An article on how to prepare inexpensive dishes for the festive table. You will find several recipes in the text.

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Celebration? This is sheer waste! But pleasant

Our life is full of “non-working days”. These are, from the point of view of a thrifty person, the days when he does not earn, but spends a lot of money. Let's try to pick up recipes on how to get around wasteful traditions, but so that the holiday remains a holiday!

The principles of an economical feast

What are the principles of economy? How to organize a festive table inexpensively and tasty recipes for which would be available to any housewife?

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

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

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

4. Give up delicacies - it's always expensive.

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

6. Turn on your imagination: an artistically designed dish is twice as tasty. Proven by science!

7. Do you celebrate with your friends? Together and cook, with joy and laughter!

The principles of selecting products for the festive table

Of course, the economical table rejects delicacies. The task is to try to turn the most ordinary foods and drinks into them. Agree in advance with friends who you will celebrate with, buy in a pool, bring food in advance, optimally - two days before the start of cooking. Decide in advance who has artistic ability and experience decorating dishes.

1. Focus mainly on seasonal vegetables.

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

3. From cereals on the festive table, buckwheat and rice are appropriate, but they can be abandoned in favor of potatoes, because the variety of dishes from it is incredibly large!

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

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

6. The jelly is perfectly combined (decorated) with green peas, boiled carrots, small pieces of sweet pepper. Everything that you put in jelly must be blanched!

7. Quite a versatile meat dish - zrazy. Also on the festive table, dishes from the liver are appropriate - pates, liver “cake”. They will save on meat, because these are also almost “meat” dishes.

Recipes for inexpensive salads on the holiday table

Of course, on an economical holiday table, “Herring under a “fur coat”, “Mimosa” salad and “Olivier” salad are simply required to be present. Without the latter, it seems that the holidays (especially New Year's!) are generally unthinkable. These inexpensive salads consist of the most common and inexpensive products. And you can even make mayonnaise for them yourself if you are an experienced hostess. Practice, but not before the holiday itself - then there will be no time! However, these three salads will be lonely if you limit yourself and decorate an inexpensive holiday table with only them. An inexpensive table can be decorated with other salads.

Salad “Nest of the Crystal Bird”

This is both a salad and an appetizer at the same time. Base: any of your favorite salad with mayonnaise, preferably from green vegetables - green onions, lettuce leaves, etc. The salad should be prepared in advance, it should be laid out on a large dish, and carefully decorated with “crystal eggs” on top, which will decorate it both in appearance and taste.

• Ingredients and materials

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

• For minced meat

Sweet corn, green sweet peas, boiled carrots, ham, pickled or fresh cucumber, sweet pepper - 1 tablespoon of the mixture for each eggshell. You can replace the frozen vegetable mixture in the form of vegetable cubes, blanched before cooking, in the same amount, adding cubes of boiled chicken meat.

• Shell preparation

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

• Preparing the broth with gelatin

Carefully, through several layers of gauze, filter the previously prepared transparent (and slightly salted) meat broth and put the gelatin to swell, which must be taken at the rate of 1 tbsp. spoon for 1 cup of broth. Having prepared the broth with gelatin, cool it to a barely warm state and pour it into egg shells laid on an ordinary egg tray, but pour it so that it fills the egg no more than a third. To pour the broth into the shells, it is convenient to use a teapot with a long spout. After pouring, put the tray with shells in the cold.

• Stuffing (minced meat)

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

• The final

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

Snack recipes for the holiday table

Chops from white cabbage

An inexpensive dish is appropriate on any table.

• Ingredients

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

• Cabbage preparation

Cut a small head of cabbage into quarters, put in cold salted water, put on a slow fire. Cook until tender, piercing occasionally with a fine-toothed fork. You can't digest! Throw the cooked cabbage into a colander to cool. Disassemble into leaves, cutting off the hard part.

• Cooking

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

“Mushroom stump” from mashed potatoes

• Ingredients

• Potatoes - 250 grams per serving.
• Butter - 10g per serving.
• Raw egg - 1 pc. for 1 kg puree. If 1.5 kg of puree - 2 eggs, etc.
• rye bread or
• crusts of toasted wheat bread for decoration - 1 cup per 1 kg of puree.

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

Salt, pepper, fried onions until golden brown - to taste.

• Cooking

Preparing mashed potatoes

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

Dish decoration

Put on a dish, form a stump, making its side surface under the “rough bark” and simulating it with crushed rye bread or toasted crushed wheat bread crusts. Richly and artistically decorate the “stump” on top with whole pickled or fried mushrooms. Fried mushrooms can also be added to the puree before forming a “stump”. Small pieces of well-fried meat or simply golden-fried onions are sometimes added to puree for taste. The dish will remain inexpensive, because 70-80% of it consists of potatoes.

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A difficult question for most housewives: what to cook for the festive 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.

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.

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:

1. 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;
2. Then lay finely chopped salmon over the entire surface of the sheet;
3. 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;
4. 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 lot of time.

Ingredients:

Cooking:

1. Processed cheeses should be placed in the freezer for 25 minutes so that they harden a little and it is convenient to grate them;
2. After 25 minutes, remove the cheese from the freezer and grate on a coarse grater;
3. Mix curds with nuts and garlic, passed through the garlic;
4. Roll the resulting mass into small balls;
5. Grate crab meat on a fine grater;
6. Roll cheese "Raffaello" in crab shavings;
7. 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, hostesses try to make a 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);
• Greenery;
• Olive oil.

Cooking:

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

Cutlets "Swallow's Nest"

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

Ingredients:

Cooking:

1. Soak the loaf in milk or water;
2. Add garlic, dill, allspice, eggs, chopped loaf to minced meat. Mix well;
3. On a baking sheet greased with olive oil, put the cakes made from minced meat;
4. Cut cheese, tomato, bell pepper (rings);
5. 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;
6. Place in oven at 180 degrees. Bake 25 - 35 minutes;
7. 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:

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

Cooking:

1. Cut the fish into slices;
2. Grate cheese on a coarse grater;
3. Mix cheese and fish, add mayonnaise and herbs;
4. Put the resulting salad into tartlets;
5. 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. In taste, it resembles 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:

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

1. If the zucchini is old, then you need to peel, and if young, then you can not peel;
2. Rub the zucchini on a coarse grater;
3. Add flour, three eggs, soda slaked with vinegar, salt to taste into the mass of zucchini;
4. Spread the resulting mass a little on a preheated pan to make pancakes. Fry on both sides;
5. Rub the cheese on a fine grater;
6. Mix mayonnaise with garlic, previously passed through the garlic;
7. Lubricate the resulting zucchini cakes with garlic mayonnaise, put the tomato sliced ​​into thin circles and sprinkle with cheese;
8. Spread the cake on the cake;
9. Lubricate the last cake with mayonnaise and sprinkle with boiled grated eggs;
10. Put the resulting cake in the refrigerator to nourish;
11. 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:

1. The carcass of the bird must be cut into small slices, the onion - into thin rings;
2. Put the pan on a small fire, pour olive oil into it, put the chicken;
3. Stir onion, sour cream and turmeric;
4. Pour apple cider vinegar into the pan to the chicken, after which - the prepared sauce;
5. Cover with a lid, simmer over low heat until cooked;
6. 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 of hard cheese;
• 450 grams of fresh mushrooms (can be frozen);
• Five boiled chicken eggs;
• 250 grams of mayonnaise;
• Boiled chicken fillet - 0.5 kg;
• Four small onions;
• A bunch of greens;
• Vegetable oil;
• Salt.

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

Recently, such an appetizer as tartlets is gaining more and more popularity. 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:

1. Peel the onion from the husk and finely chop, pass through over low heat;
2. Add boiled mushrooms to the pan with onions and fry;
3. Cheese cut into thin strips;
4. Rub the eggs on a coarse grater;
5. Boil the fillet in salted water and cut into strips;
6. 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;
• Greenery.

Cooking:

1. Wash and clean squid carcasses;
2. Grate with seasoning, salt, leave for several hours;
3. Cut the tomatoes into quarters;
4. Cheese cut into large cubes;
5. In each squid carcass we put a cube of cheese, then a quarter of a tomato;
6. Lay carefully on the barbecue grill, bake on coals for 25 minutes;
7. 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

At a children's party, 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:

1. Grind all fruits in a blender separately;
2. Lay out in layers: banana, strawberry, kiwi, ice cream;
3. Put in the freezer;
4. Decorate with mint leaves;
5. 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 at the children's birthday, she will take far from the last place.

Ingredients:

Cooking:

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

Which of the dishes to cook for the holiday, the hostess decides for herself, based on personal beliefs and taste preferences of the 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:

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 decor. 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 recipe for "Napoleon" 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

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