It's Christmas Eve!! I am so happy that the holidays have finally come; Sometimes it's stressful to cook up a good meal for you and your family in just one day for that night. So I decided to share this recipe with you guys that can be made ahead of time; you can make it the day before Christmas and it will taste just as well (even better)! Also it's done in a matter of time! This recipe is not really Russian, In Bulgaria we just call it that. This salad can be made any time throughout the year but when you make it on Christmas, it's extra special!
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes (for potatoes & eggs)
Total time: 50 minutes
Serves: 6 people
Ingredients:
7 Boiled Potatoes
8 Boiled eggs
10 Carrots
10 Hotdogs
One can Sweet peas
15 Mini pickles
3 Olives
1 Tomatoe
Lettuce
Mayo to taste
Directions:
1. Broil the potatoes for 20 min and the eggs for 10 min
2. Peel the eggs and potatoes and let them cool
3.Cut all the vegetables in small pieces (except the Tomatoe, olives, and lettuce)
4. Add the mayo to the vegetables until moist enough.
All I did was take a little bit of salad and formed it into a snowman, then I took some more and added it as the hands. (Just before I continue, if you were wondering why I had put olives, tomatoes, and lettuce in the ingredients when I didn't even use it in the salad, well here's why.) Cut the olives in half and add them to make eyes and buttons. Peel a little of the carrot and add it as a mouth, then put the rest as a nose. Peel a Tomatoe and put it as the scarf and the extra can be put on as the hat. Add lettuce on the bottom. Last but not least, cut an egg in stripes and put around the plate to act as the snowflakes, then put it on top of the tomato hat. You can decorate the salad however you want to! You can make a Christmas tree, a Christmas wonderland, anything!
Enjoy!
