If you are planning to celebrate something, but money is tight, this post is for you.

Today, with a very modest budget, I managed to cook six different dishes.

1. Chicken breast skewers.

2. Squid salad in tartlets

3. Stuffed chicken legs

4. Fish in beer batter

5. Pancakes stuffed with chicken and cheese

6. Sandwiches

So, how can you prepare a festive table for 10-20 people at the rate of 1000-1200 rubles.

First, a shopping list.

I bought everything in one place, but if you set out to reduce the amount of the purchase, then it might be worth going to specialized stores.

plus to it:

20 tartlets for 6 rubles - 120 rubles.

0.5 l of milk, skewers, garlic, adjika, chili sauce.

So let's get started.

Cut up 5 chicken breasts. Separate the fillet from the bones.

Cut into 100 pieces (each breast respectively into 20 pieces).

Peel two onions (I have a white onion). Grind on a coarse grater.

With the same grater, remove the zest from the lemon and squeeze out all the juice.

Add spices, a teaspoon of salt, two tablespoons of vegetable oil.

Stir and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.

Remove the skin from three legs with a stocking.

Separate the meat from the bones and cut it into small pieces.

Pour the remaining bones from the legs and breast with water, salt and cook over low heat.

When the bones are well cooked, cool them. Then separate the remaining chicken meat from the bones. There will be enough of it.

Salad pepper of two types. Two large red peppers, and 5 small green ones.

Rinse the red pepper, cut in half and remove the seeds and stalk.

Finely chop half of the pepper.

With the other three halves, do this: cut the smooth flesh into large pieces, often chop the rest finely as well as at the very beginning.

Set aside large pieces of pepper (25 pieces). And add small pieces to the chopped meat from the legs.

Adyghe cheese. Separate 1/3 and set aside separately. Cut the remaining 2/3 into small cubes.

Mix together finely chopped leg pulp, Adyghe cheese, red salad pepper. Add one raw egg and a teaspoon of salt. Mix well.

Stuff the chicken legs with the resulting filling, fasten the holes with toothpicks.

Transfer the legs to a saucepan, cover with cold water, lightly salt. Cook over low heat after boiling for another 40-45 minutes. Then cool.

Remove the toothpicks from the cooked, cooled chicken legs and carefully cut into slices.

Cut the fish fillet into thin sticks. Add 2 teaspoons of prepared adjika and stir gently.

Remove the fish from the refrigerator.

Knead the dough: half a liter of milk, two cups of water, salt, sugar, a pinch of soda, 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil, 2 eggs and a pound of flour.

Fry 20 thin pancakes.

By the way, the best device for flipping pancakes in a pan is a Chinese stick. Try it!

Separate 1/3 from hard cheese. Save most of it for the salad.

Grind a smaller piece of hard cheese and the remaining piece of Adyghe cheese on a grater.

Add finely chopped green onions (2-3 feathers).

Grind the boiled chicken meat (from the bones) with a knife.

Transfer to bowl with cheese. Add a teaspoon of chili sauce.

Stir the filling.

Stuff pancakes and roll up.

Cut each pancake in half diagonally.

I cooked "for export" so I immediately packed everything in a container or under a film.

For salad:

Cut the green salad pepper into strips and steam with a little water.

Clean and boil the squid. Cut into strips. Add 2/3 hard cheese chopped on a coarse grater, 2-3 cloves of garlic passed through a press, finely chopped green onions, steamed salad peppers.

Season with mayonnaise and stir.

Then fill the tartlets with this salad. But just before serving.

Thread the marinated chicken breast onto 20 wooden skewers, 5 pieces per skewer.

Place on a wire rack and bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Not more. Do not wait for the chicken to brown - otherwise dry the skewers.

From the remaining half kilogram of flour, pour a portion (about 4 tablespoons) onto a plate - for breading.

Pour the rest of the flour into a deep bowl. Add two raw eggs, a teaspoon of salt. Pour in half a liter of light weak beer.

Mix the batter well with a whisk.

From a whole liter bottle of vegetable oil, you should have more than 3/4 left. Pour the oil into a suitable pot or saucepan (I use a wok). And heat up for deep frying.

Bread the fish pieces in flour, then dip in batter and deep-fry.

Remove from oil with a slotted spoon. I got 40 pieces.

And lastly, sandwiches.

Hard boil the remaining 5 eggs (out of a dozen).

Salad pepper, cut into large pieces, bake in the oven.

Cut two rye loaves, two fresh cucumbers and almost 400 grams of half-smoked sausage. You should have 25 pieces (slices). Each boiled egg is also cut into 5 parts.

Brush slices of rye loaf with butter.

On top of the butter - a slice of cucumber.

Parsley sprigs - so that they protrude a little to the side.

Pieces of sausage.

Arrange slices of roasted lettuce on top of the sausage.

Pierce the sandwiches with skewers strung with pitted olives.

I cooked from 8 am to 2 pm, slowly, with breaks for coffee and chatting on the phone

Addition

A light but hearty summer salad. Looks very elegant on the holiday table.

For 8 servings you will need:

700 grams of squid

4 small salad peppers

Salt for cooking squid

150 grams hard cheese

2-3 garlic cloves

1 small bunch of green onions (4-5 stalks)

mayonnaise or salad dressing

clean.

Boil for salad and cut into rings.

Grind the cheese on a coarse grater.

Finely chop the green onion feathers, holding the knife obliquely.

Cut the lettuce in half. Remove the stem and seeds.

Cut into strips.

Transfer to a saucepan, add half a glass of water and simmer, covered, until all the water has evaporated. Then cool down the pepper.

Put the squid rings, grated cheese, green onions and cooled peppers into a deep bowl. Add minced garlic.

Season with ready-made salad dressing or mayonnaise.

Stir and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Pink salmon in beer batter

A fish prepared in this way is good for a festive, and especially a buffet table. It is always eaten very quickly and with pleasure and looks very elegant. The pieces are small, and even dieters are tempted to eat a piece.

For 6-10 servings you will need:

2 fillet halves from one pink salmon (about 800 grams)

2 tablespoons Caucasian adjika

6-8 tablespoons flour for breading

for batter:

500 grams of premium flour

0.5 liters of light weak beer

2 eggs

1/2 teaspoon salt

for deep fat:

1 liter refined vegetable oil

Separate the pink salmon fillet from the skin and cut into sticks 4-5 centimeters long, and about 1-1.5 centimeters wide and high. Lubricate the fish pieces evenly with adjika.

Prepare the batter. In a deep bowl, whisk together the flour, eggs and beer. Salt. Leave for 20 minutes for the gluten to swell. The dough should be as thick as sour cream.

Heat vegetable oil in a small saucepan.

Take fish pieces one at a time. Roll on all sides in flour. Dip in batter. Take out of the batter and let the excess dough drain. Dip in fryer. Try not to drop too much at once. The battered fish pieces should float freely in the oil without sticking to each other. Fry the fish in batter on both sides. In a well-heated oil, the pieces should immediately float up and the dough should “swell”. You need to fry no more than 5-7 minutes on each side. Remove the fish from the oil with a slotted spoon and be sure to put it in a colander beforehand. And then shift, simultaneously separating drops of fried dough - they will only spoil the look of the finished dish.

Such a dish is usually served either on a common large plate or on portioned plates - laying out a "hut" and eating with your hands. If you are cooking for a buffet table, you can stick skewers or toothpicks.

Stuffed chicken legs (boiled)

Legs stuffed with pepper and cheese are one of my favorite dishes. According to the method of preparation - boiling and natural gelling - it can also be attributed to galantines.

For 4-8 servings you will need:

2 large chicken legs with whole skin, about 500 grams each

1 raw egg

1 large red lettuce pepper (or different colors)

200 grams of Adyghe cheese

1/2 teaspoon salt

Rinse well-thawed chicken legs, carefully remove the skin from them, chop off the bone at the base.

Remove the meat from the bones and cut it into small pieces.

Remove stem and seeds from lettuce peppers. Cut the pulp of pepper and Adyghe cheese into small cubes, add chopped chicken meat, raw egg and salt. Mix well.

Fill the "stockings" removed from the legs with the resulting mass, fasten the holes with toothpicks.

Lay the stuffed chicken legs on the bottom of the pan and fill with water so that the water covers the chicken legs only 1-2 centimeters.

Bring to a boil and lower the heat. Cook at a very low boil for another 40 minutes.

Cool the chicken legs without removing from the broth. Then take out and remove the toothpicks.

I usually make this dish ahead of time and leave it overnight in the fridge.

Before serving, cut the chicken legs into slices of 1-1.5 centimeters thick and arrange on a dish.

Looks very elegant.

There is one more small addition. A couple of times I made a mistake in choosing the legs for this dish. Their peel had holes through which my filling fell out. Then I wrapped each stuffed leg in several layers of cling film. Then she filled it with water and put a plate on top, and a jar of water on it: an impromptu press was obtained, which did not allow the film to unfold during boiling. Under it, it is necessary to cool the legs.

Remove the film from the cooled chicken legs. Cooking "under the film" will not affect the appearance or taste.

Do children need a lot to be happy? To spend a wonderful holiday, the most anticipated of all, with family and close friends, and even in such a way that it will be remembered for a long time. And caring parents will help in this - for this they need to prepare in advance and carefully plan everything. On the eve of a child's birthday, especially such a round date as 10 years old, every mother wonders, so what to cook on the table? And if you decide to celebrate this event at home, then the tips of the Zatusim resource will be useful to you.

It is, of course, easier to assemble a table for the birthday of a child of 10 years old than for younger children, for whom the list of food products is limited. But it is still important to choose fresh and high-quality ingredients for cooking.

When compiling the menu, try not to use extravagant products and recipes, especially if you are not sure that your child and guests will want to eat it.

It is best to choose food that is familiar to the baby, but prepared in a special way.

By nature, we tend to separate food, and in children this is especially pronounced. Therefore, the simpler the treats are, the more the guys will like them.

Choose less fatty foods and try not to use frying when cooking, because tasty food can be cooked correctly and be healthy.

If other children were invited to the birthday party, then it would not be superfluous to ask mothers about the presence of allergic reactions or other restrictions on products.

Another important aspect is safety. Keeping track of active children in the heat of the holiday is not easy, so make sure your food and table are as safe as possible.

Children are very fond of fresh fruits and vegetables - when serving them, make sure that the treats are well washed and, if possible, pitted.

Avoid fish with bones, complex sandwiches, spicy foods, and foods that are highly allergenic.

Fish dishes should be abandoned, because even after a thorough check, small bones may remain, and if someone chokes, the holiday can be completely ruined. And not all children like to eat fish.

Children's birthday menu options

Chicken dishes are an excellent option for hot dishes - most children treat it positively.

Baked legs in batter will definitely appeal to 10-year-olds - they are delicious and convenient to eat with your hands. This treat is easy to prepare and can be fun to decorate with paper tassels.

Give preference to simple salads that can be laid out in bowls. Arrange the filling in shortbread baskets or tartlets.

Children are much more interested in helping themselves to such snacks than sitting in front of a plate overflowing with heavy salads.

Prepare small sandwiches with homemade boiled pork, cheese or pate. But it is better to avoid smoked meats and sausages.

An excellent solution for a festive table is various canapés decorated on skewers - such a treat will definitely be eaten.

Avoid the abundance of purchased sweets and candies, many delicious desserts can be prepared at home.

The birthday menu for a 10-year-old girl can be varied with all kinds of fruit and berry jellies, mousses. Milkshakes and chocolate puddings also make great table decorations.

It is better to replace carbonated drinks with natural juices and fruit drinks. The time of bottled cola and forfeit on the tables is over, and every mother who cares about the health of her children is able to prepare delicious and healthy drinks.

Cooking meals that kids love

Almost any healthy dish can be transformed into a children's menu for 10-year-old guests. But there are treats that children especially like. We will include them in our menu.

Snacks, sandwiches and canapes

Small snack sandwiches and canapes make a great menu base for a 10 year old's birthday. Make small sandwiches. The ideal size is 5x5 cm, so they are much more convenient to eat.

Products can be cut into various shapes (stars, circles, fish) using molds and put on skewers. It is desirable that the skewers are not very sharp, which will exclude injuries.

You can string anything on skewers: fruits, vegetables, cheese, cold cuts, bread. Alternate colors - so the appetizer will look much more interesting.

If the holiday takes place outdoors or in the woods by the fire, prepare to delight the children.

Homemade birthday pizza

For the anniversary of 10 years, a girl or a boy can cook pizza. Children simply adore it, and will prefer it to many other dishes.

Such an Italian open pie can be both the main treat on the table and a small snack. It all depends on the filling you choose and how you serve it.

You can bake one large pizza or make small portioned treats.

The golden rule of baby food is the simpler the better. Therefore, chicken, cheese, pickled cucumbers, tomato sauce are perfect as ingredients for pizza.

Do not overload it with olives or onions - children often do not eat these foods.

In the summer, you can not do without cooling drinks. This is where homemade lemonade comes in handy.

To make lemonade you will need:

• water;
• lemon;
• sugar.

The proportions of the ingredients are arbitrary. Usually, juice and zest of 1 lemon is enough for 1 liter of water. But everything will depend on the size and freshness, acidity of the fruit. Add sugar to taste as well. For 3 liters of drink, 1 glass of granulated sugar is consumed.

Wash the lemon thoroughly and scald with boiling water. Remove the zest from the citrus on a grater.

Squeeze out all the juice, then strain to remove the seeds.

Boil water and add zest and sugar to it. Continue to boil the drink for another 10 minutes.

Cool the syrup and pour in the squeezed lemon juice.

Lemonade is ready! Store in the refrigerator in a sealed container.

It will take 1 kilogram of ripe strawberries. You can use wild strawberries or wild strawberries, or other berries that are in season.

To prepare a delicious smoothie in a tall container, mix 2 cups of juice (fruit drink), berries, pieces of melon, banana.

Beat the resulting mixture well with a blender until a homogeneous consistency.
Pour into tall glasses and garnish with fruit. This drink will be a great addition to any appetizer or dessert.

Interesting recipes using berries in the material.

10th birthday cakes

What birthday is complete without a cake - its appearance almost always becomes the culmination of the holiday.

Of course, mothers always have a choice - to order a birthday cake for a 10-year-old boy in a pastry shop or bake it at home on their own.

If you have free time, the second option is preferable, since you will know exactly what ingredients the cake for children is made from.

The safety rules for components and preparation remain relevant for the first anniversary.

In addition, there are recipes for amazingly delicious and easy-to-prepare treats, starting with and ending with desserts, cupcakes, muffins.

Jelly cake without baking

Even if there is no experience in preparing complex pastries, making jelly is not difficult. In addition, there is a place for creative experiments and the embodiment of the most incredible ideas.

For cooking you will need:

• butter;
• shortbread cookies;
• cinnamon;
• fruits;
• gelatin;
• chocolate;
• heavy cream;
• curd;
• powdered sugar.

For the base, we prepare butter, cookies and cinnamon. Mix the ingredients thoroughly and tamp in a detachable cake mold. We send it to the freezer for 15-20 minutes.

For the next jelly layer, you can choose any filler - fruits, berries, chocolate. The most beautiful cake will turn out if you combine several layers.

We prepare the gelatin mixture according to the instructions on the package, add melted chocolate and heavy cream - 200 ml. Stir and send to simmer over low heat, not bringing to a boil.

In a blender, mix 200 g of the curd mass with the prepared chocolate mixture and add 50 g of powdered sugar. Put it on the base of the cake and send it to harden in the cold.

At this time, prepare the next layer.

Add berry juice, chopped fruits and berries to the new gelatin mixture. Let it brew a little and fill it with the first layer after it has hardened.

The number of layers and their content can be combined as you wish. Decorate the cake to your taste - fresh berries or almond flakes, chocolate chips or marzipan figurines.

A birthday cake for a 10 year old girl can be not only a delicious treat, but also a great activity for your child.

Involve the young birthday girl in the cooking process, giving her freedom for creativity.

Such joint chores on the eve of the holiday will definitely appeal to girls and even some boys.

Festive table setting

It is important to remember that children are not adults who are ready to sit at the table for hours at a holiday.

Most likely, the holiday will not do without competitions and games, where only at intervals the kids will run up to the table and have something to eat and chew on the go. Try to create comfortable conditions for them.

Plastic unbreakable dishes will help out, small portions of food that are convenient to take from the table.

Drinking glasses can be written with the names of guests, use resealable bottles for cocktails and smoothies with straws.

Treats can be decorated in the form of animal figurines or cartoon characters. Fruits and vegetables are fun to cut with the help of special kitchen utensils.

Summing up, we highlight the main points that must be considered when compiling the children's birthday menu:

1. Think over in advance the dishes for the birthday of a child of 10 years.
2. Avoid complicated recipes and extravagant ingredients.
3. It is better to serve familiar products, but prepared in an original way.
4. Homemade pizza will be a great treat for a 10 year old children's birthday.
5. Use fewer purchased sweets - delicious desserts can and should be prepared at home.
6. Carbonated drinks are easy to replace with fruit drinks, compotes or juices.
7. Try making a delicious cake that doesn't need to be baked.

Beautifully set the table and dishes, then your child and guests will definitely be satisfied.

Video: children's holiday menu

What and how to cook for a children's holiday is shown in detail in the video:

The menu for a birthday party at home for 10 people is quite simple and quick to compose. On our site you can find a huge number of recipes that include the simplest and most inexpensive products. In this article, we have compiled a complete menu.

In the correct menu for a birthday, when it is planned to gather in a close circle of 10 people, it necessarily includes several appetizers and salads. You can not do without satisfying. Many types of desserts will be easier and cheaper to make yourself than to buy in a store.

Menu for a birthday at home for 10 people (photo)

Lavash rolls with red fish

This is a versatile snack option. In general, absolutely any ingredients can be put in pita bread so that the snacks on the festive table are varied. If the budget does not allow you to buy red fish, then exactly the same appetizer can be prepared, for example, with canned fish.

What do you need:
One thin pita;
200 grams of soft cheese (you can take processed cheese);
Dill fresh;
200 grams of slightly salted red fish;

Lavash must be carefully unfolded in one layer. Spread evenly with cheese, then lay out small and thin pieces of red fish. It remains to sprinkle with finely chopped greens and roll up the roll. If you are preparing a snack in advance, then the roll can simply be wrapped in foil, and cut across into thin portioned pieces just before serving.

Salad with crab sticks and oranges

A great option that can be included in the birthday menu at home for 10 people in winter. If desired, the salad can be served in portions, laying it in the cleaned orange rugs.

What do you need:
250 grams of crab sticks;
Three oranges;
Bank of canned corn;
Three chicken eggs;
A couple of cloves of garlic;
Mayonnaise;

The eggs will need to be boiled, the corn drained from the liquid. Finely chop the ingredients and mix in a salad bowl. Before slicing oranges, we recommend peeling them from the film. As for garlic, it must be processed with a press, mixed with mayonnaise. Season the original bright salad with garlic mayonnaise. You can still cook.

Salad with cheese and chicken

This is a fairly traditional combination of products that turns out to be relevant in any situation. Chicken makes the salad hearty, but leaves it dietary.

What do you need:
250 grams of boiled chicken breast;
Three chicken eggs;
One large green apple;
100 grams of hard cheese;
Dill;
A few tablespoons of mayonnaise;

Wait until the breast has cooled, cut into small pieces. Peel the apple, grate on a coarse grater. Grate the cheese the same way. Boil eggs and cut into medium cubes. Mix the ingredients and season with mayonnaise, sprinkle with herbs on top.

Pork with potatoes and apples (in the oven)

The menu for a birthday at home for 10 people for a child or an adult must include a hot dish. We suggest leaving your choice on the given universal recipe.

What do you need:
500 grams of pork;
Two medium green apples;
Five large tubers of potatoes;
500 ml sour cream;
Half a glass of water;
Salt, ground red pepper (paprika);

At the very beginning, turn on the oven at 200 degrees so that it has time to warm up. Wash the meat, remove the membranes and cut into small pieces. Also cut an apple, a potato. To prepare the sauce, sour cream and water, paprika and salt are mixed.
Take an oven dish and grease it with vegetable oil. Lay the pork and apples first, mix. Next lay out the potatoes. Pour sauce over everything. Send for an hour in the oven.

Cookie Chocolate Sausage

Of course, birthday is with tea. If you are already tired of ordinary cakes, we suggest preparing delicious chocolate sausage for tea.

What do you need:
600 grams of cookies for tea;
Bank of condensed milk;
A pack of butter at room temperature;
Seven tablespoons of cocoa;
150 grams of nut kernels;

Put the cookies in a large bowl and knead to make a round crumb. Chop half of the nuts and leave half whole. Mix everything with cookies, add cocoa, butter and condensed milk. Mix the mixture with your hands (it will not be possible to do this with a spoon).

Divide the mass into three parts. Put each on cling film and twist in the form of a roll. Close the ends, put in the freezer. Take out just before serving, cut into portioned slices when serving on the festive table.

The menu for a birthday party at home for 10 people is quite simple to compose. Let it include several appetizers and salads, one hearty main course and, of course, dessert.

Making a menu for 15 people: recipes and cooking

SNACKS

SALADS

HOT DISHES

GARNISHES

BEVERAGES

DESSERT

And again a holiday! Good friends and relatives are invited home! A man of commercials 15 ... Again, a luxurious feast is planned, which will abound with delicious and hearty dishes. But what? What to cook and what menu to choose if there is a banquet for 15 people? Tired of the standard Russian salad, herring under a fur coat and mashed potatoes ... I want something original. And at the same time, it is necessary that all dishes are not only tasty, if possible useful, but also beautiful. Therefore, we highlight the basic principles and recipes for a good modern menu:

• dishes must be tested by experience;
• quite simple and not very long to prepare;
• look aesthetically pleasing (be presented beautifully designed);
• be universal (suitable for both adults and children).

Announcements related to the request

So, let's make an approximate festive menu for 15 people. Consider six sections: appetizers, salads, hot dishes, side dishes, drinks, desserts. Let's start with snacks.

SNACKS

1). 101 canapes

Of course, the point is not to cook 101 canapés (usually skewers). It’s just that this recipe is so versatile that for each new feast, you can surprise your guests again and again with one such dish.

The basis for the canapes will be:

• cracker,
• baked puff pastry slices,
• hard cheese;
• white, black, gray bread, cut into curly slices (for example, triangles, diamonds, circles - using a glass);
• toast;
• ready-made baskets from unleavened dough.

Filling for canapes (can be combined to taste):

• salted cottage cheese, butter, cheese, curd cheese;
• salted red fish, herring;
• red, black caviar;
• shrimp, mussels;
• ham, boiled pork, boiled meat, sausage;
• hard cheese;
• boiled eggs (chicken or quail)

Canape decoration:

• greens (lettuce, parsley, cilantro, spinach, dill, etc.);
• slices of lemon, lime, tangerine, kiwi;
• olives;
• grape;
• cherry tomato halves;
• slices of radish, cucumber;
• cumin, coriander, sesame seeds;
• other.

As an option, you can serve small rolls of pita bread to the table. They look just as elegant and appetizing as the usual ones. For example, put cucumber slices, lettuce leaves and salmon slices sprinkled with lemon on a pita leaf smeared with cream cheese. Roll up the roll and refrigerate for an hour. Cut into small pieces before serving.

1. Cheese roll with pistachios and chicken

Very tasty dish of medium complexity. It is worth working on it, because the result will certainly delight guests with excellent taste.

Ingredients:

• 700 g of cheese "Russian";
• 100 g of peeled pistachios;
• 400 g of cottage cheese;
• 1 PC. yellow sweet pepper;
• 500 g chicken fillet;
• 4 tbsp canned corn;
• 2 tbsp vegetable oil;
• 1 tsp curry powder;
• parsley;
• salt to taste.

Cooking process:

• 1. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater and put it on a baking sheet, on parchment (evenly distribute). Place in preheated to 90 degrees. oven for 10 minutes (until the cheese is completely melted). Take out, let the cheese mass cool;
  2. Pour chicken fillet with hot salted water and cook until tender (about 25 minutes);
  3. Put the paper with the cheese mass on the work surface and roll out with a rolling pin, covering with a second sheet of parchment paper. Form a rectangle;
  4. Chilled boiled chicken fillet cut into strips, season with pepper and curry;
  5. Cut the sweet pepper into cubes, chop the pistachios with a knife;
  6. Mix cottage cheese with pistachios, sweet pepper, parsley and corn. Salt the mass to taste;
  7. Put the prepared filling on the cheese layer, distribute evenly. Roll up the roll and wrap it in food foil. Place in the refrigerator for 3-4 hours;
  8. Cut into slices and arrange beautifully on a dish.

1. Antipasti - puffs with olives

Bring some Italian flair into your holiday feast. Antipasti is the Italian name for warming dishes before the main dishes. I mean, just appetizers. This recipe will surprise you with its simplicity, and the dish prepared according to it will delight guests with a piquant, rich taste.

Ingredients:

• 1 pack of yeast-free puff pastry;
• 2 jars of pitted black olives (or olives - for an amateur, with them the appetizer is more salty);
• 200 g of sausages;
• greens (for decoration).

Attention: to prepare such an appetizer, you will need long wooden skewers. Soak them in water overnight!

Cooking process:

1. Roll out the dough and carefully cut into strips no more than 1 cm wide.
2. String olives or olives on a skewer alternately with pieces of sausage;
3. Take two strips of dough and fasten them at the base of the skewer on the last olive. Carefully wrap the olives and sausage wedges with the dough, crossing the strips as shown.
4. Fold the cooked skewers on a prepared baking sheet, which is sent to a preheated to 200 degrees. oven for about 15-20 minutes (until baking test strips).

SALADS

1. diner

Snack salads are very easy to prepare, but no less tasty. This salad will be a great addition to the rest of the festive dishes. Served with both olive oil and mayonnaise (optional).

Ingredients:

• 600 g of ham;
• 8 pcs. chicken eggs;
• 4 things. tomato;
• 600 g of Chinese cabbage;
• 400 g canned corn;
• 5-6 tbsp olive oil (can be substituted for mayonnaise if desired)
• salt, pepper (to taste).

Cooking process:

1. Boil hard-boiled eggs. Gently grind;
2. Cut ham into strips;
3. Chop Chinese cabbage into small pieces;
4. Wash and cut into slices tomatoes;
5. Prepare canned corn by draining water from it;
6. Mix all the ingredients, salt and pepper the base, season with oil or mayonnaise.

   Salad-cocktail "Glamour"

This salad, first of all, will surprise guests with its serving. And it is served in portions - in wine glasses with beautifully stacked layers. In addition, the dish will please with its exquisite taste, despite a very simple set of ingredients.

Ingredients:

• 500 g shrimp;
• 4 things. medium apples;
• 2-3 pcs. medium carrots;
• 4 tbsp. l. lemon juice;
• 2-3 pcs. cucumber;
• a small bunch of parsley;
• 7 tbsp light mayonnaise;
• salt (to taste).

Cooking process:

• 1. Boil the peeled shrimp in salted water (no more than 3 minutes). Throw away in a colander. Cool down;
  2. Wash, peel and grate apples, sprinkle them with lemon juice;
  3. Wash cucumbers and carrots, peel and also grate (preferably on a grater for Korean carrots). As an option, carrots can be pre-fried in vegetable oil;
  4. Put cucumbers, carrots, apples in layers in bowls or wine glasses. Lubricate all layers with mayonnaise;
  5. Lay the shrimp in the top layer (small ones do not require chopping, large ones can be cut into 3-4 parts);
  6. Decorate the salad with herbs and cool slightly.

1. Salad "Watermelon slice"

A very elegant, hearty salad will effectively decorate the festive table. It is based on simple, affordable products. And the main "trick" - in the design. If we are talking about a festive menu for 15 people, it is better to prepare two separate servings of salad - let two bright slices of watermelon flaunt on the table.

Ingredients for 2 individual servings:

For the base:

• 1 kg chicken fillet;
• 2 cans of pickled champignons;
• 2 pcs. medium carrots;
• 14 pcs. chicken eggs;
• 600 g of cheese;
• mayonnaise;
• salt (to taste).

For decoration (top layer):

• 3 pcs. cucumber;
• 5 pieces. tomato;
• 8-9 olives.

Cooking process:

• 1. Cool the chicken boiled in salted water, finely chop;
  2. Eggs and carrots also boil and chop into small cubes;
  3. Cut mushrooms into small pieces;
  4. Cheese grate on a fine grater;
  5. Prepare the salad base by mixing chopped chicken, carrots, eggs, cheese (leave a little grated cheese for decoration). Season the whole mass with mayonnaise and salt to taste;
  6. Put the cooked base on a wide dish, forming an impromptu slice of watermelon;
  7. Finely chop fresh tomatoes and cucumbers.
  8. Garnish the outer side of the slice with cucumbers (in the shape of a crescent), and the inner side with tomatoes. On the tomato part lay out the grains from the chopped olives.

HOT DISHES

1. mushroom julienne

Preparing the dish is not very difficult and not very long, but it is one of the favorite dishes of most of us. The only inconvenience of its preparation is the need for a sufficient number of cocotte makers (small portion ladles). In our case, these will require 15 pieces.

Ingredients:

• 900 g of champignons;
• 900 g chicken fillet:
• 5 pieces. large bulbs;
• 750 g sour cream;
• 450 g of hard cheese;
• 150 g butter;
• 6 tbsp flour;
• vegetable oil (for frying);
• salt, pepper (to taste).

Cooking process:

• 1. Cut well-washed, dried mushrooms into thin plates and fry in vegetable oil, drain;
  2. Beat the chicken fillet, cut, fry in a pan until half cooked (without the formation of a golden crust);
  3. Finely chopped onion fry until golden brown;
  4. Prepare a sauce of sour cream, flour and butter (mix the mass thoroughly);
  5. Put all the ingredients in a frying pan, pour over the sauce, salt, pepper and simmer over low heat until the liquid evaporates;
  6. Grate cheese on a medium grater;
  7. Arrange the prepared mass in cocotte makers, cover with cheese chips and send to the preheated oven for 15 minutes.

Meatloaf "Two in One"

Excellent meat dish - very hearty and tasty. A real gastronomic feast, especially for gourmet meat-eaters.

Ingredients:

• 1.4 kg of ground beef;
• 700 g bacon;
• 1 st. chopped onion;
• 2/3 cup barbecue sauce (homemade or store bought)
• 24 pcs. crackers;
• 2 pcs. chicken eggs;
• 2 tbsp. l. mustard;
• 2 tsp chili powder;
• salt, pepper (to taste).

Cooking process

• 1. Prepare minced meat, put finely chopped onions into it;
  2. Season the mass with barbecue sauce to taste;
  3. Add mustard and all seasonings, spices;
  4. Break eggs into the meat mass, add chopped crackers (breadcrumbs or crumbs of a dried loaf). Everything is good, mix thoroughly;

• 1. Lay out the bacon slices, spread the seasoned minced meat evenly over them in the center. Roll up the bacon slices. Place the resulting roll (or several rolls) on a baking sheet lined with foil or parchment paper (seam down);
  2. Grease the roll prepared for baking again with a little barbecue sauce;
  3. Place the dish in the oven, preheated to 175 degrees. Bake for about an hour;
  4. The finished roll should be allowed to cool slightly, cut into portions.

1. Poultry (chicken) with oranges oven.

This recipe is versatile. It can be used to cook not only chicken, but also other poultry. This dish turns out juicy, fragrant, very tasty. And it looks great on the holiday table.

Ingredients

• 1 large chicken (or other bird of your choice)
• 400-500 g oranges (sweet and thin-skinned);
• 5 tooth garlic;
• salt, herbs, honey and mustard to taste.

Cooking process:

1. Grate the prepared chicken carcass with a mixture of seasonings, spices and salt, coat with honey;
2. Wash the oranges, pour over with boiling water and then with cold water;
3. Peel the garlic, cut each clove in half lengthwise;

1. Put the carcass back down on the prepared baking sheet. Make a pocket on the back side (separating the skin from the meat with your hand). Put orange slices in it. Similarly, make a pocket from the bottom of the carcass (from the back) and also chop it with orange slices;
2. Fill the inner cavity with chopped garlic and oranges;
3. With culinary twine or a strong thick thread, tie the legs of the bird and overlay the carcass on the outside with the remaining orange slices;
4. Send the chicken to preheated to 180 degrees. oven, bake for about 2 hours, periodically pouring over the juice that stands out. The finished chicken should have a golden crust, and when pierced, the liquid coming out of it should be transparent.

Note:

Such a stuffed bird can also be cooked in a roasting sleeve. Only then, for the formation of a crust, should the sleeve be slightly opened about 20 minutes before readiness.

GARNISHES

1. Normandy potatoes

Delicious and, most importantly, very beautiful dish. Such a side dish will dress up a festive feast and will surely please the guests.

Ingredients:

• 15 large potatoes;
• 200 g of hard cheese;
• 5 pieces. egg yolks;
• 5 tbsp sour cream.

Cooking process:

1. Bake well-washed potatoes in the oven until cooked (readiness can be checked with a toothpick);
2. Cut each potato in half lengthwise, scoop out the flesh with a spoon;
3. Mash the potatoes with a fork, adding sour cream, egg yolks and salt. Mix everything well;
4. Grate the cheese on a fine grater, add to the potato mass;
5. Fill the potato halves with the prepared mixture, apply a pattern on top using a confectionery press with the desired nozzle (or simply lay it out beautifully with a fork). Place in preheated to 250 degrees. oven, bake until golden brown.

1. Rice with nuts and raisins

This side dish goes well with both fish and meat. And it is prepared quite simply and quickly. For 15 small servings you will need:

• 3 cups of rice;
• 2 small onions;
• 5 cloves of garlic;
• 7 tbsp raisins;
• 300 almonds or walnuts;
• 200 g butter (vegetable or butter);
• greenery;
• salt to taste.

Cooking process

• 1. Melt a few tablespoons of butter in a large frying pan or cauldron, fry finely chopped onion on it until transparent, add garlic;
  2. Pour rice, mixing well with the toasted mass. Fry it for a few minutes;
  3. Pour in 6 cups of water, add salt and bring everything to a boil. Reduce the heat, leaving the mass to languish for 20-30 minutes (until all the water is absorbed);
  4. Melt a little butter in a separate frying pan and fry raisins, parsley, chopped nuts on it. Fill the rice with the prepared mixture.

1. Garlic lasagne "Ajada"

This is a very unconventional type of lasagna, for which the sauce is very important. It is he who gives the dish the necessary piquancy and richness. The dish is quick and easy to prepare, and on the festive table it will be more than appropriate.

Ingredients:

• 3 packs of lasagna;
• 300 ml of olive oil;
• 200 g butter;
• 300 g of Parmesan cheese;
• 500 g walnuts;
• 9 cloves of garlic;
• 300 g breadcrumbs.

Cooking process:

1. Drop the nuts in boiling water for 5 minutes. Drain the water, peel the nuts and chop, mixing with garlic and breadcrumbs (a rough paste should turn out);
2. Add olive oil while continuing to beat the mass. You should get a homogeneous sauce. Add salt and pepper to it to taste;
3. Boil the lasagne sheets in water until half cooked (do not drain the water). Prepare baking dishes by greasing them with butter (at least two forms will be required for this amount of dish). Put a sheet of lasagna, pour a little sauce on it, season with butter and sprinkle with grated parmesan. Repeat the process with all of the lasagne sheets. Top layer - sauce and parmesan;
4. Along the perimeter of the puff mass on a baking sheet, pour water from pasta cooking (a small amount);
5. Send to the oven for 15 minutes.

BEVERAGES

1. homemade lemonade

A fresh, tasty and absolutely not harmful (unlike store-bought analogues) drink will harmoniously complement the picture of festive dishes. And it's easy to prepare!

Ingredients:

• 3 liters of sparkling water;
• 2 glasses of plain water;
• 2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 10 lemons)
• 2 cups of sugar.

Cooking process:

• 1. Pour all the sugar into a saucepan with water, heat the mixture over low heat, stirring it until the sugar is completely dissolved. Cool the syrup;
  2. Add the prepared lemon juice to the syrup, strain the liquid;
  3. Add soda before serving. Its quantity should be adjusted to your taste.

1. Ginger drink.

With this drink you wish your guests good health. And you will be very pleased with those who are worried about their figure - after all, ginger is one of the first in the list of products for weight loss! And what a useful spice! Ginger contains 1-3% essential oils and many amino acids, minerals, vitamins.

Ingredients:

4 tbsp grated ginger;

1 PC. lemon;

4 tbsp honey.

Cooking process:

• Boil water with chopped lemon zest in a saucepan;
• Grate ginger on a fine grater and add to the prepared syrup;
• Cool the drink a little, flavor with honey and lemon juice.
• If desired, the taste can be adjusted by adding more sugar.

1. Non-alcoholic mulled wine with apples

A multicomponent drink with an unforgettable taste. And also a powerful anti-cold remedy. Mulled wine is especially relevant in the cold season. Take the time and effort to prepare it and your guests will be very grateful to you!

Ingredients:

• 6 art. grape juice;
• 1 st. water;
• 1 PC. apple;
• 4 tbsp lemon peel;
• 4 tbsp orange peel;
• 1 tsp cloves;
• 2 tsp cinnamon;
• 8 pcs. black peppercorns;
• 4 tbsp raisins;
• ginger, cardamom, sugar (to taste).

Cooking process:

1. Pour water and juice into the pan, put it to languish over low heat;
2. Add lemon and orange zest, raisins;
3. Peel the apple and cut into small cubes. Pour into a liquid base;
4. Flavor the drink with spices: allspice, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, cardamom. Stir and wait until the mulled wine is well heated. But! Do not bring to a boil! (it is important);
5. Turn off the fire, and cover the drink with a lid for infusion. Leave for 5 minutes.

DESSERT

1. Cake "Rahat"

Needless to say, this cake is delicious! You just have to try it!

Ingredients:

• 6 pcs. egg whites;
• 385 g of granulated sugar;
• 300 g of peanuts;
• 3 tbsp flour or starch;
• 50 g of water;
• 2 tbsp condensed milk;
• 150 g butter;
• 2-3 tbsp apple jam;
• 1 tsp cocoa powder;
• vanillin.

Cooking process:

1. Ignite in a frying pan and peel the nuts from the husk. Grind them in a blender;

1. It is necessary to separately make three servings of protein-nut paste for three cakes. For one cake, take 2 egg whites, beat them into a strong foam, adding a little bit of sugar;
2. 4 tbsp mix peanuts with 1 tbsp. flour or starch. Gently fold this mixture into the beaten egg whites, mixing from top to bottom;
3. Put the resulting mass on a baking sheet, level it with a thickness of 5-7 mm (in the form of a circle - an approximate diameter of about 20 cm);
4. Bake at a temperature of 160 degrees. about 2 hours (you need to make sure that the cake does not dry out, but does not remain wet);
5. Thus, bake three cakes. It is advisable to let them lie down for 12 hours;
6. Prepare buttercream. First, cook milk-sugar syrup - pour 85 g of sugar into 50 g of boiling water, after boiling add condensed milk and bring to a boil. Simmer on a low boil for 10 minutes. Cool the syrup;
7. Beat the butter, after softening it. Add prepared chilled sugar syrup to it in a thin stream, pour in vanillin. You should get an airy, light cream that does not exfoliate.
8. 1/3 of the cream paint over cocoa;
9. Assemble the cake: grease the bottom cake with unpainted butter cream, the second cake with apple jam, and the top cake with chocolate cream.
10. The sides of the cake can be carefully trimmed (keep in mind that the base is very fragile). And after greasing, sprinkle with nuts. Decorate the top with buttercream.

1. Mini charlotte with pear (portioned)

Portion dessert is very convenient for a large company and fits perfectly into the festive menu for 15 people. You can cook exactly 15 servings or with a small margin. The proposed mini-rolls are prepared quite simply, look very elegant, and delight with a delicate taste. The recipe is for 16 servings.

Ingredients:

• 15 small pears;
• 6 art. flour;
• 12 tablespoons Sahara;
• 12 pcs. eggs;
• 200 ml sour cream;
• 50 g butter;
• 9 tsp baking powder;
• 5 tbsp breadcrumbs;
• powdered sugar for dusting.

Cooking process:

1. Divide 4 eggs into whites and yolks. Whisk the yolks and the rest of the eggs together with sugar;
2. Add sour cream to the resulting mass, pour flour with baking powder through a sieve, mix;
3. Prepare molds - grease with oil and sprinkle with breadcrumbs;
4. Pour the dough into moulds. Put a pear in each;
5. Send heated to 180 degrees. oven for 30-40 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar after cooking.

1. Sweets "Raffaello"

Delicate, elegant sweets will please every guest.

Ingredients:

• 120 ml of heavy cream;
• 150 g coconut;
• 50 almonds;
• 50 g butter;
• 2 white chocolate bars;
• 1 pinch of salt.

Cooking process:

1. Melt the chocolate poured with cream in a water bath, bring the mixture to a boil;
2. Cool the resulting mass to room temperature, add 30-45 g of coconut flakes, butter and a pinch of salt. Stir, refrigerate (if the base does not thicken, beat it with a mixer and refrigerate again);
3. Form sweets by placing an almond in each and rolling on top with coconut flakes. Store sweets in the refrigerator.

And, finally, here are some tips that will help you properly organize a festive feast:

Tip #1: When compiling the menu, choose different options for dishes - with fish, with meat, with mushrooms. Thus, you will prevent a situation when one of the guests for some reason does not eat one of the listed products. For example, your girlfriend does not like fish, let her treat herself to meat. And if you fast - invite her to taste mushroom food!

Tip #2: Part of the dishes should be fast food snacks: sandwiches, sliced ​​​​and so on.

Tip #3: It is advisable to have a grocery holiday NC at home. For example, preparations that, in case of a shortage of food at the table, can be quickly obtained and served as a separate dish. It can be stuffed tomatoes, lecho, salads and other preservation.

In fact, the banquet menu and step-by-step recipes for 15 people presented in the article have been tested on our own experience, you can take it as an example and make your own version, which, in principle, is not so difficult. Modernity offers an immense variety of recipes! There would be a desire to cook delicious homemade holiday food for your loved ones.

Sometimes creating a menu for a birthday becomes a difficult task for the hostess. Every time you want to please your guests with delicious dishes and surprise with unusual recipes. And every time the hostess faces the question of the family budget: How tasty and beautiful to feed guests without spending a lot of money? Many years of experience show that the optimal holiday menu scheme looks like this:

1. two or three salads;
2. several snacks;
3. the second festive dish with a side dish.

Despite the fact that you always want to save money, you should not refuse one dish of expensive products. An example of such a dish is sandwiches with good caviar or baked salmon. The main decoration of the table can be a beautifully decorated cut of vegetables or fruits. Do not make several mayonnaise salads. It is better to make one original, the guests will appreciate it.

MAIN MENU FOR BIRTHDAY AT HOME FOR 10 PEOPLE:

FRENCH MEAT

• potato
• any meat
• spices

To cook meat in French, you need any meat. Pork is traditionally used, but a recipe using chicken meat is common. It should be fresh, cut into 1.5 cm thick across the grain. Such cutting of meat will allow it to remain tender and juicy. You will also need an onion, which is cut into rings and marinated in vinegar in advance. In the original French meat recipe, the main thing is to follow the sequence of laying out the products. On a greased baking sheet, meat is laid out, tightly to each other. Then onions and sliced ​​potatoes. All this is topped with spices and grated cheese. The dish is baked in the oven for about an hour.

MEAT "Accordion"

• pork or beef
• tomato
• mushrooms
• garlic, spices

Meat baked with an accordion is quite simple to prepare. For this, a long piece of meat is taken, cuts are made so that the thickness of the plate is one and a half centimeters. A slice of cheese, a circle of tomato and crushed garlic are placed in each cut. Mushrooms also cut into plates and put on a baking sheet next to the meat. Wrap everything in foil and bake for an hour and a half. Traditionally, mashed potatoes are used to serve meat as a side dish. However, potatoes are already in the "meat in French" dish, so to diversify the festive table, you can cook a side dish of rice with vegetables.

RICE WITH VEGETABLES IN THE MULTICOOKER

• carrot
• tomato
• frozen vegetable mix (corn, beans, peppers)
• tomato paste, spices

To cook rice with vegetables in a slow cooker, a lot of work is not required. Just chop the vegetables finely, put them in the multicooker bowl along with the pre-fried frozen vegetable mixture. Pour rice on top and pour water so that it covers the rice completely. Season everything with vegetable oil, tomato paste and spices. Turn on the multicooker in the "Rice" or "Cereals" mode for an hour and a half. After cooking, mix everything and serve.

SALADS AND SNACKS FOR BIRTHDAY AT HOME FOR 10 PEOPLE

As mentioned earlier, do not repeat in salads. For a menu for 10 people, it is enough to prepare one mayonnaise salad, one vegetable salad and various cold appetizers.

SALAD "TENDERNESS"

From the variety of salads with mayonnaise, it is preferable to choose puff salads. One of these simple but delicious salads is the Tenderness salad.

• crab sticks
• boiled eggs
• boiled carrots
• grated cheese
• mayonnaise

There are several versions of this salad. In the first, each grated ingredient is separately mixed with mayonnaise. In the second, grated products are smeared with sauce layer by layer. The order of the layers is determined only by the tastes and preferences of the household.

SALAD WITH CUCUMBERS AND WHITE BEANS

• Chinese cabbage
• cucumbers
• can of canned beans
• sour cream for dressing, spices to taste

Chop all ingredients into thin strips. Rinse the beans from the marinade and add to the greens. Season everything with sour cream and spices. If desired, the salad can be varied with other fresh vegetables, as well as boiled eggs.

No meal is complete without cold appetizers. They make the feast varied, and a beautifully decorated appetizer will decorate the festive menu. For a modest holiday for 10 people, it is enough to cook several types of snacks.

LAVASH ROLL WITH SALMON

• smoked salmon
• pita
• bell pepper
• processed cheese
• herbs, garlic

This appetizer combines the salty taste of fish and buttery cheese. Grate melted cheese mixed with garlic on thin pita bread. Top with herbs, finely chopped pepper and lay out the fish. Roll up, slice and serve. Such an appetizer will become tastier if it stands in the refrigerator for a while and soaks. To do this, the roll should be wrapped in cling film and left overnight or for several hours.

KOREAN-STYLE SQUID SNACK

• squid carcasses
• onion, carrot, garlic
• vinegar
• seasoning in Korean
• sunflower oil

Rinse squid carcasses, boil and chop into strips. Also chop the vegetables into strips. Fry the onion in sunflower oil until golden brown. Mix everything in a large bowl, season with spices, vinegar and insist in the refrigerator for several hours. In order to diversify the recipe, some add bell peppers, zucchini or another vegetable.

In addition to all this, not a single feast can do without meat and cheese cuts, as well as pickled mushrooms.

SWEET MENU FOR HOME BIRTHDAY

Every birthday must end with a sweet treat. On a sweet table for 10 people, you can prepare a fruit salad or a small cake.

FRUIT SALAD WITH ICE CREAM

• cream
• Walnut
• chocolate
• apple
• banana
• orange

Cut all fruits into medium-sized cubes, peeling and seeds. Grind the nuts, and grate the chocolate on a medium grater. Combine fruit with nuts and ice cream, mix and refrigerate. Serve sprinkled with grated chocolate.

When compiling a menu for a birthday at home for 10 people, one must not only take into account the tastes of the invited guests, but also the seasonality of the products. Thanks to the presence of these two components, a birthday will leave behind many positive impressions.