Winter preservation: cucumber salad

Cucumber and tomato salad can be not only fresh, but also canned, and this makes it even more delicious. It's easy to prepare and will delight you with its spicy aroma and fresh taste on cold winter days.

To preserve salad for the winter, we need:
cucumbers - 2 kg
tomatoes - 2 kg
carrots - 0.5 kg
onions - 0.5 kg
vegetable oil - 0.5 l
sugar - 3 tbsp. l.
salt - 2 tbsp. l.
vinegar - 150 g

How to preserve lettuce for the winter:
Chop carrots, onions, tomatoes and cucumbers at random, put in a large saucepan. Pour in vegetable oil, add sugar, salt, vinegar, cook for an hour, then spread hot in sterile jars. Turn over, let cool, store in a cool place.

Cucumber lecho

This recipe is convenient in that when making lecho from cucumbers, you can use any vegetables that are overgrown, not very beautiful - the taste and aesthetics will not suffer from this. Preparing an appetizer is easy, and even novice housewives will be able to do it.

To make cucumber lecho, we need:
cucumbers - 2.5 kg
tomatoes - 1.5 kg
garlic - 4-5 cloves
vinegar - 1 tbsp. l.
sugar - 100 g
ground pepper - 50 g
salt - 2 tablespoons with top

Method of cooking lecho with cucumbers:
Rinse and sterilize jars. Pass the tomatoes through a meat grinder, finely chop the garlic, wash the cucumbers and cut into slices or smaller. Mix all ingredients except cucumbers, vinegar and garlic in a large saucepan, boil for 15 minutes, add cucumbers and cook for 10 minutes more. At the very end of cooking, pour in vinegar, add garlic. We roll up the cans, wrap them up until they cool. In a month, the appetizer is ready.

Assorted cucumber and tomato salad for the winter

To prepare a salad "Assorted" of cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter, you will need:

cucumbers - 400-450 g
tomatoes - 150-200 g
onions - ½ pc.
bulgarian pepper - ½ pc.
fresh dill - 2 branches
for brine:
water - 3 l
sugar - 1 tbsp.
salt - 90 g
vinegar - 80 g

How to make a salad "Assorted" of cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter:

1. Wash and dry cucumbers and tomatoes. Cut cucumbers into slices, tomatoes into slices. For the preparation of the workpiece, it is advisable to use ripe, but not overripe, strong tomatoes, otherwise, under the influence of high temperature, too soft vegetables can turn into porridge.
2. Wash the bell pepper, dry it, remove the stalk and seeds, cut into rings. You can add a vegetable of any color to the salad, however, since green (cucumber) and red (tomato) colors are already present in the preparation, you can use yellow (or orange) peppers for a brighter and more original look.
3. Peel the onions, cut into rings or half rings.
4. Rinse the dill under running water and dry it, no need to cut it.
5. Prepare jars and lids. The amount of vegetables indicated in this recipe is calculated for 1 can of 1 liter. You can increase the amount of vegetables depending on how much harvest you want to end up with.
6. Put prepared vegetables in layers in a liter jar, observing the following order: bell peppers, dill, cucumbers (so that the vegetable takes up more than half of the container), onions, tomatoes.
7. Prepare the brine. To do this, pour water into a saucepan, add sugar and salt, mix all the ingredients. Place the saucepan over the fire and bring the liquid to a boil. When the brine boils, remove the pan from the heat and pour in the vinegar.
8. Fill a jar with vegetables with hot brine, then place in a saucepan with boiling water and sterilize for 5-7 minutes. Carefully remove the jars with the workpiece from the pan, roll up and leave to cool completely.
Assorted cucumber and tomato salad for the winter can be prepared in other ways. For example, prepare vegetables (wash, chop), place in a large bowl, salt to taste and stir. Arrange the salad in 0.5 liter jars and sterilize for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, carefully so as not to burn yourself, remove the cans with the workpiece from the pan, add 1 tsp to each. vinegar (6%), then cover, roll up and leave to cool completely.

Optionally, you can add bay leaves, allspice or black peppercorns to the Assorted cucumber and tomato salad.

To cook cucumbers for the winter with garlic, parsley and dill, you will need:

fresh cucumbers - 400 g
parsley - 10 g
dill - 10 g
onions - 40 g
bitter red pepper - 1 pod
black peppercorns - 2 pcs.
garlic - 2 cloves
edible kitchen salt - 5 g
vinegar 6% - 20 g
sunflower oil - 2 tbsp. l.

How to cook cucumbers for the winter with garlic, parsley and dill:

1. Wash cucumbers in clean running water, cut off the ends on both sides and cut into rings so that their thickness does not exceed a centimeter. It is important that the cucumbers are evenly soaked in the brine.
2. Peel and cut the garlic into four equal-sized pieces. We also peel the onions and cut them into rings half a centimeter thick. We wash and cut dill and parsley.
3. We put all of the above ingredients in a metal enamel bowl, add the required amount of table salt together with vinegar and mix thoroughly.
4. We wash the jars and sterilize them thoroughly, because if bacteria remain in them, the preservation will explode and you can get poisoned with it. We also boil the lids.
5. Put bitter red pepper and sunflower oil in the jars at the very bottom. Vegetables follow from above.
6. Put the jars in boiling water up to the shoulders and sterilize for about 15 minutes. It is better to put a towel on the bottom of the pan, otherwise the jar may crack.
7. Now we roll up the metal lids, check the tightness, put the cans upside down and wrap them in a thick towel or blanket. Leave it to cool completely. Then we take it to the pantry or cellar.

To cook cucumbers for the winter in Moldovan style, you will need:
(for 4 liter cans)

cucumbers - 4 kg
salt - 3 tablespoons
sugar - 1 tbsp.
sunflower oil - 1 tbsp.
vinegar - 1 tbsp.
mustard powder - 2 tablespoons
ground black pepper - 2 tablespoons
ground red pepper - 1 tbsp.
garlic - 2 heads

How to cook cucumbers for the winter in Moldavian style:

1. We take cucumbers of medium size or small. We wash them, cut them off on both sides by 0.5 centimeters, cut them into 4 parts or whatever you want (it all depends on the size of the cucumbers). We send cucumbers to a large saucepan.
2. Chop the garlic, get about 3 tablespoons.
3. Add all the ingredients to the cucumbers - salt, sugar, mustard powder, garlic, red and black pepper, sunflower oil and vinegar.
4. Mix everything thoroughly and let stand for about 4 hours, during which time the cucumbers will let juice.
5. After this time, stir the hot cucumbers again and put them in sterilized jars.
6. We send our jars of cucumbers to a pot of water for sterilization. We cover with metal boiled lids. Bring the water to a boil, after which we boil the jars for 15-20 minutes over low heat.
7. Carefully take out the cans and roll them up. We turn it over, wrap it in a warm blanket and send it to a warm place until it cools completely.

Moldavian spicy cucumbers are ready!

To cook spicy cucumbers for the winter, you will need:

fresh cucumbers - 5 kg
bulgarian pepper - 1 kg
onions - 1 kg
hot red pepper - 2 pcs.
carrots - 1 kg
garlic - 2 pcs.
food salt - 3 tbsp. l.
sugar - 200 g
sunflower oil - 200 g
vinegar 9% - 200 ml

How to cook spicy cucumbers for the winter:

1. We start cooking by thoroughly washing all vegetables in clean drinking water. Next, cut the cucumbers lengthwise into four equal parts, also cut the pepper lengthwise, and cut the onions into slices in the form of rings.
2. Peel the garlic and chop very finely.
3. Mix all the ingredients, add the required amount of sugar, salt, vegetable oil, preferably sunflower, and vinegar. Mix everything again. And we leave for a couple of hours so that the vegetables can infuse and soak.
4. Now we start preparing cans for conservation. To do this, they should be well washed and sterilized. We pour over metal lids with boiling water, because they can also contain bacteria that will damage the preservation.
5. Put the salad in jars and sterilize again in boiling water for 15 minutes. At the same time, put a towel on the bottom of the pan, otherwise the glass of the jar may burst from the high temperature.
6. Roll up the covers with a special device. Next, turn the cans upside down and wrap the top with a thick cloth, blanket or towel. After they have cooled to room temperature, we transfer them to storage in a cellar or pantry, the main thing is that the room is cool and does not get direct sunlight.

Along with the well-known Korean carrots and cabbage, I suggest you try to cook Korean cucumbers, you will surely like it very much. They can be eaten immediately after preparation, as well as made from them for the winter.

To make Korean cucumbers, you will need:

cucumbers - 2 kg
sugar - 1 tbsp.
carrots - 0.5 kg
vegetable oil - 0.5 tbsp.
garlic
salt - 50 g
ground red pepper - 1 tbsp.

How to cook Korean cucumbers:

1. Wash carrots and three on a coarse grater, which is used to cook Korean carrots.
2. I also wash the cucumbers, cut off the ends on both sides and then cut them lengthwise into eight equal parts.
3. Now mix the carrots and cucumbers together.
4. Mix all the other ingredients for making the marinade. Next, bring the marinade to a boil and fill it with cucumbers and carrots. And leave it to brew for 4 hours.
5. Now wash the jars and dry them. Then we sterilize the jars, put the cucumbers in them and fill them with marinade.
6. Next, put the jars in boiling water and boil for about 15 minutes for complete sterilization. Then we roll up the lids tightly, turn the cans upside down, and wrap them on top in a thick towel (you can replace it with a blanket), in this form the cans stand until they cool down. After that, we transfer them to a cellar or just a cool room for later storage.

Good afternoon friends!

Cucumber salad is a mixture of colorful, aromatic vegetables with a wonderful marinade, and so tasty that you will lick your fingers. Autumn comes a vegetable paradise, and a lot of room for improvisation in the preparation of homemade preparations for the winter. In the previous article, changing the ratio and composition of ingredients, we will get a great variety of recipes for this popular dish.

Cucumbers go well with many other vegetables, which will allow us to make winter salads with cucumbers and carrots, tomatoes, and onions. Add more allspice, garlic, dill, cilantro, basil. A jar open in winter will serve as a good snack or side dish. It goes well with boiled potatoes, porridge.

The technology for preparing salads for the winter provides for the sterilization of ingredients in jars, in boiling water, for guaranteed storage. Although there are many proven recipes that can be made without sterilization.

Cucumber salad for the winter. Real jam!

This is one of the most delicious recipes. I will show you it with a step-by-step preparation and a photo so that you too can enjoy its taste, color and aroma.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 2 kg
• garlic - 1 head
• sesame seeds - 2 tbsp. l.
• salt - 50 gr.
• sugar - 1/2 tbsp.
• vegetable oil - 1/2 tbsp.
• 9% table vinegar - 1/2 tbsp.
• ground red pepper - 1 tsp.
• ground black pepper - 1 tsp.
• mustard seeds - 1 tsp

Preparation:

We select cucumbers with pimples and delicate skin, there is no need to peel the skin. Just make sure it doesn't taste bitter. Cut into large strips or slices.

We take ground red and black pepper in equal proportions, add to the cucumbers. To increase the flavoring bouquet of the salad, add some spices or seasonings to your liking. Dill and cilantro greens will go well.

We pass the young garlic through a press.

Another small touch that will make our preparation much tastier is sesame seeds. Fry it until golden brown and add to a bowl.

Pour vegetable oil and vinegar there, add salt and sugar.

Mix everything well and carefully. The salad looks great! Let it stand for 2 hours, the marinade gradually soaks the vegetables. Then we put them in hot sterilized small jars, cover them with clean lids on top.

We spread it to the neck, leave room for the marinade, which will stand out during sterilization.

We sterilize jars with a volume of 0.650 grams for 45 minutes, then roll them up, turn the lids down and under the blanket. After complete cooling, store in a cool dark cellar.

Winter salad for the winter without sterilization

A delicious, proven recipe for the winter. This salad is just a godsend, it is prepared for 1 hour without sterilization.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 2 kg
• garlic - 400 gr.
• salt - 2 tbsp. l.
• sugar - 1 tbsp. l.
• 9% table vinegar - 40 ml.
• allspice - 8 peas

Korean cucumber salad in jars

This recipe is pretty easy to prepare. It turns out very appetizing, with a hot, spicy marinade. An excellent vegetable snack for lovers of "hotter".

Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 1 kg
• carrots - 250 gr.
• garlic - 3-4 cloves
• salt - 2 tbsp. l.
• sugar - 1 tbsp. l.
• 9% table vinegar - 50 ml
• vegetable oil - 50 ml

Preparation:

We will use the simplest ingredients in this recipe. Each of them has something of its own, and when we combine them, we get a very, very tasty workpiece. It can be used as an appetizer or as a side dish.

Grate the carrots with thin strips.

Cut the cucumbers into cubes.

Pass the garlic through a press.

Mix them in a deep bowl.

Add salt, sugar, vegetable oil and vinegar. We mix.

We close the bowl with cling film and leave to marinate for a day, on the shelf of the refrigerator.

We lay out more tightly in sterilized jars, cover with metal lids and sterilize for 15 minutes. Let's roll it up.

We store Korean-style cucumber salad for the winter in a cool room, without access to sunlight.

Cucumber salad with tomato paste for the winter

In this recipe, sterilization of the salad is not required, which will significantly save cooking time.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 1.5 kg
• onions - 4 pcs.
• garlic - 1 head
• tomatoes - 1.5 kg
• black pepper - 10 peas
• allspice - 8 peas
• cloves - 2 pcs.
• basil - 1 sprig
• parsley - 1 bunch
• salt - 2 tbsp. l.
• sugar - 50-70 gr.
• 9% table vinegar - 2 tbsp. l.

Preparation:

According to this recipe, the salad is prepared with tomato paste. I suggest you replace it with homemade ketchup. It will turn out much tastier. So, let's prepare ketchup.

Peel the tomatoes, cut them and put them in a saucepan. The tomatoes have already begun to produce juice. Put on fire, bring to a boil and simmer for 8-10 minutes. The tomatoes should be soft.

Grind them with a blender to the consistency of tomato juice and then evaporate until thick and dense ketchup.

Add salt, sugar, all spices and herbs. You can not crumble it, but put it straight in bunches. Gently mix everything, add vinegar and cook for 10 minutes.

Pass the hot tomato sauce through a sieve.

The ketchup turned out to be thick, with a homogeneous and delicate texture. Let's try. Very tasty! Spices and seasonings have given their taste and aroma.

Now we turn directly to the preparation of the salad.

Cut the onion into thin half rings, the cucumbers into slices 5-7 mm thick.

Crush the garlic with the flat side of a knife and chop finely. We send all the ingredients to the prepared tomato paste, bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. If necessary, add salt and sugar.

We put the hot salad in hot sterilized jars, seal it and immediately tighten it tightly with clean lids.

Leave it to cool completely. We store it in the cellar.

Nezhinsky salad with onions and vegetable oil

If this very simple cucumber salad is mixed with tomatoes and carrots, diversified with dill and basil, and garnished with olives, it will take its rightful place on the festive table.

Ingredients:

• cucumbers - 400 gr.
• onions - 100 gr.
• salt - 2 pinches
• sugar - 2 pinches
• vegetable oil - 150 ml.
• 9% table vinegar - 80 ml.
• allspice - 8 peas
• bay leaf - 4 leaves

Do you like cucumber salads? Do you have your own signature recipes? Share them with your blog readers.

Greetings to my dear readers! There are an incredible amount of cucumber recipes. However, what can compare to pickled or pickled cucumbers? Not a single feast is complete without this truly Russian kind of delicacy. Cucumber and salad recipes, pickled and canned cucumber recipes are regularly updated on the Ode to Cooking blog. I choose and try something in my kitchen, and I spread something for you. It is impossible to try everything in the world. Plus, everyone has different tastes. Today I offer you a recipe for cucumber salad for the winter "Assorted". But I'll post it a little later.

I have a favorite collection of cucumber recipes, time-tested, family members and my friends. The king of these recipes is a simple vegetable from our garden, a cucumber. I will share the history of this unusual vegetable.

Cucumber has been cultivated for over 6 millennia. India is considered to be the homeland of the cucumber. Already in ancient times, cucumber was considered a favorite among vegetables and has established itself not only in cooking, but also in cosmetology. The girls pounded cucumber seeds and mixed them with powder. The composition was applied to the face, considering that this prolongs the youthfulness of the skin. And they weren't wrong. There are many interesting natural masks nowadays that include cucumber juice and cucumber pulp.

Cucumber diet already in those distant times attracted the attention of beauties.

What could be simpler: cook 5 cucumbers and tomatoes a day and eat these vegetables in turn every hour. The body is not dehydrated, and it is quite possible to throw off a pound a day. Nowadays fasting days on cucumbers are incredibly popular. You need to eat from 1.5 to 2 kilograms of cucumbers per day.

It is an excellent tool for cleansing the body of toxins, deposits of salts in joints, converting carbohydrates into fats due to tartronic acid contained in cucumbers.

Cucumbers are incredibly powerful diuretics. They will help pregnant women and the elderly to get rid of edema, lower blood pressure and have a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular system. Incredibly, in a cucumber you will find the entire periodic table. Cucumber retains its beneficial properties even after pickling and pickling. Men know that the best way to relieve hangover is to drink cucumber pickle in the morning. Cucumber is an excellent remedy for cramps and leg cramps. Cucumber is a wonderful treatment for obesity.

By the way, here's mine advice: Cucumbers keep well in the refrigerator for up to 20 days if placed in plastic bags and tied tightly.

So, in the summer, of course, fresh cucumbers in bulk. Eat fresh, even make a mask ... However, you want a cucumber in winter too. Preparations for the winter from cucumbers provide an excellent opportunity to preserve the harvest and prepare wonderful salads and cucumber snacks for the future.

Of course, you might argue that imported fresh cucumbers can be bought in winter. But my family members love to dive into the cellar and get a delicious canned cucumber salad for a snack. I propose to try the recipe for winter salad from cucumbers "Assorted". It is very simple to prepare, but it turns out incredibly tasty. Try it.

Cooking cucumber salad for the winter "Assorted"

We need:

• 5 kg of cucumbers
• 8 bell peppers
• 2.5 kg tomatoes
• 10 medium onions
• 1.5 cups granulated sugar
• 1.5 cups sunflower oil
• 1 cup vinegar 9%
• 3 tablespoons of table salt
• 1-2 heads of garlic (to taste)

Preparation:

Step 1. Wash the cucumbers, bell peppers and tomatoes and let the vegetables dry.

Step 2. Cut cucumbers into slices, tomatoes into small slices. Peel the seeds and cut into slices or strips.

Step 3. Peel the onions, wash and cut into beautiful rings. Small or medium-sized onion rings look better in a salad, so you should take a small onion.

Step 4. Peel the garlic, cut into cloves and cut into petals.

Step 5. Put all the vegetables in one large enamel pot or bowl, add sugar, salt, sunflower oil and vinegar to them. Mix the salad well.

Step 6. Cook the salad over low heat for half an hour from the moment it boils. Then spread hot into small, clean, sterilized jars and roll up. Turn the jars onto the lid, wrap them up and let stand for a day. Everything.

Enjoy your salting and see you soon!

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In my family, harvesting cucumbers for the winter is a delicious tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation. As if yesterday, as a little girl, I helped my mother pickle cucumbers in jars and cut cucumbers to prepare cucumber salads for the winter, and today I myself collect recipes for winter preparations from cucumbers, and make various delicious preparations from cucumbers for the winter for my family.

Crispy, aromatic, large and small, spicy and not so, in a salad or with tomatoes - they will always have a place on our table.

I anxiously keep "Soviet" recipes for harvesting from my mother and grandmother, and collect modern methods of harvesting cucumbers, so that later I can pass them on to my daughter.

Dear friends, if you are looking for proven and delicious recipes for harvesting their cucumbers, I suggest using my selection. I really hope that you like the recipes, and I also look forward to your comments and feedback on the recipes. So, welcome, preparations for the winter from cucumbers - recipes with photos at your service!

Cucumbers with chili ketchup

There are quite a few recipes for harvesting cucumbers for the winter, each of them is good in its own way. And I want to introduce you to one of them - a recipe for cucumbers with chili ketchup. What I like about it is its simplicity and speed of preparation, as well as the minimum amount of starting ingredients. But despite this, cucumbers marinated with chili ketchup turn out to be very tasty, crispy and beautiful. How to cook, see.

Assorted cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter

The zest of this vegetable platter for the winter is in an excellent marinade, thanks to which cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers are delicious. The recipe itself is simple and involves sterilizing cans of pickled assortments for the winter. How to cook assorted cucumbers and tomatoes for the winter, look.

Pickled cucumbers for the winter in a hot way

The taste of cucumbers, salted for the winter in a hot way, is the same as that of. The only caveat is that the brine is brought to a boil before being poured into the jars. This option of pickled cucumbers is suitable for city residents who do not have the opportunity to store blanks in cellars: they can be left in the apartment for the winter, only removed away from sunlight and heat sources (such as batteries). And one more thing - these cucumbers are prepared for the winter in a hot way without vinegar - I know that for many this is important. How to cook, see

Pickled cucumbers for the winter in liter jars without vinegar

I make this blank every year; our family loves it very much. Pickled cucumbers in one-liter jars are especially tasty, crispy and aromatic. The peculiarity of this appetizer is that it is prepared without vinegar, with the addition of citric acid and a mug of lemon. Spices and herbs make pickled cucumbers in 1 liter jar especially spicy, with a delicate piquant taste. Step by step recipe with photo.

Cucumber lecho for the winter (without sterilization)

How to cook cucumber lecho for the winter, you can look.

Cucumbers in Georgian: a delicious and spicy salad for the winter

How to cook Georgian cucumbers for the winter, you can see .

Cucumber and bell pepper salad for the winter

The recipe for a salad of cucumbers and bell peppers for the winter, you can look.

Canned cucumbers without sterilization (triple pouring)

How to cook canned cucumbers without sterilizing with triple pouring, you can see .

Pickled cucumbers with tomato paste for the winter

Today I want to show you a recipe - cucumbers in tomato sauce. Such a blank turns out to be very beautiful - bright, rich colors will remind you of warm summer days in cold winter and will delight you with richness and cheerfulness. As for the taste of these cucumbers in tomato sauce for the winter, I am sure it will also make the most pleasant impression on you. Pickled cucumber recipe with tomato paste, you can look.

Korean cucumbers for the winter

If you are looking for interesting and unusual preparations for the winter from cucumbers, be sure to take a closer look at the recipe for Korean cucumbers. You can familiarize yourself with the recipe for Korean cucumbers for the winter .

Delicious family-style pickled cucumbers

How to make delicious family-style pickled cucumbers, look.

Pickled cucumbers: my grandmother's recipe (cold method)

Classic cucumber preparations for the winter are always on my preservation list. And pickles come first. How to prepare pickles in a cold way (my grandmother's recipe with step by step photos), I wrote .

If you are looking for an interesting recipe for cucumber salad for the winter in jars, then be sure to pay attention to this preservation. Garlic and pepper give a special piquancy to this cucumber salad for winter, it is these spices that make cucumbers so delicious!

I also like in this recipe that this is a cucumber salad for the winter in slices, and not in slices, for example. With such a large cut, cucumbers have a brighter, richer taste and look very appetizing. How to make a cucumber salad for the winter "Piquant", you can look.

This recipe for cucumbers without long sterilization, you just need to sterilize and prepare the jars in advance. The output is delicious, piquant, crispy cucumbers with the aroma of summer herbs, garlic, and spices. …

This recipe for pickled cucumbers with citric acid was shared with me by one mom on the playground. We got to talking about baby food, and she said that she canning cucumbers with citric acid without vinegar especially for the child. Recipe .

Cucumbers in adjika for the winter

Incredible, tasty, spicy, colorful ... you can pick up epithets for this cucumber salad for a long time. Cucumbers in adjika turn out to be crispy, and even in a delicious sauce - with potatoes in winter, or with meat dishes they fly away at once. Recipe .

Cucumbers in their own juice: a recipe for the winter in a cold way

Preparations for the winter from cucumbers are not only salads, but also classic pickled cucumbers! I suggest you try the cucumbers in your own juice. You probably want to know how cucumbers turn out in their own juice? I can assure you that the cucumbers taste excellent! A bit likepickles according to my grandmother's recipe, but with a richer taste, crunchy, moderately salty, with distinct notes of aromatic herbs. Recipe .

Harvesting cucumbers for the winter begins at the end of June and lasts until the end of August, and recipes for cucumbers for the winter amaze with their variety of methods and types of harvesting. But in my personal canning practice, I prefer to use proven cucumber preparations, which I at least tried earlier, or I make recipes for winter preparations from cucumbers myself.

I publish successful recipes from cucumbers (tasty and simple preparations for the winter) on the site, and everything that did not work out (this happens rarely) remains behind the scenes. Therefore, dear friends, if you choose any recipe for cucumbers for the winter presented on the site

Assorted salads for the winter are popular with many housewives. Such preservation is interesting in that several types of vegetables are in one jar at once. The blanks are colorful and tasty. "Popularly about health" offers to adopt several options for the preparation of such assorted blanks for the winter. Prefabricated recipes will come in handy, because it's summer outside, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and zucchini ripen in the gardens.

Eggplant, pepper, carrot and onion salad

This salad will delight you not only with a pleasant taste, but also with an attractive appearance. To prepare it, you need to stock up on the following products: two kilograms of sweet peppers and blue ones, you will also need tomatoes - 3 kg, onions - 1 kg, carrots - 500 grams, a head of garlic, a slice of hot pepper, a glass of oil, salt (100 g), so much the same sugar, vinegar - 100 ml.

When all the ingredients are ready, you can start creating. By the way, although there are a lot of products, you won't have to mess around with the salad for a long time, its recipe is very simple. Wash and peel all the vegetables thoroughly. Cut off both ends of the eggplant. We will not remove the skin. Cut them into circles and put them in a large enamel bowl.

Extract the seeds from the peppers, cut them into strips. We recommend chopping onions into thin rings. Now we will use a meat grinder - let us pass tomatoes, carrots, garlic, hot pepper through it. We send absolutely all ingredients (sugar, butter, salt and ground vegetables) to eggplant slices and put on fire. When the tomato starts to boil, we time it - it takes 40 minutes to stew vegetables.

In the meantime, there is an opportunity to start preparing containers - wash the cans, sterilize, boil the lids. The dishes should be already clean by the time the stewing is finished. Put the boiling eggplant salad in jars, immediately twist. Make sure you do it well by turning the canned container over. Cool salad platter should be warm. Inverted jars should be covered. After a day, you can already transfer them to the cellar.

Assorted salad of cucumbers, peppers and onions for the winter

This recipe is noteworthy as it won't take a lot of time to make this vegetable salad. So, take cucumbers (1 kg), sweet peppers - 5 pcs., Large onions - 2 pcs., 1 chili pepper, three cloves of aromatic garlic, dill - 4 sprigs, salt and sugar - 2 tablespoons each, 50 ml of oil, 100 ml vinegar.

Wash the vegetables. The cucumbers should be cut in half across, and then each half lengthwise into 4 pieces. It turns out such a large cut. Peel the onion, cut into rings. Free the pepper from seeds, chop into large strips. Cut the hot pepper into small pieces, chop the garlic cloves in the same way. Place the vegetables in a glass or plastic bowl. Cooking the marinade. We collect 2 liters of water in a saucepan, add salt, sugar, pour vinegar, oil there, put dill. We boil the liquid and remove it from the stove. Let the marinade cool, we will pour the vegetables over it when it gets warm. Pour the marinade directly into the bowl with the vegetable slices. Leave the salad to marinate on the table for a couple of hours.

You have time to wash the jars. You do not need to sterilize them. After 2 hours, distribute the salad with the marinade into the prepared containers. The next step is salad sterilization. To do this, take a voluminous bowl or saucepan, lay a cloth on the bottom, and put jars with blanks on top. Pour in water until it reaches the hangers of the jars. Turn on the fire. Wait for it to boil, then note the time - 15 minutes for half-liter containers, 20 minutes for liter containers. After the end of sterilization, tighten the jars with a key. Turn them over, wrap them up. Store in this form for a day, and then send it to the cellar.

Salad with pepper and zucchini in tomato marinade for the winter

This recipe will be appreciated by those who love zucchini, they are the main ingredient here, and pepper will give a pleasant aroma and sweetish taste to your vegetable preparation.

So, take 3 kilograms of zucchini, one kilogram of sweet peppers and tomatoes each, a head of garlic, greens, whatever you like, in the amount of 100 grams, one and a half cups oil, apple cider vinegar - 100 ml, salt - 2 tbsp. l., and sugar - twice as much.

After washing the vegetables, we begin to grind them. Cut the courgettes into cubes, pepper into large slices, cut the tomatoes in any way, they will boil anyway. Finely chop the garlic cloves. Greens need not only be washed, but also dried, and then chopped finely. We take a large saucepan, first we send tomatoes with garlic into it, add sugar, oil, salt and chopped herbs to the mass. Bringing to a boil, wait 5 minutes, then put zucchini and pepper to stew. We simmer our salad for half an hour, then pour vinegar into it and continue stewing for another 5 minutes. We distribute the finished fragrant delicacy into jars, tighten it securely. We leave it upside down and wrapped in a blanket for a day.

Here are some wonderful recipes for assorted salads for the winter we looked at. Any chef can cook them. Vegetable abundance is now beginning in vegetable gardens, so choose a harvest that includes your favorite vegetables. In winter, there will not be such a variety, as you will definitely be pleased to open a jar of salad and enjoy its refreshing taste!