New Year For the inhabitants of the planet it is a very long-awaited and beloved holiday. This one night of the year is considered truly magical. A beautiful decorated Christmas tree, garlands, tinsel - all this creates the mood.

But this is not the only way to create a New Year's atmosphere. It is also necessary to take a responsible approach to choosing New Year's dishes and decorating the table.

Many housewives prepare to the maximum for this holiday in order to surprise friends and family. Therefore, you need to know what the “owner” of 2017 prefers.

2017 is the year of the red fiery Rooster, its symbolic colors are bright yellow and crimson red. Therefore, it is preferable to choose these shades for table decoration and serving.

The symbol of the fiery Rooster is very hot-tempered, but very easy-going and serious. Prefers natural and simple recipes. Therefore, the menu for the New Year 2017 should be simple and tasty.

Serving

It is advisable to decorate the table not only with decorative elements, but also with dishes. There should be vegetables on the table, and not necessarily fresh, pickled ones are also acceptable. To serve dishes, use various greens, for example, you can place sliced meat or cheese on it.

The symbol of the Red Rooster does not accept plastic utensils on the table; they should be made of glass or porcelain, in red and yellow-orange shades.

Having candles on the table will add coziness and warmth to the atmosphere. You can place one candle in the center or, if there are no small children, then near each device.

Main hot dishes

On New Year 2017, chicken cannot be used in any form; hot dishes can be prepared from fish, seafood and meat. It is also desirable that the dishes are from low-fat varieties meat, food should be light.

When cooking, use as little oil as possible, avoid chemicals. store-bought sauces, as well as mayonnaise.

Recipes for original hot dishes for the New Year 2017

Warm shrimp in sauce

This recipe will please fans Chinese cuisine. The hot dish comes out extremely tender and light.

We prepare this delicacy like this:

Melt in a hot frying pan butter, fry chopped garlic on it for literally 10 seconds and pour in the cream;
After the sauce boils, add the thawed peeled shrimp. Simmer for 7 minutes. Advice! Shrimp should not be exposed for long heat treatment, because they will be “rubber”;
Finely chop a variety of greens, add to shrimp and stir. Simmer for another 2-4 minutes, turn off the stove and leave in the pan to thicken.

Serve warm in portions on lettuce leaves or prepare spaghetti or rice as a side dish.

Fish fillet in sour cream sauce

This hot dish will appeal to lovers of traditional Russian cuisine. The fish turns out stunningly juicy and tender.

Ingredients:

0.8 kg fillet of any fish;
2 small onions;
Vegetable oil;
Half a lemon;
Pepper, salt, spices for fish;
250 ml sour cream;
A little flour;
Greenery.

Cooking method:

Cut the fish fillet into portions. Rub them with spices, salt and pepper. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon and pour over the pieces. Leave in this form for 1-2 hours;
Cut the onions into thin half rings. Grease a baking tray or special form sunflower oil (vegetable) and place onions on the bottom. Place the fish skin side down on top of the onion. Place in the oven (oven) preheated to 185 degrees, bake for about 25-32 minutes;
After the time has passed, pour sour cream sauce over the fish: add salt and a little pepper to the sour cream, add flour gradually, stirring so that no lumps form;
Place the tray in the oven/oven to brown.

The fish can be served on lettuce leaves or cooked rice as a side dish. Place fillet pieces and sprinkle with chopped herbs.

British style lamb

Men will like this recipe; the meat dish is very satisfying, so it can be served as a main hot dish at New Year's table 2017.

Ingredients:

0.8 kg white or red potatoes;
0.6 kg lamb;
0.3 kg of onion;
10 g tomato paste;
55-65 g fat;
Salt, spices, bay leaf, allspice;
A few cloves of garlic;
Greens (any kind you like).

Let's begin the most exciting process - cooking the dish:

Cut the lamb into medium pieces, season with pepper, salt and spices. Leave in the marinade for 1 hour. At this time, cut the potatoes and onions into thin slices;
Place meat on the bottom of a baking dish and place onions and potatoes on top. Sprinkle with pepper and salt. Repeat layers until the original products run out;
Sprinkle all the layers with herbs mixed with chopped garlic;
Fry in a frying pan for a few minutes tomato paste in order to get rid of sourness. Stir the tomato in a small amount of water, add a little salt and spices. Pour meat and potatoes over top;
The dish is prepared on average for 2 hours at 180 degrees.

The lamb turns out very soft and tender when baked for such a long time. Serve in large dish or in a baking dish.

New Year's duck with ruddy apples

It is considered one of the classic Russian dishes. Suitable even for those who adhere to a diet or proper nutrition.

Ingredients:

1 duck carcass;
3 green medium apples;
½ lemon;
80 g sour cream;
Spices, salt, cinnamon, white pepper;
Greenery.

The preparation of the dish looks like this:

1. Rinse the gutted duck inside and out. Blot dry with a towel;

1. Rub the carcass on all sides with pepper and salt;

1. Cut the apples into medium cubes and the lemon into thin rings. Sprinkle with spices, cinnamon;

1. Place the apples in the duck and secure the hole. Coat the surface of the carcass with sour cream;

1. Heat the oven to 185 degrees, place the carcass on a baking sheet, breast side down;

Bake for several hours;
Then you need to cover the carcass with foil and put it in the oven for another 15-16 minutes.

Serve the duck on a festive tray. You can cut the carcass in advance or serve it whole, sprinkle with herbs around. Boiled potatoes are suitable as a side dish.

Carbonara

It is considered one of the most popular and widespread Italian hot dishes, which is very suitable on New Year's Eve 2017, as well as for those who have little time left for cooking, but really want to surprise guests with a delicious dish. The entire preparation process will take no more than half an hour.

Ingredients:

100 g spaghetti;
2 chicken eggs;
40-50 g hard cheese(several types);
40 g bacon;
Salt, pepper, spices;
Greenery.

Cooking method:

Boil spaghetti depending on the variety for 7-11 minutes;
Grate on fine grater cheese, beat with a mixer together with eggs;
Thinly slice the bacon, fry in a frying pan in sunflower oil (vegetable). Add egg-cheese mixture;
Add spaghetti, mix gently and let simmer over low heat.

Serve in portions on flat plates. Sprinkle with grated Parmesan and pepper. Place greens around the edges.

Ratatouille in French

For those who are watching their figure and also don’t want to new year holidays buy a pair extra pounds, you will like one of the hot dishes French cuisine- Ratatouille. It will look great on the 2017 New Year's table.

Treat components:

1 kg tomato;
0.3 kg eggplant;
0.3 kg zucchini;
0.3 kg bell pepper;
Garlic;
Thyme, basil, rosemary;
Sunflower oil (vegetable);
Pepper, salt.

Let's get to the fun part:

Cut eggplants and zucchini into rings 2-3 mm thick. Add salt and let sit for 10 minutes, then rinse with cool water;
Mix basil, thyme, rosemary with vegetable oil. Add chopped garlic;
Remove seeds from the pepper and, without cutting, place on a baking sheet. Bake for half an hour in the oven at 200 degrees until the skin darkens. Place in a bag with a thermal valve, closing it tightly;
After the pepper has cooled, you need to peel it; it will come off easily;
Pour boiling water over the tomatoes, remove the skin, and then cut into medium cubes;
Cut the peeled onion into half rings and fry on vegetable oil until light brown;
Add chopped tomatoes, after 10 minutes of simmering, add peppers to them. Simmer for another 6 minutes;
Post to deep baking tray tomato sauce, then layers eggplants with zucchini, greasing the layers with a vegetable-herb mixture. Cover with foil and place in an oven preheated to 175 degrees;
Bake for more than an hour until desired softness;
After removing the foil, the vegetables should stand for about half an hour.

Can be served at common dish or in portions. If desired, you can sprinkle grated cheese on top.

Chicken with beef tongue

If you are not afraid of the wrath of the Rooster and do not want to change your established habits regarding chicken dishes, then next recipe it will come in handy. This dish will be just right for a large New Year's company to celebrate 2017. Both the male and female half of the guests will like it. The meat will turn out very juicy if you follow the entire procedure.

Ingredients:

Beef tongue;
Chick;
Onion;
Soy sauce;
Sunflower oil (vegetable);
Butter (not spread) butter;
300 g champignons;
Garlic;
50 g flour;
45 ml cognac;
10 g sugar;
400 ml dry wine;
Spices: thyme, salt, pepper.

We begin cooking by following these steps:

Boil in salted water beef tongue. Once it is ready, it can be easily peeled. Place again in water for 5 minutes. Cut the cooled tongue into thin slices;
Cut the chicken into pieces, add spices and 50 ml soy sauce. Mix everything and leave for an hour. Then fry in vegetable/olive oil until a crust appears. When all the pieces are ready, remove them into a separate bowl;
Fry the onion, cut into half rings, in butter;
Cut the mushrooms into slices, add to the onion and fry;
Place in a deep frying pan or heat-resistant dish: onions with mushrooms, garlic, tongue, place chicken pieces on top, sprinkle flour on top;
Pour cognac over everything, simmer for 10 minutes;
Sprinkle with sugar and pour in wine. Simmer for another 30-40 minutes.

Place everything on a dish and leave the remaining liquid on the fire, allowing it to thicken a little. When serving, pour the resulting sauce on top.

Meat with pineapple and cheese

The combination of meat and pineapple will give a hot dish unique taste, A beautiful design With unusual combination will give you an even more festive mood for the New Year 2017.

Ingredients:

0.5 kg pork pulp;
1 can of canned pineapple;
200-220 g hard cheese;
Sunflower oil, salt, pepper.

We follow these steps:

Grate the cheese on a coarse grater;
Cut the meat into small slices, then beat it with a kitchen hammer. Add salt and pepper;
Place the meat in a deep baking pan, greased with oil. Place canned pineapple slices on top. Bake at 180 degrees for 40 minutes. 5 minutes before it’s ready, take out the baking sheet with the meat and sprinkle with cheese.

The dish can be served on its own or as a side dish, you can make light vegetable salad.

Regardless of what dish is chosen for the New Year 2017, it must be prepared with love and mood, this is the only way simple recipe It may turn out to be an original dish.

What to wear to the party, what to cook for the table, how to decorate the house.

Since childhood, a proverb familiar to all of us advises preparing a sleigh in the summer, and a cart in the winter, that is, taking care of everything ahead of time. To make the New Year holidays a success, you should also think about how to celebrate them, what to serve and what outfit to choose in advance.

New Year 2017, year of which animal

According to the Chinese Xia calendar, New Year 2017 has a feminine Yin nature, the year is ruled by the element Fire and the zodiac animal Rooster. Thus, the New Year 2017 is the year of the Fire Rooster (Yin), and its characteristics are determined by the symbols under whose control it is.

The rooster in Chinese mythology is a sign characterized by insight, organization, pedantry, responsibility, vigilance and exactingness. One of the most characteristic features The Rooster is his conservatism and love of order. Therefore, in the year of the Fire Rooster, you should not expect revolutionary breakthroughs or global transformations. The Rooster will try to restore order where the restless Monkey, the mistress of the previous year, created a mess.

For all its virtues, the fiery Rooster can be arrogant and arrogant, stubborn, picky, vain and has a tendency to bravado. Therefore, 2017 of the Fire Rooster can be very successful for ambitious show projects and successful endeavors in the entertainment industry. But you shouldn’t expect significant breakthroughs in the scientific field this year; the conservative and arrogant Rooster will not have the courage or patience for this.

The element of Fire in the new year 2017 will be softened by the Yin nature, therefore all international contradictions of the previous period will have to be softened: the opposing forces will finally begin to seek compromises and try to reach agreement. World systems (financial, economic, social and religious) will begin to be regulated, strive for balance and find balance.

The year 2017 promises the Fire Rooster favorable conditions for the development of industries patronized by the element of Fire: metal production, electrical goods, show business, sphere Catering and gas industry. Oil prices are forecast to grow and stabilize. But for industries related to wood, the year will be unfavorable, since Fire destroys Wood. Problems may arise in the furniture industry, paper industry, publishing and bookselling, crop production and construction.

The Fire Rooster does not promise disasters related to land or water in the new year 2017: earthquakes, tsunamis, floods. But anything related to fire may well happen: volcanic eruptions, explosions or large fires.

In general, the New Year 2017 is expected to be a time of stabilization and order in the world, a time of attempts to come to an agreement, a time of people realizing responsibility for what they do both at the level of their personal destiny and at the level of their countries and continents.

New Year 2017, what to celebrate in

In our country it has already become a tradition to select an outfit for a New Year's party in accordance with the tastes of the zodiac animal - the owner of the coming year. And since the tradition has developed, then let’s find out what is best to wear to greet the 2017 Year of the Fire Rooster.

The element of the New Year 2017 is Fire, and this means that all shades of fiery color will be held in high esteem in festive outfits; it is this color that will have to set the tone for your image. In order to please the Rooster, it is not at all necessary to purchase or sew a dress of bright scarlet color. After all, if we look at the fire, we will see there a whole palette of colors from deep red to flashes of orange and yellow. So your holiday outfit can be made from fabrics of any shade of red, yellow or orange, depending on which color suits you best. Red shades can be combined with emerald green, deep blue, rich brown or white.

At a New Year's party, any lady wants to shine, but do not forget about the pragmatism and vanity of the Rooster. When choosing an outfit to celebrate the New Year 2017, take into account these features, and do not spend too much on new things - the prudent Rooster will not like it. You shouldn’t put it on yet, as they say in famous song, “all the best at once”, this will be too much - they may start laughing at you, and the vain Rooster does not like ridicule. What can be considered too much in a festive look? It will be too much if you wear jewelry, especially large jewelry, with a red dress. After all, a red dress in itself is an object that attracts everyone's attention, and jewelry will only make your image look cheap and vulgar. The dress also looks tasteless big amount decorative details, and even worn with shoes with twelve-centimeter stiletto heels. Remember also that complex, high hairstyles instantly turn your look into “a la bust”, in addition, they greatly mature you. Refrain from excesses, try to dress in such a way that the outfit does not overshadow you, but only emphasizes your advantages.

In the New Year 2017, astrologers advise the Fire Rooster to avoid clothes with “cat” prints: spotted leopard and tiger stripes, since the Rooster is not too fond of the Cat. And don't wear silver on the holiday, best choice there will be gold or pearls. Well, and most importantly: in order not to look ridiculous, and, as we remember, the Rooster really doesn’t like this, choose a festive outfit in accordance with the location of the party, the circle of guests and the degree of formality of the event. Agree, you will look funny at the festive table at the dacha dressed in a long silk dress to the floor! A deep neckline or extreme mini will be completely inappropriate in the company of colleagues or in a circle where there are representatives of the older generation, for example, the parents of your boyfriend or husband.

Men can also please the Fire Rooster by wearing a bright tie in shades of brown and red, gold cufflinks or a red-brown pullover for the holiday.

New Year 2017: what to cook? What should be on the table?

New Year's dinner is not just a feast, it must be special, because it is not for nothing that they say: “How you greet the year is how you spend it.” What to serve at the festive table for the New Year 2017?

Choosing a menu for New Year's Eve dinner, let's remember that the year of the Fire Rooster is coming, and the Rooster symbolizes homeliness and prosperity in Chinese mythology - which means that the festive dinner should be hearty, but without frills and excessive delights. Preference should be given to simple dishes, it is best if it is traditional National cuisine. In order not to upset the Rooster, from holiday menu It is better to exclude chicken dishes, and also refuse to use semi-finished products and not serve canned foods for dinner.

As appetizers, you can offer guests salads traditional for the Russian festive table. If you want something original, then try serving the usual a traditional dish V new form, for example, prepare the herring “under a fur coat” not in layers, but in the form of a roll. How decorate the salad for the New Year 2017, see. In addition to salads, serve veal jellied meat or jellied fish. Rolls made from... pancake dough with salmon or caviar, potato nests with meat or mushroom filling, tomatoes with mustard dressing, marinated fish or battered fish. On the eve of the Year of the Fire Rooster, it is better to serve grain bread, and those housewives who would like to especially please the proud bird can prepare festive dinner salad with sprouted wheat, rye or lentils.

For hot dishes you can cook fish, pork, beef or lamb. If you dream of surprising your guests and are ready to spend at least two hours just preparing the main dish, then you can aim for the whole oven-baked suckling pig with potatoes and cabbage, lamb with green beans or stuffed pike. And if you want to prepare a delicious main course without spending too much time on it, then serve spicy veal with dried fruits for your holiday dinner, rack of pork ribs V honey sauce, pike perch baked with vegetables or salmon in mustard sauce. As a side dish for meat, you can serve baked potatoes, cabbage in tomato or sour cream sauce, stewed green beans or grilled vegetables. Fresh, baked or steamed vegetables, boiled or fried potatoes, seasoned with parsley and celery, crumbly rice.

A festive dinner in honor of the 2017 year of the Fire Rooster must certainly end with a dessert from homemade baked goods. It may be fragrant homemade cookies, carved in the shape of stars, most delicate chocolate roll with nuts or yogurt cake. If you also want to serve fruit dessert, then keep it simple and unpretentious. It could be fruit salad, pears baked in wine, fresh strawberry creme brulee or apples baked with honey in lingonberry sauce. As for drinks, the Rooster will highly appreciate homemade fruit drinks and liqueurs served at the table.

New Year 2017, how to decorate a house

Interior decoration has a serious impact on a person’s sense of self and emotional state, which is why, to create a festive mood, we strive to decorate our home and add variety to our usual environment.

The owner of the new 2017 year, the Fire Rooster, is a lover of order, he is pedantic and neat in everything, therefore, before you start decorating the interior, you should do a thorough cleaning of the house. Sort out things in closets and closets - throw out the trash, and neatly arrange the remaining items using modern storage systems. Move aside the furniture and remove the dust where it has been accumulating for months and where “your hands haven’t reached” - and only then get down to the festive interior design.

New Year 2017 of the Fire Rooster is best celebrated with family and friends in a house decorated with elements of a rustic style. Do you have an embroidered pillow, patchwork blanket and crocheted lace towels gathering dust somewhere in your closet? Great, this is what you need. Take out a linen tablecloth and napkins, wicker baskets, clay pots, a bag of fabric scraps and a box of buttons - and start creating.

It is best to decorate the Christmas tree for the New Year 2017 in eco style - to do this, hang beautifully decorated fresh and candied fruits, cookies baked in the form of various figures, gingerbread cookies, candies, cinnamon sticks tied with red ribbons, gilded pine cones and nuts on the branches. And under the Christmas tree next to Father Frost and the Snow Maiden we put a figurine of a rooster and clay pot with sprouted grains.

You can also decorate the Christmas tree for the New Year 2017 celebration with homemade toys. A New Year's tree decorated with figurines cut out of felt will look great: these can be snowflakes, boots and mittens, snowmen, carnival masks, angels and much more, whatever your imagination allows. Well, if you are not ready for such experiments and want to decorate the Christmas tree quite traditionally, then give preference to toys and balls in red and golden shades, and make sure that there are no figures of predatory animals on the tree.

Complete the festive design with compositions made of spruce paws and originally designed bouquets of dead wood branches, and build a decorative nest in a prominent place. Place red apples wrapped in gold foil in it to attract prosperity and good luck to your home in the coming year. chocolate eggs and coins.

Table for festive dinner can also be served using elements of rustic life. This does not mean that guests should put out wooden spoons and clay bowls. The rooster will be quite pleased if you lay out a beautiful linen tablecloth, place candles in ceramic or wooden candlesticks on the table, and place cutlery for guests in original envelopes made of thin burlap.

Children born in the year of the Fire Rooster

According to Chinese astrologers, the character and fate of each person are initially predetermined by the time of his birth, and in order to find out his fate, you need to calculate your personal binomial. This task is only within the capabilities of horoscope specialists, however, just by one year of birth it is already possible to predict what personality traits a person will have, what abilities he will be gifted with, and in what types of activities he will be most successful. What awaits children born in the year of the Fire Rooster?

The Rooster is perhaps the most controversial and extraordinary zodiac character in the Chinese horoscope. On the one hand, he demonstrates authority, straightforwardness, practicality and conservatism, high degree responsibility and organization to the point of pedantry. On the other hand - demonstrativeness, vanity, boastfulness and pickiness. Although Chinese astrologers find a fairly simple explanation for this: any positive quality in an exaggerated form begins to appear as negative. Thus, excessive organization and love of order lead to pickiness towards others, and the flip side of authority is despotism and vanity.

Children born in the year of the Fire Rooster, depending on the month, day and hour of birth, can manifest themselves either as calm, somewhat reserved, sedate, reasonable and prudent individuals, or as sociable, easy-going people with well-developed intuition, but somewhat flighty people . The first will be able to prove themselves and achieve success in professions that involve technology, as well as those that require perseverance, accuracy and scrupulousness. These are engineers, designers, IT specialists, programmers and architects. The latter need to be given the opportunity to show their demonstrative nature and satisfy their need to be the center of attention. Such children will be the most in the best possible way will be able to realize themselves in creative professions or sports. These are future talented actors, dancers, singers and directors, journalists and radio hosts, preachers, showmen and athletes. These children need to be given the opportunity to realize their desire to be the object of everyone’s attention as early as possible - depending on their inclinations, take them to a dance or sports school, to a circus or to a theater studio.

Children born in the year of the Fire Rooster greatly need praise in order to feel comfortable and confident. Parents of children born under the sign of the Rooster need to remember that their children are very touchy, hypersensitive to criticism, especially expressed in tactless form, and it is very difficult for them to control their anger. Therefore, adults should choose their words very carefully when criticizing the behavior of a child born under the sign of the Rooster, not be afraid of violent manifestations of rage, and teach the child to properly discharge his anger so as not to harm others.

Characteristics of the New Year 2017 according to the Chinese horoscope

The Chinese horoscope, which determines each year to “belong” to a particular animal, was created more than four centuries ago. In the Celestial Empire, the horoscope, based on dividing time into cycles and attributing certain characteristics to each cycle, was taken very seriously. Thus, the Chinese emperor did not make a single more or less major decision without checking the calendar and horoscope, and before marriage, with the help of personal horoscopes, it was found out whether the newlyweds would be compatible, and only then was the decision about the wedding made.

It's already the month of December and... main holiday The year is getting closer and closer. And the question “What to cook for the New Year?” is becoming more and more relevant. Everyone, both children and adults, is looking forward to the New Year; they carefully prepare for this event long ago. and until the coming of the Year of the Fire Rooster. And also, What to meet? What to give to your loved one this New Year. And of course, what is the best thing to cook for the New Year 2017.

In this article we will share with you the most delicious recipes for the New Year's table with photos. We'll tell you how to set and decorate the New Year's table and what dishes will be relevant in the year of the Fire Rooster.

Since 2017 is the year of the Rooster, first of all exclude all dishes prepared from poultry, replace meat with pork, beef or fish. Old Believers claim that if you serve chicken dishes on New Year's Eve, the whole year will be unsuccessful.

It is very important to think through the menu in advance. Take into account the preferences of your guests and those that will suit the Patron of 2017, the Rooster.

Appetizers and salad recipes for the New Year 2017

To attract and win over the Rooster, you need to make a nest and place it in the center of the table. I have a proven and very delicious recipe salad, it’s called “Nest”. The salad looks very original and will look appropriate on the New Year's table.

Ingredients:

French fries - 250 gr.
Cheese -200 gr.
2-3 cloves of garlic.
Lettuce leaves - 6 pcs.
Beef – 150 gr
Champignons – 150 gr
Onion 1 pc. medium size
Pickled cucumbers, marinated - 2 pcs.
Quail eggs - 8−10 pcs.
Mayonnaise

Cooking method:

Cook the beef and cut into strips. We fry French fries. Can be replaced with Pringles chips. Peel and cut onion very finely, fry a little until golden color. Finely chop the mushrooms and fry them a little, 1 minute. Cut the cucumbers finely. We grate the garlic on a fine grater or pass it through a garlic press. Dry my greens on a towel. Boil the eggs and peel them. 4−5 pcs. grate on a fine grater, the rest will go into the nest itself for decoration. We grate the cheese.

Layer the salad:

Place lettuce leaves on a plate.
Grated eggs
Sliced cucumbers
Grated cheese
Small fries fried

We press a little through the middle of our salad, put small lettuce leaves, and place them on quail eggs. Our salad is ready.

Here's another interesting one custom salad 2017. We are breaking all standards for reproducing the Olivier salad; this year we will make it with shrimp, and not with sausage or chicken fillet. Let's lure our Rooster.

Ingredients:

Shrimp - 450−500 gr.
Potatoes - 4-5 pieces
Carrots - 2-3 pcs. (medium)
Eggs - 4 pcs.
Pickled cucumber - 3 pcs.
Onion - 1 piece
Canned peas - 1 can
Canned corn - 1 can
Mayonnaise

To decorate the salad: Bunch of dill, parsley, olives, caviar

Cooking method:

Boil: carrots, potatoes, eggs, and also cook and peel shrimp separately if they need to be cooked. You can buy ready-made peeled ones. Finely chop the onion, soak in soda with a little vinegar and add 1 tsp of sugar. If you don't like onions like my husband, you can substitute an apple.

Wash and dry the greens on a towel. Finely chop the cucumbers. Mix all ingredients with mayonnaise. We decorate our salad with shrimp, olives and herbs.

Recipes for snacks, sandwiches and canapés for the New Year 2017 with photos

The New Year's table should include not only false dishes, but also all possible snacks, sandwiches and canapes, because New year's night It’s long and after an hour of sitting at the table you need something to snack on. And for those who don’t drink, just keep the company. So, what snacks can you make for the New Year's table?

Mini sandwiches with balyk, olives and cucumber on skewers

They are made very simply: Toast bread is cut into 4 parts diagonally, greased with butter. Place thinly sliced ham, cucumber and olive on it. We pierce the boutique with a skewer.

Canapes with ham and tomatoes

We cut small squares of bread and coat them with butter. We put a slice of cucumber on it, then again coated bread, boiled ham on top, then a cherry tomato and an olive with herbs. Everything is pierced with a skewer. Original and tasty.

Canapes with several types of cheese and grapes

Choose cheese according to your taste. It is advisable that your cheese is soft and your grapes are seedless. Cut the cheese into cubes, wash the grapes, remove the seeds if you have them and cut them in half. Thread the entire kebab alternating types of cheese with grapes onto a skewer. This type of snack will go well with wine.

For those who are losing weight Canapes with shrimp and celery

Wash the celery, cut it into 2.5 cm long. Place a shrimp wrapped in an olive or an olive on it, as in the photo. We pierce the whole thing with a skewer.

Canapes with shrimps and grapes on a bread pillow

Using a small glass, cut out the crumb from the toast. Having pressed on it, we put it forward and pre-dry the bread in the oven. Once everything is ready, you need to put grapes and shrimp on the bread, piercing them with a skewer.

Also very relevant on the New Year's table is such an appetizer as

"Roll with salmon and cheese"

Spread melted cheese on a sheet of lavash, cut red fish into small pieces and spread evenly on the pita bread. Cut it finely fresh cucumber and sprinkle on red fish. You can also sprinkle with grated cheese. To make the roll juicy, make a mesh of mayonnaise and roll the pita bread. When everything is ready, put it in the refrigerator for soaking. Before serving, cut pieces 1-1.5 cm thick. Arrange and decorate the plate with olives, olives or selenium. You can also place the roll on lettuce leaves or put pieces of it in the roll itself.

Recipes for hot dishes for the New Year's table 2017

Recipe for the most delicious potato dish “Graten” 2017.

Of course, you can just boil potatoes and serve as a side dish for meat, but “Graten” will surprise your guests and will be another original dish your New Year's table. “Graten” is very tasty, juicy, and most importantly, easy to prepare.

This dish must be prepared immediately before serving on the New Year's table.

Potatoes - 15 pcs. (depending on the number of guests)
Garlic - 4-5 cloves
Marinated mushrooms - 150 gr.
Parsley and basil
Cheese - 250 gr.
Sour cream -110 ml.
Cream - 250 ml
Nutmeg - a little for flavor
Bacon - 100 gr
Olive oil - 2 tbsp.
Salt, pepper, spices - to taste

Mushrooms and bacon, cut into pieces. Cut the potatoes into thin slices of 3-4 mm. Pass the garlic through a garlic press, mix it with salt and spices. Place the chopped potatoes in the pan garlic Sause with spices, pour over cream. Simmer for 10 minutes until the potatoes are soft. Add nutmeg. When everything is ready, place everything in baking dishes, sprinkle with cheese, pour over mayonnaise and bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes.

This french recipe for vegetable lovers, vegetarians or those on a diet.

Method of preparation and ingredients:

Eggplants, zucchini - 5 pcs.
Fresh tomatoes - 8 pcs. (medium)
Medium potatoes - 6 pcs.
Bacon - 150 gr.
Onion - 3 pcs.
Garlic - 4 cloves
Thyme and basil, black ground pepper, salt - to taste
Olive oil - 20 ml.

Peel the potatoes. Wash all the vegetables and cut them into slices. Place vegetables in a greased baking dish, alternating ingredients. Sprinkle with spices, salt, pour in oil and pour in a little water so that our vegetables do not burn and are stewed well. Before serving, prepare the dish in a preheated oven for about 40 minutes at 200 degrees. Before serving, decorate the “Vegetable tian” with herbs and sprinkle with grated cheese.

Interesting drinks and cocktails for the New Year 2017.

Before your guests arrive, you can prepare a number of cocktails and serve an aperitif before the New Year 2017, which will lift your spirits.

Coca-Cola
Cherry wine

Pour rum and wine into a glass with ice. In a ratio of 1 (rum) to 3 (wine). Top up the glass with ice-cold Coke.

Champagne
Martini
Sugar to taste
Lemon - 1 pc.
Mint leaves -1−2 pcs.

In a glass with ice in equal shares pour champagne, martini and lemon juice, add sugar. Garnish the glass with lemon slices and mint leaves.

How to decorate a New Year's table.

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As everyone already knows, the coming 2019 will be held under the sign of the Yellow Earth Pig. And therefore, according to the already established tradition, we began to take this fact into account when preparing for the solemn day.

We are trying to find out better what to expect from the coming period. We read horoscopes, trying to figure out how the Symbol of the next 365 days can affect our lives. And of course, we first of all prepare for the holiday, taking into account what the Master of the Year loves! To appease him, and so that he can help make the next part of our lives successful in all respects!

And for this we select the appropriate festive outfit for ourselves. We buy necessary and beautiful gifts for friends and relatives, and of course we lay out a beautiful festive table.

And there is not a single housewife or owner who would not ask himself the question “What to cook for the holiday table?” After all, this question is by no means rhetorical. On December 30 and 31, we will all put on aprons and settle down in our kitchen for a long time. After all, you need to have time to prepare appetizers, salads, main courses, and desserts.

And in order not to forget anything, and not to prepare anything unnecessary, you need to make a menu in advance. It will help you plan what you need to buy. Purchase items that can be stored for a long time in advance, and perishable food buy it the day before.

When creating a menu for the Year of the Yellow Pig, you need to take into account some features. Let's look at the wishes for the holiday menu.

Firstly, Pig is an omnivore, which means we will prepare dishes that are completely different and tasty.
secondly, the Pig doesn’t mind different types meat, and he will be happy with beef, lamb, chicken, fish and seafood. Do not forget that we do not serve pork in any form this evening.
Thirdly, the image of the Master of the Year in the design of dishes will be very useful.
fourthly, the bright, colorful design of the dishes will please Piggy. Who would refuse when such a holiday is organized in his honor?
fifthly, dishes should be homemade, tasty and prepared with love. It is always more pleasant to deal with a calm domestic Boar than with a hungry, angry boar.
sixth, do not abuse strong drinks. Otherwise, you might accidentally fall asleep at the table, burying your face in the salad. And then everyone will not compare you with the Pig in the best way!!!

However, you can spend the outgoing year with dignity. To say thank you to the owner of the passed part of life is to thank the Yellow Dog for all the good things that she has done for us. Therefore, you can carry it out by making a small salad with her image.

Here are the main wishes for the menu. If you manage to follow them, it will be just great! The Boar and the Pig will not ignore this. They will understand that we show this respect and honor to them.

Well, it’s good for us too. We also want our holiday table to be beautiful and tasty, “at home”, set. Therefore, in this our desires coincide with him!

Let us offer you options for dishes from which you can create an excellent menu for your table without special troubles and long searches.

The menu, as it should be, includes appetizers and salads (and pay attention to the link that will take you to the most beloved and most in demand - there are a lot of them there!).

The main courses are presented with recipes for delicious and beautifully executed meat, fish, and duck.

I also paid a lot of attention to desserts and drinks. After all, we are preparing for a real big holiday. Therefore, we need to think about everything!

For the holiday table we usually prepare several different options appetizers, set out meat, fish and vegetable plates, prepare two or three salads, one main hot course and dessert, it could be a cake, mousse, jelly, soufflé. Pies are often baked, dumplings are molded and boiled. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails, strong alcohol.

Of course, all the dishes cannot be covered in one article, but let’s look at at least some of them, the most delicious and beautiful.

Profiteroles with cream cheese and salmon

We will need:

creamy cottage cheese— 300 gr
cream 35% -50 ml
lightly salted salmon - 300 g
red caviar - for decoration
dill - bunch
salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. Profiteroles can be baked in advance, or you can purchase ready-made ones.

2. Creamy curd cheese can be used from Hohland or Almette brands. Beat cheese with cottage cheese. Add chopped dill, leave a little for decoration, salt and pepper to taste. Beat until smooth.

3. Cut off the tops of the profiteroles. Using a pastry bag, fill them with the mixture.

4. Thinly slice the salmon (salmon can also be used) and roll into a rose shape.

5. Garnish the appetizer with red fish, red caviar and herbs.

It turns out beautiful, tasty and quick snack, which will certainly please your guests.

The same snack can be prepared using tartlets. And instead of red fish, they can be decorated with boiled shrimp.

Shells with red and black caviar

We will need:

black caviar - 0.5 cans
red caviar - 0.5 cans
large shells - 100-150 g
cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs - for decoration

Caviar is always welcome on any holiday table. And therefore it is advisable to have it in some dishes. And here is one of the options. But instead of the usual laying it out on a piece of loaf, you can improvise a little and serve the caviar in this form.

Since everything is clear here without words, we will not describe the entire process. Well, everyone understands that the shells need to be boiled first and then cooled.

Julienne with meat and mushrooms

Well, what would a winter holiday be without julienne. Classic version involves preparing it with chicken fillet, but we can also cook it with meat.

We will need:

boiled meat - 500-700 gr.
fresh champignons - 250 gr. (or other mushrooms)
onions - 2-3 pcs.
cheese durum varieties- 150-200 gr.
butter - 2 tbsp. l.
vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. spoon

You can choose any of the recipes to suit your taste. Both of them are tasty and beautiful, so both of them can be easily cooked. The recipes are proven and they will not let you down.

Curd and cheese spread “Snowman”

How can December and January do without your favorite winter characters? Therefore, we are preparing delicious snack"Snowman". This option will not leave either adults or children indifferent!

We will need:

cottage cheese - 150 gr
processed cheese - 1 piece
boiled eggs - 3 pcs
butter - 50 g (2.5 tablespoons)
mayonnaise - 2 teaspoons
walnuts - 1 tbsp. spoon
French fries, black bread, cracker And bell pepper- For decoration
garlic - 1 piece
dill - for decoration
salt - to taste

Preparation:

1. Boil eggs and cool. Separate the whites from the yolks.

2. Grate the yolks and one third of the processed cheese chilled in the freezer on a fine grater. Grind the nuts using a mixer. Add mayonnaise and mix.

3. Wet your hands in water and form balls from the yolk mixture.

4. Grind the cottage cheese and remaining cheese through a sieve, add chopped garlic and butter. Add salt to taste and stir.

5. Stick around curd mass yolks and form a snowman.

6. Grate the whites on a fine grater. You can additionally stick them around the snowman, or you can put them on a plate, making improvised snow out of it.

7. Cut out hats from black bread. From vegetables - eyes and mouth. Fry the French fries and make handles. Decorate. Place cookies on a circle.

You can decorate a snowman using boiled carrots. A bucket hat can be cut out of it, just like a nose. You can make twig handles from dill.

How to beautifully decorate meat, fish and vegetable plates

The next topic is the design of meat, fish and vegetable plates. Of course, every housewife has experience in decorating such plates. But you can pick up some ideas from others.

Here's an example of how you can decorate a fish plate.

How do you like meat plates?!

A vegetable plate will also come in handy. With it, the table always becomes especially bright and festive, as well as creating a festive mood.

Okay, we did it. Let's move on to salads.

But you can’t just bake the fish. Many people like to cook fried fish for the holiday table.

Fish in batter “Delicious”

This fish can be served both hot and cold. And believe me, despite the abundance of dishes and snacks, such a fish will simply fly apart in one or two minutes.

We will need:

fish (any) - 1 kg
lemon - 1 pc.
salt, pepper - to taste
vegetable oil - for frying

For the test:

light beer - 1 glass
egg - 1 pc.
sour cream - 1 tbsp. spoon

Preparation:

1. Separate the fish from the bones or use ready-made fish fillet. Sprinkle it with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Leave to marinate for 30 minutes.

2. Prepare the dough. Mix beer, egg, sour cream. Slowly add flour, mixing the contents. The dough should be quite thick and should not drip when you dip the fish in it.

3. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the fish in batter.

It’s not for nothing that the dish has its name. The fish really turns out delicious. And it’s not difficult to prepare!

This recipe is a beer batter, but it is made with separately beaten whites and yolks. There is also a video on how to prepare it.

Well, a lot of recipes have already been written, it’s time to move on to desserts. Over the course of the year, we collected various desserts on the blog pages, cooked according to them, and ate them with great pleasure. Let's repeat some of them, especially since they are world famous and loved.

Fruit and berry jelly cake without baking “Winter Snowdrift”

A delicious cake that, despite the abundance tasty food in winter magical night, will not go unnoticed.

Berries and fruits can be used according to the season, whatever you want!

We will need:

banana - 1 piece
kiwi – 1 piece
peaches – 2 pcs.
apricots – 5-6 pcs.
strawberries – 0.5 tbsp
raspberries – 0.5 tbsp
sour cream – 0.5 l
gelatin – 3 tbsp. spoons (30 g)
sugar – 1 glass
biscuit -250-300 gr

Preparing such a cake cannot be called difficult. It is prepared with great pleasure, as well as eaten. This is why you want to make this cake again and again.

The only difficulty is that you have to wait the whole night for it to harden. And when he stands in the refrigerator and teases with his appearance, it is simply impossible to bear! I really want to try it as soon as possible. The difficulty of preparing such a cake before the holiday may lie in the fact that it may simply not last until the magical winter night. Especially in those families who have already prepared it.

The cake is delicious and light at the same time. White and just perfect for winter holiday. That is why it received such a name - “ Winter snowdrift" We put a big fat check mark next to this recipe. And those who want to check this box, go to the page with the recipe, that’s what it’s called

Dessert Eton Mess with berries and cream

We will need (for 6 servings):

cream (33%) - 750 ml.
raspberries or strawberries - 300-400 gr
soufflé (or meringue) 200 gr
mint for decoration
red currants - for decoration

This dessert will take the most worthy place on your holiday table!

Dessert “Sweet Christmas tree”

We will need:

butter - 250 gr
powdered sugar - 500 gr
milk - 5-8 tbsp. spoons
vanilla - on the tip of a knife
salt - a pinch
food coloring Green colour

For cupcakes (22-24 pieces):

flour - 3 cups
water - 2 glasses
sugar - 1.5-2 cups
cocoa - 6 tbsp. spoons
vegetable oil -3-4 tbsp. spoons
vinegar - 1.5-2 tbsp. spoons
soda -2 teaspoons
salt - 1 teaspoon
vanilla sugar- 2 teaspoons

Filling, decoration:

strawberry
packaging of M&Mdens dragees

Preparation:

1. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance so that it becomes soft. Beat it with a mixer into a thick white mass. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, food coloring and beat everything until smooth.

2. Add milk, first 5 tablespoons, beat, and gradually add more to achieve the desired cream consistency. Ready mass beat for 5 - 7 minutes.

3. For the muffins, mix flour, sugar, cocoa, soda, salt and vanilla sugar. Sift through a sieve, preferably twice.

4. Pour in vinegar and stir with a fork. Then butter, and mix again with a fork. No need to beat!

5. Pour in water and continue whisking with a fork until smooth. Do not beat!

6. Place the dough in molds and bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees.

7. Now let's start decorating. Grease the cake with cream and place the berry in the center so that it stands stable.

8. Place the cream in pastry bag with the smallest nozzle in the form of an asterisk.

9. Starting from the bottom, we form spruce branches from the cream. To do this, you need to place the end of the nozzle against the berry and squeeze out the cream about 1 cm. After you stop pressing, remove your hand. And we do the same for the next branch.

We arrange the branches in a checkerboard pattern in relation to the bottom row.

10. Decorate Christmas trees with jelly beans and star-cookies.

This dessert is enjoyed by both adults and children. It is very tasty and, without a doubt, festive! Prepare it and please yourself and your loved ones.

Well, the last topic is drinks! What would a holiday be without them!

Cocktail “Homemade Baileys”

We will need:

egg yolks - 5 pieces
sugar - 1 glass
condensed milk without sugar - 1 can
vodka – 200 ml
instant coffee - 1 tbsp. spoon

Preparation:

1. To prepare a cocktail you only need fresh eggs. Wash them with soap and dry them with a paper towel. Separate the yolks from the whites.

2. Grind the yolks with sugar. Toss with condensed milk.

3. Dilute instant coffee in vodka.

4. Combine the two mixtures into one using a mixer. Pour into a bottle. Homemade Baileys is ready! You can't tell it from the real thing! Yes, and it is made only from one natural ingredients!

Cocktail “Royal Delight”

We will need:

blackcurrant liqueur – 10 ml
dry champagne - 100 ml

In the absence of blackcurrant liqueur, it can be replaced with any other berry liqueur.

Preparation:

Pour liqueur into a champagne glass. Then pour champagne. Decorate the rim of the glass with strawberries or a slice of orange. You can add ice cubes.

Cocktail “Azure Blues”

We will need:

white rum - 1 part
orange juice - 2 parts
pineapple juice - 2 parts
juice of half a lime
fresh mint
crushed ice

Preparation:

Mix all ingredients using a shaker. Pour into a tall glass, add crushed ice, garnish with mint leaves.

We all had adult cocktails. But you also need to prepare a delicious children's cocktail. And I have one in mind.

Children's cocktail "Morozko"

We will need:

ice cream of three different varieties
cream
mineral water
sugar
lemon juice

Preparation:

1. Dip the edge of the glass in lemon juice. Dip it in sugar so that the edge of the glass becomes slightly “snowy.”

2. Carefully place 1 full tablespoon of different ice cream into a glass. You can use vanilla, strawberry, pineapple, pistachio. The main thing is that each of them has its own taste.

3. Pour cream up to half a glass. Mix gently with a spoon.

4. Top up mineral water, but so that the glass is only 3/4 full. A foam should form.

Children love this cocktail very much. So be prepared for them to ask for more!

As you can see, there were quite a lot of ideas for the holiday menu! But a lot is not a little! It's always good to have a choice. And in today's material you can choose a recipe for every taste. There are appetizers, salads, main courses, desserts, and even cocktails.

All recipes have been tested and should not let you down! All I can do is wish you a good mood!

Happy New Year! And let your holiday table be the best!