In order to create a holiday menu, you don’t have to spend incredible amounts of money. Dishes made from affordable products, prepared with creativity and some “zest”, will delight your guests and will not pose a threat to your family budget. Every family certainly has some of its own holiday dishes that are familiar and always popular. It could be an appetizer that goes with a bang accompanied by vodka, or a signature ceremonial dish that is prepared once or twice a year... But life does not stand still, and unusual combinations, new forms and dishes prepared on our holiday table are increasingly appearing fast, simple and tasty.
Ingredients:
600 g Chinese cabbage,
200 g crab meat,
4 eggs,
6 tbsp. soy sauce,
4 tbsp. vegetable oil,
2 tsp. sesame seeds,
2 tsp Sahara,
ground red pepper - to taste.
Preparation:
Beat eggs with 2 tbsp. soy sauce. Pour a little vegetable oil into a preheated frying pan, pour in the eggs and fry the omelette for 3-4 minutes on each side over low heat. Remove the finished omelette from the pan, add sesame seeds and a pinch of red pepper and fry for 1-2 minutes until fragrant. Combine sesame seeds, soy sauce, vegetable oil and sugar and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Cut cabbage, omelette and crab meat into thin strips and season with sauce.
Ingredients:
2 boiled beets,
4-5 cloves of garlic,
200-250 g hard cheese,
a handful of walnuts or prunes,
mayonnaise, salt - to taste.
Preparation:
Grate the boiled beets on a coarse grater, add salt, add 2-3 cloves of garlic, passed through a press, and mix with 2-3 tbsp. mayonnaise. Mayonnaise for this snack can be mixed with sour cream or cream. Add finely chopped nuts or prunes. Grate the cheese on a medium grater, add the remaining garlic and mayonnaise. Place on a flat dish in layers, alternating cheese and beets (the top layer is beets). Garnish with chopped nuts and herbs.
Ingredients:
400 g boiled beef or veal,
4 onions,
200 g hard cheese,
6% apple cider vinegar,
mayonnaise mixed with sour cream in a 1:1 ratio.
Preparation:
Cut the onion into quarter rings and soak in vinegar for 15 minutes. Cut the meat into thin strips, grate the cheese and eggs on a coarse grater. Lay out in layers, pouring mayonnaise mixed with sour cream on each layer: onion (without vinegar) - meat - eggs - cheese. Decorate with greens.
Ingredients:
500 g beef liver,
4 onions,
2 carrots,
1 egg,
2 tbsp. flour,
½ cup milk,
mayonnaise, salt, ground black pepper, herbs - to taste.
Preparation:
Clean the liver from films and ducts, rinse well and cut into pieces. Grind the liver and one onion in a blender, then pour in the milk, add the egg and flour and beat until smooth. In a frying pan with a diameter of 20 cm, bake liver pancakes, frying them on both sides in vegetable oil for 2-3 minutes. Cool. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater, cut the onion into half rings. Fry the onions and carrots separately in vegetable oil, place in bowls and mix with mayonnaise. Assemble the cake, laying out layers: liver pancake - carrots - pancake - onions, etc. The top layer should be vegetables. Leave to soak in a cool place overnight. When serving, sprinkle with herbs.
Ingredients:
8 squid carcasses (preferably unpeeled),
4 eggs,
200 g cheese,
40 pcs. pickled champignons,
½ tsp. salt,
½ tsp. dried thyme.
Preparation:
Rinse the squids and boil one at a time in boiling salted water for 15-20 seconds. You can’t cook the squid any longer; it will turn rubbery. Place the squids in cold water, remove the skin and entrails and rinse. Trim the protruding parts of the squid, being careful not to damage the carcass, cut into small cubes and mix with eggs and cheese, also diced. Add salt and thyme and stir. Stuff the squid carcasses and place in the oven preheated to 220°C for 10 minutes. Ready squids can be served as a hot appetizer or cooled and cut into slices.
Ingredients:
300 g lightly salted trout or salmon,
250 g peeled boiled shrimp,
100 g crab meat (imitation),
½ avocado
3 boiled eggs,
1 tomato
1 cucumber
½ lemon (juice)
salt, ground black pepper, mayonnaise - to taste,
red caviar, soft cream cheese - for decoration.
Preparation:
Cut the crab meat into small cubes. Peel the boiled eggs, separate the whites from the yolks and finely chop. Cut the avocado into cubes and sprinkle with lemon juice. Also cut the tomato and cucumber into cubes. Cut the trout into thin slices using a sharp knife (ceramic knives do this job well). Lay out the salad in layers, coating each layer with mayonnaise and sprinkling with ground pepper: crab meat - cucumber - shrimp - whites - yolks - tomatoes - avocado. Also grease the top layer with mayonnaise and add a little salt. Then cover the entire salad with trout slices. Beat soft butter with a mixer, transfer to a cornet and decorate the top of the “cake”, placing patterns as desired. Garnish with red caviar.
Ingredients:
Ingredients for 6 molds with a diameter of 15 cm:
700 g minced pork,
1 large onion,
250 g hard cheese,
2-3 potatoes,
mayonnaise, salt, pepper, herbs - to taste.
Preparation:
Pass the minced meat through the meat grinder again, add salt and pepper and knead well. Cut the onion into small cubes, grate the raw potatoes and cheese on a coarse grater, and chop the greens. In greased molds, place the prepared products in layers: minced meat, onions, potatoes, cheese, pour over mayonnaise and sprinkle with herbs. Bake at 190°C for 30 minutes. Serve directly in the ramekins.
A hot dish for a festive table is always the hostess's signature item, the main treat for the guests.
Ingredients:
1 kg beef tenderloin,
1 egg,
500 g of ready-made yeast puff pastry,
salt, pepper - to taste.
For the sauce:
200 ml cream,
1 tbsp. mustard,
1 onion.
Preparation:
Cut the meat into large pieces 4-5 cm thick and fry in vegetable oil for 2-3 minutes on each side. Place on a plate, sprinkle with salt and pepper on all sides and let cool slightly. Divide the layers of dough into pieces equal to the number of pieces of meat, roll into strips 4-5 cm wide and 0.5 cm thick. Stir the egg with a fork, add a little salt. Brush the strips of dough with egg, place the meat on them and wrap. Brush the top of the dough with egg and place the pieces on a baking sheet. Place the baking sheet in an oven preheated to 180°C for 10-15 minutes and bake until the dough is ready. Meanwhile, prepare the sauce: finely chop the onion and fry in vegetable oil until transparent, pour in the cream, bring to a boil, add mustard, salt and pepper to taste and simmer a little over low heat until thickened.
Ingredients:
1 kg smoked brisket (choose one with more meat than lard)
2 packages of ready-made puff pastry dough (about 1 kg),
8-10 clove buds,
2 tsp Georgian adjika,
½ cup tomato ketchup.
Preparation:
Fold the thawed layers of dough and roll them out into a layer large enough to fit a piece of brisket. Mix ketchup with adjika and thoroughly rub the brisket on all sides. Stick in a clove. Place the brisket on the dough, fold the edges and pinch the seams so that the juice released during baking does not leak out. Place in a greased baking dish and place in the oven preheated to 180°C for 15-20 minutes. The dough should be well browned. Serve the dish hot with fresh vegetables and sour cream sauce.
Ingredients:
1 chicken (preferably chilled)
150 g ham,
150 g hard cheese,
2 eggs,
2 sweet red peppers,
1 bunch of greens,
1 tsp dried rosemary,
50 breadcrumbs,
salt, ground black pepper.
Preparation:
Remove the skin from the chicken carcass, being careful not to tear it. When removing the skin, leave the drumsticks and wings intact, cutting them off at the joint. Remove all the meat from the bones and pass through a meat grinder. Cut the cheese, ham and bell peppers into small cubes and combine with the minced meat. Add chopped herbs, breadcrumbs and eggs, salt and pepper to taste. Sew up or secure with toothpicks the hole at the neck on the skin, stuff the skin with the resulting minced meat and sew up the belly. Place on a greased baking sheet. Mix vegetable oil with rosemary and rub the surface of the chicken with it. Bake at 180°C for 1.5 hours, basting the chicken with the juices released every 20 minutes.
To roast, take the meaty part of the hind leg of the pork, trim off the excess fat, 
leaving a thin layer, and using a disposable syringe with a thick needle, inject a strong saline solution into the thickness of the meat - syringe. Place the meat in a frying pan greased with mayonnaise, salt, pepper and coat with a thick layer of mayonnaise. There is no need to lubricate the places where lard remains. Place in the oven, preheated to 200-220°C, and bake until done. Check readiness by piercing the thickness of the meat with a thin long knife - if the juice that comes out is clear, the meat is ready. Remove the pan from the oven, transfer the meat to a plate and scrape off the mayonnaise. Cover the meat with foil and let cool.
Ingredients:
8 pieces of loin,
4 oranges,
2 lemons,
1 tbsp. liquid honey,
2 tbsp. dry mustard,
Preparation:
Squeeze juice from oranges and lemons. Prick pieces of meat in several places and place in a mixture of citrus juices for 12 hours. Mix mustard, honey and 4 tbsp. water. Remove the meat from the marinade, rub with the honey-mustard mixture and fry in hot vegetable oil on both sides until golden brown. Place in a baking dish, sprinkle with salt and pepper and pour over the remaining marinade. Cover the pan with foil and place in the oven at 180°C for 40 minutes. Then remove the foil and brown the meat for 10 minutes.
Ingredients:
8 tilapia fillets,
1 tbsp. coriander beans,
1 tbsp. vegetable oil,
2 lemons (juice),
salt.
Preparation:
Pour salt and coriander grains into a mortar and crush, then add 1 tbsp. vegetable oil and stir. Rub the tilapia fillet with the resulting mixture and place in a dish greased with vegetable oil. Place in an oven preheated to 180°C and bake for 20 minutes. When serving, sprinkle with lemon juice. Side dish - boiled fluffy rice or mashed potatoes and lots of fresh vegetables.
Ingredients:
900 g salmon steaks (3 large pieces),
150 ml soy sauce,
3 tbsp. Sahara,
3 tsp sesame seeds,
3-4 cloves of garlic,
1 tsp ground red pepper.
Preparation:
Split salmon steaks down the spine and remove all bones. Place the fish skin side down in a baking sleeve, release the air from it and tie the ends, leaving 15 cm on both sides. Place the sleeve on a baking sheet and place in the oven preheated to 200°C for 10 minutes. Meanwhile, prepare the sauce: pour soy sauce into a frying pan, add sugar, red pepper, sesame seeds and garlic, crushed with a knife blade, stir, bring to a boil and simmer for 5-7 minutes until thickened. Strain the finished sauce through a sieve. Serve the salmon with the sauce. For garnish, prepare steamed broccoli and boiled rice.
Ingredients:
1 kg fillet of any white fish,
400 ml 35% cream,
2 eggs,
200 g grated hard cheese,
salt, ground black pepper - to taste.
Preparation:
Place the fish fillet in a dish greased with vegetable oil, salt and pepper. Whisk the cream with the eggs, add finely grated cheese and pour the fish into the mold. Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes.
And finally, dessert!
Ingredients:
250 g flour,
¼ tsp. baking powder,
4 tbsp. cocoa powder,
115 g sugar,
2 eggs,
150 ml odorless vegetable oil,
150 ml milk.
Cream:
1 tsp instant coffee,
1 tbsp. water,
300 ml 35% cream,
2 tbsp. powdered sugar.
Preparation:
Sift the flour into a bowl, add cocoa powder, baking powder, sugar, eggs, milk and butter. Mix with a mixer and divide into 2 parts. Pour the dough into 2 molds and place in an oven preheated to 170°C for 5-7 minutes (if the oven is small or there is only one mold, bake the cakes one at a time). Cool. For cream, dissolve coffee in water. Whip the cream with powdered sugar until thick, pour in the coffee and beat a little more. Place the first cake layer on a flat dish, place half the cream on it, place the second cake layer and brush everything with the remaining cream. Sprinkle with grated chocolate and refrigerate overnight. The next day, almost all the cream will be absorbed into the cakes, turning the cake into the most delicate delicacy.
Bon appetit!
Larisa Shuftaykina
How much do children need to be happy? Spend a wonderful holiday, the most anticipated of all, with family and close friends, and in such a way that it will be remembered for a long time. And caring parents will help with this - for this they need to prepare in advance and carefully plan everything. On the eve of a child's birthday, especially such a milestone as 10 years, every mother asks the question, so what to cook for the table? And if you decide to celebrate this event at home, then the advice from the Zatusim resource will be useful for you.
Assembling a table for the birthday of a 10-year-old child is, of course, easier than for younger children, for whom the list of food products is limited. But it is still important to choose fresh and high-quality ingredients for cooking.
When creating a menu, try not to use extravagant products and recipes, especially if you are not sure that your child and guests will want to eat it.
It is best to choose food that is familiar to your baby, but prepared in a special way.
By nature, we tend to eat separately, and in children this is especially pronounced. Therefore, the simpler the treats are, the more the kids will like them.
Choose less fatty foods and try not to use frying when cooking, because delicious food can be prepared correctly and be healthy.
If you invited other children to the birthday party, it would be a good idea to ask the mothers about the presence of allergic reactions or other food restrictions.
Another important aspect is safety. Keeping track of active children in the heat of the holiday is not easy, so make the food and table as safe as possible.
Children love fresh fruits and vegetables - when serving them on the table, make sure that the treats are well washed and, if possible, without seeds.
Avoid fish with bones, complex sandwiches, spicy foods and foods with strong allergens.
You should avoid fish dishes, as even after a thorough check, small bones may remain, and if someone chokes, the holiday may be completely ruined. And not all children like to eat fish.
Children's birthday menu options
Chicken dishes are an excellent hot option - most children have a positive attitude towards it.
Baked legs in batter will definitely appeal to 10-year-old children - they are tasty and easy to eat with their hands. This treat is easy to prepare and can be coolly decorated with paper tassels.
Give preference to simple salads that can be put into bowls. Place the filling in shortbread baskets or tartlets.
Children find it much more interesting to treat themselves to such snacks than to sit in front of a plate overflowing with heavy salads.
Prepare small sandwiches with homemade boiled pork, cheese or pate. But it is better to avoid smoked meats and sausages.
An excellent solution for a festive table is various canapés decorated on skewers - such a treat will definitely be eaten.
Avoid the abundance of store-bought sweets and candies; many delicious desserts can be prepared at home yourself.
The menu for a 10-year-old girl’s birthday can be varied with all kinds of fruit and berry jellies and mousses. Milkshakes and chocolate puddings will also be great table decorations.
It is better to replace carbonated drinks with natural juices and fruit drinks. The time of bottled cola and forfeits on tables has already passed, and every mother who cares about the health of her children is able to prepare tasty and healthy drinks.
We prepare dishes that children like
Almost any healthy dish can be converted into a children's menu for 10-year-old guests. But there are treats that children especially like. We will include them in our menu.
Snacks, sandwiches and canapés
Small snack sandwiches and canapés will be an excellent basis for the menu for a 10-year-old child’s birthday. Prepare small sandwiches. The ideal size is 5x5 cm, which makes them much easier to eat.
Products can be cut into various shapes (stars, circles, fish) using cutters and put on skewers. It is advisable that the skewers are not very sharp, which will prevent injury.
You can string anything onto skewers: fruits, vegetables, cheese, cold cuts, bread. Alternate colors - this will make the snack look much more interesting.
If the holiday takes place outdoors or in the forest around a fire, prepare to delight the children.
Homemade birthday pizza
For a girl or boy's 10th birthday, you can make pizza. Children simply adore it and will choose it over many other dishes.
This Italian open pie can become both the main treat on the table and a small snack. It all depends on the filling you choose and the method of serving.
You can bake one large pizza or make small portioned treats.
The golden rule of baby food is the simpler the better. Therefore, chicken, cheese, pickled cucumbers, and tomato sauce are perfect ingredients for pizza.
Do not overload it with olives or onions - children often do not eat these foods.
In the summer, you can't do without cooling drinks. Homemade lemonade will help out here.
To make lemonade you will need:
- water;
- lemon;
- sugar.
The proportions of ingredients are arbitrary. Usually, the juice and zest of 1 lemon is enough for 1 liter of water. But everything will depend on the size and freshness, acidity of the fruit. Also add sugar to taste. For 3 liters of drink you need 1 glass of granulated sugar.
Wash the lemon thoroughly and scald with boiling water. Using a grater, remove the zest from the citrus.
Squeeze out all the juice, then strain to remove the seeds.
Boil water and add zest and sugar to it. Continue brewing the drink for another 10 minutes.
Cool the syrup and pour squeezed lemon juice into it.
Lemonade is ready! Store in the refrigerator in a sealed container.
You will need 1 kilogram of ripe strawberries. You can use wild strawberries or wild strawberries, or other berries that are in season.
To prepare a delicious smoothie, mix 2 cups of juice (fruit drink), berries, melon and banana pieces in a tall container.
Beat the resulting mixture thoroughly with a blender until smooth.
Pour into tall glasses and garnish with fruit. This drink will be a great addition to any appetizer or dessert.
Interesting recipes using berries in the material.
10th Birthday Cakes
What birthday would be complete without a cake - its appearance almost always becomes the highlight of the holiday.
Of course, mothers always have a choice: order a birthday cake for a 10-year-old boy from a pastry shop or bake it at home themselves.
If you have free time, the second option is preferable, since you will know exactly what ingredients the cake for children is made from.
The safety rules for ingredients and preparation remain relevant for the first anniversary.
In addition, there are recipes for amazingly tasty and easy-to-prepare treats, starting with and ending with desserts, cupcakes, and muffins.
Jelly cake without baking
Even if you have no experience in preparing complex baked goods, making jelly is not difficult. In addition, there is a place for creative experiments and the embodiment of the most incredible ideas.
To prepare you will need:
- butter;
- shortbread cookies;
- cinnamon;
- fruits;
- gelatin;
- chocolate;
- heavy cream;
- curd;
- powdered sugar.
For the base, prepare butter, cookies and cinnamon. Mix the ingredients thoroughly and press into a springform cake pan. Place in the freezer for 15–20 minutes.
For the next jelly layer, you can choose any filling - fruits, berries, chocolate. The most beautiful cake will turn out if you combine several layers.
Prepare the gelatin mixture according to the instructions on the package, add melted chocolate and heavy cream - 200 ml. Stir and send to simmer over low heat, without bringing to a boil.
In a blender, mix 200 g of curd mass with the prepared chocolate mixture and add 50 g of powdered sugar. Place on the base of the cake and set in the cold.
At this time we prepare the next layer.
Add berry juice, chopped fruits and berries to the new gelatin mixture. Let it sit for a while and pour it over the first layer after it has hardened.
You can combine the number of layers and their content at your discretion. Decorate the cake to your taste - fresh berries or almond flakes, chocolate chips or marzipan figures.
A cake for a girl’s 10th birthday can be not only a delicious treat, but also a great activity for your child.
Involve the young birthday girl in the cooking process, giving her freedom for creativity.
Such joint efforts on the eve of the holiday will definitely appeal to girls and even some boys.
Festive table setting
It is important to remember that children are not adults who are ready to sit at the table for hours at a holiday.
Most likely, the holiday will not be complete without competitions and games, where only at intervals the children will run up to the table and snack and chew something as they go. Try to create comfortable conditions for them.
Plastic unbreakable dishes and small portions of food that are convenient to take from the table will help out.
You can write the names of guests on drinking glasses, use resealable bottles for cocktails and smoothies with straws.
Treats can be decorated in the form of animal figures or cartoon characters. Fruits and vegetables are fun to cut using special kitchen utensils.
To summarize, let’s highlight the main points that need to be taken into account when creating a children’s birthday menu:
- Think in advance about the dishes for your child’s 10th birthday.
- Avoid complex recipes and extravagant ingredients.
- It is better to serve familiar products, but prepared in an original way.
- Homemade pizza will be a great treat for a 10-year-old child's birthday.
- Use less store-bought sweets - delicious desserts can and should be prepared at home.
- Carbonated drinks can be easily replaced with fruit drinks, compotes or juices.
- Try making a delicious cake that doesn't require baking.
Set the table and dishes beautifully, then your child and guests will definitely be satisfied.
Video: children's holiday menu
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Snacks
First, let's start with what is really fast and really not expensive. And these are, of course, snacks. The simplest option for a birthday is a buffet table, accompanied by music and pleasant communication. What can you fill the buffet table with? We offer several recipes.
Don't give up regular ham sandwiches either. The modern industry says that people buy pleasure. If the sandwich is decorated beautifully (and this can be done simply), then your guests will receive double the pleasure. Here is an example of a beautiful ham sandwich, arranged in a wave and stabbed with a skewer.
Tartlets with filling! The tartlets themselves are sold in any more or less small supermarket and they are not expensive. So there is no need to mess with the dough. You can fill it with anything, from rice with mayonnaise and herbs to minced meat with cheese, you can also prepare fruit ones. Huge selection of fillings for tartlets -.
Chicken with potatoes would also be very good. The cooking time is minimal, the same as for the previous chicken + peeling the potatoes. It is better to choose small potatoes. You can serve sauces separately (if there are several, this will also decorate the festive table).
The next inexpensive and quick option for a birthday is stuffed champignons! We offer you a recipe with minced meat. This is the most satisfying dish. But you can fill it with cheese and a boiled egg and even boiled rice mixed with herbs. The main thing is to choose large champignons.
Here is a recipe for simple and tasty mushrooms - ““.
Salads
Well, first of all, vegetables can be served simply sliced. It's not a lot of money, and even less time. Arrange these chopped vegetables in the form of small skewers. Very elegant!
Bean salad! Yes, it is very tasty and very economical. The beans are hearty and very soft in the salad. The simplest option: boiled red beans (or canned) + boiled chicken breast + croutons + herbs + mayonnaise….
There are a lot of variations - choose any: salads with beans for the holiday table.
Sweet
Napoleon from ears. Usha is the name given to cookies in the shape of two circles; they are tender and crumbly. This cake is very easy to prepare: buy 800 gram “Ears” cookies and cook them from 1 liter of milk. Lay out the ears in layers and coat each layer with cream. Be sure to let it brew and soak.
Fried bananas. Bananas are peeled and cut into 3-4 pieces. Then roll them in flour and then in beaten egg. And then again in agony. And deep fry for 2-3 minutes. Very original and very filling. This dish is also suitable for a buffet table.
Pancake cake. This is a modern invention, although it has not yet gained popular popularity, but the dessert is very tasty. Pancakes need to be fried with a minimum amount of oil. To do this, add 1 tablespoon of vegetable deodorized oil to the pancake dough. grease the frying pan 1st time and continue without oil. Any cream is suitable for such a cake, but the best one for my taste is semolina or custard.
Your guests won’t even guess that these are pancakes if you serve the cake cut into portions.
Outdoor birthday
Summer and autumn are the time to organize friendly meetings in garden plots, in the garden, and in nature. The menu at these receptions should not be overly sophisticated. The meal usually consists of appetizers, meat dishes cooked in the fresh air, seasonal salads and salads from raw vegetables, fruits, and cakes.
The table setting is usually modest. Dishes with food, baskets with fruit, jugs with drinks, plates with cakes are placed on multi-colored, often oilcloth, tablecloths. Approach the table setting with imagination, use stylish design, interesting little things and nuances that will make the reception interesting and memorable. Serve fruits and vegetables not traditionally, but colorfully and unusually.
“Garden bouquets” of vegetables and fruits look unusually impressive.
A vegetable bouquet is slices of cucumber, tomato, radish, red pepper, put on sticks and stuck, for example, into a head of cabbage.
Fruit bouquet - slices of apples, pears, plums, apricots, peaches placed on long sticks and stuck into some large watermelon, pineapple or pumpkin. They wonderfully decorate the table and attract the eye with their shape and varied colors. They also taste very good and are healthy. By experimenting with the height of the sticks used for “bouquets”, you can get an unexpected solution in the form of three-dimensional figures of vegetables or fruits.
An excellent solution for an “outdoor picnic” is to prepare various types of salads and offer them to guests a la a buffet. The remaining dishes must be prepared so that they can be eaten standing or sitting and only with a fork.
Bizarrely shaped sandwiches, interestingly or funny decorated, will help add a touch of humor.
Outdoor entertaining can be made more inviting by serving food from the grill. They are not only exceptionally tasty, but also spectacular. They have the advantage that they are prepared with virtually no fat. Due to the high temperature, the outer layer of meat thickens, creating a crispy crust that protects against loss of juice, aroma and nutrients.
All types of meat, offal, fish, and vegetables such as potatoes, red peppers, and eggplant are suitable for grilling. You can experiment here too by trying to grill tomatoes or onions.
In all receptions, in addition to the principle of proper nutrition, it is important to adhere to one more thing, namely: do not force anyone to eat, do not force food on the guests’ plate. The same applies to entertaining guests outdoors or having a picnic.
Anniversary is a very symbolic date. It means that a person has passed a certain stage in life. That is why it is customary to celebrate anniversaries on a special scale. Today it is customary to celebrate such a day in restaurants and cafes, where professional chefs are ready to make any fantasy come true. If funds are limited, the celebration can be held at home in a narrow circle. Our article will tell you how to create a menu for your anniversary and prepare festive treats at home.
The anniversary menu should be compiled so that the dishes on it include:
original,
bright,
matching,
diverse,
delicious.
Then your guests will definitely remember your holiday for a long time, and, probably, later your help will be in demand for creating a menu for the anniversary.
We offer a holiday menu that includes original and simple treats.
Snacks
Preparation:
Cut the tops of 8-10 tomatoes beautifully with a knife with a thin blade. Remove the pulp. Rub the inner walls of the tomatoes with salt and place on a paper napkin with the holes facing down for half an hour. Mash 200 grams of Adyghe cheese, beloved by many, with a fork. Wash a bunch of fragrant green onions, a bunch of dill and a bunch of parsley, chop them finely. Then combine with cheese. Squeeze 1 clove of garlic into the mixture and add a couple of tablespoons of sour cream/mayonnaise. Spices to taste. Fill the tomatoes with the resulting filling. Place on a wide dish.
Preparation:
Chicken fillet (3 pieces), cut into thin slices each, beat. Add salt and spices. Leave for half an hour. Place curd cheese (100 grams), 1 tomato on the fillet and wrap each of the mini-rolls tightly with bacon. Bake in a cast iron pan for 30 minutes at 200 degrees.
Preparation:
Cut 1 French baguette into slices, brown without adding oil in a frying pan. Then grate 3 boiled eggs. Next, mash 1 canned cod liver, combine with your favorite cheese (quantity as desired) and finely chopped herbs (dill/parsley). Add 5 tbsp mayonnaise sauce. Spread mixture onto baguette slices. Serve to the table, first sprinkled with herbs.
1) "Gift"
Preparation:
The salad consists of the following layers, each coated with mayonnaise:
Chicken fillet cubes;
coarsely grated boiled carrots;
champignons fried with onions, seasoned with pepper and salt;
grated apple;
chopped walnuts;
mashed yolks;
finely chopped egg whites.
Salad “Gift” To decorate the “Gift”, make a bow from beautifully cut ribbons of raw carrots. Additionally garnish with chopped dill and tomatoes.
2) “Fish cake”
Preparation:
Base: 5 tbsp boiled rice, a pack of crab sticks, half a kilo of salted salmon, 4 boiled eggs.
Cream: 100 grams of cheese similar to Philadelphia, 4 tbsp sour cream, the same amount of mayonnaise, 8 grams of gelatin.
Separately grate the sticks, whites, and yolks. Place the strips of salmon on the very bottom of the mold covered with cellophane. Layer layers of rice, yolks, whites and sticks onto the fish, brushing it with cream. Cool for several hours in the refrigerator. Remove and invert onto a plate. Decorate with greens and red caviar.
Fish Cake Salad Hot
Preparation:
Rinse half a glass of rice. Then put it in boiling water for 20 minutes. Keep a small cabbage fork in hot water for 3 minutes. Remove and separate into leaves. Sauté an onion, carrots, 5 champignons and a clove of garlic in 2 tablespoons of oil. Then grind 300 grams of chicken fillet in a meat grinder. Then mix with salt, fried vegetables, rice and spices.
For the tomato sauce: grate 3 tomatoes and pass through a sieve. Then add 300 grams of sour cream.
Place cabbage leaves in tartlet molds, greased with any butter, and minced meat on top. Pour 2 tablespoons of sauce and wrap with the free edges of the sheet. Then pour the remaining sauce over all the cabbage rolls.
Dessert
Woodpile Cake
Preparation:
Boil 1 cup of running water with a small pinch of salt. Then add 100 grams of butter. Next 1 tablespoon of sugar, 150 gr. wheat flour and stir vigorously. Let cool and beat in 3 eggs, 1 at a time. Mix the mixture with a mixer. On a baking sheet lined with good baking paper, pipe a pastry bag into a “log” of the size desired.
Boil a little more than half a liter of milk. Next add a couple of eggs, 2 tbsp flour and 1 tbsp white sugar. Whisk everything together. Bring to boiling point. Cool. Grate the zest of 1 lemon. Beat with butter. Then put it in your refrigerator for half an hour.
Place a layer of custard cakes on the bottom of a rectangular pan and coat generously with cream. All other layers are laid in the same way. Leave the resulting “Woodpile” in the refrigerator until guests arrive.
Woodpile Cake 
An airy dessert is the perfect end to a festive meal.
No matter what festive event is planned, the calculation of products remains unchanged. Based on many years of experience, chefs and restaurateurs have calculated that the average food allowance per person during a feast should range from one kilogram to one and a half kilograms. If the mass of food per eater is less than a kilogram, guests from the birthday party will leave half-starved. If this figure exceeds one and a half kilograms, you will have to finish the remaining food for a long time.
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When creating a menu for a birthday, you need to take into account the time of year. In the summer heat, it is better to eat light foods, such as vegetables, seafood, fruits, and more soft drinks are required. In winter, you want something hot and satisfying. Pay great attention to the festive setting and decoration of the table and dishes. Don't forget about seasonings and drinks, there should be a wide variety of them.
During a birthday celebration, cold appetizers are the first to appear on the table. There should be several types and in sufficient quantities, since they are on the table until the very end of the event. They are convenient as a light snack between dishes, as a snack with alcohol. You will need one loaf of white and one black bread.
Slicing
Traditionally, there is cutting on the table. It should be varied - sausages, cheeses, vegetables and herbs.
- Cold cuts are served at the rate of 100 grams per person. It is easy to calculate that for 10 people you will need to purchase one kilogram of sausages and meat products of several types.
- You will need a little less cheese; you can cut 3 types of cheese, 250 grams each.
- For 10 people, it is enough to serve two herrings cut into pieces, garnished with herbs and onions.
- On a vegetable plate, place tomatoes, cucumbers, and bell peppers cut into slices or slices. It is enough to purchase 500 grams of tomatoes and cucumbers, several fleshy bright peppers, and a bunch of herbs.
Salads on the menu
The menu of any holiday table certainly includes salads. Their minimum number should be three, one should be meat, the second should be fish, the third should be vegetable or exotic. The required amount of salad can be calculated based on the consumption rate of this dish per person of 200 grams. Therefore, you need to serve three types of salad weighing 700–800 grams each. It is more convenient to display two small salad bowls with each salad, placing them on different edges of the table.
- Salad “Morocco with Oranges” is an excellent dish, it has an exquisite taste and bright appearance. An unusual, not boring combination of products will appeal to many. To prepare it, you will need two large oranges, 300 grams of smoked meat or chicken, three boiled eggs, 120 grams of ham and hard cheese, two or three fresh cucumbers. Mustard beans, lemon juice, and Provençal herbs are used as seasonings. The salad is laid out on a dish covered with green lettuce leaves and dressed with olive oil. Before serving, it is advisable to garnish the salad with chopped almonds and orange slices.
- The “Emperor Squid” salad with red caviar will not go unnoticed on the festive table. It fully justifies its loud name and has an exquisite delicate taste. To prepare it you will need 700 grams of boiled squid, 3-4 eggs, a peeled sweet and sour apple, a leek, red caviar and mayonnaise. Grind all the ingredients, add salt, season with mayonnaise and mix. Place the salad in tartlets, garnish with parsley sprigs and a few caviar.
- A very tasty original salad can be prepared from white cabbage with omelette rolls. For the omelet, prepare the dough by combining eggs, mayonnaise and flour in equal proportions. Bake several pancakes, grease them with mayonnaise while hot, sprinkle with chopped parsley and dill, and roll them up. Refrigerate. Cover a salad bowl or semicircular bowl with cling film and place the resulting rolls tightly.
- Chop white cabbage, add salt, add boiled chicken, diced carrots and canned corn. Season with mayonnaise. Place lettuce in bowl on top of rolls. Seal, cover with film and cool thoroughly in the refrigerator. Before serving, cover the bowl with a flat plate and invert. This unusual light salad will please everyone.
- Gourmets will appreciate the exquisite salad, which includes smoked eel. Tear different types of spinach and lettuce leaves with your hands and place them in a heap on a plate. Cut the smoked eel and papaya into triangles or cubes. Place around lettuce leaves, lightly brush with horseradish and mayonnaise mixture. Garnish the salad with halved cherry tomatoes and fresh strawberries.
Other
You can prepare meat or liver rolls, holiday sandwiches, tartlets with all kinds of fillings, canapés, stuffed tomatoes, and snacks with chips for the holiday table. But in this case, it is advisable to reduce the number of salads and cold cuts on the menu.
After cold appetizers, hot dishes appear on the table. As hot appetizers, you can serve julienne in personal cocotte makers, stuffed peppers, and liver cakes. The weight of a serving of hot snacks should not exceed 100 grams.
Main hot dish for a birthday
There may be one or two hot dishes on the festive table. If you choose the second option, let one dish be meat and the second fish.
Meat dish
Pork with mushrooms and cheese baked in the oven is a wonderful birthday treat. You will need 1 kg of pork fillet, half a kilogram of mushrooms, 400 grams of hard cheese, 2-3 onions, a packet of mayonnaise and spices. You must first boil the mushrooms. Then cut the meat into thin slices, beat, salt and season with spices. The meat is laid out in a heat-resistant bowl and covered with a thin layer of mayonnaise, on top of which there are onions, mushrooms, cut into thin half rings, and a layer of grated cheese. The treat is baked for 40 minutes in the oven and served hot. You can offer baked potatoes as a side dish.
Fish baked in foil
You can also bake fish in the oven, for example, trout, salmon, pink salmon. The dish has a spicy sweet and sour taste due to the presence of honey sauce with garlic. The pieces of fish literally melt in your mouth.
The total weight of the hot dish per person should be approximately 250 grams, including the side dish.
Dessert
It is difficult to imagine a birthday without a cake with candles; it is an indispensable attribute of this holiday. You can break away from tradition and make cakes, muffins, cupcakes, and ice cream as dessert. Without a doubt, everyone will like curd cheesecake, soufflé cake with fruit, and tiramisu. There should be 150, maximum 200 grams of baked goods per person. If only the cake is on the table, its weight should be 1500–2000 grams.
Place a bowl of sweets, a saucer with sliced lemon, rosettes with jam and honey. There must be fruit on the table. You can place them whole in a two-tier vase, or you can arrange them in a beautiful bright cut on a platter. Be sure to sprinkle the apple and pear slices with lemon juice to prevent the fruit from browning. Tea or coffee is served with the cake at the request of the guests.
We hope our menu planning tips will help you set your holiday table and have a great time.
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