same time satisfying salad, with a harmonious combination of chicken and prunes, decorated in the shape of a Christmas tree. Photo and description of Marina Shevchenko's preparation.

This salad is not at all difficult to prepare, does not cost much in terms of ingredients or time, and in the end it turns out to be an ideal appetizer for the winter holidays!

Ingredients:

  • chicken fillet – 1 pc.
  • champignons – 300 g
  • onion – 1 pc.
  • prunes – 10-13 pcs.
  • hard cheese – 50 g
  • boiled egg – 2 pcs.
  • mayonnaise – 80 g
  • salt, pepper - to taste

For decoration:

  • fresh dill – 1 bunch
  • pomegranate seeds
  • prunes

Cooking method

Wash the mushrooms and onions, peel and cut into thin slices.

Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil. First put the onion in the pan, fry it lightly for 1-2 minutes, then add the champignons to it. Add salt and pepper to taste, stir and continue frying over medium heat for 5-7 minutes until the mushrooms and onions acquire a golden color. After this, transfer the prepared mushrooms to a plate so that they cool completely.

Boil the chicken breast in salted water for 30 minutes in advance. Then cool the meat and cut into thin pieces or disassemble it into fibers.

Place chicken fillet on a plate as the first layer. Form into a triangular shape, reminiscent of a Christmas tree. Cover the meat with mayonnaise mesh.

The next layer will be fried champignons with onions. Place them around the entire perimeter of the salad and spread with mayonnaise.

Peel the boiled chicken eggs and grate them on a fine grater, also chop the hard cheese.

Now add grated eggs to the salad and cover them with mayonnaise.

Transfer the prunes to a deep plate and rinse under running water. Pour boiling water over it and leave for 20 minutes so that the prunes are thoroughly steamed. Then separate the prunes from the stone and cut into thin pieces.

Place prune slices on top of eggs. Cover with a mesh of mayonnaise.

The last layer in this salad is grated cheese with mayonnaise.

Now, you need to make the decor for the New Year's dish. Wash fresh dill, dry it and chop finely. Prunes (1-2 pieces) are also finely chopped. Prepare a portion of pomegranate seeds. Cut a “star” out of hard cheese for the Christmas tree.

Cover the salad on all sides with herbs.

Decorate the “Christmas tree” salad with pomegranate seeds and prunes, and use mayonnaise to make a “garland” for the Christmas tree.
The result is a very tasty and nutritious holiday salad “Herringbone” with chicken, mushrooms and prunes!
Bon appetit!

With dill you can make a salad in the form of a Christmas wreath:

Other greens, such as parsley and onions, are also suitable for creating a Christmas tree.

Or post a green beauty made from green peas:

And even a very simple version of the Christmas tree - made from cucumbers:

And even from cauliflower, cheese or citrus fruits:

Kremlin Christmas tree :)

Original combination: winter Christmas tree... from kiwi:

Fir branches from lettuce leaves:

Christmas trees can also be vertical:

“Herringbone” tartlets

We invite you to serve stuffed tartlets decorated in the shape of Christmas trees in an original way. The appetizer is prepared from the most affordable products, and every housewife can repeat it at home. Delicious and beautifully decorated tartlets will be scattered in an instant, so we advise you to immediately prepare a double or even triple portion if you are expecting a large number of guests.

What’s great about tartlets is that they’re a convenient snack for 1-2 bites, so even those watching their figure shouldn’t be afraid to overeat. The portion of tartlets is quite small, so you can please everyone. The filling can be absolutely anything to your taste. Today we propose to prepare the simplest and fastest filling from cheese, eggs and crab sticks.

Ingredients:

— chicken eggs – 2 pcs.;
— waffle or other tartlets – 8 pcs.;
— hard cheese – 70-80 g;
— mayonnaise – 80 g;
— crab sticks – 5 pcs.;
— dill – 3-4 sprigs;
- boiled carrots - 1 pc.;
- salt - to taste.

Preparation:

Using a fine grater, grate hard-boiled chicken eggs and hard cheese. Place the filling immediately into a bowl, where it will be convenient to mix all the ingredients.

We either cut the crab sticks into small cubes or into three on the same grater.

Add mayonnaise and a little salt to the filling. Mix and you're done.

We fill the tartlets with delicious filling and form it like a Christmas tree, giving it a cone shape. Tartlets can be waffle, shortbread or other.

We decorate the filling with fresh dill - it’s like spruce branches.

Place a star or snowflake cut from boiled carrots or hard cheese on the top. You can also use red bell peppers or tomatoes to decorate the star.

We place pieces of crab sticks on the Christmas trees, imitating Christmas decorations. For decoration in the form of toys, you can take canned corn and peas.
Place the tartlets on a plate and decorate with fresh herbs. Immediately after preparation, serve to the festive New Year's table.

How do you like this masterpiece - a snack tree (video recipe):

Salads "Santa Claus"

With crab sticks

Don't know what to impress your guests on New Year's Eve? Try making this delicious and appetizing salad, decorated in the shape of Santa Claus. Bright and elegant, such a salad will become a real decoration for a festive feast! Description of preparation and photo from Elena Petrushina.

In fact, it is very simple to prepare such beauty; you do not need special products, because to decorate the salad we will use only those ingredients that are indicated in the composition. We will make Grandfather’s fur coat from the top part of crab sticks, and the edge and face from eggs.

Ingredients:
Crab sticks – 200 g;
Rice – 0.5 tbsp.;
Onions – 0.5 pcs.;
Corn – 0.5 cans;
Chicken egg – 4 pcs.;
Mayonnaise – 100-120 ml;
Salt - to taste;
Peppercorns – 2 pcs. (For decoration).

Cooking time – 40 minutes.
Number of servings – 4.

Cooking recipe step by step:

Boil the rice in lightly salted water until tender.

Carefully cut off the red sides of the crab sticks into thin slices. Cut the rest into cubes as usual. If the crab sticks were frozen, they must first be thawed.

Boil chicken eggs, cool and peel them. We put the whites from two eggs and one third of the yolk aside, they will be useful for decoration. Cut the remaining eggs into cubes.

Peel half of the white onion and cut into small cubes.

Combine all the prepared ingredients in one bowl and add canned corn to them.

Season the salad with mayonnaise, add a small pinch of salt and mix everything thoroughly. It’s better not to skimp on mayonnaise; the rice will absorb most of it and the salad may end up dry.

Place the salad on a large flat dish, forming the silhouette of Santa Claus. The head, collar, fur coat and arms should be clearly visible. We compact the salad and press it with a spoon, making the contours clearer.

Next we lay out the prepared crab sticks. From these we make a fur coat and a cap for a hat. Hands should be completely covered. In the area of ​​the hands, you can use scissors to trim the edges to create rounded palms.

Grate the yolk on the finest grater and sprinkle it on the salad in the face area. We also grate the protein and use it to form the edge of the fur coat, hat and collar.

Using a pastry syringe with a textured nozzle, we use mayonnaise to create a beard and hair for Santa Claus. Then it’s the turn of the face – the peppercorns will be the eyes, and a small piece of crab sticks will be the nose. We also decorate the fur coat with corn buttons. Our Grandfather Frost is ready! The salad can be cooled slightly in the refrigerator before serving. Bon appetit!


Ham salad

Let's prepare a nutritious salad with ham with the addition of cheese, carrots and pickled cucumbers. According to the processes, everything is easy and simple, it comes down to the fact that all the products are cut into cubes, but the preparation of the dish will take some time, so be patient and you will get a wonderful New Year's salad in the form of Father Frost or Santa Claus.

Ingredients:
– ham – 200 g;
– carrots – 100 g;
— eggs – 2 pcs.;
– pickled cucumber – 100 g;
– cheese – 70 g;
— sweet red pepper – 1 pc.;
- olives - for decoration;
— mayonnaise – 100-120 g;
- salt - to taste.

Preparation:

Grate hard cheese, you can use large or small chips, it doesn’t matter.

Boil chicken eggs, cool and peel. Divide into whites and yolks. One yolk will go for decoration, the other will go into the salad. The squirrels will be used entirely for decoration.

Place grated cheese in a salad bowl and grate the egg yolk there.

Cut the ham into small cubes. Also cut the pickled cucumbers into cubes.
Add ham and cucumbers to the salad. If you don’t have ham, you can replace it with delicious sausage – semi-smoked or boiled.

Peel the pre-cooked carrots from thin peels, cut into small cubes, and add to the salad.

Mix everything and season with mayonnaise, if desired, add a little salt.

Place the finished salad on a wide, flat plate, giving it the shape of Santa's head in a hat.

Finely grate the yolk into the center of the salad, and also put a piece of red pepper in the center - this will be the nose.

Make a beard and the edges of a hat from the squirrel. Cut out eyes from the olives and place them in the center.

Finely chop the red bell pepper and place it to form a hat.

The funny “Santa Claus” salad is ready, you can serve it right away, it looks elegant and appetizing.
This dish will be the highlight of the New Year's feast.

Bon appetit and good mood!

More Santa Clauses:

Here is Grandfather’s fur coat made of smoked salmon, hat, belt and bag of red sweet peppers, edged with grated cheese:

And Grandfather’s mitten made from salmon or caviar. Similarly, you can make a boot (sock) for gifts.

Stuffed eggs

The coming 2019 will be even more fun for you if you prepare delicious stuffed eggs “Santa Claus” with cheese filling. Children will definitely like this dish.

Ingredients:
— chicken eggs – 3-4 pcs.;
– cheese – 100 g;
- mustard - 1 teaspoon. l.;
— mayonnaise – 1.5 tables. l.;
— red bell pepper – 1 pc.;
- salt - to taste;
- peppercorns - for decoration.

Preparation:

Boil the chicken eggs hard, cool and peel them. Cut into equal halves.
We take out the yolks and use them for the filling, and we will stuff the whites.

Grate the cheese and boiled yolks on a fine grater. Lightly salt the filling. We use any type of cheese for the filling, according to your taste and preferences.
Season the filling with mustard and mayonnaise, stir several times to achieve a uniform consistency.
Stuff the boiled whites with cheese filling. Spread 1-1.5 teaspoons of filling.
From red sweet peppers we cut out triangular hats and small round noses of Santa Claus.

Place the bell pepper on the eggs: on one side of the cap, and just below the spout. Hats can be additionally glued onto mayonnaise.

Place peppercorn eyes, lightly pressing them into the filling. Eyes can be made from black olives, prunes and other edible products.

Decorate the finished Santa Clauses with mayonnaise and make a fluffy beard.

Serve the finished appetizer to the table, garnished with fresh bright herbs.

Elegant and tasty “Santa Clauses” will be a worthy treat on your holiday table.

Clocks and calendars

An equally important symbol of the New Year is the clock and chimes; the hands and numbers on them are drawn with mayonnaise or laid out with chopped strips of bell pepper, carrots, and sausage.

Festive salad - the first sheet of the calendar:

Snowmen

And what would winter be without snowmen! Typically, the white base is grated white of boiled eggs, cheese or mayonnaise. The nose is a boiled carrot, the eyes are olives. And the outfit can be made from any products.

And here it looks like a New Year’s card, a very dynamic picture:

Other options

Gifts for the Christmas tree:

No less than the Snow Maiden lost her kokoshnik:

An interesting option - in the form of a carnival mask, you can decorate it as your heart desires:

Bullfinches:

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Place the salad in a heap on a flat plate covered with Chinese cabbage leaves. Cut the chicken breast into slices and place on the salad in a circle.

Egg salad decoration

How to decorate a salad with eggs? This is easy and quick to do. Due to their shape and properties, eggs can be cut into flower petals, and the yolk can be used as the center of the flower.

It is advisable that the eggs be combined to taste with the ingredients included in the salad. This is an ideal decoration for salads with eggs, such as Olivier or. We offer egg decoration for (beets and carrots), cheese, walnuts.

Chamomile


Place the salad in a heap on a plate. Decorate the salad with egg petals along the edge of the plate. Decorate the middle of the chamomile with grated yolk. Finish the chamomile with green parsley leaves.



Simple decoration of vegetable salad with eggs

Place the salad on a plate. Egg slices are placed around the edge of the salad plate and on top.


Winter salad decoration

Place the salad in a heap in a salad bowl. Cut the egg into slices, which are placed on the salad. Finish the salad with strips of sausage and green peas.

A simple decoration for a winter salad. Place the salad in a mound. Sprinkle the salad with grated egg. Place green peas on salad.


Garnishing salad with mushrooms

Mushroom


Any salad can be beautifully decorated. For example, a simple salad of fresh cucumbers, cabbage and eggs can be beautifully decorated with mushrooms and champignons.

Such an appetizing and beautiful mushroom will decorate the festive table on an ordinary day and will delight children and adults.

Salad ingredients

  • 1 fresh cucumber
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 part of a small head of cabbage
  • mayonnaise

To decorate the salad

  • 300 g champignon mushrooms
  • 1 egg
  • some fresh cucumber

Cut the egg into small pieces, cut the cucumber into narrow strips, shred the cabbage. Mix the ingredients for the salad and season with mayonnaise.


Carefully place the mushroom-shaped salad on a flat plate. Grate the egg on a fine grater. Sprinkle the grated egg over the mushroom stem.

It is advisable to prepare the mushrooms before preparing the salad. Cut the champignons lengthwise and fry in vegetable oil until fully cooked. Then the mushrooms need to be cooled. We place the cooled mushrooms on the cap of our mushroom from the salad.


Place strips of fresh cucumber at the bottom of the mushroom.


"Cone"

You can beautifully and simply arrange mushrooms and champignons in the form of a cone. Champignons can be taken fresh and fried, or marinated. Each subsequent layer of champignons covers the previous one in a checkerboard pattern. Finish the salad with a sprig of dill.


Salad design Herring under a fur coat

Decorate the top of the salad with grated potatoes, strips of egg white, and a circle of egg for the eye of the fish.


Salad decoration “Monomakh's Hat”


We lay out the layered salad in the shape of a hat with a lapel.


We attach the walnut to the lapel of the hat. Form a small ball from the remaining potato and mayonnaise mixture and place it on the top of the hat. Using sweet corn, we make a headband around the ball at the top of the hat, rows from the top to the lapel.


Cut diamonds out of boiled carrots and decorate the hat with them. Use corn to form carrot diamonds. Cut narrow strips of carrots and form a ball on top.

Decorating vegetable salad with olives, tomatoes and cucumbers “Berry”


Decoration for a vegetable salad from simple ingredients can be made easily and simply from olives and cherry tomatoes, and the delicious salad will look like a delicious berry.

Salad ingredients

  • 1 fresh cucumber
  • 200 g green peas
  • 1/3 small head of fresh cabbage
  • 5-9 pitted olives
  • 2-3 eggs
  • mayonnaise or vegetable oil

Ingredients for decorating the salad "Berry"

  • 5-6 olives
  • 12-15 cherry tomatoes
  • some fresh cucumber

To prepare the salad itself, cut the olives into four parts, chop the cabbage, and chop the eggs into small pieces. Add green peas and mix everything. Season the salad with mayonnaise. You can also season the salad with vegetable oil. And then eggs can be excluded from the salad. Both salad options are delicious.


Place the salad in a salad bowl. To decorate the salad, cut the tomatoes and olives in half, cut the cucumber into small slices. Spread the berries with halves of cherry tomatoes, alternating them with halves of olives. Place cucumber slices in a row on top of the berries.



Decoration for vegetable salads “Basket”

How to decorate a vegetable salad with your own hands. We suggest making a beautiful vegetable salad “Basket with Berries”.

Actually, the salad itself is easy and quick to prepare from fresh vegetables (cabbage and cucumber) with the addition of grated cheese. You can decorate this salad even faster and more effectively with cherry tomatoes and pitted olives.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 small head of fresh cabbage
  • 100 g hard cheese
  • 1 cucumber

To decorate the salad

  • Cherry tomatoes
  • 1 small can of pitted olives

Shred the cabbage. Cut fresh cucumber into narrow strips. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Mix cheese, cabbage and cucumber, season with vegetable oil.


Place the salad in a salad bowl and use a spoon to level the surface, compacting the sides slightly.


We make a basket of olives. To do this, cut the pitted olives in half.


Place the olive halves on half the surface of the salad. We also lay out the handle of the basket of olives as in the photo.


Cut cherry tomatoes in half. Place the tomato halves in the basket. A beautiful basket of berries is ready.


Simple decoration of cucumber salad

Place a mound of salad in a salad bowl. Cut the cucumbers into halves and arrange them around the edges of the salad, making a flower in the center of the salad. Finish the salad with sweet corn.

Salad decoration for March 8


To place the salad you will need a flat plate and two narrow glasses. Place the salad on a plate around the glasses, compacting and smoothing it along the edges of the salad with a spoon. That is, we form the number 8. Carefully remove the glasses. Using a damp cloth, we remove the excess lettuce protruding beyond the outline of our figure eight. Sprinkle the eight with grated egg or cheese. Arrange parsley leaves.


Decoration for salad Olivier “Butterfly”

Mix all the ingredients for the salad and season with mayonnaise. Place the salad on a flat plate and at the same time form a round shape, lightly compacting it with a spoon. The salad turns out viscous and easily retains its shape.

Cut the egg into slices lengthwise. Place four egg slices on the surface of the salad - these are butterfly wings. Place sweet corn around the edge of the egg rounds.

Grate the boiled carrots on a coarse grater. Place carrot strips on the wings, and you can also use carrot strips to decorate the sides of the salad. Place raisins in place of the body and antennae of the butterfly.


Design and decoration of children's salads

Lamb

The salad is laid out on a flat plate in the form of a body with a head and tail. Sprinkle the salad with grated egg. Use prunes to decorate the head, ears, and paws. Make eyes and a mouth from egg whites and prunes.

Panda

The salad is laid out on a flat plate in the form of a body with a head. Sprinkle the salad with grated egg. Use olive halves to decorate the eyes, nose, ears, and paws. Finish the salad with a sprig of dill and slices of fresh cucumbers.

It’s always nice when holiday dishes on the table are not only tasty, but also beautifully decorated, because in this case they become doubly appetizing and look aesthetically pleasing. A colorful, bright dish will decorate the table and will undoubtedly delight your guests.

For decoration, you can use not only greens, which has already become commonplace, you just need to show a little imagination for the presentation and, of course, select products to match the salad ingredients.

Appetizer of Korean carrots and chicken. Required ingredients:

  • chicken meat - 200 grams;
  • soy sauce;
  • cucumber - 1 piece;
  • carrots - 2 pcs;
  • tomatoes (cherry) - 3 pcs;
  • greenery;
  • seasoning.

Peel the carrots, chop them, add salt, then place the container in the refrigerator under pressure for 1 hour. Cut the meat into cubes and fry in a frying pan with sauce. Remove the carrots and drain the juice, then mix well with the meat. Heat 15 grams of oil in a frying pan and add seasoning for the loin, stir and pour the hot mixture into the container with the prepared products. Mix all ingredients and place in the refrigerator again for 1.5 hours.

Place fresh cucumber, thinly sliced ​​lengthwise (1 slice), into a round rim-shaped mold, then fill the mold with the prepared mixture, seal and turn over onto a plate. Roll the remaining slices into a rose and decorate the finished dish, adding cherry tomato roses.










For a romantic dinner

Salad “Compliment”. Required ingredients:

  • boiled shrimp - 200 grams;
  • egg - 3 pcs;
  • medium lemon - 1 piece;
  • canned pineapple - 1 can;
  • red caviar - 100 grams;
  • cheese - 200 grams;
  • mayonnaise.

Grate the cheese, chop the pineapples, boil the eggs. Then place the products in layers in two forms. Cover the bottom with grated egg white and season, then shrimp and season again, place pineapples on them, season and sprinkle with grated yolk. Mix the mayonnaise and prepared cheese until smooth, then fill the molds to the edge with the mixture, turn the molds over onto a plate and carefully remove. Place two heart-shaped shrimp on top of the resulting towers and fill the space in the middle with caviar. You can use leftover shrimp and parsley for garnish, or you can make a lemon rose.











For a birthday

Salad “Seahorse”. Required ingredients:

  • boiled shrimp - 300 grams;
  • onion - 1 piece;
  • boiled squid - 300 grams;
  • mayonnaise;
  • egg - 2 pcs;
  • canned corn - 200 grams;
  • red caviar - 50 grams;
  • cheese - 200 grams;
  • apple - 1 piece;
  • salmon (smoked) - 100 grams;
  • greenery.

Chop the apple, chop the squid into thin strips, cube the shrimp, grate the eggs, marinate the chopped onion (scald with boiling water). Combine all prepared ingredients with corn and season. Then draw the outline of a seahorse on the dish and carefully spread the resulting mass over it. Sprinkle the dish with cheese, the last layer will be mayonnaise.

To give it a festive look, cover the scallop with shrimp with the addition of red eggs, and also make stripes with fins. Make roses from salmon and decorate the dish, complement the composition with lemon and herbs.







For a children's birthday

Salad “Fox coat”. Required ingredients:

  • fried champignons - 400 grams;
  • herring - 300 grams;
  • boiled carrots - 2 pcs;
  • boiled potatoes - 4 pcs;
  • egg - 4 pcs;
  • onion - 1 piece;
  • mayonnaise.

Mix mushrooms thoroughly with chopped onions. Chop the herring, grate the potatoes and carrots, pass the eggs through a mesh (leave 1). Draw the outline of the salad and start laying it out in layers. The first will be the fish, which needs to be coated with dressing, then potatoes, mushrooms, more dressing, eggs and finally carrots.

When decorating the salad, you need to draw the muzzle and eyes, paws and tail with mayonnaise. For the eyes, cut two round pieces from the white, grate the rest and fill the tip of the tail and paws with it. Green eyes can be made with cucumber or olives. Fill the belly, muzzle and ears with grated yolk. Add circles of olives to the eyes, and make the nose and eyelashes using them too. Using the ingredients, draw a butterfly.












For New Year and Christmas

Salad “Christmas wreath”. Ingredients:

  • boiled sausage - 500 grams;
  • egg - 6 pcs;
  • canned peas - 600 grams;
  • boiled potatoes - 4 pcs;
  • onions (feathers) - 100 grams;
  • boiled carrots - 2 pcs;
  • parsley;
  • pickled cucumbers - 700 grams;
  • mayonnaise.

Cut one carrot and all the potatoes into cubes, finely chop the cucumber and onion, cut the sausage into cubes, pass the eggs through a mesh. Mix the mixture with peas and season; it is advisable to leave the tops of the eggs. To paint Christmas tree decorations, you will need red cabbage juice; using a toothpick, dip the tops of the eggs into it for 5 seconds.

To lay out the salad, place a jar in the center of the plate and place the salad around it, then carefully remove the jar and draw a mayonnaise mesh on the salad, attach parsley to it in a circle. You will get a wreath, which needs to be decorated with made toys and bows made from carrots.






For Valentine's Day

Salad “Kiss of a Lover”. Ingredients:

  • cheese - 200 grams;
  • boiled beets - 2 pcs;
  • carrots - 3 pcs;
  • peeled garlic - 3 cloves;
  • steamed raisins - 100 grams;
  • walnuts - 100 grams;
  • mayonnaise.

Mix carrots, grated well, with raisins, season, then place the lip-shaped mass on the chosen dish. Grate cheese with garlic and season, place on top. Grate the beets and nuts, season and spread, giving the mixture the shape of lips. Decorate the salad with roses from beet-colored daikon and leaves from cucumber sticks.











Festive fur coat

Ingredients:

  • herring - 500 grams;
  • boiled carrots and potatoes - 5 pcs each;
  • onion - 1 piece;
  • boiled beets - 2 pcs;
  • mayonnaise.

Grate the potatoes and place ⅔ of the mixture on the chosen dish, after it comes the herring, which is cut into cubes, marinate the chopped onion (scald with boiling water) and place on top of the fish, then grease everything with dressing. Grated carrots will be the fourth layer, then potatoes again, brush with dressing. Grate the beets and, leveling the salad, lay it out, then coat the dish with dressing.

To decorate, draw a grid of mayonnaise, decorate with buttons and carrot roses, and add parsley to the decoration.








On March 8

Salad “Emerald”. Ingredients:

  • chicken (fillet) - 500 grams;
  • cheese - 300 grams;
  • cucumber - 2 pcs;
  • nuts (walnuts) - 50 grams;
  • kiwi - 3-5 pcs;
  • mayonnaise.

Chop the meat into cubes and fry in a frying pan, spread the mixture onto the prepared dish, giving it the shape of a figure eight, then brush with dressing. Chop the cucumber into strips and place on top of the meat, then grated cheese, brush with dressing. Grind the nuts to a powder and sprinkle on the salad, cut the peeled kiwi into slices and place on top.

To decorate the dish, you can use daikon roses, herbs and canned corn.








Original salad

Starfish salad. Ingredients:

  • round rice - 200 grams;
  • olives;
  • cucumber (fresh) - 1 piece;
  • egg - 3 pcs;
  • lettuce leaves;
  • salmon (smoked) - 400 grams;
  • shrimp - 350 grams;
  • mayonnaise;
  • Philadelphia cheese - 175 grams.

Cook the rice in the proportion of 350 milliliters of liquid per 200 grams of rice, reduce the heat after boiling and cook until the water is completely absorbed. Mix the cheese and dressing in equal proportions and blend using a blender. Cut the cucumbers into strips, then place lettuce leaves on the chosen dish and draw a star-shaped outline. Place the rice, then brush it with the prepared dressing and place chopped boiled shrimp on top, which we cover again with the dressing. The next layer is cucumber, on which put coarsely grated eggs and another layer of dressing.

For decoration we use salmon strips, which need to be laid out in the shape of a star, and olive rings.











For the holiday table

Tiffany salad. Ingredients:

  • grapes - 300 grams;
  • cucumber (fresh);
  • cheese - 200 grams;
  • egg - 3 pcs;
  • chicken breast (smoked) - 1 piece;
  • nuts (walnuts) - 100 grams;
  • mayonnaise.

Chop the breast into cubes, grate the cheese and nuts, halve the grapes and remove the seeds or take the seedless variety straight away. The first layer on ⅔ of the dish is to spread the meat and attach a grape sprig to it, then a layer of grated eggs and dressing, then sprinkle everything generously with nuts, and sprinkle cheese on top. After lubricating the mixture with the dressing, place the grape slices close together.

Cut leaves from the cucumber and attach them to a grape branch to decorate the dish.









For any occasion

Salad “Berezka”. Ingredients:

  • chicken meat (fillet) - 300 grams;
  • champignons - 300 grams;
  • egg - 5 pcs;
  • pickled cucumbers - 6 pcs;
  • onions (feathers) - 50 grams;
  • mayonnaise.

Fry mushrooms with onions, boil chicken and eggs, chop cucumbers. Place the mixture in an oval shape on a dish, then chop the breast into cubes and brush everything with dressing. After this, lay out a layer of grated protein, and then cucumbers and again dressing. Sprinkle with finely grated yolk as the final layer.

To decorate the salad, you need to draw a birch tree with the dressing, make strips from pieces of olives, and make leaves from onion feathers.











How to beautifully decorate salads with your own hands for the holiday table? After all, cooking is a real art, and it is designed to please the eye, smell and, of course, taste. Therefore, it’s one thing to cook, another thing to serve. But why not combine these two useful skills?

For example, decorating salads for New Year and Christmas. This is a great activity that will cheer up not only the guests, but also the hostess herself, who is probably tired from long preparations. There are a lot of ideas, so let’s focus on the simplest and at the same time very original ones.

The symbol of the coming 2019 is the Yellow Earth Pig. The East is a delicate matter, and the attitude towards the image of a pig there is also peculiar, for us - unusual.

It is believed that this animal represents home comfort and material well-being. The pig protects family peace, it monitors material comfort and at the same time radiates good nature and serenity.

Therefore, a pig must be present on the table. Moreover, if someone does not like pork meat, no problem. DIY salad decoration in the shape of a pig can also be made from other products that can be found in any refrigerator.

And by the way, according to popular belief, serving pork dishes on New Year’s Eve is not recommended at all. We'll make do with beef, chicken, turkey, fish - and who knows what other meats. But we won’t offend the pig, she is the mistress of the year.

Decorating salads with the symbol of the year

A piglet is a “comfortable” animal. He is well-fed, his body is round, without pretentiousness. Compare, for example, a rooster (symbol of 2018) and a pig - which is more difficult to do? Therefore, there is no problem in making a lying pig from lettuce mass. You can also call hardworking kids to help - let them make a shape or cut out “details”: ears, legs, snout.

However, how to achieve a delicate pink color so that the “pig” turns out milky and pleasant to look at? We will act like this:

Step 1. First, spread the salad mixture onto a pre-prepared dish. It should be an oblong large plate. We put lettuce leaves on it, and then the salad itself (you can use Olivier salad, or indeed any meat salad).

Step 2. Then we form 2 parts - a small ball for the head and an oblong body in the shape of a cucumber. Although you can leave it as is - let the pig be so well-fed that the head will smoothly transition into the body.

Step 4. Now you need to achieve pink color. To do this, cook the beets (they will then be used as herring under a fur coat), take a few spoons of the broth and mix them with sour cream or snow-white mayonnaise. Mix thoroughly until pink.

Step 5. Lubricate the surface of our pig with this mixture.

Step 6. Cut out a snout from the sausage (don’t forget to cut 2 holes), a tail (a strip that can be folded and secured with a toothpick), and 2 ears. We make the eyes from black olives. The ears are also cut out of sausage - 2 thin triangles with non-pointed edges.

Step 7. Serve with vegetables and herbs. It turns out to be such a wonderful pig.

There is another, more interesting option, when the piglet’s body is clearly expressed. Here we need to work in exactly the same way. And you can decorate the top with small shavings of ham - for this, the sausage is crushed using a fine grater.

If you follow the traditions of this New Year, you need to exclude pork from the menu. We replace it with poultry ham - it can be easily purchased at any store.

On the other hand, we are in the Year of the Earthy Yellow Pig. And it’s very easy to make yellow from ingredients. Take the egg yolk, grind it on a fine grater and apply it completely to the surface.

And a very interesting decoration can be made from boiled squid carcasses stuffed with any salad. The forked pieces at the end of the carcass will just pass for the ears. And how to make a patch and other elements is already known.

You can fill such a carcass with a salad with crab sticks or seafood - they harmoniously combine with squid in both taste and appearance.

Decorating snacks for the Year of the Pig: jellied meat

As we remember, it is better to put beef, fish or poultry dishes on the New Year's table in the Year of the Pig. Therefore, let's cook it or beef - and then decorate it in an unusual and beautiful way!

So, let’s cook the jellied meat and pour it into a regular plastic bottle. We do it like this:

  • take a bottle with a capacity of 1 or 1.5 liters and pour broth with meat and gelatin into it - gradually;
  • Gently tap the sides of the bottle so that the air comes out and the broth settles and is distributed evenly;
  • It is important that the bottle is full by the time the jellied meat begins to harden. You can mix the contents, for example, with a stick or a thin long knife;
  • All that remains is to place such an unusual jellied meat vertically in the refrigerator - and let it freeze properly;
  • When it hardens, carefully cut the bottle in several places and take out the jellied meat.

And now - a decoration in the shape of a pig: take pieces of sausage and cut out the ears and snout (you can use a bottle cap). We attach the patch with two clove buds. We make a slot for the ears and insert them. Cut a tail from sausage or fresh pepper and attach it. The eyes are made from olive rings, also secured with cloves.

Place the jellied pig on a plate and decorate with herbs and vegetables.

And here’s another one for New Year’s or Christmas - with funny little piglets made from eggs.

How to decorate a herring under a fur coat: 10 photos for inspiration

Of course, one of the traditional New Year’s dishes, and indeed treats of Russian cuisine in general, is. And you can’t decorate it with a pig, because the base of the appetizer is fish. This means that the decoration should be associated with it.

There are several interesting options for this. Usually the tail and head of the fish are mercilessly thrown away, because they have no nutritional value. But they are quite suitable as decoration!

We spread the salad mixture in an even layer in the shape of a fish so that one end is a little sharper, the other is flatter (egg shape). We insert the head at one end and the tail at the other. We draw the skeleton of the fish using mayonnaise, and decorate the edges of the salad with peas and herbs.

Why not rethink the image of the fish and present it in the form of a kind of Snow Maiden who comes to our festive table every year? We spread the salad mixture in the form of a coat with a hood.

The edges can be decorated with finely grated cheese - lovers of classic herring under a fur coat will simply take the salad from the edge where there is no cheese. Decorate the center beautifully with berries, having previously “drawn” a stripe using mayonnaise.

You can make another interesting option using different types of confectionery sprinkles. In the hands of such a Snow Maiden is a sprig of mimosa, which is made from dill and grated egg yolk.

Of course, salads can be decorated both as shown in the photo and with the help of your own imagination. It is intuitively clear that you can lay out a fish figurine from the lettuce mass.

But other elements can be made from appropriate products. The scales are onion half rings, the fins are carrot triangles; They also make a mouth out of it; the eye is a circle of egg with olives or allspice. Simple and very beautiful.

The fish can be made in another way. Decorate the scales, mouth and fins with beets and carrots. You will get such a glamorous lady. The eyes are made of eggs and olives.

If you apply a layer of mayonnaise to the salad mixture and lay out the scales of olives, and the tails and heads of grated carrots, you get this fish.

And of course, you can move away from the “fish” theme and decorate the herring salad under a fur coat in a more original way. For example, in the form of classic birch and fungi. We “paint” them with olives and mayonnaise, and decorate with parsley.

Or get creative and make a salad that, to some extent, can be called Moscow. We draw the Kremlin from beets, the dial from egg white. We make a Christmas tree from pickled cucumbers and circles of carrots and eggs. Snow is also made from eggs, and people are cut out from olives.

Decorate with mayonnaise and place on the table. Guests will never guess that this “Moscow” salad is based on the classic herring under a fur coat.

And here is a romantic option with a beet rose. How to do it is a separate conversation (more details below).

From such roses and other flowers you can create a whole “flowerbed” or “clearing”. A great option for a New Year's feast or even a romantic evening!

And there is a simpler option with flowers made from corn and olives.

Salad decoration: beet rose

But let's get back to the roses. They are made from boiled beets. It needs to be cooled and cleaned. Then we proceed like this:

Step 1. Cut the root vegetable in half, and then cut into very thin slices. This is done using a combine harvester or a pair of skilled hands armed with a very sharp knife (carefully!)

Step 2. We make the rose in several stages - we go from the core to the edges. First, take a small piece and roll it into a fairly tight tube.

Step 3. Now we hold this core, and then we wrap new slices around it - literally 2-3 more pieces.

Step 4. Continuing to hold this structure in our hands, we fasten it with toothpicks. We cut off the excess parts from the bottom. Interestingly, there is another manufacturing option.

A rose can be made from beet strips that do not curl, but rather turn outward. Then you will get a flower like this.

Needless to say, such an element for decorating salads for the holiday table can be used for almost any dish - for herring under a fur coat, as shown in the photo, aspic from meat or. The rosette is well suited for both fruit and vegetable salads.

And the beauty is that, if desired, any man can do it to pleasantly surprise his beloved lady. A romantic mood will be guaranteed.

Festive decoration of Mimosa salad - step by step with photos

It is difficult to imagine a holiday table without our favorite fish salads - the already mentioned herring under a fur coat, Mimosa salad. By the way, you can cook it too.

But have you ever made it in the form of balls? This is an excellent option for the New Year's table, for a birthday, for the arrival of guests, as well as for a buffet table.

So, we will need:

  • 1 can of canned fish (basically any kind);
  • 1 large potato or 2 medium;
  • 1 carrot;
  • 2 eggs;
  • hard cheese - 100 g;
  • a bunch of green onions;
  • 5 tablespoons sesame seeds;
  • 1 tablespoon soy sauce;
  • 2 tablespoons of sour cream (or mayonnaise - to your taste).

We will act like this:

  1. Boil eggs and vegetables in their skins, cool in cold water, peel and grate on a fine grater into one container.
  2. Mash the canned fish (to your taste) with a fork and place it in the same container.
  3. Finely chop the green onions and add to vegetables, eggs and fish.
  4. Grate the cheese onto a fine grater and pour it there.
  5. Then add sour cream, soy sauce and mix very thoroughly until a homogeneous mass is formed. Tip: if you use mayonnaise, you don’t need to add soy sauce.
  6. Now we take pieces of the tasty mass with our hands dipped in water and roll them into balls, approximately the size of a large walnut.

Dry the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan until golden brown, transfer to a deep bowl, and let cool slightly. Now roll the balls in the seeds.

The Mimosa salad in balls is ready - this is such an original design.

DIY salad decoration: 10 options with photos

New Year also means a Christmas tree, kind Grandfather Frost, Christmas tree decorations and other joys. All these figures can also be depicted or even “made” from the most ordinary salads.

Here are a few more options for decorating salads with your own hands (photos and step-by-step descriptions are attached).

Christmas tree

Let's start with something very simple. Almost any salad can be placed in a mound, greased with mayonnaise or shavings of white cheese, and generously decorated with dill sprigs and pomegranate seeds. And on top put a star cut out of a tomato, bell pepper or carrot.

What happens? That's right - the main symbol of the New Year: the Christmas tree.

Another version of the Christmas tree is in the form of a lush tree lying on a plate. We decorate with small streams of mayonnaise, make “toys” from pomegranate seeds, corn, peas, carrots, olives, eggs. Or you can not be stingy and add a few eggs.

Such delicious Christmas trees can be made from pieces of any product: sausage, lemon, fresh cucumber, avocado, cheese, kiwi and other fruits. They are cut into equal parts and strung on strong wooden skewers. This must be done very tightly so that the “product” takes on the desired shape.

Boat with sail

Another option is a decoration in the shape of a sailboat, which is made from two cucumber slices (it’s better to take fresh ones): a thicker one for a boat, a thinner one for a sail.

You can decorate it very effectively and tasty this way.

Or from colored bell peppers.

Santa Claus

Since there is a Christmas tree, where is Grandfather Frost? Here's how to beautifully decorate salads with one of the main symbols of the New Year's celebration.

Here the idea is quite clear - on the surface of any prepared dish (for example), we place a beard made of eggs or cheese, a face made of egg yolk, a cap made of tomatoes, a coat of bell peppers and eyes made of olives.

And there is another quite interesting option - we’ll make a grandfather from a stuffed tomato (fresh). His beard is made of mayonnaise, his eyes are made of pepper, his nose is made of pomegranate seeds. And inside - any or grated yolk. Or even .

Holiday candle

But here is the whole picture in 3D format. New Year's candles are also an interesting and rather original plot. We spread Olivier or other festive appetizer in an even layer, decorate with greenery and pomegranate seeds, with which you need to “draw” beads.

We make candles from a piece of cheese, which is wrapped in a tube and secured with a toothpick. It is better to roll the piece in several layers so that the “candle” turns out to be quite dense. Let's make a flame from a piece of tomato or pepper.

Balls you can eat

Now let's stick some New Year's balls. Of course, you won’t hang them on the Christmas tree, but you will definitely eat them with pleasure. Any snack can be shaped into a ball.

We spread the mixture in the form of a circle, decorate the central part with boiled grated carrots, and greens around the edges. We can also decorate with olives, mayonnaise and a sprig of dill, which will serve as a “loop” for hanging this delicious “toy”.

You can easily form a ball from dense salads, decorate it with an olive and a sprig of dill - you get a 3D ball. And to give it shape, you can put it in the freezer for a while. When serving, decorate with herbs and vegetables.

But this is real art, which is also based on simple products. You can choose any meat salad and form it into 3 fairly large balls.

Next, grate some blue cheese (a real delicacy), egg yolk and boiled sausage or ham. Place shavings on each ball. Decorate with pepper, carrot or egg stars and decorate with herbs.

And if there are no blue cheese lovers, everything is very simple - let's have a little fun. Let's get the juice from red cabbage and pour it onto finely grated whites - we'll get the same effect.

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Another symbol of the New Year is a clock that begins counting down to the onset of magic. They can be made from the same products - greens, carrots, pomegranate seeds, olives are used.

Palm trees, cones and something else

In general, you can move a little away from the festive New Year theme and remember the hot tropics. We string an olive onto a skewer, decorate the top with herbs and get beautiful palm trees.

And there are many, many more ideas on how to decorate salads with your own hands (they can be seen in the photo). Any salad can be wrapped in a pancake, from which you can make a gift bag.

Or arrange almonds in the form of cones.

And for Christmas you can make a wreath of cherry tomatoes.

Happy holidays! Have a good mood!

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