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Easy, quick, delicious salads at home. Economical salad recipes

About 2 weeks before the wonderful holidays, we begin to catch ourselves thinking about the composition of the menu and often run into sober calculations of food costs. We offer you interesting ideas for inexpensive salads for the New Year, which would be talked about with admiration even in Odessa, famous for its rich Privoz. You will have a luxurious opportunity to sit down “with one fifth point - two bazaars!”, or, to paraphrase Odessa residents, to feed guests tasty, beautiful and budget-friendly!

Products for a cheap salad for the New Year

Let's take a closer look at what will cost us relatively inexpensively.

1. These are the usual root vegetables (potatoes, beets, carrots, celery), onions, garlic and several types of cabbage (white, red, cauliflower).

2. The most affordable fruits are apples and oranges.

3. Protein ingredients - eggs, crab sticks, chicken breast, processed cheese, beans.

4. For savory ingredients, traditional pickles (cucumbers and cabbage) and canned peas, mushrooms, and corn.

Let us also note that the very presence of an expensive ingredient should not scare you away from the salad - immediately and irrevocably. See WHAT QUANTITY is required for the recipe. Perhaps you will end up with a large volume of inexpensive but tasty salad for the New Year, which also includes whole pickled mushrooms!

It is with this salad with pickled mushrooms that we will begin a fascinating story about economy salads for the New Year.

Budget salad “Glade for a monkey”

This interesting and beautiful salad is convenient to make even the day before, because after 12 hours in the refrigerator it will only benefit from its taste!

Ingredients for an inexpensive New Year's salad

Marinated white mushrooms - 500 g;
Potatoes – 200 g;
Carrots – 200 g;
Chicken – 200 g;
Eggs – 3 pcs.;
Pickled cucumbers – 100 g;
Mayonnaise – 200 g;
Green onions, dill, parsley - to taste;
Lettuce - 5-6 leaves, optional - for serving.

How to prepare “Glade for the Monkey”

Take a fairly wide pan with low walls or a glass bowl with a flat bottom. Grease the dishes with oil and lay out layers of ingredients:
Layer No. 1 - large mushrooms with short legs, which we lay in a dense carpet with their caps down.
Layer No. 2 - finely chopped greens, with which we fill all the voids between the mushrooms and carefully compact them. On top we draw a grid of mayonnaise.
Layer No. 3 – boiled carrots, grated on a coarse or medium grater.
Layer No. 4 – pickled cucumbers, cut into small cubes. On top is a grid of mayonnaise.
Attention! Be sure to squeeze the cucumbers before laying them out!
Layer No. 5 – boiled chicken meat, cut into small cubes. And again - a network of mayonnaise.
Layer No. 6 – hard-boiled eggs, grated on a coarse grater. This layer can be slightly salted. And don’t forget to decorate it with a grid of mayonnaise.
Layer No. 7 – boiled potatoes, coarsely grated. You can add some salt + be sure to coat it with mayonnaise.

Cover the dish with a lid and place it in the refrigerator. Serve on a large platter lined with lettuce leaves: you will need to very carefully turn the salad out of the dish.

If you like salads with champignons, we offer several more economical recipes.

Salad "Flower Bed"

A relatively inexpensive and simple salad that inspires with artistic presentation!

What you need to make a budget salad

Korean carrots – 200 g;
White cabbage – 200 g;
Pitted prunes – 200 g;
Chicken legs (preferably smoked) – 300 g;
Mayonnaise - to taste;
Sunflower oil - for greasing the mold;
Crackers (shaped like a circle or square) and parsley leaves for decoration.

How to cook

Chop vegetables:

cut Korean carrots into strips 2-3 cm long,
prunes and chicken legs - into medium cubes,
white cabbage - on the smallest attachment of a Burner grater.

Cook's Advice
Alternative slicing of cabbage - chop very thinly and cut short (1 cm) with a sharp knife.

Place the ingredients in layers in a wide pan, lightly greased with vegetable oil. Coat the layers with mayonnaise. Sequence: chicken, prunes, cabbage, carrots.

Cook's Advice
You can add canned corn to the salad by mixing it with white cabbage (two ingredients in one layer). Or the cheapest pickled mushrooms, for example, chanterelles (washing them from the slippery brine).

Let the salad sit for up to 3 hours in the refrigerator.
Turn over onto a plate lined with lettuce leaves.
We cover the sides of the salad with crackers, and on top we create a flower bed with easy-to-make flowers from carrots and eggs or other vegetables.

Below are detailed articles on how to make these spectacular decorations.

Cheap salad "Carrot Fantasy"

One of the cheapest and most delicious salads for the New Year! The popular frying of carrots and onions is rarely seen in salad recipes. So let's correct this annoying forgetfulness by adding a secret ingredient to the frying!

For an economy salad you will need

Carrots – 300 g;
White onion – 200 g;
Sunflower seeds – 100 g;
Vegetable oil - for sautéing;
Sour cream - to taste.

How to cook Carrot Fantasy

Pour boiling water over sunflower seeds and leave for 20 minutes.
Grate the carrots on a coarse grater and finely chop the onion.
Saute half the carrots in a well-heated frying pan, adding heat at the end so that the onions are slightly golden.
Remove the carrots and onions from the heat and add the second half of the carrots (raw!) and seeds (drain the water from them!) to the stewed mixture.
Mix thoroughly and season.

Additional products for a cheap New Year's salad

Expensive types of nuts, such as walnuts or almonds, are also suitable for this salad.

In addition, boiled beans and potatoes will play very interestingly in the salad. In this case, we lay the salad in layers:

Beans + sour cream with a clove of chopped garlic.
Then some grated boiled potatoes with mayonnaise.
On top is a carrot mixture with seeds.

When selecting the proportions of beans and potatoes, take approximately 2 times less than carrots.

If you like vegetable salads, and carrot salads in particular, we offer a few more recipes that may be able to decorate your New Year's menu.

Salad "Sweet Life"

Inexpensive ingredients, simple preparation and tasty results! If you are looking for this harmonious combination for a salad for the New Year, then this recipe will appeal to you.

Necessary products for a delicious New Year's salad

How to make a holiday salad

Pour boiling water over raisins and prunes and leave for 20 minutes.
Chop the prunes into large cubes.
Grate raw carrots, hard cheese and boiled beets on a coarse grater.
Press the garlic through a garlic press.
We combine the mixtures for the layers from which we will assemble the salad:
Layer No. 1 = Carrots + raisins + mayonnaise
Layer No. 2 = Hard cheese + mayonnaise
Layer No. 3 = Beets + garlic + prunes
Place the layers in a numbered sequence on a wide dish, forming a mound. The beet layer completes the mound over the entire surface.

Spectacular decoration

We lay a braided layer of thin strips of cheese on top of the beetroot layer, and semicircles of carrots around the perimeter of the slide. This will create a very appetizing multi-colored picture - without complex decorative efforts.

You can decorate the top of the salad with hearts cut from beets and lettuce leaves - simply and tastefully.

If this is difficult for you, then simply put the salad in portioned bowls or clear glass glasses.

For lovers of beet salads, we offer other economical recipes.

New Year's coleslaw

Cheap coleslaws help us out every day. So let's not change traditions and make an inexpensive cabbage salad for the New Year's table, adding just one non-budget ingredient.

For economy salad we need

White cabbage – 200 g;
Cauliflower – 100 g;
Broccoli – 100 g;
Any smoked meat (chicken leg or ham) – 100 g;
Mayonnaise - to taste;
Greens - to taste.

How to make coleslaw

Grind the white cabbage on the smallest Burner attachment, or shred it very thinly and then cut it short.
Separate the cauliflower and broccoli into florets and chop finely.
Attention!
Use only the soft “curly” parts of broccoli, or peel the stem part of the inflorescence from the top layer.
Cut the chicken leg into medium cubes.
Mix all the ingredients, season with mayonnaise, lightly sprinkle with chopped herbs (dill + parsley)

Cook's Advice
Another sauce for this salad can be a mixture of light French mustard and honey in a ratio of 1:1 or 1:2. This dressing will be especially tasty if we use several additional components.

The following inexpensive and simple products can be additional components for the New Year's salad:

sweet and sour apple, peeled and cut into small cubes;
canned corn or peas;
pickled mushrooms, washed from marinade and finely chopped.

We suggest you read several options for such combinations in detailed separate articles.

Salad “Emerald Isle”: recipe with pineapples

How to make an inexpensive, tasty salad

Rub the chicken breast with curry, fry in a frying pan until cooked and cut into small cubes.
Finely chop the onion, cut the kiwi and pineapple into small cubes.
Three hard-boiled eggs on a fine grater.
First, quickly freeze the hard cheese in the freezer and cut it into small cubes with a sharp knife - about the same as kiwi.
We lay the prepared components in layers:

Layer No. 1 = chicken + ½ onion + mayonnaise
Layer No. 2 = pineapple + ½ onion + ½ kiwi and coat with mayonnaise on top
Layer No. 3 = grated eggs + hard cheese + mayonnaise
Layer No. 4 = kiwi - it was this structural green layer that became the basis for the name of the salad.

Agree, the very colorful result is worth spending a little money on - just 3 pieces of kiwi. But thanks to them, a cheap salad acquires a pleasant sourness and an unusual appearance.

You can also enhance the taste of the dish by actively peppering the layer of cheese and egg. Make the New Year easy on the hassle, budget-friendly and bright in taste!

Options for preparing budget salads

Try to change the most familiar recipes for cheap New Year's salads, because who, if not you, is well versed in the tastes of household members and friends?!

Vinaigrette in a new way

For example, otherwise prepare a vinaigrette.

Instead of cucumbers, add sauerkraut, and do not boil the beets themselves, but stew them with carrots, cauliflower cubes and a small amount of finely chopped onion.

Cubes of celery can also go there (half the size of beets and carrots). You won’t want to add potatoes to such a vinaigrette, but boiled beans or sunflower seeds will come in very handy. The result is a new taste, a mystery of ingredients and no huge expenses!

Inexpensive salad with crab sticks

Look for fresh options with crab sticks. To do this, focus on them, removing other “heavy” components from the recipes - potatoes, eggs and meat.

One of the juiciest and cheapest options for New Year's crab salad:

finely grated white cabbage,
apple and orange, chopped into thin strips,
canned corn,
crab sticks, not very finely chopped.

Dressing = mayonnaise + pepper. You will need a Burner grater.

Simple and cheap sauerkraut salads

Everyone's favorite sauerkraut also comes to the rescue. It’s easy to bring it up to a festive level if you add an apple (thin straws), a little corn and coarsely chopped nuts.

At the same time, season with aromatic vegetable oil. An excellent combination of flavors will also be obtained if you add raisins, prunes, and dried apricots to the cabbage. Note that expensive ingredients are in small quantities!

And if you remember the recipes of our grandmothers, then the 3 cheapest ingredients (sauerkraut, boiled potatoes and onions) are an excellent base for a delicious winter salad that will not disgrace the New Year's table if it is offered with a hearty hot meat - akin to baked chops or chicken legs.

This is another approach to choosing inexpensive salads for the New Year: by saving on the accompaniment of good and often expensive meat, we do not lose the overall mood of the meal - as generous and rich!

Not everyone can afford to prepare salads with exquisite and expensive products every day - this often requires not only a decent amount of time, but also considerable financial costs. A selection of budget salads that are not inferior in taste to expensive recipes, especially for such occasions.

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Salad “Instant”

This salad fully lives up to its name - you will have time to prepare it, even if unexpected guests are already on the way to your house. In addition, to create this dish you need simple and inexpensive products that you can probably find in the refrigerator. Even a child can handle preparing this salad, and an experienced housewife will take just a few minutes. You can diversify the taste of the salad with the help of croutons: you can use both classic white bread croutons and cheese or garlic croutons - it all depends on your imagination.

Ingredients

crab sticks 200 g;
crackers - 40 g (1 small package);
canned corn - 200 g;
Chinese cabbage - 200 g (can be replaced with regular cabbage or lettuce);
cheese 100 g;
mayonnaise - to taste;
garlic 2 cloves.

How many calories?

Step-by-step instruction

Cut the crab sticks and cheese into small cubes of approximately the same size.
Chop the Chinese cabbage into strips and add it to the cheese and crab sticks.
Open a can of corn, drain the juice and place in a salad bowl.
Add croutons and finely chopped garlic, mix all ingredients and season the salad with mayonnaise.
If desired, you can decorate it with herbs and then serve.

If guests are delayed or dinner is postponed for a short time, add croutons immediately before the start of the meal, so they will not have time to get soggy and will remain crispy.

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A small selection of photos of the finished salad and options for serving it.

“Instant” salad with corn and crab sticks You can serve the salad by layering the ingredients Or diversify the taste by adding fresh cucumber

Salad "Budget"

To prepare this dish you will have to spend some time at the stove. But given that the salad contains inexpensive and widely available products, there is no reason not to treat yourself to such a snack. Moreover, there is nothing complicated in its preparation. It will certainly take a special place in the list of simple and favorite dishes.

Ingredients

How many calories?

Step-by-step instruction

Cut the onion into rings and fry in vegetable oil until golden brown.
Cut raw carrots and beets into strips or grate them on a coarse grater and also fry them in oil. Once the vegetables are ready, place them on a paper towel - this simple technique will remove excess oil left after frying.
Tear the cooled boiled chicken fillet into fibers or cut into small pieces.
The pickled cucumber must be cut into cubes.
Assemble the salad: place all ingredients in one plate, add salt and season with mayonnaise. Stir and serve - the unusual, albeit low-budget salad is ready.

To reduce the active salad preparation time, boil the chicken fillet in advance.

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Salad "Budget" You can wrap the salad in pita bread and serve it in the form of rolls Original serving of salad on chips

Video from Natalya Kalnina on how to prepare the “Budget” salad.

Salad "Obzhorka"

The popular and familiar “Obzhorka” salad is also a low-cost dish. There are many options for preparing this famous salad: options with beef or liver, beans or sausage. The most inexpensive of all these recipes is “Obzhorka” with sausage, and we will tell you in more detail about preparing just such a salad. This salad will allow you not only not to waste money on expensive products, but also to feed even the hungriest guest to the full, because it is very nutritious.

Ingredients

carrots - 1 pc.;
onion - 1 pc.;
sausage 250-300 g;
cucumber 1 pc.;
mayonnaise for salad dressing - to taste.

How many calories?

Step-by-step instruction

Cut the onion into rings and fry in heated vegetable oil. Add grated carrots to the onions.
Remove excess oil from fried vegetables by placing them on paper towels.
While the onions and carrots are cooling, cut the cucumber and sausage into small cubes. Add cooled carrots and onions to them.
Add mayonnaise, croutons and mix the salad.

In this salad you can use any sausage that you have on hand: boiled, smoked or semi-smoked. In addition, to add an original taste to the salad, you can add some beans or champignons.

The photo gallery presents options for inexpensive and popular “Obzhorka” salads

With sausage and mushrooms “Obzhorka” with smoked sausage and beans Salad “Obzhorka” with boiled sausage

Salad "Student"

Another option for a simple and tasty low-budget snack is the Student salad. This salad will surprise you not only with its taste, but also with the products required for its preparation. To create such a salad in your kitchen you will need no more than 10 minutes, including decoration and serving. A real find for those cases when there is not enough time or ingredients for a culinary feat.

Ingredients

carrots - 1 pc.;
garlic - 2 cloves;
mayonnaise - to taste;
instant noodles - 1 package.

How many calories?

Step-by-step instruction

Grate or cut the carrots into strips.
Pass the garlic through a press and add to the carrots.
Break the noodle briquette into small pieces and add to the carrots and garlic.
Season the resulting dish with mayonnaise.

To add an interesting taste to the salad, you can add dry seasoning that comes with the noodles.

And although many housewives treat instant food with a certain degree of skepticism, salads with its addition turn out to be fast, tasty and, most importantly, inexpensive.

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Salad "Student" You can add grated cheese Can you add boiled eggs?

Salad "Prostetsky"

To create this salad, you don’t need to be a culinary ace, because the hardest part of the recipe is opening a can of canned corn. For this dish, there is no need to describe the cooking process step by step, since the entire instruction consists of three simple points.

Ingredients

crackers - 1 package (40-50 g);
apple - 1 pc.;
canned corn - 1 can;
mayonnaise for salad dressing - to taste;
greens - a few sprigs of your favorite greens (dill, parsley, lettuce).

How many calories?

Step-by-step instruction

Cut the apple, chop the greens.
Add corn (drain the liquid from the jar first) and croutons.
Season with mayonnaise and mix. The dish is ready.

To make the salad more filling, you can add sausages to it.

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Ingredients for Prostetsky salad If you dress the salad with light mayonnaise, it can be considered dietary To make the salad more filling, you can add a little sausage.

Salad "Lady"

This salad will also not burden the family budget with additional expenses. The products included in its composition are likely to be found in every home. In addition to the fact that the recipe for this salad uses simple and cheap ingredients, it is an excellent snack for those who are watching their figure. In addition, it is very quick to prepare. Follow our instructions step by step, and in just 20 minutes the finished salad will delight you with its taste.

Ingredients

canned peas - 1 can;
boiled chicken breast - 300 g;
fresh cucumber - 1 pc.;
sour cream for salad dressing - a couple of tablespoons;
greens - a little dill and parsley.

How many calories?

Step-by-step instruction

Separate the chicken meat from the bones, finely chop or tear into fibers with your hands.
Cut the cucumber into cubes, chop the greens.
Drain the liquid from the jar of green peas and add it to the rest of the ingredients.
Season the salad with sour cream, salt and mix. You can serve the dish on the table.

To keep chicken tender, do not cook it for more than an hour.

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Mix all the ingredients and the salad is ready Salad “Lady” - a simple budget salad Interesting salad design option

I highly recommend trying the simple, tasty and satisfying “Obzhorka” salad with chicken. There are several types of this salad, this is the simplest and most democratic :)

Chicken, carrots, onions, pickled cucumbers, garlic, vegetable oil, salt, pepper, mayonnaise

What to cook for your birthday? Using this recipe with photo, prepare a delicious festive chicken salad for your birthday. The Birthday salad recipe is simple, easy, inexpensive and original. And this dish is prepared quickly. And it’s quite suitable as a children’s salad for a child’s birthday. And adults will appreciate it for its taste, beauty and originality... Help yourself!

Chicken fillet, eggs, apple, fresh cucumbers, mayonnaise, lemon juice, tomatoes, greens

Are you already getting unexpected guests? Well, let them go, we are always glad to have guests :) Crab salad with croutons “Instant”. Up! And already on the table!

Crab sticks, croutons, canned corn, Chinese cabbage, hard cheese, mayonnaise, garlic, salt, ground black pepper

Instant salad! By the time the unexpected guests take off their coats and sit down at the table, you will already have a delicious, hearty appetizer ready. And if the guests didn’t come, prepare sprat salad for yourself;)

Canned sprats, canned corn, canned beans, hard cheese, garlic, croutons, herbs, mayonnaise

Someone will say that Mimosa salad is not a new recipe. Yes, but this salad is delicious, beautiful and even somehow cheerful. If the mood turns out to be "rainy", let's correct it with the help of Mimosa salad. And how to cook Mimosa not just with potatoes, but with an apple and cheese, I’ll tell you and show you now.

Canned sardines, canned saury, onions, potatoes, butter, mayonnaise, eggs, apple, hard cheese, green onions

Delicious salads are an essential part of the holiday table. The “My Paradise” salad made of vegetables, eggs and sausage will definitely appeal to Olivier lovers.

Smoked sausage, boiled potatoes, boiled carrots, pickled cucumbers, eggs, canned green peas, hard cheese, mayonnaise

The Naples salad recipe is not only a wonderful decoration for the holiday table, but a tasty and easy-to-prepare dish. It’s not hard to guess why the second name of this dish is salad “8 layers.” Prepare this salad for your birthday, and don’t forget about it when choosing New Year’s salads.

Lettuce, canned corn, canned green peas, bell peppers, eggs, bacon, olives, cheese, mayonnaise, mustard, vegetable oil, sugar...

This colorful salad is decorated in an unusual way - its components are laid out in sectors. Each guest can create a salad to their taste)))

Crab sticks, cucumber, canned corn, canned beans, croutons, mayonnaise, greens

A simple, tasty, healthy salad. And multi-colored vegetables delight the eye with bright colors. In just 10 minutes you will create a charge of health and mood for the whole family.

White cabbage, fresh cucumbers, red bell pepper, yellow bell pepper, parsley, vegetable oil, salt, sugar, vinegar, cranberry

Very tasty salad. Simple, tasty and satisfying. And most importantly, my husband is happy :)

Crackers, beans, canned corn, pickled cucumbers, garlic, champignons, onions, vegetable oil, salt, pepper, mayonnaise, cherry tomatoes...

What do you think the salad should be like? Unusual, tasty, easy to prepare? Please, here is a simple, quick, and most importantly delicious salad!

Russian cheese, smoked meat, smoked chicken, pitted black olives, Chinese cabbage, croutons, chips, salt, pepper, olive oil, sunflower oil

A simple vegetable salad with a new twist. Well, a very appetizing layered beet salad. If you take lean mayonnaise and exclude eggs, then this dish can be prepared during Lent.

Beets, potatoes, carrots, eggs, herbs, ground black pepper, mayonnaise, salt

It’s easy to make this salad for dinner or for a holiday. It’s fast, tasty and not embarrassing to serve to guests. This is why I like the salad with crab sticks and Chinese cabbage.

Chinese cabbage, crab sticks, bell pepper, canned corn, greens, green onions, mayonnaise, salt, pepper

This is the most delicious cod liver salad I have ever eaten. I recommend. Unusual. Beautiful. Just. Gently. A wonderful salad option for a birthday or New Year's snack.

Cod liver, carrots, boiled eggs, cheese, onion, mayonnaise

This salad of beans and crab sticks can be a real lifesaver for receiving unexpected guests. In a matter of minutes you will be serving this hearty and very impressive colorful dish. However, for a working housewife every minute always counts, so we advise you to take note of this quick salad with red beans.

Crab sticks, canned corn, onions, boiled eggs, canned beans, mayonnaise, salt

Well, a very tasty salad with boiled meat, vegetables and mayonnaise. Hearty and somehow special. You can serve it for dinner or at the holiday table.

Pork, carrots, onions, sugar, vinegar, canned green peas, mayonnaise, salt, pepper, vegetable oil

For the holidays, I will offer you a chicken dish with an unusual combination of ingredients - salad with chicken, kiwi and apple. Simple, but beautiful, elegant. The “Malachite Bracelet” salad can be made for the New Year, for a birthday, or for a romantic dinner.

Chicken fillet, eggs, kiwi, apple, carrots, Korean carrots, hard cheese, garlic, mayonnaise, lemon juice

On the eve of the holidays, housewives are looking for original recipes for the festive table in advance. I want the dishes to be tasty, original, but not troublesome to prepare and not put a strain on the family budget.

There are many recipes where cheap salads are prepared from ordinary ingredients, and the term “cheap” refers to their cost, not their taste. Products for budget salads can be bought at the market or grown on your own plot. They can be prepared on weekdays or served on a holiday. Cheap salads, the recipes for which are given below, are just like that.

Cabbage salad

The most elementary and well-known cabbage salad. To prepare it, you can use a single ingredient, and spices for dressing. You can diversify the recipe and add other products on hand.

This way you will get new budget salads every time:

Cabbage;
Spices;
Butter or mayonnaise.

Chop the cabbage into strips, add salt and lightly mash with your hands to release the juice. Add pepper, herbs, season with oil.

There are many variations to this cheap, quick salad. The recipe can include peas or corn, fresh or pickled cucumbers, radishes, carrots, and onions. Anything you have in the fridge can be part of a quick salad. You can add a little sausage.

Quick radish salad

Radish - a bunch;
Spices;
Green onion;
Dill;
Sour cream.

Cut all ingredients into slices or rings at your discretion and mix. Salad ready! It is simple to make, but very tasty. It smells like spring! If possible, you can add boiled eggs to increase the calorie content.

This option is worth adding to your home collection of budget salads in a hurry.

Tomato heaven

Everyone knows a simple Greek salad made from tomatoes and mozzarella. But if you change the recipe a little, you can serve your guests cheap birthday salads that will be just as delicious as in the best restaurants in Europe:

Tomato;
Soft cheese (suluguni, feta cheese or Adyghe cheese);
Salt;
Mayonnaise;
Spices.

Cut the tomatoes into slices, add salt and sprinkle with pepper. Place on a flat dish.

Grate the cheese and sprinkle it over the tomato slices. Decorate with mayonnaise mesh.

As an additional ingredient, you can add slices of boiled eggs.

Sauerkraut and salads made from it

Cheap salads, the recipes of which are simple and inexpensive, can be prepared from sauerkraut. Many housewives prepare it for the winter. This is a source of valuable vitamins and is simply very tasty.

Cheap winter salads made from sauerkraut will add variety to your table:

Sauerkraut;
Oil.

Chop the onion and add to the cabbage. Stir and season with oil. The salad is ready to serve.

Unrefined butter is ideal for this recipe. If you supplement the recipe with cucumbers or peas, you will get a great vitamin salad, budget-friendly and tasty.

Carrot salads

Carrots are in every kitchen and you can use them to create delicious salads that are simple, budget-friendly and healthy. Here is one delicious recipe for salad with carrots, it is so simple that even a child can handle it.

Take equal amounts of carrots and radishes. Grate both root vegetables. Grind the garlic, add mayonnaise. The dish turns out to be very light and unusual. You can add flax seeds or sesame seeds, as well as pumpkin or sunflower seeds.

Beet salad

Boiled beets are included in the recipe of many cheap, simple, tasty salads for birthdays and other holidays. Rarely does a feast take place without vinaigrette and herring under a fur coat. But these options involve many components and require time to prepare.

You can make an even more budget-friendly salad for the holiday, the recipe for which is not complicated:

The dish is prepared in a few minutes:

The beets are grated. By the way, you can not only boil it in a salad, but also bake it. Then the taste will be completely different.
Add crushed garlic and spices.
The beans are boiled in advance or taken ready-made in cans. In any case, the liquid must be drained well.
Sauce: Combine oil, mustard and vinegar and whisk until smooth. Delicious dressing is ready. This sauce can also be used in other dishes when you need to prepare budget salads for every day without mayonnaise.

Crab salads

Crab sticks are an original and beloved product by many. With them you can prepare simple and cheap salads for the holiday, for example, according to this recipe:

Preparing the salad will take a little time:

Chop the onion into thin half rings and pour in a mixture of oil and vinegar. Leave to marinate.
1st layer – grated whites. Spread all layers with mayonnaise.
2nd layer - grated cheese
3rd layer – pickled onions
4th layer - apple, peeled and grated
5th layer - grated crab sticks too
6th layer, final - grated yolks on a fine grater.
Decorate the salad as you wish.

Liver salad

A quick salad made from liver is very filling. Not only ladies, but also men will like it.

Products are taken according to taste:

Liver;
Eggs.

Wash the liver. Cut into slices and fry in oil. Cut into slices. Cut the onion into rings and fry too. Boil the eggs and cut into slices. Grate the cheese.

Mix the products. Season with mayonnaise or sour cream. Pickled cucumbers or mushrooms are ideal here. There is no shame in serving this budget salad for a birthday or other holiday table.

Summer salads

Summer is vitamin season. The abundance of fruits and vegetables allows your culinary imagination to run wild. Cheap summer salads consist of seasonal vegetables - tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, radishes, and various greens.

Vegetables are mixed in various proportions and in the most unexpected ways, and the end result is always an excellent result. Cheap fruit salads with yogurt dressing are delicious. Kids will definitely like them.

Preparations for the winter

During the vegetable season, you really want to stock up on vitamins for the whole year. But many salads for the winter require a lot of effort and time, and the range of products in them is sometimes very impressive. But there are also cheap, quick salads for the winter. One of them, “Eggplant for future use,” is prepared quickly and does not require any special preliminary steps.

Salads are an essential part of not only the holiday table, but also the everyday table. Not only are they an excellent snack, but they can also fill the stomach and add variety to any menu.

There are many recipes, and sometimes there are combinations of ingredients that seem to be completely incompatible with each other, but at the same time give an unusual taste. But almost every housewife wants to save money and prepare an unusual dish from a minimum of ingredients.

Moreover, there are often situations when unexpected guests are on the doorstep, and there is no time to run to the store.

In order to prepare economical and unusual salads, you will need products that can be purchased at any store at an affordable price.

For example, for meat dishes it is better to use boiled beef, chicken fillet or sausage.

Vegetables usually include cabbage, cucumbers, onions, and tomatoes; fruits include apples, bananas, and oranges.

In search of an unusual taste, do not overload salads with ingredients; the simpler and smaller they are, the easier they are on the stomach and the more likely it is that the products will not interrupt, but complement each other.

Salad Recipes

We offer a selection of unusual recipes for simple salads that are easy to prepare. They will save the family budget and time.

To prepare this simple salad you will need:

Apple (1 large or 2 medium);
Carrots (3 medium-sized pieces);
Raisins (half a glass will be enough, but you can use more or less to suit your taste);
Mayonnaise (there is also no specific amount here, on average it takes 4 large spoons);
Sugar (a couple of spoons).

Pour boiling water over the raisins. Meanwhile, chop the carrots, preferably on a coarse grater.
Do the same with the apple.

Combine all ingredients, pour mayonnaise and add sugar.

Spring salad

This recipe impresses with its ease, and it can be prepared from the very first fresh vegetables grown in the garden.

Chop the young cabbage as thinly as possible (half a head is enough).
Add dill and green onions to it.
Season with salt and lightly press the workpiece with your hands.
Chop hard-boiled eggs coarsely. Three pieces will be enough.
Chop a dozen radishes too, but don’t make the pieces too small. Divide one head into 2–3 parts. Green leaves can also be added to salad.
Cucumbers, if they are small, cut into circles, large ones - into halves of circles.
It's time to prepare the dressing. To do this, mix 4 large tablespoons of kefir or yogurt with two tablespoons of sunflower oil. If you want, you can add mustard. Spicy lovers can dilute the taste with horseradish.
Pour the prepared mixture over the salad.

All that remains is to pepper and salt the finished dish.

Very simple chicken salad

The recipe for this salad is very simple, but its taste is extraordinary.

Boil the chicken fillet and cut it into cubes.
Add to it one can of canned corn and 200 g of Korean carrots.

All that remains is to add salt and finish the dish with mayonnaise.

Royal salad

Cut crab sticks (7 pieces) crosswise into small slices.
Finely chop hard-boiled eggs (4 pieces) into cubes.
Chop the garlic (1 or 2 cloves) using a knife or a press.
Remove the peel from the orange (1 piece), divide it into slices and also chop into squares.

Combine all this splendor. And the finishing touch is mayonnaise.

Salad "Leshy"

This dish owes its unusual taste to the combination of mushrooms, chicken and walnuts. Here is his recipe.

Chop the champignons (about 400 g). Fry it a little.
Do the same with onions (2 heads).
Cut the chicken breast (one will be enough) into cubes.
Pass eggs (3 pieces) and cheese (100 g) through a coarse grater.
Add chopped walnuts (half a cup).
Mix everything with mayonnaise.

To decorate the salad you will need a flat dish. Place a glass (or a bottle) in its center. Place the salad around it. Remove the glass. There will be a void in the center.

Place the pieces of olives in the form of flowers, and the greens will act as leaves.

Salad "Venice"

In this recipe, all products need to be laid out in layers.

Soak prunes (200 g) in hot water and cut into medium pieces. Place it on a plate. This is the first layer.
Chop the boiled chicken breast (400 g) too. Lubricate this layer with mayonnaise.
Cut potatoes (2-3 pieces) into cubes. Lubricate with mayonnaise again.
Fry the champignons (300 g).
Pass eggs (3 pieces) through a fine grater. Mayonnaise.
Grind cheese (200 g) on a coarse grater.
The finishing touch is a cucumber, cut into slices or chopped on a coarse grater.

As you can see, in order to prepare delicious and unusual salads, you don’t need to buy expensive and scarce products. The most original dishes come from the simplest ingredients. You can come up with economical recipes yourself. The main thing is, don't be afraid to experiment.