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The New Year 2018 is here! On which the editors of the M.Vkus portal cordially congratulate you, our dear readers. We believe that you have already recovered from the New Year, got some sleep and are making plans for the long holidays. In fact, there is not much time left - only a week, so we suggest not to waste time and plan everything carefully. For example, numerous visits from guests - friends with children, friends of the husband, mother-in-law, relatives... So that such a pastime does not become a burden for you, but only brings pleasure and joy, why not turn it into exciting entertainment? To make things easier for you, we've come up with 9 themed food house party ideas for your inspiration!

1. Adults + middle school children: fondue party

This option for a themed culinary party is perfect when you are expecting your friends and their schoolchildren to visit during the holidays, but you are too lazy to bother with food. Ask guests to buy something along the way fresh fruit– bananas, apples, pears, tangerines and others. Take stock out of the closet milk chocolate, a bag of marshmallows and long wooden skewers. Grease the fondue pot butter, break the tiles into pieces into it and place it over the fire. In 15-20 minutes you will have a full bowl of melted hot chocolate. Just cut the fruit into pieces, put it on wooden skewers along with marshmallows and dip it in chocolate. Both children and adults will be happy with such a delicious dessert while watching good cartoons or family comedies.

2. Adults in pairs: wine tasting with light snacks

If you have friends coming to visit you and you plan to sit and chat about the latest news in each other's lives, why not hold a wine tasting meeting? Ask each guest or couple to bring a bottle or two of their favorite wine. Organize light snacks yourself - decorated with grapes and walnuts, canapés, small sandwiches, italian cookies biscotti, saltine crackers. Prepare more glasses so that the wine from each new bottle pour into fresh. By the way, the tasting can be done “blind”. Simply wrap the bottles in parchment and write the number on top. At the end of the evening, have each guest name the number of the wine they liked the most.

3. Husband’s friends: buffet with hearty finger foods

It doesn’t matter for what purpose your husband decided to invite his friends over on vacation - to watch a sports match or a car race, play a role-playing computer game on a console, or discuss the creation of a new business project. Boys will always be boys, and nothing will please them more than a covered buffet table with hearty high-calorie snacks and cold beer. You shouldn’t try too hard to impress your husband’s friends with your culinary talents: it’s unlikely that they, captivated by a match, a game or a discussion of a project, will appreciate your complex dishes that you’ve been poring over for a couple of hours at the stove. Keep it simple - a couple of large salad bowls filled to the brim with potato and corn chips, a couple of bowls with spicy tomato and cheese sauces, bowl of popcorn, cold cuts, a couple of plates with simple and straightforward sandwiches. You also shouldn’t bother too much with complex jewelry, just like with big amount plates and cutlery. Men are more likely to eat with their hands, grabbing snacks they like from the table. So if you don’t want to come home to find your entire living room covered in greasy fingerprints, make sure there are enough dry and wet napkins around the table.

4. Best Friends: Beauty Bachelorette Party with Smoothies and Diet Snacks

After you have tidied up the apartment after the visit of your husband’s friends, it’s time to send him to his mother for half a day (along with the children, of course), and you to devote time to yourself. Invite your best friends and have a beauty bachelorette party. Face masks, eye patches, Sex and the City or Desperate Housewives" as a background. Food for this theme party not the most important thing. After New Year's Eve Most women are trying to restore their waist to its former slimness, so berry smoothies and smoothie bowls, light green and fruit salads are ideal food accompaniments.

5. Mother-in-law's visit: a nautical-themed dinner party

On New Year holidays many will have to go through a rather serious test - a visit from relatives. Often such an event unsettles you for a long time and spoils your mood, especially if your mother-in-law comes. You will probably be remarked that the apartment is not clean enough, that the child looks exhausted and you are overburdening him with homework, and you have clearly gained a couple of kilograms, but, of course, it suits you... To survive such an event, we suggest you throw yourself into it in lunch format. For example, make it in a marine style. Cover the table with a blue or blue tablecloth of blue color, decorate it with shells, ask the children to make paper boats and color them different colors. Make the menu exclusively with seafood and fish - with them you can cook a lot of very cool and delicious snacks, salads, soups and hot dishes. Even if your mother-in-law doesn’t appreciate your efforts, your husband and father-in-law will definitely like them.

6. Any company: get-togethers with homemade pizza

If during the holidays you invited a crowd of friends with children to visit of different ages, then here is the ideal format that everyone will definitely like - a pizza party. Not ordered from a delivery service, but homemade. Prepare pizza dough in advance ( different recipes dough), grate more mozzarella and ask your friends to bring 3-5 types of their favorite foods. As soon as the guests gather, start creating - roll out the dough (not in a circle, but in the shape of a baking sheet), lay out the ingredients brought by the guests, sprinkle with cheese - and into the oven. Then try everything together and choose which guest’s mix of favorite products tasted better. By the way, you don’t have to make dessert separately. The same pizza, for example, is perfect for dessert.

7. Children separately from adults: special buffet

If there are a lot of children and they are old enough to be left alone, give them a separate room, where you set the table with special “children’s” snacks. A supply of cartoons or games for the console and a table with figuredly sliced ​​cheese and ham, crackers and salty cookies, pieces of fruit and marshmallows. We guarantee that with such a table and multimedia entertainment, children will not remind adults of themselves for at least a couple of hours.

8. Company of any composition: grill party

This party format is ideal for the lucky owners of an electric grill. For example,Tefal Optigrill XL GC722D34. With its help you cantreat any guests. Fry steaks and burgers for hungry men. D for girls who are worried about their figure, fish fillet or chicken breast no oil. For children, frying fruit will definitely capture their imagination and delight them. Most importantly, such a grill party is a pleasant memory of summer, warm July evenings, when you gathered with friends at someone’s dacha and grilled meat and fish.

9. Elderly relatives: tea party in English style

Perhaps not only friends, but also various relatives - relatives, cousins ​​and second cousins ​​- will want to visit you during the holidays. Our advice to you: if there is no particular hostility between them (well, you never know), invite them all together and arrange something bright and beautiful for the sake of such a meeting. For example, gatherings in the spirit English tea party“five o'clock.” The classic format assumes that there will be small sandwiches on the table, soft buns scones, a variety of mini-cakes, cake slices and sweets. Beautiful tea set and aromatic tea will complete the picture. Treat your relatives, give them hot tea and patiently listen to all their complaints and stories. After all, the main thing they lack is your attention.

We hope you found our ideas useful. It is logical that you will not follow them completely, we just wanted to inspirewe do not accept guests according to the usual program, and come up with something original. Who knows, maybe new format gatherings you will like it so much that you will repeat it in the new year and meet with friends much more often than in the past.

Contemplating good party, you need to know that dishes for a party are a very important point in the organization. After all, hungry guests are not the best the best option, agree :).

Banquet menu for a party designed for guests who will sit at the table most of the time, which means they will consume more food and drinks. Such party food should be plentiful and varied.

Buffet menu created for buffet– situations when people easily move around the room, communicate, dance, and take part in competitions. In this case, the presence of a table, chairs and hearty dishes can only ruin the party experience. Food for this style of party should be light and easy to eat without cutlery.

So when deciding what to cook for the party , where active actions are expected, choose light snacks and drinks, as well as something that you can unceremoniously eat without a knife and fork :).

Buffet menu

• Appetizers on skewers- cheese and sausage strung in turn, mixed with fresh vegetables, fruits and olives. The skewers can be any size, which means you can adjust their satiety yourself.

• Hot and cold snacks– sandwiches, canapés, etc.

• , or ,– all this is a very convenient option for a buffet table.

• Simple snacks, easy to prepare. For example, stuffed eggs or tomatoes.

• Various types of cutting: fish, cheese, meat, vegetables and fruit.

• For dessert you can opt for regular cake, ice cream with various fillings.

Banquet menu

When developing dishes for a banquet party, it is necessary to take into account all the preferences of the guests. Perhaps some of those present do not eat meat, and others cannot stand fish. In order for everyone to be satisfied, you need to create a small but varied menu.

For main course, choose some quick-cooking potatoes. Perhaps it will be simple mashed potatoes or home-style potatoes. You can also prepare oven-baked potatoes with rosemary or any other spices.

• From meat You can stop at pork and cook it: chops, or bake it in foil. Also, guests will enjoy well-cooked poultry: , .

• Don't forget to serve at least one type fish– herring in marinade, mackerel (smoked or), fried silver carp or salted red fish.

Layered salad "Festive" should be served in a huge glass salad bowl or in portions in glass bowls or cups. This way you can see all seven layers of this delicious salad.

Great idea For children's day birth. Served this way fruit salad cubes will create a real sensation among children - try it and see for yourself.

Salad "Basket with flowers"

The "Basket of Flowers" salad can be transformed into a vase of flowers, depending on where you place our salad. And preparing it is very simple. This salad will decorate the table on March 8th.

Is the absence at hand greek cheese Is feta a reason to deny yourself your favorite treat? No no! There is a simple recipe for Greek salad with feta cheese - it turns out just as good!

Sunflower salad

Recipe for sunflower salad with chicken, mushrooms, cheese and olives. Potato chips used as decoration that resembles sunflower petals.

Salad "Mystery"

Love delicious and healthy dishes that can be prepared in just a couple of minutes? Then turn your attention to the “Riddle” salad.

Salad "Bracelet"

Very tasty and unusual beautiful salad"Bracelet" can be prepared not only for lunch or dinner, but also for festive table.

Nostalgia for the hot summer gave me the idea for such a simple and amazing recipe. Berry salad, full of vitamins, will be loved by all your loved ones.

Salad "Star"

If favorite dish If you want to decorate it in an original way, then turn your attention to the “Star” salad.

Salad "Callies"

If you are looking for a tasty and originally designed dish, then I bring to your attention the Calla Lilies salad, which you can prepare for your holiday table.

Salad "Moscow"

Look for new recipes interesting dishes? Have you tried the Moscow salad? This is a tasty, satisfying and quick-to-prepare salad that is perfect for lunch or dinner.

Imperial salad

I bring to your attention a surprisingly light, tasty and gourmet salad"Imperial". This restaurant-quality dish can be prepared in your own kitchen, surprising your loved ones.

Waldorf salad

Salad "Traffic Light"

Prepare “Traffic Light” salad from any ingredients. The main rule is that they must be three colors: green, yellow, red. The rest is a wild flight of fancy! My traffic light has a chicken roof.

Salad "Cyprus"

This salad has all of my favorite ingredients. During the hot season, the Cyprus salad replaces a whole lunch for me. It is very tasty, especially if you season it with selected olive oil.

Salad "Ryzhik"

Everyone has their own "saffron milk", but it should contain red honey mushrooms, red chanterelles or red carrots. My saffron milk cap will be very “temperamental”, bright, fresh, with carrots, chanterelles, bell pepper. I'm sharing!

Salad "Boyarsky"

Boyarsky salad, the recipe for which I give you, is a very tasty, satisfying, multi-component salad that will definitely become the highlight of the holiday table.

Spicy salad is classic snack. She is preparing from boiled eggs, grated yellow cheese, mayonnaise and, if desired, garlic. You can add any greens, serve the salad on croutons or in tomato.

Salad "Malachite bracelet"

Do you want to cook something not only tasty, but also beautiful for the holiday? Then I bring to your attention an original, satisfying and unusual bright salad "Malachite bracelet".

Salad "Berlin"

Berlin salad is prepared in several different variations. I bring to your attention one of which, namely with shrimp.

Salad "Arrows of Cupid"

Salad "Arrows of Cupid" - light, original, bright. You can decorate it with pomegranate seeds - lay out a heart or a heart with an arrow. The salad includes shrimp, an excellent aphrodisiac. Try it!

Salad "Men's Dream"

“A man’s dream” (culinary) comes down to a salad of ham, pickled mushrooms, eggs, chicken and the housewife who will prepare such a salad. It’s easy to prepare such a salad; it will take you about 20 minutes.

This is not just a salad, but a real protein bomb! The recipe for salad with red beans and tomatoes is very simple, and it will help you prepare a tasty, nutritious and healthy salad in a matter of minutes.

As you know, avocado is a very nutritious fruit. Therefore in Lent, When nutrients Those who are fasting don’t have enough, I suggest making a lean avocado salad. Both tasty and satisfying.

Lenten salad with squid prepared from ready-made canned squid, fresh vegetables, herbs and spices. This salad is not only tasty, but also healthy. Plus, it's light and fresh.

Salad "Favorite"

If you think you can't please everyone, you're wrong! Prepare the “Favorite” salad and absolutely everyone will be happy. The salad recipe is simple, you don’t even have to mix it, and the deliciousness comes out rare.

Salad "For my beloved girl"

Salad "For the Girlfriend" is prepared with cherry tomatoes, avocado and feta cheese. My favorite cheese! My husband knew how to please me.

Eh, no wonder in Rus' white milk mushroom called " royal mushroom" - after all, there is no better snack! A simple recipe for salad with salted milk mushrooms will certainly appeal to fans of this national delicacy.

Salad "Favorite" with chicken

I prepare “favorite” salad with chicken with cottage cheese chicken fillet or smoked. Both options are very tasty. Give it a try.

Salad "Heart of a Beloved"

The first time I made the sweetheart salad, I arranged it in the shape of a heart. Well, it’s very romantic, but I didn’t want to repeat it. Strawberry, main ingredient, so in the shape of a heart.

Salad "Flower"

Give flowers to your loved ones - with or without reason. And not just flowers, but whole bouquets. Let them be original, for example, a flower in the form of a salad. Or a salad in the shape of a flower. Beautiful, original, delicious!

The flower-shaped salad can be made from any of your favorite ingredients. This salad recipe is from the collection of salads for your beloved man. Therefore, we will prepare a flower cup from bacon and fill it with cheese.

Unusual salad“Herring under an apple” I prefer to make directly in apples. It turns out very beautiful and appetizing. Give it a try.

Olives are the basis of Mediterranean cooking in general and Greek cuisine in particular. I offer you a classic recipe for Greek salad with olives - very tasty, healthy and simple dish!

Delicious and tender beet salad It’s very easy to prepare with walnuts and turns out incredibly tasty. One of my mom's favorite salads. Just three ingredients - eggs, beets and walnuts.

Watermelon is not easy to find in the cold season. But there are always canned and frozen watermelons. If you want to remember summer, prepare yourself a watermelon salad.

Mimosa salad"

Everyone knows this salad, suitable for a festive table for any occasion. Mimosa salad" - classic salad easy to prepare and incredibly delicate in taste.

Salad "Basket"

Very tasty and original salad“Basket” will cheer you up in any frost! It is prepared with smoked chicken leg, mushrooms and vegetables. Be sure to try it!

Salad "Olivier"

Classic recipe preparing Olivier salad. Traditional salad on our holiday tables. I’ll tell you how to prepare Olivier salad so that everyone is happy!

Summer is approaching, which means that the period of hot parties and dancing until you drop will capture everyone and everything. Of course, you don’t have to waste effort and attend club parties, but if you want to gather close friends and surprise them with your culinary masterpieces, - that way. We have collected 14 simplest and at the same time original snacks for summer parties that even the most Not experienced housewife. Take note.

1. Lavash baskets
Snack chip in her easy to prepare and very interesting presentation. You can use your favorite ingredients as a filling, and served in the form of a crispy muffin will look very appetizing on the holiday table.

2. Puff pastry sticks
This appetizer will definitely bring out the makings of a chef in you. Have you tried spiced dough sticks as an aperitif in restaurants? We invite you to please your guests with this simple and tasty appetizer.

3. Smoked salmon in potato boats
This nutritious snack is great for the holiday table, especially if the party is after work. This flavorful snack Even those who don’t have a special love for fish will like it. It cooks quickly and satisfies hunger perfectly.

4. Cobb salad
It was this salad that Jennifer Aniston prepared for lunch for 10 years in a row during the filming of the TV series “Friends.” Cobb salad is very nutritious and can replace boring Caesar salad. The stylish presentation ensures that party guests will sweep it off the table within 5 minutes.

5. Herring on a skewer
Without traditional snack You can’t get by with herring even in our time, but the presentation is very important in this matter: it should not resemble the era of the USSR.

6. Canapes with red fish and cream cheese
This is truly traditional recipe, but instead of boring salmon sandwiches, you can make canapés with red fish, the most delicate cream cheese and herbs. This type of serving is perfect for a party, as the appetizer can be easily eaten without getting dirty.

7. Dessert canapés with fruit and cheese
It is no longer fashionable to simply put fruit on a plate in its entirety. It’s better to effectively string pieces of your favorite treats onto a skewer, adding a sprig of mint to refresh your mouth. Tasty, very practical and economical.

8. Brussels sprouts wrapped in bacon
We are sure that this appetizer will be a new experience for your guests. Baked healthy Brussels sprouts combined with savory bacon they work culinary wonders. Use as a sauce thick sour cream with herbs and garlic.

9. Eggs Benedict
This is a real find for hipsters. A snack in the form of eggs Benedict will definitely be a reason to update your Instagram feed. Agree, it looks very appetizing and stylish.

10. Apricots stuffed with goat cheese
Another dessert appetizer that will delight your guests. The combination of apricot with spicy goat cheese and nuts will give you a taste frenzy. You can add ham and the appetizer will cease to be a dessert.

11. Chicken liver deep fried
Well, deep fried looks very appetizing chicken liver. You can place French fries next to it. Cheese sauce goes best with this dish.

12. Stuffed champignons
Of all the types of mushrooms, champignons are best suited for preparing an appetizer. To make the appetizer more interesting, it is better to bake mushrooms with various fillings in the oven.

13. Spicy pizza with grapes and ham
Pizza - a win-win at any party. Everyone loves it, and you don’t need any special skills to prepare it; you can also vary the flavors and fillings. We recommend trying quite unusual combination grapes and ham. It turns out very tasty. Before serving, cut the pizza into small rectangular pieces.

14. Mini buns with cheese and thyme
To avoid setting the table regular bread, you can get creative and bake delicious mini buns with cheese and thyme. This is an oriental pastry that has its own spicy aroma increases appetite. These savory buns will sell with a bang. Try it!

You and your colleagues have decided to throw a party at the office, but you have absolutely no time to spend half a day in the kitchen cooking. festive dinner from several complex dishes for the whole company? A familiar situation, isn't it? Of course, in conditions of eternal lack of time, there is a temptation to take the path of least resistance. And organize a buffet table at work, heating up semi-finished products or ordering dinner at a nearby cafe. But are these dishes comparable to food prepared with your own hands?

Just a hundred years ago, the rhythm of life was completely different - calm and measured. Our great-grandmothers could, without any hurry, go to the market to choose the best products, and then spend hours conjuring in the kitchen, preparing several complex holiday dishes for guests. Needless to say, a lot has changed now. Constant rush jobs at work, traffic jams... We are constantly in a hurry, and there is still not enough time to get everything done, even if we use time management techniques that are so fashionable today. Therefore, office parties often follow the same familiar scenario: many people in the evening after a working day often only have enough time to drop into the nearest supermarket and buy a little bit of everything there, and then set the buffet table in a few minutes.

We assure you: in order to prepare original and delicious dishes for a buffet table, you don’t have to spend a lot of time on it! We decided to save you the trouble of searching culinary publications for suitable quick and delicious recipes, calculating how long it will take to prepare these dishes. And we have selected for you recipes for quick and delicious salads, sandwiches and other dishes, any of which will be ready in literally a matter of minutes.
Such buffet dishes differ from semi-finished products, like the original from a bad copy: after all, handmade! And, of course, they cannot be compared with fast food, which causes the development of many diseases. In addition, they will cost you much less than ready-made store-bought ones, which means that not only your stomach, but also your wallet will benefit.

Another plus is that preparing food according to our recipes is easy. Many of the recipes are simple, and the ingredients used here are readily available. So even the most experienced housewife can cook many of these dishes.
Each recipe is accompanied by a color photograph. ready-made dish, so preparing and serving such dishes in the best possible way will not be difficult for you.

How to save time in the kitchen:

If you cut food small pieces and place them in a thin layer in a dish, they will cook faster. Products grated or minced through a meat grinder are brought to readiness faster than whole or cut into large pieces.

Preparations for many dishes can be prepared in advance. For example, knead the dough and form it into a roll or cookies, prepare salad sauce, etc.

Cook several dishes at once, performing various operations sequentially. Each of them will take significantly less time. So, for example, first you boil potatoes for a snack, then chop vegetables for a salad, then mix ingredients for a cocktail, etc.

Modern kitchen appliances(mixer, blender, food processor) in a few seconds they will perform all labor-intensive operations for processing products that would take you a lot of time: chop and mix boiled meat, nuts, vegetables, fruits, berries, herbs, prepare puree, beat egg whites, creams, cocktails, mix the dough.

Appliances such as a convection oven, multicooker, microwave oven perform all operations faster than others kitchen appliances. They can replace several appliances at once: a stove with an oven, a pressure cooker, a grill, a toaster and others. In an air fryer, for example, you can cook several dishes at once without fear that they will mix with each other or become saturated with foreign odors. All you have to do is press a button on the control panel - and you can forget about cooking for a while: the multicooker or air fryer will do the rest themselves.

Have a nice evening and bon appetit!