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Spring Breeze salad

Spring Breeze Salad

The colorful ingredients give this salad a festive look. Instead of tossing it, you can layer it, spreading a little mayonnaise between each layer, to make a pretty multicolored tower.

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Crab sticks

200

Tomatoes

200

Canned corn

100

Hard cheese

100

Cucumbers

Mayonnaise

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 27 % 6 g

Fats 41 % 9 g

Carbohydrates 32 % 7 g

129 kcal

GI: 67 / 33 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 25 min

Step 1:

How do you make Spring Breeze salad? Gather the ingredients. You'll need crab sticks, tomatoes, cucumber, canned corn, cheese, and mayonnaise. You can also add dill (or other herbs) and garlic. Many recipes for this salad call for garlic, but I left it out and didn't regret it — without it the salad tastes truly fresh and lives up to its name.
Step 2:

Cut the crab sticks into small cubes. Drain the liquid from the corn.
Step 3:

Wash and dry the tomatoes and cut them into cubes. Drain off any liquid released as you cut them.
Step 4:

Cut the cucumber into small cubes.
Step 5:

Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
Step 6:

In a salad bowl, combine the crab sticks, tomatoes, cucumber, corn, and cheese.
Step 7:

Dress the salad with mayonnaise.
Step 8:

Mix everything well.

It's best to make your own mayonnaise — it'll be tastier and healthier. See here for some interesting homemade mayonnaise recipes. You can also use sour cream or plain yogurt instead of mayonnaise as a dressing, on their own or mixed with mayonnaise in any proportion you like — this lowers the calorie count of the dish.
How do you buy canned corn the right way? Always check the use-by date on the can. If the container is glass, look closely at the kernels — they should be uniform in size and color, whole, and free of spots. The ingredients shouldn't include dyes, preservatives, or flavor enhancers.
How do you buy crab sticks the right way? Always check the product's use-by date. Surimi (minced white fish) should be first on the ingredient list. Important: don't buy the product if there's frost on it — that's a sign it's been refrozen. Fresh sticks should be free of gray and yellow spots, springy, and slightly moist. If the product is sticky, it has gone bad.