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Emergency table for guests. Original snacks. Squid salad with rice

A difficult question for most housewives: what to cook for the holiday table? After all, you want the dish to be not only tasty and beautiful, but also new and original. The best recipes for such treats are collected below.

The choice of unusual snacks for the holiday table is huge. Among all the existing recipes, every cook will find one that is ideal for themselves.

Pancake bags with chicken and champignons

Ingredients:

• pancakes – 10 pcs. ready;
• chicken fillet – 300 – 350 g;
• peeled mushrooms – 0.2 kg;
• grated cheese - a glass;
• sour cream/classic mayonnaise - to taste;
• butter;
• salt, spices and smoked cheese braid for tying the bags.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Chop the onions and mushrooms into smaller pieces and fry them in butter.
2. Boil the meat, cut into small pieces. Send for frying.
3. Add sour cream/mayonnaise into the pan. Salt and add spices. Simmer for a couple of minutes.
4. Grate the cheese.
5. Spread the filling from the frying pan over the pancakes. Sprinkle grated cheese on top.
6. Tie delicious bags with strips of smoked cheese.

Before serving, warm the appetizer in the microwave.

"Mushrooms"

Ingredients:

• boiled eggs – 3 pcs.;
• cheese and ham – 100 – 150 g each;
• cherry – 12 – 14 pcs.;
• fresh cucumbers – 2 – 3 pcs.;
• fresh herbs – 1 bunch;
• homemade mayonnaise and salt.

Preparation:

1. Grind eggs, cheese, ham with a grater. Add salt as needed.
2. Add mayonnaise, mix everything.
3. Make “mushroom” legs from the mixture. Place each on a slice of fresh cucumber and place the preparations on a plate covered with chopped herbs.
4. Make hats from cherry tomatoes and drops of mayonnaise.

Cool the treat and serve to guests.

Crab roll

Ingredients:

• thin pita bread – 2 pcs.;
• boiled eggs – 3 pcs.;
• processed and hard cheese – 150 g each;
• garlic – 5 teeth;
• greens – 1 bunch;
• mayonnaise, salt.

Preparation:

1. Finely grate boiled eggs, two types of cheese and garlic. Toss with mayonnaise and chopped herbs. Add salt if desired.
2. Divide the resulting filling into two portions.
3. Coat two pita breads with it in turn. Place them on top of each other and roll them up.

Cool the appetizer, covering it with film, then cut into portions.

What salads to prepare for the holiday

When it comes to holiday salad recipes, it’s best to choose those that don’t contain quickly perishable or soggy ingredients. If the appetizer contains crackers, then it is better to serve them separately with the dish.

With meat and crackers

Ingredients:

• any boiled meat – half a kilo;
• Chinese cabbage – half a kilo;
• cucumbers (fresh) – 4 pcs.;
• peeled champignons – half a kilo;
• dry garlic and yesterday's white bread - for crackers;
• oil;
• lettuce leaves;
• mayonnaise sauce and salt.

Preparation:

1. Wash the lettuce leaves and place them on a beautiful dish.
2. Place the boiled meat, cut into thick strips, into a separate bowl. Chicken and pork are best suited for this appetizer.
3. Add finely shredded cabbage to the meat.
4. Finely chop the mushrooms and fry them in oil until lightly browned.
5. Then use the remaining fat to lightly brown the diced yesterday's bread. Sprinkle it with dry garlic during the process.
6. Chop fresh cucumbers into cubes.
7. Mix all prepared products. Add salt. Top with sauce.

Place them on a plate with lettuce leaves.

"Anthill"

Ingredients:

• chicken fillet – 250 – 280 g;
• tomato – 1 pc.;
• cucumber – 1 pc.;
• raw potatoes – 2 pcs.;
• garlic - optional;
• bow arrows – 3 – 4 feathers;
• hard cheese – 50 – 70 g;
• salt, mayonnaise sauce;
• high quality vegetable oil.

Algorithm of actions:

1. Boil the chicken until fully cooked. Cool it directly in the broth for greater juiciness of the meat. Cut into small arbitrary pieces.
2. Mix the chicken with tomato slices, grated cheese and chopped cucumber in the same way. Season everything with salted sauce mixed with crushed garlic.
3. Place the mixture onto a flat plate in a heap.
4. Cut the potatoes into very thin long strips. Fry the product in small portions in hot oil until golden brown and crispy.
5. Cover the pile of salad with potato strips.

Complete the appetizer with finely chopped green onions.

"Rainbow"

Ingredients:

• hunting sausages – 250 – 300 g;
• red salad pepper – 1 pc. (large);
• fresh strong cucumber – 1 – 2 pcs.;
• canned corn grains – 1 tbsp.;
• red onion - 1 head;
• boiled eggs – 3 pcs.;
• mayonnaise sauce – ½ tbsp.;
• French mustard – 1 dessert spoon;
• salt and spices.

Preparation:

1. Cut the sausages into slices.
2. Chop all vegetables and eggs into cubes. Drain liquid from corn.
3. Mix all.
4. Season the salad with a mixture of sauce, mustard, salt and spices.

Serve with rye toast.

Holiday Sandwiches: Recipes

To ensure that the sandwiches on the holiday table are tasty and crispy, they should be prepared just before serving. You can make the filling in advance and apply it to the bread before your guests arrive.

With crab sticks and dill

Ingredients:

• loaf – 1 fresh;
• cucumber – 1 pc.;
• dill – 5 – 6 sprigs;
• crab sticks – 1 medium package;
• grated processed cheese – ½ tbsp.;
• butter – 20 g;
• mayonnaise sauce and salt.

Preparation:

1. Chop the fresh cucumber very finely. Also chop the crab sticks.
2. Add grated cheese to the ingredients. To grind it easily and quickly, the product must first be frozen.
3. Finely chop the dill. Pour into the base of the future salad.
4. Season the mixture with sauce. Add salt to taste.
5. Lightly fry thin slices of white bread in butter.
6. Cover the pieces with the spread.

Serve the sandwiches immediately.

With sprats

Ingredients:

• baguette – 6 pieces;
• sprats in oil – 6 pcs. (large);
• boiled egg – 1 pc.;
• fresh cucumber – 1 pc.;
• mayonnaise – 3 dessert spoons;
• lettuce leaves - 1 bunch;
• salt, spices - optional.

Preparation:

1. Immediately cover a large flat plate with lettuce leaves.
2. Cut each loaf slice into halves. Dry them in a frying pan and coat with mayonnaise.
3. Place them on the salad and sprinkle with finely grated boiled egg.
4. Add fish to each serving.
5. Cut the cucumbers into thin slices and use toothpicks to secure them to the bases of the sandwiches in the form of sails.

Serve the appetizer without refrigerating it first.

Canapés on skewers for the festive table

Appetizing canapés on skewers can be either a budget snack or a real delicacy. It all depends on the filling chosen for them.

With red fish and black caviar

Ingredients:

• white bread – ½ loaf;
• butter (softened) – ½ pack;
• lightly salted trout/salmon – 200 – 250 g;
• black caviar – 50 – 70 g;
• fresh parsley - to taste.

Preparation:

1. Cut round pieces from white bread.
2. Coat each with softened butter.
3. Add a portion of black caviar.
4. Finely chop the fish and roll it into a sail. Secure to the bread with skewers.

Garnish the finished canapés with fresh parsley.

With dry-cured sausage

Ingredients:

• baguette – 200 g;
• dry-cured sausage (sliced) – 80 – 100 g;
• large fresh cucumber – 1 pc.;
• small tomatoes – 2 – 3 pcs.;
• toast cheese – 50 g;
• pitted olives – 10 pcs.

Preparation:

1. Cut the baguette into portions and lightly dry in the oven.
2. Decorate the cucumber into thin slices, and the tomatoes into plastic slices. Olives - in halves.
3. Place toasted cheese on the cooled croutons, one slice for each. You can pre-coat the bread with mayonnaise or soft curd cheese.
4. Next, distribute the tomato slices.
5. First thread a piece of olive onto each skewer, then a cucumber slice in waves and thin pieces of dry-cured sausage.
6. Stick the blanks into the croutons.

Serve the resulting canapés on a beautiful plate.

New meat dishes

Meat dishes will be a must on the holiday table. They should be served soon after the start of the feast, when guests have had time to try the appetizers, hot.

Liver tubes with filling

Ingredients:

• chicken liver – half a kilo;
• beef liver – 400 g;
• boiled eggs – 10 pcs.;
• raw eggs – 4 pcs.;
• carrots – 10 pcs.;
• milk - half a liter;
• flour – 1/3 cup;
• sour cream – 5 dessert spoons;
• mayonnaise – 1/3 cup;
• garlic - to taste;
• salt and spices.

Preparation:

1. Blend two types of liver with a blender. Add salt. Add spices.
2. Pour well-beaten eggs and part of the milk into the liver mixture.
3. Add flour. Whisk everything again until the lumps disappear and dilute with the remaining milk.
4. Prepare 25 - 30 pancakes from the resulting mass.
5. Fry onions with carrots. Add salt. Add half the sour cream.
6. Mix the remaining sour cream with grated boiled eggs, mashed garlic and chopped cheese. Add salt and mayonnaise.
7. Cover each pancake with cheese and egg mixture and fried vegetables in turn.

Serve this unusual meat dish hot with any side dish.

Meat balls

Ingredients:

• mixed minced meat - half a kilo;
• yeast puff pastry - half a kilo;
• onion – 1 head;
• yolk – 1 pc.;
• garlic - to taste;
• milk – 2 dessert spoons;
• salt pepper.

Preparation:

1. Mix the minced meat with onion, garlic and mince again. Salt and add pepper.
2. Carefully beat the mixture onto a horizontal surface.
3. Roll out the dough and cut into thin strips.
4. Form “balls” from the minced meat, cover them with strips of dough so that small gaps remain.
5. Brush the pieces with a mixture of yolk and milk.

Bake the treat in the oven for 40 - 45 minutes at medium temperature until golden brown.

Original holiday side dishes

Instead of the usual rice and mashed potatoes, you should prepare something more interesting as a side dish for the holiday. It’s delicious to complement both of the dish options below with hot sauces.

"Duchess"

Ingredients:

• raw potatoes – 1 kg;
• hard cheese – 50 – 80 g;
• chicken yolks – 2 pcs.;
• nutmeg - on the tip of a spoon;
• salt and pepper.

Preparation:

1. Boil the potatoes in salted water until tender.
2. Drain all the water, add nutmeg, pepper, grated cheese, yolk (1 pc.). Mix everything well.
3. Using a pastry bag, pipe small roses onto a baking sheet lined with parchment.
4. Brush the pieces with the remaining yolk.
5. Bake in a very hot oven for 15 – 17 minutes.

Stuffed "Beijing"

Ingredients:

• Chinese cabbage - 1 fork;
• medium fat cottage cheese – 300 – 350 g;
• high-quality gelatin – 10 g;
• drinking water – 60 ml;
• colored salad peppers – 150 g;
• fresh parsley – 10 g;
• garlic, salt, pepper.

Preparation:

1. Pour gelatin with water and leave to swell.
2. Finely chop the parsley and garlic, mix with cottage cheese.
3. Cut the lettuce peppers into miniature cubes. Add to cottage cheese. Salt and pepper everything.
4. Dissolve the gelatin in the microwave and add to the filling.
5. Divide the cabbage into leaves. Rinse and dry each one.
6. Take 2 leaves, fill them with filling and connect them together.
7. Wrap each piece in film and place it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

This unusual side dish is served chilled with meat or fish.

Lenten table menu

A Lenten holiday table can also be appetizing and tasty. True, the recipes in it will be simpler.

Casserole with potatoes and mushrooms

Ingredients:

• raw potatoes – 1.5 kg;
• peeled fresh mushrooms – half a kilo;
• onion – 2 heads;
• tomatoes – 3 pcs.;
• lean mayonnaise, vegetable oil and salt.

Preparation:

1. Completely boil the peeled potatoes. Puree with remaining cooking water. Add salt. You can add spices.
2. Roughly chop the onion and mushrooms and fry in oil. Add salt. Beat with a blender.
3. Place 1/3 of the puree into the prepared glass pan. Cover with frying and another 1/3 puree.
4. Next, add thinly sliced ​​tomatoes.
5. Cover everything with the remaining potatoes and lean mayonnaise.

Bake the dish at 170 degrees for about 40 minutes.

Lenten cabbage rolls

Ingredients:

• white cabbage – 1 head;
• white rice – ½ cup;
• carrots and onions - 1 pc.;
• ketchup – 5 dessert spoons;
• tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
• mushrooms – 1 tbsp.;
• oil, salt, pepper.

Preparation:

1. Disassemble the cabbage into leaves. Wash each and cook in boiling water for 3 minutes until softened. Cut off the thickenings from them.
2. Rinse the rice and cook for 7 minutes.
3. Also pre-boil wild mushrooms. Champignons - just finely chop.
4. Remove the skins from the tomatoes and chop finely.
5. Mash the garlic.
6. Fry chopped onions and carrots in oil until golden brown. Add mushrooms. Cook the mixture for another 7 – 8 minutes.
7. Mix the frying with tomatoes, rice, garlic. Salt and pepper.
8. Stuff the mixture with cabbage leaves. Roll them tightly and fry in hot oil for a couple of minutes.
9. Pour the cabbage rolls in a frying pan with a small amount of water and ketchup and simmer the treat over low heat for a little over an hour.

Lenten "Olivier"

Ingredients:

• boiled potatoes – 4 pcs.;
• boiled carrots – 3 pcs.;
• canned peas - 1 tbsp.;
• onion – 1 head;
• sour barrel cucumbers – 3 pcs.;
• pickled seaweed – 100 – 150 g;
• lean mayonnaise and salt.

Preparation:

1. Chop all vegetables (boiled, fresh, and salted) into cubes.
2. Drain liquid from peas. Cut the olives into slices.
3. Cut the cabbage shorter.
4. Mix all.

Season the prepared salad with salted lean mayonnaise.

The simplest but most delicious dishes

If you don’t have time to spend a long time fiddling around with decorating the festive table, you should choose the simplest dishes possible. All that remains is to take care of their interesting design, which can pleasantly surprise guests.

Baked mackerel

Ingredients:

• fish carcasses – 2 large;
• garlic – 3 – 4 cloves;
• ground paprika – 1 pinch;
• Provençal herbs – 2 tsp;
• butter and salt.

Preparation:

1. Rinse and clean the fish. Leave the clean fillet on the skin-on halves. There should be no seeds left in it.
2. Crush the garlic, mix with all seasonings and approximately 1/3 tbsp. any vegetable oil. Salt the mass. Rub the fish fillet with it and leave it like that for about 1 hour.
3. Place the prepared mackerel on a baking sheet lined with parchment, skin side up.

Bake the fish for 15 - 17 minutes at 220 degrees.

Striped tomatoes

Ingredients:

• oblong cherry – 12 pcs.;
• garlic - to taste;
• cheese – 100 – 150 g;
• mayonnaise sauce and salt.

Preparation:

1. Grate the cheese very finely and mix with mayonnaise, mashed garlic, and salt.
2. Make two transverse horizontal cuts in each cherry. Fill them with filling.
3. Stuff all the tomatoes this way.

Serve the resulting “bees” as a cold appetizer.

Salad with ham and pickled onions

Ingredients:

• pork ham – 200 – 250 g;
• processed cheese – 2 pcs.;
• tomatoes – 3 pcs.;
• pickled red onion – 150 g;
• sour cream sauce and salt.

Preparation:

1. Cut the cheese, tomatoes and ham into medium cubes.
2. Mix everything, add the onion, squeezed from the marinade.
3. Season the appetizer with sour cream sauce.

Add salt to taste and serve immediately to guests.

Interesting recipes for the holiday table

Experienced housewives can take on slightly more complicated recipes. Their dishes turn out to be very interesting, unusual and tasty.

Seltz with olives

Ingredients:

• chicken – 700 – 750 g;
• purified water – 2 l;
• green olives - ½ tbsp.;
• carrots – 100 g;
• garlic – 1 tooth;
• high-quality gelatin – 50 g;
• salt pepper.

Preparation:

1. Chop the chicken with bones into pieces and cook for 90 minutes. At the very end of cooking, add peeled carrots.
2. Dilute gelatin in cold boiled water according to instructions. After a quarter of an hour, dissolve it in a water bath and mix with 1.5 tbsp. chicken broth. Add chopped garlic there. Add salt.
3. Cut the boiled carrots and olives into small cubes. Mix with them small pieces of boiled meat removed from the bones.
4. Pour the broth with gelatin over the filling components.
5. Place the mixture into a beautiful form and refrigerate overnight.

Serve the finished brawn upside down, garnished with fresh herbs.

Mushroom zucchini roll

Ingredients:

• fresh zucchini – 2 pcs.;
• peeled champignons – 450 g;
• hard cheese – 150 g;
• eggs – 2 pcs.;
• flour – 1 tbsp.;
• sour cream - 1 tbsp.;
• onion – 1 head;
• garlic – 3 – 4 cloves;
• baking powder – 10 g;
• salt, pepper, oil.

Preparation:

1. Peel the zucchini, grate coarsely and mix with crushed garlic. Add salt.
2. Add yolks, grated onion.
3. Sift flour and baking powder into mixture. Add the whites whipped until stiff. Spice up
4. Distribute the resulting mixture onto an oiled baking sheet.
5. Place in the oven preheated to 170 degrees. Bake for 35 – 45 minutes.
6. Finely chop the mushrooms and fry until golden brown. Add sour cream and grated cheese.
7. Coat the prepared zucchini cake with the mushroom mixture. Roll it up.

Cut the resulting dish into pieces and decorate to your liking.

Chicken muffins

Ingredients:

• chicken fillet – 1 pc.;
• champignons – 5 pcs.;
• smoked sausage – 1 pc.;
• bell pepper – ½ pod;
• pickled cucumber – 1 pc.;
• olives – 9 pcs.;
• green onion – 2 feathers;
• cheese – 80 – 100 g;
• sour cream and butter - optional;
• salt, vegetable oil, spices.

Preparation:

1. Finely chop the sausage, mushrooms, peppers. Fry until golden brown. You can use butter for this.
2. Add pickled cucumber and olive cubes, as well as chopped green onions.
3. Mix the products and season with sour cream.
4. Pound the chicken fillet thinly. Coat with salt and spices. Cut pieces of it to fit the muffin tins.
5. Line oiled containers with thin slices of meat.
6. Spread the filling on top.
7. Cover everything with cheese. You can spread a piece of butter on top for juiciness.

Bake hearty muffins for half an hour at 190 degrees.

What drinks to surprise your guests with?

There will likely be both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks on the adult table. Conventional store bottles can be replaced with unusual cocktails made with your own hands.

Orange drink without alcohol

Ingredients:

• purified water – 2 l;
• juicy sweet orange – 2 pcs.;
• mint – 4 – 5 sprigs;
• sugar – 3 tbsp. l.;
• ice cubes.

Preparation:

1. Place washed, dried mint, lightly mashed by hand, on the bottom of the decanter.
2. Add pitted orange slices and sugar on top.
3. Mash everything with a spoon.
4. Fill the carafe ½ full with ice.

Preparation:

1. Mix condensed milk and juice. Any other berry will do.
2. Add vodka.
3. Mix everything with a long coffee spoon.

Pour the liqueur into a beautiful decanter or bottle. Cool.

For the holiday table, it is better to prepare several interesting, tasty dishes at once, but in small portions. In this case, each guest will be able to find something to their liking among them. Particular attention should be paid to snacks. There are never too many of them on the holiday table.

What recipes to choose for the holiday table? On the one hand, these should be recipes with photos, simple and tasty. On the other hand, you always want guests

Surprise with something new and unusual. Yes, simply, you often want to prepare original holiday dishes not just for guests, but also for yourself. After all, the traditional salad with crab sticks and herring under a fur coat is, to put it mildly, already tired.

You won’t get lost or confused in this section of the large culinary portal. All for the reason that the most delicious salads for the holiday table and their recipes with photos are collected here. Each recipe was checked by moderators, and we try to give preference to those cooking options that have step-by-step pictures of preparing and combining products, as well as a clear verbal description. As a result, you can quickly and efficiently prepare a new holiday dish and understand exactly: not only by the final taste, but also by appearance, how well it turned out.

A separate place is occupied by simple recipes with photos of sandwiches for the holiday table. This is a snack that is understandable to everyone, which has a classic format, but with the right approach it can differ greatly in both appearance and composition. If in your mind sandwiches are still associated with a large piece of loaf and boiled sausage, then you should get rid of such a cliché. You can prepare a variety of sandwiches for the holiday table, any combination of original products.

For example, some make classic sandwiches with sprats, adding kiwi to them, others fry croutons for sandwiches with caviar. There will be a huge variety of options and variations here, the most important thing is to find the correct and understandable recipe, which on the pages of our site, especially in this section, will be simple and easy to do.

If you need recipes for a festive table, then simple recipes with photos from this section, which is entirely dedicated to the festive table setting, will be useful for every housewife. In addition to salads and sandwiches, which were already briefly discussed above, in the section you can find many options for preparing various types of cold and hot appetizers, main courses and desserts. Having looked at how many recipes have been collected on the pages of our website, you will understand that you will definitely not have more culinary creative block before guests arrive.

19.07.2019

An old Easter cake recipe from our grandmothers

Ingredients: yeast, milk, sugar, flour, egg, butter, raisins, dried apricots, vanillin, salt, powdered sugar

If you need an excellent, proven Easter cake recipe, then you can’t find anything better than this - this is how our grandmothers baked Easter cake. Try it, you will definitely be absolutely delighted with the result!

Ingredients:
- 23 grams of fresh yeast;
- 150 ml milk;
- 150 grams of sugar;
- 500 grams of flour;
- 3 eggs;
- 110 g butter;
- 150 grams of raisins;
- 150 grams of dried apricots;
- vanillin;
- salt;
- powdered sugar.

31.05.2019

Easter cake from Anastasia Skripkina

Ingredients: milk, egg, butter, yeast, sugar, vanilla sugar, honey, flour, salt, nuts, raisins, candied fruit, dried black currants, nutmeg, lemon zest

Easter cakes are an integral attribute of any Easter feast. There are many different recipes for their preparation, and we invite you to try one of them - tested by Anastasia Skripkina.

Ingredients:
- 120 ml milk;
- 1 egg;
- 50 grams of butter;
- 12 grams of yeast;
- 30 grams of sugar;
- 10 grams of vanilla sugar;
- 1 tbsp. honey;
- 250 grams of flour;
- 1 pinch of salt;
- 10 grams of nuts;
- 20 grams of raisins;
- 20 grams of candied fruits;
- 20 grams of dried black currants;
- 0.5 tsp. nutmeg;
- 0.5 tsp. lemon zest.

20.04.2019

Layered Mimosa salad with butter and cheese

Ingredients: canned food, egg, onion, cheese, butter, mayonnaise, dill

Even a novice housewife can prepare mimosa salad, especially if she has our detailed master class at hand. This is a very tasty and appetizing salad that all guests will certainly enjoy.

Ingredients:
- 100 grams of canned fish;
- 2 hard-boiled eggs;
- 0.3 small purple onion;
- 20 grams of butter;
- 50 grams of hard cheese;
- mayonnaise;
- dill for decoration.

05.04.2019

Arugula salad with shrimp and cherry tomatoes

Ingredients: arugula, shrimp, tomato, cheese, garlic, nuts, sauce, lemon juice, oil, honey

I bring to your attention a recipe for a very tasty and healthy arugula salad with shrimp and cherry tomatoes. The recipe is very simple and quick.

Ingredients:

- 1 bunch of arugula,
- 15-17 shrimps,
- 10 pieces of cherry tomatoes,
- 30 grams of hard cheese,
- 1 clove of garlic,
- 25 grams of pine nuts,
- 2 tbsp. soy sauce,
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice,
- 3 tbsp. olive oil,
- 1 tsp. honey

07.03.2019

Salad "Pearl"

Ingredients: salmon, egg, cheese, dill, turmeric, orange, mayonnaise, salt, pepper, caviar, olive, dill

Salad "Pearl" is a very tasty fish salad that I often prepare for the holiday table. The recipe is quite simple.

Ingredients:

- 200 grams of salmon or salmon;
- 2 eggs;
- 50 grams of cheese;
- 20 grams of dill;
- half tsp turmeric;
- 1 orange;
- 120 grams of mayonnaise;
- salt;
- black pepper;
- 30 grams of red salmon caviar;
- 30 grams of olives;
- 1 quail egg;
- a sprig of dill.

06.03.2019

Kulich according to Dukan

Ingredients: cottage cheese, oat bran, starch, turmeric, sesame, egg, baking powder, milk powder

If you are on the Dukan diet, I suggest you prepare a delicious and easy-to-prepare Easter cake for Easter. The recipe is quite simple.

Ingredients:

- 200 grams of cottage cheese;
- 35 grams of oat bran;
- 30 grams of corn starch;
- 5 grams of ground turmeric;
- 10 grams of black sesame;
- 1 egg;
- 5 grams of baking powder;
- sugar substitute;
- powdered milk.

21.02.2019

Dietary Easter cake

Ingredients: cottage cheese, honey, egg, starch, cut, baking powder, raisins, nuts, candied fruit

Ingredients:

210 grams of cottage cheese 2%;
- 3 tbsp. honey;
- 2 eggs;
- 2 tbsp. potato starch;
- 4 tbsp. bran;
- 1 tsp. baking powder;
- raisin;
- hazelnuts;
- candied fruits.

20.02.2019

Festive salad "Kaleidoscope"

Ingredients: chicken meat, Korean carrots, chips, fresh cucumber, boiled beets, white cabbage, mayonnaise, salt, pepper

The Kaleidoscope salad is not only tasty, but also looks presentable. This salad is easy and quick to prepare, it tastes very original and everyone will notice this.

Ingredients:

- 200 grams of chicken meat;
- 150 grams of Korean carrots;
- 50 grams of chips;
- 1 fresh cucumber;
- 1 beet;
- 150 grams of white cabbage;
- 100-130 grams of mayonnaise;
- salt;
- black pepper.

16.09.2018

Warm seafood salad

Ingredients: seafood, tomato, dill, salt, pepper, spice, oil

In just 15 minutes I suggest you prepare a delicious warm seafood salad. The recipe is simple. I propose to serve this dish on the festive table.

Ingredients:

200 grams of seafood cocktail,
- 1 tomato,
- a bunch of dill,
- a pinch of salt,
- a pinch of ground black pepper,
- a pinch of nutmeg,
- a pinch of marjoram,
- a pinch of chopped ginger,
- 20 grams of butter,
- 3 tbsp. olive oil.

23.07.2018

Delicious and beautiful salad "Pine cone"

Ingredients: chicken fillet, egg, cheese. potatoes, corn, onions, almonds, mayonnaise

On winter holidays, most often on New Year's, I prepare Pine Cone Salad. The recipe is very simple and quite quick.

Ingredients:

- 200 grams of chicken fillet,
- 4 eggs,
- 2 processed cheeses,
- 1 potato,
- 100 grams of canned corn,
- 1 onion,
- 250 grams of roasted almonds,
- 100 grams of mayonnaise.

23.07.2018

Salad "Pomegranate bracelet" with almonds

Ingredients: potatoes, mayonnaise, carrots, beef. onion, egg, beets, almonds, pomegranate

There are a lot of recipes for the Pomegranate Bracelet salad. Today I suggest you cook it with almonds and beef. The salad turns out very tasty.

Ingredients:

- 2 potatoes,
- 100 grams of mayonnaise,
- 2 carrots,
- 200 grams of beef,
- 1 onion,
- 4 eggs,
- 2 beets,
- 20 grams of almonds,
- 1 pomegranate.

23.07.2018

Mimosa salad with apple without potatoes

Ingredients: canned food, apple, carrots, onion, potatoes, egg, cheese, mayonnaise

There are a lot of recipes for Mimosa salad. Today I will tell you how to prepare a very tasty and simple Mimosa salad without potatoes with cheese and apple.

Ingredients:

- 1-2 cans of canned food “Sardine”,
- 1 apple,
- 3 carrots,
- 1 onion,
- 3-4 potatoes,
- 5 eggs,
- 100 grams of cheese,
- mayonnaise.

23.07.2018

Salad "Berezka" with prunes

Ingredients: chicken breast, mushroom, cucumber, egg, prunes, onion, mayonnaise, butter, salt, pepper, herbs

For the holiday table, I suggest you prepare this very tasty Fairy Tale salad with prunes. chicken and champignons.

Ingredients:

- 300-350 grams of chicken breast,
- 300-350 grams of champignons,
- 2 cucumbers,
- 2 eggs,
- 50 grams of prunes,
- 1 onion,
- 200-220 ml. mayonnaise,
- 50-60 ml. vegetable oil,
- salt,
- black pepper,
- parsley and dill.

20.07.2018

"Country" salad with cucumbers and champignons

Ingredients: potatoes, chicken fillet, mushroom, onion, cucumber, salt, pepper, oil, mayonnaise

Today I suggest you prepare a very tasty “Country” salad with mushrooms and pickled cucumbers. The recipe is very simple and quick.

Ingredients:

- 2 potatoes,
- 200 grams of chicken fillet,
- 6-8 champignons,
- 1 red onion,
- 5 pickled cucumbers,
- salt,
- black pepper,
- 2 tbsp. vegetable oil,
- 1 tbsp. mayonnaise.

12.07.2018

Baked potatoes in the microwave (in a bag)

Ingredients: potatoes, salt, vegetable oil, dried paprika, ground black pepper, granulated garlic, Provençal herbs

Baking potatoes in the microwave will save you a lot of time. But the taste of the dish will not suffer at all. This is a great side dish for a holiday or family dinner.

- 8-10 potato tubers;
- a little salt;
- 2-3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
- a pinch of ground paprika;
- a pinch of black pepper;
- 1/3 tsp. granulated garlic;
- a pinch of Provençal herbs.

Having decided to celebrate their child’s birthday, poor mothers go out of their way to create a menu. You should take this much more simply by organizing a quick and inexpensive birthday table.

Children prefer “traditional” food, what is prepared in any family, and flatly refuse to even try an unfamiliar dish.

By being democratic, children make our task much easier. Although young mothers with small children cannot be called inactive, and sometimes there is no shame in being a little lazy.

In reality, a children's party can be inexpensive and quick to organize. Fortunately, it is easy to please preschool children; they have not yet developed snobbery - and the quality of the holiday will not suffer one bit from its budget, and you can set an inexpensive table for your birthday.

Leave beautiful cutlery and services alone, children will not appreciate them, at this age values ​​are slightly different. Complex salads and various culinary delights will also most likely not be to your taste.

When organizing your child’s birthday, we can say that setting the table inexpensively is not so difficult. The main thing is to give preference to instant recipes.

Due to the “universal” busyness of young mothers, labor-intensive recipes for the holiday are not suitable for them. True, this somewhat narrows the options, but there is no other choice, and the menu will not suffer if you try.

A simple festive table for the holiday - as a way to save money

A correct and practical approach to choosing dishes and decorating the room will help you save a lot and avoid hassle with preparation.

Disposable plates and cups of a wide variety of colors are just right for little kids.

This will save you from mountains of dirty dishes and stained tablecloths.

For safety reasons, plastic dishes have advantages over glass, since they cannot be broken and injured.

A plain tablecloth will serve as table easels; you can take one made of spandbond, Teflon, or more expensive paper ones. True, to find a plain tablecloth, you will have to try, since most often manufacturers produce multi-colored tablecloths.

We put felt-tip pens on the table for young artists to inspire their creativity. Believe me, now your wallpaper will remain in its original form, and the kids will rush to selflessly paint the tablecloth.

To decorate the space above the table, you can use everything that comes to mind: colored garlands, pom-poms, streamers.

The room where the celebration will take place can be decorated with posters, cards and photographs. For fastening, you can use pieces of tape or power buttons.

If the birthday boy is a boy, then sweets (candies) can be served in the back of a toy car, having previously placed a napkin on the bottom. You can decorate a girl’s birthday table by putting sweets in a beautiful box.

We invite our dear guests to the festive table

As you know, children most of all want to have fun, play, and run. Most of them are indifferent to hot dishes.

Serving all kinds of cutlets, kebabs and other delicacies more suitable for adults should be avoided. And in case of increased appetite, you can offer the children boiled sausages, lazy cabbage rolls or pieces of chicken on skewers that are more acceptable to them.

Recipes for light snacks for guests

The main “soloist” on the menu is light portioned salads, canapés, and tartlets. It is better to make them in several versions.

1. "Hedgehog". One of the most favorite salads for children. To prepare you will need:
   • 0.5-0.7 kg of boiled chicken fillet;
   • 4-5 pcs. medium ripe tomatoes;
   • 4 things. hard-boiled eggs;
   • 2-3 sweet bell peppers;
   • 2 boiled carrots;
   • 4 things. black olives.

   If you want to make a dietary dish, then use a mixture of sour cream and yogurt, and do not forget to add salt to taste. But if you want to use mayonnaise, then no one forbids you - you can make a dressing from it.

   Cooking method:

   1. Cut the pieces of chicken fillet and tomato into cubes, chop the pepper into strips. Grate the eggs and carrots on a medium grater.
   2. Place all the ingredients in a salad bowl in layers in the shape of a hedgehog. First - chicken pieces, then tomatoes, a layer of eggs, and finally a layer of sweet peppers. Coat each layer with mayonnaise or a mixture of sour cream and yogurt.
   3. Sprinkle the remaining grated carrots on the back of the hedgehog, and sprinkle the squirrels on his face.
   4. Using olives, we make eyes and a nose for the hedgehog, cut one olive into strips and make eyelashes.
   5. Children are delighted that the hedgehog carries fly agaric mushrooms on his back. We make them from eggs - legs and tomatoes - caps, dots are drawn with mayonnaise.
2. Canapes. Canapes look quite interesting on a children's holiday table. They fit perfectly into the category of budget but fun dishes, especially since the kids really love to help and thread all sorts of goodies onto skewers. The recipe is incredibly simple. We will need: pieces of cheese, pepper and ham, cut into circles, squares, triangles, or in the form of flowers.

   Various products are used, from corn to gherkins, whatever you decide will be tasty and look beautiful.

   To prepare sweet canapés, they use pieces of kiwi, banana, pineapple and other berries that are available at this time of year. Chicken croquettes can be used as a meat ingredient; preparing them yourself is not difficult. Method of preparation:

   1. Grind the chicken breast in a meat grinder, combine it with the yolk and, previously soaked in milk, a piece of loaf.
   2. We form balls from the minced meat, roll them in egg and breadcrumbs.
   3. Fry in sunflower oil until golden brown.
   4. The balls are strung on skewers mixed with pieces of cheese and sweet pepper in random order - and are quickly and with great pleasure devoured.

   Canapés will cost you 300-350 rubles, and the servings will be approximately 20-25 pieces.

3. Cheese sandwiches with delicately made, cute ladybugs as decoration will also perfectly complement your holiday table. They are made surprisingly simply and quickly, and both older and younger members of your family can participate in the cooking process. So, to decorate your dish with a cute ladybug, you need:
   • Take a cherry tomato and cut it into two equal parts;
   • Having set aside one part, take a piece of olives as a head for the cow; use the same product to make black spots on the back of the “insect”;
   • Don't forget to also fill your cow with something tasty so that the taste isn't monotonous.

   The most convenient and tasty option is finely shaved cheese with a small amount of garlic sauce and mayonnaise. Having mixed all this, simply fill the inside of the cut tomato with the same mayonnaise, make eyes for the insect and, if you want, a smiling face.

   As you can see, this recipe is not that difficult to implement, and if you do not want to spend a long time on preparation, it will be the ideal solution for your table.

   You can also simply cut cheese in the form of flowers, funny faces, and so on, in order not only to please your guests with a good mood, but also to intelligently dilute the overall atmosphere of the holiday.

   The approximate cost is no more than 200 rubles.

4. Rolls with ham or salmon. Like the above, this recipe is easy to follow. So, to make rolls with ham or salmon, you need to prepare your work surface:
   • Spread out the pre-cooked Armenian lavash, cover it with a layer of your favorite processed cheese, and then place a layer of ham or salmon on it, depending on your taste preferences.
   • After this, roll the resulting result like rolls, then cut it into equal halves crosswise.

   The approximate cost is about 200 rubles, the total number of servings is at least 20.

What else you should definitely read:

Budget-friendly drink options for any occasion

At a birthday party you want to drink, and the more the children have fun, the more this desire flares up in them, but here’s the catch: you don’t really want to stuff your children with not particularly healthy sodas of all stripes or juices from a package, and you don’t have the money. so much…

What to do in this situation?

1. Children's compote. Probably each of us remembers compote? So for us now it will be the most rational and tasty option.

   Dried fruit compote is something that can be prepared a couple of hours before the celebration, or even a day before the intended date.

   To do this, you need to throw a couple of orange slices into the hot preparation, as the taste of the drink from childhood is instantly transformed for the better.

2. Regular berry juice. Also, many of us remember the taste of berry juice - and in our case, it will be an excellent option for a children's feast. But you should be careful with this tasty drink - it leaves permanent stains on clothes.
3. Banana shake. It is also very simple to make, but requires preparation immediately before serving, which means that if you have an assistant ready to stand at the blender, then such a banana smoothie will be a tasty and healthy replacement for soda. All you need for eight servings:
   • 800 ml cool milk;
   • 4 bananas;
   • any syrup;
   • ice cream.

Or for any other holiday Nowadays it’s not a problem, the stores have everything: meat, all types of fish, caviar, delicacies, fruits, confectionery - if only there was money. And there are so many recipes for preparing holiday dishes now! These are all kinds of salads, casseroles and rolls for every taste.

But if you have limited funds, what should you do in this case? It's okay, there is a way out of this situation too. The main thing is to use your imagination. How to inexpensively set a holiday table and what should be on this table? Cold and hot snacks and fruits. Here is a sample menu for an inexpensive table.

Cold appetizers are salads, cold cuts, and sandwiches. We can dwell on the latter in more detail. It is, firstly, satisfying, secondly, tasty and, thirdly, beautiful.

You can make sandwiches with ham, red fish, cheese and garlic mixture. To make them look festive, add slices of bright vegetables and sprigs of herbs. 50% of the success of sandwiches is their appearance.

We recommend making a chicken sandwich. To prepare it you will need boiled chicken breast, tomatoes, mayonnaise, and herbs. Spread the toasted bread with mayonnaise, put a piece of thinly sliced ​​tomato on it, then a slice of chicken breast, and put a sprig of herbs on top.

The next dish can be served cold or hot depending on the filling - these are lavash rolls. You can simply grease the pita bread with prepared pate with herbs and cut it, or you can make a more complex filling, cut it, grease it with mayonnaise and bake it in the oven. The filling is prepared with chicken, eggs, crab sticks, mushrooms, fish, and ham. Put everything you have, add onions or garlic, herbs - and bake. Decorate and serve hot.

Next is the salad. Take crab sticks as the main ingredients, add eggs, scalded onions with boiling water and, again, depending on the availability of products, improvise. Crab sticks go well with cheese, seafood, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers, white cabbage and Chinese cabbage. We can recommend taking Chinese cabbage as a basis and also adding any vegetables, cheese, and crackers to it. Season with mayonnaise.

It’s difficult to cook hot food without meat or fish, so let’s keep the amount to a minimum. This can be achieved by preparing the dish from minced meat rather than a whole piece of meat. Minced meat can always be diluted with vegetables and bread. Prepare meat zrazy stuffed with eggs and sautéed onions with a side dish of mashed potatoes or Albanian-style chicken cutlets. The recipes for these inexpensive dishes are known to everyone.

To start saving on food, you need to learn how to combine foods. After all, from 2-3 ingredients you can prepare delicious and, most importantly, inexpensive dishes. Wasting your life is no longer in fashion, and the money that we spend on a festive table can be used in another way: allowing ourselves a short rest, meeting in a cafe in a friendly company, buying a new gadget. Let's try together to optimize food costs and create an economical menu for the upcoming holiday.

Cheap food for a feast

1. The best in digestibility and economical in cost are vegetables, fruits, berries and herbs. These products can be purchased without compromising the family budget.
2. Tangerines, oranges cut into slices or rings, persimmons, pineapples, grapes, and apples look great on the holiday table.
3. No feast is complete without fresh salads and herbs. There must be cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, bell peppers. To surprise your guests, you can buy a head of cauliflower and fry it in pieces in batter. This dish can be more than just a side dish – it’s cheap and tasty!
4. To save money on meat, buy chicken fillet and make one main dish, such as chops and fries.
5. For variety, choose 2 mackerel carcasses to make aspic with lemon. The dish always goes with a bang, because this type of fish is unusually tasty when boiled, and the jelly filling gives it a piquancy, which can be decorated with peas, boiled carrots and parsley.
6. Focus on the time of year, because in summer vegetables are much cheaper, and among winter cold appetizers, boiled beets, seasoned with mayonnaise, butter, with the addition of salted fish and carrots, are popular.

Recipes for the most economical dishes

To set the table inexpensively and tasty, you will need a little time and a little skill. Let's start with the simplest appetizer with which you can surprise your guests.

Cold appetizer "Cheese plates"

For 6 servings you need to take 3 medium-sized tomatoes, 4 cloves of garlic, 100 gr. mayonnaise, 100 gr. hard cheese and parsley for decoration.

Place the tomatoes, cut into slices, on a flat dish, salt and pepper each separately, sprinkle with chopped garlic and grease with mayonnaise. Place a mound of grated cheese on each “plate” and place a bunch of parsley on top. It turns out to be a very bright, quick and inexpensive dish!

Croutons with cheese

This is an appetizer for white wine or beer. Black bread should be cut into slices and each fried on both sides in vegetable oil. While the bread is still hot, rub each piece with garlic, then add mayonnaise and sausage cheese, cut into thin slices. The dish is crispy, spicy, aromatic, and will not leave anyone indifferent.

Chicken in French

For 6 servings you need 1 kg of legs, 2 tbsp. l. lemon juice, 1 tbsp. l. honey, sunflower oil, salt and spices to taste.

To make the dish dietary, remove the skin from each leg and fry the chicken in this form in a frying pan for 5 minutes. Then take out the semi-finished product, dry it on a paper towel, salt, pepper, brush with honey, make small cuts, drop a few drops of lemon juice into each of them. After marinating, put the legs in a frying pan, put them on the lowest heat, cover with a lid and let them simmer for 15-20 minutes.

Potato and cauliflower balls

For 6 servings you will need 500 g. potatoes and the same amount of cauliflower, 50 gr. butter, salt and black allspice.

Cook the cabbage and potatoes until fully cooked, add butter inside and make a puree. It will be thick, but not sticky, it is easy to roll into balls and fry in vegetable oil. If you prefer a dietary table, place each ball on a greased baking sheet and place in the oven for 10-15 minutes, not forgetting to turn your culinary masterpiece from one side to the other so that a crust forms on different sides.

Pots with a secret

A dish cooked in the oven has a richer taste than one made on the stove. If you have portioned clay pots on your household, the problem of how to inexpensively set the table will disappear by itself. After all, you can put any vegetables inside: carrots, potatoes, cauliflower or Brussels sprouts, kohlrabi, onions, peppers, tomatoes. Vegetable stew can be topped with cheese and garlic can be added to taste. Any type of meat and poultry goes well with vegetables. They are cut into small pieces, the ingredients are mixed and baked in the oven. One such dish will replace both the main dish and the side dish, why don’t you save money?

Families with low income know how to inexpensively set a holiday table. But this does not mean that they celebrate holidays worse than others. Thanks to little secrets, they manage to organize a good festive event with a “richly” set table, welcome guests with dignity and have a great time.

Selection of products for the holiday table

Due to lack of budget, the main principle of choosing products is their cheapness. Seasonality plays an important role. If it's summer, then the following will go on the table:

• Berries;
• Fresh fruits;
• Fresh vegetables;
• Fresh greens.

If it's winter outside:

• Pickled and salted, pickled vegetables;
• From fruits - persimmons, tangerines, “our own” apples;
• Of fresh vegetables, those that can be stored for a long time are carrots, cabbage and beets;
• From berries - compotes.

And potatoes, poultry and inexpensive fish are available all year round.

If in summer it is advisable to prepare a salad of tomatoes and cucumbers, then in winter it is convenient to prepare carrots or boiled beets with garlic.

Dishes for an inexpensive table

The cheapest food options for the holiday table are:

• A variety of snacks in the form of croutons, sandwiches, toasts, canapés;
• All kinds of salads from seasonal products;
• Side dish: mashed potatoes, rice;
• Garnish: chicken, inexpensive fish, chicken or fish cutlets, meatballs with boiled cereals mixed with minced meat;
• Drinks - compotes, jelly, alcohol - fruit cocktails.

Cheese and tomato appetizer

To prepare this wonderful snack you will need the following ingredients:

• Tomatoes;
• Sausage cheese;
• Garlic;
• Mayonnaise;
• Greens for decoration.

The most amazing thing is that the products can be taken in any proportions - depending on taste. You need to prepare it like this:

1. Cut the tomatoes into slices and place on a plate;
2. Grate the cheese on a fine grater, crush the garlic to a paste;
3. Mix cheese with garlic;
4. Place cheese on tomato slices and garnish with herbs.

Parsley goes especially well with this appetizer. This appetizer is also good with chicken kebab. By the way, chicken kebab is a very cheap dish.

Chicken kebab

For chicken kebab you will need:

• Ham - 1 kilogram per person if there is nothing else, or 300 grams if there is a side dish and many snacks;
• Onion - a third of the weight of the leg;
• Tomatoes - the same amount as onions;
• Vinegar - by eye, so that it tastes slightly acidic;
• Salt and black pepper - to taste.

Ingredients for the sauce:

• Mayonnaise - 1 jar;
• Garlic - 3 cloves.

Preparation:

1. Chop the legs into small pieces. You need to take small legs, as large ones will fall apart;
2. Soak the chicken in water, add salt, pepper and vinegar;
3. Peel the onion and cut into thick slices, place on the chicken;
4. Leave the onions and chicken to marinate for 2-3 hours;
5. First thread the meat onto each skewer, then the onion, then a slice of tomato;
6. When the kebab is almost fried, brush its sides with mayonnaise sauce mixed with crushed garlic;
7. Keep it on the fire for another 5 minutes so that the sauce dries to the chicken.

This kebab turns out to be very cheap, but so tasty that not every person is able to distinguish chicken from pork or beef.

Croutons with cheese

This is a great beer snack - crispy, spicy and aromatic. You will need:

• Black bread - 1 loaf;
• Mayonnaise - half a jar;
• Sausage cheese - 200 grams;
• Vegetable oil;
• Garlic - 4 cloves.

Prepare croutons as follows:

1. Cut the bread into thin slices and fry in a hot frying pan with butter;
2. Rub the bread with peeled garlic cloves on both sides;
3. Place bread on tray;
4. Spread mayonnaise on top of the slices;
5. Grate the cheese on a fine grater and sprinkle on top of the mayonnaise.

These croutons turn out so delicious that they sell out at the party with a bang. And in order to prepare them, you only need about 50 rubles.

As you can see, in order to set a festive table, you don’t have to have several thousand with you. It is enough to buy the most common cheap products and prepare the most unusual and delicious dishes from them. Guests will be amazed at your resourcefulness. And everyone is already tired of the traditional set tables; they want variety and new taste sensations.

Setting the table for a holiday is not a problem if you have money. The store shelves are overflowing with goods; there are products for every taste - fish, meat, sausages, Japanese dishes, overseas vegetables and fruits. However, not everyone has access to such variety. What to do if a holiday is approaching and your budget is very limited? How to set the table deliciously, but inexpensively? “Popular about health” has several recommendations on this matter. If you use them, guests will never guess that you are strapped for cash.

What does a delicious holiday and inexpensive menu include??

The holiday menu always includes cold appetizers, hot dishes, and dessert. These are the three main tasks that you need to set for yourself so that guests appreciate your reception. Cold appetizers include salads, sandwiches, and cold cuts. Hot dishes are meat or fish with side dishes. Dessert – something sweet from baked goods or fruit. The approximate menu is known, now let's look at budget but tasty dish options that you can take into service.

How to set the table inexpensively and deliciously?

Cold snacks

Sandwiches are a win-win option. They should not only be tasty, but also beautiful. A plate of sandwiches should look elegant. What to make them from so as not to spend a lot? Here are some options:

1. Egg with grated processed cheese and herbs.

2. Processed cheese with garlic.

3. Boiled breast with a slice of tomato, mayonnaise and herbs.

4. Butter, sprats.

These are perhaps the most budget-friendly sandwiches. To diversify your snacks, you can make thin lavash rolls. You can use anything as a filling - an egg with green onions, eggs with crab sticks and bell peppers, mushrooms with fried onions. Just grease the pita bread with mayonnaise and apply a layer of filling on it, and then roll it into a roll. Place in the refrigerator to steep, and before serving, cut the roll into pieces and place beautifully on a dish.

This fish is popular among Russian people, so include it in the menu. Buy fresh frozen herring, preferably fatty and large. Clean, gut and fillet. Sprinkle salt on both sides and leave to salt for an hour. Then rinse the salt and cut the fillet into pieces. You will also need an onion - a couple of heads. Grind it into half rings and put it in a jar in layers - herring, onion, herring, onion. Then add vegetable oil and leave in the refrigerator for at least three hours. Believe me, all the guests will ask for the recipe for such herring, and it won’t be available within five minutes after serving.

Well, if you want to surprise your guests, pickle pink salmon for salmon. By the way, this fish makes excellent sandwiches.

Now let's move on to hot dishes.

Budget-friendly hot dishes for the holiday menu

Fish and meat are mandatory attributes of the festive table. However, not everyone can afford to feed a dozen guests with selected pork. So we'll look at other treats. To keep everyone full and happy, you can use minced meat. For example, you can use it to make cabbage rolls or stuffed peppers. It's tasty, healthy and beautiful. As you know, rice is mixed into the minced meat, which saves a little money, and the minced meat itself costs a little less than pork tenderloin or neck.

As for fish, if you have a limited budget, you can cook not salmon, but, for example, baked pink salmon with onions and mayonnaise, or fry pollock in pieces and make a juicy marinade for it with tomato, onion and carrots. Potatoes in any form are suitable as a side dish. You want mashed potatoes, but young potatoes seasoned with butter and dill will look more elegant on the table.

Be sure to cook the eggplants. The spicy appetizer will not only decorate the table, but will also please the guests. Fry the blue ones, cut into circles, in oil, brush each of them with a thin layer of mayonnaise with garlic, and place a slice of tomato on top. It's divinely delicious and very inexpensive.

Dessert

Dessert is the final part of the celebration. The guests are already full, but they want something sweet. To save money, use puff pastry. You can make delicious croissants or fingerlings from it. For filling, use jam, jam, condensed milk with nuts.

Don’t forget about fruits - if you have very little money, then make fruit slices from bananas, kiwis, and oranges. Place the sliced ​​fruits on a beautiful dish, it looks attractive and appetizing. Also, there seems to be a lot of cut fruit. If you serve the whole fruit, your guests will eat more. If you have your own berries from the garden, serve them to each guest in a separate bowl, topped with whipped cream and sugar or yogurt. For many, such a treat is a luxury; guests will certainly appreciate it.

Setting the table on a budget but deliciously is not so easy, but if you think through everything and look for simple recipes, then it is possible. The main task of the housewife is to make the dishes bright, because half the success will depend on their appearance.

Simple holiday table

Festive table: chicken, cutlets, Olivier, lightly salted red fish, tartlets with sprat salad, pickled tomatoes, sausage and potatoes

The menu for the festive table, recipes and the order of distribution of forces (so that the hostess does not get tired), the shopping list (products for recipes) is at the very end. Some dishes can be prepared in advance, the rest are prepared immediately before the holiday. Everything is delicious, everyone will be full and happy.

Composition of dishes for a simple holiday table

Cooked for 4-6 people(adults), if more guests gather at the table, the food allowance can be increased.

This festive table is suitable for a small reception of guests on a birthday, March 8, February 23, for a meeting with old friends and girlfriends, for other family holidays, when a narrow circle of relatives gathers, who do not need to be amazed with amazing culinary delights, but simply need delicious food. And not to fall from fatigue afterward, but to save strength for warm communication with pleasant table conversations.

When you click on the name of the dishes, you will be taken to a detailed recipe for their preparation (basically, all recipes with step-by-step photos and calculations for the number of servings indicated below).

1. Meat dishes, side dishes and appetizer salads

• (12-16 pieces on a baking sheet);
• (from 2 kg of minced chicken, but you can also use minced turkey or pork-beef, pork, 18-20 pieces). The recipe is given without eggs and onions, but you can also.
• Raw smoked sausage and sliced ​​pork neck (0.5 kg of each, depending on how much you like it). You can add a piece of cheese (0.3-0.4 g) to the slices.
• (1 large chum salmon was salted);
• (2 cans of sprat, 8-10 tartlets);
• (with sausage, but you can also use the same neck or chicken);
• pickled or other delicious homemade preparations (, or) - 1 can or 1 kg of cucumbers for quick salting;
• Boiled potatoes - a large saucepan (about 4-5 potatoes, at least medium size, per guest, have 3 kg of potatoes on hand, it will come in handy);
• Bread (0.5 loaves of black and loaf for 4-6 guests) or Uzbek - 2-3 pieces.

2. Sweets and tea

• Tangerines or seasonal fruits - 2-4 per guest;
• from store-bought ready-made meringue with banana cream (you can use regular meringue with butter and powdered sugar);
• Drinks: tea - a pack, coffee - a can, 1 can of compote or juice (3 liters), mineral water and alcoholic drinks - optional);
• Sugar – 0.5 kg or a pack of refined sugar.

Cutlery

• Tablecloth and paper napkins (2-3 per guest). Some people need napkins or towels for their laps to avoid getting dirty (keep 1 on hand per guest in case they ask).
• Dinner and dessert plates for cake, cups, glasses for compote or mineral water, glasses for wine, forks, tea spoons - 1 in total according to the number of guests; tablespoons - 1 in each dish that needs to be served, a knife and a cake slicer.

Cooking procedure

In fact, you only have to cook 6 dishes (or 7, if you want to pickle the cucumbers yourself in a bag, it’s quick). Everything else is already ready (home canned or bought in a store) and needs to be cut or simply laid out.

You can prepare in advance (the day before the holiday):

• Red fish (clean and salt);
• Cutlets;
• Cake (you can do it on the day of the celebration, it’s quick. Or you can prepare the cream in advance and assemble the cake 1 hour before the guests arrive so that the butter has time to harden);
• Boil vegetables in their uniforms (Olivier) and eggs (Olivier and tartlets).

On the day of the holiday

• Thighs (salt, place on a baking sheet, grease with mayonnaise and remove when baked) = you can put in the oven 1-1.5 hours before guests arrive;
• Boil the potatoes - peel them in advance and put them on the fire 1-1.5 hours before the guests arrive (at the same time as the thighs);
• Cut the Olivier salad (you can not dress it, but cover it and put it in the refrigerator. And season it with mayonnaise just before serving).
• Make a fish salad and set aside the fish tails for the tartlets (also put them in the refrigerator for now, and transfer them to the tartlets 10-15 minutes before guests arrive).

If guests come, for example, for lunch (2 p.m.), then you need to start at 10-11. Make salads, peel potatoes, assemble a cake (if you haven’t prepared it in advance).

Use small meringues to scoop out the cream and add a new layer of cake.
Place a second layer of meringue (coated with cream) on the first layer.
Quick cake Count's ruins from purchased bezes

The meringue crumbles on the plate. How delicious!

Cooking Olivier
Olivier sliced, season before serving
Plate with Olivier and chicken thigh

Thighs baked in mayonnaise

Approximately 1.5 hours in advance, let the potatoes and chicken cook. While everything is boiling and baking, chop the sausage, meat, cheese and bread (cover everything with napkins or cling film), lay out the pickles, and towards the end, heat the cutlets. At the same time, you can cover the tablecloth and set the table. In 10-15 minutes:

• Place the sprat salad among the tartlets and stick the fish into them;
• Season Olivier with mayonnaise;
• Place the prepared thighs on a dish, and the heated cutlets on another (you can also use cold ones. It’s also delicious);
• Place the prepared potatoes and pour the thigh sauce over them;
• Pour compote or juice into a jug or carafe;
• Remove the napkins from the sliced ​​food and bread, check that all dishes have spoons for serving, and that there are enough cutlery and napkins for all of them;
• Wash the tangerines;
• Meet all the guests and eat!

Enjoy your meal! And have a great holiday!

A simple home holiday table - what to cook, how to plan the time, how many products will be needed

And if you have very little time to cook and you buy some of the dishes from the supermarket deli, then there is an option. Everything is also delicious and very simple.

And there is also, if you like something else. And (simple - with and without baking, and intricate, complex)

Festive table with chicken, cutlets, Olivier, lightly salted red fish, tartlets with sprat pate, pickled tomatoes, sausage and potatoes

If necessary, here are the recipes for preparing these recipes for 4-6 people (there is food left over, 8 will also get enough):

Holiday shopping list

Bread and pastries

• Black bread – 0.5-1 loaf;
• Loaf – 0.5-1 pieces;
• Tartlets – 16 pieces (with reserve);
• Meringue (meringue cookies, small meringues) – 300-350 g;

Meat, fish, sausage

• Thighs - 12-16 pieces (per 1 baking sheet, depending on size);
• Minced chicken (or pork-beef, pork, minced turkey) – 1.8-2 kg;
• Red fish (chum salmon, coho salmon, pink salmon, or other good one) – 1 large fish;
• Boiled sausage – 300-400 g in Olivier;
• Smoked sausage (0.5-1 stick), neck, bacon, brisket - optional (according to packaging);

Cheese, butter, eggs, mayonnaise

• Cheese – 1 piece (for slicing, optional);
• Chicken eggs - 10-16 pieces (in 2 salads and in minced meat, if you want);
• Mayonnaise – 1 large package (or 1 medium and 1 home-started);
• Butter – 360-400 g;
• Vegetable oil for frying – 0.5 bottles (for cutlets and lightly salted fish);

Canned food

• Sprats - 2 cans of 180-200 g;
• Green peas – 0.5-1 can;
• Tomatoes, cucumbers, mushrooms, olives, canned – optional, if you don’t have homemade preparations, 1-2 cans.

Vegetables, fruits, nuts

• Potatoes – 3-5 kg ​​(for a side dish and in Olivier);
• Carrots – 1 medium (in Olivier);
• Pickled cucumber - 1 (in Olivier), but more is possible - on the table;
• Fresh cucumber (for lightly salted) – 1 kg;
• Onions – 2-3 heads;
• Garlic – 1 head (less can be done if you have a head at home);
• Greens, 1 bunch each: green onions (if not, we’ll make do with the ones we have), dill, maybe parsley and basil;
• Walnuts for the cake (shelled) – 100-200 g (not necessary, but it tastes better with them);
• Tangerines – 2 kg or apples, oranges, persimmons (if they don’t fall apart and you don’t crush them with other purchases) number of pieces – according to the number of guests (+2-6 spare), 2 bunches of grapes;
• Bananas – 2-3 pieces (for the cake, but you can make the cream without them);
• Lemon – 2 (for lightly salted fish, for thighs and for tea or cognac);

Spices, semolina, salt-sugar, whose-coffee

• Dried basil – 1 bag;
• Ground black or allspice pepper (whatever you like, optional) – a small bag;
• Semolina (can be rolled oats, rice flakes or 2 slices of bread) – 0.5 cups per minced meat, if purchased, then 0.5-1 kg;
• Salt;
• Sugar - 0.5 kg of granulated sugar (in a sugar bowl, for lightly salted fish and 1 cup in cream, if there is no powdered sugar). You can buy 1 pack of refined sugar for the sugar bowl, if you want.
• Powdered sugar for cake – 1 cup (this is a small package of 200 g);

Sometimes preparing for a holiday takes a lot of time and this time is often not enough to prepare complex holiday dishes.

Therefore, we suggest considering dishes that are prepared quickly, but are in no way inferior in taste to dishes that are difficult to prepare.

What you can quickly prepare for a birthday: recipes

Cheese roll with salmon

This dish is quite easy to prepare. Cheese and salmon go well together.

These ingredients will suit almost everyone's taste. If desired, this dish can be supplemented with any ingredients. After all, cooking can be classified as an art form that is based on various experiments.

Preparation:

1. All you need is a thin sheet of pita bread. A thick sheet will not work - it will not make a roll. You need to spread it on cling film and apply a thick layer of processed cheese;
2. Then spread finely chopped salmon over the entire surface of the sheet;
3. The lavash sheet needs to be rolled into a tube. Then put the resulting roll in the refrigerator and leave it there for 27-30 minutes so that it is saturated;
4. When the roll is saturated, it needs to be carefully cut and decorated with herbs. The dish is ready.

Cheese "Raffaello"

The preparation of this snack is quite simple, despite this, it is very original and will look great on every holiday table. When preparing, the housewife will save a lot of time.

Ingredients:

Preparation:

1. Processed cheeses should be placed in the freezer for 25 minutes so that they harden a little and are convenient to grate;
2. After 25 minutes, remove the cheese from the freezer and grate on a coarse grater;
3. Mix the cheeses with nuts and garlic, passed through a garlic press;
4. Roll the resulting mass into small balls;
5. Grate the crab meat on a fine grater;
6. Roll cheese "Raffaello" in crab shavings;
7. Place lettuce leaves on a plate and put Raffaello on them. The dish is ready.

Watch the video with another version of cheese balls:

Main courses

Hot dishes are a staple on every holiday table. And, most often, housewives try to make a good impression on guests with the help of original and satisfying hot dishes.

Tender chops

A very tasty dish and very easy to prepare. Pork goes well with tomatoes and cheese. These ingredients give the meat a special taste.

Ingredients:

• 450 grams of pork meat, preferably the neck part (you need to choose lean meat);
• Two large tomatoes;
• 450 grams of mushrooms, preferably oyster mushrooms;
• 250 grams of Parmesan cheese;
• Large bulbous head;
• 300 grams of mayonnaise (it is better to take olive);
• Greenery;
• Olive oil.

Preparation:

1. Cut the meat into medium-thick slices, beat;
2. Pour mayonnaise over the meat, leave to soak for a couple of hours;
3. Grate the cheese;
4. Cut tomatoes into rings;
5. Fry oyster mushrooms with onion (finely chopped);
6. Place meat on a baking sheet greased with olive oil;
7. Place oyster mushrooms with onions on the meat, then tomato, cheese and mayonnaise on the tomato;
8. Place the resulting chops in the oven at 180 degrees;
9. The chops are ready, after which you can decorate them with herbs.

Cutlets "Swallow's Nest"

A very delicate dish. It will look great on the holiday table.

Ingredients:

Preparation:

1. Soak the loaf in milk or water;
2. Add garlic, dill, allspice, eggs, and chopped loaf to the minced meat. Mix well;
3. Place flatbreads made from minced meat on a baking sheet greased with olive oil;
4. Cut cheese, tomato, bell pepper (in rings);
5. Place on the meat flatbread in the following order: ketchup, onion, tomato, mayonnaise, cheese. Place the pepper on top and press down lightly so that the filling penetrates a little;
6. Place in the oven at 180 degrees. Bake for 25 – 35 minutes;
7. Place the cutlets on a plate and garnish with dill. The dish is ready to be served on the festive table.

Different housewives prepare these cutlets in different ways. Below we suggest you prepare them in a different way.

It will turn out very interesting and festive:

Recipes for holiday snacks for the team at work

Many people often celebrate their birthday with their work team. If you also want to share this holiday with your work colleagues, then you will need delicious and as unpretentious dishes as possible.

Salad with red fish in tartlets

This salad is very original. It consists of classic ingredients, but they are all loved by many.

Salad with red fish in tartlets is suitable for a festive table outdoors or in the office.

Ingredients:

• Greenery;
• 100 grams of cream cheese;
• 350 grams of any red fish;
• 150 grams of mayonnaise;
• 10 small tartlets.

Preparation:

1. Cut the fish into slices;
2. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater;
3. Mix cheese and fish, add mayonnaise and herbs;
4. Place the resulting salad in tartlets;
5. Decorate with sprigs of greenery. The dish can be served on a festive table.

Buffet herring under a fur coat

A tasty and easy to prepare dish. The taste is reminiscent of Soviet herring under a fur coat. Very good for a buffet table.

Ingredients:

• A bunch of greenery;
• Salted herring fillet – 300 grams;
• One large beet;
• Mayonnaise - to taste;
• Bread.

Preparation:

1. Cut the herring fillet into slices;
2. Boil the beets and grate them on a fine grater;
3. Cut the bread into small slices, spread with mayonnaise and sprinkle with herbs on top;
4. Finely chopped onion is placed on top;
5. Next add beets, then a couple of pieces of herring fillet;
6. Decorate with greens.

You know, canapés are considered the best snack to take to work and celebrate your birthday there. Why the best? Yes, because they are quick to make, you can get a lot of them, and you can bring them to the office without losing their aesthetics and appetizing appearance.

That's why the following video is for your attention:

What delicious thing to cook for a birthday inexpensively?

If the amount that can be spent on food for preparing holiday dishes is limited, then tasty but inexpensive dishes will come to the rescue.

Zucchini cake

This dish is quite cheap to prepare. It will be an excellent option not only for the holiday table, but also for a family Sunday lunch.

Ingredients:

Preparation:

1. If the zucchini is old, then you need to peel it, but if it’s young, you don’t have to peel it;
2. Grate the zucchini on a coarse grater;
3. Add flour, three eggs, soda, slaked with vinegar, and salt to taste to the zucchini mixture;
4. Spread the resulting mixture little by little onto a heated frying pan to form pancakes. Fry on both sides;
5. Grate the cheese onto a fine grater;
6. Mix mayonnaise with garlic, previously passed through a garlic press;
7. Coat the resulting zucchini cakes with mayonnaise and garlic, add thinly sliced ​​tomato and sprinkle with cheese;
8. Place tortilla on tortilla;
9. Grease the last flatbread with mayonnaise and sprinkle with boiled grated eggs;
10. Place the resulting cake in the refrigerator to soak;
11. Decorate with greens.

Delicious chicken in sauce

Chicken dishes very often decorate the holiday table and suit the taste of almost everyone.

Chicken can be cooked very tasty without much financial investment. And it will always be in demand on the holiday table.

Ingredients:

• Large chicken carcass about 2 kilograms;
• 400 grams of sour cream;
• Two tbsp. l. apple cider vinegar;
• 500 grams of onions (purple, lettuce);
• A bunch of greenery;
• Olive oil;
• Turmeric.

Preparation:

1. The bird carcass should be cut into small slices, the onion into thin rings;
2. Place a frying pan on low heat, pour olive oil into it, add chicken;
3. Stir in onion, sour cream and turmeric;
4. Pour apple cider vinegar into the frying pan with the chicken, followed by the prepared sauce;
5. Cover with a lid and simmer over low heat until done;
6. The dish is ready, garnish with herbs before serving.

The following video is about how to prepare a spectacular birthday salad:

Celebrating in nature

A holiday in nature is always good. But dishes for an outdoor celebration should generally be prepared in advance.

The main thing is that they should taste excellent both hot and cold.

Puff salad with mushrooms, cheese and chicken

An excellent salad for an outdoor celebration. Delicious and very filling.

Ingredients:

• 250 grams of hard cheese;
• 450 grams of fresh mushrooms (can be frozen);
• Five boiled chicken eggs;
• 250 grams of mayonnaise;
• Boiled chicken fillet - 0.5 kg;
• Four small onions;
• A bunch of greenery;
• Vegetable oil;
• Salt.

More Interesting options for light dishes that are quick and easy to prepare.

Recently, such a snack as tartlets has become increasingly popular. If you consider yourself one of those people who like them, then you will definitely get a bright holiday table!

When celebrating a birthday outdoors, the main dish is often shish kebab, especially chicken. We invite you to read the tips on choosing chicken meat for it and find out in which marinade the kebab will be the most delicious.

Preparation:

1. Peel the onion and finely chop it, sauté over low heat;
2. Add boiled mushrooms to the pan with onions and fry;
3. Cut the cheese into thin strips;
4. Grate the eggs on a coarse grater;
5. Boil the fillet in salted water and cut into strips;
6. Lay out in layers:

• Layer I – chicken fillet cut into strips;
• Layer II – grated eggs;
• Grease with mayonnaise;
• III layer – cheese;
• Layer VI – onions with fried mushrooms;
• Grease with mayonnaise;
• V layer – cheese mixed with eggs;
• Spread with mayonnaise and garnish with herbs.

Place the salad in a cool place to soak. Decorate with greens. The dish is ready to be served.

Grilled squid stuffed with cheese and tomato

An exquisite dish for an outdoor celebration. Guests will be pleasantly surprised.

Ingredients:

• 1.5 kg of fresh frozen squid carcasses;
• 400 grams of hard Parmesan cheese;
• Seasoning for seafood;
• 6 small tomatoes;
• Greenery.

Preparation:

1. Wash the squid carcasses and remove the chaff;
2. Rub with seasoning, salt, leave for several hours;
3. Cut tomatoes into quarters;
4. Cut the cheese into large cubes;
5. Place a cube of cheese in each squid carcass, then a quarter of a tomato;
6. Place carefully on the barbecue grill and bake over coals for 25 minutes;
7. Garnish the baked squid with herbs.

Festive menu for children

A child's birthday is a little different from an adult's. This is because little guests are most often picky. It is necessary to prepare dishes that will satisfy all the requirements of children.

Fruit icecream

At a children's party this dish will be very relevant. After all, all children love ice cream.

And it will be especially tasty with a fruit base. If a child’s birthday is in the summer, then this dish will even be indispensable.

Ingredients:

• Four bananas;
• 400 grams of strawberries;
• Four kiwis;
• 400 grams of creamy ice cream;
• Mint leaves.

Preparation:

1. Grind all the fruits separately in a blender;
2. Layer in layers: banana, strawberries, kiwi, ice cream;
3. Place in the freezer;
4. Garnish with mint leaves;
5. The dish is ready.

Homemade pizza “Dream”

It is believed that pizza is a harmful dish, but if you prepare it at home from natural ingredients, then the harm from it will be minimal.

All children love pizza. And at a children's birthday party she will not take the last place.

Ingredients:

Preparation:

1. The flour needs to be sifted;
2. Break an egg into a 3-liter container, add sugar, salt, soda;
3. Add flour, kefir;
4. The dough needs to be kneaded;
5. Place the resulting dough on a baking sheet greased with sunflower oil;
6. Place diced tomatoes on the dough;
7. Mushrooms need to be fried over low heat;
8. Cut the sausage into strips;
9. Pepper is also cut into strips;
10. Grate the cheese;
11. Cut the onion into rings and fry;
12. Mushrooms, onions, sausage, mayonnaise, and pepper are placed on the tomatoes laid out on the dough. Sprinkle cheese on top;
13. Bake at 180 degrees for 35 minutes.
14. The dish is ready.

The hostess decides which dish to prepare for the holiday, based on the personal beliefs and taste preferences of the guests. This article will help you decide a little about the choice of dishes for your birthday celebration.

We offer you a wonderful video from which you will find out what else you can prepare for your children’s birthday table so that they don’t get bored and their tummies don’t hurt: