With the approach of this or that holiday, each hostess begins to wonder: what festive dishes to cook on the table, as well as where to find the original and most delicious recipes for festive dishes, so that guests will appreciate everything. If you are also concerned about these two important issues, then we hasten to reassure you. All the most original, delicious, mouth-watering and healthy dishes on the festive table are collected in this category for your convenience.
There are gourmet holiday dishes, simple dishes that can be prepared in minutes, as well as recipes for holiday dishes with photos. Now you absolutely do not need to spend a lot of time and re-read an endless number of recipes on different sites in order to find holiday recipes. All the best recipes you will find only here.
To begin with, let's figure out with you what you need to serve in general on the festive table and, accordingly, what recipes to pay attention to then. First, it should be hot holiday dishes. It can be baked chicken or duck in the oven, roast, baked fish, as well as many other equally tasty and mouth-watering dishes that will amaze everyone with their unique taste and aroma.
You should also pay attention to delicious holiday recipes that will help you prepare delicious and healthy salads, without which the holiday will not do. It is best to cook several salads, and even the most incongruous products can be used to prepare them to impress everyone present at the table.
As for other dishes, there should certainly be light snacks, sandwiches, and dessert on the table. So pay attention to simple holiday recipes on how to cook these dishes. Holiday recipes with photos will help you quickly and easily prepare even the most delicious dish, which at first glance is quite difficult to cook. However, this is not at all the case; even a novice cook can prepare delicious recipes for the festive table. The main thing is to follow the correct cooking process.
It is also worth noting that you can easily understand how to cook holiday dishes, the photos that we publish for all recipes will help you present the dish beautifully, which is also quite important. That's all, choose recipes, make a festive menu and let the holiday be a success for you, so that your dishes and culinary skills will be remembered for a long time. Good luck!

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, which I often cook on the festive 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

Pike perch fish cakes

Ingredients: pike perch, cream, butter, onion, cracker, paprika, salt, pepper, rice, cucumber

I suggest you cook very tasty and satisfying meatballs from pike perch. The recipe is quite simple. The taste of cutlets will amaze you.

Ingredients:

- 450 grams of pike perch;
- 50 ml cream;
- 30 grams of ghee;
- 90 grams of onions;
- 80 grams of breadcrumbs;
- 5 grams of ground sweet paprika;
- 3 grams of seasoning for fish;
- salt;
- chilli;
- vegetable oil;
- boiled rice;
- salted cucumbers.

06.03.2019

New Year's Salad "Royal"

Ingredients: crab stick, potato, egg, cheese, shrimp, caviar, salt, pepper, mayonnaise, pasta, caviar

This is a very tasty and popular fish snack. which I often cook for the festive table. The dish is very tasty and quick to prepare.

Ingredients:

- 240 grams of crab sticks;
- 200 grams of potatoes;
- 3 eggs;
- 130 grams of Feta cheese;
- 150 grams of shrimp;
- 55 grams of red caviar;
- salt;
- black pepper;
- 150 grams of olive mayonnaise;
- 100 grams of capelin caviar paste.

21.02.2019

Whole juicy baked duck

Ingredients: duckling, apple, sauce, syrup, dry wine, seasoning, salt, pepper, oil

I bake duck with apples several times a year. Previously, it did not always turn out juicy for me, most often I overdried it. But thanks to this recipe, for the past few years, my duck has been delicious.

Ingredients:

1-1.5 kilogram duck;
- 2-3 green apples;
- 15 ml. soy sauce;
- 25 ml. maple syrup;
- 200 ml. dry white wine;
- black pepper;
- Red pepper;
- thyme;
- vegetable oil;
- salt.

21.02.2019

English Christmas cupcake

Ingredients: egg, sugar, butter, cream, flour, baking powder, apple, dried apricots, raisins, prunes, dates, nuts, cognac, seasoning, powdered sugar

Ingredients:

- 2 eggs;
- 140 grams of brown sugar;
- 140 grams of butter;
- 50 ml. cream 20%;
- 150 grams of wheat flour;
- 70 grams of almond flour;
- 10 grams of baking powder dough;
- 1 apple;
- 65 grams of dried apricots;
- 65 grams of raisins;
- 30 grams of prunes;
- 50 grams of dates;
- 60 grams of walnuts;
- 100 ml. cognac;
- ground cinnamon, cardamom, cloves, dried ginger;
- powdered sugar.

20.02.2019

Festive salad "Kaleidoscope"

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

Salad "Kaleidoscope" is not only tasty, but also looks presentable. Such a salad is prepared easily and quickly, it tastes very original and everyone will notice it.

Ingredients:

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

09.02.2019

Duck with sauerkraut in the oven

Ingredients: duck, sauerkraut, onion, salt, pepper

Quite often, I cook poultry dishes for the festive table. Duck with sauerkraut in the oven is liked by absolutely all my family members. It turns out the duck is tasty and tender.

Ingredients:

- 1 duck;
- 400 grams of sauerkraut;
- 150 grams of onion;
- salt;
- black pepper.

18.01.2019

Crab rolls

Ingredients: milk, eggs, flour, sugar, vegetable oil, crab sticks, mayonnaise, salt

For pancakes:

1 l. milk,
6 eggs
2 cups of flour,
1 st. a spoonful of sugar
1 tbsp vegetable oil.

For filling:

252 grams of crab sticks,
2-3 tablespoons of mayonnaise,
salt to taste

15.01.2019

Salad "Lady's whim" with shrimp and squid

Ingredients: lettuce, red fish, cucumber, corn, squid, shrimp, olive, mushroom, balsamic vinegar

If you want to surprise and please your girlfriends who are going to visit you, we advise you to cook a wonderful salad with seafood "Lady's Caprice". It is very effective and tasty, so everyone will surely like it very much.
Ingredients:
For 1 serving:
- leaf lettuce - 2-3 leaves;
- slightly salted red fish - 50 gr;
- cucumber - 0.5 pcs;
- canned corn - 1 tbsp;
- canned squid - 50 gr;
- shrimp - 6-8 pcs;
- olives - 2-3 pieces;
- pickled champignons - 3-4 pcs;
- balsamic vinegar - 1 tsp

13.01.2019

Jellied pig's head

Ingredients: pork head, garlic, bay leaf, onion, salt, black pepper

If you want to please your family with delicious jelly, but do not spend a lot on ingredients, we advise you to cook this dish from a pig's head. This is not at all as difficult as it might seem at first glance.
Ingredients:
- pork head - 4 kg;
- garlic - 4-5 cloves;
- bay leaf - 2 pcs;
- onion - 1 pc;
- salt - 2-3 tablespoons;
- black pepper - 5-7 peas.

05.01.2019

Pancake cake like Palych

Ingredients: milk, water, flour, egg, soda, vinegar, sugar, butter, cottage cheese, sour cream, jam, chocolate

One of the interesting no-bake desserts is pancake cake. The cream for it is prepared on the basis of cottage cheese, and berry jam or jam adds a special charm. Try it, you will definitely like it!
Ingredients:
For test:
- 150 ml of milk;
-150 ml of water;
- 250 gr flour;
- 3 eggs;
- soda;
- vinegar;
- salt;
- sugar;
- vegetable oil;
- butter.

For cream:
- 450 grams of fatty homemade cottage cheese;
- 40 gr sour cream 26%;
- 120 gr of powdered sugar;
- 120 g of strawberry or currant jam;
- chocolate for decoration;
- fresh berries for decoration.

03.01.2019

chicken galantine

Ingredients: chicken skin, minced meat, olive, mushroom, onion, oil, rosemary, parsley, thyme, gelatin, semolina, salt, pepper

Chicken galantine can be cooked both on weekdays and on holidays - it will always come in handy. In addition, as a rule, everyone really likes such a dish, so the housewives are happy to make it.
Ingredients:
- 4 chicken skins;
- 700 gr of minced chicken;
- 10 pieces of olives;
- 120 gr of champignons;
- 0.5 bulbs;
- 1.5 tablespoons vegetable oil;
- a few sprigs of fresh rosemary;
- 1 tbsp dried parsley;
- 1.5 tsp thyme;
- 1.5 tsp gelatin;
- 3 tablespoons decoys;
- salt;
- pepper.

03.01.2019

Salad "New Year's mask"

Ingredients: herring, potatoes, carrots, beets, mayonnaise, eggs, caviar, olives, cranberries, dill

Even such a familiar salad as Fur Coat can be decorated in the New Year's style - in the form of a mask. It will turn out an interesting treat that everyone will certainly want to try.

Ingredients:
- 1 slightly salted herring;
- 2 potatoes;
- 2 carrots;
- 2 beets;
- 250 gr of mayonnaise;
- 2 eggs;
- red caviar, olives, cranberries and dill for decoration.

03.01.2019

Shocking seafood salad for New Year and Christmas holidays

Ingredients: crab sticks, pink salmon, shrimp, tomato, corn, mayonnaise, sausage, olives

Any salad, even with seafood, can be prepared in the form of a pig - a symbol of 2019. Perhaps this is how you can decorate salads not only for the New Year, but also for all subsequent days: it will still be interesting.
Ingredients:
- 300 gr crab sticks;
- 300 gr slightly salted pink salmon;
- 250-300 gr boiled-frozen shrimp;
- 3-4 tomatoes;
- 0.5 cans of canned corn;
- 100 gr of mayonnaise;
- 2 circles of boiled sausage;
- 1-2 olives.

03.01.2019

Beef basturma

Ingredients: beef, salt, sugar, fenugreek, garlic, paprika, pepper

You probably love basturma - tasty, fragrant ... We suggest that you do not buy it in the store, but make it yourself, at home, using our detailed recipe.

Ingredients:
- 1 kg of beef;
- 55 grams of salt;
- 15 grams of sugar;
- 3 tsp ground fenugreek;
- 1.5 tsp garlic powder;
- 2 tsp ground sweet paprika;
- 0.5 tsp hot ground chili pepper.

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

Original and quick recipes for appetizers for the festive table

Snacks should be on every holiday table. They are not only a food product, but also a beautiful decoration. A skilled hostess will be able to serve even simple snacks with style.

• Snack - canape. Canape sticks will be just a great table decoration. Another plus is that the appetizer is portioned, it is easy to take and eat. Almost any product can be used to make canapés. The composition of some snacks - canape: cheese, olive, peeled shrimp; sausage cube, cheese cube, smoked meat cube; cracker, cream cheese, olive. Canapes can also be sweet, then they can be served while drinking tea or drinking wine. For example, you can make canapés from grapes, pineapple and banana. Sprinkle the banana with lemon juice so that it does not turn black. For canapes, you need to use solid elastic products that can stay on a skewer
• Stuffed eggs. Another easy and cheap way to prepare a snack. Eggs can be stuffed with melted cheese and mayonnaise, cod liver and fish caviar. Also, the egg snack is easy to turn into funny figurines that will decorate any table.
• Lavash roll. Buy thin pita bread at the bread kiosk. Put the filling in it, like shawarma. And cut into portions. Vegetables can serve as a filling: cabbage, carrots, onions. Also, add meat or crab sticks, cheese and sauce. This appetizer is very tasty and easy to prepare.
• Light tomato appetizer. Everyone has known this snack since childhood. Tomatoes are cut into thin rings, smeared with garlic sauce and sprinkled with cheese. Then decorate with chopped herbs.
• Meat and cheese cuts. If there is absolutely no time for cooking, make meat and cheese cuts. Get creative when decorating
• Also, pickled mushrooms, herring and other prepared salted foods can serve as an appetizer.

How to make a salad for a festive dinner quickly?

In order not to delay the preparation time on the day of dinner, prepare all the ingredients in advance. Boil vegetables and eggs and cool, leave in the refrigerator. On the day of the gala dinner, all you have to do is chop everything and season with sauce.

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

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

• To prepare a super fast cake, you need to prepare purchased cakes. It remains to decide on the choice of cream
• The simplest and most delicious cream is based on condensed milk. There are several recipes using boiled and regular condensed milk
• Recipe 1. We take butter and condensed milk (50 to 50). We soften the butter and mix it thoroughly with condensed milk with a mixer. The cream is rich and oily
• Recipe 2. For this cream, we need: condensed milk, sour cream, a little butter, vanilla sugar. All ingredients must be thoroughly mixed until smooth.

How to cook a quick cake in the microwave?

A microwave oven is a lifesaver for any housewife. If it is, then making even a quick cake with it is not difficult.

• The cake recipe is called Quick Chocolate Cake. Depending on the creams, the recipe is easy to change to your liking and to your personal tastes.
• For the test we need: a glass of sugar, 2 eggs, 50 g of butter, baking powder or soda, a glass of milk, sugar, 2 tablespoons of cocoa and flour (approximately 2 cups)
• The dough is easy to prepare. Mix all ingredients until smooth. Then pour the batter into a greased microwaveable dish. Heat-resistant glass mold is perfect. We put the cake in the microwave 900 W for 7 minutes
• Let the cake cool slightly and take it out of the mold. We are waiting for complete cooling. At this time, prepare the cream
• We need sour cream, dark chocolate bar, sour cream thickener and powdered sugar. Melt the chocolate in a water bath and beat all the ingredients thoroughly with a mixer
• Cut the crust in half. Lubricate the cream generously between the parts of the dough and the top of our cake. You can decorate with grated chocolate, nuts or cocoa. Leave the cake in the refrigerator for soaking for a couple of hours

Recipe for a quick and delicious puff pastry Napoleon cake

The classic Napoleon recipe is long and tedious. Guests will not even suspect substitution if you cook this cake according to a different, simpler recipe.

• We will need: yeast-free puff pastry, flour, butter, egg, a glass of milk, lemon juice
• Cooking "cakes" for the cake. Cut the dough into pieces and bake in the oven according to the recipe on the package. Don't worry if the cakes are a little broken
• At this time, prepare the custard: beat the egg, add a glass of flour and 2 tablespoons of flour, sugar to taste. We put on fire and constantly interfere. We wait for the cream to thicken and turn it off, add lemon juice
• Grind pieces of baked puff pastry with your hands until large puff crumbs are obtained.
• Mix dough with cream. We cover the form with cling film and put the cake into it. Leave in the refrigerator overnight
• In the morning we take out the cake, free it from the film and decorate with the remnants of puff pastry. Napoleon ready

Delicious and quick sandwiches on the holiday table

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

Recipes for a delicious and quick hot dish for a festive dinner

There are some simple second courses that can satisfy any company. The recipes of several of them are so fast that they take a minimum of time.

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

Quick holiday meat dishes

And of course, no festive feast is complete without meat dishes. Consider a few simple recipes.

• Baked chicken. Cooking chicken quickly, most of the time will be spent on baking. At night, marinate the chicken with salt, spices and garlic. I put it in the refrigerator. Before baking, grease the chicken with a mixture of mayonnaise and mustard. Put in the oven on medium heat. Bake for a little over an hour, until pink juice no longer stands out when pierced.
• Chicken wings in soy sauce. This dish is original and very tasty, it came to us from Asian cuisine. We need: chicken wings, fresh ginger root, garlic, soy sauce, spices and a little salt. Marinate the wings in soy sauce, adding grated ginger and finely chopped garlic. Wings marinated in this way can be baked or stewed
• Portion meat baked in foil. It takes a very long time to cook pork in a large piece, but you can quickly bake portioned pieces by decorating them and adding additional ingredients. We put a broken piece of pork on a piece of foil, sprinkle with spices and salt. Next, put fresh champignons, tomato slices and sprinkle with cheese. Roll up the piece carefully. We do this with each portioned piece. Place on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour.

• To prepare dinner quickly, prepare the ingredients of the dishes in advance
• Don't experiment with new dishes before guests arrive. In case you fail, everyone will remain hungry, and the hostess will be upset
• Pay due attention to the decoration of dishes. Guests pay more attention to the appearance of the table.
• Make one "signature dish" that you know how to cook and present it in the best possible light
• Don't cook too much. It will only take extra effort and resources.
• Prepare delicious drinks, cocktails. Don't forget to stock up on regular drinking water.
• Take breaks between meals to entertain your guests. So the food will fit and the guests will be able to experience the whole gamut of tastes.
• Remember that the main thing is a warm atmosphere at the table

Video: How to decorate holiday dishes

Video: How to cook a festive dinner

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 the 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 a festive salad, but also 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 the festive meat dishes, along with some special birthday cake, that can become the very “highlight of the program”. Special decorations require festive dishes for a birthday. Beautiful inscriptions, drawings, figurines, etc. are appropriate here. But the main thing is that these are delicious dishes. You should not put ordinary snacks on the festive table. Also, very simple dishes on the festive table are not suitable. 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.

If the holiday "caught by surprise" and it is not possible to spend a lot of time preparing a variety of culinary masterpieces, you can always use a number of quick and delicious recipes for holiday dishes. It is worth adding such recipes to your culinary "arsenal" - and you will always be "fully armed" for any holiday.

Quick hot recipes for the festive table

Of course, no festive feast is complete without hot dishes. But what if the guests are already on the doorstep, and there is simply no time to cook the same, for example, traditional fried chicken? The answer is simple - there are a surprising number of quick hot pot recipes that will literally take 20-30 minutes. These are, for example, unusual "pancakes" of spaghetti with mushrooms, herbs and cheese - the dish looks appetizing and is prepared extremely simply. In case of force majeure, you can store a pack or two of egg noodles in the kitchen cabinet, which is prepared very quickly: in this case, an original Asian-style dish can be served at the festive table. A quick recipe is good not only because it takes 15-20 minutes to cook, but also because when preparing such a festive hot dish, you can fantasize endlessly, adding any greens that are in the refrigerator, utilizing any the remaining pieces of meat.

Quick and delicious sweet recipes for the holiday

Something, and all kinds of desserts for the festive table can really be prepared in haste - there would be only the right ingredients. And first of all, such an option for quick sweet dishes on the festive table is all kinds of cakes without baking. For most recipes for such cakes, even ready-made cakes will not be required - just ordinary cottage cheese, sour cream and cookies and some frozen berries or jam will be enough.

If ready-made “shop” cakes are at hand, it’s absolutely wonderful: in a matter of minutes, you can prepare a quick and tasty cake with the most delicate coconut cream for the festive table. However, ready-made cakes for making truly delicious homemade “pseudo baking” are not needed at all - you can use, for example, the most ordinary gingerbread. Ready "gingerbread" cake turns out no worse than the "shop". If time allows, then you can prepare a chocolate-coconut roll without baking in advance for the holiday: it is made quickly and simply from the available ingredients (cookies, coconut, chocolate), but until ready, a delicious dessert will have to be “frozen” in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.

If you show a little imagination, then without baking you can cook not only a birthday cake, but also a great many desserts. So, for example, the Delight dessert will become an excellent table decoration without any effort and time: in the “baskets” of chocolate chip cookies there is an airy and very tender mass of cottage cheese and strawberries (berries can be used both fresh and frozen). From the same chocolate cookies and condensed milk, you can also make the well-known Potato cakes. If there is nothing at all at hand except cottage cheese, eggs and sour cream, you can serve an original cottage cheese casserole to the festive table, for the preparation of which neither flour nor semolina is required. Simple and very tasty, this casserole resembles a classic cheesecake in texture and taste.

Quick Holiday Dinner Recipes

In order for the festive table to abound with a variety of dishes, it is not at all necessary to spend the whole day in the kitchen - it will be enough to use a couple of recipes for quick holiday snacks. Treat your gathering to miniature pâté canapés, cream cheese and herb rolls or Raffaello cheese with walnuts and garlic, perfect with wine and other festive spirits.

Of course, the more original the appetizer will look, the better - after all, it is the design of the festive dishes that differ, first of all, from the “every day” menu. Even the most ordinary sprat sandwiches can be a great option for a holiday snack if you spend an extra 5 minutes decorating them. The appetizer with the speaking name “Tomato Salad” also looks very nice - the most remarkable thing is that it only takes 10 minutes maximum to prepare. And in the same 10-15 minutes, from the leftovers that are found in the refrigerator, it will be possible to cook a traditional quick snack - stuffed eggs (the main thing is to find something to stuff them with).

Not only snacks, but also salads can be prepared literally from everything that you can find in the kitchen - if there is no time left to go to the store, you can cook, for example, the original warm buckwheat salad. And if there are any canned fish in the house, the number of available options for holiday salads immediately increases tenfold. A salad made from a jar of canned tuna with eggs and cheese will turn out to be very tasty and festive. In addition, from any canned fish, if time permits, you can quickly prepare a variation of the classic holiday salad “under a fur coat” from potatoes, gherkins, beets, chicken eggs.

If the holiday really “caught by surprise” and there are no ingredients at all for preparing some kind of festive snacks or desserts at home, “lazy” pies with minced meat will be an excellent option - for example, the original meatball pie or hearty and delicious lavash cake “Men's Joy” ". And even if the list of available products is limited to the same pita bread, sour cream, milk and eggs, it will be possible to prepare a quick “lazy” pie with cheese filling for the festive table.

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

Snacks on the festive table

The choice of unusual snacks on the festive table is huge. Among all the existing recipes, every culinary specialist will find the ideal one for himself.

Pancake bags with chicken and mushrooms

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 pouches.

Cooking algorithm:

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

Before serving, warm the snack 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.

Cooking:

1. Grind eggs, cheese, ham with a grater. Salt as needed.
2. Add mayonnaise, mix everything.
3. Blind from the mass of the legs of "mushrooms". Set each on a circle of fresh cucumber and put the blanks on a plate covered with chopped herbs.
4. Make hats from cherry tomatoes and drops of mayonnaise.

Refrigerate and serve to guests.

Roll "Crab"

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.

Cooking:

1. Boiled eggs, two types of cheese and finely rub the garlic. Mix with mayonnaise and chopped herbs. Salt at will.
2. Divide the resulting filling into two portions.
3. Spread two pita breads with it in turn. Lay them on top of each other and roll up.

Cool the appetizer, covering it with a film, then cut into portioned pieces.

What salads to prepare for the holiday

From salad recipes for the holiday, it is better to choose those that do not have quickly spoiling and soaking ingredients. If the appetizer is with crackers, then the latter are best served 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;
• butter;
• lettuce leaves;
• mayonnaise sauce and salt.

Cooking:

1. Rinse the lettuce leaves and lay them on a beautiful dish.
2. In a separate bowl, send boiled meat cut into thick strips. Chicken and pork are best suited for such an appetizer.
3. Send thinly chopped cabbage to the meat.
4. Finely chop the mushrooms and fry them in oil until light brown.
5. Then, on the remaining fat, lightly brown the diced yesterday's bread. Sprinkle with dry garlic as you go.
6. Cut fresh cucumbers into cubes.
7. Mix all prepared products. Salt. Fill with sauce.

Put 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;
• quality vegetable oil.

Action algorithm:

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 slices of tomato, grated cheese and chopped cucumber in the same way. Season everything with salted sauce mixed with crushed garlic.
3. Put the composition on a flat plate with a slide.
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 a slide of lettuce with potato straws.

Complement 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.

Cooking:

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

Serve with rye toast.

Holiday Sandwiches: Recipes

To make sandwiches on the festive table tasty and crispy, they should be prepared just before serving. You can make the filling in advance, and put it on the bread before the guests arrive.

With crab sticks and dill

Ingredients:

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

Cooking:

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

Immediately serve sandwiches to the table.

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.

Cooking:

1. Immediately cover a large flat plate with lettuce leaves.
2. Cut each banana slice into halves. Dry them in a pan and grease with mayonnaise.
3. Lay them on the salad and sprinkle with finely grated boiled egg.
4. Add a fish to each serving.
5. Cucumbers cut into thin slices and with the help of toothpicks fix them on the basis of sandwiches in the form of sails.

Serve an appetizer to the table, without pre-chilling.

Canape on skewers on the festive table

Appetizing canapes on skewers can be both a budget snack and 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;
• slightly salted trout / salmon - 200 - 250 g;
• black caviar - 50 - 70 g;
• fresh parsley - to taste.

Cooking:

1. Cut round pieces from white bread.
2. Brush each with softened butter.
3. Lay out portions of black caviar.
4. Finely chop the fish and roll it into the shape of a sail. Attach to bread with skewers.

Garnish the finished canapes with fresh parsley.

With dried 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.

Cooking:

1. Cut the baguette into portions and lightly dry in the oven.
2. Decorate the cucumber with thin slices, tomatoes with plastics. Olives - halves.
3. Put the toast cheese on the cooled croutons, one plate for each. You can pre-cover the bread with mayonnaise or soft curd cheese.
4. Next, distribute the circles of tomatoes.
5. On each skewer, first string a piece of olive, then a cucumber slice in waves and thin pieces of dry-cured sausage.
6. Insert blanks into croutons.

Serve the resulting canapes on a beautiful plate.

New meat dishes

Meat dishes will become obligatory on the festive table. They should be served shortly after the start of the feast, when the guests had time to try the appetizers, hot.

Stuffed liver tubes

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 tbsp.;
• sour cream - 5 dessert spoons;
• mayonnaise - 1/3 tbsp.;
• garlic - to taste;
• salt and spices.

Cooking:

1. Kill two types of liver with a blender. Salt. Add spices.
2. Pour well-beaten eggs and part of the milk into the liver mass.
3. Enter flour. Beat again until the lumps disappear and dilute with the remaining milk.
4. From the resulting mass, cook 25 - 30 pancakes.
5. Fry onions with carrots. Salt. Add half of 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 mass and vegetable fry 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.

Cooking:

1. Mix minced meat with onion, garlic and re-pass through a meat grinder. Salt, add pepper.
2. Carefully beat off the mass on a horizontal surface.
3. Roll out the dough and cut into thin strips.
4. Form “balls” of minced meat, cover them with strips of dough so that small gaps remain.
5. Lubricate the blanks 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 garnishes

Instead of the usual rice and mashed potatoes for the holiday, you should cook something more interesting as a side dish. It is delicious to complement both of the dishes below with spicy 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.

Cooking:

1. Boil potatoes in salted water until tender.
2. Drain all the water, add nutmeg, pepper, grated cheese, yolk (1 pc.). Mix everything well.
3. On a baking sheet lined with parchment, use a pastry bag to squeeze out small roses.
4. Lubricate the blanks with the remaining yolk.
5. Bake in a very hot oven for 15-17 minutes.

Stuffed "Peking"

Ingredients:

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

Cooking:

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

Such an unusual side dish is served chilled with meat or fish.

Lenten menu

Lenten festive 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;
• onions - 2 heads;
• tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
• lean mayonnaise, vegetable oil and salt.

Cooking:

1. Fully boil the peeled potatoes. Turn into a puree with the remaining water after cooking. Salt. You can add spices.
2. Cut the onion with mushrooms randomly and fry in oil. Salt. Break with a blender.
3. Pour 1/3 of the puree into the prepared glass dish. Cover with frying and another 1/3 puree.
4. Next, lay out the thinly sliced ​​tomatoes.
5. Close 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 tbsp.;
• carrots and onions - 1 pc.;
• ketchup - 5 dessert spoons;
• tomatoes - 2 pcs.;
• mushrooms - 1 tbsp.;
• oil, salt, pepper.

Cooking:

1. Separate the cabbage into leaves. Each wash and cook in boiling water for 3 minutes until softened. Cut off thickenings from them.
2. Rinse rice and cook for 7 minutes.
3. Wild mushrooms are also pre-boiled. Mushrooms - just finely chopped.
4. Remove the skin from the tomatoes, chop finely.
5. Mash the garlic.
6. Fry chopped onions and carrots in oil until golden brown. Add mushrooms. Cook the mass for another 7 - 8 minutes.
7. Mix the roast with tomatoes, rice, garlic. Salt and pepper.
8. Stuff the cabbage leaves. Roll them up 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 with ketchup and simmer the treat over low heat for a little more than an hour.

Lean "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.

Cooking:

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

Season the finished salad with salted lean mayonnaise.

The most simple but delicious dishes

If there is no time to mess around with the design of the festive table for a long time, you should choose the simplest dishes. It remains only 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;
• provencal herbs - 2 tsp;
• oil and salt.

Cooking:

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

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

striped tomatoes

Ingredients:

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

Cooking:

1. Grate the cheese very finely and mix with mayonnaise, mashed garlic, and salt.
2. In each cherry, make two transverse horizontal cuts. Fill them with stuffing.
3. Stuff all the tomatoes in 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.;
• red pickled onion - 150 g;
• cream sauce and salt.

Cooking:

1. Cheese, tomatoes and ham cut into medium cubes.
2. Mix everything, add the onion, squeezed from the marinade.
3. Top with sour cream sauce.

Salt to taste and serve immediately.

Interesting recipes for the holiday table

Experienced housewives can take on slightly complicated recipes. Their dishes are very interesting, unusual and tasty.

brawn with olives

Ingredients:

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

Cooking:

1. Chop the chicken with bones into pieces and send to cook for 90 minutes. At the very end of cooking, add the peeled carrots.
2. Dilute gelatin in cold boiled water according to the instructions. After a quarter of an hour, dissolve it in a water bath and mix with 1.5 tbsp. chicken broth. Add minced garlic to it. Salt.
3. Boiled carrots and olives cut into small cubes. Mix with them small pieces of boiled meat removed from the bones.
4. Pour the filling components with gelatin broth.
5. Send the mass into a beautiful shape and move in the coolness for the whole night.

Serve the finished brawn upside down, decorating 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.

Cooking:

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

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

Chicken cupcakes

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.

Cooking:

1. Finely chop the sausage, mushrooms, pepper. Fry until golden brown. You can use butter for this.
2. Add cubes of pickled cucumber and olives, as well as chopped green onions.
3. Mix products and season with sour cream.
4. Thinly beat the chicken fillet. Sprinkle with salt and spices. Cut out pieces the size of cupcake liners.
5. Cover oiled containers with thin slices of meat.
6. Distribute 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 guests

There will certainly be both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks on the adult table. Habitual store-bought bottles can be replaced with unusual hand-made cocktails.

Orange drink without alcohol

Ingredients:

• purified water - 2 l;
• juicy sweet orange - 2 pcs.;

Ingredients:

• high-quality vodka - half a liter;
• condensed milk - 100 ml;
• freshly squeezed cherry juice - 1 tbsp.

Cooking:

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

Pour the liquor into a beautiful decanter or bottle. Cool down.

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