When looking at the holiday menus offered by some food magazines and websites, I wonder: “In our country, does everyone have an oil well in their garage? Or a nightstand with an inexhaustible supply of gold by the bed? Or is the point of the holiday to spend all the money on caviar and truffles, and then spend the whole January eating pasta, even home-made?”

I live in reality, not a fairy tale. I don’t have much money, but I have a lot of relatives who want to come visit me for the New Year holidays. Yes, I want to meet them with joy, feed them nourishingly and tasty. But at the same time, I have no desire to show off and prove with the language of delicacies that my life is a success.

There is one more condition in the task conditions. Relatives include people of the older generation who are accustomed to traditional dishes and cannot imagine the New Year without Olivier, herring under a fur coat and other Soviet delicacies. Therefore, I specifically select a menu of familiar dishes, without scary names or unexpected ingredients.

This is how I understand “nourishing, tasty, traditional and economical”:

Economical New Year's menu (8 dishes for 8 persons)

List of products for an economical menu for the New Year

If you collect all the products that you need for an economical menu, they will look like this:

Products:

Carrots - 6 pcs.
Garlic - 2 heads
Beetroot - 1 large
Onion - 3 pcs.
White cabbage – 2 pcs. (average)
Bell pepper - 2 pcs. (red)
Potatoes -2.5 kg
Eggs - 6 pcs.
Boiled sausage - 300-400 g.
Ready herring fillet – 250 g.
Squid - 4 pieces (carcasses, total weight approximately 600 g)
Whole chicken - 1 piece
Minced meat - 500 g (beef and pork)
Cottage cheese - 200 grams
Butter - 200 g
Sour cream - 300 g (fat content 25%)
Rosemary. – 1 tsp. (dried)
Sesame - 1 tbsp.
Oregano - 1 tsp. (dried)
Sweet paprika - 1/2 tsp.
Coriander - 1/2 tsp. (ground)
Curry - 1 tsp. (or chicken seasoning)
Dill - 2 tsp. (dried)
Adjika – 1 tsp.
Vinegar - 3 tbsp. (9%)
Canned peas - 1 can (400 g)
Pickled cucumbers - 4 pcs.
Baguette - 8 pieces
Mayonnaise - 180 g.
Olive oil - 200 ml
Honey - 70 g
Rice - 1 tbsp. (200 ml)
Tomatoes in their own juice - 500 g
Flour - 500 g
Condensed milk - 180 g
Soda - 1.5 tsp.
Sugar - 350 g

Calculation of the cost of an economical menu for the New Year

Everything is simple here:

1. A shopping list is compiled from the menu and everything is purchased in bulk at the nearest store. All products are available and can be purchased at any convenience store.

2. The total amount on the check was 2311 rubles (purchases were made in one of the supermarkets in St. Petersburg). At the time of purchase 2311 rubles = 32.6 $

When purchasing, inexpensive but high-quality products were selected. Including those that had a discount (this saved 110 rubles).

Photo of the receipt with the total amount:

The New Year's menu is a fairy tale of edible dishes on the festive table. Every housewife thinks through the menu long before New Year's Eve. With special curiosity and excitement, he chooses the dishes that he will treat his loved ones with.

Of course, every family has traditional and repeatedly tested recipes. But you always want to cook new, delicious dishes and surprise everyone present.

The wonderful holiday atmosphere begins with the New Year's feast. There are delicious and beautiful things on the table: salads, pies, drinks.

Hot dishes

Red fish rolls

Every feast begins with appetizers, and New Year's is no exception. An interesting recipe for fish rolls on skewers will immediately attract the attention of guests.

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• red fish fillet - 500 g
• soy sauce - 1 tbsp. l.
• lemon juice - 2 tbsp. l.
• dill greens - 1 tbsp. l.
• jar of stuffed olives
• ground black pepper, wooden skewers

Preparation:

1. Cut the fish into thin strips. Pepper it and pour a mixture of soy sauce and lemon juice.
2. Drain the brine from the cream. Wrap the fish strips around the olives and pierce them with a skewer so that the roll is in the middle.
3. Heat the olive brine in a frying pan and place the fish rolls in it. Once the brine returns to a boil, turn off the heat and cover the pan with a lid for 5 minutes.
4. Place the skewers with the fish rolls on a plate and sprinkle generously with chopped dill.

Red fish in dough

Fish in dough is a traditional holiday appetizer.

Required for 6 servings:

• red fish fillet - 500 g
• lemon juice - 1 tsp.
• fresh beer - 50 ml
• slaked soda - 1/2 tsp.
• highly carbonated mineral water – 100 ml
• wheat flour - 200 g
• vegetable oil, ground black pepper, salt

Preparation:

1. Beat eggs, mix with soda, salt and pepper, add flour, pour in beer and mineral water. Knead the dough to a consistency similar to pancake dough.
2. Cut the fish fillet into small slices, sprinkle with lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Let sit for 10 minutes and dry with paper towels.
3. Dip fillet pieces in batter and immediately fry in well-heated oil or in a deep fryer.
4. Blot the finished fish from excess oil on paper towels.

New Year's menu with canapés and red caviar

It’s very convenient to enjoy your first glass with small and savory canapés.

Ingredients:

• wheat bread - 300 g
• boiled eggs - 2 pcs.
• salmon caviar - 3 tbsp. l.
• butter - 6 tbsp. l.
• 1/2 lemon
• green onions

To boil eggs with cracked shells, they must be boiled in highly salted water.

Preparation:

1. Cut the eggs into slices.
2. Cut the bread into slices and carefully cut out circles from them. Brush the bread slices with some of the butter and place the egg slices on top.
3. Using a cornet, make sides 5 mm high around the egg circles from the softened remaining butter.
4. Place red caviar in the middle of each egg slice.
5. Garnish the canapes with a slice of lemon and green onion.

Homemade jellied meat

Homemade meat jellied meat is the best appetizer that you always want to try.

Required Products:

• beef shank - 1 pc.
• pork leg with claw - 1 pc.
• chicken wings or legs - 2 pcs.
• lean beef - 200-300 g
• onion - 1 pc.
• carrots - 2-3 pcs.
• garlic - 3-4 cloves
• parsley root, any greens, salt
• raw egg - 1 pc.

Cooking method:

1. Process the meat first. Scrub the leg and shank well and wash. Rinse the chicken parts. Soak all meat parts in water overnight.
2. The next day, place all the meat parts in a saucepan with a thick bottom and cover with water. The water above the meat should be 6 cm high. Bring to a boil, skim off the foam.
3. Add peeled onion, carrots and parsley root to the broth.
4. Place the pan over very low heat and cook for about 8 hours. Add water as it boils. The water should remain at the same level (6 cm above the meat). At the end of cooking, add salt to taste.
5. At the end of the eighth hour, remove all meat parts from the broth. Separate the meat from the bones and chop finely. Strain the broth through cheesecloth.

If the broth becomes cloudy, at the end of cooking, break a raw egg into it to collect small particles. And then remove the egg with a slotted spoon.

6. Finely chop the peeled garlic and herbs, mix with the chopped meat.

7. Place meat and garlic in an enamel tray with high sides. Pour in the broth. Cool, then refrigerate until completely set.

Mushroom caps stuffed with caviar

The presence of a dish with mushrooms is mandatory on the New Year's table - because they grow in the forest along with the Christmas tree.

Required for 4 servings:

• large champignons - 400 g
• sour cream - 200 g
• bacon - 50 g
• garlic - 2 cloves
• bulb
• thyme - 5 sprigs
• ground crackers - 2 tbsp. l.
• red caviar - 2 tbsp. l.
• vegetable oil, salt, pepper

Preparation:

1. Peel the mushrooms, rinse, cut off the stems and set aside. Place the caps in a heatproof tray lined with parchment.
2. Finely chop the mushroom stems along with the garlic, onion and bacon. Fry in a well-heated frying pan in vegetable oil, stirring, for 5-7 minutes until soft.
3. Add thyme leaves, sour cream and 1/2 tbsp. l. crackers. Add salt, pepper, stir and keep on fire, stirring, for another 1 minute.
4. Stuff the champignon caps with the resulting mass and sprinkle with the remaining breadcrumbs. Place in the oven at 200 degrees C for 20 minutes. Turn on the function that coats the products with a golden brown crust.
5. Remove the mushrooms from the oven and place red caviar on top of the filled caps. Ready.

Olivier salad with crab meat

The New Year's menu always includes salads of this type. And this recipe should not pass by your holiday table.

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• boiled potatoes - 2 pcs.
• medium-sized boiled carrots - 2 pcs.
• crab meat - 125 g
• fresh cucumber - 2 pcs.
• pickled cucumbers - 5 pcs.
• hard-boiled eggs - 3 pcs.
• canned peas - 30 g
• mayonnaise - 100 g

Cooking steps:

1. Cut the crab meat into cubes. If your crab is fresh, you need to boil it.
2. Cut carrots, cucumbers, potatoes and eggs into equal-sized cubes.
3. Place the cucumbers on the bottom of the plate. Season carrots, potatoes, eggs with mayonnaise separately.
4. Place a layer of carrots on top of the cucumbers, then potatoes, peas and eggs.
5. Place a layer of crab meat on top. Garnish with chives.

Tongue cocktail salad

Include this recipe in the New Year's menu, beautifully decorated and very satisfying.

Products for the recipe:

• boiled beef tongue - 120 g
• pickled red pepper pod - 1 pc.
• green peas - 2 tbsp. l.
• mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l.
• cream 35% fat - 3 tbsp. l.
• dill for garnish

To make it easier to remove the skin from hot boiled tongues, they are immersed in cold water for 2-3 minutes.

Preparation:

1. Finely chop the boiled tongue.
2. Cut the pickled red pepper into strips.
3. Place tongue, pepper in a vase, add green peas, spices to taste.
4. Season the salad with mayonnaise and cream. Sprinkle dill on top.

Delicious salad with beef fillet

Required:

• beef steaks 120 g each - 4 pcs.
• red wine vinegar - 2 tbsp. l.
• orange juice - 2 tbsp. l.
• spicy mustard - 2 tsp.
• potatoes - 2 pcs.
• green beans - 120 g
• head of green salad - 2 pcs.
• yellow paprika pod, cut into pieces - 1 pc.
• tomato - 2 pcs. cut in half
• pitted olives, cut in half
• olive oil - 4 tsp.

Preparation:

1. Place the steaks in a flat pan. In a small form, stir 1 tbsp. l. vinegar, 1 tbsp. l. orange juice, mustard and pour over steaks. Cover the steaks with a lid and marinate in the refrigerator for 30 minutes, turning occasionally.
2. Boil the potatoes in salted water for 15-20 minutes. Then drain the water and set aside for now.
3. Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan and cook beans for 10 minutes. Then cool.
4. Arrange lettuce leaves on a serving plate. Top with potatoes, beans, paprika, tomatoes and olives.
5. For seasoning, mix the remaining orange juice and mustard with half the olive oil.
6. Remove the steaks from the marinade and fry thoroughly in a frying pan. Cut them into wide strips. Place the meat on the salad, pour seasoning on top and serve.

Chicken salad with lychee, oranges, kiwi and avocado

Ingredients:

• smoked chicken breast - 300 g
• radishes - 3 pcs.
• large orange - 1 pc.
• lemon - 1 pc.
• kiwi - 2 pcs.
• avocado - 1 pc.
• can of canned lychee - 280 g

Refueling:

• mayonnaise - 150 g
• juice from canned lychees - 3 tbsp. l.
• lemon juice - 4 tbsp. l.
• cognac - 2 tbsp. l.
• salt, pepper mixture - to taste

Preparation:

1. Remove skin and bones from chicken breast. Cut it into large cubes.
2. Peel the avocado, cut in half, remove the pit and cut the flesh into large cubes.
3. Sprinkle lemon juice on the avocado to prevent it from browning.
4. Cut the zest from the orange along with the membrane. Carefully cut out the pulp.
5. Peel the kiwi, cut in half and then cut into 0.5 cm thick slices.
6. Wash the radishes, cut off the stems, cut into small slices.
7. For dressing, mix mayonnaise, lychee juice, lemon juice, cognac. Add salt and pepper. Form a salad.
8. The New Year's menu has been supplemented with a new salad with a mysterious taste.

Video on how to make New Year's salads in the shape of a Christmas tree

See how you can diversify the New Year's menu with a salad in the shape of Christmas trees.

An original idea for serving a salad creates a New Year's mood.

New Year's dish - trout with shrimp

Consider surprising your New Year's menu with a cooked dish. It should be unusual and new, like trout and shrimp.

Ingredients:

• trout – 1 kg
• peeled shrimp - 100 g
• mushrooms - 300 g
• butter - 8 tbsp. l.
• juice from 1/2 lemon
• loaf slices - 5 pcs.

Preparation:

1. Divide the fish into boneless fillets, cut into portions, salt, pepper, sprinkle with lemon juice and let sit for 30 minutes.
2. Cut the mushrooms into slices.
3. Place the fish in a mold, add pieces of butter (4 tbsp) and bake.
4. Fry the shrimp and chopped mushrooms in the remaining oil.
5. Place the fish on a dish, place mushrooms and shrimp around it, and on the side are heart-shaped croutons, cut from a loaf and fried in the oil remaining after frying the mushrooms. Decorate with lemon and herbs.
6. Diversifying the New Year's menu with the presence of trout and shrimp is the best delight of the holiday.

Goose with apples in the oven

The New Year's menu allows guests to make a choice and try a piece of aromatic goose.

Required Products:

• gutted goose - 3 kg
• sweet and sour apples – 1.5 kg
• butter - 50 g
• Antonovka apples - 10 pcs.
• cumin - 1 tsp.
• meat broth - 1/2 cup
• sour cream - 1/2 cup
• salt pepper

Cooking steps:

1. Wash the goose carcass thoroughly and remove excess fat.
2. Place the bird in a large saucepan, add water and cook until half cooked for 10 - 15 minutes in low boiling water. Then remove the goose and dry it well with a paper towel. Rub the inside and outside with a mixture of salt, pepper and cumin. Let the bird sit at room temperature for 2-3 hours.
3. For now, we don’t touch the Antonovka apples. Take sweet and sour apples and peel them and remove seeds. If the apples are large, then cut them into quarters or eighths and put them in the belly. Place a piece of butter there. Sew up the incision with harsh thread.
4. Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C. Spread the goose with sour cream and place it on a baking sheet with its back facing up. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes until the skin of the goose is nicely browned.
5. Reduce the oven temperature to 180 degrees C and add 1/2 cup of broth to the pan. Bake the goose for about 2 hours, basting it with the released juice and broth every 10-15 minutes.

Check the readiness of the goose with a knife - if clear juice comes out of the cut, the bird is ready.

6. While the goose is baking, wash the Antonovka, cut each apple into quarters and remove the seeds. 20 minutes before the goose is ready, place the Antonovka on a baking sheet around the bird and bake.

7. Remove the strings from the bird, remove the apples from the belly, pour sauce from the baking sheet over the bird and leave covered for 15 minutes. Serve the goose: transfer to a festive dish, arrange the apples beautifully around the perimeter.

Mackerel in the oven, baked in an envelope

The presence of delicious fish on the New Year's table transports you to a fairy tale with a river. Be sure to add the recipe to your New Year's menu.

Required for 4 servings:

• gutted mackerel 200 g each - 4 pcs.
• celery stalk - 8 pcs.
• juice of one lemon
• garlic - 4 cloves
• vegetable oil - 4 tbsp. l.
• basil - 4 sprigs
• salt pepper

Preparation:

1. Wash the mackerel well and add salt. pepper and sprinkle with lemon juice.
2. Make 3-4 transverse cuts on each side of the fish and insert basil leaves into them.
3. Cut two stalks of celery into cubes, place on a sheet of parchment or foil, and place the fish on top. Pour vegetable oil over the fish, add a clove of garlic, crushed with the flat side of a knife, and wrap it in an envelope. Cook each fish in this manner with the remaining celery and garlic.
4. Place the resulting envelopes on a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 17 minutes at 250 degrees C.

Video on how to cook juicy chicken fillet for the New Year's table

Look at the recipe and include it in the New Year's menu, you will like it.

As a result, you will get tender and juicy breast.

Viennese Sachertorte

Ingredients:

• dark chocolate – 450 g
• butter - 200 g
• sugar - 200 g
• egg - 8 pcs.
• wheat flour - 150 g
• ground almonds - 50 g
• apricot jam – 150 g
• powdered sugar - 200 g

Preparation:

1. For the dough, melt 200 g of dark chocolate.
2. Mix butter with 150 g of sugar.
3. Separate the egg yolks from the whites and gradually mix with the butter and chocolate. Add flour, almonds and mix again.
4. Add the whites beaten with the remaining sugar.
5. Place the dough in a mold lined with parchment, level it and bake for 50 minutes at 180 degrees C. Cool the finished cake, remove from the mold and cut horizontally.
6. Apply half of the pureed confiture to the bottom cake, cover with the top one and spread with the remaining confiture.
7. Boil the powdered sugar with 125 ml of water until syrup forms.
8. Chop 200 g of creamy chocolate, melt in syrup and cool.
9. Cover the cake with the resulting icing and decorate with the remaining chocolate.

New Year's menu with a delicious dessert “Broken Glass” - video recipe

New Year's dessert is prepared very quickly. You will certainly like it with its light and delicate taste.

Surprise your guests with this beautiful dessert.

No-bake caramel-nut dessert

Find out the recipe for a quick, no-bake New Year's dessert.

Ingredients:

• cookies - 300 g
• butter - 150 g
• Milk toffee – 400 g
• peanuts - 200 g
• chocolate - 180 g
• milk - 6 tbsp. l.

Preparation:

1. Grind the cookies into crumbs in a bowl. Add melted butter and mix well. Pour 2 tbsp. l. milk and mix again.

2. Place the resulting mass in a baking pan lined with parchment. Mold size 20 x 20 cm.

3. Compact the mixture with cookies well.

4. Let's start preparing the caramel-nut layer. Take the toffees and place them in a bowl, add 2 tbsp. l. milk, put in the microwave to melt. Remove and stir periodically.

If you buy nuts with husks, roast them first and the husks will easily separate. We divide the nut kernels into two parts.

5. Add nuts to the bowl with melted toffee and mix. Place the caramel-nut mass in the mold on top of the cookie layer and level it out. You need to do this quickly because the caramel hardens.

6. Make chocolate glaze. Break the chocolate into pieces, place in a bowl, pour 2 tbsp. l. milk and 10 g butter. Melt the chocolate in the microwave. Remove and stir occasionally.

7. Pour hot chocolate onto the caramel layer and smooth it out with a spatula. Sprinkle ground nuts on top. Place in the refrigerator for 3 hours to harden.

8. Using a warm knife, cut the cake into pieces and place on a plate. Ready. The New Year's menu was replenished with a cake prepared without any problems.

Instructions

First, let's decide on the general theme of the holiday. Traditional Russian hospitable feast, buffet party, ethnic cuisine (any culinary tradition that does not fit into another menu, for example Mexican, Japanese). This is the case when the golden mean will not suit you. You should not display herring under a fur coat, rolls and sliced ​​meat on the same table. And if you have chosen the culinary style in which you will celebrate the New Year, then let’s move on to the general principles of organizing the feast.

We decide on the menu.

It is advisable to have on the table:

Cold appetizers, cold cuts, sandwiches;

Holiday salads;

Hot;

Desserts, fruits;

Bakery;

Alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.

If all categories are presented, then your guests will definitely not leave hungry. Pay attention to the fact that your dishes alternate between meat, fish and poultry. You should not make three chicken salads, cornets with chicken and chicken in sauce for hot dishes. New Year, by the way, is a great time for rare dishes, such as goose with apples or rabbit in sour cream, unless, of course, you cook them on weekends.

If you don’t have a specific idea for a particular dish, you can ask your guests about their preferences; perhaps some favorite salad was forgotten by you in the heat of searching for new recipes.

Now about the preparation. A very good option is to prepare the ingredients in advance. Anything that can be frozen, make it a day ahead and freeze it. Everything that can be boiled in advance, boil, everything that can be cut in advance, cut! This will not affect the taste of the dish, but it will completely affect your well-being and complexion.

And about preparing new dishes. Cooking according to someone else's recipe for the first time is always interesting, and most importantly, you are never sure what will happen in the end. It may not match the beautiful picture in the book or on the website. Therefore, it is advisable to practice in advance. If you don’t have the energy/time/desire/money for this, then be prepared for the unexpected.

And one more option to simplify your preparation, although very responsible housewives do not like it, but it also has its place. You can invite your guests to bring one dish each. Just agree in advance who brings what and in what quantity. This way, your guests will get into the spirit of the New Year's table, and you will have time to do your makeup or drink a cup of tea and cookies.

2015 will be the year of the Blue-Green Goat. The goat is a calm animal, and this is what they promise for the coming year. The table will exactly correspond to Eastern traditions if there are a lot of greens, vegetables and fruits on it, which the hostess of the year Goat loves. And dishes prepared with various herbs for the New Year 2015 will be a real hit! Hot fish or meat is quite acceptable. Naturally, it is undesirable for it to be a kid or lamb.

But there are no restrictions on sweets and baked goods! Whatever your culinary soul desires can be placed on the holiday table.

note

And the most important thing! Preparations for the New Year and its celebration should proceed without fuss and haste. The goat doesn't like them. Otherwise, she may buck without thinking about the consequences. Be calm and cheerful. And this year will bring you prosperity!

Helpful advice

Let's decide on the New Year's wardrobe. Dark outfits, blue, green, black, are preferable. The shades are calm, with an abstract pattern reminiscent of a goat's mane or sheep's curls. A man can choose a tie of any texture. Jewelry with stones would be an ideal complement.

Tip 2: What original dishes to serve at the New Year's table 2018

There is very little time left until the most anticipated holiday - the New Year. Soon there will be a bustle on the streets: buying souvenirs, decorating the house, preparing a festive menu. It is the selection of delicious and unique delicacies for the New Year's table that many housewives take especially carefully.

The upcoming year according to the Eastern Chinese calendar is the Year of the Dog. How to appease her? What should be put on the table to make the year successful? According to popular belief, the most important thing is that the festive dinner is hearty and generous. It is recommended to put a lot of meat dishes on the table, among which there must be beef and lamb.

But don’t forget about salads; they go side by side with meat dishes, like gin and tonic. And the new hostess of the year will praise you not only for the rich table, but also for the originality of the dishes. By the way, here are a couple of ideas with unusual recipes.

Mackerel "Bright Firecracker"

We will need:

• mackerel carcass - 1 pc.;
• carrots - 1 pc.;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• Ratunda pepper (red) - 1 pc.;
• egg - 2 pcs.;
• agar-agar - 1.5 tbsp. l.;
• coriander (ground) - 0.5 tsp;
• thyme - 0.5 tsp;
• nutmeg (ground) - to taste;
• salt - to taste.

1. First of all, defrost the fish.
2. Grind the carrots on a coarse grater and cut the onion into cubes. Now sauté them together.
3. Bake the peppers using vegetable oil in an oven preheated to 200 degrees (bake for 20 minutes). After it has cooled, peel it and cut it into strips.
4. Cut the boiled eggs into slices.
5. Cut the mackerel carcass along the belly and gut it. You also need to remove the head, cut off the fins, tail, and clean the fish from bones. Rub the mackerel fillet generously with spices and salt. If you have gelatin on hand, sprinkle it on the fish.
6. So, place the previous prepared ingredients on the fillet in this way: first go sautéed onions and carrots, then strips of pepper and slices of boiled egg.
7. Fold all this beauty into a “sandwich” and wrap it in several layers of cling film. Place this bundle in boiling water and cook for half an hour.
8. After cooking, put the fish in the refrigerator (after it has cooled a little, of course), press down with something and leave for two hours. That's it, you can bring the mackerel to the table.

Salad "New Year's extravaganza"

We will need:

• beef pulp - 200 g;
• pomegranate - 1 pc.;
• pickled cucumber - 2 pcs.;
• beets - 1 pc.;
• mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l.;
• cream (33%) - 2 tbsp. l.;
• soy sauce - 1 tbsp. l.;
• parsley leaves - for decoration.

1. Boil the beef pulp and either cut it into strips or chop it very well. Boil the beets until tender and chop on a grater.
2. Grate the pickled cucumbers.
3. Carefully remove the pomegranate seeds from the fruit.
4. Set the prepared ingredients aside and start preparing the dressing: mix mayonnaise, cream and soy sauce in a small but deep container or gravy boat. Don't put it away too far, because you will need it now.
5. Start laying out the salad in layers, coating each of them with the prepared sauce: first comes the boiled beef, then the cucumber, and on top of the beets. When you spread the sauce on the last layer of salad, garnish it with pomegranate seeds and parsley leaves. New Year's salad is ready and waiting for its finest hour!

Since a dog is a simple, domestic, good-natured animal, it prefers food that is easy to prepare and preferably made from natural products;

It would be nice to prepare homemade baked goods, for example, bake your own bread with interesting additives (seeds, onions, dried fruits);

For appetizers, basic canapés with meat, cheese and pickles (to your taste) are quite suitable;

There must certainly be fresh vegetables and herbs on the table;

It is advisable to prepare drinks yourself, for example, mulled wine for adults and dried fruit compote for children and non-drinking guests;

In main dishes, you should avoid too fatty and spicy foods, and it is better to prepare sauces yourself.

New Year's holidays are the most wonderful time when the whole family gets together and fun begins, congratulations, gifts, as well as many other entertainments. Of course, we can’t do without delicious and aromatic New Year’s treats. Each housewife plans in advance and draws up a menu for the festive table for the New Year 2015, which should surprise and delight everyone.

What should be the menu for the New Year 2015 to celebrate the holiday at home?

As you know, all people are divided into 2 types: ordinary people, who eat both vegetables and fruits. The second type are vegetarians who do not accept eating meat.

Let's look at the New Year's menu for 2015 for each type of person.

Dishes for people who eat vegetables and meat dishes. Baked duck with apples and Olivier has always been considered a traditional New Year's treat for guests. Let's look at the detailed steps for preparing these delicious culinary masterpieces.

New Year's salad "Olivier"

Ingredients you will need:

• Chicken breast or boiled sausage – 400-500 grams
• Carrots – 2 medium sized pieces
• Potatoes – 5-7 medium sized pieces
• Pickled cucumber (fresh) or sweet and sour apple – 6-8 pieces
• Egg – 5 pieces
• Canned peas – 1 can
• Mayonnaise or mayonnaise + sour cream (1:1)
• Red onion (optional) – 1 medium piece
• Dill sprigs – 1 bunch

Preparation:

1. Wash the vegetables under running water and put them in a deep saucepan, add water and put on fire. Cook until done and cool. Cut everything into medium cubes.
2. If you decide to make a salad from chicken breast, then rinse it, put it in a saucepan and cook until tender, cool and cut into cubes. If you have boiled sausage, then cut it into medium-sized cubes and place in a deep salad bowl.
3. Open a can of green peas and add to the salad bowl, add boiled chopped eggs.
4. Cut the cucumbers into small cubes and also pour into a common plate. If you decide to make it with apples, then you need to peel and pit them. Cut into medium cubes. Believe me, if you add apples instead of cucumbers, the salad will not be any worse. They will add piquancy and novelty to a standard dish, and a pleasant crunch will attract the attention of small children.
5. Add salt to taste and season everything with mayonnaise.

To make the salad look festive and New Year's, arrange it in the shape of a Christmas tree and decorate with dill branches. Christmas tree salad is ready!!!

Ingredients:

• Duck – 1.5-2 kilograms
• Honey – 3 teaspoons
• Butter – 50 grams
• Ground black pepper
• Dry red wine – 250 grams
• Sour apples – 1-2 kilograms
• Sugar – for baked apples

Preparation:

1. Rinse the duck and dry it. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
2. Prepare the sauce in a saucepan. Pour a glass of wine and mix with honey. Place on low heat and stir. We are waiting for the liquid to become half as much. This will take approximately 10-15 minutes. Add butter, keep on fire for 5 minutes and remove. Add a little salt and pepper.
3. Wash the apples under running water. Remove peel and seeds. Important: cut large apples into quarters, medium ones into halves. Pour half the sauce over the apples and stuff the duck tightly. We fasten the duck with skewers or a needle and thread.
4. Place the duck on a baking sheet, pour the remaining sauce over it, and pour a little water on the surface. Place in the oven for 1.5-2 hours at 200 degrees. Behind
5. 10 minutes before the duck is ready, place apples around it. Pre-cut out the core and pour half a teaspoon of sugar and a little cinnamon into each apple.

Do not forget to periodically pour the sauce underneath the duck. Once ready, place on a beautiful dish, decorate with herbs and baked apples.

Bon appetit!!!

Menu for New Year 2015 for vegetarians

Dishes for vegetarians. This type of people is very worried about our “little brothers” and have given up eating meat. But this did not reduce the number of their equally delicious New Year's dishes.

New Year's snack "Snowman"

Ingredients:

• Rice - half a glass
• Adyghe cheese – 300 grams
• Seaweed sheets – 4 pieces
• Hard cheese – 250 grams
• Canned corn – 1 can
• Pepper
• Lenten mayonnaise – 3 tbsp. spoons

For decoration: boiled carrots, herbs and olives.

Preparation:

1. Rinse the rice and place on the fire. Cook until done.
2. Cut the Adyghe cheese into slices and fry in vegetable oil until the crust is golden brown.
3. Open canned corn and drain liquid.
4. Grind rice, fried rice and corn in a blender.
5. Finely chop the seaweed and add to the resulting mass.
6. Add mayonnaise for better adhesion, salt and pepper.
7. Make balls for a snowman from the resulting mass.
8. Cut triangles for the nose and squares for the hat from boiled carrots. Make eyes from olives, and hands from greens.

An interesting and tasty snack is ready!!!

Ingredients you will need for the vegetarian salad:

• Potatoes – 7 medium pieces
• Carrots – 3 pieces
• Canned green peas – 1 can
• Adyghe cheese – 150 grams
• Olives and black olives – 1 jar, pitted
• Cucumber (pickled or fresh) – 3 pieces
• Lenten mayonnaise – 1 glass
• Sour cream – 1 glass
• Sea kale – 100 grams (optional)
• Turmeric – 1 teaspoon
• Pepper

For decoration:

• Hard yellow cheese – 100 grams
• Adyghe cheese or any other white cheese – 200 grams
• Boiled carrots – 1 medium piece
• Boiled beets
• Black olives – 2 pieces
• Tomato – 1 piece

Preparing the salad:

1. Wash the potatoes and carrots, boil until tender and peel them. Cut into cubes.
2. Also cut the cheese and cucumbers into cubes, and the olives into circles. If you decide to add seaweed, you need to chop it.
3. Open canned peas and drain liquid.
4. Mix all ingredients in a deep salad bowl. Salt, pepper, add turmeric.
5. Season with mayonnaise and sour cream.

Decoration:

1. Place the salad in a round dish on a large platter.
2. Grate the boiled carrots and beets on a coarse grater. Mix them and let them combine into one color.
3. Grate white and yellow cheese.
4. Sprinkle yellow on top of salad. Make a hat from beets and carrots, and use white cheese to make hair, beard and mustache (pour a little more in this place to create a hill).
5. Make 2 eyes from black olives, and make a mouth and nose from a tomato.
6. Use grated Adyghe cheese to make a pompom for a hat.

A beautiful and delicious New Year's salad is ready!!!

These are such simple and at the same time interesting recipes for simple dishes for the New Year 2015! Bon appetit!

May also be useful:

Salads for the New Year's table 2015 How to make a cake for the New Year 2015: recipe

As everyone already knows, the coming 2019 will be held under the sign of the Yellow Earth Pig. And therefore, according to the already established tradition, we began to take this fact into account when preparing for the solemn day.

We are trying to find out better what to expect from the coming period. We read horoscopes, trying to figure out how the Symbol of the next 365 days can affect our lives. And of course, we first of all prepare for the holiday, taking into account what the Master of the Year loves! To appease him, and so that he can help make the next part of our lives successful in all respects!

And for this we select the appropriate festive outfit for ourselves. We buy necessary and beautiful gifts for friends and relatives, and of course we set a beautiful festive table.

And there is not a single housewife or owner who would not ask himself the question “What to cook for the holiday table?” After all, this question is by no means rhetorical. On December 30 and 31, we will all put on aprons and settle down in our kitchen for a long time. After all, you need to have time to prepare appetizers, salads, main courses, and desserts.

And in order not to forget anything, and not to prepare anything unnecessary, you need to create a menu in advance. It will help you plan what you need to buy. Purchase items that can be stored for a long time in advance, and buy perishable foods the day before.

When compiling a menu for the Year of the Yellow Pig, you need to take into account some features. Let's look at the wishes for the holiday menu.

• Firstly, Pig is an omnivore, which means we will prepare dishes that are completely different and tasty.
• secondly, Boar is not against different types of meat, and he will be happy with beef, lamb, chicken, fish and seafood. Do not forget that we do not serve pork in any form this evening.
• Thirdly, the image of the Master of the Year in the design of dishes will be very useful.
• fourthly, the bright, colorful design of the dishes will please Piggy. Who would refuse when such a holiday is organized in his honor.
• fifthly, dishes should be homemade, tasty and prepared with love. It is always more pleasant to deal with a calm domestic Boar than with a hungry, angry boar.
• Sixth, do not abuse strong drinks. Otherwise, you might accidentally fall asleep at the table, burying your face in the salad. And then everyone will not compare you with the Pig in the best way!!!

However, you can spend the outgoing year with dignity. To say thank you to the owner of the passed part of life is to thank the Yellow Dog for all the good things that she has done for us. Therefore, you can carry it out by making a small salad with her image.

Here are the main wishes for the menu. If you manage to follow them, it will be just great! The Boar and the Pig will not ignore this. They will understand that we show this respect and honor to them.

Well, it’s good for us too. We also want our holiday table to be beautiful and tasty, “at home”, set. Therefore, in this our desires coincide with him!

Let us offer you options for dishes from which you can create an excellent menu for your table without much hassle or long searches.

The menu, as it should be, includes appetizers and salads (and pay attention to the link that will take you to the most beloved and most in demand - there are a lot of them there!).

The main courses are presented with recipes for delicious and beautifully executed meat, fish, and duck.

I also paid a lot of attention to desserts and drinks. After all, we are preparing for a real big holiday. Therefore, we need to think about everything!

For the holiday table, we usually prepare several different types of appetizers, set out meat, fish and vegetable plates, prepare two or three salads, one main hot dish and dessert, it can be a cake, mousse, jelly, soufflé. Pies are often baked, dumplings are molded and boiled. Alcoholic and non-alcoholic cocktails and spirits are also served.

Of course, all the dishes cannot be covered in one article, but let’s look at at least some of them, the most delicious and beautiful.

Profiteroles with cream cheese and salmon

We will need:

• creamy curd cheese - 300 gr
• cream 35% -50 ml
• lightly salted salmon - 300 g
• red caviar - for decoration
• dill - bunch
• salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. Profiteroles can be baked in advance, or you can purchase ready-made ones.

2. Creamy curd cheese can be used from Hohland or Almette brands. Beat cheese with cottage cheese. Add chopped dill, leave a little for decoration, salt and pepper to taste. Beat until smooth.

3. Cut off the tops of the profiteroles. Using a pastry bag, fill them with the mixture.

4. Thinly slice the salmon (salmon can also be used) and roll into a rose shape.

5. Garnish the appetizer with red fish, red caviar and herbs.

The result is a beautiful, tasty and quick appetizer that your guests will certainly enjoy.

The same snack can be prepared using tartlets. And instead of red fish, they can be decorated with boiled shrimp.

Shells with red and black caviar

We will need:

• black caviar - 0.5 cans
• red caviar - 0.5 cans
• large shells - 100-150 g
• cucumbers, tomatoes, herbs - for decoration

Caviar is always welcome on any holiday table. And therefore it is advisable to have it in some dishes. And here is one of the options. But instead of the usual laying it out on a piece of loaf, you can improvise a little and serve the caviar in this form.

Since everything is clear here without words, we will not describe the entire process. Well, everyone understands that the shells need to be boiled first and then cooled.

Julienne with meat and mushrooms

Well, what would a winter holiday be without julienne. The classic version involves preparing it with chicken fillet, but we can also cook it with meat.

We will need:

• boiled meat - 500-700 gr.
• fresh champignons - 250 gr. (or other mushrooms)
  
• onions - 2-3 pcs.
• hard cheese - 150-200 gr.
• butter - 2 tbsp. l.
• vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. spoon

You can choose any of the recipes to suit your taste. Both of them are tasty and beautiful, so both of them can be easily cooked. The recipes are proven and they will not let you down.

Curd and cheese spread “Snowman”

How can December and January do without your favorite winter characters? Therefore, we are preparing a delicious “Snowman” snack. This option will not leave either adults or children indifferent!

We will need:

• cottage cheese - 150 gr
• processed cheese - 1 piece
• boiled eggs - 3 pcs
• butter - 50 g (2.5 tbsp. spoons)
• mayonnaise - 2 teaspoons
• walnuts - 1 tbsp. spoon
• French fries, black bread, dry biscuits and bell pepper - for decoration
• garlic - 1 pc.
• dill - for decoration
• salt - to taste

Preparation:

1. Boil the eggs and cool. Separate the whites from the yolks.

2. Grate the yolks and one third of the processed cheese chilled in the freezer on a fine grater. Grind the nuts using a mixer. Add mayonnaise and mix.

3. Wet your hands in water and form balls from the yolk mixture.

4. Grind the cottage cheese and remaining cheese through a sieve, add chopped garlic and butter. Add salt to taste and stir.

5. Cover the yolks with curd mixture and form a snowman.

6. Grate the whites on a fine grater. You can additionally stick them around the snowman, or you can put them on a plate, making improvised snow out of it.

7. Cut out hats from black bread. From vegetables - eyes and mouth. Fry the French fries and make handles. Decorate. Place cookies on a circle.

You can also decorate a snowman using boiled carrots. A bucket hat can be cut out of it, just like a nose. You can make twig handles from dill.

How to beautifully decorate meat, fish and vegetable plates

The next topic is the design of meat, fish and vegetable plates. Of course, every housewife has experience in decorating such plates. But you can pick up some ideas from others.

Here's an example of how you can decorate a fish plate.

How do you like meat plates?!

A vegetable plate will also come in handy. With it, the table always becomes especially bright and festive, as well as creating a festive mood.

Okay, we did it. Let's move on to salads.

But you can’t just bake the fish. Many people like to cook fried fish for the holiday table.

Fish in batter “Delicious”

This fish can be served both hot and cold. And believe me, despite the abundance of dishes and snacks, such a fish will simply fly apart in one or two minutes.

We will need:

• fish (any) - 1 kg
• lemon - 1 pc.
• salt, pepper - to taste
• vegetable oil - for frying

For the test:

• light beer - 1 glass
• egg - 1 pc.
• sour cream - 1 tbsp. spoon

Preparation:

1. Separate the fish from the bones or use ready-made fish fillets. Sprinkle it with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Leave to marinate for 30 minutes.

2. Prepare the dough. Mix beer, egg, sour cream. Slowly add flour, mixing the contents. The dough should be quite thick and should not drip when you dip the fish in it.

3. Heat oil in a frying pan and fry the fish in batter.

It’s not for nothing that the dish has its name. The fish really turns out delicious. And it’s not difficult to prepare!

This recipe is a beer batter, but it is made with separately beaten whites and yolks. There is also a video on how to prepare it.

Well, a lot of recipes have already been written, it’s time to move on to desserts. Over the course of the year, we collected various desserts on the blog pages, cooked according to them, and ate them with great pleasure. Let's repeat some of them, especially since they are world famous and loved.

Fruit and berry jelly cake without baking “Winter Snowdrift”

A delicious cake that, despite the abundance of delicious food on a magical winter night, will not go unnoticed.

Berries and fruits can be used according to the season, whatever you want!

We will need:

• banana - 1 piece
• kiwi – 1 piece
• peaches – 2 pcs.
• apricots – 5-6 pcs.
• strawberries – 0.5 tbsp
• raspberries – 0.5 tbsp
• sour cream – 0.5 l
• gelatin – 3 tbsp. spoons (30 g)
• sugar – 1 glass
• biscuit -250-300 gr

Preparing such a cake cannot be called difficult. It is prepared with great pleasure, as well as eaten. This is why you want to make this cake again and again.

The only difficulty is that you have to wait the whole night for it to harden. And when he stands in the refrigerator and teases with his appearance, it is simply impossible to bear! I really want to try it as soon as possible. The difficulty of preparing such a cake before the holiday may lie in the fact that it may simply not last until the magical winter night. Especially in those families who have already prepared it.

The cake is delicious and light at the same time. White and just perfect for a winter holiday. That is why it received such a name - “Winter Snowdrift”. We put a big fat check mark next to this recipe. And those who want to check this box, go to the page with the recipe, that’s what it’s called

Dessert Eton Mess with berries and cream

We will need (for 6 servings):

• cream (33%) - 750 ml.
• raspberries or strawberries - 300-400 gr
• soufflé (or meringue) 200 gr
• mint for decoration
• red currants - for decoration

This dessert will take the most worthy place on your holiday table!

Dessert “Sweet Christmas tree”

We will need:

• butter - 250 gr
• powdered sugar - 500 gr
• milk - 5-8 tbsp. spoons
• vanilla - on the tip of a knife
• salt - a pinch
• green food coloring

For cupcakes (22-24 pieces):

• flour - 3 cups
• water - 2 glasses
• sugar - 1.5-2 cups
• cocoa - 6 tbsp. spoons
• vegetable oil -3-4 tbsp. spoons
• vinegar - 1.5-2 tbsp. spoons
• soda -2 teaspoons
• salt - 1 teaspoon
• vanilla sugar - 2 teaspoons

Filling, decoration:

• strawberry
• packaging of M&Mdens dragees

Preparation:

1. Remove the butter from the refrigerator in advance so that it becomes soft. Beat it with a mixer into a thick white mass. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, salt, food coloring and beat everything until smooth.

2. Add milk, first 5 tablespoons, beat, and gradually add more to achieve the desired cream consistency. Beat the finished mixture for 5 - 7 minutes.

3. For the muffins, mix flour, sugar, cocoa, soda, salt and vanilla sugar. Sift through a sieve, preferably twice.

4. Pour in vinegar and stir with a fork. Then butter, and mix again with a fork. No need to beat!

5. Pour in water and continue whisking with a fork until smooth. Do not beat!

6. Place the dough in molds and bake for 30 minutes at 180 degrees.

7. Now let's start decorating. Grease the cake with cream and place the berry in the center so that it stands stable.

8. Place the cream in a pastry bag fitted with the smallest star tip.

9. Starting from the bottom, we form spruce branches from the cream. To do this, you need to place the end of the nozzle against the berry and squeeze out the cream about 1 cm. After you stop pressing, remove your hand. And we do the same for the next branch.

We arrange the branches in a checkerboard pattern in relation to the bottom row.

10. Decorate Christmas trees with jelly beans and star-cookies.

This dessert is enjoyed by both adults and children. It is very tasty and, without a doubt, festive! Prepare it and please yourself and your loved ones.

Well, the last topic is drinks! What would a holiday be without them!

Cocktail “Homemade Baileys”

We will need:

• egg yolks - 5 pieces
• sugar - 1 glass
• condensed milk without sugar - 1 can
• vodka – 200 ml
• instant coffee - 1 tbsp. spoon

Preparation:

1. To prepare a cocktail you only need fresh eggs. Wash them with soap and dry them with a paper towel. Separate the yolks from the whites.

2. Grind the yolks with sugar. Toss with condensed milk.

3. Dilute instant coffee in vodka.

4. Combine the two mixtures into one using a mixer. Pour into a bottle. Homemade Baileys is ready! You can't tell it from the real thing! And it is made only from natural ingredients!

Cocktail “Royal Delight”

We will need:

• blackcurrant liqueur – 10 ml
• dry champagne - 100 ml

In the absence of blackcurrant liqueur, it can be replaced with any other berry liqueur.

Preparation:

Pour liqueur into a champagne glass. Then pour champagne. Decorate the rim of the glass with strawberries or a slice of orange. You can add ice cubes.

Cocktail “Azure Blues”

We will need:

• white rum - 1 part
• orange juice - 2 parts
• pineapple juice - 2 parts
• juice of half a lime
• fresh mint
• crushed ice

Preparation:

Mix all ingredients using a shaker. Pour into a tall glass, add crushed ice, garnish with mint leaves.

We all had adult cocktails. But you also need to prepare a delicious children's cocktail. And I have one in mind.

Children's cocktail "Morozko"

We will need:

• ice cream of three different varieties
• cream
• mineral water
• sugar
• lemon juice

Preparation:

1. Dip the edge of the glass in lemon juice. Dip it in sugar so that the edge of the glass becomes slightly “snowy.”

2. Carefully place 1 full tablespoon of different ice cream into a glass. You can use vanilla, strawberry, pineapple, pistachio. The main thing is that each of them has its own taste.

3. Pour cream up to half a glass. Mix gently with a spoon.

4. Add mineral water, but so that the glass is only 3/4 full. A foam should form.

Children love this cocktail very much. So be prepared for them to ask for more!

As you can see, there were quite a lot of ideas for the holiday menu! But a lot is not a little! It's always good to have a choice. And in today's material you can choose a recipe for every taste. There are appetizers, salads, main courses, desserts, and even cocktails.

All recipes have been tested and should not let you down! All I can do is wish you a good mood!

Happy New Year! And let your holiday table be the best!