Do you know how to prepare vegetable salad with mayonnaise so that it’s a true delicacy? Here we have several useful recipes of tasty salads with assorted vegetables, incredible flavors, and a very simple preparation process. Check them out to treat your loved ones with something really tasty and share your new knowledge with those who may also be interested!
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Several examples of a raw vegetable salad with mayonnaise
Raw vegetable salads with mayonnaise are a healthier alternative to processed food. Even tough mayonnaise is very rich and contains plenty of calories, raw vegetables can improve the situation a little bit and nourish your body with vitamins, microelements and necessary food fibers. Besides that, raw vegetables give such salads a sense of freshness and a touch of juiciness.
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Raw vegetables with bacon and nuts
You will need the following ingredients:
- Bacon – 6 slices
- Chopped raw broccoli – 3 cups
- Chopped raw cauliflower – 3 cups
- Chopped raw celery- 3 cups
- Thawed green peas – 10 ounce (1 pack of frozen peas)
- Dried cranberries – 1 cup
- Mayonnaise – 1 ½ cup
- Parmesan cheese – ¼ cup
- Sugar – ¼ cup
- Grated onion – 2 tablespoon
- Wine vinegar – 1 tablespoon
- Salt – 1 teaspoon
- Peanuts – 1 cup
Take a deep skillet and cook bacon slices in it until they get evenly brown. It will take you 10 to 15 minutes. Then, take the slices out and place on a wide plate lined with paper towels to absorb excess fat. This done, cut the slices into small pieces or cut with the help of a knife.
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Take a really large bowl and mix cauliflower, celery, broccoli, and peas in it. Then, add cranberries. Remember that all the vegetables must be washed thoroughly in the running water before they are chopped and placed into the bowl.
Take another bowl and mix mayonnaise, vinegar, cheese, sugar, and onion together. Whisk the mixture through and add to the big bowl with the vegetables. In the end, add nuts and pieces of bacon and stir the salad well.
Carrot with walnuts and dates
You will need the following ingredients:
- 2 carrots
- ½ handful of black raisins
- 6 walnut kernels
- 12 dates without stones
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise
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Everything you need to do is wash the raisins, put them into a suitable bowl or a mug and pour them over with boiling water. Leave them until they are soaked. In the meanwhile, peel and grate the carrots. Then, chop the walnut kernels and dates into the pieces you like. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Remove the water from raisins, add them to the salad and stir well.
Pasta salad with cheesy cream
This salad is more like a full-scale meal because it’s very nourishing and has all the necessary components of a nice salad and garnish, in addition.
You will need the following ingredients:
- 200g of pasta (you will need fusilli)
- ¼ cup of chopped yellow bell pepper
- ¼ cup of chopped green bell pepper
- 1 chopped tomato
- ¼ cup of baby spinach
- ¼ cup of finely sliced purple cabbage
- 1 chopped onion bulb
- 2 chopped green onion
- 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise
- 3 tablespoons of grated cheese
- ¼ tablespoon of oregano
- 1 tablespoon of flaked chili
- 1 tablespoon of chopped parsley
- Salt to taste
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Cook the pasta in a regular way and make sure it has its shape and is firm enough. Drain it in a usual way, too and cool down with the help of cold water. Set the pasta aside and get down to other ingredients.
Prepare all the ingredients (the vegetables must be washed thoroughly before they are chopped and mixed with other components). Take a bowl and mix all the vegetables and pasta together.
Now, take a blender and put mayonnaise, chili flakes, cheese, parsley, and oregano into it. Add salt to taste. Blend them for several seconds and then pour the dressing out into the bowl with the salad. Mix everything thoroughly but carefully in order not to ruin the pasta.
Then, let the ingredients settle well with one another for about 30 minutes, and it’s ready to be served!
Cooked vegetable salad with mayonnaise
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Cooked vegetables used in salads originate from cold countries where there’s quite difficult to get fresh vegetables in winter. This is why certain stored root vegetables are cooked and mixed with other ingredients to make a nourishing and tasty dish. Try such salads and you will see how the cooked ingredients perfectly match fresh ones.
Тhe Russian salad
You will need the following ingredients:
- 3 cooked carrots
- 3 big cooked potatoes
- 1 cooked parsnip
- 2 peeled apples without cores
- 4 gherkins
- 5 eggs boiled to complete hardness
- 1 can of canned green peas
- Mayonnaise
- Salt, pepper to taste
- Lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon of mustard
The preparation process is not long if you extract the time required to cook the vegetables and eggs. When all the ingredients are done, cool them down and start peeling and chopping. Everything you need to do is chop all the vegetables into small cubes of the same size. Then, peel and chop the eggs, too.
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Put all the ingredients into a large bowl. Add the canned peas and season the mixture with salt, pepper, lemon juice, and mustard. Add mayonnaise: put as much as you like. Stir the salad well so that all the ingredients settle down evenly.
Potato and corn salad with mayonnaise
You will need the following ingredients:
- 2 boiled potatoes
- ¾ cup of boiled and chopped carrots and peas mixed together
- ½ cup of canned corn kernels
- 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons of minced green coriander
- Juice of 1 whole lemon
- ¼ teaspoon of mustard
- Salt and pepper to taste
Take a bowl. Chop the peeled potatoes into cubes and put on the bottom. Then, add all the other ingredients and mix accurately. When all the ingredients are incorporated thoroughly with each other, serve portions of the salad in fresh salad leaves and season with fresh coriander.
If you want, you may add some chopped apple flesh just to add a touch of freshness.
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Potato and pasta salad
You will need the following ingredients:
- 2 large of 3 medium boiled or baked potatoes
- 2 boiled carrots
- 1 1/3 cup of frozen peas
- 1 1/3 cup of sweet corn kernels
- 1 cup of grated Emmentaller cheese (or any other that you like)
- 1/4 cup of chicken stock
- 1/4 cup of mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons of vinegar
- 1 pinch of nutmeg
- 1 pinch of allspice
Take a big pot and cook potatoes and carrots in water until they are almost done. Then, add the peas and corn and let it cook for 2 minutes more. Then, drain everything thoroughly. Cool the vegetables down, peel and chop finely.
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Take a bowl and put the vegetables into it. Add the grated cheese and pour the stock over everything. Then, add mayonnaise, salt, vinegar, and other spices. Stir carefully but thoroughly until everything is incorporated with each other. Garnish the salad with fresh bay leaves.
These are some really tasty and easy to cook recipes of vegetable salad with mayonnaise. You can enjoy them at any time because all the ingredients are easily available and you don’t need to give any extra efforts to get them.
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However, it’s necessary to remember that salads dressed with mayonnaise should be prepared and eaten right away. The longest term of their storage is no more than 3 hours under the condition that they are stored in a fridge. The point is that a mixture of this type with plenty of fats and other nutrients is a great pool for bacteria, which cause food poisoning.
Be careful and enjoy the perfect creamy taste of mayonnaise salads!
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