Birthday is a favorite since childhood, a long-awaited holiday. Many people prefer to celebrate it in a close family circle. It’s not often that you have the opportunity to get together, heartily congratulate the birthday girl or hero of the day, have a drink or a snack.
It’s better to discuss and plan the menu for the festive table for your birthday in advance, so as not to spoil your nerves and not throw money away. A twitchy, tired hostess is unlikely to be able to warmly welcome guests or create a warm, cozy atmosphere of celebration.
How many dishes to prepare?
The answer to this question depends entirely on the number of guests and the generosity of the feast. First courses (hot and cold) are usually not accepted at banquets. However, at an oriental themed party, an exotic soup with a lot of spices is appropriate. And at a traditional Russian feast - fish soup with pies in the cold season and ice okroshka in the heat. However, the classic menu for a birthday party includes salads, main courses and dessert.
By the way, if there are no lovers of confectionery delights in the “adult” company, cake and sweets can be safely excluded from the list, focusing on the main dishes. And, on the contrary, arrange a sweet feast: buy fruit, ice cream, various cakes for every taste. The main thing is that everyone enjoys the treat.
You have to calculate in what volumes to cook. "works" here golden rule hospitable hostess: guests should not sit at an empty table. Therefore, it is better to let something remain. If most of the dishes are served a la carte, as in a restaurant, the likelihood of miscalculation is reduced to zero. But during the banquet you will have to run around a lot, performing the functions of a waitress. Therefore, the only convenient solution is to fry and steam with a reserve.
Making a holiday menu
Some families have so-called “signature” dishes, which are placed on the menu year after year. festive table, for birthdays, photo recipes are passed down from generation to generation. Guests look forward to duck baked with apples or fish pie with a golden brown crust. However, most women try to show off their culinary talents and surprise relatives and friends with something new.
Salads and snacks for birthdays
As a birthday snack, offer your guests vegetables, cheese and cold cuts. Beautifully arrange thin pieces of sausage, ham, brisket, and boiled pork on a plate. By the way, a homemade delicacy is much tastier than a store-bought one, and even an inexperienced cook can master a simple recipe in no time.
Homemade boiled pork
Pour 1.5 liters of water into a saucepan, add salt, black and allspice (3-4 peas each), and a couple of bay leaves. Bring to a boil and then cool to room temperature. Soak pork neck (1 kg) in brine and refrigerate overnight. In the morning, remove and dry with a paper towel. Sprinkle with spices and stuff with garlic: make small cuts in the meat, hide the peeled cloves (7-8 pieces) in them.
Wrap the workpiece in foil and place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. The pork will be baked in 1.5 hours. Open it and “tint” it for about 20 minutes, pouring over the released juice.
A great addition to a birthday snack would be spicy Korean carrots, cabbage, and eggplants. Pickled cucumbers and tomatoes, olives will also not be superfluous. They will help out. It’s hard to imagine a birthday party without salads (meat, fish and vegetarian): photo recipes will make the job easier.
“Caprice” with chicken and grapes
Let's start with a delicious chicken salad. Fry three chicken breasts (fillets) in vegetable oil. If you are afraid of drying it out, which is absolutely unacceptable, boil it. Break it down into fibers with your hands. Take out a large, elegant dish. Cover it with arugula. Grate two types of hard cheese (250 g each): savory (Gouda, Dutch) and sweet (for example, Maasdam). Place one of them in an even layer on the green leaves.
Place dark grapes (350 g) on the cheese, cut the berries in half and remove the seeds. Next is chicken meat, which is covered with a Provencal mesh. Mix ground spices: black (1/2 tsp) and red (pinch) peppers, Greek fenugreek (teaspoon). Season the first tier of the structure with them.
Repeat the layers, but use another cheese and light grapes. Sprinkle the salad mound with the spicy mixture and coat thickly with mayonnaise. Top with grapes. What a beauty it turned out!
Original “Herring under a fur coat”
This “Shuba” is prepared without carrots and potatoes; the “light” version sells with a bang. Boil beets (4 medium-sized root vegetables) in their peels, or bake in the oven. When it cools down, grate it like peeled apples (5 pieces) on a coarse grater. Season the beets with sugar and wine vinegar (one tablespoon each). Finely chop the onion and marinate. Cut salted herring fillets (300 g) into strips and sprinkle with olive oil.
Place the ingredients in the salad bowl in the following sequence: layer of beets – herring – onion – apples – beets. If desired, add coriander powder (1/2 tsp) to the salad. Pour in mayonnaise and let it brew for at least an hour.
"Yummy"
The salad is very simple, but you will fall in love with it literally from the first spoon. Chop Chinese cabbage (800 g) and add a tablespoon of vegetable oil to it. That's it, you don't need to cut anything else. Now the sauce: kefir (250 ml) + sour cream (200 ml) + French mustard (1 tablespoon) + tomato ketchup(2 tablespoons) + “Provencal” mayonnaise (3 tablespoons). Salt and sugar - to taste. Serve the dressing separately, in a fancy gravy boat. Bon appetit! And here's another...
Hot dishes for birthdays
What should you prefer, meat or fish? Experienced housewives, if you have time, prepare both. Otherwise, how can you please everyone without exception?
Pork “Delicacy” with prunes
This dish will undoubtedly decorate a festive table for a birthday; photo recipes advise taking fresh meat with layers of fat (1 kg) for it. Then the baked pork will come out juicy and appetizing. Wash and soak 250 g of pitted prunes. Chop half of the dried fruits. Chop garlic (7 cloves), mix with salt and pepper.
Beat the pork pulp, prick it with a knife and coat both sides first with garlic and then with mustard-mayonnaise mixture (3 tablespoons of dry mustard + 100 g of mayonnaise). Stuff the meat with prunes, roll and pack tightly in foil. Keep the preparation in the refrigerator for 7-8 hours to marinate thoroughly. Place it in an oven heated to 200 degrees for 80 minutes. Focus on the time so that the hot dishes for your birthday are on the table piping hot. A quarter of an hour before cooking, open the foil and let the pork brown.
Salmon “Festive” in the oven
We will prepare hot dishes for the birthday at the same time, bake the fish at the same temperature and also in foil. Pour lemon juice (2 tablespoons) over salmon (800 g), let stand for 10 minutes, soak. Cut the foil into rectangles. Place the steaks on them, having previously greased them vegetable oil. Salt the fish, sprinkle with black and red pepper, rosemary. Spread natural yoghurt or sour cream (150 ml) on top. Place the fish in the oven for 25 minutes. If you want a crispy crust, don’t forget to open the packages slightly.
Potato side dish “Graten with cheese”
Baked potatoes go perfectly with both fish and meat without sauce. The side dish looks festive, and its taste is, without exaggeration, divine. Guests will devour both cheeks, peel 3 tubers for each. Cut into thin circles with a sharp knife. And blanch in boiling cream (1 liter) for a couple of minutes.
Place the cooled potatoes in a fireproof dish, generously greased with butter. Season the layers with salt, pepper, add thyme for flavor, and pour in cream. And put it in the oven for an hour. Try it, if the potatoes are almost ready, cover them with grated cheese (300 g). To melt, return the pan to the oven. “Graten” is eaten hot, washed down with dry wine. Tasty!
Desserts
What name day without homemade cake with candles? Don't know how to make cakes at all? Try this wonderful no-bake recipe.
Cake "Coffee aroma"
Mix eggs (4 pieces) with a glass of granulated sugar and 3 tablespoons of cocoa powder. Heat in a water bath, the sugar should completely dissolve and the composition should thicken. Add it to cow butter (200 g), whipped with vanilla.
Brew black sweet coffee (150 ml), you can take instant coffee, strain and cool. Cover a round pan with cling film and grease it with butter. Dip shortbread cookies (650 g) in coffee and place in the mold in layers, filling them, except the last one, with cream. Don't waste it all, you need it to decorate the cake.
Cover the pan with a lid or foil and place in the refrigerator. After 8 hours, turn it onto a tray and carefully remove the film. Cover the top with cream and sprinkle with cookie crumbs.
Strawberry ice cream
Who would refuse ice cream, especially strawberry ice cream, in the heat? His better at home prepare for a holiday table, for a birthday, photo recipes contain only natural products. Without harmful flavors and preservatives.
Grind four yolks until white with 130 g of powdered sugar. Boil 300 ml of full-fat milk with vanilla sugar (10 g). Pour it into the eggs in a thin stream, stirring so as not to cook. Place the saucepan over low heat and heat until its contents thicken. Then cool: first to room temperature, then 1.5 hours in the refrigerator.
Whip chilled 35% cream (400 ml) into a fluffy foam. Add the egg-milk mixture to them and turn on the mixer again for 2-3 minutes. After this, put it in the freezer for 2 hours.
Let's take care of the berries. Make a puree from strawberries (350 g) and sugar (100 g), mix it with the mixture from the freezer. Every hour, the ice cream is taken out of the refrigerator and whipped (3-4 times) so that the ice cream freezes evenly. All that remains is to put it in vases with fragrant strawberries, mint leaves and pour over chocolate syrup.
Table decoration
Textile napkins matched to match the dishes or white tablecloth are details that create a joyful mood, emphasizing the solemnity of the moment. The luxury of the banquet table will be illuminated by candles. They are placed in low or high candlesticks. Or you can do it in wide glasses, half filled with water for greater effect.
It is customary to present bouquets to the hero of the occasion. But only small compositions have a place on the holiday table. Flowering plants should not smell strongly, otherwise their aroma will distract from the treat and obscure the view.
Preparing a festive menu for a birthday requires a lot of effort from the hostess. After all, you want to surprise your guests with new recipes, dishes, tastes and forms and at the same time try not to make a hole in the family budget. As experience shows, this festive dinner scheme works best: 2-3 salads, 2-3 appetizers and 1 festive main course with an appropriate side dish. Of course, you can save on everything, but for the holiday table it is worth preparing at least one dish from expensive, gourmet products. These can be mini sandwiches with caviar, layered salads with high-quality hard cheese, salmon steaks or natural pork cutlets.
When thinking through the menu, try not to repeat yourself: do not prepare several layered salads, but rather create one, but unusual one, and prepare other salads from fresh vegetables or serve vegetables in the form of beautiful slices.
Salad with smoked pink salmon and cheese
Ingredients:
150 g smoked pink salmon,
150 g soft cheese,
100 ml sour cream,
½ head of Chinese cabbage,
salt, black ground pepper.
Preparation:
Remove bones from fish and cut into thin slices. Cut the Beijing cabbage into strips. Lightly freeze the cheese and grate it on a coarse grater. Mix sour cream with salt and pepper. Mix all ingredients and season with sour cream.
Layered salad in glasses
Ingredients:
700 g shrimp,
100 g feta cheese,
1 cucumber
1 avocado,
1 tomato
½ lemon (squeeze out the juice).
For the sauce:
200 g mayonnaise,
100 g sour cream,
a little ground black pepper.
Preparation:
Boil and peel the shrimp. Cut the tomato and cucumber into cubes. Cut the avocado in half, remove the pit and sprinkle with lemon juice to prevent the avocado from browning. Cut the cheese into small cubes. Mix mayonnaise with sour cream and add ground black pepper. Place the salad in 4 tall transparent glasses, pouring the sauce over each layer: shrimp - tomatoes - cheese - cucumbers - avocado slices - shrimp. Garnish with cheese cubes.
Salad “Mistress” with beets and carrots
Ingredients:
1 boiled beet,
1 raw carrot,
100 g hard cheese,
2-4 cloves of garlic,
100 g seedless raisins,
100 g walnuts,
mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Grate the carrots on a fine grater. Rinse the raisins and soak in hot water for a few minutes. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater. Also grate the beets on a coarse grater. Chop the walnuts with a knife. Mix carrots with raisins, combine cheese with garlic, passed through a press, mix beets with walnuts. Now place the salad in a tall transparent salad bowl in layers, coating them with mayonnaise: carrots - cheese - beets. Also grease the top of the salad with mayonnaise and sprinkle with nuts or herbs. To reduce the amount of mayonnaise in the salad, mix carrots, cheese and beets in separate bowls with mayonnaise and then place in a salad bowl. Prepared this way, the salad requires less time to soak. It can be served 30-40 minutes after preparation.
Layered salad “Monomakh's Hat”
Ingredients:
300 g boiled meat (veal or chicken leg meat),
3 potatoes,
3 eggs
1-2 raw carrots,
1 stack walnuts,
200 g cheese,
mayonnaise.
For decoration:
1 ripe pomegranate,
green canned peas.
Preparation:
Boil and cool the jacket potatoes and eggs. Grate the potatoes, eggs and hard cheese. Peel the carrots and grate on a fine grater. Crush the walnuts or cut them with a knife. Cut the boiled meat into cubes. Mix all the products separately with mayonnaise and place on a flat dish in layers, forming a cone: potatoes - meat - eggs - nuts - carrots - cheese. Grease the cone with mayonnaise and garnish with pomegranate seeds and green peas.
Appetizer with sprats
Ingredients:
2 jars of sprat,
1 can of canned corn,
1 can of canned white beans in their own juice,
200 g hard cheese,
1 loaf of Borodino bread for croutons,
3-4 cloves of garlic,
greens, mayonnaise.
Preparation:
Cut the crusts off the bread, cut into cubes and dry in a low-heat oven. Drain the oil from the sprats, pour into a bowl with crackers and leave to soak for 5 minutes. Mash the sprats with a fork, pass the garlic through a press. Grate the cheese on a fine grater. Mix sprats, cheese, corn, beans and garlic and season with mayonnaise. Sprinkle with herbs. Add the croutons right before serving, otherwise they won't crisp up.
Cold appetizers. They, along with salads, precede the main meal and should not be very filling.
Salted tongue appetizer (an old recipe)
Ingredients:
1 medium beef tongue,
3 tbsp. rock salt(large, not iodized),
1 tbsp. Sahara,
1 head of garlic.
Preparation:
Mix salt, sugar and garlic, passed through a press. Wash your tongue, dry it and roll it in this mixture. Wrap the tongue in a plastic bag, release the air and tie it well. Place the tongue in a bowl, press down with a weight to release the juice. Leave overnight at room temperature, then refrigerate for up to 10 days. Turn the tongue over every day so that the tongue is salted evenly. After this period, remove the tongue from the bag and, without washing off the salt, place it in a saucepan with cold water(no need to add salt to water). Bring to a boil and cook until tender for 1.5-2.5 hours, depending on the size of the tongue. Ready language put in ice water for 1-2 minutes, then remove the skin and cool. Wrap the cooled tongue in cling film and store in the refrigerator until serving. Before serving, cut the tongue diagonally into thin slices.
Liver roll
Ingredients:
600 g liver (beef or chicken),
100 g butter,
2 large onions,
2 carrots,
¼ cup heavy cream,
3-4 bay leaves,
salt, pepper - to taste.
For the filling:
100-150 g butter,
½ bunch of greens (parsley, dill, etc.).
Preparation:
Saute the chopped onion in vegetable oil until transparent and place in a bowl, squeezing out the oil. Grate the carrots on a fine grater, squeeze out the juice through cheesecloth, fry until soft and also place in a bowl. Cut the liver into cubes (pre-clean the beef from ducts and films), fry over high heat, then reduce the heat, salt, pepper, add bay leaf and simmer covered until soft. Cool and pass through a meat grinder twice along with the onions and carrots. Using a mixer, beat the liver with cream, then add softened butter and beat until fluffy. Beat the butter for the filling with a mixer, adding a little at a time carrot juice. Grind the greens in a blender or chop very finely and add to the butter. Spread cling film on the table, spread the liver mixture 1 cm thick and put it in the refrigerator for a short time. Then spread butter with juice and herbs on top of the liver and wrap it in the form of a roll. Place in the refrigerator and let harden completely. Before serving, cut into thin slices.
Hot dishes. Our site invites you to prepare the main dish using one of these recipes. They are not complicated and quite accessible. Boiled potatoes with butter or mashed potatoes are a good side dish. fluffy rice and definitely a lot of fresh herbs and vegetables.
Beef rolls
Ingredients:
1 kg beef or veal pulp,
100 g pork lard,
500 ml sour cream,
2-3 tbsp. tomato paste,
salt, ground black pepper - to taste.
Preparation:
Rinse the meat and freeze in the freezer. Cut the meat across the grain into thin slices. Beat the meat well on both sides. Place the broken plates on the table, salt and pepper on one side. Cut the lard into long strips 5 mm thick. Place the block on the edge of the meat plate and roll it into a roll. Roll up all the meat in this way. Pour some water into the duckling pot, place the rolls and pour sour cream sauce over it. To do this, mix sour cream with tomato paste and salt to taste. Place the duck roast over high heat and bring to a boil. Then reduce the heat to low and simmer covered for 2-2.5 hours.
Stuffed chicken legs “La Poule”
Ingredients:
8 legs,
2 stacks walnuts,
¾ stack. cream (or sour cream),
200-250 g pitted prunes,
spices,
a little hot pepper
salt,
vegetable oil for lubrication.
Preparation:
Carefully remove the skin from the legs, being careful not to damage it and turning it inside out. When you reach the joint, trim the cartilage and remove the skin like a stocking. Remove the meat from the bones, grind it through a meat grinder along with nuts and prunes, add cream, salt, pepper and spices to taste. Stuff the resulting minced meat into the skin of the legs and secure it with toothpicks. Grease with vegetable oil, salt and pepper, place on a baking sheet greased with vegetable oil. Place in an oven preheated to 180-200°C for 20 minutes. Then cover the baking sheet with foil and bake for another 20-25 minutes.
Pork zrazy with cheese and mushrooms
Ingredients:
1 kg minced pork,
3 onions,
1 egg,
20 ml milk,
400 g fresh champignons,
100 g hard cheese,
50 butter,
½ loaf of stale white bread,
salt, ground black pepper - to taste,
wheat bran or breadcrumbs.
Preparation:
Soak stale bread in milk for 30 minutes. Chop 1 onion very finely. Pass the minced meat along with the squeezed bread and onions through a meat grinder. Add salt, ground black pepper and stir. Prepare the filling: cut 2 onions into cubes, cut the mushrooms and cheese into small cubes. Cut the butter into cubes and place in the refrigerator. Sauté the onion in vegetable oil until golden brown. Add the mushrooms to the pan with the onions and fry them until tender. Salt and pepper to taste. Divide the minced meat into 8 parts, make flatbreads out of it and place onion and mushroom filling, a piece of butter and cheese in the center of each. Make oval-shaped cutlets, roll in breading and fry on both sides until cooked.
Oriental style chicken fillet
Ingredients:
1 kg chicken fillet,
1.5 kg pineapple pulp,
100 ml natural soy sauce,
2 tbsp. chopped green onions,
2-3 cloves of garlic,
100 g ketchup,
1 tbsp. 6% vinegar,
1 tbsp. curry seasonings,
½ tsp. Sahara.
Preparation:
Rub chicken fillet curry, place in a bowl and cover with soy sauce. Cover with a plate smaller than the bowl and add a weight. Leave to marinate for 30 minutes at room temperature. Meanwhile, prepare the pineapple sauce: cut the pineapple into small cubes, heat the vegetable oil, add the green onions and saute until soft, then add the garlic, passed through a press, and after a minute add the pineapple, ketchup, sugar and vinegar. Stir, cover and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. In a separate frying pan in hot vegetable oil, fry the chicken fillet for 5 minutes on each side (no longer, otherwise the meat will become tough). Serve the fillet by cutting it into slices and pouring pineapple sauce over it.
Quiche with pink salmon and shrimp
Ingredients:
300 g frozen butter,
500-550 g flour,
2 eggs
2 tbsp. sour cream,
salt.
Filling:
300 g smoked pink salmon,
300 g boiled shrimp,
200 g hard cheese.
For filling:
400 ml 10% cream,
4 eggs.
Preparation:
Chop the butter with a knife, add flour and salt and grind the whole mixture into crumbs. Add eggs and sour cream and knead the dough. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes and place it in a mold with high sides, kneading it with your hands to form dough sides. Cover the dough with parchment or greased baking paper and place a flat plate on top of it with a diameter slightly smaller than the baking dish and place a small weight or pebbles on top. This is necessary so that the dough does not rise during baking. Place the pan in an oven preheated to 200°C for 30 minutes. Place diced fish and peeled shrimp on the prepared base and sprinkle with cheese. Combine eggs with cream and beat well. Pour the resulting fluffy mixture over the pie and place the pan back in the oven. Bake until the filling is cooked through, about 30 minutes.
Natural pork cutlets with surprise
Ingredients:
800-900 g pork fillet (loin),
2 tomatoes
2-3 cloves of garlic,
1 egg,
½ tsp. khmeli-suneli,
sprats,
breadcrumbs.
Preparation:
Cut the pork into 1 cm thick pieces and pound lightly. Make a pocket-shaped cut without cutting all the way through. Blanch the tomatoes in boiling water for 1 minute, then place in ice water for 5 minutes and remove the skins. Cut into slices, add salt and fry in vegetable oil on both sides so that the slices do not spread. Pass the garlic through a press and mix with seasoning and salt. Rub the meat from the inside of the pockets with this mixture. In each “pocket” put 1 sprat (or 2 if the sprats are small), 1 tomato slice and prick with toothpicks. Beat the egg with salt, pepper and ½ cup. water, dip the meat in the resulting mixture, then roll in breadcrumbs and fry on both sides in vegetable oil.
In our difficult times, many are tormented by the question: what to cook for a birthday quickly and inexpensively? No significant cash– this is not a reason to refuse the holiday. From quite accessible products you can prepare simple and quick meals for a birthday. In our article we have selected several original and simple recipes for you.
Not a single feast is complete without salads. In our opinion, salads arranged in layers in vases or bowls with transparent walls look most advantageous on a holiday table. At the beginning of the review we will talk about inexpensive salads for birthdays. You will find recipes with photos below.
Ingredients:
- Chicken (leg or medium-sized breast);
- Onion (2 heads);
- Eggs (2-3 pieces);
- Apples (2 fruits);
- Green.
- Cheese (sausage, hard or processed cheese) 50-100 g;
- Mayonnaise, allspice or ground white pepper.
Boil the meat (without skin) with salt, cool in the broth. Remove the chicken from the pan, place in a separate bowl and leave for a while to drain. excess liquid. Cut into small pieces. I must say that chicken will give the salad a special flavor, but you can completely do without it.
Boil the eggs hard (throw a pinch of salt into the water), cool, peel and chop. Coarsely grate the cheese into a separate bowl. Prepare peeled apples in the same way.
Peel the onion. Cut each head in half and then cut into very thin half rings. Place the prepared onions in a colander, pour over boiling water, and then immediately with cold water. Leave the onion in a colander for a while to let the water drain out.
For this salad, as for any other that is laid in layers, a transparent salad bowl with smooth walls is best suited. The layers of salad should be laid out in the following order: 1. Chicken mixed with mayonnaise and pepper. 2. Onion. Cover this layer with a thin layer of mayonnaise. 3. Eggs. Coat with mayonnaise. 4. Apples. Mayonnaise again. 5. Grated cheese. Mayonnaise.
The finished salad can be sprinkled with chopped herbs or decorated as desired. Be sure to leave it in the cold for several hours.
Ingredients:
- Carrots (large root vegetable);
- Raisins or prunes (quarter cup);
- Beetroot (large root vegetable);
- Any cheese (150 g);
- Garlic (4-5 cloves);
- Peanut or walnuts(half a glass);
- Mayonnaise.
Cooking method:
Boil beets and carrots and cool. Grate into different cups using a grater with large holes.
Rinse raisins or prunes, place in a glass of boiling water, and let stand for about 15 minutes. Drain the water and place the dried fruits on a napkin to remove moisture. Crush the nuts with a knife or in a blender, but not to the point of dust.
Finely grate the cheese and garlic. Using a fork, mix them with mayonnaise.
Place carrots mixed with raisins or pieces of prunes in a salad bowl. Grease the top of the layer with mayonnaise. Place cheese mixture on top. And finally, place the beets in a salad bowl, mixed with half the nuts and a small amount of mayonnaise.
Grease the salad with mayonnaise, sprinkle with the remaining crushed nuts. Let it soak in the cold for about two hours.
Note that all the ingredients included in this salad go well with meat and seafood, so you can change it to your taste. For example, between carrots and cheese you can place a layer of chopped crab sticks or squid. And between the cheese and beets - finely chopped chicken.
Ingredients:
- Chicken fillet – 2 pcs.
- Korean carrots – 300 gr.
- Cheese – 150 gr.
- Eggs – 4 pcs.
- Mayonnaise
Cooking method:
To begin with, we put eggs on the stove, as well as chicken fillet. We peel the finished eggs and separate the whites from the yolks.
Cut the cooled chicken fillet into cubes, add the yolks mashed with a fork, and grease everything with mayonnaise. This will be the first layer of our salad.
The second layer is Korean carrots, which we also mix with mayonnaise.
The third layer is coarsely grated cheese. We also add a little mayonnaise to it, mix it, and then spread it out.
AND last layer– grated protein on a coarse grater.
That's all delicious salad ik ready.
The next obligatory attribute of the holiday is a snack. This, for example, could be a fish roll. The most affordable fish is mackerel. You can cook from it inexpensive dishes for a birthday. Recipes with photos will continue the story of how to prepare a magnificent appetizer roll from this fish with eggs and vegetables.
Ingredients:
- Carrots (1 medium-sized root vegetable);
- Chicken egg;
- Mackerel (carcass);
- Gelatin (half a tablespoon);
- Ground black pepper;
- Salt.
Cooking sequence:
Free the mackerel from the head and entrails, remove the backbone and small bones from the carcass. Lightly rub the fish with salt and add a little pepper if desired. Place the mackerel in a bowl, cover and leave in the refrigerator for an hour or two to soak in the salt.
Carrots, peel, cut lengthwise into 2 halves. Boil it together with the eggs (do not overcook). Cool the boiled eggs, peel and cut in half.
Remove the mackerel from the refrigerator, place the prepared carrots and eggs in the middle of the carcass, sprinkle them with gelatin. Roll the fish into a roll and carefully pack it in plastic (you can use a bag or film). Tie the roll along its entire length with thin twine (like a sausage).
Boil water in a wide-bottomed saucepan and carefully lower the roll into it. Cook the fish over medium heat for strictly 10 minutes. At the end of cooking, remove the roll from the pan without unrolling it and let it cool. When the fish has cooled, you need to place it under a press and put it in the refrigerator overnight. You only need to unroll the roll before serving.
But if you don't have that much time to prepare such a snack, there are many other options that can be prepared much faster. So let's look at the most simple snacks for the festive table in a hurry.
This snack is very quick to prepare, the ingredients are the most accessible and inexpensive, but it is eaten instantly.
Ingredients:
- Processed cheese “Friendship” - 1 pc.
- Eggs – 2 pcs.
- Garlic – 3 cloves
- Mayonnaise
- Tartlets
Cooking method:
Boil the eggs, cool and remove the shells. Then you need to grate them on a fine grater. We also grate cheese and garlic. Lubricate everything with mayonnaise and mix.
Now we take the ready-made tartlets and fill them with salad. It is better that they stand for about 30-40 minutes so that they have time to soak. But even if you prepared this appetizer right before serving, don’t worry, even without soaking it still turns out very tasty.
Ingredients:
- Green
- Mayonnaise
Cooking method:
Cook the eggs. Let them cool and peel them. Cut into halves and remove the yolks from them, which we put in a separate container. Next, knead them with a fork, add finely chopped herbs and mayonnaise to them, mix everything thoroughly. The greens can be any at your discretion: parsley, dill, green onions, cilantro, etc.
We fill the whites with the resulting mixture. If you have a pastry bag, it is better to do this with it.
Ingredients:
- Tomato – 2 pcs.
- Garlic – 2-3 cloves
- Cheese – 50 gr.
- Mayonnaise
Cooking method:
Wash the tomatoes and cut into slices. In a small container, mix a little mayonnaise with grated or squeezed garlic. Spread the resulting mixture onto the tomatoes. Sprinkle them with finely grated cheese on top.
A festive lunch is unthinkable without hot food. An alternative to traditional cutlets or chicken with a side dish can be budget birthday dishes that combine them.
Ingredients (arbitrary quantity):
- Potato;
- Fat and vegetable oil for frying;
- Onions;
- Mushrooms, fresh or frozen;
- Any minced meat;
- Eggs;
- 1 olive or prune for garnish.
Cooking method:
Boil potato tubers, peeled. Drain the broth and mash the potatoes with the yolks until a homogeneous puree is obtained. Spread the puree on a woven napkin or thick cellophane in an even layer (its height should be approximately 3-4 cm). Place a few spoons of puree in a separate bowl in advance.
Finely chop the mushrooms. If wild mushrooms are used, they should be boiled first. Fry the mushroom pieces in refined vegetable oil.
Chop the onion (preferably finely). Pour into a frying pan with hot fat or sunflower oil, fry until it becomes transparent. Place the minced meat in a frying pan and fry it along with the onion until it becomes crumbly. If liver is used, it must first be boiled and then twisted. Pour the mushrooms into the minced meat and stir. Place the mixture in a metal bowl and cool slightly.
Place minced meat in the middle of the potato layer. Then lift the edges of the towel and pull the layer of puree into a roll. Carefully move the workpiece onto a greased baking sheet and give it the shape of a piglet. Make a tail, snout and ears from the reserved puree. From prunes or olives cut in half - eyes.
Beat cold egg whites. Lubricate the pig with them. Bake the dish in the oven until it has a nice crust.
Very quickly and without much hassle, you can cook delicious chicken thighs in a honey-mustard marinade.
Ingredients:
- Chicken thighs – 1.5 kg
- Soy sauce– 2 tbsp. spoons
- Honey – 2 tbsp. spoons
- Mustard – 2 tbsp. spoons
- Olive or sunflower oil– 2 tbsp. spoons
Cooking method:
Wash the chicken thighs, remove fat, and place in a deep baking container. Next we make the sauce. Mix in equal proportions: soy sauce, honey, mustard and oil, mix, and pour over the chicken.
Place the dish in the oven and bake at 180 degrees, about 1-1.5 hours. To brown the thighs on all sides, turn them over from time to time.
Ingredients:
- Chicken fillet – 2 pcs.
- Egg – 2 pcs.
- Pineapple – 1 small jar
- Cheese – 150 gr.
- Salt, pepper - to taste
Cooking process:
Slice and beat the chicken fillet. Then add salt and pepper to taste. Break two eggs into a container and beat a little with a fork. Dip the beaten fillet in flour, then in the egg and place in a heated frying pan.
Fry the balls over medium heat. After the cue ball is ready on one side, we turn it over and put a pineapple on top (this can be either a whole ring or several pieces). Sprinkle grated cheese on top. As soon as the cheese has melted, remove the balls from the pan.
Now you know what to cook for a birthday quickly and inexpensively. Recipes with photos, we hope, were able to help you decide on the menu.
How do we traditionally celebrate a child's or adult's birthday in our country? The family gathers at the table, often inviting relatives and guests. There should be a variety of different dishes on the table, the preparation of which, as a rule, is carried out by the hostess. It’s clear that everyone has their own recipes for the holiday table, but what new dishes should be served?
In this section of our culinary portal you can find simple and delicious birthday recipes. Photo recipes not only simplify the process of preparing dishes, they also help you understand what will last in the end and whether this or that chosen dish has a chance of taking its place on your holiday table.
When compiling a birthday menu, it is important to divide everything into certain groups - these are cold and hot appetizers, salads, a main hot dish and, of course, dessert. When all the categories are highlighted, you need to understand how many dishes are prepared for each category, and then look for suitable recipes. Be sure to remember that the menu is compiled taking into account the final number of guests and, of course, taking into account the wishes and taste preferences of everyone who gathers at the table. That is, when vegetarians are invited to visit, you need to try to ensure that they have something to choose from and what to eat.
The specific choice of which birthday dishes to serve, simple and tasty, is decided by the hostess together with the hero of the occasion. The photo recipes presented in this material help you understand what exactly is suitable for an appetizer, what hot dish is optimal in a particular company, what to come up with for dessert so that it is tasty, not very high in calories and, of course, beautiful. As a rule, today people often buy cakes for birthdays, but it seems to us that there is nothing tastier than homemade cakes, even the simplest ones, but made with warmth and love.
With our site, which is entirely dedicated to cooking, it will be easy to decide what to cook for your birthday. It's fast and inexpensive, and recipes with photos are presented with step by step description the process of preparing each dish. We hope that our dishes and already compiled menus will help you no longer rack your brains over what to surprise your guests and please yourself on the festive table. Even the simplest ingredients are suitable for preparing gourmet dishes.
12.07.2018
Baked potatoes in the microwave (in a bag)
Ingredients: potatoes, salt, vegetable oil, dried paprika, ground black pepper, granulated garlic, Provençal herbsBaking potatoes in the microwave will save you a lot of time. But the taste of the dish will not suffer at all. This is a great side dish for a holiday or family dinner.
- 8-10 potato tubers;
- a little salt;
- 2-3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
- a pinch of ground paprika;
- a pinch of black pepper;
- 1/3 tsp. granulated garlic;
- a pinch of Provençal herbs.
14.02.2018
Fried hake with mashed potatoes
Ingredients: sea fish, flour, egg, salt, ground black pepper, vegetable oil, lemon, potatoesFish in any form should be present on the menu, be it the first course, main course, salads, appetizers. But you need to know how to cook it so that everything is eaten. Today we offer a recipe for fried hake with mashed potatoes - a ready-made second course for lunch.
Ingredients:
- hake - 600 grams,
- flour - 3 tablespoons,
- vegetable oil - 5 tablespoons,
- chicken egg- 1 pc.,
- ground black pepper to taste,
- salt - to taste,
- lemon - 3 slices,
- mashed potatoes for garnish.
18.01.2018
Chicken breast in chips in the oven
Ingredients: chicken breast, kefir, sauce, seasoning, butter, flour, egg, chips, cheeseToday we will prepare a very tasty meat dish that absolutely everyone will like. I'm sure you've never tried this chicken breast in chips. I have described the recipe for you in detail.
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of chicken breast,
- 100 ml. kefir,
- 30 ml. soy sauce,
- salt,
- black pepper,
- paprika,
- dry garlic,
- spices for chicken,
- 20 ml. vegetable oil,
- 6 tbsp. flour,
- 2 eggs,
- 50 grams of cheese chips,
- 50 grams of hard cheese.
17.01.2018
Fast and tasty economy pizza on pita bread
Ingredients: lavash, tomato, salami sausage, cheese, mayonnaise, ketchup, saltPizza can be prepared in 10 minutes if you use a non-flatbread as a base. yeast dough, and ordinary thin pita bread. It will turn out just as tasty and beautiful, but preparing such a dish is much faster and easier.
Ingredients:
2 pieces of thin pita bread;
- 1-2 pcs tomatoes;
- 200 grams of sausage (Salami type);
- 100 grams of hard cheese;
- 2 tbsp. mayonnaise;
- 2 tbsp. ketchup;
- salt.
17.01.2018
Fluffy sponge cake in the microwave
Ingredients: condensed milk, flour, butter, egg, sugar, baking powder, soda, vinegarWe offer one of the options instant cooking delicious dessert for tea. Let's make a delicious sponge cake with condensed milk and butter. And we’ll cook it in the microwave, which will significantly reduce the time.
Ingredients:
- 100 g wheat flour,
- 50 g butter,
- 3 chicken eggs,
- 100 g condensed milk,
- 50 g sugar,
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder (slaked soda).
16.01.2018
Bomb pies with cheese and tomatoes
Ingredients: flour, salt, vegetable oil, water, cheese, tomatoes, mayonnaise, dill, garlicMany people know the recipe for bomb pies. If you still don’t know how to cook these pies, then be sure to cook them. For an appetizer, I use tomatoes and cheese, but you can use other appetizers at your discretion.
Ingredients:
For the test:
- one and a half glasses of premium wheat flour,
- a pinch of fine crystalline salt,
- 4 tablespoons vegetable oil,
- 1 glass of water.
For the filling:
- 130 grams of hard cheese,
- 4 tomatoes,
- 1 teaspoon of sauce (such as mayonnaise),
- 2 pieces of dill,
- 1 clove of garlic.
16.01.2018
"Mussels" from prunes
Ingredients: prunes, cheese, boiled egg yolks, parsley, garlic, nuts, mayonnaiseRecently, I served this appetizer of pseudomussies for the first time on a holiday table; to my surprise, it sold out in minutes. Be sure to try it and cook it, it turns out very tasty.
Ingredients:
- prunes - 150 grams,
- cheese - 70 grams,
- boiled yolks - 2-3 pcs.,
- parsley - 3-4 sprigs,
- garlic - 2 cloves,
- walnuts - 70 grams,
- mayonnaise - 80 grams.
11.01.2018
Pork medallions in the oven
Ingredients: pork balyk, semi-dry red wine, soy sauce, Russian cheese, sunflower oil, Italian herbs, spicy barbecue mixtureThese pork medallions are very tasty, juicy and filling. We will cook them in the oven. Recipe with step by step photos I described it in detail for you.
Ingredients:
- 300 grams of pork balyk;
- 50 ml. semi-dry red wine;
- 30 ml. soy sauce;
- 60 gr. Russian cheese;
- 50 ml. sunflower oil;
- 1 tsp. Italian herbs;
- spicy mixture.
28.12.2017
How to bake whole mackerel in the oven
Ingredients: mackerel, lemon, oil, salt, pepper, herbThis mackerel baked whole in the oven with herbs and lemon turns out to be very tasty. The recipe is simple and quite quick.
Ingredients:
- 1 mackerel,
- 2 slices of lemon,
- 2 tbsp. vegetable oil,
- salt,
- black pepper,
- 2 pinches of Mediterranean herbs.
23.12.2017
Simple and tasty boiled pork in a slow cooker
Ingredients: pork neck, water, rock salt, bay leaf, black peppercorns, allspice, cloves, garlic, ground black pepper, fine saltThe multicooker has become my savior, because with its help you can cook many different delicious dishes. Today I will tell you how to cook boiled pork in a slow cooker.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg. pork,
- 1.5 liters of water,
- 1 bay leaf,
- 3 black peppercorns,
- 3 pcs. allspice,
- 3 pcs. carnations.
- 4-5 cloves of garlic,
- half tsp ground black pepper,
- 2.5 tsp. salt.
16.12.2017
Korean style potatoes
Ingredients: potatoes, soy sauce, ground black pepper, paprika, nutmeg, garlic, vegetable oilKorean potatoes are very spicy and aromatic. This dish will definitely appeal to all lovers of Korean salads. Soy sauce and spices give the dish a unique oriental taste. You should try this snack!
Required Products:
- 500 g potatoes;
- 50 ml soy sauce;
- 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper;
- 1/2 tsp. ground paprika;
- a pinch of nutmeg;
- 1-2 cloves of garlic;
- 50 ml vegetable oil.
12.12.2017
Sandwiches "Rosochki" from red fish with cucumber
Ingredients: slightly salted red fish, cucumber, loaf, butter, greensThese red fish and cucumber sandwiches are very easy to make. I usually make them for the holiday table. They leave with a bang.
Ingredients:
- 150 grams of red fish,
- 1 cucumber,
- loaf,
- 30 grams of butter,
- greens.
12.12.2017
Sandwich-salad “Ladybug”
Ingredients: loaf, eggs, processed cheese, garlic, parsley, tomatoes, olives, mayonnaise, saltDecorating children's dishes is an integral part of preparing children's party. Mushrooms made from eggs, carrot salad or hedgehogs with rice look original and interesting. However, you can come up with an original presentation even for the most simple dishes. For example, it’s nice to decorate a sandwich or salad for a birthday or even just for breakfast, making them in the shape of ladybugs.
Products:
- processed cheese – 1 pc.;
- celery or parsley with large leaves– 1 bunch;
- olives – 2 pcs.;
- salt - to taste;
- square loaf – 4 pieces;
- eggs – 2 pcs.;
- garlic - optional;
- tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
- mayonnaise - to taste.
11.12.2017
Georgian duck chakhokhbili
Ingredients: duck meat, onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, garlic, water, herbs, dill, vinegar, salt, seasonings, refined oilWe prepare a hearty, tasty hot dish from duck meat, vegetables and spices. Georgian duck chakhokhbili is an appetizer that will decorate any table - both on weekdays and on holidays. Our recipe will tell you how to make it, watch and cook with us.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of duck meat,
- 3 tomatoes,
- 4 cloves of garlic,
- 1 onion,
- 2 tablespoons table vinegar 9%,
- 1 salad pepper,
- 1 bunch of fresh dill,
- salt to taste,
- seasonings to taste,
- 2 tablespoons of refined oil,
- 300 ml of water.
11.12.2017
Modern fusion salad
Ingredients: meat, carrots, potatoes, garlic, mayonnaise, butter, salt, pepperOf course, such salads as Olivier and Shuba will always remain classics, but today we will prepare a completely new and tasty “Fusion” salad, which combines very interesting ingredients.
Ingredients:
- 200 grams of meat;
- 1 carrot;
- 1 potato;
- 1 clove of garlic;
- 2 tbsp. mayonnaise;
- 2 tbsp. vegetable oil;
- salt;
- black pepper;
- paprika.
A birthday is not only a holiday of fun, a sea of congratulations and gifts, but also pre-holiday bustle and worries that fall on the shoulders of the one who decided to treat and surprise everyone present at the birthday table. How to set a table inexpensively and deliciously for a birthday, photo, so that the feast will be remembered for a long time by the long-awaited guests.
On the eve of the holiday
The variety of dishes invented and tested by lovers of delicious food and feeding others allows you to create a festive and inexpensive menu from almost any product. Therefore, long before your birthday, you should decide which products are profitable to buy this season, i.e. when the name day will be celebrated.
So, for example, in the summer the emphasis is on fruits, vegetables, herbs, in the winter - canned food and pickles. However, it is worth remembering the big advantage of our time - hypermarkets and supermarkets with their regular discounts and promotions. It’s worth doing an analysis of these promotions in advance and, based on this, purchasing inexpensive products for your birthday.
The basis of the holiday menu
The feast is a set various dishes for every taste and stomach. The festive table includes large number snacks (hot and cold sandwiches, tartlets, rolls, canapés, croutons, toast). Considering that guests come to have fun and have fun, there should be a lot of such snacks, as well as drinks. Hot dishes (meat, fish, poultry, cutlets, cabbage rolls) take pride of place. Salads, there should be at least two or three of them different types. As a side dish you can serve rice, buckwheat or the usual mashed potatoes. But it is not necessary, for example, potatoes can be stewed with meat or boiled whole (it’s good if they are new potatoes), poured with oil and sprinkled with herbs. For dessert, cakes, pastries, candies or cookies. As for drinks, this is decided individually, depending on the guest company and the habits of the hosts.
Recipes for simple and inexpensive dishes
When creating a menu for a birthday, it is important to take into account not only the size of your wallet and culinary capabilities, but also how convenient and tasty it will be for guests to eat this or that dish. Then, it is not entirely correct to set the table with only nutritious and fatty masterpieces, thereby turning a noisy party into a well-fed and lazy feast.
1. Snacks, salads
Hot sandwiches
You will need delicious buns or regular white bread. Separately, finely chop sausage or ham, cucumbers, tomatoes, mix everything with mayonnaise and place on halves of buns. Top with grated cheese and herbs and microwave (oven) for a couple of minutes.
Cheese rolls
Chilled processed cheese grate, add finely chopped garlic, herbs, boiled egg. Pour mayonnaise over everything. Wrap the resulting mixture in pita bread and cut into small roulettes.
Rolls with herring
Shake the minced meat from herring fillets, boiled carrots and butter in a blender (in a meat grinder). Spread two sheets of lavash with the resulting minced meat, place the lavash on top of each other and roll into a roll. Wrap the roll in foil and hide it in the cold. Cut the chilled dish into small rolls and place on a flat plate.
Tomatoes with cheese
Place a mixture of squeezed garlic, grated cheese and mayonnaise on the tomato slices.
"Rafaelki" from pate
Diced liver (chicken or beef), grated carrots, chopped onions simmer in a sealed container or in the oven until completely soft. Add salt and pepper. Grind the resulting mass through a meat grinder or blender, make balls, roll in grated cheese and place in waffle or shortbread baskets.
Chicken and Korean carrot salad
Boiled chicken, cut cucumbers (fresh or salted) into strips, add grated cheese, ready Korean carrots, squeezed garlic and chopped herbs. Season everything with mayonnaise and salt to taste.
Mushroom clearing
A salad made from several layers, which must be placed in a deep plate. After all the ingredients are soaked in mayonnaise, the finished salad is sharply turned upside down onto a wide flat dish. The result will be something like a mushroom cake. Layers: chopped greens, boiled small champignons, place caps down, chopped boiled chicken, grated carrots, finely chopped fresh cucumber, chopped onions, grated potatoes. Soak the layers with mayonnaise.
Snack Cake
Knead soft dough from margarine (100 g), soda (0.5 tsp), slaked sour cream (1 cup), eggs and flour (2.5 tbsp), divide into 4 parts and put in the cold. After an hour, form the dough into 4 thin layers for the cake and bake each until golden brown.
For the layers you will need: hard and processed cheese, herbs (onion, parsley, dill), egg (2), garlic and a can of canned food in oil (saury).
To form the cake, coat each cake with mayonnaise on both sides (the first cake on one side only). Place a mixture of grated processed cheese and garlic on the first crust coated with mayonnaise. The second is chopped boiled egg with onion, the third is fish from a jar (chopped with a fork), on the last cake coated with mayonnaise, put grated cheese (hard) and finely chopped herbs.
Salad "Ruby Stars"
Mix boiled grated beets, chopped prunes, chopped walnuts, and a little garlic. Season the resulting mass with vegetable oil (olive oil).
Salted fish (red)
Divide fresh fish into beautiful portions. Prepare a mixture of 1 tbsp sugar and 2 tbsp salt. Grease the bottom of the salting dish with vegetable oil, sprinkle the fish on one side with a salt-sugar mixture and place in the dish, pour vegetable oil on top. Refrigerate for 2 days.
Sea fish in sauce
Fry the fish and place on a plate. Separately, sauté the onions and carrots, place on top of the fish, pour Krasnodar sauce over everything and put in the refrigerator so that the fish is soaked in the marinade.
2. Hot dishes
Potatoes with chicken
Place chicken pieces (or the whole chicken) on a baking sheet, season with salt and pepper, and place peeled potatoes next to them. Bake the dish for about an hour. One kilogram of potatoes is required for one chicken. Sprinkle with spices.
Potatoes with mushrooms
Place potato pieces in a fireproof dish fresh mushrooms, bell pepper, greens, onions (can be pre-fried). Cook in the oven in a sleeve or on the stove (microwave).
3. Desserts
Universal sponge cake
Separate the whites from the yolks, beat the whites with a mixer, add sequentially, without stopping beating, the yolks, one at a time, then 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of flour. Bake in the oven for 20 minutes. The resulting sponge cake can be decorated with any cream, berries and fruits.
Cake “Rotten Stump”
Mix flour and jam well, one glass at a time, egg and 1 tsp. soda, bake until done. Divide the resulting pie into two layers and spread with cream. Cream: beat sour cream and sugar in equal proportions (3 tbsp each).