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Bean, Carrot, and Sausage Salad

A simple, tasty, hearty salad for the holiday table and beyond! No holiday table is complete without salads. Every cook keeps in her repertoire a recipe for her own signature salad — made from simple, affordable ingredients, but special, with a little twist, and delicious. One of the popular ones is a salad with beans, carrots, and sausage. There are quite a few versions of it, though — beyond the standard set of ingredients, all sorts of things can be added.

Snezhana

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Canned beans

150

Carrots

Boiled sausage

150

Eggs

Mayonnaise

100

Hard cheese

100

Salt

Fresh herbs

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 27 % 9 g

Fats 58 % 19 g

Carbohydrates 15 % 5 g

206 kcal

GI: 40 / 0 / 60

Cooking method

Cooking time: 40 min

Step 1:

How do you make a bean, carrot, and sausage salad? Gather the ingredients. This salad is easy because nearly all the ingredients are ready-made; the only things you need to cook are the carrots and eggs. Wash the carrots, put them in a pot, cover with cold water, and set it over the heat. When the water boils, lower the heat and cook over medium heat until the vegetables are done.
Step 2:

You can check the carrots with a fork or the tip of a knife — if a sharp object pierces the vegetable easily, you can turn off the heat. Drain the water and let the carrots cool. Peel them, if they were cooked in their skins, and grate them.
Step 3:

First wash the eggs with soapy water to avoid getting into your food any harmful microbes that may be on the shells of raw eggs. Put them in a pot, cover with water, set it over the heat, and cook for about 10 minutes. Salt the water a little while the eggs cook, so they're easier to peel. After cooking, drain the hot water right away and cover them with cold. Chop the eggs with a knife or grate them.
Step 4:

Grate any hard cheese you like, depending on taste and what you have, on the medium side of a grater.
Step 5:

Use canned beans — just open the can, drain the liquid, rinse the beans, and put them in a salad bowl. Spread a thin layer of mayonnaise on top. Peel an onion and cut it into small cubes. Scatter the diced onion over, and add a thin layer of mayonnaise.
Step 6:

The next layer is sausage. You can use semi-smoked sausage, boiled sausage, or ham — the salad will be tasty with any of them. Cut the sausage into short strips or cubes, or grate it, whichever you prefer; it also depends on how you'll present the salad.
Step 7:

Coat with mayonnaise again. Next layers: boiled carrot, mayonnaise, grated egg, and mayonnaise.
Step 8:

Sprinkle hard cheese over the top. You can salt the layers to taste, but the mayonnaise provides plenty of salt. Garnish the salad with fresh herbs and a few cranberries, if you like. Let the salad sit in the refrigerator to soak through, then serve. Enjoy!

It's better to make the mayonnaise yourself — it's tastier and better for you. You'll find some good homemade mayonnaise recipes here. As a dressing you can also use sour cream or plain yogurt instead of mayonnaise. Use them on their own or mix them with mayonnaise in any ratio you like — that will cut the calories.