What to dress the salad with
Tradition to refuel salads came from the Ancient world and has survived to this day. In Ancient Egypt, vinegar and vegetable oil with spices were used for salads, and in China they used various variations soy sauce. Today, the most famous salad dressings are vegetable oil or mayonnaise. But there are a lot of different products that can be used as a dressing for any salad.
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What can you season a salad with? 
Salad dressings, or dressings as they are also called, are divided into two types: thick dressings for “heavy” salads and dressings based on vinegar and vegetable oil, which are used mainly for vegetable salads.
Oil dressings are very good because, quickly absorbed into the digestive tract, they quickly saturate the body. As a result, you ate 2 times less than you wanted and remained full. But few people use oil for salads.
Most often it goes into salads mayonnaise, less often its less fatty substitute is sour cream. Sour cream, kefir, and natural yogurt contain bifidobacteria, which help digest fiber, which will ultimately relieve you of bloating and bloating. Fermented milk sauces low-calorie, so you don’t have to worry about your figure. And if you add soy sauce and a little mustard to sour cream, then even Olivier salad can be seasoned with this sauce.
Some chefs use wine vinegar for salads; for example, white vinegar can be mixed with simple sunflower oil, and red vinegar is ideal with olive oil. If you don't have vinegar in your kitchen, you can always replace it with lemon juice. Soy sauce mayonnaise and salt are often replaced, the salad will end up with an unusual taste, a minimum of calories and a slightly salty taste.
Dressing made from mustard or mustard with honey is also great for salads. And some lovers of fermented milk products season their salads with low-fat cottage cheese; it tastes approximately like mayonnaise. It is mixed with herbs, spices, and lemon juice.
Egg salads or turkeys can be refilled hummus- This is a sauce made from a mixture of garlic, lemon juice, sesame paste, olive oil and pureed chickpeas. It has a specific taste that will be present in the salad.
Pesto, a sauce made from basil, garlic and olive oil, is perfect for some salads. Some salad dressings are made by mixing various ingredients: spices, oils, herbs, wine, vinegar, honey, mustard, dairy products and much more.
What to dress fruit salad with 
Salads are not only vegetable, fish or meat. They also come in fruity varieties. Such salads are especially relevant in the summer, when all the berries and fruits are available. Fruit salads saturate the body with vitamins and microelements, quickly satisfy hunger and are very tasty in themselves and are also quick to prepare.
The most popular dressing is whipped cream. Tasty, satisfying and very high in calories. In second place is natural yogurt, it can be with or without additives. Third place firmly taken ice cream. It goes with any berries or fruits; you can buy just an ice cream, chocolate ice cream, or an ice cream with pieces of fruit. Let it melt slightly and you can safely mix the ice cream with the fruit salad. 
For fruit salads you can also use condensed milk, honey, sour cream, custard or butter cream, fruit sauces, melted chocolate, kefir, jam, mascarpone cream. You can add grated chocolate, crushed nuts, spices. For adults, you can use dressings with the addition of cognac, liquor, or wine.
Salad dressing recipes 
Vanilla dressing for fruit salad
What is needed:
- two glasses of milk;
- a handful of walnuts;
- two spoons of granulated sugar;
- two yolks;
- half a spoon of vanilla.
How to do:
- Beat granulated sugar, vanillin and yolks thoroughly.
- Bring the milk to a boil and carefully pour the egg mixture into it.
- Cook until thick, remembering to stir.
- Add nuts and chill.
Chocolate cream sauce
Ingredients:
- a couple of spoons of granulated sugar;
- two tablespoons of grated chocolate;
- two spoons of cocoa powder;
- 170 ml cream or sour cream.
How to cook:
- Whip cream, cocoa, granulated sugar.
- Add grated chocolate chips and stir.
Dressing for vegetable and green salads 
What you will need:
- a clove of garlic;
- two tablespoons of honey and olive oil;
- a spoonful of mustard and white wine vinegar;
- salt, pepper
How to cook:
- Chop the garlic.
- Combine mustard spices, honey, vinegar, garlic, oil. Mix everything thoroughly.
Sauce for meat salad
What you will need:
- half a glass of kefir;
- parsley;
- green onions;
- spoon of apple cider vinegar;
- ¼ glass of mayonnaise;
- a couple of garlic cloves.
How to cook:
- Chop the garlic.
- Beat kefir with mayonnaise.
- Add vinegar, garlic, herbs, salt and pepper to kefir. Mix thoroughly.
Cottage cheese dressing
What is needed:
- 110 g lean cottage cheese;
- a glass of milk;
- granulated sugar, salt;
- a spoonful of mustard.
How to cook:
Grind cottage cheese with milk, granulated sugar, spices, mustard.
Dressing for green salads
What is needed:
- 120 ml yogurt without fillers;
- half a spoon of lemon juice;
- 2-3 garlic cloves;
- spices, salt.
How to cook:
- Beat juice, yogurt, garlic.
- Add spices, herbs and mix everything thoroughly.
