How to serve dishes on the holiday table. The best and super delicious step-by-step holiday recipes

Article on how to cook inexpensive dishes for the festive table. You will find several recipes in the text.

Saving is common, necessary and widespread. But it’s not easy, because there are many temptations around to spend money “for other purposes,” and prices in stores do not always please us... So where to save?

Holiday? This is some kind of complete waste! But nice

Our lives are full of “non-working days”. From the point of view of a thrifty person, these are the days when he does not earn money, but spends a lot of money. Let's try to find recipes on how to bypass wasteful traditions, but so that the holiday remains a holiday!

Principles of economical feasting

What are the principles of saving? How to organize festive table inexpensive and tasty recipes that would be accessible to any housewife?

1. The main thing is to shift the emphasis of the evening from food towards humor and entertainment.

2. Avoid cafes and restaurants, celebrate holidays at home, with family or friends.

3. Prepare long-lasting products for the cherished day in advance - a week or two, or even a month, without waiting for the trade to congratulate you on the holiday with new prices.

4. Avoid delicacies - they are always expensive.

5. Focus on national cuisine- the kitchen of your mothers and grandmothers.

6.Use your imagination: an artistically decorated dish is twice as tasty. Proven by science!

7. Celebrating with friends? Cook together, with joy and laughter!

Principles for selecting products for the holiday table

Of course, economical table rejects delicacies. The task is to try to turn the most regular products and drinks. Agree in advance with your friends where you will celebrate, buy together, bring the food in advance, optimally two days before the start of cooking. Decide in advance who has artistic abilities and experience in decorating dishes.

1. Focus mainly on seasonal vegetables.

2.If it is winter or spring, then a small amount of expensive vegetables (Bell pepper, tomatoes, cucumbers) use only to decorate salads.

3. Buckwheat and rice are appropriate cereals on the holiday table, but you can refuse them in favor of potatoes, because the variety of dishes made from them is incredibly large!

4.Use mostly chicken or other meat, but with plenty of side dishes.

5. A very economical meat dish - jellied meat or jellied meat (jelly), because their main ingredient by weight is the same jelly, consisting of meat, broth (that is, practically water!) and gelatin.

6.Jelly can be perfectly combined (decorated) green peas, boiled carrots, small pieces of sweet pepper. Everything you put into the jelly must be blanched!

7. A fairly universal meat dish is zrazy. Also on the festive table, liver dishes are appropriate - pates, liver “cake”. They will allow you to save on meat, because these are also almost “meat” dishes.

Recipes for inexpensive salads for the holiday table

Of course, “Herring under a fur coat”, “Mimosa” salad and “Olivier” salad are simply a must on an economical holiday table. Without the latter, it seems that holidays (especially New Year's!) are generally unthinkable. These inexpensive salads consist of the most common and inexpensive products. And you can even make mayonnaise for them yourself if you experienced housewife. Practice, but not before the holiday itself - then you won’t have time! However, these three salads will be lonely if you limit yourself to decorating an inexpensive holiday table only with them. Inexpensive table can be decorated with other salads.

Salad “Crystal Bird’s Nest”

This is both a salad and an appetizer at the same time. Base: any of your favorite salad with mayonnaise, preferably from green vegetables — green onions, lettuce leaves and so on. The salad must be prepared in advance; it must be placed on big dish, and carefully decorate the top with “crystal eggs”, which will decorate it with both appearance and taste.

Ingredients and materials

Whole, without cracks, eggshell— 2 pcs per serving.
Strong meat broth— 40ml per 1 eggshell
Gelatin 1 tablespoon for every 180 ml of broth.

For minced meat

Sweet corn, green sweet peas, boiled carrots, ham, pickled or fresh cucumber, sweet pepper - 1 tablespoon of the mixture for each egg shell. Can be replaced with ice cream vegetable mixture in the form of vegetable cubes, blanched before cooking, in the same quantity, adding cubes of boiled chicken meat.

Shell preparation

Take required quantity raw eggs, wash them thoroughly. Very carefully, without breaking the shell, make a hole in it with a diameter of 1-1.5 centimeters from the blunt end. Carefully pour in the whites and yolks - they can be used for any other dishes. We will need a shell. Rinse the whole shells of each egg thoroughly. cold water and boil in boiling water for 5-10 minutes to disinfect.

Preparation of broth with gelatin

Carefully, through several layers of gauze, filter the pre-prepared transparent (and slightly salted) meat broth and set the gelatin to swell, which should be taken at the rate of 1 tbsp. spoon for 1 cup of broth. Having prepared the broth with gelatin, cool it until barely warm and pour it into egg shells placed on a regular egg tray, but pour it so as to fill the egg no more than a third. It is convenient to use for pouring broth into shells. teapot with a long nose. After pouring, place the tray with shells in the cold.

Filling (minced meat)

Meanwhile, prepare the filling for the “crystal eggs”. Suitable: sweet corn, bell peppers, cubes or slices boiled meat(ham), cubes of hard pickled or fresh cucumber, cubes boiled carrots, tender sprigs of dill up to 5 cm long, thin onion feathers several centimeters long, cubes of hard cheese or omelette cubes from the same egg whites and yolks. The more bright colored pieces, the better. The cubes should be 1cm in size.

The final

After making sure that the broth in the shells has frozen, fill them to the top with the multi-colored ingredients you prepared and fill them with broth with gelatin. And - again in the cold (not in the freezer and not in the frost!), until completely frozen. After the gelatin hardens, peel the shells from the “crystal eggs” and artistically decorate the “nest” of the Crystal Bird with them!

Recipes for appetizers for the holiday table

White cabbage “chops”

An inexpensive dish suitable for any table.

Ingredients

White cabbage - 0.5 kg.
Egg - 2 pieces
Milk - 2-3 tablespoons.
Flour for breading.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Refined vegetable oil -1/3 cup.

Preparing cabbage

Cut a small head of cabbage into quarters, place in cold salted water, and place on low heat. Cook until tender, piercing occasionally to check with a fine-toothed fork. You can't digest it! Ready cabbage Place in a colander to cool. Disassemble into leaves, cutting off the hard part.

Preparation

Beat 2-3 eggs, lightly dilute with milk. Place a frying pan on the fire, into which you pour a little refined vegetable oil. Dip the cabbage in flour, then in the egg, repeating the cycle three times. The last one should be the egg. Place in a frying pan and fry until golden crust. Serve hot or warm. Option: between two leaves before breading you can put the thinnest slice of any spicy cheese or even a thin slice of pickled cucumber.

“Mushroom stump” made from mashed potatoes

Ingredients

Potatoes - 250 grams per serving.
Butter - 10g per serving.
Raw egg - 1 pc. for 1 kg of puree. If 1.5 kg of puree - 2 eggs, etc.
Rye bread or
crispy crust wheat bread for decoration - 1 glass per 1 kg of puree.

Marinated or freshly fried mushrooms, or fried minced meat - 200 grams for every 1 kg mashed potatoes.

Salt, pepper, roasted until golden color onions - to taste.

Preparation

Preparing mashed potatoes

Boil the peeled potatoes until tender, drain the water, mash while the potatoes are hot, add butter to the mashed potatoes, mushroom seasoning to taste and a raw egg at the rate of 1 egg per 1 kg of puree. Mash the puree thoroughly while it is hot.

Dish decoration

Place on a dish, form a stump, making its side surface look like “coarse bark” and simulating it as crushed rye bread or crispy crushed crusts of wheat bread. Generously and artistically decorate the top of the “stump” with whole pickled or fried mushrooms. Fried mushrooms You can also add it to the puree before forming a “stump”. Sometimes added to purees for taste. small pieces well-fried meat or simply fried onions until golden brown. The dish will remain inexpensive, because 70-80% of it consists of potatoes.

If you have any questions and want to receive a qualified answer to them, you can ask your questions in the comments or through the form.

Sometimes the situation happens that there is no time to prepare a delicious and rich feast. And the holiday is approaching, and guests are literally “on the doorstep.” What to do? Firstly, there is no need to panic. After all, the main thing is warmth with whom you will meet your guests. Prepare entertainment and ideas for spending time together. Secondly, stock up on recipes for quick and easy meals. They will save the situation more than once when a festive dinner needs to be prepared as soon as possible.

Original and quick recipes for holiday table snacks

Snacks should be on every holiday table. They are not only a food product, but also a beautiful decoration. Skillful housewife will be able to serve even simple appetizers in style.

Snack - canapes. Canapé sticks will be a great table decoration. Another plus is that the snack comes in portions and is easy to take and eat. Almost any product can be used to prepare canapés. Some appetizers include canapés: cheese, olive, peeled shrimp; cube of sausage, cube of cheese, cube of smoked meat; cracker, cream cheese, olive. Canapés can also be sweet, in which case they can be served while drinking tea or drinking wine. For example, you can make canapés from grapes, pineapple and banana. Sprinkle the banana with lemon juice to prevent it from turning black. For canapés, you need to use solid elastic products that can stay on the skewer
Stuffed eggs. Another simple and cheap way to prepare a snack. Eggs can be stuffed with processed cheese and mayonnaise, cod liver and fish caviar. Also, egg snacks can be easily turned into funny figures that will decorate any table.
Lavash roll. Buy it at a bread kiosk thin pita bread. Put the filling in it, like shawarma. And cut into portions. The filling can be vegetables: cabbage, carrots, onions. Also, add meat or crab sticks, cheese and sauce. This appetizer is very filling and easy to prepare.
Light tomato snack. Everyone has known this snack since childhood. Tomatoes are cut into thin rings, greased garlic sauce and sprinkle with cheese. Then decorate with chopped herbs
Meat and cheese slices. If you really don’t have time to prepare, make meat and sliced cheese. Show your imagination when decorating your dish
Also, pickled mushrooms, herring and other ready-made salty foods can serve as an appetizer.

How to quickly prepare a salad for a holiday dinner?

To avoid delays in preparation on the day of dinner, prepare all the ingredients in advance. Boil vegetables and eggs and cool, leave in the refrigerator. In a day festive dinner All you have to do is cut everything and season with sauce.

Salad from crab sticks. We will need: rice, eggs, crab sticks, canned corn, pickled onions, mayonnaise, salt. Pre-cook the rice and cool. Slice the crab sticks boiled eggs and pickled onions in small cubes. Then mix them with rice, corn and season with mayonnaise. Add salt to taste. Garnish the salad before serving
Beet salad. This salad is not only extremely tasty, but also healthy. We need: boiled beets, walnuts, garlic, mayonnaise or sour cream, salt. Boil the beets and grate them on a coarse grater. Mix beets with mayonnaise, crushed nuts, squeeze garlic into the salad, salt it and mix thoroughly. Ready
Salad with croutons. We need: white unsalted crackers in the form of cubes, smoked ham, canned corn, Chinese cabbage. As a dressing, you can optionally use mayonnaise or olive oil. All ingredients need to be mixed and seasoned with sauce. Attention! Crackers get soggy quickly. They need to be added just before serving.

Recipe for a quick cake with condensed milk for a festive dinner

To prepare a super quick cake you need to prepare store bought cakes. All that remains is to decide on the choice of cream
The simplest and delicious cream- based on condensed milk. There are several recipes using boiled and regular condensed milk
Recipe 1. Take butter and condensed milk (50 to 50). Soften the butter and mix it thoroughly with condensed milk with a mixer. The cream turns out rich and rich
Recipe 2. For this cream we need: condensed milk, sour cream, a little butter, vanilla sugar. All ingredients must be thoroughly mixed until smooth.

How to cook a quick cake in the microwave?

A microwave is a lifesaver for any housewife. If it exists, then do it even quick cake With her help it won't be difficult.

The cake recipe is called “Quick” chocolate cake" Depending on the cream, the recipe can be easily modified to suit your personal tastes.
For the dough we will need: a glass of sugar, 2 eggs, 50 grams of butter, baking powder or soda, a glass of milk, sugar, 2 tablespoons of cocoa and flour (approximately 2 cups)
It's easy to prepare the dough. Mix all ingredients until smooth. Then pour the dough into a greased microwave-safe pan. A heat-resistant glass form is ideal. Place the cake in the microwave at 900 W for 7 minutes.
Cool the cake a little and remove it from the mold. We wait for it to cool completely. At this time we prepare the cream
We need sour cream, a dark chocolate bar, a sour cream thickener and powdered sugar. Melt the chocolate in a water bath and thoroughly beat all the ingredients with a mixer
Cut the cake in half. Generously spread the cream between the parts of the dough and the top of our cake. You can decorate with grated chocolate, nuts or cocoa. Leave the cake in the refrigerator to soak for a couple of hours

Recipe for a quick and delicious Napoleon cake made from puff pastry

The classic Napoleon recipe is long and tedious. Guests won’t even suspect a substitution if you prepare this cake using a different, simpler recipe.

We will need: yeast-free puff pastry, flour, butter, egg, glass of milk, lemon juice
Preparing the “cake layers” for the cake. Cut the dough into pieces and bake in the oven according to the recipe and packaging. Don't worry if the cakes are a little broken
At this time we are preparing custard: beat the egg, add a glass of flour and 2 tablespoons of flour, sugar to taste. Place on fire and stir constantly. Wait for the cream to thicken and turn it off, add lemon juice
Grind the pieces of baked puff pastry with your hands until you obtain large puff pastry crumbs.
Mix the dough with the cream. Covering the form cling film and put the cake in it. Leave in the refrigerator overnight
In the morning, take out the cake, remove it from the film and decorate it with the remaining puff pastry. Napoleon is ready

Delicious and quick sandwiches for the holiday table

Sandwiches with smoked trout. For these sandwiches, you need smoked trout, a baguette rye flour, butter, fresh cucumber and herbs. The sandwich turns out tasty, aromatic and bright like spring.
Sandwiches with cheese. We need: white baguette, cheese, tomatoes and lettuce. Lettuce leaves need to be cut so that they match the size of the baguette pieces
Sandwiches with processed cheese appetizer. Prepare the appetizer: three melted cheese and egg, mix with mayonnaise and garlic. Spread the appetizer generously on each piece of white bread
Sandwiches with cream cheese and ham. The ham is cut into thin slices and placed on bread coated with cream cheese. Sandwiches can be decorated with herbs
Sandwiches with cod liver. Cod liver is kneaded with a fork and mixed with egg and mayonnaise. These sandwiches are decorated with a slice of tomato.

Recipes for delicious and quick hot food for a festive dinner

There are a few simple second dishes that can satisfy any company. The recipes for several of them are so quick that they take minimal time.

Potatoes with mushrooms in the microwave. Do you love French-style potatoes, but does it take a long time to cook? Try modifying the recipe by replacing meat with mushrooms. Cut the onion into rings, mushrooms into slices and place on the bottom of the baking sheet. Peel the potatoes and cut into thin slices. Place on top, salt and pepper. Pour mayonnaise on top of the dish and sprinkle with cheese. Depending on the power of the microwave, bake the dish for 30 minutes to an hour.
Pasta casserole. This dish will replace lasagna, which takes an extremely long time to cook. Boil the pasta and fry the minced meat in a frying pan until cooked. Prepare tomato sauce from the broth, tomato paste, a couple of spoons of flour and spices. Place some of the pasta on a greased baking sheet and pour the sauce over it. Place the minced meat on top and pour the sauce over it. The final layer is pasta. There can be more layers at your discretion. Pour the sauce over the top layer, place pieces of butter on it and sprinkle evenly with cheese. Bake the dish in the oven until a crispy cheese crust forms.
Fan potatoes. For of this dish you will need whole unpeeled potatoes, ham and hard cheese. We make many deep transverse cuts in the potatoes. Insert a slice of cheese or ham into each of them. Bake the dish in the oven until the potatoes are ready. Serve the dish, garnished with herbs.

Quick holiday meat dishes

And of course, none festive feast can't do without meat dishes. Let's look at a few simple recipes.

Baked chicken. Cooking chicken quickly, most of the time will be spent on baking. Overnight I marinate the chicken with salt, spices and garlic. Put it in the refrigerator. Before baking, brush the chicken with a mixture of mayonnaise and mustard. Place in the oven over medium heat. Bake for a little over an hour until no pink juice comes out when pierced.
Chicken wings in soy sauce. This dish is original and very tasty, it came to us from Asian cuisine. We need: chicken wings, fresh ginger root, garlic, soy sauce, spices and a little salt. Marinate the wings in soy sauce, adding grated ginger and finely chopped garlic. Wings marinated in this way can be baked or stewed
Portioned meat baked in foil. Cooking pork big piece very long, but bake portioned pieces you can quickly decorate them and add additional ingredients. Place a chopped piece of pork on a piece of foil, sprinkle with spices and salt. Next we put fresh champignons, tomato slices and sprinkle with cheese. Carefully wrap the piece. This is what we do with everyone. in portions. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour

To make dinner quick, prepare the ingredients ahead of time.
Don't experiment with new dishes before guests arrive. If you fail, everyone will remain hungry and the hostess will be upset
Pay due attention to decorating dishes. Guests pay more attention to appearance table
Do one thing signature dish"that you know how to cook and present it in the best possible light
Don't cook too much. This will only take away extra effort and resources.
Prepare delicious drinks, cocktails. Don't forget to stock up on regular drinking water
Take breaks between courses to entertain your guests. This way the food will sit well and guests will be able to taste the whole gamut of flavors.
Remember that the main thing is a warm atmosphere at the table

Video: How to decorate holiday dishes

Video: How to cook a holiday dinner

What is the main difference regular table from the holiday? Everyone will say: big amount salads and bright decoration. Let’s also add: some unusual, interesting, “key” hot dish, some “ highlight of the program" Festive hot dishes are an entire art that every housewife should master. When preparing for a holiday, any housewife first thinks about what kind of hot dish she will have for the holiday table, and only then - salads, drinks and so on. It’s advisable to get creative with salads. After all, even the most regular salads can sparkle with new colors if you approach them with imagination. The use of new ingredients can change your holiday dish beyond recognition. Recipes for holiday dishes allow you to experiment with products, their combinations and colors. Not only a holiday salad, but also any second dish on the holiday table must be bright. Don’t skimp on unexpected moves, try to combine more ingredients different color. Just look at the illustrations of real holiday dishes! The photos of these masterpieces are mesmerizing! Be sure to take into account the experience of culinary specialists who have already prepared dishes for the holiday table. Recipes with photos of their creations can make your task a lot easier.

Delicious holiday dishes- these are not necessarily holidays meat dishes. After all, many people do not eat meat at all, or prefer vegetables and fruits. You cannot deprive these guests of the holiday; make them Lenten holiday dishes, the list of which is also quite large. After all, the main thing here is how to formalize and submit it. Carved vegetables and fruits, original roses from boiled eggs and carrots, beautiful flowers and real mushroom glades– your imagination can be limitless.

Of course, no one is canceling meat dishes for the holiday table. They need to pay special attention to try to surprise guests and create a real festive atmosphere. It is the festive meat dishes, together with some special holiday cake, that can become the “highlight of the program”. Birthday dishes require special decoration. Appropriate here beautiful inscriptions, drawings, figures, etc. But the main thing is that they are delicious dishes. You shouldn’t put ordinary snacks on the holiday table. Just as they are not suitable at all simple dishes on the festive table. After all, this is a holiday, you need to surprise and delight your guests. Recipes for dishes on the festive table are just different special taste and special design. Therefore, we advise that when preparing for the holiday, study and prepare those holiday dishes, recipes with photos of which you will find on the website and which you especially like in appearance.

Here are some more “holiday” tips: - take time to decorate the table. It's even very exciting. Guests will appreciate your efforts, and you yourself will receive great mood. A list of colors of products for decorating dishes will help you:

Red color comes from tomatoes, cranberries, and sweet peppers;

Pink, raspberry – beet, cranberry juice;

Orange - carrots, bell pepper, tomato;

White – rice, egg whites, cottage cheese, sour cream;

Lilac, blue - grated egg white, rice, colored with red cabbage juice;

Burgundy – beets;

Yellow - egg yolks, corn, lemon;

Violet - egg whites, tinted red cabbage or red cabbage itself;

You need to decorate salads just before serving, so that the food does not drip and looks fresh and appetizing;

Try different salads give different colors;

Dishes for the festive table are served various options and ways. Original - salads on slices of bread, wrapped in pita bread, in portioned baskets.

On the eve of the holidays, we gather our thoughts to prepare delicious and original holiday salads. Long gone are the days when for the holiday we prepared only herring under a fur coat, Olivier, and Greek salad, although this set of salads is always a win-win and successful. Therefore, housewives are increasingly looking for new salads for the holiday table - recipes with photos, simple and tasty.

If you don’t know how to prepare new salads for the holiday table, you’ve come to the right place! I bring to your attention interesting and proven original salads for the festive table, recipes with photos that all your guests will 100% like, and after the celebration, guests will line up at your place with a pen and notepad to write down the recipes.

So, what should holiday salads be like? There can be only one answer - delicious, and with traditional composition. After all, you must agree, recipes for salads for the holiday table contain an exotic combination of strawberries and ham, pears and blue cheese, or melon with herring, not everyone likes it.

Therefore, it is better to save recipes for such salads for romantic dinner on Saint's Day Valentina, and on family holidays like a birthday or New Year, it is better to prepare delicious new salads for the festive table that all guests will like. I hope you will choose the most delicious salads for your holiday table (recipes with photos). All the delicious salads for the holiday table presented on the site (recipes with photos) have been personally tested by me and will not let you down at a crucial moment.

Salad with beef tongue and mushrooms

Salad with beef tongue- very tasty and satisfying, men will appreciate it as a perfect snack under strong alcohol. In the recipe I used pickled boletus mushrooms, but any fried mushrooms, such as champignons, will also work. See recipe with photo.

Salad with tuna and rice “Drop of water”

Dear friends, today I want to introduce you to a beautiful and very delicious salad"Water drop". This is a salad with tuna and rice, fresh cucumber and canned corn, as well as hard cheese. Thanks to this selection of ingredients, it turns out juicy, which is why, I think, it has such a name. See recipe with photo.

Salad " Pineapple bouquet", of course, deserves the most honorable place at any celebration. This chicken, pineapple and mushroom salad is incredibly delicious. Be sure to decorate your holiday table with it! It does not cook quickly, but it is very beautiful and satisfying. Recipe with photo .

Chafan salad: classic recipe with chicken

Are you looking for new salads for the holiday table - recipes with photos from the last 2 months? Pay attention to the Chafan salad! All ingredients are laid out on a large dish, in the center of which there is a sauce of sour cream, mayonnaise, garlic and dill. Then, just before eating, all the ingredients are mixed. See recipe with photo.

Layered salad Bride with chicken

Do you like original salads for the holiday table (recipes with photos)? “Bride” salad with smoked chicken, processed cheese, potatoes and pickled onions is exactly what you need!

Obzhorka salad: classic recipe with liver and croutons

If you like simple and inexpensive salads, then my today's salad Obzhorka with liver undoubtedly deserves your attention. I suggest trying to make the Obzhorka salad - classic recipe with liver and crackers. How to prepare the “Obzhorka” salad with liver

Salad “Tenderness” with ham, cucumber and cheese

Dear friends, I want to bring to your attention a quite simple in terms of preparation, but so tasty and beautiful salad“Tenderness” with ham and cucumber and cheese. He really has a lot pleasant taste, not sharp (as happens if the salad contains hot peppers or garlic), but calm, really gentle. But at the same time, thanks to the cucumber, which brings lightness and freshness, and the sweetness of the canned corn, this salad cannot be called boring either. See recipe with photo.

Egg pancake salad

Very tasty and original salad! If you cook it, you won't regret it. Salad with egg pancakes is also suitable for daily menu and for the holiday table. I would call this recipe basic. Additionally can be added to salad canned corn, boiled eggs or grated hard cheese. Recipe with photo.

Salad with crab sticks and Chinese cabbage

New salads for the holiday table with crab sticks are very popular - and because taste qualities, and because of availability (compared to the same shrimp, for example). One of my favorite combinations is crab sticks, Korean carrots and cucumber. Have you tried this?

Salad with crab sticks, corn and Korean carrots

I love new salads for the holiday table - when preparing them, you can experiment as much as you like: with ingredients, dressing, serving... One of these is a cocktail salad with crab sticks, corn and Korean carrots– light, tasty and very appetizing. Recipe with step by step photos look

Salad with chicken and Chinese cabbage

It turns out to be a very successful combination - satisfying, but at the same time fresh and unobtrusive. Light piquancy The salad is given another ingredient - Korean carrots. So I wholeheartedly recommend: cocktail salad with chicken and Chinese cabbage– ideal for guests, perfect for everyday life, when the soul wants an unplanned holiday. Recipe

Salad “Salmon under a fur coat”

How to prepare salmon salad under a fur coat, look

Salad with walnuts and chicken “French Mistress”

Ingredients:

boiled chicken fillet (300 grams)
2 onions
1 cup light raisins
1-2 carrots
cheese (50 grams)
1 cup walnuts
1-2 oranges
sugar
mayonnaise

Preparation:

Lay out all ingredients in layers

1st layer: finely chopped boiled breast

2nd layer: pickled onions (half rings, a little sugar and salt, a drop of vinegar, pour over boiling water)

3rd layer: steamed raisins

4th layer: grated carrots

5th layer: grated cheese

6th layer: chopped nuts

Grease each layer with mayonnaise

Top with diced oranges.

Ingredients:

smoked chicken 200 g
fresh cucumber 150 g
fresh mushrooms champignons or oyster mushrooms 150 g
onion 1 piece
boiled eggs 4 pcs
mayonnaise or sour cream to taste
salt and pepper to taste
green onions (any greens) to taste

Preparation:

Chop the mushrooms and onions, fry a little, cool.

Cut the meat and cucumber into thin strips, grate the eggs, chop the herbs.

Lay out in layers from bottom to top:

chicken, cucumber, mushrooms with onions, greens, eggs.

Coat with dressing, salt and pepper to taste.

Decorate as desired.

Salad “Little Red Riding Hood” with pomegranate

How to prepare “Little Red Riding Hood” salad with pomegranate

Salad with mushrooms and meat “Lukoshko”

A very original puff salad that everyone who tries it really likes.

Lay out the layers:

Green onions or dill

Marinated champignons or honey mushrooms

Boiled potatoes, grated

Boiled chicken or pork, finely chopped

Finely chopped pickled cucumbers

Another layer of potatoes

Korean carrot

Grated cheese

Green onions or dill

As with any puff salad, let it brew in the refrigerator.

Spicy combination Korean carrots, mushrooms and pickles goes well with chicken and mushrooms.

Salad with squid and red caviar “Emperor”

You can see how to prepare Emperor salad

“Cornucopia” salad with red caviar, salmon, and shrimp

How to prepare the “Cornucopia” salad, see

If a loved one's birthday is coming up in your home, it is important to prepare thoroughly for this event. There's a mass ahead pleasant troubles for preparing the holiday. If the issues with gifts and the guest list are resolved, it’s time to plan the menu for the birthday table at home.

Decide on the theme of the holiday– the list of dishes at a cowboy party and Barbie’s ball will be clearly different. The theme of the evening or day depends on the hero of the occasion: age, preferences, interests.
Count the number of invited guests. Only knowing the total number of guests can you competently plan the variety of dishes and the number of servings.
Important not only count the guests, but also decide on age categories. If children predominate, then the menu will be appropriate. There are also nuances for adults: advanced youth, open to new taste experiences, or people of advanced age with established taste preferences, and perhaps contraindications.
Resolve the issue with the holiday format: traditional table or a buffet table, or gatherings on the veranda in the case of a house outside the city. The format primarily depends on the area of the house. Typical city apartment and a country cottage dictate different rules.

Important to remember! Planning a menu for a birthday party, whether at home or in a restaurant, is a serious and responsible matter. Never leave it until the last minute.

Traditionally, the following dishes are present on the birthday table:

snacks;
salads;
hot dishes;
cake.

There is no universal option. Each holiday forms its own table. Here are several options for treats to give you room to choose.

Snacks - simple but delicious babies

If there was only the main course on the table, it would no longer be holiday option. It is the various snacks that set the proper tone and mood. There are countless options, the main division is cold or hot.
Options for cold appetizers for the menu on the table for a birthday at home.

1. Lavash rolls– traditional thin is taken as a basis Armenian lavash, but the filling is a flight of fancy. The cooking method is simple: spread lavash soft component, the rest is crushed and laid in a thin, even layer, then the pita bread is rolled and cut into pieces.

Possible fillings:

cream cheese, lightly salted salmon, fresh dill;
mayonnaise, crab sticks, cheese, herbs;
mayonnaise, Korean carrots, cheese, greens;
mayonnaise, ham, cheese.

2. Tartlets. We buy or bake molds and fill them with various mixtures:

Cod liver, cream, mascarpone;
boiled chicken fillet, fresh cucumbers, onion, mayonnaise, salt and pepper.

3. Cheese balls – finely grated cheese and garlic are mixed with mayonnaise. Balls are rolled out of the resulting mass and sprinkled coconut flakes or paprika.

4. Snacks on chips.

5. Ham rolls.

6. Crab stick rolls.

7. Canapes.

Options for hot appetizers for the menu on the table for a birthday at home

1. Breaded vegetables:

Zucchini is cut into slices, lightly salted and sprinkled with flour. Mix the egg in a bowl and dip the prepared zucchini into it. Separately mixed breadcrumbs and grated cheese with spices as desired. Vegetable slices must be rolled in the resulting breading and baked in the oven until browned;

Avocado pieces coated in breadcrumbs and spicy spices fry in oil.

Such snacks are served with sauces based on mayonnaise, ketchup, and herbs.

2. Lavash rolls– the cheese is kneaded with a fork and mixed with the yolk, the pita bread is cut into triangles. Place the filling on the base of the triangle and roll the pita bread into a tube, fix the edge of the roll egg white. Bake in the oven or deep fry.

3. Fried cheese. Dip pieces of cheese no more than 1 cm thick into the egg, then into a mixture of crackers and sesame seeds. Fry in a frying pan until golden brown crust.

What's a holiday without salad? Holiday salad recipes

Salad with chicken fillet and pineapples

In equal proportions we take boiled chicken breast, eggs, canned pineapple and corn. We cut the ingredients and place them in layers: chicken-pineapple-corn-eggs. All layers are coated with mayonnaise. At the end, sprinkle the salad with chopped walnut.

Squid salad with rice

Cut the boiled squid into strips. Cut the onion into half rings and simmer with boiling water. Chop the eggs. Mix chopped products and boiled rice in a dish, season the salad with mayonnaise. To serve, place ready dish on a plate decorated with lettuce leaves.

Korean smoked chicken salad with carrots

Mix chopped chicken, carrots and canned corn. Season with mayonnaise.

The main dish is the main decoration of the table

What kind of birthday table is there at home if the main decoration is not on the menu - a hot meat or fish dish?

Delicious meat on the festive table

1. Baked chicken– this is an original Russian version of a dish for any table. To add festiveness and effectiveness, you need to use non-standard options marinade and sauces.

Mix onion, soy and pomegranate sauce , olive oil with spices (paprika, garlic, salt, pepper), beat with a blender and add starch. Pour the resulting sauce over the chicken pieces and place in the refrigerator for marinating. After an hour, bake the chicken at 190 degrees for an hour.

Honey sauce for marinade– grated ginger and garlic, chili pepper rings mixed with honey, seasoned soy sauce And olive oil. Add curry, salt, pepper to the sauce, pour over lemon juice. Coat the chicken with the resulting sauce and bake after half an hour.

Important to remember! For these recipes it is not used whole carcass, and chicken pieces!

2. Pork with cherry jam. To prepare this flavorful roast, take: cherry jam and a drop apple cider vinegar, mix everything with olive oil and Tabasco sauce. Add herbs - chopped fresh or dry mixture.

A piece of pork is poured with the resulting marinade and left in the refrigerator for several hours. The meat is additionally salted before baking. It is necessary to bake in a form with high edges in order to pour red wine over the meat. The dish takes a little over an hour to prepare; every quarter of an hour you need to brush the meat with the juice released during the baking process.

Fish for main course

1. Dorado is ideal for the holiday table. Easy to prepare and looks impressive. The fish must be cleaned and rolled in a mixture of spices and salt. Let marinate for up to half an hour. Fry in a grill pan until golden brown on both sides. To finish cooking the fish, reduce the heat and fry for another three minutes on each side.

His Majesty cake

To complete holiday dinner At home, there must be a cake on the menu for a birthday. A birthday person of any age will be happy to make a wish and blow out the candles. Especially if a cake prepared by a person who loves him is decorated with candles. However, a cake is never easy; it is actually the pinnacle of confectionery art.

If you are not distinguished by culinary talents, then For birthday cake you can use ready-made biscuits, shortbread or waffle cakes . Any cream is suitable for them: traditional butter cream with condensed milk, or custard, or sour cream.

If you add fruit layers, the taste of the cake will become even richer. For those who are not afraid culinary experiments, you can prepare the cake inside and out yourself.

Pancake cake

A glass of flour, one and a half glasses of milk, 3 eggs, a third of a teaspoon of soda and vinegar to extinguish it.

Beat the eggs, pour in the milk, and add salt.
Sift flour into milk-egg mixture.
Add slaked soda at the end.
From the received batter We bake traditional pancakes.

400 g cottage cheese, glass powdered sugar, a pinch of vanilla.

The ingredients for the filling are mixed in homogeneous mass.
The cooled pancakes are greased with cream and stacked on top of each other. The cake should stand in the refrigerator for at least two hours.

Then you can decorate chocolate chips or chopped nuts.

Cake "Prague"

95 grams of flour, 5 eggs, granulated sugar 130 g, butter 30 g, cocoa 20 g - a set of products for a chocolate sponge cake.

Separate the yolks from the whites.
Beat half the sugar with the whites and the other half with the yolks.
Pour cocoa into the yolks, gradually add flour, carefully fold in the whites.

Note! The mixer must not be used!

Melt the butter and carefully pour into the dough.
Bake in a mold with a diameter of 20 cm, at a temperature of 180 degrees for about 40 minutes.
The biscuit cools in the mold.

1 yolk, 140 g condensed milk, 10 g cocoa, vanilla bag, 200 g butter, tbsp. a spoonful of water is all you need for the cream.

The yolk is mixed with water, condensed milk is added, and brought to thickening with continuous stirring.
Mix butter with vanilla.
Beat the butter and cooked chilled cream in portions.
Add cocoa and mix with a mixer until air cream.
Cut the cooled biscuit into three layers.
Apply the cream to the first and second layers. Cover the entire surface of the cake with jam or marmalade.

Butter and chocolate 75 gr. - for glaze.

The components are heated over low heat and stirred until smooth and cooled.
Drizzle glaze over cake.

Inexpensive birthday menu

Even though birthdays come once a year, it’s not always possible to spend thoughtlessly on a festive feast. To organize a birthday table on a budget, the main thing is to use traditional available products, but serve and decorate them in an original way.

Appetizers of pita bread and crab sticks won't hurt your pocket too much. It is better to choose salads from seasonal products. In the summer it will be economical to prepare a salad from fresh vegetables, and in winter choose more hearty option – classic Olivier or Mimosa.

For hot dishes, it’s better to take chicken – minimum labor costs.

The cake can be made without baking: cut the gingerbread into cubes, prunes and dried apricots into pieces, mix everything and pour sour cream and sugar. After the cake is thoroughly soaked, serve it to the table.

All kinds of cuts are a great addition to the holiday table

When the menu for the table for a birthday celebrated at home has already been determined, you can add a couple delicious nuances using sliced vegetables, cheese and sausage.

The components are beautifully placed on a dish, decorated with carved figures from the same products and herbs. You can form roses from strips of vegetables or cheese. Slices of olives sprinkled on top of the slices will add elegance.

It is better not to display fruit slices from the very beginning of the evening., since fruits may lose their attractiveness fresh look. It is better to put them on the table closer to dessert.

Ideas for decorating dishes for the festive table

Dishes can be decorated in the most bizarre ways:

you can lay out salads in an unconventional way, for example, in the shape of a ring;
decorate cuts and appetizers with roses from lettuce leaves, curls from green onion feathers, or just sprigs of parsley;
salads may not be served common dish, and portioned in elegant rosettes;
on children's day birth, you can create entire edible compositions from egg mice, mushrooms and hedgehogs.

Experiment! Don't be afraid of new recipes! Cook with pleasure, and any festive feast will delight you and your guests.

Take care of yourself and be healthy!

Don't miss the most popular articles in the section: