Snacks for a children's birthday table. Recipe with photo

Selecting dishes for a festive feast is always difficult. And if it’s a children’s party, it’s almost a disaster! You need to find something useful, moderately light, and that looks prettier. We have prepared for you a selection of 20 delicious recipes to cook for your child’s birthday!

Salad with strawberries and green beans

Why not start your children's birthday with something very colorful and unusual?

You will need:
200 g arugula, 300 g strawberries, 100 g green beans, 4 tbsp.
olive oil, 1 tbsp. balsamic, spices. Preparation:

Boil the green beans until they become a little softer, but without losing color. Cut the strawberries into slices and chop the arugula. Mix the ingredients and season with oil, balsamic and spices.

Cheese balls

A wonderful hot appetizer that goes well with any sauces and jam. All children will be delighted!

You will need:
200 g cheese, 3 eggs, 7 tbsp.
flour, butter. Preparation:

Beat 3 egg whites with salt until stiff, and set aside the yolks for another dish. Add 4 tbsp to them. flour and stir until smooth. Add finely grated cheese there, form balls with wet hands and roll in flour. Fry them in oil and place on paper towels to remove excess fat.

Hot egg sandwiches

Simple hot sandwiches, but you can make them very impressive for your child’s birthday.

You will need:
8 slices of bread, 4 eggs, 3 tbsp.
grated cheese, 2 tbsp. butter, salt. Preparation:

Cut out the slices of bread beautifully and make a round hole in the center of 4 of them. Grease whole pieces with butter and place the remaining ones on them. Pour a raw egg into each cavity, season, sprinkle with cheese and bake on a wire rack for 5 minutes at 180 degrees.

Buffet and banquet subtleties

A buffet is a type of serving guests during a holiday (or other event) when it is not customary to sit at the table, and those present make their own choice of snacks.

To do this, the tables are arranged in a special way - so that you can approach from any side, thereby maximizing the number of guests served at the same time, and also using the free space in the room with the greatest efficiency.

A children's buffet is still somewhat different from an adult's: even if children are independent enough to choose their own dishes at any moment of the holiday, it will be better if one of the adults still looks after them.

Approach the organization of the table thoughtfully, find out what different categories of dishes there are for a child’s birthday (with examples of recipes)

When setting the table, it is recommended to use flowers and toys, as well as balloons for decoration. Multi-colored tablecloths with figurines of funny fairy tale characters, flowers or animals will come in very handy.

You can hold a children's birthday buffet both indoors and outdoors (for example, outdoors).

Rules for serving dishes: first of all, dishes that can stand for some time without losing their qualities are served. Other dishes and hot snacks should be served immediately after preparation.

How does a buffet set of dishes differ from a regular one? First courses, side dishes, and salads are not used at the buffet table. A standard set of buffet dishes can be divided into four categories:

Children's snack "Piglets in a blanket"

It's funny, but this is really the original name of the English snack. Here only the presentation has been improved!

You will need:
15 short thick sausages, 330 g flour, 1 tsp.
sugar and salt, 7 g yeast, 250 ml milk, 2 eggs, 1 yolk, 50 ml vegetable oil. Preparation:

Sift the flour and mix with salt, sugar and yeast, pour in the milk and knead the dough. Add the eggs one at a time, gradually pour in the oil, roll the dough into a ball, cover with a towel and put in a warm place for an hour. Roll the dough into balls, make a hole in them and insert the sausages.

Trim them around the edges, form a snout, ears and eyes. Brush the buns with beaten egg yolk and a spoonful of milk and place in the oven for half an hour at 180 degrees.

Bakery

Pies, pancakes, pancakes, pizza, casserole, etc. - welcome guests at a children's party, they will always come to the table.

Buns “Curd flowers”

Grocery list:

Flour - 450 gr.
Butter - 100 gr.
Egg yolk - 2 pcs.
Soda - a quarter teaspoon
Cottage cheese - 250 gr.
Granulated sugar - 0.5 cups
Vanilla sugar
Powdered sugar
Lemon juice - 1 tsp.

Cooking technique:

1) Egg yolks need to be ground with granulated sugar, cottage cheese and butter.

2) Soda is mixed with lemon juice, added to the egg-curd mixture, then flour and vanilla sugar are added and the dough is thoroughly kneaded.

3) The dough is rolled out in a thin layer, then circles are cut out of it using a cup or glass.

4) Three circles are laid in a line, slightly overlapping each other. After this, they need to be rolled into a single tube and cut into two parts.

5) The baking sheet is greased with oil or covered with parchment paper, and the dough “flowers” are placed.

6) The buns are baked at +170°C for 30 minutes.

7) Hot cottage cheese buns removed from the oven are sprinkled with powdered sugar.

A sweet table is an integral part of a birthday, read: Cakes for a child’s birthday

Children's meatballs

If you need a full-fledged main course for a children’s party, then you won’t find a better recipe for a side dish.

You will need:
300 g minced meat, half a carrot, half an onion, 1 potato, 2 tsp.
ground oatmeal, spices and herbs. Preparation:

Beat the vegetables and herbs in a blender, add spices and mix with the minced meat. Add oatmeal to the desired consistency, form small meatballs and simmer them in tomato sauce for 20-30 minutes. The sauce can be made from sautéed tomatoes, grated carrots, herbs, spices and sugar to taste.

Features of the children's catering menu

The uniqueness of children's catering lies in the age characteristics of its participants. On the one hand, you need to make sure that the dishes are suitable for baby food and are healthy enough. On the other hand, children are very selective at the table, so caterers will have to try to please them. It is necessary to think carefully about children's catering; the menu should be drawn up, taking into account the following features.

Serve small portions in a convenient, unbreakable container.
Children's menus are not recommended to include spicy, pickled and canned foods, seafood (not recommended for children under four years of age), salted fish, smoked and fatty meats, and dishes with mayonnaise.
No flavor enhancers, artificial flavors and dyes, or preservatives are used to prepare children's dishes.
For children's holiday menus, bright vegetables (carrots, broccoli, cucumbers, cauliflower, tomatoes), low-fat hard cheeses, baked or boiled meat, and low-fat sea fish are recommended.
Let's not forget about children's favorite dishes - almost all children love pizza, French fries, pancakes, sandwiches, burgers and sandwiches. All these dishes can be made healthy and suitable for a children's party.
For dessert you can serve chocolate, marshmallows, marshmallows, dried fruits, jelly, mousses, ice cream.
The best drinks for children are fruit drinks, dried fruit compote, juices, and don’t forget about plain water.
For children, the presentation of dishes is very important. A children's buffet table can be themed in the style of the child's favorite cartoon, with shaped and colorful dishes.

Buffet table for children's catering

We figured out how to choose dishes for a children's party, now let's decide how to serve them. Children do not really like the banquet format, when they need to sit at the table for a long time and eat what adults force them to eat. In the company of their peers, they will want to play and run around, getting away from the table by hook or by crook. Does it make sense to organize such a table? Maybe it's better to give preference to a buffet?

A children's buffet table is perfect for restless holiday guests. This non-boring format for serving dishes does not involve sitting at the table for a long time. For a buffet you will need several tables for serving dishes - small snacks that children can take at any time. If a child wants to eat a holiday treat, he will choose it himself and take it from this table whenever he wants. Afterwards he will be able to continue playing or watching the animators perform. This table is decorated in a very original way, so that even the pickiest kids want to try the bright treats.

An interesting option for a buffet table for serving desserts is a children's Candy bar. This is a sweet table decorated in the same style with all kinds of sweets. There are a huge number of sweet table ideas for lovers of cartoons, little princesses and brave pirates.

By the way, you can build a buffet table yourself by simply ordering ready-made buffet sets. It is very easy to order children's dishes for the holiday directly on our website. We offer to buy ready-made canapés with delivery, mini-burgers, bruschetta, salads, desserts and many other buffet dishes that children are sure to love. If it’s difficult for you to choose dishes for a children’s party on your own, catering specialists will help you create the optimal children’s menu. Order buffet sets for quickly organizing a festive table, and we will deliver them to any location in Moscow and outside the capital. You can also request any services for organizing catering at a children's party - from finding a suitable venue to renting the necessary equipment and decor.

Sesame-peanut halva

A sweet and satisfying snack on the children's holiday table, which will be healthier than any candy.

You will need:
100 g sesame seeds, 50 g peanuts, 50 g dates, 1 tbsp.
honey Preparation:

Fry peanuts and sesame seeds in a frying pan, peel the dates and grind everything in a blender. Add honey, compact into a container and refrigerate overnight.

Chicken cutlets shaped like crabs

Snacks for the children's table can be prepared in the form of crabs. The amount of ingredients is calculated to prepare 10 servings of snacks.

Composition of ingredients

To prepare tender baby chicken cutlets you will need:

500 g chicken fillet;
1 large carrot;
50 ml milk;
1 chicken egg;
1 onion;
4 g white bread;
1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil;
2 tomatoes, cut into strips;
dry spices;
regular salt;
curly parsley;
sour cream;
boiled pasta;
blueberries.

Step-by-step cooking process

To prepare chicken cutlets, you need to follow these steps:

First you need to remove the crusts from the white bread, transfer the pulp into a deep bowl, pour milk over it and set aside.
After this, you need to remove the peel from the onion, chop it coarsely, wash the carrots, peel them using a vegetable peeler and cut into circles.
Then you should take the fillet, send it under water, remove the films from it, cut off excess fat and chop it coarsely.
Then you need to grind the fillet along with the onion in a meat grinder, then grind the carrots in the meat grinder several times, break an egg into the resulting mixture, add soaked bread, a small amount of regular salt and mix the components thoroughly for 10 minutes until the mixture is homogeneous.
Now you can fill the bowl with cold water and start making small cutlets from the prepared minced meat, wetting your hands. Then you need to turn on the oven to preheat to 180°C.
Afterwards, coat the baking dish with vegetable oil, place the cutlets in it, pour 1/4 tbsp. clean water, place the pan with cutlets in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes.
Baked cutlets can be removed from the oven, cooled, placed on each plate with 2 small portions of boiled pasta, curly parsley spread, 2 small chicken cutlets placed on top, tomato strips placed around the cutlets, making claws, blueberries used as eyes for crabs and served a fun snack for the children's table.

Potato casserole

This recipe will come in handy if you are planning active games at your child’s birthday that require a lot of energy.

You will need:
600 g potatoes, 500 g chicken, 1 onion, 300 ml sour cream, 100 ml cream, 20 g butter, 150 g cheese, spices.
Preparation:

Grind the chicken into mince, season and stir. Cut the onion into thin rings and the potatoes into slices. Grease the mold with butter, add potatoes, onions, minced meat and potatoes again. Pour the mixture of sour cream and cream and place in the oven for an hour and a half at 180 degrees. 15 minutes before the end, add grated cheese.

Dishes for children's buffet

Any holiday associated with receiving guests is a serious test for any mother, and New Year is especially important. You need to decorate the Christmas tree together with the children, come up with competitions, and prepare treats not only for adults, but also special ones for children. Children don’t really like to sit in one place for a long time, they want to run around the Christmas tree, dance and sing karaoke, look out the window - “Santa Claus is coming!”, eat a tasty piece again, and again set off through the magical New Year’s house. Therefore, we suggest you organize a buffet table.

Assorted canapés

100 g butter
4 tbsp. l. cottage cheese
1 large tomato
1 small green bell pepper

Thoroughly grind the softened butter with cottage cheese. Green bell peppers, seeded and cut into small cubes. Peel the ripe tomato from seeds and skin, cut into small cubes. Mix the curd mass, vegetables, and salt. Spread on hard-boiled egg halves.

400 g cheese or feta
50 g fresh parsley
125 g butter
50 g fresh cucumber

Grind the softened butter into a foam, mix with mashed cheese and chopped cucumber. Add chopped herbs, salt and mix. Spread on thin diamonds of black bread.

200 g cheese
200 g chicken breast
125 g natural yoghurt
1 pickled cucumber

Grind the cheese, add finely chopped chicken, finely chopped pickled cucumber. Season with natural yoghurt. Spread on baguette slices.

"Fish under a fur coat"

150 g fresh cucumber
250 g boiled fish fillet
250 g boiled potatoes
150 g boiled carrots
200 g sour cream
6 boiled quail eggs
250 g boiled beets

Grate the peeled vegetables, except potatoes, on a coarse grater, finely chop the fish and mix separately with sour cream. Cut the potatoes into slices approximately 0.5-1 cm thick. Place on it in layers: carrots, fish, beets, cucumber. Top each serving with half a quail egg. Cool for 30-40 minutes.

Meatballs "from Carlson"

Meatballs are specially invented for little playful people, but adults also love them. And these, prepared according to an old Swedish recipe, are even Carlson and Malysh.

500 g mixed minced meat (beef + pork)
olive oil
2 boiled beets
200 g tomato juice
flour
1 egg

Peel the beets and grate them on a fine grater. Knead the minced meat well, add the egg, beets, and salt. Cut into meatballs the size of an apricot, breaded in flour and fried in olive oil. Pour in tomato juice, add salt, and simmer until done. Place the finished meatballs on a plate and garnish with herbs.

Meat pie “Surprise”

Another gift from Santa Claus is a magic box with a meat surprise.

500 g veal
1 onion
2 carrots
1 egg
250 g peeled tomatoes in their own juice
1 bunch of parsley
4 tbsp. l. olive oil
1 package puff pastry
2 stalks of celery

Cut the meat into cubes and fry over high heat in olive oil until golden brown. Add chopped onion, carrots and celery cut into small cubes, fry for several minutes. Add tomatoes along with juice and simmer until meat is cooked. Add chopped parsley and salt. Place the meat and vegetables in portioned baking dishes, brush the edges of the molds with egg, cover with puff pastry and bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Croquettes “Treat for Alice”

Like in a fairy tale: “Eat me and...”

300 g semolina
broth 2 times the volume of cereal
30 g butter
100 g vegetable oil
50 g hard cheese
2 tbsp. chopped dill
2 eggs

Mix the cereal with a small amount of cold water and pour into boiling water. Boil over low heat, stirring frequently. When the porridge becomes soft (it should be thick), put it in a bowl and cool. Beat the eggs into the porridge, add 30 g of butter, dill, grated cheese, salt, and grind thoroughly. Form into balls and fry. Serve with raw vegetables and sour cream.

Dumplings “Vanka the couch potato”

Lazy dumplings for little fidgets...

400 g cottage cheese
150 g boiled potatoes
4 eggs
30 g butter
40 g flour for dough
30 g butter for drizzling
30 g flour for sprinkling

Rub cottage cheese and potatoes through a sieve. Grind the butter, adding the yolks one at a time, add cottage cheese and potatoes and grind until smooth. Using a mixer, beat the foam from the whites, place on the curd mass, add flour, mix carefully, and add salt. Place the dough on a floured board, roll it into a thick roll with a diameter of 3 cm, flatten it, apply a lattice with the blunt side of a knife, cut into joints 2-3 cm wide. Place in boiling salted water, stir and cook in a sealed container. Pour the finished dumplings with butter. Serve sour cream separately.

Cocktails

Cherry cocktail

700 g boiled chilled milk
100 g cherry syrup
100 g creamy ice cream
100 g whipped cream
50 g sugar

Beat ice cream, syrup and milk in a mixer or by hand until smooth, pour into glasses. Separately, whip the cream with sugar and spoon into glasses.

Assorted cocktail

apricot juice – 250 ml
apple juice – 250 ml
cherry juice – 250 ml
creamy ice cream - 100 g

Beat all ingredients in a blender.

Raspberry cocktail

raspberry syrup - 100 ml
apricot juice – 150 ml
grape juice - 150 ml

Beat all ingredients in a blender. If desired, you can dilute with sparkling water.

Pineapple cocktail

500 g pineapple juice
50 g lemon syrup
150 g apricot syrup
water

Pour juice, syrups into a blender and mix everything thoroughly for 2-3 minutes. Pour into glasses, top up with lemonade or cream soda.

It is better to choose tall conical or cylindrical glasses for cocktails, colored or with a pattern on a children's theme. If there is no special glassware for children's cocktails in the house, then it is better to serve them in lemonade or tea glasses. Colored and sugar rims and “frost” on cocktail glasses will make a great impression on children.

Dessert

Fruit salad

You can put the fruit in a vase or on a tray, or you can serve the fruit salad in pineapple bowls.

1 large ripe pineapple
0.5 medium melon
350 g banana
0.5 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup plain yogurt
2 tbsp. l. honey
1 lemon

Cut the pineapple lengthwise into two halves along with the leaves, cut out the pulp, leaving the walls 1.5-2 cm thick. Remove the hard core from the cut out pulp, cut into cubes, put in a bowl. Add half a banana and melon balls cut out with a teaspoon. Add lemon juice and zest to the fruit, mix, and place the salad in the empty pineapple halves. Mix the remaining bananas with yogurt, honey and vanilla until smooth. Serve the sauce in a separate bowl.

Dessert “Snowballs”

canned fruits (peaches, pears, pineapples, etc.) - 400 g
curd mass - 200 g
coconut flakes - 3 tbsp. spoons

Roll the curd mixture into balls and roll in coconut flakes.

Cut the fruit into cubes, place in bowls and carefully place snowballs on top.

Tender baked apples

4 ripe firm apples
100 g raisins
50 g walnuts
4 tsp sugar
1 g vanilla

Wash the apples and remove the core. Chop the raisins, sprinkle with vanilla and pour in a small amount of boiling water. Leave to simmer for 15 minutes. Place each apple on a separate sheet of foil and stuff it with raisins, crushed nuts and sugar. Close the foil tightly and pierce the top several times. Bake in the oven on low heat for 15-20 minutes.

Vitamin dessert

2 fresh apples
200 g berries (fresh or frozen raspberries or blueberries)
200 g yogurt
2 tbsp. l. maple syrup
10 tbsp. l cereal (for ready-made breakfasts)

Cut the apples into pieces, mix with berries, add flakes, and place in glasses. Mix yogurt with maple syrup and pour over dessert. Before serving, the dessert should be slightly soaked.

Light dessert

200 g soft cottage cheese
50 g cream
150 g banana
30 g sugar
mandarin

Beat cottage cheese with cream and sugar until creamy. Mash 100 g of banana and mix with cottage cheese. Place on dessert plates and garnish with tangerine slices.

Berry mousse

150 g cranberries (or currants, cherries, etc.)
100 g sugar
80 g fruit syrup
60 g semolina
500 g water

Squeeze the juice out of the berries and refrigerate. Pour the pulp (berry juice) with water and cook for 10 minutes, then wipe. Add sugar to the broth, bring to a boil, add semolina and cook with stirring for 20 minutes. Cool to 40 degrees, pour in the squeezed juice and beat into foam. Pour into molds and leave on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator for 2-3 hours. When serving, pour 20 g of syrup per serving.

Charlotte with apples

egg - 3 pcs.
granulated sugar – 1/3 cup
flour 1 1/4 cups
apples - 6 pcs.
salt on the tip of a knife

Beat eggs with granulated sugar, add flour. Cut the apples into thin slices and mix with the dough. Grease the charlotte pan with butter. Pour the mixture into a mold and bake in the oven at 200 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

All recipes are easy to prepare and do not take much time or effort. After all, they are so necessary to have a great holiday together with children and adults, and on the first frosty morning to go skiing and build a snow fortress.

Julienne with chicken and mushrooms in tartlets

Easy, tasty, and convenient to eat! What else do children need at their birthday?

You will need:
8 tartlets, 200 g chicken, 150 g mushrooms, 70 g cheese, 150 g sour cream, 150 ml milk, 40 g butter, 0.5 tbsp.
flour, spices. Preparation:

Boil the chicken and cut into small pieces. Chop the mushrooms, fry, add chicken to them and simmer together for a couple of minutes. Melt the butter, add flour and stir until smooth. Pour milk into the sauce, and when it thickens, add sour cream and spices. Place the chicken with mushrooms in tartlets, pour in the sauce, add grated cheese and place in the oven for 15 minutes at 180 degrees.

New Year's Recipes: From Appetizers to Desserts

The festive menu for the New Year consists of:

slicing;
snacks;
salads;
hot;
desserts.

Snack Recipes

Appetizers for the New Year open the festive table. They prepare both cold and hot snacks from seafood, meat and mushrooms.

Stuffed champignons - hot appetizer

A fragrant New Year's snack for julienne lovers.

Ingredients:

chicken meat - 0.4 kg;
onion - 1 piece;
hard cheese - 100 g;
champignons with large caps - 0.5 kg;
vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l.;
salt, pepper - to taste.
greens - for decoration.

Recipe:

Prepare food for slicing and further processing. Wash the mushrooms, wash and clean the chicken if using drumstick or thigh.
Peel and wash the onion.
Break off the stem of the mushrooms. Expand the recess in the cap left by the stem.
Chop the cut off mushroom stems and onion into small cubes. You don't need to chop the mushrooms too finely, because they will lose volume when frying.
Pour 2 tbsp into a heated frying pan. l. vegetable oil. Fry the onions for 2-3 minutes, then add chopped mushrooms to them.
While the mushrooms are frying, work on the chicken. Cut it into small cubes and add to the mushrooms. Fry everything until completely cooked, and then cool.
Fill the champignon caps with mushroom, onion and chicken filling.
Grate the hard cheese on a coarse grater and sprinkle it over the stuffed champignons.
Brush a baking sheet with 1 tbsp. l. vegetable oil and add mushrooms.
Bake at 180° for 20 minutes.
Serve hot.

Video recipe:

Cheese balls - a gift to the passing year

A delicious and simple recipe as an offering to the Year of the Rat.

Ingredients:

lightly salted red fish - 100-150 g;
chicken egg - 2 pcs;
processed cheese - 2 pcs;
hard cheese - 100 g;
mayonnaise - for dressing;
parsley - for decoration.

Recipe:

Boil the eggs hard.
Grate eggs and processed cheese.
Mix them with mayonnaise until smooth.
In a separate plate, grate the hard cheese on a fine grater.
Cut the red fish into pieces 1 cm thick and 2 cm long.
Form the egg-cheese mixture into balls and make a small indentation.
Place a piece of fish into the ball and close it.
Roll the ball in hard cheese.
Garnish the appetizer with parsley.

Video recipe:

Sand tartlets

Tartlets are convenient because the preparation method is simple, and the quantity and composition of fillings can be changed. For the New Year they make tartlets with several fillings. You can bake them yourself or buy them ready-made.

Ingredients for filling No. 1:

half-smoked sausage - 150 g;
Korean carrots - 150 g;
hard cheese - 100 g;
mayonnaise - to taste;
pomegranate - for decoration.

Recipe:

Chop the sausage and carrots into small cubes, Korean style.
Grate the hard cheese on a coarse grater.
Mix the ingredients and add mayonnaise to them.
Fill the tartlets with filling and garnish with pomegranate seeds.

Ingredients for filling No. 2:

chicken eggs - 3 pcs;
cod liver - 150 g;
fresh cucumber (medium) - 1 pc.
mayonnaise, salt, pepper - to taste;
canned peas or corn - for decoration.

Recipe:

In a separate container, mash the cod liver with a fork.
Boil the eggs and grate them on a coarse grater.
Chop the cucumber on a coarse grater.
Mix the ingredients together with salt, pepper and mayonnaise.
Fill the tartlets with filling and decorate them with canned corn.

Video recipe for tartlets with two fillings:

Salad recipes for the New Year

Since beef and veal cannot be served on New Year's Eve, salads with chicken, pork and seafood are prepared. The bull is a conservative animal, so your favorite salads are put on the table, but the usual New Year's menu can be diversified with new dishes with a spicy taste.

Delicious salad with spicy sauce

Salad with mayonnaise is a regular on the holiday table. For those who like to discover new tastes, an easy-to-prepare salad is suitable.

Ingredients:

bell pepper - 1 piece;
red beans in their own juice - 1 can;
canned corn - 1 can;
onion - 1 piece;
tomatoes - 2 pcs;
chicken fillet - 0.4 kg;
greens - for decoration;
salt - to taste.

Ingredients for the sauce:

vinegar 9% - 3 tbsp. l.;
mustard - 3 tbsp. l.;
liquid or melted honey - 2 tbsp. l.;
vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l.;
garlic - 2 cloves.
pepper or thyme - to taste.

Recipe:

Wash the chicken fillet and cut it into medium cubes.
Heat a frying pan and add vegetable oil.
Fry the chopped fillet and cool.
Peel, wash and cut the onion into small cubes.
Wash the bell pepper and cut into cubes.
Cut the tomatoes into cubes.
Chop the greens.
Combine the chopped ingredients and add canned corn and red beans.
In a separate container, mix vinegar with honey, vegetable oil and garlic, passed through a special press. For spiciness, add ground pepper, and for spiciness, add thyme. Mix all ingredients for the sauce and let them brew for 15 minutes.
Add the cooled fried chicken to the salad ingredients, mix thoroughly and season with sauce.

Video recipe:

Merchant salad with pork

The interpretation of the original recipe resulted in a hearty and tasty salad called “Merchant”.

Ingredients:

canned peas - 1 can;
chicken egg - 3 pcs;
onion - 1 piece;
carrots - 2 pcs;
pork tenderloin - 0.4 kg.
mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l.;
vinegar - 1 tbsp. l.;
sugar - 1 tbsp. l.;
salt, pepper - to taste.

Recipe:

It is better to prepare the ingredients 1 day before celebrating the New Year. Boil pork in salted water. Boil the eggs hard.
Cut the cooled pork into thin strips or cubes.
Drain the canned peas and remove the lid to dry.
Peel, wash and cut the onion into small cubes.
Add sugar, vinegar and a pinch of salt to the onion. Leave it to marinate.
Peel the eggs and cut them into small cubes.
Peel the carrots and grate on a coarse grater.
Heat a frying pan, add vegetable oil and fry the carrots.
Combine peas, eggs, onions with cooled carrots.
Add salt, pepper, mayonnaise and mix thoroughly.
Place the salad in the refrigerator for at least 20 minutes. Serve chilled.

Video recipes:

Salad with mussels

Seafood diversifies the menu for the New Year.

Salad ingredients:

mussels in oil - 200 g;
oblong rice - 200 g;
bell pepper - 1 piece;
cucumber - 2 pcs;
dill - for decoration.

Ingredients for the sauce:

mustard beans - 1 tbsp. l.;
lemon juice - 1 tsp;
oil left over from mussels - 4 tbsp. l.;
Provencal herbs - 0.5 tsp;
salt - ½ tsp.

Recipe:

Boil the rice in salted water and cool.
Finely chop the vegetables.
Drain the oil from the mussels into a separate container.
Layer rice, chopped pepper and cucumber.
Place mussels on top.
In a separate container, mix the oil with mustard, lemon juice, salt and herbs.
Pour the sauce over the salad and let it soak for 1 hour.

Video recipe:

Main course recipes

Before the chimes strike, hot food is served. You can celebrate the New Year with baked chicken, duck, rabbit or stuffed fish. Separately, a side dish is added to New Year's recipes, which is served with the main dish.

Roast duck with apples

Nutritious duck meat will become tender and juicy if you choose the right carcass and prepare it for cooking. Buy a medium-sized duck and do not take too thin carcasses, because they have dry and tougher meat. Before you start cooking the duck, soak its meat in salted water for 5-6 hours. This will help get rid of the blood and make the meat more tender.

Ingredients:

duck - 2 kg;
sweet and sour apples - 5 pcs;
mustard - 3 tbsp. l.;
salt, pepper - to taste;
soy sauce - 30 ml;
honey - 1 tsp.

Recipe:

Brush the dried duck carcass with mustard and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Leave it for 30 minutes.
Cut the apples into medium slices.
Fill the duck with apple slices and use a toothpick to seal the edges of the duck skin.
Place the duck in the sleeve.
Fill the empty space in the sleeve with the remaining apple slices.
Tie your sleeve tightly.
Preheat the oven to 250° and place the duck for 10 minutes. Then reduce the temperature to 200° and bake for another 20 minutes. Then reduce the temperature again to 180° and bake for another 40 minutes.
While the duck is baking, prepare the marinade with soy sauce and a spoonful of honey.
Remove the duck from the oven, cut the sleeve and, without removing the carcass, brush it with marinade. Bake the duck for another 10 minutes. The marinade will give a beautiful crust.

Video recipes:

Stuffed pink salmon with mushrooms

Fish as a main dish is at least unusual, and also incredibly tasty. An interesting recipe will decorate the New Year's menu and will be remembered for a long time.

Ingredients:

pink salmon - 1 kg;
champignons - 150 g;
onion - 1 piece;
hard cheese - 50 g;
rice - 40 g;
herbs, salt, pepper and vegetable oil - to taste.

Recipe:

Wash the rice, pour into a saucepan, add salt and add water. After the water boils, cook the rice over low heat until half cooked.
Cut the onion into half rings.
Chop the mushrooms and pour them into a heated dry frying pan.
When all the moisture from the mushrooms has evaporated, add vegetable oil and onions to them.
Fry mushrooms with onions until golden brown.
Grate hard cheese on a coarse grater.
Chop the greens.
Mix rice with herbs, cheese, mushrooms and onions.
Wash the pink salmon, remove scales and dry with a paper towel.
Cut the fish along the spine to make 2 fillets.
Cut out the bellies of each fillet and select the bones.
Fold the foil in half, place in a baking tray and grease with vegetable oil.
Place the fillet on greased foil, top it with the filling and cover with the second fillet.
Brush the top fillet with vegetable oil and cover with a second sheet of foil. It is also pre-lubricated with oil so that the fish does not fry on it.
Fold the edges of the foil on all sides.
Heat the pan to 200o and bake for half an hour.
Remove pink salmon from the oven and uncover the top layer of foil.
Place it back in the oven for 10 minutes until golden brown.
Let the fish cool slightly, cut into several pieces and serve.

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Recipes for side dishes for hot dishes

If you want to diversify the New Year's table, but not experiment too much, prepare mashed potatoes differently.

Potato croquettes with cheese and green onions

Ingredients:

potatoes - 1 kg;
eggs - 1 piece;
flour - 2 tbsp. l.;
hard cheese - 150 g;
green onions - a bunch;
salt, pepper, khmeli-suneli seasoning - to taste;
vegetable oil - for deep frying.

Ingredients for batter:

eggs - 2 pcs.
breadcrumbs.

Recipe:

Peel, rinse and cut the potatoes in half. Boil and mash it with a special masher.
Chop the green onions.
Add salt, pepper, seasoning, green onions, 1 raw egg and 2 tbsp to the resulting puree. l. flour.
Cut the cheese into small cubes.
Form the puree into a ball.
Make a hole in it, put a piece of cheese inside and roll again.
Make several balls of the puree and roll them in flour.
Place the croquettes in the refrigerator for 1 hour.
Separately, beat 2 eggs with a fork and prepare breadcrumbs.
Dip the ball into the egg mixture and roll in breadcrumbs.
Heat vegetable oil in a saucepan. There should be enough of it to cover the balls.
Deep fry the croquettes until golden brown.
Place the croquettes on a paper towel.

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Dessert and drink recipes

On New Year's Eve they serve fruits, chocolates, sweets, pastries and pies. If time is running out, buy ready-made desserts. If you have plenty of time, then prepare a no-bake cake for the New Year.

Quick cake

Ingredients:

cottage cheese - 0.4 kg;
sour cream - 0.7 kg;
sugar - 0.25 kg;
water - 100 ml;
gelatin - 30 g;
tangerines - 4 pcs;
butter - 20 g;
vanilla sugar - 10 g.

Recipe:

Soak the gelatin.
Peel and separate the tangerines into slices, removing all the veins.
Melt the butter in a frying pan, add a heaping tablespoon of sugar and pour the tangerine into the frying pan.
Caramelize the tangerine until the sugar has dissolved, turning it constantly. Turn off the heat and leave the tangerine in the hot pan for 1-2 minutes.
Mix cottage cheese with 5 tbsp. sour cream and half sugar.
Grind the cottage cheese with a blender until smooth.
Pour the remaining sour cream and sugar into a separate container. Beat with a mixer until the sugar dissolves.
Mix sour cream with curd mass and mix with a mixer.
Melt the swollen gelatin in the microwave, and then pour it into the curd mass, then beat everything with a mixer.
Add the tangerine, reserving 10 slices for decoration.
Pour the resulting mixture into a cake or muffin tin and refrigerate for 2-3 hours.
Take out the mold and dip it in hot water for 15 seconds. Cover with a lid and turn over.
Decorate the cake with coconut and tangerines.

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Baby mini cakes

Simple and quick cakes look like cute canapés.

You will need:
300 g flour, 200 g butter, 3 tbsp.
powdered sugar, 2 eggs, a pinch of salt, 250 g of cottage cheese, 1 can of boiled condensed milk, 3 marshmallows, 1 tsp. gelatin. Preparation:

Chop cold butter with flour and powdered sugar into crumbs, add eggs and quickly knead the dough. Roll it out onto a baking sheet and leave it in the refrigerator for 20 minutes, and then bake the cake for another 20 minutes at 180 degrees, cut off the edges and cut in half.

Pour and prepare gelatin according to the instructions, beat the cottage cheese with condensed milk, and add it there. Cut the marshmallows into cubes and stir in the filling. Place the filling on one crust, cover with the second one and put it in the refrigerator for 4 hours, and cut before serving.

Children's mini pizza

Enough ingredients to make 4 mini pizzas. It will take 2 hours and 15 minutes to prepare.

Preparation next.

Composition of ingredients

For the test	For filling	For the sauce
3 tbsp. wheat flour	100 g chicken meat	1 tbsp. tomato juice
100 ml milk	50 g boiled sausage	1 onion
200 ml purified water	2 chicken eggs	2 garlic cloves
1.5 tsp. dry yeast	1 tomato	2 tbsp. l. tomato paste
3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil	4 quail eggs
2 tbsp. l. granulated sugar	15 olives
1.5 tsp. regular salt	grated cheese

Step-by-step cooking process

Instructions on how to make children's mini pizzas:

First, you need to sift wheat flour into a container for kneading dough, add dry yeast to it, add granulated sugar along with salt, pour in vegetable oil, milk, water, mix and knead the dough for 2-3 minutes.
After this, you need to pour in 150 ml of boiling water, mix again, cover with a towel and leave it at room temperature. At this time, you can rinse the chicken meat in cold water, remove moisture from it with a dry towel, place it in a saucepan, add water, boil over high heat and cook after boiling for about 30 minutes.
Next, the boiled meat should be turned into minced meat, sent to a blender. If you don't have a blender, you can use a meat grinder. Afterwards you need to prepare the sauce. To do this, you need to heat a frying pan greased with vegetable oil, put peeled and finely chopped onion into it, add peeled and pressed garlic, stir, fry until soft, pour in tomato juice, boil for 10 minutes, then add tomato paste and cook the sauce until thickening. At the end, the sauce must be rubbed through a sieve or blender.
Now you can take the dough, transfer it to a table sprinkled with flour, cut out 4 animal faces from it, grease them with tomato sauce, sprinkle each piece with shredded chicken meat, then grated cheese, place the pizzas on a baking sheet covered with baking paper and place in the oven cabinet preheated to 180°C for 30 minutes.
While the pizzas are being prepared, you need to put the eggs in a saucepan, add water, boil over high heat, boil for 10 minutes, cool and peel.

Baked pizzas can be removed from the oven, cooled, decorated with eggs, sausage, tomato and olives, making 2 tiger faces and 2 pig faces.

Hot sandwiches "Kaleidoscope"

There’s an even simpler recipe that you can prepare for a child’s birthday – you just can’t imagine it!

You will need:
10 slices of bread, 150 g of sausage, 1 tomato, half a yellow pepper, half a bunch of herbs, 120 g of cheese, 2 tbsp.
mayonnaise, spices. Preparation:

Cut the sausage, tomatoes and peppers into small cubes, add chopped herbs and grated cheese. Mix everything with mayonnaise, place on loaf slices and place in the oven for 10 minutes at 180 degrees.

Children's cookies with M&M's

All the children at the party will definitely be delighted with these bright and beautiful cookies.

You will need:
200 g butter, 200 g sugar, 1 egg, 400 g flour, 0.5 tsp each.
baking powder and salt, a package of M&M's. Preparation:

Beat the softened butter and sugar with a blender, add the egg and gradually add the sifted flour with salt and baking powder. Form small cookies and place on a baking sheet. Decorate it with sweets and bake for 10-15 minutes at 180 degrees.

Beef in citrus sauce

Don't know how to cook meat so your kids eat it all? Keep an interesting recipe!

You will need:
450 g beef, 2 tsp.
zest, 0.5 cups of orange juice, a quarter cup of brown sugar, 2 tbsp. rice vinegar and soy sauce, 2 tsp. ginger and corn starch, 2 green onions, vegetable oil. Preparation:

Cut the meat into small pieces, quickly fry in a frying pan and place on a plate. Pour orange juice, vinegar, sauce into the same frying pan, add zest, grated ginger and starch. Simmer everything together for 2 minutes, add the meat to the sauce, mix well and sprinkle with green onions.

Octopus appetizer

Preparing this dish will take no more than 30 minutes.

Preparation next.

Composition of ingredients

To prepare this snack, you will need to take:

8 sausages;
100 ml milk;
50 g wheat flour;
40 ml tomato sauce;
1 raw egg;
50 g corn flour;
1 boiled egg;
1 olive;
1 tsp. regular salt;
5 g baking powder;
vegetable oil.

Step-by-step cooking process

Cooking instructions:

The first step is to cut the sausages in half, then cut them into 8 pieces, leaving them whole, and set aside. Then you can mix the milk with the egg and salt in a deep bowl using a whisk.
Next, you will need to sift wheat and corn flour into the mixture, mix thoroughly so that there are no lumps, add tomato sauce, mix again and coat the sausages with the resulting batter, dipping them into it.
After this, heat the oil in a frying pan, place the sausages in it and fry them on each side until golden brown. They can be transferred to paper napkins to remove excess oil.
Now you can make eyes from boiled peeled eggs, mouths from olives, attach to the blanks, place the cooked octopus from sausages on a plate and serve.

Multi-colored vegetable casserole

Even if your child doesn’t like vegetables too much, he definitely won’t be able to resist this dish!

You will need:
250 g of dry beans, 400 g of peas and corn, 500 g of spinach, 3 carrots, 1 bunch of greens, curry, olive oil.
Preparation:

Soak and boil dry white beans in advance, bake carrots and pour boiling water over frozen peas for 5 minutes. Puree the beans and peas in a blender and add spices to them. Chop the greens, lightly simmer in olive oil and place all the ingredients in the mold in layers. Bake for half an hour at 180 degrees.

Chinese cabbage salad

If desired, add chicken, ham or crab sticks to the salad.

You will need:
300 g of Chinese cabbage, 1 cucumber, 2 eggs, 150 g of cheese, 150 g of canned corn, 200 g of sour cream, spices.
Preparation:

Cut the cucumber and Chinese cabbage into strips, and grate the boiled eggs and cheese on a coarse grater. Add corn, mix all ingredients and season the salad with sour cream.

Lemon curd casserole

Make it in portions in small molds - and all the children at your birthday party will be delighted!

You will need:
250 g of cottage cheese, 2 eggs, 50 g of sugar, 1 bag of vanilla sugar, 1 tbsp.
lemon juice, 15 g starch, zest. Preparation:

Mix cottage cheese with yolks, sugar, starch and lemon juice. Beat the egg whites until foamy with a pinch of salt and slowly fold into the mixture. Add zest and filling to taste, place in molds and bake for 20 minutes at 160 degrees. Decorate the casserole with fruits and berries.

Dessert

Desserts will be very appropriate at a buffet table. Popular dessert options include brownies, sliced fruits, ice cream, candies, cakes, etc. The principle of portioning applies here too.

Sweets as an integral part of a child's birthday, read: Cakes for a child's birthday

Tartlets with orange pudding

Grocery list:

Ready tartlets
Oranges
Semolina
Milk
Sugar

Cooking technique:

1) You can buy ready-made tartlets or bake them yourself.

2) Peel the oranges, grind the pulp in a blender and rub through a sieve.

3) Heat the resulting orange puree to a boil, add sugar and a little semolina, stirring constantly. Cook for 5 minutes and cool.

4) Bring the milk to a boil, add a little salt and a little sugar, then add semolina and cook to get a thick semolina porridge. Pour it into molds and cool.

5) Cut semolina porridge into pieces, mix in layers with orange cream, fill tartlets with this pudding. You can add orange slices, strawberries or cherries as decoration.

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Children's kebabs in orange glaze

If you don’t have a grill, you can bake the meat in the oven, but then turn the kebabs often.

You will need:
500 g of pork, a third of a glass of barbecue sauce, a third of a glass of orange juice, spices.
Preparation:

Cut the meat into small pieces and marinate in barbecue sauce, orange juice and spices. Place the kebabs on skewers and grill for about 10-12 minutes.

Beetroot chips

Arrange them with beautiful buds - and all the children will immediately notice this snack!

You will need:
2 sweet beets, 1 liter of water, 1 tbsp.
salt, 1.5 tbsp. oils Preparation:

Cut the beets into thin slices and throw them in small portions into salted boiling water for 3 minutes. Place all slices on paper towels, pat dry, drizzle with oil and microwave for 2 minutes at maximum power. You can put them in the oven at 220 degrees until they dry.

Caesar on skewers

Preparing huge salad bowls for a child’s birthday is not at all interesting, unlike such salads on skewers.

You will need:
100 g of bread, 1 clove of garlic, 200 g of chicken, 30 g of cheese, 150 g of salad, 100 g of cherry tomatoes, 70 g of mayonnaise, 70 g of yogurt, 10 g of Dijon mustard, spices.
Preparation:

Rub the bread with garlic, drizzle with olive oil, cut and fry in a dry frying pan. Boil the chicken and cut into large cubes, chop the cheese and lettuce too. Mix the dressing, thread the salad onto skewers and drizzle with sauce.

Chicken fillet “Like pizza”

A great alternative to regular pizza with dough for a children's holiday table!

You will need:
1 chicken fillet, 3 tomatoes, 2 tbsp.
olive oil, spices, basil, cheese, half an onion. Preparation:

Cut the fillet almost to the end, unfold it into a book and beat it. Fry finely chopped onions with tomatoes, add a little sugar and spices, and simmer everything together for 10 minutes. Place the breast in the sauce until it covers it completely and simmer for another 15 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle with cheese and garnish with basil.

Chicken salad with grapes

A bright and healthy salad that would be very appropriate at a children's birthday party.

You will need:
300 g chicken, 100 g celery, 150 g grapes, 30 g nuts, herbs, yogurt, spices.
Preparation:

Boil or bake the chicken and cut it into cubes, chop the celery, nuts and herbs. If the grapes are large, cut the berries in half. Mix all ingredients and season with yoghurt and spices.

First meal

Soup or borscht are not very common dishes at children's birthday parties. However, if you approach the matter creatively, the result may be surprising: children can happily eat okroshka, good fish soup, cream soup with croutons, or another original option.

Cream soup “Sunny”

Grocery list:

Chicken fillet - 50 gr.
Pumpkin - 150 gr.
Potatoes - 1 pc.
Sweet pepper - 1 pc.
Half an onion
Sour cream or cream - 40-50 ml.
Parsley - 1-2 sprigs
Salt

Cooking technique:

1) First, cook a light broth from chicken fillet - you will need about 500 ml of water (do not forget to add salt to the water).

2) While the broth is boiling, peel the pumpkin, cut into pieces, and do the same with the potatoes.

3) Remove the core from the pepper and cut it into several large pieces.

4) Peel the onion, take half the onion.

5) When the meat is cooked, remove it from the broth, put potatoes, pumpkin, onions and bell peppers in the pan, then cook for 20-30 minutes.

6) Wash and finely chop the parsley.

7) When the vegetables are cooked, remove the onions and peppers from the pan, return the meat to the broth, add parsley and grind thoroughly with a blender. The result is a beautiful bright orange mass.

Pour the cream soup into a plate. Using sour cream (or cream) we draw “eyes” and a “smile” on the surface. A good addition to the soup would be croutons or toast.

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