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Hot dishes for birthday

Most popular holiday dish in our area, the recipes of which are known to many housewives - chicken with potatoes in the oven. share good and simple recipe cooking chicken with potatoes with photo.

Hashbrown - popular potato dish american cuisine, which is very simple and easy to prepare. We need potatoes, butter and onion. And we will cook in the oven and on the stove. Go!

A popular and very tasty dish of meat baked with potatoes under beautiful crust from melted cheese. Meat in French with potatoes - this is something you should definitely try!

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

The name of this recipe is somewhat arbitrary - French chops are the most common chops, only baked with cheese. TO french cuisine- no relationship. But most importantly, it's delicious!

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

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

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

Fragrant, juicy potatoes in cream in the oven, you can cook in portioned pots or a large heat-resistant form - choose the dishes yourself, and it will turn out delicious anyway, I promise!

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

Scientists call potatoes "a botanical masterpiece." This root crop is one of the most valuable on earth. The options for its preparation simply cannot be counted, one of them is potato casserole with bacon.

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

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

I came across an excellent piece of beef just now. It was a pity to cut such meat into pieces. I decided to cook beef, baked in a piece. The beef came out tender, melting, and the spices were baked crispy.

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

From chicken fillet and bell pepper it turns out delicious and very beautiful roll. It can be served both as a hot dish, and cut into a snack or used in the preparation of sandwiches.

Legs with apples will amaze you with a combination of chicken and sour apples flavored with onions. I got this recipe from a friend, and she came up with this dish when she couldn't buy duck.

Meat in French with tomatoes is a great festive dish for dinner with friends or family members. The meat is very juicy and tender, and the dish is fragrant and appetizing.

To your attention - simple, but very effective recipe pork in the oven. With this recipe, you can easily prepare a hot dish that can be safely put even on the festive table.

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

A properly cooked piece of meat is the best that can be served on the table. Beef medallion prepared according to this recipe is a dish of just such a category.

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

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

Turkey Shank with Garlic and Rosemary is a trivial dish, but it's worth making it once and you'll be making it all the time.

Château potatoes are a very popular side dish of potatoes for meat or fish in France. A wonderful alternative to boring purees and fried potatoes:)

baked potato with avocado sauce - an insanely simple dish for vegetarians. Potatoes are very appetizing and fragrant, and avocado sauce makes the taste more varied. Try it!

Duck baked with oranges - very festive and solemn dish which I usually cook for New Year or Christmas. The hostess cooks, the host cuts and puts each on a plate ... ah!

Pork loin - the meat is quite dry, and it is not easy to cook it deliciously. I share very good recipe - pork loin on the bones with carrots. A couple of tricks - and the meat is very juicy.

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

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

French spiced potatoes are very original way cooked potatoes, which will serve as a great side dish for any meat, fish or vegetable dish.

Recipe for chicken with tomatoes, sweet peppers and olives in white wine. French cuisine.

Chicken with Garlic and Thyme is another simple but very effective method delicious baked chicken in the oven. The garlic and thyme marinade makes the chicken very tender and flavorful.

Stuffed eggplant in Armenian - my specialty of the house which was taught to me by a professional Armenian chef. Eggplants turn out just excellent - you will lick your fingers!

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

"Meat in French" minced chicken

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

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

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

puff cabbage in Transylvanian - very tasty Romanian a national dish, something remotely resembling lazy cabbage rolls. Delicious dish made from simple and affordable ingredients.

Rooster in wine - exquisite french dish, which you can cook on your own home kitchen. As for me, the dish has every right to be called festive - it looks solemn and very tasty.

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

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

An easy chops recipe for fried pork lovers. Step by step cooking with photos.

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

I tell you how to cook classic schnitzel- a thin pork chop, which was rolled in batter and fried in oil. A wonderful men's lunch or dinner - simple and satisfying.

Breaded pork - very unusual way cooking the most trivial pork meat. Thanks to original breading the taste of pork is very original and unexpected.

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

Lavangi is delicious dish from chicken, which is traditionally cooked in the southern regions of Azerbaijan. Sharing cooking secrets!

Almond Crust Chicken is another great way to cook everyone's favorite chicken meat. Almond crust gives the chicken a perfect new taste- try it, you won't regret it!

I haven't cooked such a bright, colorful and tasty dish for a long time. stuffed peppers and tomatoes. The ingredients are simple, but the dish - real masterpiece both visually and tastefully :)

Stuffed baked potatoes - a chic side dish for meat dish. A very satisfying, attractive and beautiful side dish for some (for example, for vegetarians) can become a separate serious dish!

mackerel with bell pepper- perfect union and magnificent flavor combination. Before cooking mackerel, remember this instruction and you will receive most excellent dish!

Stew - perfect solution for those who like to cook dishes in earthenware. Meet a very simple recipe for a stew with meat and green beans in a pot.

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

fried tomatoes- one of my favorite snacks for both everyday and festive tables. Prepared in two counts, but it turns out very tasty and beautiful.

Found another one interesting way cooking pork meat - pork with bell pepper. It turns out a very juicy, fragrant and tender dish.

In most cases, salads are prepared for the holidays, because it is not difficult to prepare them, but all guests will definitely like them. That is why the article will contain many salad recipes that you may have never heard of.

So, what to cook for your birthday?!

What to cook for a birthday quickly and tasty

Ingredients

1. Cucumbers, tomatoes and ham - 200 grams.


2. Vinegar - 200 milliliters.


3. Onions - 150 grams.


4. Water - 250 milliliters.


5. Sugar - 60 grams.


6. Black pepper.


7. Salad.


8. Mustard.


9. Vegetable oil.

Cooking method
Peel the red onion from the husk, and then rinse it and cut it into half rings. Then you need to make a marinade, so take a separate plate or bowl and add vinegar with water, then add sugar and mix everything thoroughly so that it dissolves. Put the onion half rings in the marinade for half an hour to soak it. At this time, you can cut the ham into strips. Then wash the cucumbers and also cut into strips, the same thickness as the ham. Wash the tomatoes and cut into small cubes. Then you can start preparing the dressing, for this you need to mix vinegar, oil and mustard. Wash the lettuce and cut its leaves into strips, and then put it in a deep salad bowl. In a salad bowl, you need to mix all the ingredients, but first drain the marinade from the onion. At the end, add the dressing and mix everything well. You can serve the salad to the table, you can also leave some of the leaves to decorate the salad.

What to cook for a child's birthday

It's very simple and tasty pie which looks spectacular on the festive table. It's easy to prepare.

Ingredients

1. Sugar - 2 cups.


2. Eggs - 5 pieces.


3. Sour cream - 200 grams.


4. Butter - 200 grams.


5. Flour - 300 grams.


6. Soda - half a teaspoon.


7. Cocoa - 50 grams.

Cooking method
Beat the eggs and sugar until a white foam of a uniform consistency is obtained. Add baking soda, flour, butter (melted) and sour cream, then stir to combine. Divide the dough into two equal parts, and pour 50 grams of flour into one of them, and the same amount of cocoa into the other. Then mix the dough so that it has a consistency like sour cream. Take a wide dish and add oil, and then pour one part of the dough into the center, and then the other. It is necessary to make several layers and in no case mix them. Next, heat the oven to 200 degrees and put the cake in there. After half an hour, the cake will be ready, if one half is ready and the other is still raw, lower the temperature to 180 degrees and cover it with foil. If desired, you can add cream between the layers to make it even sweeter and tastier.

What to cook for a birthday at work

You can't go wrong with a Caesar salad, especially since it's so easy to make.

Ingredients

1. Tomatoes - 1 piece (you need a large tomato).


2. Chicken breast - 200 grams.


3. Parmesan - 50 grams.


4. White loaf - half.


5. Salad.


6. Garlic - one clove.


7. Pepper.


8. Olive oil.


9. Salt.


10. Eggs - 2 yolks.


11. Lemon juice - 50 milliliters.


12. Mustard - 10 grams.

Cooking method
Crispy chicken, lettuce, tomatoes and parmesan make this salad so appealing. It has been known for a very long time, but before its recipe was different and it contained only crackers, lettuce, eggs and parmesan. But today it is prepared in completely different ways, and all chefs have their own preferences regarding this salad. Even salmon, tomatoes, chicken and shrimp are added to it. Cooked or raw yolks are used as dressings, undercooked yolks can be added. Since almost everyone likes chicken breast, it is advisable to add it to a salad.

Preparation begins with the base of the salad, then the dressing is prepared. Peel one clove of garlic and then squeeze it out. Remove the clove in a deep bowl and pour 40 milliliters of olive oil into it, then put it in the microwave for 30 seconds. This will cause the oil to soak essential oil garlic and become fragrant. Cut the crust off a loaf of bread and cut it into cubes, then put it on a baking sheet and pour oil over it, then mix it. Put the bread in the oven with a temperature of 150 degrees, after 20 minutes, take it out and wait until the crackers have cooled.

Then prepare the dressing, you need to boil the eggs and cool with cold water, and then get rid of the proteins. Next, garlic, mustard and yolks need to be squeezed out and rubbed well. Salt the dressing, add a little lemon juice and mix. Then pour olive oil there and mix again so that the dressing is soaked, it needs to be infused for half an hour.

Then cut chicken breast halve and add pepper and salt. Heat up the pan with olive oil and put the chicken there, it should be fried for 10 minutes. Fry one side for five minutes, and then the other. Stir the dressing again and start mixing all the salad ingredients. Wash the lettuce leaves, dry and put in a bowl, then put the chicken with breadcrumbs, you need to cut the chicken into small pieces. Then add the Parmesan, after rubbing it on a grater. At the end, add the dressing, put the chopped tomatoes, and serve the salad to the table.

What to cook for your husband's birthday

Ingredients

1. Chicken breast - 600 grams.


2. Vegetable oil - 50 milliliters.


3. Champignons - 400 grams.


4. Flour - 50 grams.


5. Hard cheese - 100 grams.


6. Pepper with salt to taste.

To prepare the sauce you will need chicken bouillon(100 milliliters), thyme, salt, balsamic vinegar. First, cut the chicken breast in two horizontally, and then wash the mushrooms and cut into several slices. Grate hard cheese on the fine grater, and then mix in a bowl 40 grams of flour, a little salt and pepper, and roll the chicken in this mixture. Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat and put the chicken pieces in it, then fry them for five minutes on all sides. Then take the chicken out and put it on a plate. Mushrooms can be fried in the same pan, add chicken broth, salt, balsamic vinegar to them. Cook everything for about five minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Next, you need to make the mixture thick, just add a little starch. Pour the mushroom sauce into another deep bowl. Put the chicken back into the skillet and turn on medium heat, add mushroom sauce. Next, everything needs to be stewed for about five minutes, but put grated hard cheese there in advance.

What to cook for mom's birthday

You can prepare such a salad very quickly, but its sour and tart taste absolutely everyone will like it.

Ingredients

1. Chicken fillet - 500 grams.


2. Sour cream - 50 grams.


3. Kiwi - 2 pieces.


4. Pepper, sugar and salt.


5. Mango - 1 piece.


6. Canned pineapples - 1 can.


7. Beijing cabbage - 1 head.


8. Walnut.


9. Olive oil.


10. Lemon juice.

Cooking method
Defrost chicken fillet and put it on to boil fully prepared. After that, take chinese cabbage and carefully cut, after that also cut the mango and mix everything. This will be the first layer of lettuce, place it in a deep bowl. Next, cut the chicken fillet and put it in the next layer, also add canned pineapple. Take a mixer and grind the kiwi, then add sugar, sour cream and salt (the amount depends on your preference). If anything, replace sour cream with mayonnaise, although you can not use them and season everything with olive oil, this is convenient for those who observe low calorie diet. Layers of lettuce should be poured with kiwi sauce, then lay layers again and add sauce. When the salad is ready, add chopped Walnut for beauty, besides it is very tasty. Then leave the salad for half an hour or an hour to soak.

What to cook for a birthday in nature

This cake is attractive due to the cream layer, which has a rich garlic flavor. Moreover, spicy lovers can add as much garlic as they like, the taste of the dish will not deteriorate because of this.

List of ingredients

1. Pork liver - 500 grams.


2. Eggs - 3 pieces.


3. Sour cream - 100 grams.


4. Onions - 3 pieces.


5. Mayonnaise - 300 grams.


6. Carrots - 4 pieces.


7. Black pepper, salt, two garlic cloves.


8. Parsley or dill


9. Flour - 100 grams.

Cooking method
Rinse the liver with running water and then cut out the veins and film. After that, the liver must be crushed, for example, in a mixer. True, you can use a meat grinder if you don’t have a mixer at hand. Then add sour cream, egg, pepper, salt and sifted flour, then mix everything thoroughly and beat with whisks until smooth, so that there are no lumps. The consistency of the dough for cakes is similar to kefir. Next, put the pan on the fire and wait until it warms up. It is unnecessary to pour a lot of vegetable oil when you bake cakes. Using a ladle, pour the dough into a very thin and even layer so that it is fried on both sides. Do not fry thick cakes, because you will not be able to turn them over. If the cake turns out to be thick, then you can divide it into 4 equal parts.

Then you can prepare the filling, lightly fry the carrots in vegetable oil while adding a little bit of carrots. You can cut vegetables the way you prefer, either large or small. Then wash fresh herbs, and cut very finely, and put in a separate bowl. Then put onions with carrots there, put a few tablespoons of mayonnaise and garlic, previously squeezed out. The next step is to prepare the cake, you will need a flat dinner plate large enough to allow for several layers. Pre-rub your plate butter. Put the first pancake from the liver and add the cream of mayonnaise and garlic on top. Then lay a layer of onions and carrots, and add the parsley or dill that you have already chopped. Put the second pancake, and again grease it with mayonnaise and garlic cream and put the onion with carrots. Place the cake in the refrigerator for several hours to set and soak.

At the end, you need to boil a few eggs and grate them to decorate the cake. Spread the top of the cake with mayonnaise, sprinkle with herbs and egg. This completes the preparation of the cake and it can be served at the table.

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

Where is the tradition from?

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

Name day of Mukha-Tsokotukha

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

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

The position of Christianity on this issue at first was extremely tough: life is given to a person to atone for sins, so he is not up to fun. Later, the church softened somewhat and allowed baptisms with name days. But the Soviet system was against name days and, figuratively speaking, trampled on the tradition with its iron boot. Even the famous birthday fly was ordered to be removed from the works of old Korney.

By the way, name days were very popular in Russia: they baked a loaf, brewed delicious beer, cooked pies and sang songs. Of course, the peasant holidays were much more modest than the royal ones: sometimes the amount spent on the name day of the crowned person could be used to build several luxurious palaces.

Surprise cake

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

But the Germans introduced the tradition. They created a common ritual of celebration children's day birth. To do this, they prepared a delicious cake, in which various iconic objects were hidden, candles were placed on top according to the number of years of the hero of the occasion, and, having woken up the child with the dawn, they sang healthy songs to him. It is noteworthy that the cake was not eaten until evening, until the whole family gathered at the table. The child had to think of something cherished and blow out the candles at a time. Familiar, right?

Jam Day: their manners

IN different countries Holidays like this are treated differently. The most reverent attitude of the majority of the inhabitants of the planet to anniversaries. But some nationalities celebrate just odd or non-circular dates. Traditions are also different: in Italy, spaghetti will be an indispensable dish on the table of the birthday boy (so that he lives long), and in Latin America they always break a piñata with gifts loaded into it.

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

Economy table rules

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

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

1. The menu must be thought out in advance. Good to dig into cookbooks ah, look through magazines. You need to pay attention to the ingredients: cheaper to buy seasonal products, so the menu is selected accordingly. If the hostess wants to set the table for her birthday at home inexpensively, recipes with photos are especially welcome, because you can immediately see how the dishes will look on the table.
2. Accurately calculate the number of invitees (considering, of course, a few uninvited guests). You can cook hot portions, but in this case, the birthday girl will not have peace. It's better to do common dish with a margin.
3. The first courses in the birthday menu, as a rule, are not included. The exception is exotic gourmet soups.
4. If a traditional celebration is planned, then it is quite possible to set the table for a birthday at home inexpensively. Recipes for budget meals can be found in any source to your taste. But cold and hot appetizers, main course (meat or fish), salads and dessert must be included.

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

Modest cut and luxurious roll

Many families adhere to classic long-term traditions and set the table with favorite dishes that guests know by heart. But this approach has its own benefit: people will never leave hungry and are guaranteed to be satisfied.

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

For those who want to set the table for a birthday at home inexpensively, they are perfect Korean snacks: get a little bit of everything (pre-tasting the dishes) and put it on the table in small plates. Homemade pickles and marinades are also in great demand among guests.

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

• sheet thin lavash grease with a mixture that includes: mayonnaise, garlic, dill and grated cheese;
• top with thinly sliced ​​ham;
• then the steps are repeated;
• roll pita bread in the form of a roll;
• wrap the product in cling film and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

Serve so inexpensive, but original dish it is necessary, cutting it with a very sharp knife into portioned pieces.

Appetizer "Raffaello" will require the following ingredients:

• crab sticks;
• garlic;
• hard cheese;
• mayonnaise;
• cashews (but you can use walnuts to save money).

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

You can also use seasonal dishes. A budget option The menu is compiled during the summer. For example, eggplant tongues or fingers. The second option is more expensive, since it has very little, but meat is included.

Delicious hot appetizers

The hostess, asking herself the question of how tasty and inexpensive to set the table for her birthday, should not forget about hot snacks. They follow the cold when everyone has gathered at the table and it's time for the first toasts. They should not be many, and they are prepared shortly before serving. This light dish, which is characterized by a small portion size. An example of such a snack can be easy-to-cook meat balls:

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

This appetizer looks very presentable.

Now it is not a problem for the hostess to set the table for a birthday at home inexpensively, the recipes just jump out of magazines, cookbooks, and Internet portals. Here, for example, is a dish similar to julienne, which is prepared ridiculously quickly, but tastes simply charming. We present to the attention of the housewives champignons in sour cream sauce.

The dish is prepared like this:

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

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

Salads for a date

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

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

This lettuce will do when guests are literally on the doorstep or come unexpectedly. After all, nothing needs to be prepared in advance, all the components are simply mixed.

Salads with seafood can look original, they especially appeal to the female half of the guests.

Main meal serving

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

In general, before planning the main serving, you need to ask yourself what your guests like more: meat or fish? Only then can you prepare the coveted main course. Of course, fish is several times more troublesome than meat, but either pike will become truly festive and will be remembered by guests for a long time. It is not bad to serve chops, meatballs, medallions or steaks to the festive table. One thing can be said with certainty - meat must be present on the table.

As a side dish for main dishes, you should choose potatoes in any form: mashed potatoes, french fries, fried, boiled with herbs.

What about compote?

To set the table for a birthday inexpensively, recipes are not all that a hostess needs. Drinks are also important. Of course, you can not do without compotes, juices, carbonated drinks, maybe even crocks. And what about alcohol? It is important to take into account here that strong alcohol not everyone drinks, so champagne, as well as other wines, is an obligatory attribute on the festive table.

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

Mistress Secrets

To set the table for a birthday party at home inexpensively, but at the same time make it unforgettable, you need to know main secret: competent serving and decoration of dishes. This is not worth your time.

What you need for serving and decorating:

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

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

Little birthday boy

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

Actually, it's quite easy. There are several tips, using which you can make an unforgettable celebration for your child and his friends:

• paper dishes of bright colors - safe and beautiful, and you don’t need to wash anything;
• decoration of the room with balls, paper garlands;
• dishes small size- mostly canapes, salads in bowls, lavash rolls with different fillings, chicken croquettes - children do not really like to overeat, unless, of course, these are sweets;
• water drinkers can be offered lemonade home cooking, fruit drinks, juices, compotes and milk-fruit cocktails;
• desserts are preferably from cottage cheese;
• salads are best seasoned with sour cream and yogurt.

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

From boiled chicken, tomatoes, sweet peppers and hard boiled eggs can be done delicious salad, making it in the form of a hedgehog with fly agarics on its back. Lettuce is laid in layers: chopped chicken → tomatoes → grated eggs → crushed peppers. Each layer is smeared with sour cream and yogurt dressing. Hedgehog needs to be sprinkled grated carrots, and designate the muzzle with egg white. The eyes and nose are made from olives and prunes, and fly agaric from eggs and tomatoes.

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

Alternative Ideas

Finally, you can offer a few ideas when there is neither time nor desire to spend time in the kitchen, and the soul needs a holiday. You can set the table for a birthday at home inexpensively and tasty by purchasing prepared food from a cookery or restaurant. This option is especially suitable for a young advanced company. You can order pizza, grilled chicken and salads. Japanese dishes are a little more expensive.

There is also an interesting modern version- buffet. But he is subject to certain rules:

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

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

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

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

Which one then delicious pilaf at the stake or potatoes baked in ash!

But whatever the birthday person chooses, the main thing is the loved ones nearby.

Fragrant shrimp in lemon juice

Baked shrimp - worthy decoration Birthday. They will successfully complement any menu, especially a themed holiday table in a marine style.

From products:

• shrimp (peeled) - 4 kg;
• lemon juice- 1.25 cups;
• olive oil - 6 tbsp. l.;
• garlic - 10 cloves;
• lemon zest - 5 tsp;
• ground red pepper - 1.25 tsp;
• parsley - 10 tbsp. l.

Recipe:

1. Turn on the oven. Set the temperature to 250 degrees.
2. Grease the mold with oil.
3. Lay out the shrimp. Lay them in one layer. If the rest do not fit, divide 4 kilograms into portions and cook them in parts.
4. Mix lemon juice and other ingredients. Don't use parsley just yet.
5. Pour mixture over seafood.
6. Sprinkle the cooked shrimp with parsley.
7. Do the same with the remaining batches of seafood.

Advice! Serve this dish on the table if guests who follow the figure come to the birthday. They especially like the shrimp. They are not only tasty, but also low in calories.

Video menu:

Recipe for salad "Vlazhsky"

A very unusual name and a very common set of ingredients. They are definitely in the fridge.

Salad Ingredients:

• potatoes - 16 pcs.;
• cucumber (fresh) - 16 pcs.;
• ham - 1.6 kg;
• green peas - 4 cans;
• spices;
• mayonnaise.

Cooking:

1. Boil potatoes.
2. Dry the tubers. It is advisable to boil the fruits in the evening, and start preparing snacks in the morning.
3. Cut the ham into strips.
4. Slice the cucumber like you would the ham.
5. Drain water from peas.
6. Mix the ingredients.
7. Add sauce and spices.

Advice. To prevent the salad from stacking, add the dressing just before serving.

Mexican dish in Russian cuisine

Another recipe on the birthday menu of 20 that includes shrimp. The rest of the ingredients are well known to the hostess. Nothing out of the ordinary but the taste. You definitely haven't tried this.

From products:

• shrimp - 2.1 kg;
• lime - 7 pcs.;
• avocado - 7 pcs.
• red onion - 3 pcs.;
• bell pepper - 7 pcs.;
• cilantro - 14 tbsp. l.;
• olive oil - 7 tbsp. l.;
• spices.

Cooking technique:

1. Chop the onion.
2. Squeeze out lime juice.
3. Mix juice and oil.
4. Cut up the shrimp.
5. Cut the avocado into small pieces.
6. Chop the bell pepper.
7. Mix the ingredients.
8. Chop up the cilantro.
9. Sprinkle it over the salad.
10. Sprinkle lemon juice on top.

Advice. Replace lime with lemon if desired.

"Royal Salad"

"Royal Salad" is a good choice for a birthday menu at home. These ingredients are enough to prepare a snack for 20 people.

The salad will satisfy the taste needs of even the most fastidious guests. Its ingredients are very filling. Not a single guest will get up hungry from the table.

Ingredients:

• beef - 1.5 kg;
• eggs - 12 pcs.;
• garlic - 12 teeth;
• cucumbers - 18 pcs.;
• nuts - 750 g;
• mayonnaise.

Cooking step by step:

1. Boil the meat.
2. Disassemble it into fibers.
3. Grate the cucumbers coarsely.
4. Grind the garlic through a press.
5. Boil the eggs.
6. Grate on a coarse grater.
7. Chop the nuts.
8. Fry for a few minutes in a pan.
9. Lay out the dish in layers. Meat and sauce first. After - cucumbers with garlic and mayonnaise. Then eggs and sauce. Last layer- walnuts.

Advice. For a birthday salad to make the most positive impression on 20 guests, let it brew!

Take care of availability big dish where all the ingredients would fit.

Tartlets with shrimps and red caviar

Delicious and hearty tartlets with shrimps and red caviar are served as a salad or as an appetizer. They will adequately decorate any festive table of 20 people.

From products:

• shrimp - 1 kg;
• eggs - 16 pcs.;
• mozzarella - 0.6 kg;
• bell pepper - 2 pcs.;
• garlic - 4 pcs.;
• tartlets - 20-30 pcs.;
• red caviar - 400 g;
• mayonnaise;
• spices.

Cooking technique:

1. Hard boil the eggs. After boiling, keep them in water for 7 minutes.
2. clean under cold water and peel off the shell after 5 minutes.
3. Boil seafood in salted water with oil.
4. After 10 minutes from the moment of boiling, remove from heat, cool and peel.
5. Cut the eggs into medium cubes.
6. Add shrimp.
7. Grate the cheese and transfer to the rest of the ingredients.
8. Chop the pepper into cubes.
9. Add to salad.
10. Top it with sauce and garlic.
11. Fill the tarts.
12. Decorate with caviar.

Advice. Serve with white semi-sweet wine. Such an appetizer will appeal to all 20 guests at a home party!

How to cook breaded chicken skewers?

Chicken skewers - unusual snack in the menu for the birthday, the celebration of which is planned at home. Prepare 40 skewers for 20 people. To have a snack for everyone. Don't forget the salad as well.

It is not necessary to buy skewers and barbecue to pamper yourself and loved ones delicious barbecue. It is easy to cook at home in a pan.

From products:

• bamboo skewers - 40 pcs.;
• chicken - 4 kg;
• mayonnaise;
• breadcrumbs - 4 cups;
• spices - 4 tbsp. l.;
• salt.

Cooking technique:

1. Cut the meat into cubes.
2. Add salt and spices.
3. Dip the chicken in the sauce.
4. Leave to marinate for an hour.
5. Thread the meat onto skewers.
6. Roll each in breadcrumbs.
7. Pour the oil into the pan so that it covers the meat.
8. Roast until crispy.

Advice. Serve chicken skewers with garnish.

Wings or fillets are equally good for frying.

"Emerald" on the festive table

"Emerald" salad does not require any special ingredients for preparation. “Everything ingenious is simple” (c).

From products:

• ham - 2 kg;
• cucumber - 5 pcs. (for decoration);
• eggs - 30 pcs.;
• mushrooms - 1.5 kg;
• cheese - 1 kg;
• mayonnaise;
• salt.

Recipe:

1. Cut the ham into cubes.
2. Boil the eggs.
3. Peel and cut like a ham.
4. Chop the onion and mushrooms.
5. Fry them in oil.
6. Grate the cheese.
7. Mix the ingredients.
8. Season with sauce.
9. Lay out on a platter.
10. Garnish with sliced ​​cucumber, pressing them into the salad.

Advice. Instead of mayonnaise, use any other fatty sauce. If you want the salad to be less greasy, make your own dressing.

Chicken tartlets

Guests will definitely like tartlets, do not miss them when making a birthday menu at home from 20 people - everyone will appreciate this kind of snacks! Dish - lovely snack to alcohol. Of the other advantages - the ingredients are the most common. But the taste of tartlets is very refined. At the same time, they are prepared without dough. Potatoes serve as a tartlet.

From products:

• chicken (fillet) - 2.1 kg;
• mayonnaise;
• garlic - 9 teeth;
• potatoes - 24 pcs.;
• cheese - 0.6 kg;
• green onions;
• salt.

Recipe:

1. Cut the fillet into cubes.
2. Simmer the chicken in a frying pan covered with water and oil.
3. After 30 minutes, add the garlic and simmer for another 10 minutes. Filling for tartlets - ready.
4. Peel and grate potatoes.
5. Add salt.
6. Take cupcake molds and grease them with oil.
7. Lay out the grated potatoes in the form of a basket.
8. Put the chicken in the middle.
9. Put the tartlets in the oven for 30 minutes at 240 degrees.
10. Chop green onions.
11. Grate the cheese.
12. Mix the ingredients.
13. After 30 minutes of cooking, sprinkle the tartlets with cheese and onions.
14. Simmer in the oven for another 10 minutes.

Advice. To make meat baskets more flavorful, add mushrooms to the chicken.

The filling of the appetizer is easy to change each time at your discretion.

The secret of cooking salad "Mushroom Glade"

"Mushroom Glade" is a great option for a festive birthday menu - at home, the hostess can easily prepare a "bowl" of salad for 20 people. Fill the tartlets with it, if desired. Get an original snack.

From products:

• pickled mushrooms - 3 kg;
• chicken meat - 1.8 kg;
• cheese - 600 g;
• eggs - 18 pcs.;
• potatoes - 8 pcs.;
• pickled cucumbers - 18 pcs.;
• greenery;
• mayonnaise.

Recipe:

1. Take several deep bowls in which the salad will be served.
2. Arrange marinated mushrooms evenly, caps underneath.
3. Cut greens and sprinkle mushrooms.
4. Boil the meat.
5. Grind.
6. Sprinkle greens on top.
7. Pour with mayonnaise.
8. Grate the cheese.
9. Boil the eggs.
10. Cut into cubes.
11. Put cheese on mayonnaise, eggs on top. Pour with mayonnaise.
12. Boil potatoes.
13. Grate.
14. Lay on top of the mayonnaise.
15. Dice pickled cucumbers.
16. Sprinkle them on top of the dish.
17. Put in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

Advice. The dish looks much more attractive if you turn it over so that the mushrooms are on top. You will need several flat plates.

Julien in tartlets

Julien - hearty and very tasty complete snack in the birthday menu of a house for 20 people, which is not often possible to try without some festive occasion. Tartlets with chicken and mushrooms look appropriate on the table, regardless of the number of guests.

From products:

• chicken fillet - 3 kg;
• mushrooms - 3 kg;
• onions - 12 pcs.;
• cream cheese - 2 kg;
• cream - 3 l;
• flour - 15-20 tbsp. l.;
• tartlets - 20-40 pcs.

Cooking technique:

1. Chop the mushrooms, breast and onion.
2. Fry.
3. Remove from heat when the liquid has completely evaporated.
4. Gradually add cream and flour to thicken the mass.
5. Divide into tarts.
6. Grate the cheese.
7. Sprinkle the top of the tarts with cheese.
8. Bake for 15 minutes in the oven at medium temperature.

Advice. Divide the filling into several parts. So it is more convenient to work with her. The same goes for the baking point. In a conventional home oven, it will not be possible to place all the tartlets at once. One option is to stack multiple trays on top of each other.

Festive salad "White Night"

"White Night" - perhaps one of the most simple salads on the birthday menu. We calculate the ingredients so that you can easily prepare an appetizer at home for 20 people or more.

From products:

• mayonnaise or sour cream;
• pickled mushrooms - 2 kg;
• hard cheese - 2.5 kg;
• potatoes - 20 pcs.;
• boiled meat - 3 kg;
• carrots - 10 pcs.

Recipe:

1. Take a few salad bowls and put finely chopped mushrooms on the bottom. If the mushrooms themselves are small, you do not need to cut them.
2. Chop the onion.
3. Fry it in vegetable oil.
4. Let the oil drain.
5. Lay the onion over the mushrooms.
6. Lubricate the ingredients with mayonnaise or sour cream.
7. Grate carrots.
8. Put in a salad bowl.
9. Lubricate with mayonnaise or sour cream.
10. Boil the meat and lay on top of the carrots. Add mayonnaise or sour cream.
11. Grate the cheese.
12. Place in salad bowls.
13. Pour in the sauce.

Advice. Let the salad sit for a few hours before serving. Use slices for garnish fresh lemon and greens.

Arrange salad bowls on different edges of the table to make it more convenient for guests to try the treat.

For meat, use boiled pork, beef or poultry. It is best to take the language.

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Birthday Recipes so diverse that it can be quite difficult to navigate among them. As a rule, the hero of the occasion prepares dishes at his own discretion, while completely ignoring taste preferences guests. However, this is not entirely correct. Composing a festive home menu, it is imperative to take into account those dishes that guests would like to see on the table. Otherwise, you can spend long hours cooking, but the guests will still be hungry.

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