The most famous Bulgarian salad in the world is called Shopski. It consists of fresh and baked vegetables, as well as cheese, preparation does not take much time, you can see for yourself by reading ours. But Bulgarian cuisine is rich not only in Shopska salad. In it you can find many interesting recipes, including a variety of salads.

Due to its geographical location, Bulgarian cuisine has adopted some Greek and Turkish traditions. Fresh vegetables and cheeses are widely used in cooking. Many salads in Bulgarian cuisine have a vegetable base.

To prepare this national Bulgarian dish you will need 500 grams of tomatoes, 250 grams of cucumbers, one hundred grams of baked (you can also use fresh) bell peppers, 100 grams of pickled mushrooms, one onion, two boiled eggs, 100 grams of feta cheese, parsley, olives. For dressing, vegetable oil and vinegar.

Try cutting tomatoes into small triangles, and cucumbers, mushrooms and peppers into circles. Finely chop the onion and greens. Add salt and vinegar to the chopped vegetables and stir. Sprinkle with grated cheese. This salad must be decorated with large slices of egg on top. We also offer this one for those who like a win-win combination of cheese and vegetables.

Bulgarian salads, like the cuisine of this country in general, are very sensitive to beans. Beans must be purchased fresh, collected at the moment the seed begins to form. Instead of beans, you can also add green beans to the salad (but the taste will be different). Ingredients: 400 grams of beans, one onion, parsley, vegetable oil and vinegar, two pickles. Boil the beans, mix with finely chopped pickled cucumber and chopped parsley, season with vegetable oil and vinegar.

Bulgarian salad with cheese is a classic. The tradition began, of course, with the popular Shopska salad. But in Bulgarian cuisine there are salad options that do not use cheese. To pamper your guests or family with this national salad, you need to take 400 grams of potatoes, one onion, parsley and olives. Traditionally, vegetable oil and vinegar are used for dressing. The potatoes must be boiled unpeeled. After cooking, peel and cut into small cubes. Add olives and herbs, season with oil and vinegar.

This is interesting! When preparing most Bulgarian salads, which include tomatoes, bell peppers or cucumbers, it is customary to remove the skin from the vegetables.

All the salad recipes listed in this article go perfectly as an appetizer with traditional Bulgarian vodka raki. You can also try to snack on them with our regular vodka. But above all, these salads are interesting recipes from national cuisine that will look great on any table, even a non-alcoholic one.

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Comments

30.10.2014 / 21:41

Zoya

I couldn’t stay away from the topic of Bulgarian salads...I’ve been living in this sunny country for the second year now, so I’m very familiar with the names of such salads as Shopski, Ovcharski, Greek. Almost all salads contain feta cheese, olives, cucumbers and tomatoes. By the way, in Bulgarian cuisine, mayonnaise is practically not used when preparing salads; they are seasoned with olive or linseed oil, and the latter is very healthy and I like it with wine or apple cider vinegar. The famous bell pepper is held in high esteem, and for most salads it is simply baked and then peeled.

09.11.2014 / 23:25

Anna

I really love Bulgarian cuisine. All their dishes are hearty, but at the same time, harmless to the figure. Of the Bulgarian salads, Shopski is my favorite. It reminds me a bit of Greek salad, only a more homemade version. I often cook it in the summer for myself and my family. I season the salad with low-fat yogurt or sour cream, and put a minimum of salt, since feta cheese gives the salad natural salt.

28.01.2015 / 15:17

Igor

Bulgaria is a sunny country and the Bulgarian cuisine is sunny, light, always cheese, tomatoes, bell peppers. Here is a recipe for shepherd's salad with mushrooms, great salad guys!!! And another correct remark is the use of yogurt in salads, which is typical of all Mediterranean cuisine from the Bosphorus to Gibraltar, we have a continuous flow of mayonnaise, and then - where does the excess weight come from, and yogurt is a light product, and even promotes digestion, there are constantly advertisements for it on TV spin. I would like you not to forget the Bulgarian theme, salads are very healthy food, and Bulgarian cuisine is still Slavic cuisine

28.02.2015 / 15:33

I myself adore Bulgarian cuisine, and not only me, my whole family. Previously, we went exclusively to restaurants with Bulgarian cuisine. With the help of this site, I discovered the hidden potential in myself, cooking is not easy, but Bulgarian cuisine, my wife could not repeat my preparations. I especially liked preparing shepherd’s salad with pickled mushrooms and feta cheese. This salad doesn't have much of a taste of feta cheese, but it's still a tasty salad. Also a Bulgarian yogurt-based salad, very tasty and not a difficult recipe. What we like most about the kitchen is that all food is low-calorie. I advise everyone to try cooking it yourself, you will be pleased.

Salad with bell peppers is a real salvation for many housewives. Firstly, there are simply a huge number of recipes in which this product can be used. Secondly, most salads with bell peppers are very easy to prepare, therefore, even the most inexperienced housewife can cope with such a dish. Thirdly, salads with bell peppers are incredibly healthy.

The first mention of this vegetable in Europe dates back to approximately the 16th century. In those days, it was a fairly rare product and not everyone could afford to eat it. The Spaniards were the first to grow bell peppers. Over time, this fruitful plant spread further and further into Europe.

These days, bell peppers can be bought in supermarkets, shops and markets. In the summer, it is very cheap, so a salad with this vegetable can be considered a budget dish.

How to prepare salad with bell peppers - 15 varieties

This is a very tasty and truly impressive dish. It can be served on a holiday table.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet - 300 gr.
• Onions (red) - 2 pcs.
• Red bell pepper - 1 pc.
• Yellow bell pepper - 1 pc.
• Green onions - 1 bunch
• Chinese cabbage - 0.5 heads
• Sour cream - 2 tbsp. l.
• Garlic - 1 clove
• Mustard - 1 tbsp.
• Salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

Wash, boil, cool and cut the chicken fillet into medium-sized cubes. Peel the onion, wash it and cut it into thin half rings. Wash the cabbage, bell peppers and green onions, dry them and cut into strips. Mix the prepared ingredients in a deep container.

To prepare the dressing, mix sour cream with mustard, salt and pepper and add one clove of chopped garlic.

This dressing is quite spicy, so you don’t need to add mustard and pepper to the sour cream at all. It is better to serve these products on the table separately, so that everyone can complement the salad with spicy ingredients to their own taste.

When the dressing is ready, add it to the main products and mix everything thoroughly.

This salad is really very easy to prepare. Even a novice housewife will be able to impress guests with such a dish, while spending a minimum of time and without having any special culinary skills.

Ingredients:

• Canned red beans - 1 can
• Pitted olives - 200 gr.
• Bell pepper - 1 pc.
• Onions - 0.5 pcs.
• Garlic - 1 clove
• Olive oil, lettuce, spices - to taste

Preparation:

Drain water from canned beans and olives. Cut the olives into two parts. Wash the bell pepper, remove the stem and seeds and cut into medium-sized cubes. We clean and wash the onions and garlic. Chop the onion and finely chop the garlic.

In a beautiful salad bowl, mix peppers, beans, olives, onions and garlic. Add olive oil, coarsely torn lettuce leaves, salt and your favorite spices. Mix the salad thoroughly and serve.

This salad fully lives up to its name. It is very easy and simple to prepare and at the same time it contains a minimum of calories.

Ingredients:

• Bell pepper - 3 pcs. (different color)
• Pitted olives - 1 jar
• Garlic - 1 clove
• Olive oil - 3 tbsp. l.

Preparation:

Wash, remove seeds and stems and cut the pepper into strips. Drain the water from the olives. Peel, wash and finely chop the garlic. Now mix all these ingredients in a salad bowl, season with olive oil, mix again and serve.

This is a very filling and tasty dish. Boyarsky salad may well be the main dish on any holiday table.

Ingredients:

• Chicken ham - 300 gr.
• Fresh cucumber - 1 pc.
• Bell pepper - 1 pc.
• Canned champignons - 200 gr.
• Hard cheese - 100 gr.
• Prunes - 5 pcs.
• Egg - 3 pcs.
• Mayonnaise, salt and herbs - to taste

Preparation:

Wash the cucumber and pepper and cut into strips. Cut the champignons into slices. Soak the prunes in boiling water for a few minutes and then cut into strips. Cut the ham into strips. Cook, cool, peel and cut the egg into strips. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

Combine the prepared ingredients, season with mayonnaise, salt to taste and mix thoroughly. Sprinkle the salad generously with chopped herbs.

To prepare such a dish will require a certain amount of time and effort, however, the end result will be 100% worth it.

Ingredients:

• Beets - 2 pcs.
• Carrots - 2 pcs.
• Bell pepper (red) - 1 pc.
• Green onions - 1 bunch
• Hard cheese - 150 gr.
• Salt - to taste
• Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l.
• Sour cream - 2 tbsp. l.

Preparation:

Boil and cool the carrots and beets. We clean the cooled vegetables, wash them and grate them on a coarse grater or cut them into strips. Wash the onion, dry it and finely chop it. Wash the pepper, cut out the stalk, remove the seeds and cut into strips. Grate the cheese onto a coarse grater. When the main ingredients are prepared, you can begin to form the salad. Place the ingredients in a deep salad bowl in this order.

1. The first layer is carrots;
2. The second layer is salted sour cream;
3. The third layer is beets;
4. The fourth layer is mayonnaise;
5. Fifth layer - green onions;
6. Sixth layer - pepper
7. The seventh layer is cheese.

This salad can be prepared not only in large dishes, but also in small portioned salad bowls.

This very unusual and exotic dish will not leave anyone indifferent. It has every chance of becoming a favorite food for many.

Ingredients:

• Peeled shrimp - 500 gr.
• Chili pepper plate - 0.5 pcs.
• Tomato - 2 pcs.
• Bell pepper - 1 pc.
• Avocado - 1 pc.
• Lemon - 0.5 pcs.
• Garlic - 1 clove
• Olive oil, salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

Clean, wash and chop the garlic. Finely chop the chili. In a hot frying pan, lightly fry the chili, garlic and shrimp.

Wash, peel and cut into cubes the bell pepper and avocado. Wash the tomatoes and cut them into cubes.

Mix vegetables with shrimp, salt and pepper, season with olive oil and the juice of half a lemon. The finished salad can be decorated with shrimp.

Salad “Freshness” is truly a unique dish. Thanks to the combination of ingredients such as ham, bell pepper and corn, it can easily be an independent dish that does not require an additional side dish.

Ingredients:

• Fresh cucumber - 1 pc.
• Bell pepper - 1 pc.
• Chicken eggs - 4 pcs.
• Ham - 300 gr.
• Canned corn - 200 gr.
• Greens - 10 gr.
• Mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. l.
• Salt - 3 pinches
• Ground black pepper - 2 pinches

Preparation:

Boil and peel the eggs. Then, you should separate the whites from the yolks. We cut the whites into strips, chop the yolks, add them to the mayonnaise and mix them well with it.

Wash the bell pepper, remove the seeds and stalks and cut into strips. Wash the cucumber and cut into strips.

If you peel the cucumber, the salad will be more tender and airy.

Cut the ham into strips.

Wash and finely chop the greens.

Add salt, pepper and, if desired, chopped garlic to the sour cream and egg mixture. Now all this should be mixed thoroughly. The gas station is ready.

Place all the chopped ingredients in a salad bowl, season with dressing and mix everything.

Bon appetit!

This is a very popular and well-known salad. There are quite a lot of recipes for preparing “Greek” salad, however, bell pepper is present in each of them.

Ingredients:

• Tomatoes - 500 gr.
• Bell pepper - 350 gr.
• Fresh cucumber – 400 gr.
• Onions - 150 gr.
• Fetta cheese - 200 gr.
• Pitted olives - 150 gr.
• Olive quantity - 5 tbsp. l.
• Lemon juice - 2 tbsp. l.
• Salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

Wash the bell pepper, cucumber and tomatoes, peel and cut into large cubes. Peel the onion, wash it and cut it into half rings. Drain the water from the olives.

Now all the ingredients should be mixed, seasoned with oil and lemon juice, salt and pepper.

In order for the Greek salad to look more impressive, it should be placed in a shallow wide dish, which is first covered with lettuce leaves.

This salad is simply irreplaceable for people who watch their weight and are adherents of a healthy diet.

Ingredients:

• Eggplant - 3 pcs.
• Bell pepper - 2 pcs.
• Lemon - 0.5 pcs.
• Greens (parsley, basil) - 1 bunch
• Garlic - 2 cloves
• Ginger, pepper, salt, olive oil - to taste

Preparation:

Wash the eggplants and peppers, peel and cut into large cubes. Now the vegetables should be placed in a plastic bag and add ginger, pepper, and olive oil. We tie the vegetables with spices and oil and mix thoroughly in the bag. Next, take the peppers and eggplants out of the bag, place them on a baking sheet and place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 30 minutes.

While the vegetables are baking, you can do the greens. Wash, dry and finely chop the parsley. Wash the basil and tear it into medium-sized pieces. Peel the garlic, wash it and chop it finely. Squeeze the juice from the lemon.

When the vegetables are cooked, they should be transferred to a salad bowl, salted, add herbs, garlic, lemon juice and mix everything thoroughly but gently.

“Vitamin” salad is a very healthy dish that is rich in beneficial minerals and vitamins.

Ingredients:

• Red cabbage - 300 gr.
• Tomato - 200 gr.
• Cucumber - 200 gr.
• Bell pepper - 200 gr.
• Radish - 100 gr.
• Herbs, salt, vegetable oil - to taste

Preparation:

Wash all vegetables and, if necessary, peel. Finely chop the cabbage. Cut bell pepper and cucumber into strips. Cut the radishes into thin slices. Tomatoes - cubes.

Mix the vegetables, season with vegetable oil and salt. If desired, add chopped greens to the salad and mix thoroughly again.

“Classic” is a salad that is familiar to each of us from early childhood. This is exactly the kind of salad our mothers and grandmothers prepared.

Ingredients:

• Cucumber - 1 pc.
• Tomato - 1 pc.
• Bell pepper - 1 pc.
• Sour cream, salt, herbs - to taste

Preparation:

Wash vegetables and herbs. We clean the bell pepper from the stalk and seeds. Cut the tomatoes into cubes. Cut the cucumber into slices. Cut the pepper into medium-sized cubes. Wash, dry and finely chop the greens.

Now mix the vegetables and herbs, add salt and pepper, add sour cream and mix everything thoroughly. The salad can be served.

This is a special dish. It requires special utensils - a menagerie, so that it would be possible to serve all the ingredients separately. This salad lives up to its name. He is incredibly beautiful, but the taste simply forgets to forget about everything.

Ingredients:

• Chicken fillet - 200 gr.
• Bell pepper - 350 gr.
• Carrots - 250 gr.
• Cucumber - 300 gr.
• Radish - 300 gr.
• Soy sauce - 5 tbsp. l.
• Water - 5 tbsp. l.
• Garlic - 3 cloves

Preparation:

Wash the chicken fillet, boil and cut into cubes. Wash the cucumber and grate it on a coarse grater. Wash the pepper, cut out the stalk, remove the seeds and cut into cubes. We clean, wash and grate the carrots and radishes on a coarse grater. Peel the garlic, wash it and cut it into small cubes.

To prepare the sauce, mix water, soy sauce and garlic.

We place carrots, cucumbers, radishes, peppers and meat in different sectors of the dish.

Pour the sauce into the smallest section of the dish.

This is an incredibly beautiful dish that could easily pass for a restaurant dish. Salad with bell pepper and beef is best for a light snack.

Ingredients:

• Beef - 400 gr.
• Bell pepper - 2 pcs.
• Canned red beans - 1 can
• Red onion - 1 pc.
• Balsamic vinegar - 2 tbsp. l.
• Olive oil - 2 tbsp. l.
• Liquid honey - 1 tsp.
• Lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l.
• Sesame seeds - 1 tsp.
• Salt, ground black pepper, herbs - to taste

Preparation:

Boil, cool and cut the beef into strips. Wash the pepper, remove the stem and seeds and cut into strips. Peel the onion, wash it, cut it into half rings. Dry with mine and finely chop the greens.

In a deep container, mix beef, peppers, beans, onions, herbs and mix everything. Now let's start refueling.

In a small, deep plate, mix olive oil, honey, lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. The gas station is ready.

Add the dressing to the prepared ingredients and mix everything thoroughly. Decorate the finished salad with herbs and sprinkle sesame seeds on top.

This salad lives up to its name. He is incredibly beautiful, but the taste simply forgets to forget about everything.

Ingredients:

• Salted salmon - 200 gr.
• Avocado - 200 gr.
• Bell pepper - 200 gr.
• Cucumber - 150g.
• Rice - 150 gr.
• Mayonnaise, salt - to taste

Preparation:

Rainbow Salmon Salad is a dish that is laid out in layers. First, prepare all the ingredients.

Boil the rice until tender, rinse it well and cool. Wash the cucumber, pepper and avocado, peel and cut into cubes. Wash the salmon and cut into cubes. Now let's start forming the salad. To do this, place the products in a glass salad bowl in the following order:

1. The first layer is avocado;
2. The second layer is rice;
3. The third layer is salmon;
4. The fourth layer is pepper;
5. The fifth layer is cucumber.

Coat each layer with mayonnaise.

This salad will perfectly serve as a light snack and will become an irreplaceable treat for both adults and children.

Ingredients:

• Apple - 3 pcs.
• Bell pepper - 2 pcs.
• Dill - 1 bunch
• Sour cream - 3 tbsp. l.
• salt, sugar, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

Wash the apples and peppers, remove the seeds and cut out the stems. Cut the prepared products into medium-sized cubes. Wash, dry and finely chop the greens.

Mix sour cream with salt, sugar and pepper.

Mix apples, peppers and herbs, season with sour cream sauce and mix everything thoroughly.

It must be said that the cuisine of Bulgaria is diverse and colorful. Over the centuries of its existence, from non-Slavic Bulgaria to the modern state, many vicissitudes have happened to it. Being part of Byzantium, Bulgaria absorbed the basics of Greek cooking. As a result of the Turkish invasion, oriental motifs became noticeable in traditional cuisine. When the country took the path of socialism, it quickly developed an industry that encouraged fast and healthy eating. Of course, all this ultimately had a significant impact on Bulgarian cuisine.

In Bulgaria they try to use only those products that their own land provides. This fact explains the originality and simplicity of some dishes.

Local chefs try to combine fresh vegetables, meat, seafood, dairy products and, of course, spices. All kinds of pickled cheeses like feta or cheese are a distinctive feature of Bulgarian gastronomy. You can also add fruits, berries and flour products to a number of common products.

In Bulgaria, as in our country, the division into first and second courses is customary. As a rule, soups come first. Their consistency resembles porridge or puree. The most famous are Tarator and Chorba.

Second courses include a variety of dishes made from lamb, pork, and veal. This includes kebab, moussaka, and pastarma. Very often together with vegetables like stew - yakhnia. Casseroles called plakia are common.

Since Bulgaria is also a wine-producing country, wine plays an important role in cooking. Recently, in the Italian or French style, Bulgarians have begun to add wine to their dishes much more often. And truly wonderful wines grown in the Balkan valleys add wonderful taste and aroma to almost any dish.

Vegetable salads are often served with second courses. They are made from tomatoes, peppers, beans, herbs and cucumbers. All ingredients are usually sprinkled with herbs and spices, and then seasoned with olive oil.

Today our article is again devoted to the cuisines of the peoples of the world. This time we will tell you how to properly prepare and serve Bulgarian salads. The following are the recipes.

Ingredients needed to make bell pepper salad:

• large tomatoes – 3 pcs.
• bell pepper – 1-2 pcs.
• cucumbers – 2-3 pcs.
• onion – 1 pc.
• feta cheese or feta – 150 g
• parsley dill

Cut the tomatoes and peppers into cubes, not very finely. Cut the cucumbers into fairly large slices. Finely chop the onion and greens. Mix all the vegetables.

Cut cheese or feta into large squares. Add to vegetables. Season with salt and olive or vegetable oil. If desired, the salad can be sprinkled with a little lemon juice.

Salad with tomatoes

Ingredients needed to prepare tomato salad:

• tomatoes – 4-5 pcs.
• cucumbers – 2-3 pcs.
• sweet pepper – 1 pc.
• pickled mushrooms – 100-150 g
• onions – 1 pc.
• eggs – 2 pcs.
• feta cheese or feta – 150-200 g
• olives – 10 pcs.
• parsley and dill
• olive or vegetable oil
• vinegar

Peel the tomatoes from the stem and cut into triangles. Cut cucumbers, mushrooms and peppers into thin slices. Cut the onion into small cubes.

Mix it all, season with olive oil, salt and put in a salad bowl. Top with boiled eggs and grated feta cheese or feta cheese, sprinkle with finely chopped herbs.

Bean salad

• large salad beans – 300-400 g
• onions – 1 pc.
• pickled cucumbers – 2 pcs.
• parsley – 50 g
• vinegar or lemon

Before you cook the beans, you need to soak them in water overnight. Cook them until they are completely soft. After the water boils for the first time, drain it and add another one. To make the beans cook faster, you can add 1 spoon of vegetable oil.

Cool the beans and mix with finely chopped onions, cucumbers and parsley. Season the salad with olive or vegetable oil. Sprinkle a little vinegar or lemon juice.

Potato salad

Ingredients needed to prepare the salad:

• potatoes – 4-5 pcs.
• olives – 10-15 pcs.
• onion – 1 pc.
• parsley dill
• vegetable or olive oil
• vinegar

Potatoes should be boiled in their skins, peeled and cut into medium cubes. If desired, the potatoes can be boiled already peeled. Add finely chopped onion, halves of olives, dill and parsley to the potatoes.

Mix the salad, season with olive oil, sprinkle with vinegar and add a little salt.

Ham salad

Ingredients needed to make ham salad:

• ham – 150-200 g
• canned corn – 0.5 cans
• carrots – 1-2 pcs.
• cucumbers – 2 pcs.
• tomatoes – 2 pcs.
• cabbage – 150-200 g
• egg – 1 piece
• cheese – 100-150 g
• greens to taste
• mayonnaise

Take a deep salad bowl and lay out the salad in layers. Place ham, cut into small cubes, on the bottom layer. Pour over a thin layer of mayonnaise. Place grated carrots and shredded cabbage on top of the ham.

Spread the third layer with tomatoes and cucumbers, cut into 4 pieces. We make a thin mesh of mayonnaise. Then lay out the corn, sprinkle with finely chopped dill and parsley. Lubricate with mayonnaise.

The last layer is grated cheese. Decorate the salad with chopped eggs and mayonnaise.

Salad with shrimp

Ingredients needed to make shrimp salad:

• shrimp – 1 kg
• crab sticks – 500 g
• lemon – 1 pc.
• lettuce leaves – 1 bunch
• tomatoes – 2 pcs.
• parsley – 1 bunch
• onion – 1 pc.
• pitted olives – 1 jar
• Adyghe cheese or feta cheese – 300-400 g
• olive or vegetable oil
• salt and pepper

Boil shrimp in salted water and peel. Cut crab sticks into large cubes. We also cut the tomatoes into small pieces. Finely chop the parsley. Chop the lettuce leaves.

Cut Adyghe cheese or feta cheese into large cubes, cut carefully so as not to crumble too much.

Mix shrimp, crab sticks, tomatoes, herbs, cheese and olives.

Squeeze lemon juice, add olive or vegetable oil, salt and pepper to taste. It is advisable to let the salad brew in a cold place for about an hour.

Salad with cheese

Ingredients needed to prepare the salad:

• Adyghe cheese or feta cheese – 250-300 g
• tomatoes – 5 pcs.
• onion – 1 pc.
• garlic – 3 cloves
• green bell pepper – 1 pc.
• vegetable or olive oil
• salt and pepper

Cut the tomatoes into half rings and the pepper into medium-sized strips. Cut feta cheese or Adyghe cheese into small cubes. Cut the onion into half rings or quarter rings, finely chop the garlic or squeeze through a garlic press.

Mix all ingredients, add salt and pepper, season with vegetable or olive oil.

Salad with olives

Ingredients needed to prepare the salad:

• potatoes – 3-4 pcs.
• ham – 100-150 g
• olives – 10 pcs.
• dry white wine – 50 ml
• lemon juice - 3 tablespoons
• vegetable oil – 40 ml
• parsley

Boil the potatoes and cut into thin slices, pour in dry white wine, leave to brew for 15 minutes. Finely chop the ham, olives and parsley.

Mix all the products, pour over a dressing of lemon juice and vegetable oil, and add salt. Place in a salad bowl and garnish with chopped parsley.

Cucumber salad

Ingredients needed to prepare the salad:

• tomatoes – 5 pcs.
• feta cheese or Adyghe cheese – 100 g
• onion – 1 pc.
• cucumbers – 2 pcs.
• sunflower oil
• vinegar
• salt and pepper

Peel the tomatoes, cucumbers and onions, cut the onion into half rings. Cut the cucumbers into slices and the tomatoes into cubes.

Mix the vegetables, add a little salt and season with sunflower oil. Sprinkle a little vinegar. Place the vegetables in a salad bowl, sprinkle feta cheese or Adyghe cheese on top and garnish with herbs.

Radish salad

Ingredients needed to prepare radish salad:

• radishes 200-300 g
• celery root – 100 g
• apples – 200-300 g
• cheese – 100 g
• olive or vegetable oil – 50 ml
• lemon juice – 3 tablespoons
• mustard
• green salad

Cut apples and celery root into cubes, radishes into thin slices. Grate the cheese and add to the apples, celery and radishes.

Mix all ingredients, season with olive oil and lemon juice, garnish with lettuce leaves.

Salad with mustard

Ingredients needed to prepare the salad:

• green salad leaves - 1 bunch
• sweet bell pepper – 0.5 kg
• tomatoes – 300 g
• vegetable or olive oil – 50 ml
• mustard - 10-15 g
• parsley
• lemon juice

Cut the lettuce leaves and pepper into large strips. Add tomatoes, cut into small cubes or triangles.

All vegetables must be mixed and poured with a dressing of vegetable or olive oil, lemon juice, mustard and salt.

Salad with curdled milk

Ingredients needed to prepare the salad:

• feta cheese or cottage cheese – 200 g
• potatoes – 3-4 pcs.
• eggs – 2 pcs.
• tomatoes – 3 pcs.
• carrots – 2 pcs.
• curdled milk or sour cream – 200-250 g
• vegetable oil -7-8 tablespoons
• celery root – 100 g
• parsley

Boil the potatoes and cut into small cubes. Cut tomatoes, carrots and apples into cubes of approximately the same size.

For the dressing you will need to mix grated eggs, yogurt or sour cream, cottage cheese or feta cheese, grated celery and vegetable oil. Pour over the salad, stir, and top with herbs and cheese.

Ingredients needed to prepare the salad:

• sweet pepper – 3 pcs.
• tomatoes – 2 pcs.
• onion – 1 piece
• small cucumber – 1 piece
• parsley
• cheese – 50 g
• vegetable oil – 50 g
• vinegar – 1 tablespoon
• salt and pepper

Fry the sweet pepper until slightly golden brown, peel and cut into small strips. Cut all other vegetables into slices.

Place in a salad bowl in layers, and sprinkle each layer with oil, lemon juice, vinegar, pepper and salt. Top with grated cheese.

Cauliflower salad

Ingredients needed to make cauliflower salad:

• cauliflower - 200 g
• large apple – 1 pc.
• tomatoes – 2 pcs.
• cucumber – 1 pc.
• green peas – 50-100 g
• grapes – 100 g
• greens and parsley – 1 bunch
• sour cream – 5-7 tablespoons

Boil the cabbage in salted water and divide it into small florets. Cut cucumbers, tomatoes and apples into slices. Add green peas and grapes, salt. Pour in sour cream and garnish with dill and parsley.

Eggplant salad

Ingredients needed to make eggplant salad:

• eggplants – 1 kg
• tomatoes – 2-3 pcs.
• bell pepper - 2 pcs.
• garlic – 3-4 cloves
• vegetable oil, vinegar
• salt and pepper

Bake sweet peppers and eggplants in the oven, peel and cut into strips. Scald the tomatoes with boiling water, peel and cut into cubes. Add squeezed garlic.

Place the salad in a mound in a salad bowl, salt and pepper, pour over oil and vinegar. You can decorate the top with greenery.

Simple salad

Ingredients needed to make a simple salad:

• sweet pepper – 1 kg
• tomatoes – 2-3 pcs.
• eggs – 3 pcs.
• parsley
• vegetable oil – 5 tablespoons
• vinegar - 2 tablespoons

Cut the sweet pepper into strips and cook in salted water until almost tender. Drain the water, add oil, vinegar and salt.

Cool the pepper and place on a plate. Place tomato and egg slices on top.

Salad with cabbage and celery

Ingredients needed to prepare the salad:

• cabbage - 500 g
• carrots – 2 pcs.
• celery – 3 leaves
• vegetable or olive oil

Finely chop the cabbage and add a little salt. Grate the carrots, finely chop the celery and mix with cabbage. Season with vegetable or olive oil and add a little salt.

Salad with sauerkraut

Ingredients needed to prepare the salad:

• sauerkraut - 700-800 g
• olives – 1 jar
• hot pepper – 1-2 pcs.
• vegetable oil, salt

Mix sauerkraut with olives, add hot pepper, vegetable oil and salt. Perfect as a side dish for pork chop.

Ingredients needed to make walnut salad:

• beets - 500 g
• nuts – 300 g
• garlic – 1 head
• greens – 20 g
• vegetable oil – 50 ml
• vinegar – 40 ml

Boil the beets until tender, pour cold water over them, peel and cut into small cubes. If desired, you can grate it. Add nuts, squeezed garlic and season with oil and vinegar. Top with finely chopped herbs.

Horseradish salad

Ingredients needed to prepare the salad:

• tomatoes – 4-5 pcs.
• sour milk – 1 glass
• horseradish root – 2 pcs.
• green salad
• parsley

Cut the tomatoes into thick slices and place on lettuce leaves. Beat horseradish with sour milk and pour over the tomatoes, sprinkle herbs on top.

Salad with lemon

Ingredients needed to prepare the salad:

• carrots – 2-3 pcs.
• lemon – 1 pc.
• yolk – 1 pc.
• celery root – 100 g
• vegetable oil – 3-4 tablespoons
• dill
• parsley

Grate celery root and carrots. Pour in a sauce made from 1 yolk, lemon juice and zest, vegetable oil and salt. Mix well and garnish with finely chopped dill and parsley.

Light salad

Ingredients needed to prepare a light salad:

• sweet pepper – 300 g
• tomatoes – 300 g
• onion – 1 pc.
• parsley
• sunflower oil – 2 tablespoons
• vinegar

Cut sweet peppers into strips, tomatoes into slices and mix. Finely chop the onion and add to the vegetables. Pour oil and vinegar over the salad, sprinkle with parsley and salt.

Salad with sunflower oil

Ingredients needed to prepare the salad:

• sweet pepper – 1 kg
• vegetable oil
• vinegar
• garlic – 1 head
• greenery

Bake sweet peppers in the oven until golden brown. Then peel, sprinkle with finely squeezed garlic, pour over vegetable oil and vinegar, and add salt. Place the pepper in the refrigerator for 1 hour. Then sprinkle with herbs.

Garlic salad

Ingredients needed to prepare garlic salad:

• tomatoes – 6 pcs.
• garlic – 1 head
• parsley – 50 g
• vegetable oil – 3-4 tablespoons
• salt pepper

Cut the tomatoes into slices and place on a plate. Squeeze the garlic on them and sprinkle with herbs. Drizzle the tomatoes with vegetable oil, add a little salt and pepper to taste.

Salad with rice

Necessary ingredients for preparing salad without mayonnaise:

• bell pepper – 5 pcs.
• rice – 100-150 g
• green peas – 100 g
• vinegar
• salt and pepper

Bake the pepper in the oven and cut into strips, after peeling it. Boil the rice and sprinkle with pepper, add green peas. Season all this with salt, pepper and vinegar.

Green bean salad

Ingredients needed to make bean salad:

• green beans – 500 g
• eggs – 2 pcs.
• tomatoes – 1 pc.
• small onion – 1 pc.
• vegetable oil - 3 tablespoons
• vinegar – 2 tablespoons
• dill
• parsley

Boil the beans, drain the water and season with oil and vinegar, add a little salt. Sprinkle with herbs. Layer in a salad bowl: beans, tomatoes, beans, eggs, beans, onion rings.

Portioned salad

Ingredients needed to prepare portioned salad:

• tomatoes – 3-4 pcs.
• sweet pepper – 1 pc.
• onion – 1 pc.
• carrots – 1-2 pcs.
• salad dressing
• salt and pepper

Cut the tomatoes into slices, the pepper into thin strips. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater and cut the onion into thin half rings. Fill with dressing.

Prepare the dressing as follows: mix olive oil with the juice of 1 lemon, salt and pepper.

Spinach salad

Ingredients needed to make spinach salad:

• spinach – 200 g
• carrots – 2 pcs.
• olives – 10-15 pcs.
• small onion – 1 pc.
• walnuts – 2 tablespoons
• lemon juice – 30 ml
• vegetable or olive oil - 2 tablespoons
• honey – 10 g
• salt and pepper

Cut the spinach into strips, finely chop the onion, grate the carrots. Mix all this with olives and nuts. Season the salad with vegetable oil, lemon juice and honey, and salt. Top with olives or nuts.

Bulgarian salad

Most often, most of the snacks on our tables are not much different from each other, and therefore have not caused any delight among household members for a long time. Bulgarian salad is an excellent option both for every day and for a holiday menu, and this recipe will also delight people on a diet.

Separately, it can be mentioned that the snack will not require large material costs from you, but it will certainly delight you with its excellent taste.

Why Bulgarian salad is healthy and how to serve it beautifully

Most often, the concept of Bulgarian salad hides a rather simple, but no less tasty dish. It traditionally includes fresh vegetables: tomatoes, cucumbers, herbs, onions and olives, as well as sweet bell peppers.

The appetizer is usually seasoned with olive oil. The list of ingredients also includes soft cheese, such as feta. That’s why it’s worth preparing this option as often as possible.

In some ways, the Bulgarian salad is very similar to the Greek one - a lot of fresh vegetables, pickled cheese, olives. But still, this recipe has its differences. Many chefs adore the Bulgarian appetizer for its ease of preparation and fresh, pleasant taste.

But the most important thing is that the calorie content of the Bulgarian salad is negligible. This means you can afford a snack even if you're on a food binge or trying to lose weight.

This dish easily falls into the category of healthy eating. Of course, fresh vegetables are so good for health. Brine cheese has a low fat content and is not high in calories.

• To beautifully present a Bulgarian salad to the table, it is better to place it either on one large plate, or immediately portion it out into bowls or small bowls.
• Salads made from fresh vegetables and soft cheese look best in deep white bowls, in transparent glass dishes, as well as in metal salad bowls.
• If you are going to serve Bulgarian salad on the table in portioned containers, then it is better to put the dish in glasses with a high stem, but with a wide neck. This presentation looks unusual and original.
• Bulgarian salad should be seasoned with olive oil. This product ideally complements cold dishes and snacks, and the health benefits of the treat will be much greater.
• It’s better not to prepare salads for future use; the same rule applies to Bulgarian salads. The fact is that fresh vegetables in the refrigerator will quickly become unusable and lose their elasticity. So don’t be lazy and prepare a fresh appetizer for the table.

Bulgarian salad: classic recipe step by step

Ingredients

• - 1 PC. + -
• - 1 PC. + -
• — 1 medium-sized root vegetable + -
• - 1 PC. + -
• - about 10 pcs. + -
• - for refueling + -
• - 1 clove + -
• Pickled cheese or feta cheese— 50-65 g + -
• Freshly squeezed lemon juice- 1-1.5 tsp. + -
• - taste + -
• - pinch + -
• Greens (parsley, cilantro)- 1/2 bunch + -

How to make your own delicious Bulgarian salad at home

To make the dish the most beautiful and cheerful, you should choose a yellow bell pepper for it.

1. We wash the cucumber and tomato under cold water, then remove the stalks, if any. We cut off the “butts” of the cucumber.
2. Chop the washed vegetables into large enough half rings so that the juice remains inside the slices.
3. We wash the bell pepper under the tap, halve it with a knife and remove the tasteless center with the seeds. Shred into longitudinal slices.
4. Peel the onion head and cut it in half. Then use a knife to chop the vegetable into rings of medium thickness.
5. Remove the olives from the jar, draining the brine. Of course, it is better to take those that are already pitted. Otherwise, you will have to remove the olive seed yourself before adding the ingredient to the salad.
6. In a separate bowl, pour lemon juice over the onion rings, then season with pepper and lightly salt. The onion will release juice, which may be bitter - it should be drained.
7. We wash half a bunch of fresh greenberries (you can choose the one you like best) and chop it not too finely, then put it in a salad bowl with the rest of the ingredients.
8. Mix our Bulgarian salad, trying not to crush the ripe slices of vegetables. Season the dish with olive oil (about 1 tablespoon). Before doing this, squeeze a clove of garlic into a plate.
9. Mix the appetizer carefully again. Now it’s time to add pickled cheese to the plate. At the same time, you can choose ordinary cheese.
10. Chop the soft cheese with a knife so that cubes come out - uniform and will not fall apart. Let's not make it too small for this.
11. After soft cheese appears in a Bulgarian salad, you need to stir the dish very carefully, or even better, not do it at all.
12. We put the treats into portioned bowls or bowls and immediately begin tasting.

If you like spicier food, then you can add to the list of spices a mixture of your favorite herbs or hot pepper. This will make the Bulgarian salad even more flavorful.

Bulgarian salad “Shopski”: the best recipe for the holiday

Ingredients

• Red bell pepper (paprika) – 1 large fruit;
• Onion – 1 medium head;
• Ripe tomato – 2 pcs.;
• Cucumber – 2 pcs.;
• Cold pressed olive oil – for dressing;
• Salt - to taste;
• Sheep or cow cheese – 120 g.

How to prepare traditional Bulgarian salad at home

1. First, prepare the sweet pepper, which should first be washed under cool water and dried.
2. Preheat the oven to 180-190 degrees, then place our Bulgarian vegetable on a piece of foil.
3. Cook it in the oven for about twenty minutes until it is completely baked. Then take it out and let it cool thoroughly.
4. When the vegetable has reached room temperature, carefully remove the peel from it - the upper translucent film.
5. Remove the seeds from the baked bell pepper, and then cut the flesh into cubes or as convenient as possible.
6. Remove the peel from the onion head (it’s better to take non-bitter varieties for salad) and cut it in half. Chop into a medium cube.
7. Grate soft cheese (most often feta cheese is used in the classic recipe) on a fine grater to obtain a homogeneous crumb.
8. We wash the tomatoes and divide them into two halves, after which we chop them into small slices.
9. We also wash the cucumbers, removing the “butts” of the fruit, and then chop them into small, but not too small, cubes.
10. We take out a suitable salad bowl with high walls and begin to assemble our layered Bulgarian salad of vegetables and cheese in it.
11. To do this, add tomatoes as the first layer. The tomatoes are followed by onion cubes. The third layer in the Shopska salad is sweet pepper.
12. Place the green cucumber in the penultimate layer. At the same step, lightly season the dish with olive oil, simply sprinkling the ingredients on top.
13. Lightly salt the treat; you can also add black pepper or crushed garlic.
14. Pour the grated cheese on top, making a mound of the ingredient and thereby completing the preparation of the Bulgarian salad.

It is better to serve this snack option in the same way as the previous one - in portions in beautiful dishes. So that everyone can mix their portion the way they want.

This simple, but very tasty, vitamin-packed, colorful salad can be prepared for your family while the summer harvest season is upon us. Be sure to try the Bulgarian salad, especially since it does not require any culinary talent!

Bulgarian green salad

We continue to prepare salads in Bulgarian: we have already prepared Shopska salad and Greek in Bulgarian.

I really love salads made from fresh vegetables, and the highlight of them, perhaps, will be the dressing from balsamic vinegar And olive oil. Besides, lime(to give a special taste) avocado(very useful product), a couple of heads garlic. When you don’t have to go to work in the morning, you can allow yourself garlic in your salad, but if the garlic spirit still bothers you, there are a couple of secrets:

1. Garlic should be consumed without the arrow in the middle, but fresh garlic does not suffer from this;

2. Milk is great for getting rid of garlic odor. I promise that we will add garlic in small quantities, it will not be the main ingredient.

In addition, the main ingredients are ordinary fresh vegetables: iceberg lettuce, arugula, frisee, red and green (yellow) peppers, red onions, tomatoes, cucumbers. This is a whole field for activity!

Although Bulgaria has wonderful tomatoes - pink, fleshy - not everyone loves them. You can make a delicious salad without them.

RECIPE FOR GREEN SALAD IN BULGARIAN STYLE

NECESSARY:

Green salads: 40 g arugula, 1/8 iceberg (or 2-3 leaves)
1-2 cucumbers
1 red onion (half if large)
40 g olives or black olives (half a can of canned)
2 cloves garlic
0.5 tsp. balsamic vinegar
1 tsp. olive oil
A handful of pine nuts

Bulgarian green salad

HOW TO COOK:

1. Take green salads: a little arugula, less than a quarter of a head of iceberg lettuce (a couple of leaves for two). Tear the salads with your hands - you don’t have to cut them: arugula, if long, into 2-3 pieces, iceberg - into squares.

2. Add a couple of small or a third of a long cucumber, cut into quarters (I divide the cucumber lengthwise into 4 parts and cut crosswise).

3. Cut half of the red onion into rings.

4. Also add a few black olives or olives.

5. Finely chop the garlic.

6. Season with balsamic and olive oil.

7. Sprinkle with pine nuts and enjoy the exquisite taste of fresh vegetables with spicy sauce!