Each housewife, when thinking over the menu for the new year 2017, will plan what to cook, make a shopping list and decide in a panic when to do it all. I decided to put together for you several options for the New Year's menu with a shopping list and a clear plan for when and what to cook and how to make your life easier. And as a bonus - how to calculate the amount of food for 1 person for the New Year's table.

Perhaps you can change some menus a little to your taste. However, I tried to observe two main points: on New Year's Eve, no one should overeat and the hostess should not kill herself at the stove. Therefore, we will do most of the work on the preparation and in the kitchen during the week, and on December 31 we will pay attention to hair, manicure, rollercoaster rides, and a trip to the main Christmas tree of the city. And only an hour before setting the table, you will spend in the kitchen. Each menu and shopping list can be downloaded as a separate printable file so you don't forget to take it with you to the store. In addition, the list is divided into 2 parts. The first is products that you can buy in advance, a week before the holiday. After all, these days there will be no crowds in stores. The second part is what you need to buy the day before the holiday. This part includes perishable products. I specifically do not include side dishes in the menu, because. they make the night sky much heavier. If you think you can't do without them, add them yourself. Also, I do not indicate fruit, vegetable, meat and cheese cuts. I also advise you to avoid fruit and vegetable salads, which will quickly flow and lose their appearance. Whether or not to add them is your decision. In the meantime, choose what you like and have a merry New Year 2017!

Festive menu options:

In addition to the list that you can download for purchase, I recommend checking if you have at home those products that tend to run out at the most inopportune moment:

• Salt and sugar
• Tea coffee
• Napkins
• I also strongly advise you to buy disposable cups, my guests love to run out after 12 to launch fireworks with a bottle of champagne.

Romantic New Year's Eve menu for two

The main feature of compiling such a menu for the new year is to remember that dishes are only a small fraction of your romance. Focus on creating a romantic atmosphere, your appearance and good mood. You can safely go to the salon on December 31, do your hair, manicure, walk and enjoy the expectation of the upcoming holiday. After all, who knows, maybe today they will make an offer to you?

Cooking plan:

I tried to plan the time as much as possible so that you would not worry that you would miss something and not be distracted from the New Year's mood.

1. One week before: We buy everything we need on the first part of the shopping list. We allocate the evening and make sweets. You can safely store them in the refrigerator. Put the candies in a plastic or glass container so that they don't absorb the smell of other foods.
2. December 30th:
   • We prepare cheese cream for canapes, dry the bread. Swap the bread for a salted cracker if you like. Cooking 1/4 of the ingredients of the cream cheese recipe. 8 crackers are enough.
   • Cut the turkey fillet (chicken if desired) into two portions and beat off. Salt, pepper. We put it in a container or wrap it in cling film and send it to the refrigerator.
   • If you are using frozen shrimp, transfer them from the freezer to the refrigerator so that they thaw properly.
3. 31th of December:
   • Cooking turkey fillet with sauce. To serve the fillet we burn, we do this. While frying the fillet, turn on the oven and heat to 180 degrees. We shift the fillet into a ceramic or glass baking dish, cover with foil and send the oven. After 5 minutes, turn off the oven and the fillet will come to readiness by itself. There it can be 20-30 minutes. If there is no oven, cook according to the recipe, but cover the finished fillet on a plate with a hot pan lid. If the fillet is cold before serving, use the microwave. And then pour the sauce over it.
   • Preparing the shrimp sauce, pour the shrimp. We cut the tomatoes. Cooking canapes. All together it will take 20 minutes.
   • Preparing the sauce for the turkey. 10 minutes.
   • Mix the salad right before serving. 2 minutes.
   • We get candy.
   • Set the table, straighten your hair, celebrate the new year!

Cooking plan:

For such a menu, it is better to allocate 2 hours for cooking on December 30th. In fact, there is not much to cook, and cutting Olivier will take you the most time.

1. December 30th.
   • Boil potatoes, eggs, breast for Olivier and eggs for fish pate.
   • Cooking a cake. We put the cake to cool, decorate and pour yogurt tomorrow.
   • Cut olive oil. We don't run Olivier!
   • Cooking fish paste.
   • We skip the meat through a meat grinder for minced meat. Saute onion and mushrooms for meatloaf. Do not mix, put separately in the refrigerator.

   The total time is 2 hours. I recommend involving children in peeling eggs and potatoes. And perhaps a husband for slicing Olivier. You will need about half of the fish pate, so you can safely use the second half for breakfast the next day (spread on sandwiches).

2. 31th of December.
   • Let's start with the preparation of meatloaf. We will form a meat loaf, but we will not send it to the oven, but set it aside. I recommend sending it to bake an hour before the start of the feast, so that it is hot. 20 minutes.
   • We take out the cake, decorate with yogurt. I buy ready-made sugar figures in the form of snowflakes or decorate as in the recipe. 15 minutes.
   • Drain the liquid from the olives, mozzarella, make a snack on skewers. I recommend entrusting this part to the children, then you will spend 5 minutes.
   • Spread the fish paste on the crackers. We decorate. 10 minutes.
   • Cooking mayonnaise, season Olivier. 10 minutes.

As you can see, it will take you only an hour to prepare on December 31st. If you want, you can form a meatloaf in the morning, refrigerate. This will further reduce the preparation time before the holiday.

Shopping list, recipes for printing.

If you have a little more time - you can bake truffle cake. He is truly amazing. Cakes for him can be prepared 3-5 days before the holiday. If you have 1-2 more guests, pick up some more New Year's salads.

Menu for a company of 8 people

If you are going to celebrate with a large company, you want to surprise the guests and not inflate the budget. So I made a relatively budget menu. The main thing with this option is not to cook a lot of dishes, but simply increase the amount of each. You can also ask for help with the preparation of one of the guests. Or ask to bring some of the salads or cake with you. The main emphasis in this menu is made not only on its budget, but also on the fact that on the 31st you only need to put the finishing touches. And you still spend only an hour cooking. I quite boldly suggest that you include a salad with barley instead of the usual Olivier in the New Year's menu for the company. And for those who do not recognize salads with mayonnaise - potato salad. It can also serve as a kind of garnish. The number of ingredients for the salad can not be increased, each guest will get it. but make boiled pork from a piece of meat at the rate of about 150 grams per person. For a sweet end to the evening, I suggest buying tangerines and sweets for the cake. According to the recipe, you will get a cake for about 8 people.

Cooking plan:

1. For 3-4 days. We bake cake layers for Pincher cake. I draw your attention to the fact that for such a large company you need to take a double portion of the ingredients according to the recipe. We are also engaged in cakes for snack mushroom cake.
2. December 30th.
   • Boil vegetables for appetizers with anchovies and salads.
   • We cut salads, but do not put onions in them and do not season them.
   • We clean the anchovy (anchovy) and put it in a glass container with a lid. Lightly drizzle the hamsa with oil so that it does not dry out.
   • We marinate the ham.
   • We make cream for the cake and prepare the Pincher cake.
   • We collect snack cake with mushrooms.

   On this day, you will spend about 4 hours cooking. Therefore, I once again recommend that you invite assistants or entrust the preparation of part of the dishes to guests.

3. 31th of December. We'll be ready in less than an hour!
   • 2-3 hours before the feast, put the boiled pork in the oven. She will have time to cook and reach and cool a little in the oven. 10 minutes of pure time. Don't forget to set a timer on your oven or phone to turn off the oven.
   • We prepare an appetizer with anchovies / anchovies and cut bread for it. 20 minutes
   • Cut onions into salads, season. 15 minutes.
   • Cut the boiled pork and snack cake before serving.

Print the shopping list and recipes for the New Year's menu.

What else can be cooked? I think enough. You may want to make more appetizers or other salads. Make changes to the menu to your liking.

Menu for fasting and vegetarians

I combined these two menu options into one. Those who fast may not celebrate the New Year at all. But still, many celebrate it symbolically. Vegetable cabbage rolls can be prepared a couple of weeks before the holiday.

Cooking plan:

1. A week before. Cooking vegetable cabbage rolls. We stand 3-4 days at room temperature and put in the refrigerator. Stuffed cabbage rolls are prepared in general for about an hour or two, depending on your ability to twist cabbage rolls.
2. For 3-4 days. Cooking lean cookies with marmalade. Let the finished cookies cool and put them in an airtight box. The total cooking time is about 1.5 hours.
3. 31th of December.
   • Let's start with the salad. If you use the attachments for a meat grinder, food processor or blender to grate vegetables, it will take about 15 minutes. If there are no nozzles, to speed up the process, ask your children or husband to help grate the vegetables.
   • We're making risotto. About 40 minutes. Do not forget that this is a dish that needs to be constantly stirred.

If you like, replace the cookies with a lean cinnamon and almond roll. If you can eat fish on this day or you want to replace some of the recipes, take a look at the recipes for Fasting. In the Advent Post 2014-2015, on December 31, you can eat fish, but on January 1, only hot dishes with vegetable oil. Many believe that in addition to fish, you can eat all kinds of seafood, so perhaps you can include salads with them in the New Year's menu for fasting. And shrimp salad recipes come in handy, almost anyone can be seasoned with vegetable oil.

What to buy, printable recipes.

What will I cook for the New Year's table

Everything is simple with my New Year's menu. I will celebrate the New Year with my family - my husband, daughter, parents and our godfather. I really hope that this year he will not come by himself. As a basis for the menu, I will take the above menu for the new year for a family of 4. Just calculate the amount of meatloaf so that would be left for breakfast. For each person, I will count 200 grams of pork (raw, before processing) for New Year's Eve. + 200g*3 for brunch or rather lunch on January 1st for me, husband and daughter. Plus, I will add another salad, because. adults will be 5-6 people + 12 year old daughter. What's left of the salads will be the same for brunch the next day.

If unexpected guests run in, I will have fruits, sweets, something for meat and cheese cuts, pickled plums, cucumbers, tomatoes - in general, something that can be put on the table very quickly as a light snack. Because from experience - after 12 at night, guests come already from the table and don’t eat much. And I don't want to cook too much.

If you will be making changes to the New Year's menu or you need your own version of the menu for the new year, I have prepared a video on how to properly list dishes and plan a budget and action plan:

Table for calculating the amount of food for the New Year's menu

This is the approximate amount of food that one person at the New Year's table will eat. If you don’t want to calculate for each type of dish separately, focus on an average of 500 grams of food per man and 350-400 grams per woman. If there is alcohol, then we increase the number of cold snacks (I have already increased). Remember that it is night, heavy dishes will create a feeling of heaviness. And instead of New Year's fun, you run the risk of sitting in a corner on an armchair, dreaming about mezim. Dessert and fruit count separately.

Cold snacks - 100-200 gr. (cheeses, vegetable and meat cuts, fish, mushrooms)
Salads - 200 gr.
Hot dishes - 200-250 gr.
Fruit plate - 200 gr. or cake - 150-200 gr.