Ham egg and tomato salad with cheese

Complex salads with mayonnaise are most often prepared for the festive table. After work, I no longer want to waste time on long-term slicing and preference is given to simpler dishes. But, it is only necessary to cook the eggs in advance, and the rest of the process will take no more than 10 minutes, and the family will be very happy with a pleasant surprise in the form of a festive dish on a normal day.

How to make a salad of ham eggs and tomatoes with cheese? Peel the ham from the outer shell and cut into thin short strips.It is better not to make the strips too long, they will look good, but not too convenient to eat.
Hard-boiled eggs, peel and cut into large cubes. In this case, it is not necessary to be small, large pieces will decorate the salad and give it a solemn look.

Wash cherry tomatoes, dry with a towel and cut into halves or quarters. In this form, they will retain the maximum amount of juice and appearance. Cherry can be replaced with fruits of other varieties, it is better if they are small.

Put all the prepared foods in a large salad bowl. It is not necessary to take a small plate: in order to connect well and remain whole, the ingredients need a large space. Then you can put the ready-made salad in a beautiful serving dish.

Grate the hard cheese of your favorite variety on a coarse grater and add it to the salad. It is better to take a purple bow - it is not so sharp and serves as an additional decoration. Peel it from the husk, wash it, dry it and cut it into thin half rings.

Season the salad with salt and pepper, adjust the amount of spices to your own taste. Add mayonnaise and stir. You need to mix very carefully so as not to break the integrity of the eggs and not to mash the tomatoes too much.

Put the finished salad in a beautiful salad bowl, decorate with finely chopped dill and a sprig of mint. Serve to the table immediately after mixing, until the tomatoes have had time to start the juice.

Bon appetit!

It is better to prepare mayonnaise yourself. It will be tastier and healthier. See here interesting recipes for homemade mayonnaise.
Also, as a dressing, you can use not only mayonnaise, but also sour cream or natural yogurt. They can be taken separately or mixed with mayonnaise in any proportion to your taste - this will reduce the calorie content of the dish.

How to cook hard-boiled eggs? So that the eggs do not crack when cooking, put them in cold water and put them to cook on a small fire. Boil the eggs for 9 minutes after boiling, then pour cold water and cool. From a sharp temperature drop, the shell will be better cleaned.