What to cook quickly on the table. Festive menu tasty and inexpensive

What is the main difference between an ordinary table and a festive one? Everyone will say: a lot of salads and bright design. Let's also add: and some non-ordinary, interesting, "key" hot dish, a kind of "highlight of the program." Festive hot dishes are a whole art that every housewife should master. Preparing for the holiday, any hostess first thinks about what she will have a hot dish on festive table, and only then - salads, drinks and all that. With salads, it is desirable to be creative. After all, even the most ordinary salads can sparkle with new colors, if you approach them with imagination. The use of new ingredients can change your holiday dish beyond recognition. Recipes for festive dishes allow you to experiment with products, their combinations and colors. Not only holiday salad, but any second dish on the festive table must be bright. Do not skimp on unexpected moves, try to combine more ingredients of different colors. Just look at the illustrations of real holiday dishes! The photos of these masterpieces are fascinating! Be sure to consider the experience of chefs who have already prepared dishes for the festive table. Recipes with photos of their creations can make your task much easier.

Delicious holiday meals are not necessarily festive meat dishes. After all, many people do not eat meat at all, or they prefer vegetables and fruits. You can’t deprive these guests of the holiday, make lenten festive dishes for them, the list of which is also quite large. After all, the main thing here is how to arrange and submit. Carved vegetables and fruits, original boiled egg and carrot roses, beautiful flowers and real mushroom fields - your imagination can be limitless.

Of course, no one cancels meat dishes for the festive table. They need to be given special attention in order to try to surprise guests, to create a real festive atmosphere. It is festive meat dishes, along with some special birthday cake, can become the “highlight of the program”. Special decorations require festive dishes for a birthday. Here are appropriate beautiful inscriptions, drawings, figurines, etc. But the main thing is that these are delicious dishes. You should not put ordinary snacks on the festive table. Also, as they are not suitable at all simple meals to the holiday table. After all, this is a holiday, you need to surprise and delight guests. Recipes for dishes on the festive table just differ in their special taste and special design. Therefore, when preparing for the holiday, we advise you to study and prepare those festive dishes, the recipes with photos of which you will find on the site and which you will especially like in appearance.

And here are some more "holiday" tips: - take the time to decorate the table. It's even very exciting. Guests will appreciate your efforts, and you yourself will get a great mood. To help you, the list of colors of products for decorating dishes:

Red color is given by tomatoes, cranberries, sweet peppers;

Pink, raspberry - beetroot, cranberry juice;

Orange - carrots, bell peppers, tomato;

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

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

Burgundy - beets;

Yellow - egg yolks, corn, lemon;

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

You need to decorate salads just before serving, so that the products do not flow and look fresh and appetizing;

Try to give different salads different colors;

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

Festive table on hastily

Recently, I had to assemble a festive table in haste. There was little time for cooking - only 2.5 hours + another 1 hour - for a quick run to the store for everything you need. I did. It turned out very tasty, the guests were satisfied.

I will tell you how you can allocate time, have time to collect the table and not get very tired. And what to cook for guests in a hurry.

What should be on hand

Good knives (a sharp small one and 1 large one are enough for me);
Cutting board (can be 2);
Grater (large and small);
Several bowls for cooking and mixing dishes;
Spices (which you usually use);
Apron;
Tableware (plates-forks-spoons-glasses-glasses-glasses and tea-coffee utensils: cups-saucers-plates for cake-teaspoons), napkins, a jug for drinks (for compote, juice), tablecloth.
Dishes for serving dishes to the table and tablespoons (for laying out salads and other dishes);
Utensils for cooking (pots, pans, kettle).

In addition, clean hand towels are needed in the house, toilet paper, soap. Maybe slippers if you and your guests usually wear them.

I cooked in a foreign country. Therefore, I took with me: an apron, spices ( dried basil) and a grater (suddenly not in the house). If you go to cook in someone else's house and are not sure if there are convenient knives there, I advise you to definitely grab your own, proven ones.

What can you buy in the store

We proceed from the fact that time is running out. Therefore, complex salads, for which you need to boil and cut a lot of different ingredients or lay them out in some special way, are not suitable for us. They can be taken, but only ready-made. Yes, I know that ready-made salads are evil, but we have an urgent men's birthday. Here - either everything from the supermarket's cooking, or we still have time to cook some of the dishes ourselves, giving the table a homely look.

With our own hands, we will only do what is prepared quickly. The principle of distribution of forces is as follows:

A few homemade quick and easy meals.
Some prepared food (1-2 salads, 1 meat). This is to guarantee something to feed if we do not have time to cook.
Snacks - something that will be a delicious addition to dishes or diversify the table, but does not require cooking (sausage, cheese, olives, cherry tomatoes, fruits, sweets and other snacks).

I write only what I chose for a particular birthdayfor 7-8 people. And you are guided by the situation.

Shopping list

Of the spices, I had only dried basil (in cutlets and cucumbers, but you can do without it). Check if there is salt at home. Otherwise, it must be added to the list.

Ready-to-cook meals

Salads with mayonnaise to choose from: – 700-800 g- Olivier (almost a win-win, most of the guests love him, we bought him). Herring under a fur coat is also an option, women love it. You can take any other delicious salad, which you have already bought here and are sure of its quality.
Meat baked / fried: – piece by piece, according to the number of guests. We took meat in French. Can be replaced or supplemented with chicken thighs or legs (baked in the oven or on the grill). Choose something traditional, beautiful and fresh.
Vegetable salads - 400 g(not all of them will). Instead of vegetable salads, we bought 300-400 g of pickled champignons with onions. Options: coleslaw or sauerkraut if you like spicy: Korean salads (algae, mushrooms, pork ears), Georgian cabbage (in large pieces in beetroot juice). Spicy and fresh diversify the taste sensations of guests.

Semi-finished products

Minced meat (we have delicious pork and beef, pork and chicken and chicken) - 700-800 g.

canned food

pickled cucumbers(gherkins) - 1 can(not necessarily, we have not opened, and there are so many). You can - pickled tomatoes;
Mushrooms (salted are tastier than pickled) - 1 can. We did not buy, we managed with those from cooking;
Olives and olives – 1 bank;
Pineapples - 1 can(480 g). This is for a salad with cheese and garlic.

Vegetables fruits

Cherry tomatoes (fresh) 500 g (packing). Put a whole branch on the table. They are very well eaten between times, like grapes (you can take and / or grapes - both on a salty and sweet table). Choose those cherry tomatoes that sit firmly on a branch, they are fresh (those that have fallen off have been standing for a long time).
fresh cucumbers - 5-8 pieces(medium size). This is for quick salted cucumbers;
Potato - 2-2.5 kg(a whole cellophane bag);
Lemon - 1 piece;
Garlic - 1 head;
Onion - 2 heads(in salad and cutlets);
Dill - beam.
Tangerines, grapes, any seasonal fruits and berries. We had 1 kg of tangerines.

Sausage, cheese, minced meat, fish, eggs

Boiled sausage (doctor's) - 0,5 a small loaf;
Sausage Boyarskaya(type of ham) - 0,5 a small loaf;
Cheese Black Prince(Belarusian) - 250 g. The taste is good, traditional;
Cheese (some ordinary, like Russian, in a salad) - 100 g;
Processed cheese (Friendship or Orbit) - 1 piece;
Eggs - 1 ten(large);
Herring in oil - 1 package;

Mayonnaise (The dream of the hostess turned out to be quite normal) - 1 small package (200 ml);
Vegetable oil for frying(you need a little, maybe you have a quarter of a bottle at home).

Beverages

Remember that you always want to drink at a plentiful table and 1 glass of compote or juice will not be enough for a guest (consider that everyone will drink 2-3 glasses).

Alcoholic drinks: wine, martini, vodka - whatever you like. We have 1 bottle each: white and red wine (dry and semi-sweet), martini bianco. We drank a little, but everyone had a choice. Focus on your company.
Juice - 2-4 liters(orange, grapefruit, apple, multifruit, tomato) - whatever you like. You can - a three-liter jar of homemade compote.
Mineral water - 2 bottles 1.5 liters each.

Tea - package. Perhaps coffee (we got by with regular Ahmad tea);
Sugar - package lumpy (refined) or 0.5 kg of ordinary bulk.

Hercules or semolina- it lies right next to it (you will need a couple of handfuls in cutlets). I took a package of hercules, then the owners will cook porridge from the leftovers.

Sweet

Cake - 1 piece(we had 800 g of honey and sour cream, the most common, similar to homemade).
Candies - 500 g. I bought by weight, 3 types - Gulliver (cool, large), Mishka (good) and some ordinary ones. You can just a box or do without sweets.

Bread

Take everything in slices, remember that we have no time.

Black or custard - 1 loaf / loaf;
White bread or loaf - 1 piece.

What dishes were on the table (menu)

Cutlets (cooked) - 12-14 pieces came out (depending on size);
Meat in French - 7 pieces;
Salad Olivier - a large salad bowl;
Pineapple salad with cheese and garlic (cooked) - 1 medium salad bowl;
Stuffed eggs - 2 plates, Jewish cream cheese salad with garlic (cooked);
Sliced (sausage 2 types and cheese) - 2 plates;
Olives and olives;
Herring with onions;
Pickled champignons;
Mashed potatoes). I did it with olive oil, there was no cream or sour cream at home. It came out delicious.
Cherry tomatoes;
Korean-style tomatoes (cooked in advance).

Procedure

Stewed cutlets

Hard boil eggs- Cook 9 pieces, the tenth raw - in minced meat. Share in cold water, bring to a boil, cook for 10-12 minutes. Cool in cold water.

Prepare minced meat for meatballs: Break 1 egg into minced meat, add oatmeal (1/2 or 2/3 cup), grate a couple of garlic cloves (fine grater) and 1 onion (large grater) into it. Add a pinch of basil. Salt. Knead. Let it stand while we peel the potatoes - just the flakes will swell, absorb excess moisture.
Salted cucumbers cook and then peel potatoes(put in water, set to boil 40-50 minutes before the guests arrive). Fast Cooking salted cucumber slices: wash, cut off the tips. Cut each cucumber in half and rugs into 4 slices. Slices (as they are cut) are thrown into a container or jar and salted on top. A few sprigs of dill and 2-3 cloves of garlic - chop, add to the cucumbers. Close the lid and shake vigorously for 2-3 minutes. Then leave at room temperature until serving (under a tightly closed lid). You can shake it periodically (when you remember them - shake them, they will be better salted).
Pickled cucumbers
fry cutlets- heat the oil in a frying pan, form cutlets and fry them on both sides until a small crust appears. Fried - put in a pan, at the bottom of which a layer of oil is poured. When all the cutlets are in the pan, add 2/3 cups of cool water, cover with a lid (or slightly open it if there is no steam outlet in the lid so that the water gradually evaporates) and simmer over low heat until cutlet smells appear (about 30 minutes) . Be careful not to burn.

Eggs stuffed with salad

Stuff eggs- Peel hard-boiled eggs, cut in half. Take out the yolks, mash them with a fork. Add finely grated: processed cheese and 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped onion (1/2 head). Mix. Season with a little mayonnaise. Stuff the eggs with the resulting salad (in 1 egg - 1 teaspoon with top). It is not necessary to tamp, let them be with a slide. I decorated with dill and a piece of sweet pepper (yes, we didn’t buy it, I found it in the owner’s refrigerator, but this is not necessary). 4 eggs fit on a dessert plate (7 halves in a circle + 1 in the center), I had 9 (18 halves), the extra was squeezed in somehow. Before serving, each plate can be placed in a plastic bag (so that the bag does not come into contact with the eggs from above, let air in). And refrigerate until serving.

Cut sausage and cheese. I cut the sausage loaf lengthwise into 2 parts and then into thin semicircles across the loaf. You probably cut the same way. Put the cuts on plates, insert them into bags and also put them in the refrigerator so that the cuts do not deteriorate and do not get windy.
Making Pineapple Salad. Put pineapples in a bowl (pieces or cut rings into slices), grate cheese (hard, like Russian) there - a coarse grater, garlic (2 cloves) - a fine grater. Closer to serving, mix, season with mayonnaise.

Along the way, you need to set the table - entrust this to someone from home or run around yourself in between cooking. Set a table, cover with a tablecloth, arrange plates, lay out napkins (put additional ones in a napkin holder), forks. Put glasses and glasses. Bring drinks to the table. Put the bread on a plate (cover with a napkin or also put it in a bag for now).

Assemble the table: gradually lay out all the prepared dishes in salad bowls and plates and transfer to the table. You can immediately put bowls with olives and olives (they will not deteriorate); pickled cucumber-tomatoes; put the herring in the herring box, add the onion cut into semicircles to it (half of the stuffed eggs remained). Cutlets will just reach, potatoes will be cooked (drain water, salt, add oil, ceiling). I also cut a lemon for tea (I sprinkled the circles with sugar to make it tastier, but - whoever likes it). Remove salads and cuts from the refrigerator right before guests arrive so that they do not spoil.

All! Enjoy your meal!

Quick holiday table in haste.

Laying a festive table is a rather expensive business. Let's talk about various options budget, hearty and delicious meals.

To begin with, we choose the practice of planning. We study the products in stock, try to use them in festive dishes. We write a list of dishes with ingredients and a list to buy in the store.

We offer examples of options for delicious and inexpensive dishes with a brief description.

Salads, appetizers

Envelopes / tubules with cheese and mushrooms. Wrapped in thin pita bread or pancakes fried mushrooms with grated cheese, heat in a pan with butter on both sides so that the cheese melts. Can be served both hot and cold.

Salad with mushrooms. Ingredients: boiled red beans -100 gr., mushrooms fried in butter - 100 gr., 2 boiled eggs, garlic, salt, sour cream or mayonnaise. To mix everything.

Herring under a Fur Coat. Ingredients: 0.5 onions, 1 herring, boiled grated potatoes, grated carrots, eggs, beets, mayonnaise or sour cream)

Sandwiches with cheese clouds. Grate 2 processed cheeses like "Hope", "City", 2 eggs, grate garlic, sour cream or mayonnaise, mix. Put the resulting cheese cloud on bread, you can add cucumbers and sprats.

Sauerkraut.

Salad in a hurry. Mix 1 jar of canned green peas, 0.5 finely chopped onions with sour cream or mayonnaise, plus salt and pepper to taste. It turns out simple and quite tasty.

Sharp carrot. These are variations on the theme of “Korean-style carrots”. Three carrots on a grater with garlic and ground black pepper, coriander, and other spicy hot spices, season with sour cream or vegetable oil.

Radish with carrots. Three grated radishes with carrots, salt and season with sour cream.

Avocado with cheese and garlic. Three grated 1-2 medium avocados, 150 gr. cheese, 2-3 cloves of garlic, salt, season with sour cream or mayonnaise.

Available cutting options: cheese, sausage, cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet peppers.

Pancakes with various "economical" fillings. We wrap various fillings in thin pancakes: finely chopped or grated boiled eggs, rice with fried onions; liver with onions and eggs; mashed potatoes with mushrooms and fried onions; cheese with mushrooms; sliced boiled sausage with mushrooms and cheese.

Salad with biscuits "Fish". Lay out in layers: “fish” cookies, coat with mayonnaise, grated smoked cheese (“Sausage”), finely chopped chicken breast with green onion, 3 finely grated eggs, a layer of mayonnaise. It is better to let it brew in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours so that the cookies are “soaked”.

Salad with fresh vegetables and herbs:
Option 1: young cabbage, cucumber, dill, green onion, sour cream, salt.
Option 2: cucumber, radish, 2 finely chopped eggs, lots of herbs, salt, sour cream.
Option 3: cucumber, tomato, sweet pepper, cheese, onion, herbs, salt, sour cream.
Option 4: chicken breast or ham, cheese, bell peppers, tomatoes, 2 boiled eggs, salt, ground pepper, sour cream or mayonnaise.

Tomatoes with cheese and garlic. Cut the tomatoes into rings, put grated cheese with garlic and mayonnaise on top.

Liver plates. We make a liver pate: 0.5 kg of boiled or fried liver, 1 carrot, 1 onion, 0.5 packs of plums. oils, salt and spices to taste. Scroll the liver with vegetables in a meat grinder, mix everything. Then put on "wheat plates", tartlets or bread.

Salo. Salo can be used both as a cut, and make a kind of snack by chopping it together with garlic and pepper in a meat grinder. Then spread this mixture on bread. It turns out especially tasty if such sandwiches are slightly warmed over a fire on a grate.

It is more economical when using an abundance of seasonal ingredients: in the presence of freshly picked or canned, frozen mushrooms, we cook dishes with them in the season of abundance fresh vegetables- use them to the maximum, etc.

hotter

Chicken breast fritters. Finely chop the raw chicken breast, 1 onion, salt, pepper, mix with mayonnaise and fry in a pan.

Chicken cutlets. We scroll the chicken breast, add a small piece of bacon or pork, 2 eggs, salt, pepper, a little milk, bread or potatoes. Mix thoroughly and fry.

Liver pancakes. 0.5 kg chicken liver grind in a meat grinder or blender, 1-2 eggs, 2 tbsp. spoons of milk, onion, 100-200 gr. flour. Mix thoroughly until thick sour cream and spread the pancakes on a preheated pan.

Fish in sauce. Ingredients: 3 large pollock, 1 carrot, 1 onion, 100 gr. milk, 2 tbsp. spoons of sour cream, salt, pepper. Put the fish in a hot pan, fry on both sides, add chopped carrots and onions, simmer for 5 minutes, add milk, sour cream, seasoning, simmer for another 5-10 minutes.

Fried potatoes with onions.

Fried mushrooms with onions and sour cream.

Fish cutlets.

Boiled rice with fried mushrooms. Separately, cook the rice and fry the mushrooms with onions, then mix or spread the mushrooms on top of the rice.

Chicken wings baked in the oven. Soak a few hours before baking chicken wings in sauce: sour cream or mayonnaise, salt, pepper, spicy seasoning. Then spread on a baking sheet and bake until crispy.

Potato casserole. We wrap it in thin pita bread, laying it out in layers: mashed potatoes, minced meat or stew, fried onion, cheese, sour cream.

Warm meat salad. Fry separately: finely chopped chicken breast, a little beef and vegetables: eggplant, zucchini, onions. We spread it on a plate, serve it short.

Potato pancakes with sour cream and mushrooms.

Zucchini pancakes with sauce(mayonnaise, sour cream and garlic)

For tea

Homemade cakes are much cheaper and more natural than purchased ones.

Biscuit pie with apples. Beat 5-6 eggs and 150-200 gr. sugar, add 100 gr. flour, the dough should be like liquid sour cream. Cut 2 medium apples into a baking dish, spread the dough and bake for 30 minutes.

Pie based cake. Based on this cake, you can make a cake. We cut the cake into several cakes, coat with cream, add soaked dried fruits, marmalade, berries, pour chocolate icing.

Pancakes or thin pancakes with jam, condensed milk, chocolate

Homemade cookies and waffles

Ice cream with jam or sliced bananas

Marshmallow and cookies

Cheesecakes for tea with jam and sour cream

Cake from cottage cheese. Lay out in layers: cookies like "Jubilee", "Sugar", a layer of cottage cheese with sour cream, a layer of thinly sliced marmalade, a layer of cookies, a layer of cottage cheese with sour cream, a layer of marmalade, cookies, cottage cheese and pour chocolate icing.
For chocolate icing melt in 100g of milk 2 tsp. cocoa powder, 4-5 cloves of dark chocolate, 1-2 tablespoons of sugar.

Fruit

The use of exotic fruits significantly increases the cost of the festive table, you can use more affordable fruits: apples, pears, bananas, oranges. In season - watermelon, melon.

After the holiday

It happens that many products remain after the holiday. So, from vegetable and sausage cuts, you can cook soup-hodgepodge, make a kind of gravy for a side dish, and cook a casserole from the remaining side dish and hot. If there are a lot of products left after the celebration, then some can be frozen in the refrigerator, for example, chicken, meatballs, sausage, pancakes and cheesecakes, fish and many others. So they will remain fresh and significantly reduce the time for cooking in the future, it will be enough just to get them out and warm them up.

Complete the list. What options for delicious and inexpensive dishes do you prepare for the holiday?

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 in no way inferior to dishes that are difficult to prepare.

What can be quickly prepared for a birthday: recipes

Roll "Cheese" with salmon

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

These ingredients will suit the taste of almost everyone. If desired, this dish can be supplemented with any ingredients. After all, cooking can be attributed to this kind of art, which is based on various experiments.

Cooking:

All you need is a thin sheet of pita bread. A thick sheet will not work - a roll will not work out of it. It is necessary to spread it on cling film and apply a thick layer of processed cheese;
Then lay finely chopped salmon over the entire surface of the sheet;
Lavash sheet must be twisted into a tube. Then put the resulting roll in the refrigerator and leave it there for 27-30 minutes so that it is fed;
When the roll is saturated, it must be carefully cut and garnished with herbs. The dish is ready.

Cheese "Raffaello"

The preparation of this appetizer is quite unpretentious, despite this, it is very original and will look great on every holiday table. When cooking, the hostess will save a large number of time.

Ingredients:

Cooking:

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

Watch the video with another version of cheese balls:

Dishes for hot

Hot dishes are crown on every festive table. And, most often, housewives try to produce good impression on guests with the help of original and hearty 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 low-fat);
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);
Greens;
Olive oil.

Cooking:

Cut the meat into slices of medium thickness, beat off;
Pour the meat with mayonnaise, leave to nourish for a couple of hours;
Grate cheese;
Cut into rings tomatoes;
Fry oyster mushrooms with onion (finely chopped);
Put the meat on a baking sheet greased with olive oil;
Put oyster mushrooms with onions on meat, then tomato, on tomato - cheese and mayonnaise;
Put the resulting chops in the oven at a temperature of 180 degrees;
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:

Cooking:

Soak the loaf in milk or water;
Add garlic, dill, allspice, eggs, chopped loaf to minced meat. Mix well;
On a baking sheet greased with olive oil, put the cakes made from minced meat;
Cut cheese, tomato, bell pepper (rings);
Spread on a meat cake in this order: ketchup, onion, tomato, mayonnaise, cheese. Put pepper on top and lightly press down so that the filling enters it a little;
Place in oven at 180 degrees. Bake 25 - 35 minutes;
Put cutlets on a dish, decorate with dill. The dish is ready to serve on the festive table.

Such cutlets are prepared differently by different housewives. Below we suggest you cook them in a different recipe.

It will turn out very interesting and festive:

Recipes for holiday snacks for a team at work

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

Salad with red fish in tartlets

This salad is very unique. 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:

Greens;
100 grams of cream cheese;
350 grams of any red fish;
150 grams of mayonnaise;
10 small tarts.

Cooking:

Cut the fish into slices;
Grate cheese on a coarse grater;
Mix cheese and fish, add mayonnaise and herbs;
Put the resulting salad into tartlets;
Decorate with green sprigs. The dish can be served on the festive table.

Buffet herring under a fur coat

Delicious and easy to prepare dish. By palatability reminiscent of a Soviet herring under a fur coat. Very good for a buffet.

Ingredients:

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

Cooking:

Cut herring fillet into slices;
Boil beets and grate on a fine grater;
Cut the bread into small slices, grease with mayonnaise and sprinkle with herbs on top;
Finely chopped onion is placed on top;
Next, put the beets, then a couple of pieces of herring fillet;
Decorate with greenery.

And you know, canapes are considered the best snack to take to work and celebrate your birthday there. Why the best? Yes, because they are quickly made, there are a lot of them and you can bring them to the office without losing aesthetics and appetizing appearance.

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

What delicious to cook for a birthday inexpensively?

If the amount that can be spent on food for preparing festive 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 a festive table, but also for a family Sunday dinner.

Ingredients:

Cooking:

If the zucchini is old, then you need to peel, and if young, then you can not peel;
Rub the zucchini on a coarse grater;
Add flour, three eggs, soda slaked with vinegar, salt to taste into the mass of zucchini;
Spread the resulting mass a little on a preheated pan to make pancakes. Fry on both sides;
Rub the cheese on a fine grater;
Mix mayonnaise with garlic, previously passed through the garlic;
Lubricate the resulting zucchini cakes with garlic mayonnaise, put the tomato sliced into thin circles and sprinkle with cheese;
Spread the cake on the cake;
Lubricate the last cake with mayonnaise and sprinkle with boiled grated eggs;
Put the resulting cake in the refrigerator to nourish;
Decorate with greenery.

Delicious chicken in sauce

Chicken dishes very often decorate the festive table and suit almost everyone's taste.

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

Ingredients:

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

Cooking:

The carcass of the bird must be cut into small slices, the onion - into thin rings;
Put the pan on a small fire, pour olive oil, lay out the chicken;
Stir onion, sour cream and turmeric;
Pour apple cider vinegar into the pan to the chicken, after which - the prepared sauce;
Cover with a lid, simmer over low heat until cooked;
The dish is ready, decorate with greens before serving.

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

Celebrate in nature

A holiday in nature is always good. But dishes for a holiday in nature 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

Great salad for a holiday outdoors. Delicious and very satisfying.

Ingredients:

250 grams hard cheese;
450 grams 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 greens;
Vegetable oil;
Salt.

More Interesting options for light dishes that are prepared quickly and simply.

AT recent times snacks such as tartlets are becoming 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 in nature, barbecue, especially chicken, often becomes the main dish. We invite you to read tips on choosing chicken meat for him and find out in which marinade the barbecue will be the most delicious.

Cooking:

Peel the onion from the husk and finely chop, pass through over low heat;
Add boiled mushrooms to the pan with onions and fry;
Cheese cut into thin strips;
Rub the eggs on a coarse grater;
Boil the fillet in salted water and cut into strips;
Lay out in layers:

I layer - chicken fillet cut into strips;
II layer - shabby eggs;
Lubricate with mayonnaise;
III layer - cheese;
VI layer - onions with fried mushrooms;
Lubricate with mayonnaise;
V layer - cheese mixed with eggs;
Lubricate with mayonnaise, decorate with herbs.

Put the salad in a cold place in order to nourish. Decorate with greenery. The dish is ready to serve.

Grilled calamari stuffed with cheese and tomato

An exquisite dish for a holiday in nature. Guests will be pleasantly surprised.

Ingredients:

1.5 kg of freshly frozen squid carcasses;
400 grams of hard Parmesan cheese;
Seasoning for seafood;
6 small tomatoes;
Greens.

Cooking:

Wash and clean squid carcasses;
Grate with seasoning, salt, leave for several hours;
Cut the tomatoes into quarters;
Cheese cut into large cubes;
In each squid carcass we put a cube of cheese, then a quarter of a tomato;
Lay carefully on the barbecue grill, bake on coals for 25 minutes;
Decorate the baked squids with herbs.

Festive menu for children

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

Fruit icecream

On the children's holiday this dish will be very relevant. All kids love ice cream.

And it will be especially tasty on a fruit basis. If the children'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.

Cooking:

Grind all fruits in a blender separately;
Lay out in layers: banana, strawberry, kiwi, ice cream;
Put in the freezer;
Decorate with mint leaves;
The dish is ready.

Homemade pizza "Dream"

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

All kids love pizza. And on children's day birth, she will take far from the last place.

Ingredients:

Cooking:

Flour must be sifted;
Break an egg into a 3 liter bowl, add sugar, salt, soda;
Add flour, kefir;
The dough must be kneaded;
Put the resulting dough on a baking sheet greased with sunflower oil;
Put the chopped tomatoes on the dough;
Mushrooms need to be fried over low heat;
Cut the sausage into strips;
Pepper is also cut into strips;
Grate cheese;
Cut the onion into rings, fry;
Mushrooms, onions, sausage, mayonnaise, pepper are placed on the tomatoes laid out on the dough. Sprinkle cheese on top;
Bake at 180 degrees for 35 minutes.
The dish is ready.

Which of the dishes to cook for the holiday, the hostess decides for herself, based on personal beliefs and taste preferences guests. This article will help a little to decide on the choice of dishes for celebrating a birthday.

We offer you a wonderful video from which you will learn what else you can cook for children on the festive table on the occasion of their birthday so that they are not bored and their tummies do not hurt:

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Hot dishes for birthday

Most popular holiday dish in our area, the recipes of which are known to many housewives - chicken with potatoes in the oven. share good and simple recipe cooking chicken with potatoes with photo.

Hashbrown is a popular American potato dish that is very simple and easy to make. We need potatoes, butter and onions. And we will cook in the oven and on the stove. Go!

A popular and very tasty dish of baked meat with potatoes under a beautiful melted cheese crust. Meat in French with potatoes - this is something you should definitely try!

For you - a recipe for cutlets in Kiev with a photo. Cutlets in Kiev from beaten chicken fillet wrapped around a piece butter, fried in boiling oil. I'll tell you how to cook!

The name of this recipe is somewhat arbitrary - French chops are the most common chops, only baked with cheese. Nothing to do with French cuisine. But most importantly, it's delicious!

For me, there is nothing tastier and more satisfying than a well-cooked meatloaf. Meatloaf is a real celebration of life for lovers of meat and meat products. Sharing a proven recipe! :)

Beef goulash is a classic Hungarian dish. For me, this is both soup and the second. You can not do without the popular Hungarian paprika. You will also need potatoes, bell peppers, onions and spices.

Chicken tabaka is a popular Georgian dish. It is prepared simply and quite quickly. Fry the chicken with coriander and cumin. Two or three chickens will be enough for a family. You will need a hammer and mortar.

Fragrant, juicy potatoes in cream in the oven can be cooked in portioned pots or a large heat-resistant form - choose the dishes yourself, and it will turn out delicious anyway, I promise!

Another “exotic” poultry and fruit dish is for those who like unusual culinary solutions. original recipe cooking chicken breast with pear is also relevant for those who follow the figure!

Scientists call potatoes "a botanical masterpiece." This root crop is one of the most valuable on earth. There are simply countless options for its preparation, one of them is potato casserole with bacon.

Another unusual fruit and meat dish. The recipe for beef with pear is perfect for a romantic dinner for two or a solemn family feast.

Only three ingredients, but what a colorful and tasty dish we get! You can please your family with an unusual dinner, feel free to put the boats on the festive table. Sharing the recipe!

I came across an excellent piece of beef just now. It was a pity to cut such meat into pieces. I decided to cook beef, baked in a piece. The beef came out tender, melting, and the spices were baked crispy.

Chicken with apples is delicious, and chicken with apples and prunes is even tastier! It is easy to prepare and the dish turns out amazing - try it! :)

Chicken fillet and bell pepper make a delicious and very beautiful roll. It can be served both as a hot dish, and cut into a snack or used in the preparation of sandwiches.

Legs with apples will amaze you with a combination of chicken and sour apples flavored with onions. I got this recipe from a friend, and she came up with this dish when she couldn't buy duck.

Meat in French with tomatoes is a great festive dish for dinner with friends or family members. The meat is very juicy and tender, and the dish is fragrant and appetizing.

To your attention - a simple, but very effective recipe for pork in the oven. With this recipe, you can easily prepare a hot dish that can be safely put even on the festive table.

Tender beef with mushrooms and sour cream served with rice or noodles. The recipe was invented by Count Pavel Alexandrovich Stroganov in 1890 in St. Petersburg.

A properly cooked piece of meat is the best that can be served on the table. Beef medallion prepared according to this recipe is a dish of just such a category.

Duck with apples is a classic New Year and Christmas dish in many European countries especially in Germany and Austria. If you do not know what to cook for the new year - try this!

Pork zrazy is a great way to cook pork zrazy. The dish fits perfectly into harmony festive feast- for example, in honor of the New Year. Try it - everyone will be delighted! :)

Turkey Shank with Garlic and Rosemary is a trivial dish, but it's worth making it once and you'll be making it all the time.

Château potatoes are a very popular side dish of potatoes for meat or fish in France. A wonderful alternative to boring purees and fried potatoes:)

Baked Potato with Avocado Sauce is an insanely easy dish for vegetarians. Potatoes are very appetizing and fragrant, and avocado sauce makes the taste more varied. Try it!

Duck baked with oranges is a very festive and solemn dish that I usually cook on New Year or Christmas. The hostess cooks, the host cuts and puts each on a plate ... ah!

Pork loin - the meat is quite dry, and it is not easy to cook it deliciously. I share very good recipe- pork loin on the bone with carrots. A couple of tricks - and the meat is very juicy.

Pork recipe with mushrooms and cheese - a wonderful dish for New Year's table. Festive serving, tender and juicy meat, magnificent spicy aroma - the dish meets all quality criteria.

Chicken baked with pineapples is an easy-to-prepare, but very tasty dish that can be prepared for a holiday - New Year or birthday. Effective, unusual and original.

French spiced potatoes are very original way cooked potatoes, which will serve as a great side dish for any meat, fish or vegetable dish.

Recipe for chicken with tomatoes, sweet peppers and olives in white wine. French cuisine.

Chicken with Garlic and Thyme is another simple but very effective method delicious baked chicken in the oven. The garlic and thyme marinade makes the chicken very tender and flavorful.

Stuffed eggplant in Armenian is my signature dish, which was taught to me by a professional Armenian chef. Eggplants turn out just excellent - you will lick your fingers!

Chicken with peanuts - somewhat unusual Slavic man but very tasty dish of Chinese traditional food. Properly prepared, it is simply doomed to success. Preparing is very easy!

"Meat in French" minced chicken

The recipe for a popular meat dish using minced chicken. In fact, we cook the same meat in French, but instead of chops, we use minced chicken. Very tasty!

Pork stuffed with dried apricots and onions is a very unusual and original meat dish, which is pork chops with very juicy and tasty minced meat. Surprise your eaters!

If you do not know how to cook beef, I recommend paying attention to this recipe. Beef chops with garlic are very soft, tender, with a pleasant garlic flavor and aroma. Try it!

puff cabbage in Transylvanian - very tasty Romanian the National dish, something remotely resembling lazy cabbage rolls. Delicious dish made from simple and affordable ingredients.

Rooster in wine is a gourmet French dish that you can cook in your home kitchen. As for me, the dish has every right to be called festive - it looks solemn and very tasty.

Escalopes are boneless, lean cuts of meat that are pan fried without breading. It is best to use pork tenderloin. Escalope is prepared from the kidney part, where the meat is especially soft and tender.

If you don’t know what to cook for the New Year, I recommend trying chicken breasts baked in spices. This is a fairly simple to prepare, but very festive and worthy hot dish.

An easy chops recipe for fried pork lovers. Step by step cooking with photos.

Are you looking for something original for a side dish or for a snack? Then meet - balls of thread. This chicken dish will not only surprise you appearance, but also pleases with its taste.

I tell you how to cook a classic schnitzel - a thin pork chop, which is rolled in batter and fried in oil. A wonderful men's lunch or dinner - simple and satisfying.

Breaded pork is a very unusual way of cooking the most trivial pork meat. Thanks to the original breading, the taste of pork is very original and unexpected.

Chicken marinated in kefir with potatoes is a great option for a fairly quick and a simple dinner or a meal of simple ingredients. No frills, everything is very simple, but delicious.

Lavangi is a delicious chicken dish that is traditionally cooked in southern regions Azerbaijan. Sharing cooking secrets!

Chicken in almond crust is another great way to prepare everyone's favorite chicken meat. The almond crust gives the chicken a perfect new taste- try it, you won't regret it!

I have not cooked such a bright, colorful and delicious dish like stuffed peppers and tomatoes. The ingredients are simple, but the dish is a real masterpiece both visually and in taste :)

Stuffed baked potatoes - a chic side dish for meat dish. A very satisfying, attractive and beautiful side dish for some (for example, for vegetarians) can become a separate serious dish!

mackerel with bell pepper- the perfect union and a great flavor combination. Before cooking mackerel, remember this instruction and you will get an excellent dish!

Ragu is a great solution for those who like to cook dishes in earthenware. Meet a very simple recipe for a stew with meat and green beans in a pot.

Zucchini and meat go together just great, but I don’t like large pieces of meat with zucchini, so I mix this vegetable with minced meat. It turns out a very juicy and tender casserole.

Fried tomatoes are one of my favorite snacks for both everyday and festive tables. Prepared in two counts, but it turns out very tasty and beautiful.

Found another one interesting way cooking pork meat - pork with bell pepper. It turns out a very juicy, fragrant and tender dish.