All housewives are divided into two groups: those who agree not to sleep at night and knead the dough for Easter cake with inspiration, and those who are too lazy, once-unable, and who go to the store for festive pastries. Of course, homemade Easter cake is much tastier than the purchased one. ›

Lavash snacks are perfect for a festive table, and this is quite natural, because they are extremely easy to cook, time costs are minimal, and most importantly, they turn out to be very appetizing and offer a wide variety of filling variations. ›

There is an opinion that it is impossible to cook meatless dishes for the festive table. Well, really, how will a festive table look like without a ruddy chicken or without salads generously flavored with your favorite mayonnaise? The answer is: great! Lenten dishes on the festive table can be prepared in such a way that they will look bright, and taste in no way inferior to fast food. ›

Birthday is a holiday on which you want to satisfyingly feed all the guests gathered at the table, surprising them with your own culinary masterpieces, and at the same time not leaving all your strength in the kitchen in order to keep vigor and good mood by the time of the celebration. And here simple salads for your birthday will come to your aid, the preparation of which will not be difficult, and the result will delight you and your loved ones. To make your holiday tasty and memorable, "Culinary Eden" will help you navigate the selection of suitable salads. ›

What an amazing holiday it is - a birthday! Gifts, congratulations and all sorts of different delicacies with which the festive table is lavishly decorated. What is there just not! However, birthday salads still remain the main dishes of the festive table, its decoration. ›

Any festive table is traditionally bursting with an abundance of various snacks, both hot and cold. After all, New Year's Eve is very long, and you need a lot of energy for fun and dancing! When preparing snacks for the festive table, try to maintain a certain balance. ›

An office is a small life. However, why small? For some, it is undoubtedly great. Many people spend what is called "half their lives" in the office. What can you do - work is work. Not everyone can and want to rebuild and go to freelancers. In addition to work, there are also holidays in the office. ›

The main goal of a romantic dinner is to surprise and make your chosen one, with whom they have spent many years, to look at you in a new way. And those who have this romantic dinner for the first time will be able not only to amaze with their culinary skills, but also to show how interesting, versatile you are and have the very “zest” that every man seeks to discern in his chosen one. ›

What is the New Year without caviar? And any more or less significant holiday is not complete without her! In our country, perhaps, you will not find a single family on the table which would not have snacks with red caviar, at least the same sandwiches. But red caviar can be served not only on slices of bread and butter! ›

Surprisingly, some ten years ago we knew about the Irish beer festival, perhaps only from the news. Shamrocks, green hats, green beer, "Mug of St. Patrick" - all this exoticism on March 17 captures the whole world and becomes more and more popular in our country. ›

A bread maker is a convenient, useful and incredibly independent thing. No joke - it is enough to lay all the products for baking bread, and that's it - no worries, no hassle. Hands are clean, and the sea of ​​time is free. ›

Pancakes with caviar are everyone's favorite delicacy. If pancakes appear in our diet often enough, then the situation with caviar is somewhat more complicated. Although it is quite an affordable product, we pamper ourselves with it most often only on holidays. Pancakes stuffed with such an expensive but obscenely tasty delicacy can be seen on almost every table during Shrovetide. ›

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

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

Ingredients:

1-1.5 kg 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.

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 of my household. It turns out the duck is delicious and tender.

Ingredients:

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

17.12.2018

Peppa Pig salad for New Year

Ingredients: potatoes, chicken, cheese, pickled cucumber, boiled sausage, salt, beets, mayonnaise

Very little is left before the New Year 2019. It's time to think about what we will treat our guests. As the Year of the Pig comes, you can arrange a delicious salad in the form of your favorite cartoon character - Peppa Pig.

Products for the recipe:

- two potatoes;
- 100 g of chicken meat;
- 1 pickled cucumber;
- 50 g of cheese;
- 150 g of sausages or boiled sausages;
- salt;
- mayonnaise;
- 2-3 pieces of boiled beets.

23.11.2018

Chicken tobacco in the oven

Ingredients: chicken, spice, salt, garlic, butter

In the oven, you get an excellent tobacco chicken - tender, crispy, beautiful and tasty. It is much easier than cooking it in a pan. Don't believe me? See for yourself by reading our recipe.

Ingredients:
- chicken - 1 carcass weighing 700 g;
- spices for chicken tobacco - 1.5 tsp;
- salt - 1 tsp without a slide;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- butter - 2-3 tablespoons

27.09.2018

Fried chanterelles with sour cream and onions

Ingredients: chanterelle, onion, sour cream, oil, salt, dill, parsley

Ingredients:

- 350 grams of chanterelles;
- 100 grams of onions;
- 110 grams of sour cream;
- 30 grams of butter;
- salt;
- parsley;
- Dill.

20.05.2018

Duck with apples and oranges in the oven

Ingredients: duck, apple, orange, honey, salt, pepper

Duck meat is delicious. Today I want to tell you how to cook a very tasty festive dish - a duck with apples and oranges in the oven.

Ingredients:

- 1.2-1.5 kg. ducks,
- 1 apple,
- 2 oranges,
- 2-3 tsp honey,
- salt,
- black pepper.

09.04.2018

Airy cake with glaze on gelatin

Ingredients: eggs, butter, sugar, yeast, salt, cream, cognac, flour, raisins, vegetable oil, water, gelatin

I suggest you cook a delicious tender and airy cake with glaze on gelatin. I have described the cooking recipe in detail for you.

Ingredients:

- eggs - 2 pcs.,
- butter - 50 grams,
- sugar - half a glass + 4 tablespoons,
- yeast - 10 grams,
- salt - a pinch,
- cream or fat milk - 100 ml.,
- cognac - 1 tablespoon,
- flour - 300 grams,
- raisin,
- vegetable oil - 1 tablespoon,
- water - 3 tablespoons,
- gelatin - half a tsp

15.03.2018

Herring stuffed eggs

Ingredients: herring, eggs, dill and any other greens, onions, butter, red caviar, processed cheese, mayonnaise

In order to prepare a tasty and original appetizer for the festive table, it is enough to buy a slightly salted herring. Stuffed eggs can be made from it. How to do this, see the recipe with the photo.

Products for the recipe:
- salted herring fillet - 200 g,
- eggs - 5 pcs.,
- fresh herbs (dill and parsley),
- a small onion,
- 2 tbsp. tablespoons of butter
- 20 g of red caviar,
- processed cheese - 70 g,
- 50 g of mayonnaise.

11.03.2018

Rabbit stewed in sour cream

Ingredients: rabbit, sour cream, onion, carrot, garlic, butter, salt, spicy mixture of Italian herbs, ground pepper, spices

For dinner or a festive table, I suggest you cook a very tasty dish - a rabbit stewed in sour cream. The recipe is very simple and quick enough.

Ingredients:

- 1 kg. a rabbit;
- 150 ml. sour cream;
- 1 onion;
- 1 carrot;
- clove of garlic,
- 50 grams of butter;
- salt;
- spices.

17.02.2018

Braised pork ribs with potatoes

Ingredients: pork rib, potatoes, carrots, onions, pepper, salt, laurel, paprika, garlic, water, oil

I don’t know a single man who would refuse pork ribs. This is a truly masculine dish. I am preparing a very tasty, hearty dish for my beloved - stewed pork ribs with potatoes

Ingredients:

- a pound of pork ribs,
- 400 grams of potatoes,
- 1 carrot,
- 1 onion,
- 1 sweet pepper,
- salt,
- pepper,
- paprika,
- dry garlic,
- 1 bay leaf,
- chilli,
- 2 glasses of water,
- 30 ml. vegetable oil.

07.02.2018

Sweet and sour pork with pineapple and bell pepper

Ingredients: pork, sweet peppers, canned pineapples, garlic, ground ginger, starch, soy sauce, refined oil, salt, spices, fruit vinegar, sugar, ketchup

If you like unusual flavor combinations, such as are inherent in Asian cuisine, then you will certainly love pork in sweet and sour sauce with pineapple and bell pepper. This dish turns out to be very tasty and is suitable for both weekdays and holidays.

Ingredients:
- pork meat (tenderloin) - 500 g;
- sweet pepper - 0.5 - 1 pc .;
- canned pineapples - 150 g;
- garlic - 1-2 cloves;
- ground ginger - 1 tsp;
- starch - 1 tablespoon;
- soy sauce - 3 tablespoons;
- refined oil - 3-4 tablespoons;
- finely ground salt, spices.
For the sauce:
- vinegar (preferably fruit) - 1 tablespoon;
- sugar - 1 tablespoon;
- ketchup - 2 tablespoons;
- soy sauce - 3 tablespoons

27.01.2018

Tiramisu with mascarpone and Savoyardi cookies

Ingredients: mascarpone cream cheese, cream, coffee liqueur, ground coffee, instant coffee, water, sugar, Savoyardi cookies, cocoa powder, grated chocolate

It is difficult to find a dessert that surpasses tiramisu in sophistication and sophistication. Absolutely perfect, with a subtle creamy aroma, this delicacy, it would seem, could not be improved. However, our culinary research does not stand still, we decided to prepare a coffee tiramisu.

Ingredients:

- 200 g mascarpone cream cheese;
- 100 ml cream 35% fat;
- 40 ml of coffee liqueur;
- 2 tsp ground coffee
- 1 tsp instant coffee;
- 100 ml of water;
- 3 tsp Sahara;
- 8-10 pcs. Savoyardi cookies;
- cocoa powder and grated chocolate.

27.01.2018

Juicy minced beef patties

Ingredients: veal, egg, onion, ground paprika, thyme, black ground pepper, salt, garlic, bread crumbs, vegetable oil, canned tomatoes, sour cream

Not sure how to feed your family today? And you buy a small piece of veal and cook delicious and hearty cutlets in sauce according to our recipe.

For the recipe you will need:

- 300 grams of meat;
- one egg;
- the head of an onion;
- 1/2 teaspoon of ground paprika;
- 1/2 teaspoon thyme
- ground black pepper - to taste;
- salt - to taste;
- two cloves of garlic;
- 1 tbsp. a spoonful of bread crumbs;
- 20 ml of vegetable oil;
- 300 grams of canned tomatoes;
- half a glass of low-fat sour cream.

18.01.2018

Beef and pork jellied meat

Ingredients: beef, pork ribs, bay leaves, peppercorns, gelatin, salt, water

I suggest you cook a very tasty jellied meat. Beef and pork go well in this dish. I have described the cooking recipe in detail for you.

Ingredients:

- beef - a piece,
- pork ribs,
- bay leaves - 2 pcs.,

- gelatin - 10 grams,
- salt,
- water.

18.01.2018

Beef jellied meat

Ingredients: beef, water, peppercorns, gelatin, salt

Jellied meat is a very tasty and satisfying dish. There are a lot of jellied meat recipes and they are all incredibly tasty. Today I have prepared for you an excellent recipe for beef jellied meat.

Ingredients:

- beef - a piece,
- water,
- black peppercorns - several pieces,
- gelatin - 10 grams,
- salt.

17.01.2018

Fast and tasty economy pizza on pita bread

Ingredients: pita bread, tomato, salami sausage, cheese, mayonnaise, ketchup, salt

Pizza can be prepared in 10 minutes if you use ordinary thin pita bread instead of yeast dough as a base. It will turn out just as tasty and beautiful, but cooking such a dish is much faster and easier.

Ingredients:

2 pcs of thin pita bread;
- 1-2 pcs tomato;
- 200 gr of sausages (like Salami);
- 100 grams of hard cheese;
- 2 tbsp. mayonnaise;
- 2 tbsp. ketchup;
- salt.

Every day women prepare breakfasts, lunches and dinners for their families. But one spring day men come to the kitchen, put on aprons, pick up sharply sharpened knives and start preparing delicious food for their beloved women. And everyone knows this day very well - it is, of course, March 8th.

Some of the men know how to cook perfectly, and it is not difficult for them to set the table. And someone does not know how to do this, but still wants to bring joy to their loved ones and arrange a real holiday for them.

Therefore, today's article is for them. I tried to collect here very simple recipes, according to which you can quickly and tasty cook a festive breakfast, lunch or dinner, and most importantly create a great mood. After all, when we cook something for our loved ones, it is always pleasant, especially if it is food. Much is transmitted with food - this is mood, care, and love ...

Therefore, before you start cooking, this is what you need to stock up first! It is most important! And sometimes it doesn't even matter how a particular dish turned out, because the person who prepared it tried, wasting time.

But I'm sure we will succeed. I will describe all the processes in great detail. The only thing that will be needed is not to be afraid to turn on the fantasy. Prepare all meals with a festive flavor. Decorate salads with flowers, hearts, or the number eight. Come up with any holiday names associated with flowers, women, and this spring day. And then everything will be at the highest level.

If you want to arrange a real holiday for your loved ones, you can prepare breakfast for them in bed. Imagine how happy and surprised a woman will be, especially if this does not happen often.

Cooking something supernatural is not necessary. You can simply serve your coffee with a croissant or a small cake. It's good if you find a suitable tray where you put it all. Or maybe you have a small table for these purposes, do not forget to put a small vase of flowers on it.

And you can cook something more serious, such as scrambled eggs. It can be ordinary scrambled eggs in the form of a heart. If you have special silicone molds at home for cooking such scrambled eggs, then it will be just fine.

And you can cook it in the form of an eight. To do this, you need to fry the eggs in the usual way, and then cut out two round pieces with a glass with sharp edges, you can be the same, or you can have different sizes. To do this, you will need to stock up on glasses of different diameters.

Fried eggs are often fried in sausage hearts. This is very easy to do. You just need to cut the sausage across, but not completely, then set it the desired shape and fasten it with a toothpick. Place in a skillet, beat in an egg and fry in the usual way.

And below I will share a few ideas for a breakfast for a holiday, which will not be difficult for anyone to prepare. Even if you've never cooked before, feel free to choose any option. He will certainly learn from you.

Yes, and do not forget that in order to create a festive mood, along with the words of congratulations, tell your loved ones the warmest and most tender words, tell them also how you love them. This is the most important attribute of breakfast, one might say - the most important ingredient.

Do not ignore this point, it is very important.

Scrambled eggs in bread with vegetables "Festive Day"

We need:

• egg - 2 pieces
• toast bread - 2 slices
• butter - 10 - 15 gr
• salt, pepper - to taste
• balsamic vinegar - 1 tsp
• cucumbers, fresh tomatoes - for serving

Preparation:

1. Cut the core of toast bread, leaving only the crust. Hearts can be cut out of the crumb with a knife.

2. Put butter in slices in a frying pan. Then put a bread pan in which you also put a few pieces of butter.

3. Break the egg into two halves and carefully pour the whites into the mold. At the same time, leave the yolk in the shell. Do the same with the second egg.

4. Fry the eggs, lightly season with salt and pepper. In the meantime, preheat the oven to 240 degrees.

5. When the protein grabs, remove the pan from the heat, and carefully put the yolk in the middle, taking care not to damage its integrity.

6. Put the pan in the oven for 1.5 minutes, so that the yolk grabs on top, but remains slightly watery inside.

7. Place scrambled eggs in bread on a plate. Place the hearts cut from the crumb next to it. On them, in turn, put the tomato and cucumber cut into slices.

8. Top with balsamic vinegar.

Luxurious breakfast, beautiful, romantic, hearty and incredibly delicious.

Here's another delicious breakfast option using eggs.

Scrambled eggs with sausage in buns "Great mood"

We need:

• buns - 4 pieces
• egg - 4 pieces
• sausage or ham - 250 - 300 gr
• butter - 10 - 15 gr
• salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

1. We will cook breakfast from ordinary lean buns of a small size. Cut off the top from them and remove the pulp with a teaspoon. The walls can be left 1 cm in size.

2. In each bun, put a little butter, cut into small pieces.

3. Cut the sausage or ham, or any other meat into small cubes and put inside, leaving room for the egg.

4. Gently lay eggs on top of the meat. Salt and pepper.

5. Bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 10 - 12 minutes until cooked.

6. Serve with fresh vegetables or lettuce.

Hot sandwiches "Croc-Madame and Croc-Monsieur"

Simple and delicious salad recipes for March 8

For the festive table, you can prepare any salads, the main thing is to turn on your imagination in the right way and decorate the dish according to the day of March 8. Or make a salad in the usual way, but come up with a name corresponding to this day.

It's okay if there is no salad with this name in nature. Rather, it would be more correct to say that it was not in nature until that day, but now it has appeared, and you are its author!

It's great - not only to surprise and please your beloved, but also to come up with a new salad! By the way, I also plan to come up with names for them myself in this collection, so do not be surprised if you search for their names on the Internet, but you will not find them.

And the first to go will be the most suitable salad for International Women's Day.

March 8 salad, or "Postcard for mom"

This is the most complex salad of all today's collection. But its complexity comes only from time and patience.

We need:

• can of tuna - 1 pc
• boiled egg - 4 pieces
• hard cheese - 150 gr
• fresh cucumber - 1 piece
• boiled carrots - 1 pc
• mayonnaise to taste
• salt to taste
• greens for decoration.

Preparation:

We will prepare such a salad in the form of the number 8, and to make it easier to do, we need two glasses with different diameters. We also need a large flat dish or plate in which we will collect our salad.

1. And so, on the plate we put two glasses, at the top with a smaller diameter, at the bottom with a large one. And we begin to lay out the layers.

2. The first layer will be the grated protein from a boiled egg. We spread it in the form of two circles in the shape of an eight around the glasses, about three centimeters thick.

3. Drain the oil and juice from the tuna, and disassemble with a fork. Or, you can use special tuna for salads. It is already crushed, and you only need to drain the liquid. Place it on top of the egg whites. Brush with a thin layer of mayonnaise.

4. Put the grated cheese in the next layer.

5. Then a cucumber grated on a coarse grater, followed by grated carrots. In this case, you can grease each layer with mayonnaise, or so that it is not too high in calories, do it through the layer.

6. Put the yolk grated on a fine grater with the last layer. And carefully remove the glasses.

7. Carefully remove the crumbs that have scattered around the edges with a napkin or a teaspoon.

8. And the final touch, decorate the salad with greens, canned corn and cut protein flowers. But you can just leave the number 8 without colors. The salad will look beautiful anyway.

By the way, here is another version of the same design, but without any glasses. In this case, the salad can consist of any combined layers. We spread them just layer by layer, smearing with mayonnaise.

Then we cut out the number 8 from paper, put it on a salad and sprinkle with finely chopped green onions or other herbs. We remove the paper. And from the edge we make a willow twig. The neatly laid out egg yolks act as kidneys.

What, you say it takes too long to mess with such a salad? I agree, although this salad is not at all complicated, but still you have to tinker a little with it. But with the next one there is no fuss at all. Cook it in 10 minutes, just buy the groceries in advance so that you have something to cook it from.

Caprese salad

This Italian salad is as delicious as it is beautiful. Moreover, not only its design is beautiful, but also the name. Therefore, as soon as you pronounce its name, it will immediately cause a smile for any woman, so much this word caresses the ear.

We need:

• large red tomatoes - 2 pieces
• mozzarella cheese - 2 balls (200 - 250 gr)
• olive oil - 2 tablespoons spoons
• dried basil - 0.5 tsp
• dried oregano - a pinch
• fresh basil or parsley - sprig

Preparation:

1. Cut the tomatoes into slices 3 - 5 mm thick. In order to do this accurately, you must have a well-sharpened knife.

2. Cut the mozzarella cheese in the same way as the tomatoes. And put on a plate, alternating layers. If the mozzarella balls are not very large, and the tomato, on the contrary, is rather large, then you can spread it out and just mix it up, as in the video that we will have a little later.

3. Pour dry spices into olive oil, mix, and let stand for a while, so that they have time to swell slightly and give their aroma. Then pour the butter over the tomatoes and cheese.

That's it, our salad is ready and you can serve it to the table. As you can see, cooking it is simple and quick. And he looks quite worthy! In addition, it is very tasty and healthy. And it will not harm the female figure.

And here is another design for the same salad.

Salad "Women's Day"

The following salad is also very simple, and is prepared based on other famous salads, when the ingredients are not mixed, but simply laid out in separate piles. Moreover, their composition can be completely different. The most important thing is that they all fit together.

Well, let's look at our today's version, and find out what will be in the salad this time.

We need:

• ham or smoked sausage - 150 gr
• canned green peas - 150 gr
• canned corn - 150 gr
• bell pepper red - 1 piece
• hard cheese - 150 gr
• fresh cucumber - 1 piece
• croutons - 1 sachet
• olives - 0.5 cans
• mayonnaise to taste

Preparation:

1. For a salad, you can use any meat, it can be boiled meat, and chicken, and like we have smoked sausage today. You can even use crab sticks instead of meat, which will also go well with all other products.

2. Cut the sausage, cucumber, cheese and bell pepper into strips of approximately the same size and thickness. Cut the olives into slices. They can also be replaced with olives.

3. To decorate the salad, we need a large flat dish. We have 8 ingredients in total, we divide the plane of the dish into 7 sectors and put each of the ingredients in one of them. Place olives in the center.

4. We use crackers purchased from a bag.

5. Squeeze out beautiful lace paths from the bag with mayonnaise, framing each of the sectors with them. It turns out a very beautiful design. It is in this form that it should be served on the table.

6. Before you start eating salad, mix it with mayonnaise.

As you may have noticed, all the ingredients are used fresh here. You don't need to cook anything for the salad. I bought it in the store, washed it, cut it - and the delicious salad is ready. Spend only 15 minutes preparing it.

"Princess" salad

And the next salad is made from chicken breast. You can pre-boil it, or you can buy ready-made, for example, smoked.

We need:

• chicken fillet - 200 gr
• pitted prunes - 0.5 cups
• boiled egg - 4 pieces
• processed cheese - 100 gr
• fresh or pickled cucumber - 1 pc
• walnuts - 0.5 cups
• mayonnaise - - 5 tbsp. spoons
• salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. Pour prunes with warm boiled water and let stand for a while so that it swells slightly. Then dry and chop finely.

2. Disassemble the chicken fillet into fibers, or you can simply cut it into small cubes.

3. Grind half of the nuts in a blender to coarse crumbs, roll the other part with a rolling pin to make the particles the size of a small pea.

4. Cut the eggs and cucumber in the same way as the chicken. If it is cubed, then it is cubed, and if it is taken apart into fibers, then it must be cut into small strips.

5. Put the cheese in the freezer for a while, then grate it, so it does not stick together, and the salad will look beautiful. Leave it and some of the large nuts for decoration. Also leave some prunes for decoration.

6. Mix all other ingredients, season with salt and pepper to taste. And also mix with mayonnaise.

Sometimes salt is not required, because if the chicken is smoked, it is already salty enough, besides, the mayonnaise is also salty. Therefore, do not be zealous with salt. But a little freshly ground pepper will do the trick.

7. Put the mixed ingredients in a flat plate, making them a pea shape. Arrange the remaining chopped prunes, sprinkle with cheese and garnish with large nuts.

The salad turns out to be very tender and incredibly tasty. And everyone can cook one! The only thing that is required is to boil the eggs and cut all the ingredients. Fast, simple and easy!

Salad "Sudarushka"

Do you like smoked sausage with fresh cucumber? Then you will certainly like this salad. In addition, there are no boiled ingredients in its composition, which means it prepares very quickly!

We need:

• smoked ham - 150 - 200 gr
• fresh cucumber - 1 piece
• cheese - 150 - 200 gr
• green salad - 1 forks
• green peas - 3 - 4 tbsp. spoons
• wine vinegar - 1 tsp
• mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. spoons
• olive oil - 1 tbsp spoon
• salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. As a meat component, we will take smoked ham, but in general, you can use any other meat. We need to cut the meat into long thin strips.

2. Cut the cucumber and cheese into the same thin strips, but not so long.

3. Rinse and dry lettuce leaves. Then break into rather large fragments.

Lettuce leaves cannot be cut with a knife. In this case, they will let the juice in, and become soft, dark and ugly.

4. Mix in a separate bowl olive oil, wine vinegar (you can replace it with balsamic, or at least apple cider) and mayonnaise. Add a pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper. Let it stand for a while. This will be our salad dressing.

5. Place lettuce leaves in a large flat plate. Put some chopped ham on them, form a small slide. Drizzle with a small amount of the filling.

6. Top with cheese, cucumbers and pour over again.

7. The last layer will be ham again, followed by green peas. On which we pour the remnants of the dressing.

8. Let the salad be refrigerated for 20 minutes so that all layers have time to soak in the dressing. Serve chilled.

If you have noticed, this salad has a certain similarity with, of course, not in the composition of the main components, but in principle. I am not specifically suggesting Caesar's recipes here, as many people know how to cook it. And if someone does not know how, then the link to him is above.

Consider this salad too, it is easy to prepare and always delicious.

Salad "Pink mood"

Another incredibly simple recipe that tastes great and looks quite festive.

We need:

• frozen shrimp - 200 - 300 gr
• fresh tomatoes - 2 pieces
• cucumbers - 1 - 2 pieces
• bell pepper - 1 piece
• parsley, dill, green onions
• olive oil - 1 - 2 tablespoons spoons
• soy sauce - 1 tbsp spoon
• salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. In a saucepan, bring water to a boil and salt it, lower the shrimp and after they boil, boil for 30-40 seconds, depending on their size. Throw in a colander, allow to cool slightly and clean.

2. Cut the tomatoes, cucumber and pepper into small pieces. Chop greens and onions, add to vegetables. Also add half of the shrimp. Season with salt and pepper to taste, stir.

Peppers are best used freshly ground.

3. Mix soy sauce with olive oil. Pour half into salad and stir.

4. Place in a salad bowl. Garnish with the remaining herbs, shrimp and top with the remaining butter and soy sauce.

Soy sauce can be substituted for balsamic vinegar.

Or you can season the salad with mayonnaise, or mayonnaise mixed with a little ketchup.

And then the mood will actually be "pink".

Lavash snack roll "Vkusnyatina"

Lavash rolls are considered an excellent snack. You can wrap anything you want in them - meat, fish, chicken, vegetables and all the most possible combinations of these products. And today we will consider this option.

We need:

• thin pita bread - 1 - 2 pieces
• smoked sausage - 300 - 400 gr
• hard cheese - 150 - 200 gr
• Korean carrots - 250 - 300 gr
• garlic - 1 - 2 cloves
• mayonnaise to taste

Preparation:

1. Cut the sausage into thin strips. Grate cheese and mix with chopped garlic.

2. Divide the lavash into 3 parts. We need a thin pita bread that does not break, but it will roll well into a roll.

3. Put the first part on the table and coat with a thin layer of mayonnaise. Place the chopped sausage on it.

4. Cover with the second part of pita bread, which is also greased with mayonnaise and put Korean carrots on it.

5. Then the next layer of pita bread. We also grease it with mayonnaise and lay out the last layer of cheese with garlic.

6. Then roll into a roll and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Then cut into rolls and put on a plate.

It turns out a delicious snack roll. Lightweight, delicious and beautiful.

Salad in oranges "For lovely ladies"

This is a truly festive salad that will delight all women without exception.

We need:

• oranges - 2 pieces
• ham - 300 gr
• hard cheese - 100 gr
• cucumber - 1 piece small
• canned mushrooms - 100 gr
• fresh herbs, or lettuce
• sour cream - 2 tbsp. spoons
• mayonnaise to taste

Preparation:

1. Cut the ham, cucumber and mushrooms into small cubes. Grate cheese on a coarse grater, or you can also cut into cubes.

2. Wash oranges and cut into halves. Gently remove the pulp with a fork. Remove the partitions from the pulp and cut it.

3. Mix all ingredients, adding sour cream and mayonnaise.

4. Fill an empty orange mold with salad.

5. Place the halves of the oranges on a plate garnished with lettuce or herbs. Sprinkle with a little chopped herbs if desired.

In general, I still have quite a lot of recipes for simple and tasty salads in my piggy bank. But, unfortunately, it is impossible to describe all of them within the framework of one article. But I hope that from the options offered today, you can also choose.

Hot dishes for the festive table on March 8

The menu of hot dishes can be very varied and includes almost everything that a man can cook. Cook what you get. There is no need to rediscover America and come up with polysyllabic, unusual dishes. For example, my husband cooks on March 8 from year to year.

He does it very well, the result is always predictable, that is, pilaf always turns out to be delicious. And it's not difficult to cook it, besides, cooking pilaf is a matter of purely male hands in the East. Therefore, men are happy to take on this.

For a holiday, our mothers, daughter and husband always gather at our place, it happens that our brother and his family drop in. And everyone always eats wonderful Uzbek pilaf with pleasure. And no one for all these years has never asked: "What, pilaf again?"

Another dish that men are happy to cook is this. They uncover their barbecues, which have been cleaned for the winter, and are happy to fry meat in the fresh air, even in the courtyards of apartment buildings. All neighbors treat this with great understanding, and even a little envy. And they certainly put a checkmark somewhere in their minds in order to do the same next year and thus please their beloved women.

By the way, barbecue can be cooked in the oven, or in an electric barbecue grill (if there is one), for example, from chicken. It is prepared without much hassle, the main thing is how to do it, see a separate article by clicking on the link.

You can also easily bake in the oven - carp, mountain trout, or some other, by the way, you can bake it with vegetables, or stuff it and bake it too.

Or you can marinate and bake the whole chicken in the oven. To do this is as easy as shelling pears, and everyone probably knows how to do it. You can bake it simply in the oven, or on the grill in the same oven (if there is such a mode), or in a sleeve, or in a bag, which will make the task even easier, since after that you will not have to wash the oven.

I was surprised to find that there is no recipe for whole baked chicken on my blog. There is, but no chicken. Therefore, I hasten to correct this oversight.

Whole oven baked chicken

We need:

• whole chicken - 1 pc
• spices for chicken - any
• salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. Wash the chicken and let the water drain. Pat dry with paper towels.

2. To make the chicken tasty, it must be pickled. For the marinade, we need spices. You can use a ready-made set of chicken spices, they are sold in all stores.

I usually prepare my own sets of spices, and for my chicken it includes ground coriander, cumin, thyme, oregano, thyme, garlic, turmeric, paprika. Such a set gives not only great taste, but also an appetizing ruddy and beautiful crust.

3. Pour the spices into a separate bowl, add salt and freshly ground pepper there. You can add regular pepper, but freshly ground pepper gives just an incredible aroma.

4. Now you need to coat the whole chicken with the resulting mixture from the outside and from the inside and leave it to marinate for 30 - 40 minutes.

By the way, it can be cut along the chest line, then the chicken will turn out not to be voluminous, but flat and baked faster.

5. 15 minutes before the end of this time, light the oven and put it on preheat. We will need a temperature of 180 degrees.

6. Now you need to decide how you will bake the chicken, in a bag, or on a baking sheet. By and large, it will be delicious at least! Therefore, choose any method.

7. After placing the chicken in a hot oven, leave it to bake there for 50 minutes. The time, of course, depends on the size of the chicken, it may take a little more time.

The criterion for readiness will be that our chicken will become ruddy, smelling delicious, and it also looks very appetizing. When piercing meat in its thickest part, pink juice should not appear on the surface.

8. When the chicken is completely cooked, it must be taken out and cut into portions. It can be served with any side dish and with fresh vegetables. Well, or with any of the above salads that you prepare for this holiday.

Baking chicken in the oven is as easy as shelling pears. And if you take into account all the points of the recipe, and follow them, the result will be simply amazing.

By the way, if you have dinner for two, and there will be a lot of whole chicken, then you can only bake the legs or thighs in the oven. And here's the recipe.

Chicken legs "Hawaiian mood" with sour cream sauce

Ask why Hawaiian, but everything is very simple - because our chicken will be cooked with pineapples. Why not a festive dish?

We need:

• chicken legs - 4 pieces
• canned pineapple slices - half a can
• olive oil - 1 tbsp spoon
• spices - 1 - 2 tsp
• salt, freshly ground pepper - to taste

For sour cream sauce:

• sour cream - 2 tbsp. heaped spoons
• pineapple juice - 2 tbsp. spoons
• garlic - 1 clove
• greens - optional

Preparation:

1. Mix 2 tbsp. tablespoons of pineapple juice from a can, olive or any other vegetable oil, but odorless, spices, salt and pepper. Let stand for a while, so that the spices disperse and the taste of the marinade becomes uniform.

2. Wash and dry the chicken legs with paper towels, then rub with the resulting marinade and leave to marinate for 1 - 2 hours, periodically turning the legs. In this case, you can still thoroughly rub the mass into the skin.

3. Preheat the oven to 210 degrees. Put the legs in a baking dish, on each of them put a pineapple circle. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes.

4. Meanwhile, prepare sour cream sauce. To do this, mix sour cream, pineapple juice from a can and chopped garlic. For piquancy, you can add a sprig of chopped parsley or basil.

5. Ready-made legs can be served with any side dish, sprinkled with sour cream sauce. Everything turned out quickly, tasty and festive.

Instead of chicken, you can quickly cook meats such as pork.

Festive Fireworks Pork Chops

We need:

• pork chops - by servings
• tomatoes - 1 pc
• hard cheese - 100 - 150 gr
• egg - 1 piece
• flour - 2 - 3 tbsp. spoons
• vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
• spices, salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. In the store, you can buy ready-made meat for chops, or buy a tenderloin and cut off pieces of 1.2 - 1.4 cm thick. Then place the meat in a plastic wrap or bag and beat it off.

2. Grate with spices mixed with salt and pepper. Let sit for 5 minutes.

3. Break the egg into a bowl and mix with a fork. Pour flour into a separate bowl.

4. Dip the chops in flour, then dip in an egg. You can limit yourself to this, or you can repeat the whole procedure one or two more times. In this case, you will get a thicker "coat".

5. Heat the oil in a skillet and fry the chops on both sides for 2 - 2.5 minutes on each side.

6. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Place the sautéed chops on a baking sheet. Place a circle or two chopped tomatoes on each of the slices. Then sprinkle with grated cheese.

7. Bake for 7 - 10 minutes. The dish is ready. By the way, it is very similar. You can cook it too, it will also be incredibly delicious!

You can also prepare chicken fillet chops in the same way. Women just love this dish!

Festive dinner for your beloved in Italian style video recipe

Cooking such a dinner will not take much time, but the serving will be at the highest level! And naturally, from such attention and diligence, any woman will simply melt with pleasure!

Here is such a wonderful idea in every sense of the word. You can use it and prepare the same wonderful dinner for your beloved.

Well, if we have more or less decided on the main course, it would be logical to move on to the preparation of sweet dishes.

Desserts and cakes for March 8 are simple and tasty

As a sweet dish, you can, of course, buy a cake in the store, but you must admit that if you even cook something very simple with your own hands, it will be very highly appreciated and eaten with much greater pleasure.

Therefore, I tried to find very simple and affordable recipes for everyone. I think you can choose something from this offer.

To prevent your dinner from turning out too hearty, try to prepare desserts from berries or fruits. You can also use cottage cheese, nuts, dried fruits. Women are very fond of desserts with such components, they consider them more dietary. In addition, desserts using flour must be baked, it is unlikely that after preparing the salad and the main course, men will want to do this.

So we are considering desserts without baking.

Banana "Flambe" with liqueur

We need:

• banana - 1 pc
• egg - 1 piece
• dark bitter chocolate - 20 gr
• butter - 100 gr
• liqueur or cognac - 1 tbsp. spoon
• flour - 2 tbsp. spoons
• ice cream for serving

Preparation:

1. Cut the peeled banana lengthwise into two equal halves. Dip each of them in a beaten egg, then roll in flour and fry in butter until golden brown.

2. Put on a flat plate, sprinkle with chocolate, pour over with warm liquor and set it on fire in front of your beloved. After the alcohol has evaporated and the fire has gone out, put a scoop of ice cream each and offer it to your lady.

And if you don't want to experiment with fire, then simply sprinkle the bananas with chocolate and serve with ice cream. In this case, you can do without liquor.

Sherbet "Pineapple coolness"

We need:

• pineapples - 2 pcs (small)
• sugar - 2 tbsp. spoons
• coconut flakes - 2 tbsp. spoons
• fresh or canned strawberries - 100 gr

Preparation:

1. Cut pineapples into two halves with a sharp knife. Gently extract all the pulp from them.

2. Transfer the pulp to the blender and grind with sugar until smooth and smooth.

3. Divide into molds and place in the freezer for 1 hour.

4. After an hour, take out the frozen sherbet and carefully put the mass either in bowls or in pineapple “boats” with a special spoon for ice cream or ordinary tableware.

5. Garnish with strawberries and sprinkle with coconut on top.

If you have not found coconut flakes and berries, then you can simply sprinkle with chocolate chips.

A delicious and healthy dessert is ready. Enjoy serving and serving.

"Paradise Delight" cottage cheese dessert with pears and almonds

Another dessert recipe that does not require baking.

We need:

• pears - 3 - 4 pieces
• cottage cheese - 100 - 150 gr
• almonds - 50 gr
• grapes - twig
• honey - 3 tbsp. spoons

Preparation:

1. Wash the pears, cut lengthwise and carefully remove the core with a knife. Grease the cut with honey so that the pear does not darken.

2. Rub the cottage cheese through a sieve, mix with honey.

3. Fry the almonds in a pan and chop.

4. Fill the pear halves with the curd mixture, sprinkle with almonds on top.

5. Place on a dessert plate and garnish with fresh grapes.

Three recipes for cake without baking for your beloved mom

If you really want to, you can make a wonderful and delicious cake for your mom. And not one, but three at once. Let's see how to do it.

These are the original and delicious cakes. It will be a real surprise for mom, and it will definitely not leave her indifferent!

These are all recipes without baking. But still, if you want to bake something, then bake muffins, it is very simple to prepare it, but you can cook them for every taste, etc.

Here we have such a beautiful menu. It has everything - the feeling of a holiday, and a sunny spring mood, and tenderness, and refined sophistication. And if you decide to cook something from this, then add that very missing fifth element, that is, your love. And then it will be like a holiday fireworks!

The most important thing to remember on the 8th of March is your love! Give your dearest women more warm and tender words, your love, your smile and a gentle radiant look, kisses and hugs. And then all women themselves will bloom like the first spring flowers and a hundredfold, in turn, will endow you with their attention and their feminine warmth!

I hope today's recipes will help create a festive mood where they cook! And also I congratulate all women on the upcoming spring holiday!

And I want to wish the men courage to endure this holiday, with all its troubles, worries and congratulations.

And if you like the recipes, put the Classes, share them with your friends. Let every man prepare the most delicious dish for his beloved!

All the best!

Li.Ru culinary community -

Birthday Hot Dishes

The most popular holiday dish in our area, the recipes of which are known to many housewives, is chicken and potatoes in the oven. I share a good and simple recipe for making chicken and potatoes with a photo.

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

A popular and delicious dish of meat baked with potatoes under a beautiful cream cheese crust. French meat with potatoes is a must try!

For you - a recipe for Kiev cutlets with a photo. Chicken Kiev cutlets from beaten chicken fillet wrapped around a piece of butter, fried in boiling oil. I am telling you how to cook!

The name of this recipe is to some extent conditional - French chops are the most ordinary chops, just baked with cheese. It has nothing to do with French cuisine. But the main thing is that it’s delicious!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I just got a great piece of beef. It was a pity to cut such meat into pieces. I decided to cook beef baked in a piece. The beef came out tender, melting, and the spices were baked with a crispy crust.

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

A delicious and very beautiful roll is obtained from chicken fillet and bell pepper. It can be served as a hot dish or cut for a snack or used in making sandwiches.

Chicken legs with apples will amaze you with the combination of chicken and sour apples flavored with onions. I got this recipe from a friend, and she came up with this dish when she could not buy a duck.

French meat with tomatoes is a great festive dish for dinner with friends or family members. The meat turns out to be very juicy and tender, and the dish is aromatic and appetizing.

Your attention is a simple but very effective recipe for pork in the oven. Using this recipe, you can easily prepare a hot dish that you can safely put even on a festive table.

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

A properly cooked piece of meat is the best thing to serve. The beef medallion prepared according to this recipe is a dish of just such a category.

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

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

Turkey drumstick with garlic and rosemary is a trivial dish, but once cooked, you will cook it all the time.

Château potatoes are a very popular French potato garnish for meat or fish. A great alternative to boring mashed potatoes and fried potatoes :)

Baked potatoes with avocado sauce are an insanely simple dish for vegetarians. The potatoes turn out to be very appetizing and aromatic, and the avocado sauce makes the taste more varied. Try it!

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

Pork loin - the meat is dry enough and it is not easy to cook it deliciously. I am sharing a very successful recipe - pork loin on the bone with carrots. A couple of tricks - and the meat is very juicy.

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

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

French spicy potatoes are a very original way of cooking potatoes, which will serve as an excellent side dish for any meat, fish or vegetable dish.

Chicken recipe with tomatoes, bell peppers and olives in white wine. French cuisine.

Garlic Thyme Chicken is another simple yet very effective way to bake your chicken deliciously in the oven. The garlic and thyme marinade makes the chicken very tender and flavorful.

Armenian-style stuffed eggplant is my signature dish, taught to me by a professional Armenian chef. Eggplants turn out to be simply excellent - you will lick your fingers!

Chicken with peanuts is somewhat unusual for a Slavic person, but a very tasty dish of Chinese traditional cuisine. Properly prepared, it is simply doomed to success. It is very easy to prepare!

"French meat" from minced chicken

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

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

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

Transylvanian puff cabbage is a very tasty Romanian national dish, somewhat vaguely reminiscent of lazy cabbage rolls. A delicious dish made from simple and affordable ingredients.

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

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

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

A simple chop recipe for grilled pork lovers. Step by step cooking with photos.

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

I am telling you how to cook a classic schnitzel - a thin pork chop that is rolled in batter and fried in oil. A great men's lunch or dinner - simple and satisfying.

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

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

Lavangi is a delicious chicken dish traditionally prepared in the southern regions of Azerbaijan. I share the secrets of cooking!

Almond Chicken is another great way to cook everyone's favorite chicken. The almond crust gives the chicken a whole new flavor - give it a try, you won't regret it!

For a long time I have not prepared such a bright, colorful and tasty dish as stuffed peppers and tomatoes. The ingredients are simple, but the dish is a real masterpiece, both visually and to taste :)

Filled baked potatoes are a gorgeous side dish for a meat dish. A very satisfying, attractive and beautiful side dish for some (for example, for vegetarians) it can become a serious separate dish!

Mackerel with bell pepper is a perfect union and a great flavor combination. Before you cook mackerel, remember this instruction and you will have a delicious dish!

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

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

Fried tomatoes are one of my favorite snacks for both everyday and festive tables. It is prepared in no time, but it turns out to be very tasty and beautiful.

I discovered another interesting way to cook pork meat - pork with bell pepper. It turns out to be a very juicy, aromatic and tender dish.

Before the onset of this significant date, the heart invariably skips with joy in anticipation of gifts, fun, friendly meetings. But some people don't like their birthdays for various reasons. Some are due to the fact that they are at least a year older. And some, especially economical subjects, tensely calculate how much it will cost them and from the announcement of the estimate their mood spoils. Life develops in such a way that everyone is periodically forced to save. But this is not a reason to deprive yourself of the holidays. Therefore, we will try to answer the question: how to inexpensively set the table for a birthday?

Where does the tradition come from?

When did people start celebrating birthdays? There are two versions. According to the first, the tradition was based on Roman ceremonies in honor of the gods. The pagans laid plentiful tables, congratulations sounded, and various gifts were given. This hypothesis is more recent. And the second version says that the roots of the tradition go back to ancient times, when there were beliefs about the special vulnerability of a person on his birthday. It was believed that any wishes or curses were doubled on such dates. Therefore, the ancient people tried to appease the spirits with offerings so that they would not harm the newborn.

Birthday Mukhi-Tsokotukhi

They gradually switched to personalities, but for a long time no one paid attention to the date of birth of children and women. The first woman whose birthday was celebrated on a grand scale was the beautiful Cleopatra. It was not customary among the common people to write down and celebrate ladies' birthdays.

The Greeks and Egyptians often and pathetically celebrated the birth dates of the gods, as well as the pharaohs and kings. Sometimes, on the occasion of the birth of the pharaoh, prisoners were released from prisons. In ordinary families, it was the practice to celebrate only the birthday of the head of the family.

At first, the position of Christianity on this issue was extremely tough: life was given to a person to atone for sins, so he has no time for fun. Later, the church softened somewhat and allowed christening with name days. But the Soviet system was against the name day and, figuratively speaking, trampled on the tradition with its iron boot. Even the famous birthday fly was ordered to be removed from the works of old Korney.

By the way, in Russia name days were very popular: they baked a loaf, brewed delicious beer, made pies and sang songs. Of course, peasant holidays were much more modest than those of the tsars: sometimes, for the amount spent on the name day of the crowned person, it was possible to build several luxurious palaces.

Surprise cake

It is clear that ordinary people have always dreamed of setting the table for their birthday deliciously and inexpensively. But what a holiday without a cake? Few people know where this indispensable attribute of birthdays came from. If you dig deeper, it is believed that the idea itself came again from the times of paganism, when in the pitch darkness they lit sacred altars in honor of the ancient gods.

But the tradition was introduced into everyday life by the Germans. They created a common ritual to celebrate the children's birthday. To do this, they prepared a delicious pie, in which they hid various iconic objects, put candles upstairs according to the number of years of the hero of the occasion and, waking the child from dawn, sang healthy songs to him. It is noteworthy that the pie was not eaten until evening, when the whole family gathered at the table. The child had to think of something cherished and blow out the candles at a time. Sound familiar, right?

Jam Day: Their Mores

In different countries, these holidays are treated differently. The reverent attitude of the majority of the inhabitants of the planet to anniversaries. But some nationalities mark just odd or non-round dates. Traditions are also different: in Italy, spaghetti will be an indispensable dish on the birthday man's table (so that he can live long), and in Latin American countries, a piñata with gifts loaded into it is sure to be broken.

The British, who have lived to be 80 years old or more, are personally congratulated by Her Royal Majesty. But the most unlucky birthday people live in Japan: instead of children, they congratulate their parents, and it is generally accepted to give gifts only after the onset of 60 years.

Thrifty table rules

If the hostess-birthday girl nevertheless decided to gather close people under her hospitable roof, but wants to measure the needs with the possibilities, then there is a way out.

Laying the table for a birthday at home is inexpensive, very tasty, and even so that it looks presentable is an absolutely doable task. To do this, you must adhere to the simplest rules:

1. The menu must be thought out in advance. It's good to dig in cookbooks, flip through magazines. You need to pay attention to the ingredients: it is cheaper to buy seasonal products, so the menu is selected accordingly. If the hostess wants to set the table for her birthday at home inexpensively, recipes with photos are especially welcome, because you can immediately see how the dishes on the table will look.
2. Calculate the exact number of guests (taking into account, of course, a few uninvited guests). You can cook hot portions, but in this case, the birthday girl will not rest. It is still better to make a common dish with a reserve.
3. First courses on the birthday menu are usually not included. Exceptions are exotic gourmet soups.
4. If you are planning a traditional celebration, then it is quite possible to set the table for your birthday at home inexpensively. Recipes for budget meals can be found in any source of your choice. But cold and hot appetizers, a main course (meat or fish), salads and desserts must be included.

Alcoholic drinks are also an important attribute of the festive table, since they increase the degree of mood, forgive the pun.

Modest slicing and luxurious roll

Many families adhere to the classic tradition of many years and set the table with their favorite dishes that guests know by heart. But this approach has its own benefit: people will never leave hungry and are guaranteed to be satisfied.

Standard cold snacks include cold cuts of meat, cheese and vegetables. This classic approach has never let anyone down. The main thing is the variety of varieties included in the slicing. Everyone knows that it is with cold snacks that any meal should begin. This is the so-called organizational moment: after all, it is useless to hope that no one will be late. And while waiting, the rest of the guests will be able to eat well so as not to drink on an empty stomach.

For those who want to set the table for their birthday at home inexpensively, Korean snacks are perfect: buy a little of everything (try the dishes first) and put them on the table in small plates. Homemade pickles and marinades are also in great demand among guests.

There are express recipes for initiates on how to set the table for a birthday tasty and inexpensively: a cold roll and an appetizer with the romantic name "Rafaello". The first is prepared as follows:

• a sheet of thin pita bread is smeared with a mixture that includes: mayonnaise, garlic, dill and grated cheese;
• spread thinly sliced ​​ham on top;
• then the actions are repeated;
• roll up pita bread in the form of a roll;
• wrap the product in cling film and put it in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.

Serve such an inexpensive, but original dish by cutting it into portioned pieces with a very sharp knife.

The Rafaello snack will require the following ingredients:

• crab sticks;
• garlic;
• hard cheese;
• mayonnaise;
• cashews (but for the sake of economy, you can use a walnut).

A nut kernel is rolled into a mixture of cheese, fatty mayonnaise and garlic. Next, a frozen crab stick is rubbed on a fine grater. In grated crab meat, rolls over with a surprise: the dish is ready. Including with the help of this recipe, you can reveal the secret of how to quickly and inexpensively set the table for a birthday. To make such balls look festive, they are laid out on fresh lettuce leaves.

You can also use seasonal dishes. The budget version of the menu is drawn up in the summer. For example, eggplant tongues or fingers. The second option is more expensive, as there is very little, but meat is included.

Delightful hot snacks

A hostess who asks herself the question of how tasty and inexpensive to set the table for her birthday should not forget about hot snacks. They follow the cold ones when everyone has gathered at the table and it's time for the first toast. There shouldn't be many of them, and they are prepared shortly before serving. It is a light dish with small portion sizes. An example of such a snack can be simple-to-prepare meat balls:

• a traditional cutlet mince is made, with the addition of a raw egg;
• the finished dough layer is rolled out and cut into strips;
• meat balls are wrapped with dough threads like a ball;
• the dish is baked in the oven until tender.

This appetizer looks very presentable.

Now it is not a problem for the hostess to set the table for a birthday at home inexpensively, recipes just jump out of magazines, cookbooks, Internet portals by themselves. Here, for example, is a julienne-like dish that cooks ridiculously fast and tastes delicious. We present to the attention of hostesses champignons in sour cream sauce.

The dish is prepared like this:

• peeled mushrooms are added to carefully salted onions and carrots and stewed for about 10 minutes;
• later sour cream, seasonings are laid and everything is stewed until tender.

The simplest dish can be made beautiful if you sprinkle it with grated cheese and herbs on top, and serve it in ceramic pots.

Date salads

If you intend to set the table for your birthday at home inexpensively, then you cannot do without salads. For the traditional approach, Olivier, herring under a fur coat, Mimosa or Caesar are suitable. You can use the simplest option, which requires products such as:

• green pea;
• ham;
• pickled champignons;
• mayonnaise.

This salad is perfect when guests are literally on the doorstep or come unexpectedly. After all, there is no need to prepare anything in advance, all the components are simply mixed.

Salads with seafood can look original, they especially suit the taste of the female half of the guests.

Main serving of dishes

A very important moment, when after the artistic exclamation: “Fedya! Game!" for example, a delicious baked duck stuffed with dried apricots and apples appears on the table. But the question was, how to inexpensively set the table for a birthday, what does the game have to do with it? It is not necessary to bake the duck, the same can be done with the chicken. You can use not the whole bird, but its legs or wings. If you marinate them well, and even roll them in honey, you get an excellent dish with a delicious crispy crust.

In general, before planning the main service, you need to ask yourself what your guests like more: meat or fish? Only then can the coveted main course be prepared. Of course, fish is several times more troublesome than meat, but either pike will become truly festive and will be remembered by guests for a long time. It's a good idea to serve chops, cutlets, medallions or steaks to the festive table. One thing is for sure - meat on the table must be present.

You should choose any kind of potatoes as a side dish for the main dishes: mashed potatoes, fries, fried, boiled with herbs.

And what about the compote?

To set the table for a birthday inexpensively, recipes are not all that a hostess needs. Drinks are also important. Of course, you can't do without compotes, juices, carbonated drinks, maybe even crochets. What about alcohol? It is important to take into account that not everyone drinks strong alcohol, therefore champagne and other wines are an obligatory attribute on the festive table.

Desserts require tea or coffee. As a sweet, of course, in the classic version, a cake with candles is served, but how to set a festive table for a birthday inexpensively? After all, cakes are quite an expensive pleasure. There is a way out: either bake a cake with your own hands, or buy cakes, cookies or sweets. By the way, a personally prepared confection is better than any purchased product, because the hostess puts her soul into the dish.

Mistress secrets

To set the table for your birthday at home inexpensively, but at the same time to make it unforgettable, you need to know the main secret: competent table setting and decoration of dishes. You shouldn't spare your time for this.

What you need for serving and decorating:

1. Tablecloth. In the classic version, white, but other colors are allowed.
2. Dishes. Cutlery and glasses should be polished to a shine. For a solemn occasion, it will be useful to get your best service from the bins.
3. Do not forget about cloth napkins according to the number of guests. They can be beautifully laid out in waves or in the form of shapes.
4. Decorate dishes with herbs, bright berries, like cranberries, peas, olives. For curly and fruit there is a special knife, it would be nice to get one. If you ask yourself the question: how to set the table for your birthday inexpensively, the recipes can be very surprising. And not only not too expensive and tasty dishes described in them, but also presentable appearance. This is due to the fact that the dish is decorated correctly, because when you look at the food, an appetite should come.
5. You shouldn't do a lot of culinary experiments, let everything be as usual, with the exception of one or two dishes.

A festive table should not be complete without a variety of vegetables and fruits. If the alcohol is planned to be strong, then take care of a hearty and plentiful snack.

Little birthday boy

How to inexpensively set the table for a child's birthday so that he was delighted, probably, many mothers think.

In fact, it is not difficult at all. There are several tips that you can use to make an unforgettable celebration for your child and his friends:

• brightly colored paper dishes are safe and beautiful, and you don't need to wash anything;
• decorating the room with balls, paper garlands;
• small dishes - mainly canapes, salads in bowls, pita rolls with different fillings, chicken croquettes - children do not really like to overeat, unless, of course, these are sweets;
• water-lovers can be offered home-made lemonade, fruit drinks, juices, compotes and milky fruit cocktails;
• desserts are preferable from cottage cheese;
• salads are best seasoned with sour cream and yoghurts.

Everything is suitable for canapes: ham, cheese stars, pepper slices, olives, corn, shrimp. The sweet version is done like this: bananas, grapes, kiwi are pricked on skewers.

You can make a delicious salad from boiled chicken, tomatoes, sweet peppers and hard eggs by decorating it in the form of a hedgehog with fly agarics on the back. The salad is stacked in layers: chicken cut into pieces → tomatoes → grated eggs → chopped peppers. Each layer is coated with sour cream and yoghurt dressing. Sprinkle the hedgehog with grated carrots, and mark the face with egg white. The eyes and nose are made from olives and prunes, and fly agarics are made from eggs and tomatoes.

It is important to create a festive atmosphere and provide an opportunity for the little ones to move actively.

Alternative ideas

Finally, you can offer several ideas when there is neither time nor desire to spend time in the kitchen, and the soul requires a holiday. You can set the table for a birthday at home inexpensively and tasty by purchasing ready-made food from a culinary or restaurant. This option is especially suitable for a young, advanced company. You can order pizza, grilled chicken and salads. Japanese cuisine will cost a little more.

There is also an interesting and modern option - a buffet table. But he obeys certain rules:

• division into disposable portions;
• dishes should be mainly on skewers;
• you can lay out all kinds of goodies on one large table;
• the main dish should be in baskets or make the sheet rolls after cutting them;
• if chicken legs are served, then the bone is wrapped in a napkin.

Alcoholic drinks must be uncorked, and guests must be provided with glasses and glasses. But a huge plus will be that the birthday girl does not have to constantly change plates and cutlery.

The most interesting option will be a birthday party in nature. Happy people born in the summer months know what that means. A picnic in nature, barbecue, barbecue, air and sun - what could be more tempting? But here, too, there are nuances:

• salads with mayonnaise - not recommended picnic dishes;
• meat must be marinated in advance;
• you should take care of drinking water;
• sandwiches and side dishes can be taken from home.

And what a delicious pilaf on a fire or potatoes baked in ash!

But no matter what the birthday man chooses, the main thing is that his beloved people are nearby.