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Quick snacks- light, simple and tasty. Unexpected guests, a Sunday picnic or a spontaneous attack of hunger are a great reason to cook something tasty and easy to make. We offer you a guide to action just for such cases.
Quick snack roll
Ingredients:
- hard cheese - 200 gr
- crab sticks - 200 gr
- 5 eggs
- mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. spoons
- flour - 5 tbsp. spoons
- milk
- vegetable oil
Preparation:
- Grate hard cheese and crab sticks. Add mayonnaise, 5 eggs, flour and a drop of milk. Stir.
- The baking sleeve must be cut so that it hangs over the edges, grease with a small amount of vegetable oil and place on a baking sheet.
- Pour the cheese mixture onto the sleeve and place in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Place the filling into the prepared mass (the most delicious fillings are cheese with garlic and minced meat with chopped herbs) and roll into a roll. When serving, cut into small slices.
Lavash snack
Ingredients:
- Armenian lavash leaf;
- 200 grams of crab meat;
- 200 grams of fresh cucumbers;
- Two chicken eggs;
- 100 grams of lettuce leaves;
- Mayonnaise sauce;
- Dry garlic;
- Salt;
- Spices.
Cooking method:
- Mix mayonnaise sauce with dry garlic;
- Spread Armenian lavash on a cutting board. Generously coat it with garlic-flavored mayonnaise sauce;
- Tear the lettuce leaves with your hands. Place them on pita bread. Lubricate with mayonnaise;
- Boil chicken eggs for 10 minutes. Remove the shells from them. Grate on a coarse grater. Place them on top of the lettuce leaves. Spread with garlic sauce;
- Also grate the cucumbers and place them on top of the eggs. Spread with sauce;
- Grate the crab meat on a coarse grater and spread it over the cucumber layer. Pour mayonnaise over them;
- Using gentle hand movements, roll the lavash sheet into a tight tube.
Quick hot snack
Ingredients:
- Armenian lavash – 2 pieces;
- Hard cheese – 200 grams;
- Smoked sausages – 150 grams;
- Chicken eggs – 3 pieces;
- Garlic – 3 cloves;
- Pickled cucumber – 3 pieces;
- Green onion feathers - a bunch;
- Butter fat – 1 tbsp. l;
- Mayonnaise sauce.
Cooking method:
- Cut smoked sausages, pickles, cheese and boiled eggs into thin slices;
- Chop the greens and garlic with a knife. Add them to previously prepared products;
- Season everything with mayonnaise sauce;
- Spread sheets of pita bread on the table. Coat it with garlic mayonnaise sauce;
- Divide the filling into 2 parts and place each on a separate pita bread;
- Roll them into tight tubes;
- Grease each roll;
- Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater. Sprinkle it over the straws;
- Place the entire appetizer on a baking sheet and bake for 13 minutes.
Quick appetizer with eggplant
Ingredients:
- 2 sheets of thin Armenian lavash
- 1 boiled chicken breast without skin
- 1 large onion
- 1 large carrot
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 large eggplant or 2 medium ones
- half a bunch of dill
- half a bunch of parsley
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 500 ml vegetable oil for frying
Cooking method:
- Boil the chicken breast, cool, cut into small pieces. Peel the onions and carrots, grate the carrots on a coarse grater, cut the onion into cubes, finely chop the garlic clove.
- Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry the onion in it, stirring occasionally, then add garlic and carrots, fry over low heat for 10 minutes, then add chopped meat, fry everything together for 5-6 minutes. Place in a cup, add finely chopped herbs and garlic.
- Wash the eggplant, dry it, cut off the tail and cut into small cubes (you don’t have to peel the skin, if you wish, I don’t peel it), fry the eggplant in a small amount of well-heated vegetable oil, stirring, until tender, that is, 6-7 minutes.
- Add the fried eggplant to the chicken and vegetables, add salt and pepper to the filling, and mix well.
- Cut the pita bread into squares (from one sheet you get about 6 identical squares), put chicken and eggplant filling on each square, roll it into a tube or wrap it in an “envelope” and fry on both sides in well-heated vegetable oil until a beautiful golden color.
- You will have to add oil as you fry, as the pita bread absorbs it well. Serve the appetizer hot or warm. Nourishing, tasty, simple and fast.
Snack quick sandwiches
Ingredients:
- white bread - 5 pcs.
- cod liver in oil - 1 jar
- chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- onions - 1/4 pcs.
- fresh cucumbers - 1 pc.
- garlic - 2 teeth.
- fresh parsley - puch.
Cooking method:
- Remove the cod liver from the jar and crush it thoroughly with a fork.
- Dry the slices of white bread on a wire rack, in a toaster or in a dry frying pan. The bread for sandwiches should be fairly brown, with a crispy crust on the outside and an elastic crumb on the inside.
- Boil the eggs hard, cool them in cold water and peel them. By the way, I would like to remind you that it is recommended to boil eggs for at least 10 minutes over moderate heat. The water needs to be salted. Using a knife, chop the white along with the yolk and add to the cod liver.
- Peel the fresh cucumber and cut into small cubes. Alternatively, you can grate it using a grater with medium-sized holes. Let's send it to the liver and eggs.
- Remove the peel from the onion. For this dish, a quarter of a chopped onion will be enough. Combine the onion with the rest of the ingredients.
- Generously rub slices of toasted bread on both sides with a clove of garlic. It will additionally add piquancy and a characteristic aroma to sandwiches.
- Mix all the ingredients into a homogeneous mass and spread it on the prepared bread. Decorate the finished sandwiches with cod liver with parsley and serve.
Easy snack deviled eggs
Ingredients:
- 6 yolks,
- mushrooms (I have champignons) - 150 gr.,
- onions - 1 pc.,
- carrots - 1 pc.,
- 2 tbsp. l. mayonnaise,
- sunflower oil for frying,
- salt and pepper to taste.
Preparation:
- Let's decorate the eggs in the shape of mushrooms; this appetizer looks very beautiful on lettuce leaves. Eggs must first be boiled. We cut off the upper sharp part of the egg (white) with a knife, these will be the caps. They need to be painted brown. To do this, boil water, brew strong black and cook the caps in it for 5 minutes. The whites will not cook and will turn brown. Carefully remove the yolk from the eggs with a spoon and prepare the filling.
- Cut the mushrooms and onions into cubes, grate the carrots on a coarse grater. Fry all ingredients in sunflower oil. Add salt and pepper to taste. Mix with mayonnaise and stuff eggs. We turn the stuffed eggs over, place them on a plate with lettuce or dill leaves, and place the caps on top. The forest fairy tale is ready.
Tartlets with fish
Ingredients:
- lightly salted or smoked red fish (salmon, trout, pink salmon or other) - 150-200 g
- fresh cucumber - 1 long or a couple of medium ones
- large chicken eggs of selected category - 3 pcs.
- curd cheese (preferably without fillers) - 1 pc. or a little mayonnaise
Preparation:
- Any red fish will be suitable for filling these tartlets for the holiday. This applies to both the type and method of preparation. With smoked fish it will be more piquant, and with lightly salted fish it will be more tender. Remove bones and skin (if any). Cut into small cubes. Place the slices in a deep bowl in which it will be convenient to mix.
- If the cucumber peel is rough, it is better to cut it off. Remove the ends too and chop the cucumber, like the fish.-
- Hard-boil the eggs and cool completely. Peel and cut. In order for the yolk to turn out as desired, cook from the moment of boiling for at least 7, but no more than 10 minutes. Remove the finished eggs from the boiling water and place them on ice or in very cold water. When they have cooled, remove the shells. Cut into cubes and add to other filling ingredients for festive crispy tartlets.
- Add cream cheese. You don't have to buy ricotta or other expensive Italian product. I used Almette cheese with wild mushrooms, it turned out very tasty. But it’s still better to use cheese without additives if you’re not sure that the products will go well together. Instead of cheese, you can use mayonnaise, sour cream or thick natural yogurt.-
- Mix thoroughly. Taste and adjust with salt and pepper if necessary.
- Place the red fish filling in the tartlets and serve on the festive table immediately, before the delicate crispy dough gets soggy. You can paint it with “roses” of red fish and a leaf of greenery.
Julienne in tartlets in the oven
Ingredients:
- tartlets - 15 pcs.
- chicken fillet - 250 gr.
- fresh mushrooms - 200 gr.
- sour cream - 200 gr.
- hard cheese - 150 gr.
- flour - 1 tbsp. spoon
- butter for frying
- salt, pepper to taste
Cooking method:
- Cut the chicken fillet into thin strips. Finely chop the mushrooms too.
- Put some butter in a frying pan, melt it and heat it up. Place chicken in hot oil and quickly fry over medium heat.
- Then add the mushrooms, salt and pepper to taste and continue frying everything together until done.
- In another frying pan, fry the flour a little, then add sour cream, mix well and bring to a boil.
- Add the sour cream sauce to the chicken and mushrooms, stirring constantly, and bring to a boil. If the mass seems thick to you, as it was for me this time, you can add a little water, but I added a little kefir and a little sugar to remove the sourness. But the sauce should not be liquid either. The julienne for the tartlets is ready, you need to let it cool a little.
Quick and tasty snack
Ingredients:
- butter - 200 grams,
- 2 cups of flour,
- 1 teaspoon sugar,
- 6 eggs
- red caviar 200 grams,
- bunch of dill,
- a tablespoon of sour cream,
- tablespoon mustard
- 50 grams of cheese.
Cooking method:
- In a cup, mix sugar with flour and add salt. In the center of the mixed products, make a small depression and break the eggs into it, mix it all again. Then add the softened butter and stir again, or rather, begin to knead the elastic dough.
- Once the dough is ready, roll it into cling film and leave it in the refrigerator for an hour. At this time, you can already prepare the irresistible molds and grease them with oil. Then divide the dough into small balls depending on the size of your molds and line them with dough. Bake the tartlets in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20 minutes.
- When everything is ready, take them out, let them cool a little and you can fill them with filling. Grate the cheese and mix it with boiled yolks, add mustard and sour cream. Mix all this thoroughly and transfer it to a pastry syringe. Squeeze the resulting mass into tartlets. Decorate everything with herbs and caviar. Everything is ready, you can serve it on the table.
Quick snacks on a skewer
Ingredients:
- any you like best,
- for sweet canapés - fruits are suitable,
- You can also make vegetable ones,
- and cheese
- and meat
- in general there is huge scope for imagination
Preparation:
- Everything here is very simple and very fast: we cut the ingredients into layers and, alternating the filling, squeeze out the particles with a syringe. When it is full, insert a toothpick or decorative skewer into the middle.
- Canapés on skewers can be beautifully laid out on a dish, but with the help of toothpicks you can make interesting versions of canapés on skewers for children.
- Due to the fact that both edges of toothpicks are sharp, with one tip you can attach it, for example, to half a pear, make eyes from black peppercorns or cloves - you get a hedgehog. Place fruit canapés on its back, and alternately string dark and light seedless grapes onto the other end of the toothpick.
- Canapés are tiny multi-layered sandwiches placed on skewers or on a platter.
If you approach their production with imagination, you will get a very bright, festive dish that will decorate any table. - The basis of the canapé sandwich is crustless bread, cut into small thin pieces. They can be fried a little in oil or dried in a toaster.
You can make canapés without bread. We offer several canapé recipes.
Appetizer carpaccio
Ingredients:
- 5 garlic cloves;
- Chicken fillet – 3 pcs;
- Coriander and a mixture of dried herbs - 1.5 large spoons each;
- Paprika and freshly ground pepper mixture - 2 tablespoons each;
- Salt – 5 large spoons.
Cooking instructions are as follows:
- Combine salt, all the spices and herbs, as well as garlic in a plate and mix until smooth. Thanks to paprika, our chicken will acquire an appetizing red hue;
- Cut each washed and dried fillet lengthwise into small pieces and roll each thoroughly on all sides in the previously prepared mixture;
- We put our preparations in a saucepan and put a load on top of them. The chicken should marinate and release its juices. This will take about 3-4 hours;
- After this time, place each slice on paper towels to remove excess moisture;
- Then we string the pieces onto a thread or wire (you can also use a skewer) and hang them in a dark, cool place (for example, under a table). Remember to ensure that no flies or other insects land on the meat;
- After three days, check the workpieces. They should become dry, but at the same time not completely hard;
- The meat can be served with a little lemon juice and garnished with herbs and Parmesan.
Potato tartlets
Unsweetened tartlets are great outdoor snacks. Be sure to include them in the menu when you are thinking about what to cook for a picnic.
Ingredients:
- 7 potatoes
- 600 g chicken fillet
- 150 g mayonnaise
- 2 cloves garlic
- 150 g hard cheese
- Greenery
- Salt pepper
- Sunflower oil
How to cook:
- Cut the chicken fillet into small cubes, add salt and simmer with mayonnaise for about 30 minutes. Add garlic to the finished filling.
- Grate the potatoes and add salt.
- Grease muffin tins with sunflower oil and place grated potatoes in the shape of baskets. Place the filling in the middle.
- Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes at 240 degrees.
- Grate the cheese and mix with finely chopped herbs.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle with cheese and herbs.
- Don't forget to take these snacks with you when going out and treat the whole group.
Snacks puff sandwiches
Ingredients:
- pack of yeast-free puff pastry
- 3 tomatoes
- white of 1 egg
- 5 pieces of cheese
- 3 tbsp. l. olive oil
- spices, dry garlic, pepper - to taste
Preparation:
- Roll out the dough on a floured surface into a rectangle no more than 1 centimeter thick. Cut into portioned rectangles.
Cut the tomatoes into thin slices. Each piece of cheese is divided into several small parts. - Place cheese on the dough rectangle and tomatoes on top.
Mix oil, spices, garlic, pepper and protein. Grease the surface of the resulting sandwich.
Place the sandwiches on a baking sheet lined with parchment. - Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and bake them for about 7 minutes until the tomatoes are golden brown and soft. Sprinkle with your favorite dry spices.
Crispy snack sandwich
Ingredients:
- 4 slices of black bread with bran;
- 4 slices of bacon;
- Medium tomato;
- Egg;
- 4 lettuce leaves;
- Butter – 15 gr.;
- A little mayonnaise (homemade);
- A pinch of freshly ground pepper.
Preparation:
- Boil the chicken egg so that the yolk remains slightly soft. The approximate cooking time is one minute longer than soft-boiled. Cut into rings.
- In a dry frying pan, without adding oil, dry the slices of bread on both sides and while they are hot, spread them with butter.
- Fry the bacon until golden and crispy.
- Cut the tomato into thin rings.
- Peel the egg and cut into rings.
- Place lettuce leaves, 2 pieces of fried bacon on greased bread, add eggs and tomatoes.
- Season with salt if necessary, and sprinkle with freshly ground black pepper for a spicy kick.
- Apply mayonnaise on top, cover with a lettuce leaf and the other half of fried bread.
Quick and tasty snack
Ingredients:
- 4 slices of whole grain black bread;
- 2 shallots;
- 5 - 6 medium-sized champignons;
- 50 gr. hard cheese;
- 75 ml. white table wine;
- A little vegetable oil;
- Butter – teaspoon;
- 2 sprigs of parsley;
- Lettuce leaves – 4 pcs.;
- A little salt and pepper.
Preparation:
- Melt the butter with the addition of olive oil in a saucepan.
- Cut the onion into thin half rings and simmer over low heat.
- Cut the mushrooms into thin rings. Add to the onion, season with salt and spices.
- Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater.
- Add table wine to the mushrooms and simmer for 5-7 minutes until tender.
- Chop the parsley and add to the saucepan.
- A minute before the end of cooking, add cheese to the mushrooms and stir the mixture well until it melts. When the cheese cools, it will “glue” the mushroom mass, and it will not crumble when eating the sandwich.
- Fry the pieces of bread in a frying pan with a small amount, spread with butter or delicate mustard and cover with lettuce leaves.
- Spread the mushroom filling and cover the sandwich with a second piece of bread. Press the slices well together and put them in a special sandwich bag.
Quick crab appetizer
Ingredients:
- Crab sticks - 250 g
- Processed cheese - 100 g
- Egg - 1 pc.
- Dill (small bunch) - 5 g
- Garlic (to taste) - 2 cloves
- Mayonnaise - 20 g
Cooking method:
- Remove the processed cheese from the package and grate it on a coarse grater. When buying cheese, choose dense varieties so that you can easily grate it. If you choose a softer type of processed cheese, then remember it with a fork.
- Wash the dill and finely chop it with a sharp knife. According to taste and preference, you can replace dill with cilantro or basil, then the appetizer will still have a fragrant aroma
- Boil the egg until stiff, then place it in cold water for 10-15 minutes to make it easier to peel the shell. Then grate it on a coarse grater as well.
- Peel the garlic, wash under running water and squeeze using a press. Adjust the amount of garlic yourself. If you like dishes heavily seasoned with garlic, then you don’t have to regret it. If, on the contrary, you avoid this herb, then add one clove so that it gives the snack a light taste and aroma.
- Place all the ingredients for the filling in one plate and pour in the mayonnaise. Using a fork, mix the filling well.
- Remove the crab sticks from the packaging and defrost well. Then press down first one side, then the other, with your fingers to see their layered structure. Find the last fold on the outside of the stick, from which you begin to carefully unfold it so as not to tear it anywhere.
- Apply the filling to the stick in an even thin layer. Fold the crab stick in the opposite direction. Before serving, cut the stick into small pieces, which are beautifully placed on a plate and decorated with greens.
Chips snack simple recipe
Ingredients:
- Chips of the correct shape - 16 pcs.
- Chicken fillet - 200 g
- Eggs - 2 pcs.
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Fresh dill - 2 sprigs
- Mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. l.
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Universal seasoning - 1 tsp.
- Mustard - 0.5 tsp.
- Salt - 2 pinches
- Allspice - 3 peas
- Olives - 5 pcs.
- Lettuce leaves - 1 bunch
- Fresh dill - 1 sprig
Cooking method:
- I cut the breast and separated the meat from the bone. I took half of the fillet (200 g) and put it in boiling water. Read more:
- Reduced the heat to low and simmered with allspice peas for about 25 minutes.
- Cool the boiled chicken fillet and disassemble it into fibers.
- I put the prepared meat into a blender and chopped it.
- I added boiled carrots to the chicken.
- I also put the boiled eggs in the blender.
- I washed the dill, dried it, and cut it randomly. Added it to the blender.
- Next, I put the garlic, cut into several pieces, into the blender.
- Now it’s time for the dressing and spices. Added mayonnaise
- Its quantity can be increased by 1.5-2 times if desired.
- Added salt and universal seasoning
- If you use hot seasoning, its amount should be significantly reduced. My spice blend has a fairly mild flavor.
- Blend all ingredients in a blender
- You can choose any consistency. I didn’t try to achieve a completely pasty mass.
- I put the filling on the chips - the snack on chips with chicken is ready
- If possible, you can fold the chips in two pieces and only then apply the chicken mixture
- Decorated with olive rings and dill, and complemented with lettuce leaves
- Serve immediately before the chips become soggy and lose their crispiness.
Quick snacks in a hurry - these are, perhaps, exactly the dishes with which the career of any housewife begins. They are very easy and simple to prepare, which is why even children can prepare such snacks. Very often, to prepare such dishes there is no need for heat treatment of products.
When the need arises to prepare a snack, it is very important to understand why it is being prepared.
Many people underestimate the importance of quick snacks and believe that these are dishes for a light snack. Actually this is not true. Firstly, there are a number of dishes in this category that are very satisfying and can be used as an independent dish. Secondly, you can easily create a full-fledged buffet table from quick snacks.
How to make quick snacks in a hurry - 15 varieties
A very easy to prepare and quite tasty snack. It has a meat component, cheese, and, of course, bread.
Ingredients:
- Georgian lavash - 1 pc.
- Suluguni cheese – 2 sticks
- Hunting sausages - 4 pcs.
Preparation:
Lightly fry the hunting sausages in a frying pan. Cut the suluguni cheese sticks lengthwise into two parts. Divide the lavash into 4 parts. We wrap one half of suluguni and one sausage in pita bread. The end result should be a long roll. Fry the finished rolls in a preheated dry frying pan on each side until golden brown. The appetizer is ready.
Deviled eggs are a very popular snack. To prepare it you need very little time and the simplest ingredients. This is why you can cook it every day.
Ingredients:
- Chicken eggs - 5 pcs.
- Hard cheese - 100 gr.
- Mayonnaise - 80 gr.
- Garlic - to taste
- Greens - for decoration
Preparation:
Boil the eggs, cool, peel, cut in half lengthwise and remove the yolk. Three cheese on a fine grater. Mash the yolk with a fork. We peel the garlic, wash it and pass it through a garlic press. In a deep bowl, combine garlic, cheese, egg yolks and mayonnaise. Mix everything thoroughly. Stuff the egg halves with the prepared mixture. Decorate the finished dish with herbs and serve.
In almost 85% of cases, canapés are a regular, independent one-bite dish. The remaining 15% are canapés served with sauces. Greek canapés belong to this minority.
Ingredients:
- Fresh cucumber - 3 pcs.
- Cherry tomatoes - 14 pcs.
- Fetta cheese - 200 gr.
- Greens - 1 bunch
- Pitted olives - 1 jar
- Olive oil, balsamic vinegar, ground black pepper, lemon juice - to taste
Preparation:
Cut the fetta cheese into large cubes. Wash cucumbers, tomatoes and herbs and dry them. Cut the cucumbers into wide rings. Drain excess liquid from olives. Now let's start forming the canapés. First put a tomato on a skewer, then an olive, then a cucumber and lastly a piece of cheese.
Now let's start preparing the sauce. Finely chop the clean greens.
For such a dish, it is best to take several types of greens. For example, parsley, dill, cilantro. Then the sauce will be more flavorful.
Then we put it in a deep bowl and add balsamic vinegar, olive oil, lemon juice and black pepper to the greens. Mix everything. The sauce is ready.
Canapés are served on the table on a small wide dish. The sauce is served with them in a bowl.
Italian cuisine has a whole army of fans all over the world. Its peculiarity is the sharpness and piquantness of the dishes. Italian tomatoes fully meet all these qualities.
Ingredients:
- Tomatoes - 3 pcs.
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Hard cheese - 150 gr.
- Salt, mayonnaise - to taste
Preparation:
Wash the tomatoes and cut into medium-thick slices. Then we place them on a flat wide dish in one layer. In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise and garlic passed through a garlic press and mix everything thoroughly. Three cheeses on a coarse grater.
Grease each tomato slice with garlic mixture and sprinkle cheese on top. The appetizer is ready.
Such canapés will definitely not leave anyone indifferent. Outwardly, they resemble small gifts that you just want to unpack quickly.
Ingredients:
- Potatoes - 3 pcs.
- Herring - 2 fillets
- Green onions - ½ bunch
- Salt - to taste
Preparation:
Peel the potatoes, wash them, cut them into slices and fry them in a frying pan in vegetable oil on both sides. Then place the potato pieces on a paper towel to get rid of excess oil. Cut the herring fillet into pieces. Wash the onion, dry it and separate it into feathers.
We place two onion feathers in a cross on top of each other. At the place where they intersect we place the potatoes, and on top of it a piece of herring. Now we tie the tips of the feathers together. Place the prepared canapés on a beautiful dish and serve.
If you want to surprise your family and guests with an unusual dish, while spending very little time, crab stick rolls are just what you need.
Ingredients:
- Crab sticks - 250 gr.
- Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- Processed cheese - 150 gr.
- Mayonnaise, garlic, herbs - to taste
Preparation:
Three cheese on a fine grater. Boil the eggs until fully cooked, cool, peel and grate on a fine grater. Wash the greens, dry them and finely chop them. In one container, thoroughly mix the herbs, mayonnaise, cheese and chopped garlic.
We clean the crab sticks, defrost them and carefully unwrap them. Spread the resulting crab cloth with the cheese-egg mixture and then carefully wrap it back. Now the stuffed crab sticks should be cut into rolls.
This appetizer is very filling and goes well with strong alcoholic drinks. Butter and fish will not let you get drunk quickly.
Ingredients:
- White bread - 3 slices
- Butter - to taste
- Parsley - 1 bunch
- Red fish - 130 gr.
Preparation:
Cut out several circles from each piece of bread. Now these circles should be spread with butter on all sides. Wash the greens, dry them and chop them very finely. Cut the fish into small cubes.
Dip each piece of bread in greens on all sides. Place several pieces of fish in the center of each circle. Bon appetit!
This is a very unusual snack. It can be served either as a canapé or as a cake. It takes approximately 5 hours and 20 minutes to prepare the “Tenderness” appetizer, however, the lion’s share of this time is the time for soaking the cake.
Ingredients:
- Cakes for Napoleon - 3 pcs.
- Canned saury – 240 gr.
- Hard cheese - 300 gr.
- Chicken eggs - 3 pcs.
- Mayonnaise, olives - to taste
Preparation:
Three cheeses on a coarse grater. Boil the eggs, cool, peel and grate on a coarse grater. Using a fork, chop the saury.
Place the first cake on a flat wide dish and spread it with mayonnaise. Then we distribute the saury evenly over its surface. Grease the second cake layer on both sides with mayonnaise and cover the first one with it. Place grated cheese on top of the second cake layer. We also grease the third cake with mayonnaise on both sides and cover the second one with it. Distribute the grated egg evenly over the third cake layer.
Place the finished pie in the refrigerator for 5 hours. After this time, the pie should be cut into canapés and decorated with olives.
"Raffaello" in cooking is the name of popular sweets. The snack of the same name is not at all sweet, but no less tasty.
Ingredients:
- Processed cheese - 2 pcs.
- Garlic - 4 cloves
- Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- Crab sticks - 2 pcs.
- Mayonnaise - 100 gr.
Preparation:
Boil the eggs until fully cooked, cool, peel and grate on a fine grater. Three crab sticks and cheese on a fine grater into different containers.
To make them easy to rub, they should first be kept in the freezer.
Peel the garlic, wash it and pass it through a garlic press, or three on a fine grater.
In one container combine cheese, garlic, eggs and mayonnaise. Mix everything thoroughly. From the resulting mass we make small balls, which we then roll in grated crab sticks. Rafaelki can be served to the table.
This snack definitely cannot be called ordinary. The fact is that although it cooks quite quickly, the ingredients for its preparation cannot be called the simplest.
Ingredients:
- Canned cod liver - 1 can
- Potatoes - 2 pcs.
- Hard cheese - 50 gr.
- Onions - 2 pcs.
- Chicken eggs - 2 pcs.
- Parsley - 1 bunch
- Soy sauce - 2 tbsp. l.
- Sesame - 3 tbsp. l.
Preparation:
Boil potatoes and eggs until fully cooked, cool and peel. We clean and wash the onions. Wash the parsley and dry it. Three potatoes on a coarse grater. Grind cheese and eggs on a fine grater. Finely chop the onion and greens. Mash the cod liver with a fork.
Combine cod liver, potatoes, cheese, onions, eggs, parsley and soy sauce in one container and mix. Then we form balls from the resulting mixture. Lightly fry the sesame seeds in a dry frying pan, and then dip the prepared balls in them. The appetizer can be served at the table.
Cheese balls are one of the most common quick snacks. There are several recipes for this dish. One of the most popular is given below.
Ingredients:
- Hard cheese - 200 gr.
- Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l.
- Garlic - 2 cloves
- Olives - 15 pcs.
- Dill - to taste
Preparation:
Three cheese on a fine grater. Place 2/3 of the resulting cheese mass in a deep salad bowl, and place the remaining cheese in a shallow wide plate. Peel the garlic, wash it and pass it through a garlic press. Add garlic and mayonnaise to the salad bowl and mix everything thoroughly. Now we make small pancakes from the resulting mass. Place one olive in the center of each pancake, and then wrap each olive in a cheese pancake. The end result should be balls with an olive inside. Dip the finished balls on all sides in grated cheese, and then in finely chopped herbs. All is ready!
These canapes are simply perfect as a snack with light white wine, and will also become a real decoration for any table.
Ingredients:
- Chicken fillet - 1 pc.
- Canned pineapples - 4 rings
- Orange - 1 pc.
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Salt, pepper, spices for meat - to taste
Preparation:
Wash the chicken fillet, rub it with salt, meat spices and fry in a frying pan in vegetable oil on both sides. While frying, add chopped garlic to the pan. When the fillet is ready, remove it from the pan, cool and cut into medium-sized cubes.
We peel the oranges and cut them into cubes. Pineapples should also be cut into cubes. When everything is prepared, we begin to form the canapés. On a skewer we first prick a cube of pineapple, then an orange, then chicken, then again pineapple, and again chicken. The canapes are ready.
The Ibiza appetizer is perfect for any youth party. The perfect combination of seafood and avocado can complement the taste of any alcoholic cocktail.
Ingredients:
- Avocado - 3 pcs.
- Crab sticks - 150 gr.
- Canned tuna – 150 gr.
- Shrimp - 6 pcs.
- Orange - ½ pc.
- Mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l.
- Ketchup - 1 tbsp. l.
Preparation:
We clean the crab sticks, cut them into medium-thick cubes and place them in a deep salad bowl. Drain the excess oil from the tuna and add it to the crab sticks. In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise and ketchup and mix them thoroughly. The resulting mixture is sent to tuna and crab sticks. Add the juice of half an orange there. Mix everything well.
Wash the avocado, cut it in half, remove the seeds, and fill the resulting cavity with the prepared filling. Place one shrimp on top of the filling. Bon appetit!
This simple dish has an unsurpassed taste and can significantly support the human immune system. This snack is best eaten with black bread.
Ingredients:
- Salted lard - 250 gr.
- Garlic - 3 cloves
- Mustard - 1 tsp.
- Fresh dill - 5 sprigs
- Salt, pepper - to taste
Preparation:
We pass the lard through a meat grinder. We peel the garlic, wash it and pass it through a garlic press. Wash the dill, dry it and finely chop it. Now all the ingredients should be combined and mixed thoroughly. The lard appetizer is ready to serve.
Tartlets with red caviar
Red caviar has always been considered a particularly tasty and refined product. This expensive product is used in the preparation of this snack. It is quite natural that such an appetizer is best suited for a holiday table.
In review: recipes for quick and tasty snacks for the holidays.
Be sure to read the information regarding what should be served with different types of alcohol. And in the review you will find various snacks, focusing on the main ingredient of the dish.
What to cook for a snack inexpensively, quickly and tasty in a hurry for a birthday: a menu of simple light snacks, recipes
A standard snack or appetizer menu consists of
- canapés (small one-bite sandwiches);
- tartlets (small baskets of unleavened dough with various fillings);
- vol-au-vents (small towers of puff pastry with various fillings);
- profiteroles with filling;
- or omelet;
- all kinds of plates: cheese, meat, fish, vegetables, seafood, etc.;
- small pies, incl. , ;
- various dips: sauces for dipping chips, vegetables, cheese, meat, etc. For example, dips include Pesto sauce, popular all over the world, the recipe for which you will find at;
- vegetable and meat stews served in portions, juliennes.
The simplest and fastest type of snack is slicing. The secrets of beautiful holiday decorations have been collected.
You will find a variety of recipes for simple and light snacks in the following sections of the review.
Quick snacks for the holiday table: menu of simple light snacks, recipes
Below is a sample menu of cold and hot appetizers for the holiday table.
Vegetable plate
This can be any fresh portioned vegetables and fresh herbs according to the season. As a rule, the basis of a vegetable plate is tomatoes (preferably small cherry tomatoes), cucumbers, and sweet peppers. If desired, you can add celery stalks and sweet onion rings.
Another option for a vegetable plate: grilled vegetables or oven-baked vegetables. Here, the flight of your imagination is completely unlimited: you can bake zucchini, eggplant, champignons, young onions, potatoes, and carrots.
Cheese plate
To form a cheese plate, you will need at least 5 types of cheese, cut into slices, cubes, and bars.
Served as an accompaniment to the cheese plate:
- portioned pieces of pears, grapes - with soft cheeses,
- nut kernels - with fatty cheeses,
- dried fruits - with spicy cheeses,
- spring liquid honey or jam - with blue and sweet cheeses.
For convenience, skewers or toothpicks must be served with the cheese plate.
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Eggs stuffed with pate
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Ingredients:
- hard boiled eggs - 6 pcs.
- ready-made pate (meat, fish, liver) - 3-4 tbsp.
Preparation:
- Peel the eggs and cut them lengthwise into two halves.
- Remove the yolk. Grind the yolk with the pate until smooth. Add salt and pepper (to taste) to the mixture.
- Using a pastry syringe, fill the egg boats.
Recipe notes.
- It is better to fill the boats immediately before serving.
- On top, just before serving, you can apply a mayonnaise mesh and garnish with finely chopped herbs.
- Be careful. The dish gets weathered pretty quickly.
Tips on how to properly boil eggs have been collected.
How to make liver pate, explained
Appetizer of quail eggs with cherry tomatoes on skewers
For the youngest guests, this delicious appetizer of quail eggs on skewers is perfect.
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Children's mini pizzas
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Almost all children are big fans of pizza. You can find many delicious pizza recipes by going.
Children's dessert S`more
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Ingredients:
- any cookies (cracker or shortbread) - at the rate of 2 cookies per serving,
- marshmallows (chewable marshmallows),
- chocolate.
Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 200⁰C.
- Line the baking deco with parchment. Place cookies on the deco.
- Place a piece of chocolate on each cookie. Place marshmallows on top of the chocolate. Make sure the marshmallows don't roll off the cookies.
- Place the baking tray with cookies in the oven for 4-5 minutes. During this time, the marshmallow will increase in volume, become soft and slightly golden.
- Remove the deco from the oven. Quickly cover the dessert sandwiches with the remaining cookies.
Fruit slices
Fruits as a snack for children are best served in portions. These can be assorted fruits placed in waffle, plastic or paper cups.
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You can get children interested in fruits by offering them a bright and tasty fruit kebab.
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Quick snacks for the New Year
Having ready-made tartlets and a minimum set of holiday products in stock, you can prepare several types of original snacks.
Any of the recipes suggested above is perfect for a buffet at work. A video collection of recipes for simple and tasty snacks will give you a lot of interesting ideas (see below).
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Quick snacks for a summer picnic
An ideal option for a picnic would be a variety of pita bread snacks, incl. rolls, pies, chips. You can find an overview of the recipes by going.
The easy-to-prepare and very tasty bruschetta diversifies the picnic menu.
Ingredients:
- ciabatta or any other slightly stale bread,
- a few cloves of garlic,
- olive or any other vegetable oil (not refined) - 2-3 tbsp.
- tomatoes and greens.
Preparation:
- Cut the ciabatta lengthwise into two parts. Cut the bread into portions.
- Grill until golden brown.
- Sprinkle with vegetable oil and rub with garlic.
- Cut the tomatoes into cubes or slices, chop the greens.
- Place the vegetables on the bread and serve immediately.
Recipe notes.
On a fried piece of bread you can put chopped vegetables, pre-baked on the grill, grated cheese, ham.
Quick snacks for a wedding, bride price
Quick snacks for every day
Each of the snacks suggested in this article can be adapted for a daily menu.
Video: 7 Canapés - well, very tasty! / Snacks for New Year and Christmas
Traditionally, a feast is associated with an abundance of snacks and complex gourmet dishes. Times are changing, and the modern pace of life dictates new rules to housewives, that is, you want to set the table in a hurry, surprise your guests and at the same time save your budget.
We are not talking about serving semi-finished products as a treat, which you just need to heat up, but about how to spend a minimum of time preparing a delicious dinner and impress your guests with your culinary skills.
It’s quite natural that the first thing you need to do is create a menu. Organizational issues are usually resolved in advance, but it also happens that guests show up unexpectedly and you have to improvise.
However, even in a situation where you have to act decisively, there are several options. The first and most important thing is that every housewife should have in stock several simple and quick-to-prepare dishes and snacks so that, in extreme cases, she can quickly find her way.
By the way, more attention should be paid to snacks, because they are the most popular among guests at a festive feast.
The second and important point is table setting. A beautiful new tablecloth, bright cutlery and glasses should definitely be in the house and should be taken out on occasion.
This does not mean that you need to spend all your savings on expensive porcelain; today there are many alternative options. For example, you can buy “just in case” several plates and salad bowls, made in the same style, and leave them until better times, that is, when guests arrive.
The same applies to glasses; they may not be made of crystal, but they should have an attractive appearance.
In addition, you need to take into account the fact that table setting is an entire art. All items must be made in the same style and create a harmonious composition.
So, in order for preparation for the feast to take a minimum of time, you need to identify several recipes for yourself in advance and purchase festive dishes.
Grocery list
The housewife must know what is needed to prepare this or that dish herself. That is, she must draw up a menu in advance if, for example, some special event is just around the corner, or in case guests arrive unexpectedly.
If we are talking about how to whip up a festive table quickly and inexpensively, then the ingredients should be available. For example, when friends or relatives show up without warning or inform you at the very last moment, you have to serve treats from what was in the refrigerator.
Therefore, every housewife should always have simple products in stock. Here is a list of what you can use to whip it up:
- canned fish and vegetables
- home canning
- mayonnaise, sauce, spices
- seasonal and frozen vegetables and fruits
- compotes
- meat, fish or poultry
- frozen or canned mushrooms
In general, from the entire list above you can easily prepare a delicious holiday meal. And if you have the opportunity, time and money to run to the store, you can buy ready-made salads, semi-finished products, desserts and much more.
So, the festive table usually consists of one hot dish, several salads, appetizers, meat and fish cuts, dessert and tea. If you clearly think through your actions, then it will take no more than 2 hours to prepare everything.
An important secret: if you are preparing a festive table in a hurry and inexpensively for ten people, then you should not cut a whole basin, you need to calculate portions of approximately 100–150 grams per person for each dish. A simple calculation will save time and money.
A hot appetizer is traditionally a meat or fish product and a side dish. There are many ways to prepare everything quickly. The easiest way of cooking, which does not require constant attention, is baking in the oven or slow cooker, or in extreme cases in the microwave.
For example, in the oven you can bake meat or chicken with potatoes in cream. The ingredients are quite simple and inexpensive, the time required is approximately one hour, depending on the power of the kitchen appliance.
To reduce cooking time, you can cover the container with foil, thus making the food more juicy and aromatic.
The fastest way to cook meat or fish along with vegetables is baking in the microwave. So you can cook a kilogram of chicken legs in a sleeve or special heat-resistant bags in just 15–20 minutes.
The only drawback of this method is that everyone’s favorite crispy crust will not be obtained, but the product will be saturated with salt and spices and will remain juicy and aromatic.
Salads
Not a single festive feast is complete without. There are so many recipes that choosing two or three with simple and inexpensive ingredients will not be a problem.
But when choosing suitable options, you should be guided by a few simple rules. To begin with, these are the ingredients; you should focus on salads, which contain simple products, such as vegetables, meat, sausages, eggs, canned food.
If you need to urgently cook vegetables, for example, beets, carrots or potatoes, you can do this in 5 minutes in the oven. To do this, place the ingredients in a plastic bag and make several holes in it for steam to escape.
Then you should set the maximum power and time from 3 to 5 minutes. Any product except liver and eggs can be cooked in the same way.
The dressing will help improve the taste of the salad and make it original and unique. Traditionally, salads are smeared with vegetable oil, mayonnaise or sour cream.
But if there are other tasty and simple seasonings that make the taste of foods brighter and richer. You can add a drop of vinegar and a grated clove of garlic to a fresh vegetable salad, and mustard or horseradish to a meat or fish salad.
Suitable additions include soy sauce, ketchup, and tomato paste. By the way, the main flavoring additive for any salad is fresh greens.
Snacks and snacks
The choice of snacks is huge, the number of recipes is unlimited, which means choosing tasty, inexpensive and quick ones is quite possible. Armenian lavash rolls with filling are very popular.
The only drawback is that the appetizer must sit before serving, otherwise it will be difficult to cut evenly. As a filling you can use cheese, mayonnaise, sticks, fish, sausages, vegetables, greens and eggs.
A fairly simple, unpretentious snack is canapés and sandwiches. Here you don’t need to be a chef or spend hours looking for recipes; you can safely improvise.
For canapés, anything that is currently in the refrigerator is suitable: cheese, feta cheese, smoked sausage, eggs, preferably quail, vegetables, grapes, olives or black olives.
It is very important to choose products that taste well together; if you cannot make the right choice on your own, it is better to look for ready-made recipes. For canapés, you can use toothpicks instead of skewers.
A great option is baguette sandwiches. This appetizer is quite common on holiday tables and is in demand among guests, especially if there are children among the guests.
The contents itself depend only on the culinary fantasies of the hostess herself. Traditional options, red caviar and butter, but far from budget ones, processed cheese and fish, sprats and cucumber.
The last appetizer, the preparation of which will not take much time and will not incur extra costs, is stuffed eggs. There are also many filling options, for example, minced meat or fish, cheese, yolk and mayonnaise with garlic and herbs.
In general, you can decorate an ordinary chicken egg beautifully, you just need to show a little imagination.
It's hard to imagine a holiday table without cutting. By the way, cutting sausages, cheeses, vegetables or fish is not a time-consuming activity.
Therefore, if you don’t have time to prepare salads and appetizers in large quantities, you should compensate for them with an abundance of various cuts. And so that several varieties of chopped smoked meat on the festive table do not look too “sad”, you should arrange the presentation in an original way, for example, roll up the slices in the idea of rolls.
Dessert
At a birthday party, the celebration usually ends with a cake, but its preparation will take quite a lot of time. Although you can find no-bake cake recipes, you still have to spend a lot of effort.
An easier and more budget-friendly way to surprise guests with a delicious dessert after holiday appetizers is. To prepare it you will need a little flour, butter, a couple of eggs, a glass of sugar and slaked soda with vinegar.
Cooking time is no more than 40 minutes in the oven. In addition, you can add berries, fruits, dried fruits or nuts to the dough. You can serve your guests a delicious treat with jam, preserves, honey or condensed milk.
Decorations for salads and desserts
Each housewife can emphasize her individuality and demonstrate her culinary skills with the help of vegetable decorations. It won’t take much time, but it will certainly delight and surprise your guests.
What products can be used for decoration:
- eggs, chicken or quail
- cucumbers
- boiled carrots
- tomatoes
- canned green peas
- corn
- olives or black olives
It is more advisable to use the same ingredients that are included in the salad to make decorative elements, so as not to spoil the taste.
For example, using simple improvised flowers cut from boiled beets and carrots with sprigs of parsley or dill, turn a simple vegetable vinaigrette into a real holiday dish. You can arrange other salads in a similar way.
Now a little about the technology for making decorative elements for salad; by the way, such manipulations will not take much time, and will give you an unforgettable mood. So, to collect a flower, you will need a sharp small knife and the raw material itself, which should be carefully cut into a thin ribbon and subsequently rolled into the bud of an impromptu flower.
You can also give desserts an original aesthetic look. For example, at the end of a festive feast, you should offer guests ice cream decorated with chocolate chips, coconut flakes, and pieces of fruit.
Watch the video on how to cut vegetables and prepare dishes:
What not to do
To begin with, it should be noted that you do not need to buy prepared foods in stores, especially salads. Because it is too expensive and the quality of the product is very questionable.
The same applies to semi-finished products, despite the fact that with the purchase of ready-made frozen dishes, the time for preparing a festive dinner is reduced to a minimum, guests can hardly be surprised and pleased with such a treat.
Particular attention should be paid to the fact that you should not put food on the holiday table that quickly spoils and loses its attractive appearance. These include jellied meat and aspic; these products will melt quickly.
When creating a menu, you need to carefully consider the composition of the dishes, because some recipes are intended only for “lovers.”
For example, not everyone will like a salad that contains meat combined with sweets. This fact must be taken into account and when preparing, try to focus on the preferences of each guest individually.
The last piece of advice is that you should not prepare a new dish for the holiday table for the first time; it is better to experiment in advance, because the surprise may not work and the product will not live up to expectations.
Sample menu
This section presents several simple recipes for the holiday table; cooking will not take much time and will help save your budget. The ingredients include only products that are available regardless of the season.
What you can prepare for the holiday table is tasty and inexpensive:
- Sandwiches with tomato and feta. Thin slices of baguette should be topped with finely chopped tomatoes, seasoned with soft, salty cheese and garlic. You can use parsley, black olives and pitted olives as decoration.
- Korean carrot salad with boiled chicken breast and red bell pepper. All ingredients should be cut into strips and seasoned with mayonnaise. The salad has an amazing spicy taste and will not leave guests indifferent, while the preparation time is no more than 15 minutes.
- A quick and inexpensive hot dish - pork ribs with potatoes and fried onions in pots baked in the oven. Cooking time is no more than one hour, preparation time is up to 15 minutes.
- A cottage cheesecake for dessert will be a wonderful end to a festive feast. For it you will need 250 g of cottage cheese with a high percentage of fat, 3 chicken eggs, a glass of flour and the same amount of sugar, a teaspoon of soda, a pinch of vanillin, 100 g of softened butter. You can add grated raisins or nuts to taste. Mix all ingredients thoroughly and bake in the oven until done, 20 to 40 minutes.
It should also be remembered that the use of spices, of course in moderation, gives the products a different flavor profile. Therefore, if possible, you should learn to combine food correctly and all kinds of seasonings, because they are the ones that can turn simple dishes into masterpieces.
In general, there is no limit to women's ingenuity; organizing a festive table quickly and inexpensively is not a problem for a real housewife.
First, a strategic supply of nonperishable food items should always be in the house “just in case.”
Secondly, you should have a few simple recipes for delicious dishes ready for the unexpected arrival of guests. And lastly, the contents of the table are not as important for the guest as the hospitality and cordiality of the hosts.
Before the onset of this significant date, the heart invariably swells with joy in anticipation of gifts, fun, and friendly meetings. But some people don't like their birthdays for various reasons. Someone because they are at least a year older, but they are getting older. And some, especially thrifty people, tensely calculate how much it will cost them and the announcement of the estimate spoils their mood. Life is such that everyone is forced to save money from time to time. But this is not a reason to deprive yourself of the holidays. Therefore, we will try to answer the question: how to inexpensively set a table for a birthday?
Where does the tradition come from?
When did people start celebrating birthdays? There are two versions. According to the first, the tradition was based on Roman rites held in honor of the gods. The pagans set rich tables, congratulations were heard, and 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 had double power on such dates. Therefore, ancient people tried to appease the spirits with offerings so that they would not harm the newborn.
Name day of Mukha-Tsokotukha
Gradually they got personal, but for a long time no one paid attention to the date of 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 ordinary people to record and celebrate ladies' birthdays.
The Greeks and Egyptians often and pompously celebrated the birth dates of the gods, as well as pharaohs and kings. Sometimes, on the occasion of the birth of the pharaoh, prisoners were released from prisons. In ordinary families, it was common practice to celebrate only the birthday of the head of the family.
The position of Christianity on this issue was initially extremely harsh: life was given to man to atone for sins, so he had no time for fun. Later, the church softened somewhat and allowed baptisms with name days. But the Soviet system was against name days and, figuratively speaking, trampled tradition with its iron boot. Even the famous birthday fly was ordered to be removed from the works of old man Korney.
By the way, name days in Rus' were very popular: they baked a loaf, brewed delicious beer, made pies and always sang songs. Of course, peasant holidays were much more modest than the royal ones: sometimes the amount spent on the name day of the crowned person could build several luxurious palaces.
Cake with surprise
It is clear that ordinary people have always dreamed of setting a tasty and inexpensive table for their birthday. But what's a holiday without cake? Few people know where this indispensable attribute of birthdays came to us. If you dig deeper, it is believed that the idea itself came again from the times of paganism, when sacred altars in honor of the ancient gods were lit in pitch darkness.
But the tradition was introduced into use by the Germans. They created a common ritual for celebrating a child's birthday. To do this, they prepared a delicious cake in which they hid various symbolic objects, placed candles on top according to the number of years of the hero of the occasion, and, waking up the child at dawn, sang cheerful songs to him. It is noteworthy that the pie was not eaten until evening, until the whole family had gathered at the table. The child had to wish for something cherished and blow out the candles in one go. Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
Jam Day: their morals
Different countries treat such holidays differently. Most people on the planet have a reverent attitude towards anniversaries. But some nationalities celebrate odd or non-round dates. Traditions are also different: in Italy, spaghetti is an indispensable dish on the birthday boy’s table (so that he lives for a long time), and in Latin American countries they always break a piñata with gifts loaded into it.
Englishmen who have lived to 80 years 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 gifts are generally given only after the age of 60.
Economy table rules
If the birthday hostess still decides to gather close people under her hospitable roof, but wants to balance her needs with her capabilities, then there is a way out.
Setting the table for a birthday at home is inexpensive, very tasty, and in such a way that it looks presentable - an absolutely doable task. To do this, you need to adhere to the simplest rules:
- The menu must be thought out in advance. It’s a good idea to delve into cookbooks and leaf through magazines. You need to pay attention to the ingredients: it’s cheaper to buy seasonal products, so the menu is selected accordingly. If a housewife wants to set a birthday table at home inexpensively, recipes with photos are especially welcome, because you can immediately see how the dishes will look on the table.
- Accurately calculate the number of invitees (taking into account, of course, several uninvited guests). You can prepare hot food in portions, but in this case the birthday girl will have no peace. It is better to make a common dish with a reserve.
- As a rule, first courses are not included in the birthday menu. The exception is exotic gourmet soups.
- If you are planning a traditional celebration, then it is quite possible to set the birthday table at home inexpensively. Recipes for budget dishes can be found in any source to suit your taste. But it must include cold and hot appetizers, a main course (meat or fish), salads and dessert.
Alcoholic drinks are also an important attribute of the holiday table, since they increase the mood, forgive the pun.
Modest cut and luxurious roll
Many families adhere to classic, long-standing traditions and set the table with their favorite dishes that guests know by heart. But this approach has its own benefits: people will never leave hungry and are guaranteed to be satisfied.
Standard cold appetizers include meat, cheese and vegetable slices. This classic approach has never failed anyone. The main thing is the variety of varieties in the cutting composition. Everyone knows that any feast should start with cold appetizers. This is the so-called organizational moment: it is useless to hope that no one will be late. And while waiting, the rest of the guests will be able to have a great meal so as not to drink on an empty stomach.
For those who want to set a birthday table at home inexpensively, Korean snacks are perfect: buy a little of everything (try the dishes first) and place them on the table in small plates. Homemade pickles and marinades are also in great demand among guests.
There are express recipes for those initiated on how to deliciously and inexpensively set the table for a birthday: a cold roll and an appetizer with the romantic name “Raffaello”. The first one is prepared as follows:
- a sheet of thin pita bread is greased with a mixture that includes: mayonnaise, garlic, dill and grated cheese;
- Thinly sliced ham is placed on top;
- then the actions are repeated;
- roll the pita bread into a roll;
- Wrap the product in cling film and put it in the refrigerator for at least 2 hours.
This inexpensive but original dish should be served by cutting it into portioned pieces with a very sharp knife.
The Raffaello appetizer will require the following ingredients:
- crab sticks;
- garlic;
- hard cheese;
- mayonnaise;
- cashews (but to save money, you can use walnuts).
A nut kernel is rolled into a mixture of cheese, full-fat mayonnaise and garlic. Next, grate the frozen crab stick on a fine grater. Roll in grated crab meat with a surprise: the dish is ready. Using this recipe, you can reveal the secret of how to quickly and inexpensively set the table for a birthday. To make these balls look festive, they are placed on fresh lettuce leaves.
You can also use seasonal dishes. The budget version of the menu is prepared in the summer. For example, eggplant tongues or fingers. The second option is more expensive, since it contains very little meat, but it does include meat.
Delightful hot snacks
A hostess asking herself the question of how to set a tasty and inexpensive table for a birthday party should not forget about hot appetizers. They follow the cold ones when everyone has gathered at the table and it’s time for the first toasts. There should not be a lot of them, and they are prepared shortly before serving. This is a light dish with small portion sizes. An example of such a snack would be easy-to-prepare meat balls:
- traditional minced cutlets are made, with the addition of raw eggs;
- the finished dough layer is rolled out and cut into strips;
- meat balls are wrapped with dough threads like a ball;
- The dish is baked in the oven until cooked.
This snack looks very presentable.
Nowadays it is not a problem for a housewife to set a table for a birthday at home inexpensively; recipes simply jump out of magazines, cookbooks, and Internet portals. Here, for example, is a dish similar to julienne, which is prepared ridiculously quickly and tastes simply charming. We present to housewives champignons in sour cream sauce.
The dish is prepared like this:
- Add peeled mushrooms to carefully sautéed onions and carrots and simmer for about 10 minutes;
- later sour cream and seasonings are added and everything is stewed until cooked.
The simplest dish can be made beautiful by sprinkling it with grated cheese and herbs on top and serving it in ceramic pots.
Salads for the date
If you intend to set the table for a birthday at home inexpensively, then you can’t do without salads. For the 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 salad is suitable when guests are literally on the doorstep or come unexpectedly. After all, you don’t need to prepare anything in advance, all the components are simply mixed.
Salads with seafood can look original; the female half of the guests especially like them.
Main serving of dishes
A very important moment when, after the artistic exclamation: “Fedya! Game!" For example, a delicious baked duck appears on the table, stuffed with dried apricots and apples. But the question was how to inexpensively set the table for a birthday, what does the game have to do with it? You don’t have to bake the duck this way; you can do the same with chicken. You can use not the whole bird, but its legs or wings. If you marinate them well and roll them in honey, you will get an excellent 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 after this can you prepare the treasured main course. Of course, with fish there is several times more trouble than with meat, but pike will become truly festive and will be remembered by guests for a long time. It’s a good idea to serve chops, cutlets, medallions or steaks to the holiday table. One thing is certain - meat must be present on the table.
As a side dish for main courses, you should choose potatoes in any form: mashed, fried, fried, boiled with herbs.
What about compote?
To set the table for a birthday inexpensively, food recipes are not all that a housewife needs. Drinks are also important. Of course, you can’t do without compotes, juices, carbonated drinks, maybe even croutons. What about alcohol? It is important to take into account here that not everyone drinks strong alcohol, so champagne and other wines are a mandatory attribute on the festive table.
Desserts require tea or coffee. For dessert, of course, in the classic version, they serve a cake with candles, but how can you set a festive table for a birthday inexpensively? After all, cakes are quite an expensive pleasure. There is a solution: either bake a cake with your own hands, or buy cakes, cookies or candies. By the way, a confectionery product prepared personally is better than any purchased product, because the hostess puts her soul into the dish.
Mistress's secrets
To set the table for a birthday at home inexpensively, but at the same time make it unforgettable, you need to know the main secret: competent serving and decoration of dishes. You should not waste your time on this.
What you need for serving and decorating:
- Tablecloth. The classic version is white, but other colors are allowed.
- Dishes. Cutlery and glasses should be polished to a shine. For a special occasion, it would be useful to take out your best set from the bins.
- Don't forget about cloth napkins depending on the number of guests. They can be beautifully laid out in waves or in the form of shapes.
- Decorate dishes with herbs, bright berries, like cranberries, peas, olives. There is a special knife for curly and fruit, it would be nice to buy it. If you ask yourself: how to set a table for a birthday inexpensively, the recipes may be very surprising. And not only the not too expensive and tasty dishes described in them, but also a presentable appearance. This happens because the dish is decorated correctly, because when you look at the food, your appetite should come.
- You shouldn’t do a lot of culinary experiments, let everything be as usual, with the exception of one or two dishes.
The holiday table should not be complete without a variety of vegetables and fruits. If you plan to have strong alcohol, then take care of a hearty and plentiful snack.
Little birthday boy
Many mothers probably think about how to inexpensively set the table for a child’s birthday so that he is delighted.
It's actually not difficult at all. There are several tips that you can use to make an unforgettable celebration for your child and his friends:
- paper dishes in bright colors - safe and beautiful, and you don’t need to wash anything;
- decorating the room with balloons, paper garlands;
- small-sized dishes - mostly canapés, salads in bowls, pita rolls with various fillings, chicken croquettes - children do not really like to overeat, unless, of course, it is sweets;
- water drinkers can be offered homemade lemonade, fruit drinks, juices, compotes and milk and fruit cocktails;
- desserts made from cottage cheese are preferable;
- It is better to season salads with sour cream and yoghurt.
Anything is suitable for canapés: ham, cheese stars, pepper slices, olives, corn, shrimp. The sweet version is made like this: bananas, grapes, and kiwi are stuck on skewers.
You can make a delicious salad from boiled chicken, tomatoes, sweet peppers and hard-boiled eggs, decorating it in the shape of a hedgehog with fly agarics on its back. The salad is laid in layers: chicken cut into pieces → tomatoes → grated eggs → chopped pepper. Each layer is coated with sour cream and yogurt dressing. The hedgehog should be sprinkled with grated carrots, and its face should be marked with egg white. The eyes and nose are made from olives and prunes, and fly agaric mushrooms are made from eggs and tomatoes.
It is important to create a festive atmosphere and provide the baby with the opportunity to move actively.
Alternative ideas
Finally, we can offer a few ideas when there is neither time nor desire to spend time in the kitchen, but the soul requires a holiday. You can set the table for a birthday at home inexpensively and deliciously by purchasing ready-made food from a deli or restaurant. This option is especially suitable for a young, advanced company. You can order pizza, ready-made grilled chicken and salads. Japanese cuisine will cost a little more.
There is also an interesting and modern option - a buffet table. But it obeys certain rules:
- division into single portions;
- dishes should be mostly on skewers;
- you can put all kinds of goodies on one large table;
- the main course should be in baskets or make plates by cutting them first;
- If chicken legs are served, the bone is wrapped in a napkin.
Alcoholic drinks must be uncorked, and guests must be provided with glasses. But a huge plus will be that the birthday girl does not have to constantly change plates and cutlery.
The most interesting option would be a birthday party in nature. Happy people born in the summer months know what this means. Picnic in nature, barbecue, barbecue, air and sun - what could be more tempting? But there are nuances here too:
- salads with mayonnaise are not recommended dishes for a picnic;
- the meat must be marinated in advance;
- you should take care of drinking water;
- Sandwiches and side dishes can be taken from home.
And what delicious pilaf on a fire or potatoes baked in ash!
But no matter what the birthday boy chooses, the main thing is his loved ones nearby.