Birthday menu: beautiful and inexpensive, recipes with photos
Sometimes preparing for a holiday takes a lot of time and this time is often not enough to prepare complex holiday dishes.
Therefore, we suggest considering dishes that are prepared quickly, but are in no way inferior in taste to dishes that are difficult to prepare.
What can you cook beautifully and inexpensively for a birthday: recipes
Lavash roll with salmon
This dish is quite easy to prepare. Cheese and salmon go well together.
These ingredients will suit almost everyone's taste. If desired, this dish can be supplemented with any ingredients. After all, cooking can be classified as an art form that is based on various experiments.
- One sheet of pita bread;
- One package of lightly salted salmon;
- Two packages of processed cheese;
- Greenery.
Preparation:
- All you need is a thin sheet of pita bread. A thick sheet will not work - it will not make a roll. You need to spread it on cling film and apply a thick layer of processed cheese;
- Then spread finely chopped salmon over the entire surface of the sheet;
- The lavash sheet needs to be rolled into a tube. Then put the resulting roll in the refrigerator and leave it there for 27-30 minutes so that it is saturated;
- When the roll is saturated, it needs to be carefully cut and decorated with herbs. The dish is ready.
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Herring cake on waffle cakes
According to our traditions, every housewife’s holiday table is not complete without such a delicious snack as herring. But, unfortunately, there are not many recipes for its preparation.
Usually this is the famous “Shuba” salad, laid out in layers, simply chopped herring with pickled onions and butter and mincemeat for delicious sandwiches.
But today I will share with you how to serve herring cake on waffle cakes. My recipe with step-by-step photos, so you will understand how easy it is to prepare.
Ingredients for cooking:
- herring mincemeat – 300 g,
- waffle cakes - 1 pack.,
- boiled egg – 2-3 pcs.,
- mayonnaise sauce – 2-3 tsp,
- boiled beets – 1-2 pcs.,
- carrot – 1 pc.,
- table salt - to taste.
How to make herring cake
- First, let's prepare all the ingredients listed above. I boiled beets and eggs in advance, and also prepared herring mincemeat.
- Life hack! To make eggs easier to peel, immediately after they are ready, immerse them in ice water, so the shell will easily peel away from the white. After peeling the boiled eggs (2-3 pcs.), grate them on a fine grater, and then mix them with 1-3 tsp. your favorite mayonnaise (I usually use Provencal or make homemade one from yolks).
- Peel the beets and grate them too.
- After this, we let our vegetable “rest” a little so that it can release its juice (5-7 minutes). Drain it and lightly squeeze the beets, and then add 3 -5 tsp to it. mayonnaise and salt (salt to taste). Take a cutting board, place the first waffle cake on it and apply the herring mincemeat (the layer should be dense). Then place the second cake coated with the egg mixture.
- After the beet layer. Then we repeat the layers. I prefer bright colors, so my top layer is a waffle cake spread with boiled beets. Herring cake on waffle cakes is almost ready.
- Leave it for 20-30 minutes to absorb all the beneficial ingredients.
- If you want to serve such an appetizer for the holiday table, then you need to serve it accordingly. I suggest decorating the top layer with bright and juicy carrots for serving.
Take carrots, cut them into slices, pour boiling water over them so that they soften slightly. Decorate the cake with greens, carrot roses and lingonberries.
Snack balls
The preparation of this snack is quite simple, despite this, it is very original and will look great on every holiday table. When preparing, the housewife will save a lot of time.
Ingredients for cooking:
- 120 grams or four pieces of processed cheese;
- 200 grams of ground walnuts;
- 200 grams of crab meat;
- 150 grams of mayonnaise;
- 4 cloves of garlic;
- Salad leaves.
Preparation:
- Processed cheeses should be placed in the freezer for 25 minutes so that they harden a little and are convenient to grate;
- After 25 minutes, remove the cheese from the freezer and grate on a coarse grater;
- Mix the cheeses with nuts and garlic, passed through a garlic press;
- Roll the resulting mass into small balls;
- Grate the crab meat on a fine grater;
- Roll cheese "Raffaello" in crab shavings;
- Place lettuce leaves on a plate and put Raffaello on them. The dish is ready.
Menu: Hot
Today we offer you just such an option - a simple menu for the festive table for your birthday. Hot dishes are a staple on every holiday table. And, most often, housewives try to make a good impression on guests with the help of original and satisfying hot dishes.
Chop Jeanette
A very tasty dish and very easy to prepare. Pork goes well with tomatoes and cheese. These ingredients give the meat a special taste.
Ingredients for cooking:
- 450 grams of pork meat, preferably the neck part (you need to choose lean meat);
- Two large tomatoes;
- 450 grams of mushrooms, preferably oyster mushrooms;
- 250 grams of Parmesan cheese;
- Large bulbous head;
- 300 grams of mayonnaise (it is better to take olive);
- Greenery;
- Olive oil.
Preparation:
- Cut the meat into medium-thick slices, beat;
- Pour mayonnaise over the meat, leave to soak for a couple of hours;
- Grate the cheese;
- Cut tomatoes into rings;
- Fry oyster mushrooms with onion (finely chopped);
- Place meat on a baking sheet greased with olive oil;
- Place oyster mushrooms with onions on the meat, then tomato, cheese and mayonnaise on the tomato;
- Place the resulting chops in the oven at 180 degrees;
- The chops are ready, after which you can decorate them with herbs.
Meat nests
A very delicate dish. It will look great on the holiday table.
Ingredients for cooking:
- 500 grams of minced meat;
- Loaf - three slices;
- Three cloves of garlic;
- A bunch of dill;
- Ground allspice;
- Two chicken eggs;
- 150 grams of mayonnaise;
- 100 grams of ketchup;
- One small onion head;
- One large tomato;
- One bell pepper;
- Olive oil;
- 150 grams of cheese (hard).
Preparation:
- Soak the loaf in milk or water;
- Add garlic, dill, allspice, eggs, and chopped loaf to the minced meat. Mix well;
- Place flatbreads made from minced meat on a baking sheet greased with olive oil;
- Cut cheese, tomato, bell pepper (in rings);
- Place on the meat flatbread in the following order: ketchup, onion, tomato, mayonnaise, cheese. Place the pepper on top and press down lightly so that the filling penetrates a little;
- Place in the oven at 180 degrees. Bake for 25 – 35 minutes;
- Place the cutlets on a plate and garnish with dill. The dish is ready to be served on the festive table.
Different housewives prepare these cutlets in different ways.
Recipes for birthday celebrations at work
If you are planning a traditional celebration, then it is quite possible to set the table for a birthday at home inexpensively. Many people often celebrate their birthday with their work team. If you also want to share this holiday with your work colleagues, then you will need delicious and as unpretentious dishes as possible.
Peacock Tail Snack Recipe
This appetizer will not only decorate an inexpensive birthday table with its original design, but will also delight you with its combination of tastes, seemingly at first glance, of the simplest vegetables.
Ingredients for cooking:
- Two eggplants
- Two tomatoes
- Two cucumbers
- Olives
- Two cloves of garlic
- Mayonnaise
- Bunch of parsley
- Salt to taste
Preparation:
Cut the eggplants into thick slices. Salt each circle on both sides and leave for 15 minutes until the bitterness goes away. Then, the eggplants should be washed with water. Place the eggplants on baking paper, grease with sunflower oil (for a golden crust), and place in the oven for 25 minutes at 180 degrees. Cut tomatoes into circles, cucumbers too. In an oval flat dish, assemble a snack in the shape of a peacock's tail: first lay out eggplant circles, grease with mayonnaise, sprinkle with garlic, then put in tomatoes, again mayonnaise, then cucumber. Place half an olive on the cucumber.
Tip: to make the “Peacock Tail” look more magnificent, you can place small bunches of parsley between each circle.
Tartlets with fish
This salad is very original. It consists of classic ingredients, but they are all loved by many.
Salad with red fish in tartlets is suitable for a festive table outdoors or in the office. 
Ingredients for cooking:
- Greenery;
- 100 grams of cream cheese;
- 350 grams of any red fish;
- 150 grams of mayonnaise;
- 10 small tartlets.
Preparation:
- Cut the fish into slices;
- Grate the cheese on a coarse grater;
- Mix cheese and fish, add mayonnaise and herbs;
- Place the resulting salad in tartlets;
- Decorate with sprigs of greenery. The dish can be served on a festive table.
Pie with fish and rice is beautiful and inexpensive
A fragrant, satisfying and tasty fish pie with rice will be an excellent appetizer on your table or suitable as a main dish. The combination of fish and rice is very beneficial for health and brain activity.
Ingredients for cooking:
- 800 g of fresh or frozen fish;
- Onions 1 kg;
- 1 cup of rice;
- Vegetable oil 100 ml;
- 7 pcs bay leaves;
- 2 pinches of ground pepper;
- 1 tbsp. salt;
- 2 tbsp. flour;
- Yeast dough 1,200 g;
- 1 egg for greasing.
Preparation:
- How to make a pie from rice, onions and fish? Start preparing the onions and rice. Rinse the rice and leave it in cool, salted water for 1.5 hours. Then rinse again and boil in boiling water, also add a little salt (1 tsp salt). Cook the rice for about 20 minutes. To make the rice crispy and white, pour it directly into boiling water, you can even add a little citric acid. Prepare yeast dough according to your favorite recipe.
- Once the rice is ready, drain it in a colander. Then refrigerate. Peel the onion and cut into small half rings. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and then put the onion in it. Stir a little and simmer for 4 minutes, but so that the onion does not overcook. Mix the oil with the onions, where they were stewed, with the prepared rice, salt and pepper. Stir.
- Half an hour before the pie is ready, prepare the fatty fish. Cut the fish fillets into 1.5 cm strips.
- Salt each fish strip on all sides, pepper and place on parchment paper and leave to marinate for 40 minutes. To evenly distribute the fat in the pie, place the fish strips so that the lean part of the fish alternates with the fatty part.
- Divide the dough into two parts. Roll out half of the dough to a size slightly larger than the baking sheet, adding flour as needed. The dough should be about 1 cm thick.
- Lay out the bottom layer of dough on a baking sheet, place half of the prepared rice and onion filling on it, add 3 bay leaves.
- Transfer fish strips from the parchment to the filling in the same order; between the strips you can fill the space with pieces of small fish fillets.
- Place 4 bay leaves on a layer of evenly laid fish, lay out the rest of the rice and onion filling so that it can cover the entire surface.
- Roll out the second part of the dough into a layer. Cover the top with a second layer of dough, pinch the edges of the pie and place the pie with fish and rice in a warm place for 30 minutes.
- Separate the yolk from the white. Beat the yolk and brush the pie with it.
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees and place the greased pie in it on the middle shelf of the oven. Bake the pie for about 40 minutes, reduce the oven to 190 degrees. If there is uneven heat in the oven, then after 25 minutes turn the baking sheet over with the other end and bake the pie for another 20 minutes at 190 degrees.
- Remove the finished fish pie with rice onto a soft napkin and cover with a towel on top. This way the fish inside the pie will reach and the crust will soften.
- A fragrant raw fish pie with onions and rice can be served to your table!
- Bon appetit!
Canapes with herring
A tasty and easy to prepare dish. The taste is reminiscent of Soviet herring under a fur coat. Very good for a buffet table.
Ingredients for cooking:
- A bunch of greenery;
- Salted herring fillet – 300 grams;
- One large beet;
- Mayonnaise - to taste;
- Bread.
Preparation:
- Cut the herring fillet into slices;
- Boil the beets and grate them on a fine grater;
- Cut the bread into small slices, spread with mayonnaise and sprinkle with herbs on top;
- Finely chopped onion is placed on top;
- Next add beets, then a couple of pieces of herring fillet;
- Decorate with greens.
You know, canapés are considered the best snack to take to work and celebrate your birthday there. Why the best? Yes, because they are quick to make, you can get a lot of them, and you can bring them to the office without losing their aesthetics and appetizing appearance.
What delicious thing to cook for a birthday inexpensively?
If the amount that can be spent on food for preparing holiday dishes is limited, then tasty but inexpensive dishes will come to the rescue.
Summer menu: Zucchini cake
This dish is quite cheap to prepare. It will be an excellent option not only for the holiday table, but also for a family Sunday lunch.
Ingredients for cooking:
- 900 grams or 1 kg of zucchini, preferably yellow;
- Three raw eggs;
- Two boiled eggs for decoration;
- Five st. l. flour;
- 1 tsp. salt;
- 1 tsp. soda;
- Two small tomatoes;
- 250 grams of hard cheese;
- Three cloves of garlic;
- 200 grams of mayonnaise;
- A bunch of greenery.
Preparation:
- If the zucchini is old, then you need to peel it, but if it’s young, you don’t have to peel it;
- Grate the zucchini on a coarse grater;
- Add flour, three eggs, soda, slaked with vinegar, and salt to taste to the zucchini mixture;
- Spread the resulting mixture little by little onto a heated frying pan to form pancakes. Fry on both sides;
- Grate the cheese onto a fine grater;
- Mix mayonnaise with garlic, previously passed through a garlic press;
- Grease the resulting zucchini cakes with mayonnaise and garlic, add thinly sliced tomato and sprinkle with cheese;
- Place tortilla on tortilla;
- Grease the last flatbread with mayonnaise and sprinkle with boiled grated eggs;
- Place the resulting cake in the refrigerator to soak;
- Decorate with greens.
Chicken with sour cream
Chicken dishes very often decorate the holiday table and suit the taste of almost everyone.
Chicken can be cooked very tasty without much financial investment. And it will always be in demand on the holiday table.
Ingredients for cooking:
- Large chicken carcass about 2 kilograms;
- 400 grams of sour cream;
- Two tbsp. l. apple cider vinegar;
- 500 grams of onions (purple, lettuce);
- A bunch of greenery;
- Olive oil;
- Turmeric.
Preparation:
- The bird carcass should be cut into small slices, the onion into thin rings;
- Place a frying pan on low heat, pour olive oil into it, add chicken;
- Stir in onion, sour cream and turmeric;
- Pour apple cider vinegar into the frying pan with the chicken, followed by the prepared sauce;
- Cover with a lid and simmer over low heat until done;
- The dish is ready, garnish with herbs before serving.
A holiday in nature is always good. But dishes for an outdoor celebration should generally be prepared in advance.
The main thing is that they should taste excellent both hot and cold.
Layered salad with chicken
An excellent salad for an outdoor celebration. Delicious and very filling.
Ingredients for cooking:
- 250 grams of hard cheese;
- 450 grams of fresh mushrooms (can be frozen);
- Five boiled chicken eggs;
- 250 grams of mayonnaise;
- Boiled chicken fillet - 0.5 kg;
- Four small onions;
- A bunch of greenery;
- Vegetable oil;
- Salt.
More quick snack recipes. Interesting options for light dishes that are quick and easy to prepare.
Recently, such a snack as tartlets has become increasingly popular. If you consider yourself one of those people who like them, then here is an article with recipes. You will definitely have a bright holiday table!
When celebrating a birthday outdoors, the main dish is often shish kebab, especially chicken. We suggest you read here tips on choosing chicken meat for it and find out in which marinade the kebab will be the most delicious.
Preparation:
- Peel the onion and finely chop it, sauté over low heat;
- Add boiled mushrooms to the pan with onions and fry;
- Cut the cheese into thin strips;
- Grate the eggs on a coarse grater;
- Boil the fillet in salted water and cut into strips;
- Lay out in layers:
- Layer I – chicken fillet cut into strips;
- Layer II – grated eggs;
- Grease with mayonnaise;
- III layer – cheese;
- Layer VI – onions with fried mushrooms;
- Grease with mayonnaise;
- V layer – cheese mixed with eggs;
- Spread with mayonnaise and garnish with herbs.
Place the salad in a cool place to soak. Decorate with greens. The dish is ready to serve.
Festive menu for children
A child's birthday is a little different from an adult's. This is because little guests are most often picky. It is necessary to prepare dishes that will satisfy all the requirements of children.
Ice cream with fruits
At a children's party this dish will be very relevant. After all, all children love ice cream.
And it will be especially tasty with a fruit base. If a child’s birthday is in the summer, then this dish will even be indispensable.
Ingredients for cooking:
- Four bananas;
- 400 grams of strawberries;
- Four kiwis;
- 400 grams of creamy ice cream;
- Mint leaves.
Preparation:
- Grind all the fruits separately in a blender;
- Layer in layers: banana, strawberries, kiwi, ice cream;
- Place in the freezer;
- Garnish with mint leaves;
- The dish is ready.
Pizza with sausage
It is believed that pizza is a harmful dish, but if you prepare it at home from natural ingredients, then the harm from it will be minimal.
All children love pizza. And at a children's birthday party she will not take the last place.
Ingredients for cooking:
- 300 grams of flour;
- One chicken egg;
- Sugar;
- Soda;
- Salt;
- Two tomatoes;
- 200 ml kefir;
- 200 grams of pickled mushrooms;
- 200 grams of sausage;
- One bulbous head;
- One bell pepper;
- 200 grams of hard cheese;
- 250 grams of mayonnaise.
Preparation:
- The flour needs to be sifted;
- Break an egg into a 3-liter container, add sugar, salt, soda;
- Add flour, kefir;
- The dough needs to be kneaded;
- Place the resulting dough on a baking sheet greased with sunflower oil;
- Place the tomatoes cut into strips on the dough;
- Mushrooms need to be fried over low heat;
- Cut the sausage into strips;
- Pepper is also cut into strips;
- Grate the cheese;
- Cut the onion into rings and fry;
- Mushrooms, onions, sausage, mayonnaise, and pepper are placed on the tomatoes laid out on the dough. Sprinkle cheese on top;
- Bake at 180 degrees for 35 minutes.
- The dish is ready.
The hostess decides which dish to prepare for the holiday, based on the personal beliefs and taste preferences of the guests. This article will help you decide a little about the choice of dishes for your birthday celebration.
You need to create a birthday menu of beautiful and inexpensive dishes in advance.
A birthday is a celebration that you look forward to with special trepidation. After all, it is he who gives so many positive emotions, pleasant words, sincere congratulations and long-awaited gifts. And this is a reason to get together with family and friends. But you also want to thank them and please them with something tasty.
But what to do if there is no way to set a rich table, but you don’t want to lose face at all? It turns out that you can surprise your guests with luxurious dishes and an unusual menu without spending a large amount of money. We will tell you how you can save money.
The sooner you start preparing for the holiday, the more likely you are to spend less money.
It is better to monitor retail outlets a week before the celebration and note where you can buy certain products cheaper.
Seasonality and replacement of heavy foods
A lot also depends on what time you were born.
For example, if your birthday is in the summer, you should focus on fruits and vegetables - at this time they are much cheaper than, say, in winter and spring.
Fruits, berries, herbs and vegetables can not only be put on the table, but also various dishes and salads can be prepared from them.
In winter, the basis of the menu can be preserved food from the cellar: preparations, tinctures, compotes.
Create a menu
Think in advance about what you will put on the table. Here is an economical (but no less tasty) version of the birthday menu:
- A variety of snacks (the more, the better). These can be cold and hot sandwiches, canapés, croutons, toasts, rolls, tartlets...
- Several types of salads.
- Hot meat dish: cutlets, baked chicken, fish or meat, meatballs, meatballs, cabbage rolls.
- Side dishes: rice, mashed potatoes, buckwheat.
- Dessert. It’s better to bake cakes, pastries, and muffins yourself - you save on groceries, and homemade baked goods are much tastier than store-bought ones.
- From drinks you can make compote or jelly, from alcohol you can buy fruit cocktails.
Recipes for simple and economical dishes for the holiday table
For some reason, many people believe that the feast will not be successful if the guests do not prepare as much fatty meat food as possible, which causes a heaviness in the stomach. But people come to the holiday to have fun, not to fill their bellies, so make more light salads and snacks.
Products for such a tasty and nutritious snack can be taken in any ratio. And it is very easy to prepare.
- Cut sausage, tomatoes, fresh or pickled cucumbers into cubes.
- Mix all the products, do not forget to season with mayonnaise and place on pieces of loaf.
- Place grated cheese and herbs on top.
- Bake the sandwiches for 10 minutes in the oven.
- Grate the processed cheese and add mayonnaise to it.
- Add garlic (greens won’t spoil the taste either).
- Spread the filling onto Armenian lavash and roll it into a roll.
- Cut it with a knife into pieces 4 centimeters wide.
Tomato and cheese appetizer
- After cutting the tomatoes into slices, place them on a large flat plate.
- Grind the sausage cheese using a fine grater.
- Grind the garlic with a press.
- Mix cheese, garlic, add mayonnaise and place on tomatoes.
Chanterelle salad
If time does not limit you, you can design it in the form of a fox as in the photo, but this is not important.
- Boil the chicken (it’s better to use fillet).
- Cut 3 pickled or pickled cucumbers into strips.
- Grind the cheese using a coarse grater.
- Combine everything, 200 g of Korean carrots, greens and 3 cloves of garlic passed through a press will add originality to the salad.
- Season the salad with mayonnaise.
Hot dish – potatoes with chicken
This option is not only economical, but also incredibly tasty.
- You can cut the chicken into pieces or take it whole. It needs to be grated with pepper and salt and placed on a baking sheet.
- Place 1 kilogram of chopped potatoes next to the meat.
- Bake in the oven at 200 degrees for one hour.
- Sprinkle the finished dish with spices and herbs.
This recipe is used as the base for many cakes. To prepare it you need very few ingredients. But before you start making it, remember the rules, without which baking may not work.
- The container in which the dough is beaten must be completely dry.
- During baking, do not open the oven door under any circumstances.
And here is the recipe itself.
- Beat four whites with a mixer, then, without stopping, gradually add one yolk and a glass of sugar.
- Mix the dough with one glass of flour.
- Bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
- Cover the finished sponge cake with any cream and decorate with berries and fruits.
As you can see, you can set a delicious table without much loss to your wallet. It is enough to purchase not the most expensive products, create an original menu and prepare unusual dishes. You only need time, effort and imagination. You will only benefit from this - your guests will definitely be surprised by your resourcefulness and will appreciate the taste of the food. And you will get a lot of positive emotions and remember this birthday for a long time.
Birthday is a special day for every person. On this holiday, I want to please myself and my loved ones with a good mood, smiles, and friendly meetings. I bring to your attention delicious birthday salads with photos and recipes from my personal collection.
Salad Mushroom Glade or Deadly Number
I recognized this salad as Mushroom Glade, and my friend, when she gave me the recipe for her favorite salad, called it Deadly Number. I think both names have their place, especially since the whole point is not in the name at all. I have never tasted anything more delicious in my life!
This is a very tasty and easy to prepare salad. He prepares as changeling, first lay out all the layers, and then turn the salad over. Voila - and the mushroom clearing is ready!
Salad composition:
- whole champignons (canned);
- chicken meat;
- onion;
- eggs;
- boiled carrots;
- pickled cucumbers (preferably gherkins);
- boiled potatoes.
The salad bowl is greased with vegetable oil, the layers are laid out starting from the top, i.e. mushrooms We place the mushrooms with their caps down so that when our salad turns over, everything will be beautiful. The sequence of salad layers is shown in the photo:
Pineapple salad with chicken and nuts
A very impressive salad for a festive table. I prepared it for my husband’s birthday, all the invited guests were delighted, including my work colleagues. The combination of smoked chicken with pickled cucumbers is very successful.
List of ingredients:
- 100 grams of halved walnuts;
- 2 medium potatoes;
- 3 hard-boiled eggs;
- pickled cucumbers (preferably gherkins);
- hard cheese 150 g;
- 200 g smoked chicken;
- salt to taste;
- a bunch of green onions for decoration;
- dressing - mayonnaise.
Salad Emerald scattering with chicken and kiwi
A very tasty combination of boiled chicken and juicy ripe kiwi with a slight sourness! An original and easy-to-prepare salad that will decorate the festive table not only on a birthday, but also on any other holiday.
- 3-4 hard-boiled eggs;
- onions 1 pc. (can be replaced with young green onions);
- 150 grams of cheese;
- mayonnaise;
- 2-3 kiwis (ripe, not hard);
- 2-3 tomatoes;
- chicken meat 250 grams (boil).
Red Sea Salad
A very simple and tasty salad with crab sticks and vegetables. You can prepare it for a festive table for guests, or take it with you to work to treat your colleagues on your birthday. I recommend preparing this salad in the summer, when fresh tomatoes from the new harvest are available for sale! A very non-standard interpretation of crab stick salad, you will love it!
Products:
- 3 ripe tomatoes;
- packaging of crab sticks;
- hard cheese 150 g;
- 1 red sweet pepper (you can do without it);
- salt and pepper to taste;
- mayonnaise;
- a couple of cloves of garlic.
Caesar salad with smoked chicken
I also suggest preparing a very tasty and easy-to-prepare Caesar salad with smoked chicken. To view the recipe, click on the photo below:
Summer salads for birthdays
The choice of one salad or another may depend on the time of year when the birthday is celebrated. In summer, outdoor trips and picnics with more greenery are popular.
These salads are very easy to prepare in 5 minutes (), you just need to take all the necessary vegetables with you on your trip. Vegetable salad with herbs goes well with aromatic kebab or grilled fish.
Below I have selected interesting salad recipes with photos that you can prepare for your birthday in the summer. The main part of the ingredients are juicy vegetables and herbs. Delicious, appetizing, bright, they will give you taste pleasure on this holiday!
Recipe number 1 - Greek Salad
This salad is perfect for a festive summer table! The absence of mayonnaise and meat makes the salad easy to digest and dietary. At the same time, the Greek salad is quite a filling salad, and you definitely won’t go hungry after eating it!
Ingredients for Greek salad (for 4 servings):
- feta cheese (pickled) 200 grams;
- 1 jar pitted olives;
- 1 lemon (for dressing);
- 1-2 ripe tomatoes;
- lettuce leaves;
- shallot 1 piece;
- 1 sweet pepper;
- salt and ground black pepper to taste.
Advice. Sometimes I add fresh cucumber to Greek salad, so the salad turns out more juicy and vegetable! Instead of regular tomatoes, you can use small cherry tomatoes, just cut each one in half. Try it, you will like it!
Preparation
In a large bowl, combine tomatoes cut into large slices (it is better to take homemade ones) with bell pepper rings and shallots. Squeeze the juice from the lemon, combine with olive oil and season the salad with this dressing.
Add olives cut in half, cubed cheese and lettuce leaves torn into small pieces. Add salt and pepper to taste, stir and you're done! It’s better to eat the salad right away :)
Recipe number 2 - Niçoise salad with vegetables, tuna and eggs
This delicious summer salad came to us from distant France, to be more precise, from sunny Provence. The recipe is simple and incredibly delicious. After Greek, Niçoise is my favorite vegetable salad! Of course, in addition to vegetables, there is also canned tuna and eggs, so the dish turns out to be satisfying, although it does not contain extra calories.
Advice. Instead of chicken eggs, put quail eggs in the salad. This will make the taste more refined!
Ingredients (for 4 servings):
- 1 large bell pepper;
- 3-4 ripe tomatoes;
- a can of tuna in its own juice;
- olive oil 3-4 tbsp. spoons;
- dry or fresh herbs (rosemary, thyme, basil);
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- lemon juice;
- 1 tbsp. spoon of sugar;
- quail eggs 6-8 pieces;
- lettuce leaves;
- salt and pepper to taste.
First, boil the quail eggs hard in salted water. Cool the eggs. In a large salad bowl, cut tomatoes into slices (no need to chop), bell peppers into slices and lettuce leaves. Open the tuna, drain the liquid and add the fish, slightly crushed with a fork, to the salad.
Combine herbs with lemon juice, crushed garlic and sugar, add olive oil and leave for at least half an hour. Pour the prepared salad with spicy dressing. Bon appetit!
Recipe number 3 - Gourmet salad with pear and Dor Blue cheese
The combination of sweet fresh pear with spicy noble Dor Blue cheese (with blue mold) is the choice of true gourmets! Treat yourself to this unusual salad, which is also good as an appetizer with noble white wines, champagne, and martinis.
What you need for cooking (for 2 servings):
- 3-4 salad leaves or a handful of arugula;
- 2 pears;
- a handful of walnuts (or pecans);
- blue cheese 150 grams;
- a few mint leaves;
- honey 2 tbsp. spoons;
- olive oil and lemon juice for dressing.
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Sometimes preparing for a holiday takes a lot of time and this time is often not enough to prepare complex holiday dishes.
Therefore, we suggest considering dishes that are prepared quickly, but are in no way inferior in taste to dishes that are difficult to prepare.
What you can quickly prepare for a birthday: recipes
Cheese roll with salmon
This dish is quite easy to prepare. Cheese and salmon go well together.
These ingredients will suit almost everyone's taste. If desired, this dish can be supplemented with any ingredients. After all, cooking can be classified as an art form that is based on various experiments.
Preparation:
- All you need is a thin sheet of pita bread. A thick sheet will not work - it will not make a roll. You need to spread it on cling film and apply a thick layer of processed cheese;
- Then spread finely chopped salmon over the entire surface of the sheet;
- The lavash sheet needs to be rolled into a tube. Then put the resulting roll in the refrigerator and leave it there for 27-30 minutes so that it is saturated;
- When the roll is saturated, it needs to be carefully cut and decorated with herbs. The dish is ready.
Cheese "Raffaello"
The preparation of this snack is quite simple, despite this, it is very original and will look great on every holiday table. When preparing, the housewife will save a lot of time.
Ingredients:
Preparation:
- Processed cheeses should be placed in the freezer for 25 minutes so that they harden a little and are convenient to grate;
- After 25 minutes, remove the cheese from the freezer and grate on a coarse grater;
- Mix the cheeses with nuts and garlic, passed through a garlic press;
- Roll the resulting mass into small balls;
- Grate the crab meat on a fine grater;
- Roll cheese "Raffaello" in crab shavings;
- Place lettuce leaves on a plate and put Raffaello on them. The dish is ready.
Watch the video with another version of cheese balls:
Main courses
Hot dishes are a staple on every holiday table. And, most often, housewives try to make a good impression on guests with the help of original and satisfying hot dishes.
Tender chops
A very tasty dish and very easy to prepare. Pork goes well with tomatoes and cheese. These ingredients give the meat a special taste.
Ingredients: 
- 450 grams of pork meat, preferably the neck part (you need to choose lean meat);
- Two large tomatoes;
- 450 grams of mushrooms, preferably oyster mushrooms;
- 250 grams of Parmesan cheese;
- Large bulbous head;
- 300 grams of mayonnaise (it is better to take olive);
- Greenery;
- Olive oil.
Preparation:
- Cut the meat into medium-thick slices, beat;
- Pour mayonnaise over the meat, leave to soak for a couple of hours;
- Grate the cheese;
- Cut tomatoes into rings;
- Fry oyster mushrooms with onion (finely chopped);
- Place meat on a baking sheet greased with olive oil;
- Place oyster mushrooms with onions on the meat, then tomato, cheese and mayonnaise on the tomato;
- Place the resulting chops in the oven at 180 degrees;
- The chops are ready, after which you can decorate them with herbs.
Cutlets "Swallow's Nest"
A very delicate dish. It will look great on the holiday table.
Ingredients:
Preparation:
- Soak the loaf in milk or water;
- Add garlic, dill, allspice, eggs, and chopped loaf to the minced meat. Mix well;
- Place flatbreads made from minced meat on a baking sheet greased with olive oil;
- Cut cheese, tomato, bell pepper (in rings);
- Place on the meat flatbread in the following order: ketchup, onion, tomato, mayonnaise, cheese. Place the pepper on top and press down lightly so that the filling penetrates a little;
- Place in the oven at 180 degrees. Bake for 25 – 35 minutes;
- Place the cutlets on a plate and garnish with dill. The dish is ready to be served on the festive table.
Different housewives prepare these cutlets in different ways. Below we suggest you prepare them in a different way.
It will turn out very interesting and festive:
Recipes for holiday snacks for the team at work
Many people often celebrate their birthday with their work team. If you also want to share this holiday with your work colleagues, then you will need delicious and as unpretentious dishes as possible.
Salad with red fish in tartlets
This salad is very original. It consists of classic ingredients, but they are all loved by many.
Salad with red fish in tartlets is suitable for a festive table outdoors or in the office.
Ingredients:
- Greenery;
- 100 grams of cream cheese;
- 350 grams of any red fish;
- 150 grams of mayonnaise;
- 10 small tartlets.
Preparation:
- Cut the fish into slices;
- Grate the cheese on a coarse grater;
- Mix cheese and fish, add mayonnaise and herbs;
- Place the resulting salad in tartlets;
- Decorate with sprigs of greenery. The dish can be served on a festive table.
Buffet herring under a fur coat
A tasty and easy to prepare dish. The taste is reminiscent of Soviet herring under a fur coat. Very good for a buffet table.
Ingredients: 
- A bunch of greenery;
- Salted herring fillet – 300 grams;
- One large beet;
- Mayonnaise - to taste;
- Bread.
Preparation:
- Cut the herring fillet into slices;
- Boil the beets and grate them on a fine grater;
- Cut the bread into small slices, spread with mayonnaise and sprinkle with herbs on top;
- Finely chopped onion is placed on top;
- Next add beets, then a couple of pieces of herring fillet;
- Decorate with greens.
You know, canapés are considered the best snack to take to work and celebrate your birthday there. Why the best? Yes, because they are quick to make, you can get a lot of them, and you can bring them to the office without losing their aesthetics and appetizing appearance.
That's why the following video is for your attention:
What delicious thing to cook for a birthday inexpensively?
If the amount that can be spent on food for preparing holiday dishes is limited, then tasty but inexpensive dishes will come to the rescue.
Zucchini cake
This dish is quite cheap to prepare. It will be an excellent option not only for the holiday table, but also for a family Sunday lunch.
Ingredients:
Preparation:
- If the zucchini is old, then you need to peel it, but if it’s young, you don’t have to peel it;
- Grate the zucchini on a coarse grater;
- Add flour, three eggs, soda, slaked with vinegar, and salt to taste to the zucchini mixture;
- Spread the resulting mixture little by little onto a heated frying pan to form pancakes. Fry on both sides;
- Grate the cheese onto a fine grater;
- Mix mayonnaise with garlic, previously passed through a garlic press;
- Grease the resulting zucchini cakes with mayonnaise and garlic, add thinly sliced tomato and sprinkle with cheese;
- Place tortilla on tortilla;
- Grease the last flatbread with mayonnaise and sprinkle with boiled grated eggs;
- Place the resulting cake in the refrigerator to soak;
- Decorate with greens.
Delicious chicken in sauce
Chicken dishes very often decorate the holiday table and suit the taste of almost everyone.
Chicken can be cooked very tasty without much financial investment. And it will always be in demand on the holiday table.
Ingredients:
- Large chicken carcass about 2 kilograms;
- 400 grams of sour cream;
- Two tbsp. l. apple cider vinegar;
- 500 grams of onions (purple, lettuce);
- A bunch of greenery;
- Olive oil;
- Turmeric.
Preparation:
- The bird carcass should be cut into small slices, the onion into thin rings;
- Place a frying pan on low heat, pour olive oil into it, add chicken;
- Stir in onion, sour cream and turmeric;
- Pour apple cider vinegar into the frying pan with the chicken, followed by the prepared sauce;
- Cover with a lid and simmer over low heat until done;
- The dish is ready, garnish with herbs before serving.
The following video is about how to prepare a spectacular birthday salad:
Celebrating in nature
A holiday in nature is always good. But dishes for an outdoor celebration should generally be prepared in advance.
The main thing is that they should taste excellent both hot and cold.
Puff salad with mushrooms, cheese and chicken
An excellent salad for an outdoor celebration. Delicious and very filling.
Ingredients:
- 250 grams of hard cheese;
- 450 grams of fresh mushrooms (can be frozen);
- Five boiled chicken eggs;
- 250 grams of mayonnaise;
- Boiled chicken fillet - 0.5 kg;
- Four small onions;
- A bunch of greenery;
- Vegetable oil;
- Salt.
More Interesting options for light dishes that are quick and easy to prepare.
Recently, such a snack as tartlets has become increasingly popular. If you consider yourself one of those people who like them, then you will definitely get a bright holiday table!
When celebrating a birthday outdoors, the main dish is often shish kebab, especially chicken. We invite you to read the tips on choosing chicken meat for it and find out in which marinade the kebab will be the most delicious.
Preparation:
- Peel the onion and finely chop it, sauté over low heat;
- Add boiled mushrooms to the pan with onions and fry;
- Cut the cheese into thin strips;
- Grate the eggs on a coarse grater;
- Boil the fillet in salted water and cut into strips;
- Lay out in layers:
- Layer I – chicken fillet cut into strips;
- Layer II – grated eggs;
- Grease with mayonnaise;
- III layer – cheese;
- Layer VI – onions with fried mushrooms;
- Grease with mayonnaise;
- V layer – cheese mixed with eggs;
- Spread with mayonnaise and garnish with herbs.
Place the salad in a cool place to soak. Decorate with greens. The dish is ready to serve.
Grilled squid stuffed with cheese and tomato
An exquisite dish for an outdoor celebration. Guests will be pleasantly surprised.
Ingredients: 
- 1.5 kg of fresh frozen squid carcasses;
- 400 grams of hard Parmesan cheese;
- Seasoning for seafood;
- 6 small tomatoes;
- Greenery.
Preparation:
- Wash the squid carcasses and remove the chaff;
- Rub with seasoning, salt, leave for several hours;
- Cut tomatoes into quarters;
- Cut the cheese into large cubes;
- Place a cube of cheese in each squid carcass, then a quarter of a tomato;
- Place carefully on the barbecue grill and bake over coals for 25 minutes;
- Garnish the baked squid with herbs.
Festive menu for children
A child's birthday is a little different from an adult's. This is because little guests are most often picky. It is necessary to prepare dishes that will satisfy all the requirements of children.
Fruit icecream
At a children's party this dish will be very relevant. After all, all children love ice cream.
And it will be especially tasty with a fruit base. If a child’s birthday is in the summer, then this dish will even be indispensable.
Ingredients: 
- Four bananas;
- 400 grams of strawberries;
- Four kiwis;
- 400 grams of creamy ice cream;
- Mint leaves.
Preparation:
- Grind all the fruits separately in a blender;
- Layer in layers: banana, strawberries, kiwi, ice cream;
- Place in the freezer;
- Garnish with mint leaves;
- The dish is ready.
Homemade pizza “Dream”
It is believed that pizza is a harmful dish, but if you prepare it at home from natural ingredients, then the harm from it will be minimal.
All children love pizza. And at a children's birthday party she will not take the last place.
Ingredients:
Preparation:
- The flour needs to be sifted;
- Break an egg into a 3-liter container, add sugar, salt, soda;
- Add flour, kefir;
- The dough needs to be kneaded;
- Place the resulting dough on a baking sheet greased with sunflower oil;
- Place the tomatoes cut into strips on the dough;
- Mushrooms need to be fried over low heat;
- Cut the sausage into strips;
- Pepper is also cut into strips;
- Grate the cheese;
- Cut the onion into rings and fry;
- Mushrooms, onions, sausage, mayonnaise, and pepper are placed on the tomatoes laid out on the dough. Sprinkle cheese on top;
- Bake at 180 degrees for 35 minutes.
- The dish is ready.
The hostess decides which dish to prepare for the holiday, based on the personal beliefs and taste preferences of the guests. This article will help you decide a little about the choice of dishes for your birthday celebration.
We offer you a wonderful video from which you will find out what else you can prepare for your children’s birthday table so that they don’t get bored and their tummies don’t hurt:
Creating a menu for 15 people: recipes and preparation
SNACKS
SALADS
HOT DISHES
SIDE DISHES
BEVERAGES
DESSERT
And again a holiday! Good friends and relatives are invited home! About 15 people... Again, a luxurious feast is planned, which will be replete with tasty and satisfying dishes. But which ones? What to cook and what menu to choose if there is a banquet for 15 people? Tired of the standard Olivier salad, herring under a fur coat and mashed potatoes... I want something original. And at the same time, it is necessary that all dishes are not only tasty, if possible healthy, but also beautiful. Therefore, let’s highlight the basic principles and recipes for a good modern menu:
- dishes must be tested by experience;
- Quite simple and not very long to prepare;
- look aesthetically pleasing (served beautifully decorated);
- be universal (suitable for both adults and children).
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So, let's put together an approximate holiday menu for 15 people. Let's look at six sections: appetizers, salads, hot dishes, side dishes, drinks, desserts. Let's start with the appetizers.
SNACKS
1). 101 canapes
Of course, the point is not to prepare 101 pieces of canapés (usually placed on skewers). It’s just that this recipe is so versatile that at every new feast you can surprise your guests with one such dish again and again.
The basis for the canapés will be:
- cracker,
- baked puff pastry slices,
- hard cheese;
- white, black, gray bread, cut into shaped slices (for example, triangles, diamonds, circles - using a glass);
- toast;
- ready-made baskets of unleavened dough.
Filling for canapes (can be combined to taste):
- salted cottage cheese, butter, feta cheese, curd cheese;
- salted red fish, herring;
- red, black caviar;
- shrimp, mussels;
- ham, boiled pork, boiled meat, sausage;
- hard cheese;
- boiled eggs (chicken or quail)
Decoration for canapes:
- greens (lettuce, parsley, cilantro, spinach, dill, etc.);
- slices of lemon, lime, tangerine, kiwi;
- olives;
- grape;
- cherry tomato halves;
- slices of radish, cucumber;
- cumin, coriander, sesame seeds;
- other.
As an option, you can serve small lavash rolls. They look just as elegant and appetizing as regular ones. For example, on a sheet of pita bread greased with cream cheese, place cucumber slices, lettuce leaves and salmon slices sprinkled with lemon. Roll up the roll and place in the refrigerator for an hour. Before serving, cut into small pieces.
Cheese roll with pistachios and chicken
A very tasty dish of medium complexity. It’s worth working on it, because the result will certainly delight your guests with excellent taste.
Ingredients:
- 700 g “Russian” cheese;
- 100 g peeled pistachios;
- 400 g cottage cheese;
- 1 PC. yellow sweet pepper;
- 500 g chicken fillet;
- 4 tbsp. canned corn;
- 2 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- 1 tsp curry powder;
- parsley;
- salt to taste.
Cooking process:
- Grate the cheese on a coarse grater and place it on a baking sheet on parchment (distribute evenly). Place in a preheated room at 90 degrees. oven for 10 minutes (until the cheese is completely melted). Remove and let the cheese mixture cool;
- Pour hot salted water over the chicken fillet and cook until tender (about 25 minutes);
- Place the paper with the cheese mixture on a work surface and roll it out with a rolling pin, covering with a second sheet of parchment paper. Form a rectangle;
- Cut the cooled boiled chicken fillet into strips, season with pepper and curry;
- Cut the sweet pepper into cubes, chop the pistachios with a knife;
- Mix cottage cheese with pistachios, sweet peppers, parsley and corn. Salt the mixture to taste;
- Place the prepared filling on the cheese layer and distribute evenly. Roll up the roll and wrap it in food foil. Place in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours;
- Cut into slices and place beautifully on a plate.
Antipasti – puff pastries with olives
Bring a little Italian spirit to your holiday feast. Antipasti is what the Italians call a warm-up dish before the main course. That is, just snacks. This recipe will surprise you with its simplicity, and the dish prepared according to it will delight guests with a spicy, rich taste.
Ingredients:
- 1 package of yeast-free puff pastry;
- 2 jars of pitted black olives (or olives, depending on your preference; they make the appetizer more salty);
- 200 g sausages;
- greens (for decoration).
Attention: To prepare such a snack you will need long wooden skewers. They should first be soaked in water overnight!
Cooking process:
- Roll out the dough and carefully cut into strips no more than 1 cm wide.
- Thread the olives onto a skewer alternately with pieces of sausage;
- Take two strips of dough and secure them at the base of the skewer on the outermost olive. Carefully pack olives and sausage slices with dough, crossing the strips as shown in the picture.
- Place the cooked kebabs on a prepared baking sheet and place in a preheated oven at 200 degrees. oven for about 15-20 minutes (before baking the dough strips).
SALADS
Snack bar
Snack salads are very easy to prepare, but no less tasty. This salad will be a great addition to other holiday dishes. Served with both olive oil and mayonnaise (optional).
Ingredients:
- 600 g ham;
- 8 pcs. chicken eggs;
- 4 things. tomato;
- 600 g of Chinese cabbage;
- 400 g canned corn;
- 5-6 tbsp. olive oil (can be replaced with mayonnaise if desired).
- salt, pepper (to taste).
Cooking process:
- Boil hard-boiled eggs. Grind gently;
- Cut the ham into strips;
- Chop Chinese cabbage into small pieces;
- Wash and cut the tomatoes into pieces;
- Cook canned corn by draining it;
- Mix all ingredients, salt and pepper the base, season with oil or mayonnaise.
Salad cocktail “Glamour”
This salad, first of all, will surprise guests with its presentation. And it is served in portions - in glasses with beautifully laid layers. In addition, the dish will delight you with its exquisite taste, despite the very simple set of ingredients.
Ingredients:
- 500 g shrimp;
- 4 things. medium apples;
- 2-3 pcs. medium carrots;
- 4 tbsp. l. lemon juice;
- 2-3 pcs. cucumber;
- a small bunch of parsley;
- 7 tbsp. light mayonnaise;
- salt (to taste).
Cooking process:
- Boil the peeled shrimp in salted water (no more than 3 minutes). Drain in a colander. Cool;
- Wash, peel and grate the apples, sprinkle them with lemon juice;
- Wash the cucumbers and carrots, peel them and grate them (preferably on a grater for Korean carrots). As an option, carrots can be pre-fried in vegetable oil;
- Place cucumbers, carrots, and apples in layers in bowls or wine glasses. Grease all layers with mayonnaise;
- Place shrimp in the top layer (small ones do not require chopping, large ones can be cut into 3-4 pieces);
- Decorate the salad with herbs and cool slightly.
Salad "Watermelon slice"
A very elegant, hearty salad will effectively decorate the holiday table. It is based on simple, affordable products. And the main “trick” is in the design. If we are talking about a holiday menu for 15 people, it is better to prepare two separate servings of salad - let two bright slices of watermelon flaunt on the table.
Ingredients for 2 individual servings:
For the base:
- 1 kg chicken fillet;
- 2 jars of pickled champignons;
- 2 pcs. medium carrots;
- 14 pcs. chicken eggs;
- 600 g cheese;
- mayonnaise;
- salt (to taste).
For decoration (top layer):
- 3 pcs. cucumber;
- 5 pieces. tomato;
- 8-9 olives.
Cooking process:
- Cool the chicken boiled in salted water and chop finely;
- Boil eggs and carrots and chop into small cubes;
- Cut the champignons into small pieces;
- Grate the cheese on a fine grater;
- Prepare the salad base by mixing chopped chicken, carrots, eggs, cheese (leave a little grated cheese for decoration). Season the entire mixture with mayonnaise and salt to taste;
- Place the prepared base on a wide dish, forming an impromptu slice of watermelon;
- Finely chop fresh tomatoes and cucumbers.
- Decorate the outer side of the slice with cucumbers (in the shape of a crescent), and the inner side with tomatoes. Place grains from chopped olives on the tomato part.
HOT DISHES
Mushroom julienne
The dish is not very difficult to prepare and does not take very long, but it is one of the favorite dishes of most of us. The only inconvenience of its preparation is the need to have a sufficient number of cocotte makers (small portioned ladles). In our case, we will need 15 of these.
Ingredients:
- 900 g champignons;
- 900 g chicken fillet:
- 5 pieces. large bulbs;
- 750 g sour cream;
- 450 g hard cheese;
- 150 g butter;
- 6 tbsp. flour;
- vegetable oil (for frying);
- salt, pepper (to taste).
Cooking process:
- Cut well-washed, dried mushrooms into thin slices and fry in vegetable oil, drain;
- Beat the chicken fillet, cut it, fry in a frying pan until half cooked (without forming a golden brown crust);
- Fry finely chopped onion until golden brown;
- Prepare a sauce from sour cream, flour and butter (mix the mixture thoroughly);
- Place all ingredients in a frying pan, add sauce, salt, pepper and simmer over low heat until the liquid evaporates;
- Grate the cheese on a medium grater;
- Place the prepared mixture in cocotte makers, cover with cheese shavings and place in a preheated oven for 15 minutes.
Meatloaf “Two in one”
An excellent meat dish - very filling and tasty. A real gastronomic feast, especially for meat-eating gourmets.
Ingredients:
- 1.4 kg ground beef;
- 700 g bacon;
- 1 tbsp. chopped onion;
- 2/3 cup barbecue sauce (homemade or store-bought);
- 24 pcs. crackers;
- 2 pcs. chicken eggs;
- 2 tbsp. l. mustard;
- 2 tsp chili powder;
- salt, pepper (to taste).
Cooking process
- Prepare the minced meat, add finely chopped onions;
- Season the mixture with barbecue sauce to taste;
- Add mustard and all seasonings and spices;
- Break the eggs into the meat mass, add crushed crackers (breadcrumbs or dried loaf crumbs). Everything is good, mix thoroughly;
- Lay out the bacon slices and distribute the seasoned minced meat evenly in the center. Wrap the bacon slices into a roll. Place the resulting roll (or several rolls) on a baking sheet lined with foil or parchment paper (seam side down);
- Once prepared for baking, brush the roll with a little barbecue sauce;
- Place the dish in the oven preheated to 175 degrees. Bake for about an hour;
- The finished roll should be allowed to cool slightly and cut into portions.
Poultry (chicken) with oranges in the oven.
This recipe is universal. It can be used to cook not only chicken, but also other poultry. This dish turns out juicy, aromatic, very tasty. And it looks great on the holiday table.
Ingredients
- 1 large chicken (or other poultry to taste);
- 400-500 g oranges (sweet and thin-skinned);
- 5 tooth garlic;
- salt, herbs, honey and mustard to taste.
Cooking process:
- Rub the prepared chicken carcass with a mixture of seasonings, spices and salt, coat with honey;
- Wash the oranges, rinse with boiling water and then with cold water;
- Peel the garlic, cut each clove in half lengthwise;
- Place the carcass back down on the prepared baking sheet. Make a pocket on the back side (separating the skin from the meat using your hand). Place orange slices in it. In a similar way, make a pocket from the bottom of the carcass (from the back) and also chop it with orange slices;
- Fill the inner cavity with chopped garlic and oranges;
- Use kitchen twine or strong thick thread to tie the legs of the bird and cover the outside of the carcass with the remaining orange slices;
- Send the chicken to preheated to 180 degrees. oven, bake for about 2 hours, periodically basting with the released juice. The finished chicken should have a golden crust, and when pierced, the liquid coming out of it should be clear.
Note:
This stuffed bird can also be cooked in a roasting pan. Only then should the sleeve be opened slightly to form a crust about 20 minutes before it is ready.
SIDE DISHES
Potatoes Normandy style
A tasty and, importantly, very beautiful dish. This side dish will brighten up a festive feast and will definitely please your guests.
Ingredients:
- 15 large potatoes;
- 200 g hard cheese;
- 5 pieces. egg yolks;
- 5 tbsp. sour cream.
Cooking process:
- Bake well-washed potatoes in the oven until done (you can check doneness with a toothpick);
- Cut each potato in half lengthwise and scoop out the flesh with a spoon;
- Mash the potatoes with a fork, adding sour cream, yolks and salt. Mix everything well;
- Grate the cheese on a fine grater and add to the potato mixture;
- Fill the potato halves with the prepared mixture, apply a design on top using a pastry press with the desired attachment (or simply lay it out beautifully with a fork). Place in preheated to 250 degrees. oven, bake until golden brown.
Rice with nuts and raisins
This side dish goes well with both fish and meat. And it is prepared quite simply and quickly. For 15 small servings you will need:
- 3 cups rice;
- 2 small onions;
- 5 cloves of garlic;
- 7 tbsp. raisins;
- 300 almonds or walnuts;
- 200 g butter (vegetable or butter);
- greenery;
- salt to taste.
Cooking process
- Melt a few tablespoons of butter in a large frying pan or cauldron, fry finely chopped onion until transparent, add garlic;
- Add rice, mixing well with the toasted mixture. Fry it for a few minutes;
- Pour in 6 glasses of water, adding salt and bringing everything to a boil. Reduce heat, leaving the mixture to simmer for 20-30 minutes (until all the water is absorbed);
- In a separate frying pan, melt a little butter and fry raisins, parsley, and chopped nuts. Season the rice with the prepared mixture.
Garlic lasagna "Ajada"
This is a very unconventional type of lasagna, for which the sauce is very important. It is this that gives the dish the necessary piquancy and richness. The dish is quick and easy to prepare, and will be more than appropriate on a holiday table.
Ingredients:
- 3 packs of lasagna;
- 300 ml olive oil;
- 200 g butter;
- 300 g Parmesan cheese;
- 500 g walnuts;
- 9 cloves of garlic;
- 300 g breadcrumbs.
Cooking process:
- Place the nuts in boiling water for 5 minutes. Drain the water, peel the nuts and chop them, mixing with garlic and breadcrumbs (you should get a coarse paste);
- Add olive oil, continuing to beat the mixture. You should get a homogeneous sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste;
- Boil the lasagna sheets in water until half cooked (do not drain the water). Prepare baking dishes by greasing them with butter (for this amount of dish you will need at least two forms). Lay out a sheet of lasagna, pour a little sauce on it, season with butter and sprinkle with grated Parmesan. Repeat the process with all the lasagna sheets. Top layer – sauce and parmesan;
- Pour the pasta cooking water (a small amount) around the perimeter of the puff paste onto a baking sheet;
- Place in the oven for 15 minutes.
BEVERAGES
Homemade lemonade
Fresh, tasty and absolutely not harmful (unlike store-bought analogues) the drink will harmoniously complement the picture of festive dishes. And it couldn’t be easier to prepare!
Ingredients:
- 3 liters of sparkling water;
- 2 glasses of plain water;
- 2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 10 lemons);
- 2 cups sugar.
Cooking process:
- Pour all the sugar into a saucepan with water, heat the mixture over low heat, stirring until the granulated sugar is completely dissolved. Cool the syrup;
- Add the prepared lemon juice to the syrup, strain the liquid;
- Add soda before serving. Its quantity should be adjusted to your taste.
Ginger drink.
With this drink you will wish your guests good health. And you will greatly delight those who are worried about their figure - after all, ginger is one of the first on the list of products for weight loss! And how useful this spice is! Ginger contains 1-3% essential oils and many amino acids, minerals, and vitamins.
Ingredients:
4 tbsp. grated ginger;
1 PC. lemon;
4 tbsp. honey
Cooking process:
- Boil water with chopped lemon zest in a saucepan;
- Grate the ginger on a fine grater and add to the prepared syrup;
- Cool the drink a little, flavor with honey and lemon juice.
- If desired, the taste can be adjusted by adding additional granulated sugar.
Non-alcoholic mulled wine with apples
A multi-component drink with an unforgettable taste. And also a powerful anti-cold remedy. Mulled wine is especially relevant in the cold season. Spend time and effort preparing it and your guests will be very grateful to you!
Ingredients:
- 6 tbsp. grape juice;
- 1 tbsp. water;
- 1 PC. apple;
- 4 tbsp. lemon zest;
- 4 tbsp. orange zest;
- 1 tsp carnations;
- 2 tsp cinnamon;
- 8 pcs. black peppercorns;
- 4 tbsp. raisins;
- ginger, cardamom, sugar (to taste).
Cooking process:
- Pour water and juice into a saucepan, set it to simmer over low heat;
- Add lemon and orange zest, raisins;
- Peel the apple and cut into small cubes. Pour into liquid base;
- Season the drink with spices: allspice, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, cardamom. Stir and wait until the mulled wine is well heated. But! Do not bring to a boil! (it is important);
- Turn off the heat and cover the drink with a lid to infuse. Leave for 5 minutes.
DESSERT
Cake "Rakhat"
It’s not enough to say that this cake is delicious! You just have to try it!
Ingredients:
- 6 pcs. egg whites;
- 385 g granulated sugar;
- 300 g peanuts;
- 3 tbsp. flour or starch;
- 50 g water;
- 2 tbsp. condensed milk;
- 150 g butter;
- 2-3 tbsp. apple jam;
- 1 tsp cocoa powder;
- vanillin.
Cooking process:
1. Heat in a frying pan and peel the nuts. Grind them in a blender;
- It is necessary to separately make three servings of protein-nut butter for three tortillas. For one flatbread, take 2 egg whites, beat them into a strong foam, adding a little sugar at a time;
- 4 tbsp. mix peanuts with 1 tbsp. flour or starch. Gently add this mixture to the beaten egg whites, stirring from top to bottom;
- Place the resulting mass on a baking sheet, level it to a thickness of 5-7 mm (in the shape of a circle - approximate diameter about 20 cm);
- Bake at 160 degrees. about 2 hours (you need to make sure that the cake does not dry out, but does not remain wet);
- Bake three cakes in this manner. It is advisable to let them sit for 12 hours;
- Prepare buttercream. First, cook the milk-sugar syrup - add 85 g of sugar to 50 g of boiling water, after boiling, add condensed milk and bring to a boil. Simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. Cool the syrup;
- Beat the butter, softening it first. Add the prepared chilled sugar syrup into it in a thin stream, add vanillin. You should get an airy, light cream that does not separate.
- Paint over 1/3 of the cream with cocoa;
- Assemble the cake: grease the bottom cake with unpainted buttercream, the second cake with apple jam, and the top with chocolate cream.
- The sides of the cake can be carefully trimmed (note that the base is very fragile). And after coating, sprinkle with nuts. Decorate the top with butter cream.
Mini charlotte with pear (portioned)
Portioned dessert is very convenient for a large company and fits perfectly into a holiday menu for 15 people. You can prepare exactly 15 servings or with a small margin. The proposed mini-rolls are prepared quite simply, look very elegant, and delight with a delicate taste. The recipe makes 16 servings.
Ingredients:
- 15 small pears;
- 6 tbsp. flour;
- 12 tbsp. Sahara;
- 12 pcs. eggs;
- 200 ml sour cream;
- 50 g butter;
- 9 tsp baking powder;
- 5 tbsp. breadcrumbs;
- powdered sugar for dusting.
Cooking process:
- Divide 4 eggs into whites and yolks. Whisk the yolks and remaining eggs together with the sugar;
- Add sour cream to the resulting mass, pour flour and baking powder through a sieve, mix;
- Prepare the molds - grease with oil and sprinkle with breadcrumbs;
- Pour the dough into the molds. Place a pear in each;
- Send it heated to 180 degrees. oven for 30-40 minutes. After cooking, sprinkle with powdered sugar.
Candies "Raffaello"
Delicate, elegant sweets will please every guest.
Ingredients:
- 120 ml heavy cream;
- 150 g coconut flakes;
- 50 almonds;
- 50 g butter;
- 2 bars of white chocolate;
- 1 pinch of salt.
Cooking process:
- Melt the creamed chocolate in a water bath and bring the mixture to a boil;
- Cool the resulting mass to room temperature, add 30-45 g of coconut flakes, butter and a pinch of salt. Stir, refrigerate (if the base does not thicken, beat it with a mixer and refrigerate again);
- Form the candies by placing an almond nut in each and rolling coconut shavings on top. Store sweets in the refrigerator.
And finally, here are some tips that will help you organize a festive feast correctly:
Tip #1: When creating a menu, choose different options for dishes - with fish, with meat, with mushrooms. This way you will prevent a situation when one of the guests for some reason does not eat one of the listed products. For example, if your friend doesn’t like fish, let her treat herself to meat. And if you are fasting, invite her to try the mushroom dish!
Tip #2: Some of the dishes should be instant snacks: sandwiches, cold cuts, etc.
Tip #3: It is advisable to have holiday food supplies at home. For example, preparations that, in case of a shortage of food at the table, can be quickly taken out and served as a separate dish. These can be stuffed tomatoes, lecho, salads and other preserves.
In fact, the banquet menu and step-by-step recipes for 15 people presented in the article are tested from your own experience, you can take it as an example and create your own version, which in principle is not so difficult. Modernity offers an immense variety of recipes! I would like to cook delicious homemade holiday food for my loved ones.