“Buffet” translated from French - fork. At the buffet table there is usually a minimum of chairs, basically everyone is standing, talking, holding a plate with a fork and small snacks. Those who attend are serving themselves, the purpose of the buffet dinner is communication, food is a secondary matter. If you are going to gather guests for a buffet in the office or at home, then we will tell you what to prepare snacks for the buffet, see recipes with photos, simple and delicious.

Dishes for a buffet are mini snacks prepared quickly from high-quality and simple products, but they are no different in taste from the complex dishes served in restaurants. In addition to crackers and canapes, there are also salads, small pies for one bite, mini buns with filling. Mostly snacks are eaten using forks or skewers. We learn what snacks to prepare for a buffet at work, inexpensive, tasty and fast.

Sandwiches are indispensable on the buffet table. Here you can show imagination and create using any products. Take a look at the recipe: it’s perfect for a snack on a loaf of bread.

Salmon Mini Rolls

Depending on the number of guests, the volume of products increases or decreases. To prepare such an appetizer you will need:

Salmon
   Eggs
   Rice
   Hard cheese
   Mayonnaise
   Black olives
   Skewers

Rice and eggs are boiled, salmon is usually bought cut into thin slices, which are cut into two parts, if the pieces are large, or left as is. Eggs and cheese are ground on a grater, mixed with rice and mayonnaise. Having mixed everything, put it on the fish (about one spoon), twist it into a roll, put olive on a skewer and stick it into salmon.

Vegetable sandwich

It is cooked without bread, eggplant lovers will like it.

Products:

Several eggplant
   3-5 tomatoes, strong and not overripe
   Cheese
   A few cloves of garlic
   Refined oil
   Salt pepper
   A little parsley

Cut eggplant into round slices, sprinkle with salt and leave for a quarter hour. Then rinse, dry and fry on both sides. Spread on a paper towel to leave excess fat, salt and sprinkle with pepper. Cut the garlic into several parts and fry, then remove from the pan, we only need its smell. Cut tomatoes into thin rings and fry lightly in garlic oil. Cut the cheese with a large sharp knife into plates sized to fit the eggplant.

Now you can lay out a sandwich - eggplant, cheese, eggplant, tomato, etc. put the finished turrets on a baking sheet and place in the oven for several minutes so that the cheese melts slightly. Pierce with a skewer, sprinkle with herbs. Snacks on the buffet table can be varied, recipes with photos will help you understand how easy and simple it is to decorate the simplest products.

Tartlets with red fish

The simplest version of the buffet snacks. See which can be placed in small baskets.

Products:

8 sand tartlets
   100 g of fish
   2 potatoes
   Mayonnaise 2 tablespoons with a slide
   One fresh cucumber
   2 eggs
   Pepper and salt

Hard-boiled eggs, but not digested, otherwise the yolk will be a dark unpleasant color. Boil the potatoes in their skins, peel and chop finely, chop fish and eggs in the same way. Cut the cucumber into thin slices. Mix everything except red fish and cucumbers, salt and sprinkle with black pepper. Spread the salad in a tartlet with a teaspoon, on top two slices of cucumber and fish slices in the form of a rose.

Cheese balls

A simple version of a buffet snack. Such balls are very easy to prepare, do not require many products, they can be made sharp, breaded in paprika, herbs, with sesame seeds. Cheese is suitable for anyone, you can season them with sour cream, mayonnaise.

Any cheese - 300 g
   Sweet paprika
   Hot paprika
   Garlic - 4-5 cloves
   Mayonnaise - 7-9 tablespoons
   Parsley
   Dill
   Fried sesame seeds

Grind cheese on the smallest grater, crush garlic in a mortar or garlic press, mix together and season with mayonnaise. Now the only thing left is to roll balls of cheese and roll in dill, parsley, paprika, sesame, all separately. And so you get beautiful balls of different colors and aromas.

Sardine balls

Another type of wonderful snack for the buffet table for the holiday, which is easy and inexpensive to cook at home.

Products:

Can of sardine
   One large potato
   White onion
   One sweet carrot
   One egg
   Soy sauce 1 tablespoon
   Mayonnaise 2 tablespoons
   Hard cheese 80
White and black sesame seeds on a spoon
   Salt

Boil potatoes with carrots, in another capacity an egg. Peel and grind everything: vegetables on a large, egg on a small. Drain the oil from the canned food and knead with a fork, grate the onion on the very fine side of the grater, squeeze out excess juice. Mix, salt and season all prepared foods with soy sauce and mayonnaise. Roll up fish balls, you should get about 20 pieces. Now roll half in black sesame, and the other half in white. Believe me, your guests will be pleasantly surprised.

Smoked Sausage Sandwiches

A quarter of brown bread
   Raw smoked sausage - 150 g
   One small sweet onion
   One or two cloves of garlic
   Red or green pepper, half the fruit
   Salt and pepper to taste

Use a meat grinder to scroll through all products except bread. Spread the minced meat on small pieces of bread, sliced \u200b\u200bin any shape, on top you can garnish with a slice of lemon, a sprig of parsley, garnish with olive without stones. Such sandwiches will decorate a buffet at work for a birthday.

Stuffed tomatoes

Tomatoes of small sizes, hard and unripe, are suitable for this snack. You can stuff them with anything, here you can easily experiment and give free rein to fantasy. Beautifully designed, they will become the center of the table. You can mix the cottage cheese with herbs, add a little black pepper, and the mince is ready. Boiled and chopped eggs mixed with mayonnaise and herbs are also a great option for stuffing a tomato. You can add boiled chicken, fish or smoked sausage. Simply put, what is in the refrigerator, everything will go. The lid is simply cut off from the tomatoes, the pulp is taken out and you can stuff it. You can remove the lid and make cloves around the edges to make a beautiful basket.

Stuffed eggs

Eggs are an indispensable product for a buffet table. They can not only be added, as a filling, but also stuffed with various products. It always looks beautiful and also very tasty.

1. Dividing the egg into two parts, taking out the yolk and mixing it with chopped smoked sausage, stuff, sprinkle with herbs, garnish with a slice of lemon. Everything is simple and tasty.
  2. Mix the yolk and olives passed through the meat grinder, season with mayonnaise.
  3. The fried onions are combined with the yolk and cod liver.
  4. The crushed crab sticks are mixed with the yolk and pulp of an avocado.
  5. Pickled onions (pour vinegar for a quarter of an hour) mix with herring and sweet and sour apple, add the yolk and stuff. The taste is amazing.

Croquettes

Buffet dishes and snacks can be varied with such croquettes, see recipes with photos. For this dish, any stuffing available at home is suitable.

Products:

500 g of any stuffing
   Half a glass of rice
   1 onion sweet
   2 cloves of garlic
   About one cup of breadcrumbs
   Cooking oil, better refined
   3 eggs
   Salt pepper

Fry chopped onions and garlic, add minced meat, and constantly stirring, stew until it changes color. Put in a bowl, add boiled rice, egg, salt, pepper. If the minced meat is liquid, then you can add a few spoons of crackers. Put two eggs in a deep plate and beat lightly with a fork, pour crackers into the other. To mold meat circles, to lower in the beginning in an egg, and then in crackers. Spread on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper, cook for 40 minutes, at a temperature of 180 degrees. Serve on a dish lined with lettuce leaves.

Lemon snack

To prepare it, you will not need a large number of   any cheese, a few lemons and sugar. Cheese is cut into small cubes, lemon thin circles. Slices of lemon slices with sugar, spread cheese on them and fold in half, securing with a toothpick. That's all. For those who drink brandy at the party, this will be the best snack.

Tartlets

Today in the store you can buy anything you like, in particular, ready-made tartlets that can be stuffed with literally everything that comes to mind. Buffet snacks on the festive table are not complete without tartlets, simple recipes with photos will help you determine their appearance and filling options.

Products:

Crab meat - 150 g
   Wafer tartlets - 10 pieces
   Egg
   Mayonnaise: a few tablespoons
   Salt pepper
   Cream cheese
   Green onion
   A little dill

Grind crab meat, cheese and boiled egg, add mayonnaise, salt and pepper to them. Stir everything thoroughly and sprinkle with chopped dill and green onions. Mix again, and spread on a spoon with a slide on tartlets.

Sandwiches with red caviar

One white loaf
   Gram 15 red caviar
   Frozen shrimps - 200-250 g
   A spoonful of sour cream and mustard
   Natural yogurt, about a spoon
   One lemon
   A few twigs of dill

Cut the loaf into thin slices, sprinkle with oil and lightly fry in a grill pan. Boil the shrimp, put in a colander so that the water leaves, and cool faster. Then they will need to be cleaned and finely chopped shrimp meat. Mix yogurt, sour cream, mustard, add salt and pepper, if desired. Pour shrimp into the sauce, and mix, spread a thick layer on bread, garnish with red caviar and a slice of lemon.

We showed you how to plan the menu on the buffet table, we brought recipes with photos, look, which will complete the creation of the holiday menu.

Buffet menu

The organization of a buffet reception is one of the most popular ways of holding corporate and social events. This feast format has the following advantages.

• Guests are free to move around and chat with each other.
• The table looks colorful and original.
• The cost of organizing the holiday is minimal.

Buffet menu options: colorful variety

The main features of the buffet menu are variety and originality. Dishes are quickly prepared and served in small portions. We will tell you which snacks are most often included in the buffet menu.

Canapé is the main dish that is included in the buffet menu most often. It is a mini sandwiches. The basis for them is pieces of fresh or toasted bread. If canapes are cooked on skewers, then in some cases they don’t make a bread base.
  Canapes can contain a variety of ingredients. For instance:

• herring, salmon, salmon, pink salmon;
• smoked chicken, boiled pork, salami, ham, boiled sausages;
• various types of cheese;
• tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and other vegetables;
• prunes, olives;
• cheese cream;
• caviar;
• pastes.

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Meat cuts

Also often included in the buffet menu. When compiling meat slices use:

• various varieties of sausages;
• fat;
• boiled or smoked meat;
• ham;
• bacon.

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In many cases, cheese and other foods are added. The main rule for the preparation of meat cuts - the ingredients need to be thinly sliced \u200b\u200band beautifully arranged.

Light meals on skewers

Practically no stand-up meal is complete without light snacks on skewers. The main thing in their preparation is to take into account the compatibility of products. We list the most popular options for light meals on skewers, which are often included in the buffet menu.

• Shrimp and cheese.
• Cucumber and crab sticks.
• Cheese and olives.
• Apple and salmon.
• Bacon and zucchini.
• Ham, tomatoes and cheese.
• Assorted pickled vegetables.
• Sausage and cheese.
• Ham and Brussels sprouts.
• Cheese, pineapple and grapes.

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When preparing snacks on skewers, foods are usually diced.

Vegetable Slices

In the preparation of vegetable slices usually use:

• tomatoes
• cucumbers
• potatoes;
• pepper;
• zucchini;
• eggplant.

Vegetables can be raw, pickled, boiled, fried, or grilled. In some cases, mushrooms are added to the slices.

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Cheese plates

As a rule, a single buffet menu is not complete without cheese plates. In their preparation, various types of cheeses are used. Among them: dor blue, roquefort, gorgonzola, sheep and goat cheeses, parmesan, gruyere, masdam, emental, gouda, edam, mozzarella, shaurs, camembert, ricotta, etc.

Most often, cheese is put in a circle. Moreover, its tender cheeses begin, and piquant closes it. Hard and semi-hard types of cheese are laid at the edges, and soft at the center.

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In addition to cheeses, products are usually added that can correctly emphasize the taste of each of the varieties and improve the appearance of the dish.

They are baked baskets in which salads and other snacks are placed. We list the most popular fillings.

• Salads "Tenderness", "Olivier", "Caesar" and "Crab".
• Grated cheese with lemon juice / garlic.
• Cheese, tomatoes and chicken breast.
• Cream cheese, salmon, eggs, cucumbers and mayonnaise sauce.
• Salmon, avocado, soft cheese, lemon juice, dill.
• Red caviar.

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The basic rule for the preparation of tartlets is that the filling should not be too liquid. Otherwise, the baskets will get wet.

What else is served at the receptions

Above we talked about the main dishes that are included in the buffet menu most often. Next - we list additional ones.

Stuffed eggs or vegetables

From vegetables, tomatoes or zucchini are usually taken. The most popular fillings are:

• red play;
• fillets of various fish species;
• sauces;
• pastes;
• grated cheese with garlic;
• canned fish with chopped onions;
• and so forth

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Most often, for the preparation of rolls, pita bread, bread or the main ingredients (cheese, ham, bacon) are taken as the basis. Fillings are very different. The choice depends on desire and imagination. The main thing is to consider the compatibility of products.

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They are usually laid out in small portions on spoons or bowls.

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Pancakes

The buffet menu often includes pancakes with vegetable, meat, fish and combined fillings. There are also several supply options. It can be:

• tubules;
• envelopes
• pouches;
• rolls.

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For mini pies, the choice of toppings is also great. It all depends on the preferences of the guests. Mini cakes can be both snack bars and sweet. The latter is served for dessert.

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Hot meals

Most often, the following hot dishes are included in the buffet menu.

• From poultry (julienne, chops, fried wings / legs, kebabs).
• Fish (kebabs, steaks, brooches).
• From pork / veal (steaks, grilled ribs, chops).
• Grilled vegetables.

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Dessert

For desserts at receptions most often served:

• sweet and fruit tartlets;
• ice cream;
• jelly;
• small cakes;
• brownies;
• muffins
• etc.

Beautifully made assorted are popular.

The drinks

When compiling a menu for receptions, do not forget about drinks. At such events usually serve:

• champagne;
• various sorts of wines;
• juices;
• fruit drinks;
• mineral water.

For desserts, guests are usually offered tea or coffee.

Where to order a menu for a buffet

As you can see, the buffet menu may contain great amount   dishes. Do not want to spend time and effort compiling it? Order a buffet menu with delivery on the CaterMe service. Specialists of a catering company or restaurant will compile a list of dishes taking into account the number of guests, the duration of the event, your wishes, budget and other important factors.

The word "buffet" comes from the French "fork" and means "joint meal". It is assumed that invited guests eat standing, serve themselves, freely choose drinks and refreshments, and use forks as the main cutlery. There are no places strictly reserved for those present at the reception - this is also a hallmark of such events, and the buffet table is characterized by the absence of chairs.

When the buffet is organized

• There are many guests, but there is not enough space.
• The goal is set: active communication between people, not a feast.
• Time limit for meeting.
• Birthdays, anniversaries.

Characteristic differences

• A wide variety of mini snacks.
• Short duration (usually no more than two hours).
• There are no serving waiters (or one waiter for several tens of people).
• More participants than at the banquet at the table.
• Tables are higher than usual, arranged so that they can be circumvented, and covered with special tablecloths.
• Approximately 500 grams of snacks plus drinks are calculated per guest.

Birthday Buffet Menu

The simplest and most common option: canapes or tartlets with various fillings, a couple of light snacks, fruits and drinks. But the exquisite buffet menu includes up to 15 cold appetizers! As well as a few hot dishes, dessert, coffee, tea.

What is canapes

One of the main attributes of the buffet menu is canapes. So called small sandwiches from croutons with a variety of ingredients. They look elegant and are perfect for filling the buffet table. Fish canapes are prepared, as well as caviar, shrimp, ham and cheese, and vegetables. Often used a variety of pastes, sauces, pastes. The main thing here is the ability to combine products correctly.

For ease of use, canapes are mounted on small skewers, with which the product can be sent to the mouth as a whole. Sometimes small wooden sticks are used. Sometimes sandwiches are taken by hand, but skewers are still preferable. So hands do not get dirty, and canapes take up less space. To prepare such a dish for the menu of the buffet table is not particularly difficult. This can be done in just an hour, provided that all the ingredients are available and prepared in advance! And even more than that, you yourself can invent or develop recipes you already know: canapés love fantasy.

Of no small importance is how to serve and decorate these sandwiches so that it would be nice to look at them. This should be done as colorful as possible, using greens, lemons, and delicately sliced \u200b\u200bvegetables. No wonder, probably, professional photographers like to shoot canapes! But finally, let's move on to cooking recipes.

How to cook canapes

Small sandwiches usually consist of a base, filling and decoration, fastened with a skewer (for example, a sail made from a slice of fresh cucumber). For the base, take bread, cookies, a slice of baking, a slice of cheese. The shape of the base can be square, triangular, diamond-shaped, rounded. The bread is usually dried or lightly fried so that it becomes hard on the outside and remains soft inside. Cut along the length of the loaf into small slices, thickness - from 0.5 to one centimeter, diameter - up to four. Filling and decoration are placed on top.

A few toppings recipes

1. With cheese and salmon. Three cheese and mix with herbs, adding a little lemon juice, to a pasty state. Lightly salted fish (fillet) is cut into small slices. Cut the cucumber into thin circles. We use whole pitted olives. Spread the base of dry bread with cheese paste, cover with a slice of salmon on top. On a skewer we string olive and “sail” from cucumber. We stick the skewer in the canapes. Ingredients: 300 grams of light-salted salmon, 200 grams of cheese, herbs, several fresh medium-sized cucumbers.
2. With liver pate. Three pickled cucumbers on a grater and mix with paste. Hard boiled eggs, cut into circles. Freshly chopped tomatoes in circles. Pitted olives cut in half. We take crackers as a basis. Spread with a paste mixture. Put a piece of egg on top, cover with tomato and olive. We fix with a wooden or plastic skewer. Ingredients: 300 grams of liver paste, a pair of pickled cucumbers, a pair of fresh tomatoes, olives, three eggs.
3. With red caviar. As a basis, we use black dried bread, cut into slices for canapes. Spread the bread with butter, cover with a ring of red Crimean onion on top, put a handful of red caviar on the crown. We stick a skewer.
4. With lard and cucumber. For lovers of Ukrainian cuisine. As a basis - brown bread. Cover it with a thin piece of fat, cut to the size of the base. We put a circle of pickles on top and stick a skewer.

There are still many options. Show your imagination here. The main principle is the compatibility of products!

However, the buffet menu does not consist only of canapes. Often used tartlets. What is it and what do they eat with? Well, since you have decided to prepare a buffet for your birthday, let's figure it out!

Tartlets

Roughly speaking, these are baskets baked from dough. They are filled with a certain type of fillings. Moreover, baskets can be baked both with a filling and separately from it. It is said to be a French invention.

Buffet menu: tartlet recipes

This dish has many variations of fillings. Let's consider only some of them. In the preparation of tartlets, the main principle, as in canapes, is the compatibility of products used for toppings. The basis for the dish, as a rule, remains stably unchanged. The dough is made fresh (flour, water, butter, salt). Baked in the oven (with or without filling) in special molds.

1. The simplest. We fill the finished baskets with any salad already made in advance: Olivier, crab, carrot, and cheese. A very convenient and quickly prepared dish can be decorated with sprigs of greenery, olives, lemon slices.
2. With liver pate. Mix the liver paste with the grated pickles. Add a little chopped greens. Fill the baskets with the mixture. Top can be decorated with a circle of black olives.
3. Cheese. Three cheese and crush garlic. Mix these ingredients with a little mayonnaise. Fill the baskets with mass, decorate with parsley.

And you can also use fruit tartlets as a dessert. The choice is up to the hostess of the festive table, which prepares a buffet menu and shows her imagination.

  30 original recipes for a buffet

Typically, at such events, desserts, a la carte snacks and drinks are served at the table. A buffet reception is when people eat while standing, guests choose food on their own, most often they serve themselves. The main purpose of the buffet was not food, but communication. Do not be afraid to organize a buffet at home - for a successful hosting, the hostess will need only a couple of fresh ideas.

Appetizing will decorate any holiday table. Amaze your guests!

Classic canapes

Canapes and receptions - twin brothers. With the help of conventional toothpicks and simple products, you can make a delicious snack in a matter of minutes. The easiest option: cheese, ham (sausage) and olives or several types of cheese and olives. Sausage cubes can be alternated with bread cubes, grapes and cucumber.

Canapes on skewers with rolls

In this case, the fried ham is taken in slices. The paste is wrapped in it and all this needs to be "nailed" to a small piece of bread. Alternatively, instead of ham and paste, fried slices of bacon with prune filling are taken. And you can make a move with a horse and wrap a thin piece of ham around the cheese, chop it on a skewer and decorate with parsley.

Shrimp Canapes

This type of canapé is considered delicious. A piece of salami is chopped with shrimp and crumbled in grated cheese and lemon zest. For brightness and variety, instead of salami, you can take mango, and pickle the shrimp in olive oil with sweet bell pepper.

Sweet canapes

An interesting combination of flavors - cherry, cheese and kiwi. Or kiwi, banana and grapes. Do not forget that some fruits quickly darken and lose their beneficial properties.

Options for sandwiches for a buffet

The flow of ideas is unlimited. We take the black bread, cut it with triangles or small squares, spread with butter and spread the cut. The more options, the more varied the buffet table. You can put dill, ham, chopped smoked meat, slices of red fish, mushroom caviar, slices of avocado, grated cheese on butter.

Sandwiches "under vodka"

The peculiarity of these sandwiches is that they include almost everything that a 40-degree drink usually has. And at the receptions, as you know, without a good snack you will not get far. Black bread is smeared with butter and with the help of skewers, a piece of boiled egg, carrot, herring, pickled cucumber, olive and parsley is fixed on it.

Sandwiches "Ladybug"

Grease the bread with butter or pasta, put half of the cherry tomato. From the olives you make a “head” and points, for the eyes you can take oil.

Stuffed Eggs and Tomatoes

Another classic dish of any buffet is everyone’s favorite and always eaten. We make the filling from rice, caviar, dill, carrots, vegetables. Universal dish!

Snack Snacks

Ball-shaped snacks look delicious! They make snacks from ordinary mashed potatoes or finely grated products. Balls roll in various spices: from curry they will be yellow, from paprika - red, and from black pepper - black. Finely chopped greens, raisins or nuts are usually placed inside snacks.

Snack in batter

Any meat slices, vegetables and seafood can be fried in batter. It is prepared very simply - 8 tbsp. l mix flour with one yolk and 200 ml of water. To make the batter airy, you can add a little starch. Serve on a beautiful, large dish, garnish with parsley.

Chicken wings

Another great snack for a buffet table. Ideally, the wings are marinated in white wine or soy sauce with garlic, thyme, rosemary and curry before frying. To give the dish a golden hue, add a little honey to the marinade.

Stuffed Profiteroles

Profiteroles are small burgers. Made from custard dough. The filling can be either sweet (as a dessert) or savory. For the test, take 250 ml of water, 100 g of fatty butter (82% better), a pinch of salt and sugar, a glass of flour with a slide and 6 yolks. Mix salt, sugar and water in a saucepan, add oil. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly with a spatula. As soon as it boils, add flour and stir. Add one yolk, stir for a couple of minutes, then repeat the same with the rest of the yolks. Form circles with a diameter of 2.5 - 3 cm and place in a preheated oven on a baking sheet for 20 minutes. Any filling that you cook will go with a bang!

Mexican corn muffins

Cut 1 sweet and 1 hot pepper in half, remove the core, cut into small cubes. Sift 0.75 cups flour into a dish and mix it with 120 g of starch, 2 tsp. baking powder, salt, cubes of pepper, 100 g grated Emmental cheese, 40 g grated Parmesan, 1 tsp. paprika, 285 g. canned corn. Beat separately 125 ml of corn oil, 375 g of natural yogurt and pour into the dough. Bake in the oven at a temperature of 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes. Great if you have ready-made silicone molds for mini tartlets. Before serving, muffins can also be decorated with finely chopped sweet peppers.

Shrimp Chips Appetizer

Large chips will be needed. The filling is laid out on them. Cooked shrimp, pitted black olives, garlic, pickled gherkins and a little brine from them, mayonnaise and cream cheese are crushed in a blender to a homogeneous mass. Fill the chips immediately before serving, otherwise they will get wet.

Mini pizza

No experiments with the test will be needed. Carefully cut round bottoms out of plain toast bread. Then put the pizza toppings on them (optional) and bake in the oven for several minutes.

Making Mermaid snacks

The main thing in any buffet is the ability to fantasize. For the hair of Mermaid, green onions are taken, seaweed or Korean carrots, the chest and head are plates with any salads, for the body and tail everything is taken that has a round cut (tomatoes, sausage, lemons, oranges), the tail is made from sprat , and the outline is laid out with olives.

Mushrooms with Chicken and Cheese

Separate the mushroom caps from the legs, put a piece of cheese in them, a little seasoning, finely chopped boiled chicken meat and send it to the microwave for literally 2-3 minutes.

Georgian phali

The main component is red beets. It is boiled, chopped, garlic, salt and pepper are added to taste, as well as a little fried and crushed walnuts. They of this mass form balls or cakes and serve the guests for a test.

Cranberry Snack Sauce

Sweet and sour cranberry sauce goes well with meat snacks and seafood. Dissolve 1 glass of sugar in a glass of orange juice, heating them over medium heat. Add the zest of orange and 500 grams of cranberries (best fresh). Cook for 8-10 minutes until the cranberries burst. The sauce will be liquid, but when you remove it from the heat and cool it will thicken.

Ham balls

Take 400 g of ham, 5 boiled eggs and one large onion. Cut it all into small cubes and add mayonnaise. It will be needed a little - only for a bunch of products so that you can dazzle balls a little smaller than a peach. Roll them in chopped walnuts, put on a dish and sprinkle with parsley.

Prunes in bacon

Large prunes are needed - the larger, the better. It is filled with walnuts, pounded with garlic and herbs, wrapped in a strip of bacon and baked in the oven. Bacon should be well browned.

Stuffed crab sticks

Crab stick is a thinly rolled layer of fillet of sea surimi fish. Carefully unwrap the crab sticks, after soaking them in boiling water for 30 seconds. We put the filling in the form of grated cheese, chopped cucumbers, garlic, mayonnaise, herbs. We wrap it back and set it on the table with the rest of the dishes for the buffet table.

Garlic toast

Cooking stuffing for toast. Grind 2 boiled eggs, mix with 1 pickled cucumber, herbs, green onions, mashed cod liver (150 grams will be enough). Fry the toasts in vegetable oil with garlic, put the filling on top, decorate with fresh herbs.

Eggplant Appetizer

To prepare this dish, peel the aubergines, cut them into rings and fry from 2 sides in a pan. Brush with garlic mayonnaise sauce and place on a plate. Then it all depends on your imagination and desire. You can put eggplant together in two cups, or you can put on each half half of small cherry tomatoes, olives, adding ketchup and sauce.

Raffaello from crab sticks

Grind 1 small boiled egg, 2 cloves of garlic and 200 g of cheese into small crumbs using a blender. Stir and add as much mayonnaise so that the mass of cheese, garlic and eggs becomes viscous. Form balls, put olive in each of them. Roll in crab sticks finely chopped in a separate bowl and refrigerate.

Corn and Cheese Rice Muffins

Rice and cheese are mixed in a 1: 4 ratio, and frozen green peas and corn are added. Send in the microwave until the cheese is completely melted. Then fill the cupcake molds - preferably with smooth walls. Allow to cool, carefully remove and cover these “towers” \u200b\u200bwith meat or any other dish.

Ham mozzarella

Take mozzarella cheese, wrap it in ham and dress it with green onions. If there is no mozzarella at hand, you can take any other cheese. The main thing is that he be firm.

Lavash roll

Pita bread is a real lifesaver for any housewife. A thin layer of pita bread is smeared with mayonnaise. Korean carrots and thread cheese are laid out on one edge of the future roll. Then the roll is wrapped very tightly and cut into pieces and rolls of the desired size. Naturally, the filling for pita bread can be very diverse. No less tasty rolls with smoked fish, ham, mushrooms, fresh cucumbers.

Cocktail Mojito

Mojito will never be superfluous on any table. For one serving, you need 40 ml of light rum, 30 ml of lime juice, 1/3 of a bunch of mint, 2 tsp. sugar, soda. In a tall glass you need to put mint and knead it well with a pestle. Add lime juice, sugar and completely fill the glass with crushed ice. Also add rum, and soda on top. Mix gently. Garnish with a bunch of mint and a slice of lime.

Buffet Smoothies

Usually, some fruit (banana, strawberry, peaches), honey or sugar, milk or orange juice is taken to make a smoothie. Everything is whipped until smooth in a blender and served in tall glasses. Optionally, you can add ice and some alcohol.

You can arrange a small feast on your own for any reason and often enough (anniversaries, New Year, February 23 (I advise you to see ideas), March 8, successful completion of affairs, and so on).

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I tried to choose proven and easy-to-use snacks, so bookmark the article so that this cheat sheet is on its side at the right time! My ideas will help you organize a holiday quickly and inexpensively.

What to cook for a buffet at work?

I do not agitate to cook all these snacks! Choose!

“On one tooth” - collection “100 canapes”

The first thing that comes to mind is small elegant snacks (canapes). I collected all these ideas in pictures for a long time and replenish them regularly, so be sure to find suitable options (evaluate time and financial costs).

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The sandwich will be tastier if ...

  ... if grease bread cooked at home mustard oil   (for 200 g of softened oil - 1 tablespoon of finished mustard from a jar)

… make cheese cream(in a blender, beat 150 g of hard cheese, 150 soft cream cheese, 2 cloves of garlic and a few sprigs of herbs, 1/2 cup cream 20-22%)

  ... put a piece of sausage or boiled pork on tartar sauce   (add 150 g of finely chopped pickled cucumbers to 150 grams of mayonnaise, 1 tablespoon of chopped capers and green onions, cool for 30 minutes, pour 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste).

The buffet reception at work is prepared, as a rule, by more than one person, therefore it is possible to pre-distribute among colleagues who can do something in advance at home. Approximate decoration of sandwiches   on the picture:

  Sandwich Meat   better to do it yourself. Believe me, your colleagues will highly appreciate the natural home-made product, it’s worth a little effort! The meat is cooked simply.

... just garnish with a sprig of greenery:

Herring oil   (beat one herring fillet in a blender with 200 g butter) or minced meat   (scroll through a meat grinder one herring filet, a green apple without a peel, a small onion, a boiled egg, 70-100 g of butter, season with black pepper) will require only a small decoration from a slice of cucumber and a sprig of dill. Figured bread can be made using cookie cutters.

  Homemade Chicken Liver Pate   on a slice of bread with a thin straw of bell pepper - a great snack for a buffet at work. Recipe:   put carrots and onions in a pot of water, boil until tender, add 500 g of chicken liver to boiling vegetables. Cook everything together for 15 minutes, remove from water and whisk hot while using a blender, gradually adding the broth in which the products were cooked until a homogeneous mass similar in density to sour cream was obtained. Allow to cool slightly, add 150 g of softened butter, salt to taste. This is a very cheap but festive appetizer!

Cheese cream with garlic on bread toast. I already wrote about how to do it in this article a little higher (it can be used as a “pillow” for boiled pork and sausage). But the cream itself is incomparably tasty and beautiful if it is laid out on a lettuce leaf using a pastry syringe.

Pies and crepes

Small pies made from yeast or puff pastry with the most traditional filling (meat, cabbage with eggs, potatoes with mushrooms) are always successful. Scatter first! I will not describe in detail, while I just throw up the idea for a holiday in the office. The most important thing - small size, also for “one bite”.

  Another successful snack for a buffet in the office, which can be prepared at home and eat cold - spring rolls. Tiny too, of course. With red caviar or slightly salted salmon, for example. Look for a craftsman in the team, someone will surely cope :-)!

Buffet at work: are salads appropriate?

Yes, I declare boldly, as there are several ways of their original submission!

If you chop the usual salad (olivier, crab, etc.) a little smaller than you used to cut for a regular feast, you can put it on a slice of bread or in a basket. Sometimes for salads they use disposable glasses or the most ordinary glass glasses (wine glasses for martini, bowls). Here's what it looks like:

  By the way, you can put it in glasses and decided to drop a very nice idea here! I saw in the magazine, immediately scanned for you :-). it will look very original (if your buffet at work was organized on New Year's Eve) or just a “tree of happiness” from sweets if you celebrate something else.