What can you cook for the second for the holiday. For the holiday table

And what Russian does not like delicious food! A festive feast is a favorite entertainment in our country. And although the crisis is not conducive to special financial recklessness, the holiday is sacred. And on a holiday, how not to cook something special from meat to please your man and other meat-eaters!

So, let's start to surprise and amaze. But let's start with something traditional.

• Pork (neck or shoulder, preferably slightly with fat) - 1 kg;
• garlic - about half a large head;
• salt, black pepper, cinnamon - to taste;
• water - 1 (or a little more) glass;
• egg - 1 piece;
• flour - as needed.

Wash the meat, clean it of excess and simply ugly, giving a pleasant, finished shape.

Wipe thoroughly from moisture and rub with spices. You can pre-stuff with garlic, or season with it, finely chopped, along with spices.

Wrap the meat in cling film and leave overnight in the refrigerator.

The next day, from an egg, water and flour, we prepare the dough like for fried pies: not cool, and not liquid. It should be enough to wrap a piece of pork. If not enough, do more.

The best side dish for boiled pork is cucumbers or pickled fruits. Don't forget to give horseradish. The wine is, of course, red.

We roll out the dough quite thinly, wrap the pork in it, pinch the edges. Now we wrap everything together in foil (the foil should not be close to the meat) and place in the oven at 200 degrees. You know your oven better, think about whether you need to pour a little water into the baking sheet or the meat will not burn and so?

Bake for 40 minutes, then reduce the temperature by 10 degrees and bake for another hour, adding water if necessary.

It is better to cool the meat in foil, then remove the foil and baked dough (it is not necessary to serve it, but there are lovers to eat it) and leave it to rest for several hours in the refrigerator. Can be cooked for baked goods.

Boiled pork belongs to the traditional dish for. But boiled pork will be appropriate on any festive table and is eaten with appetite and gratitude by everyone, young and old, who got it. Make your parents happy with a boiled pork.

Meat in French

Let's try to slightly reduce the calorie content of this amazing dish, deadly for almost any figure.

• Meat (take pork without fat) - 1 kg;
• onions - a couple of medium-sized onions, maybe less;
• oyster mushrooms - 400 grams, you can take standard packaging;
• hard cheese (take low-fat) - to taste, who loves - 300 grams, who does not - and 100 is enough;
• mayonnaise - homemade or regular, do not take a light one - there are only GMOs;
• salt, pepper - to taste.

Wash the oyster mushrooms, cut not too finely, onions - finely.

In a frying pan with a small amount of oil, we sweat a little oyster mushrooms and onions, 7-10 minutes, no need to fry.

We cut the meat across the fibers into pieces about a centimeter thick, cover with cling film and lightly beat off.

On a baking sheet lightly greased with vegetable oil, put the pieces. If you like salty and peppery, this is the time to make meat like this. But do not get carried away - cheese and mayonnaise will be salty.

The dish is fatty, so it is better to serve it with fresh tomatoes or greens. We drink, naturally, red dry. And whoever doesn’t like it, let him drink water: washing it down with semi-sweet is not for the faint of heart.

Lubricate each piece generously with mayonnaise, put the onion-mushroom mixture on it, and sprinkle (more or less generously) with grated cheese on top.

Bake for 40 minutes in the oven at 180-190 degrees. If the cheese is not browned, increase the temperature for 2-4 minutes to 250 degrees, but do not overcook the meat!

Perhaps another variation on the theme of meat traditions is pork ribs. Let's cook them with vegetables.

• Pork ribs - 1 kg;
• potatoes - 4-5 pieces;
• carrots - 1 medium;
• frozen broccoli, or cauliflower, or Brussels sprouts, or a mixture - two handfuls;
• green beans - a couple of handfuls;
• frozen peas - a handful;
• young corn - 1-2 cobs;
• mustard, ketchup, vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons each;
• salt, a mixture of peppers, oregano, paprika - to taste; you can add cumin or rosemary, but this is not for everyone.

Rinse the ribs well and cut into portions.

Mix ketchup, mustard, oil, spices and rub the ribs with this marinade. Cover with cling film and put in the refrigerator for a couple of hours.

Peel and cut the potatoes into slices, carrots into slices, Brussels sprouts into halves, and other types of cabbage into small inflorescences. If your beans are not frozen, but fresh, cut them into pieces 3-4 centimeters long. Cut the corn cobs crosswise into circles up to a centimeter thick.

Serve hot with no additional garnish. You can serve sour cream or yogurt with chopped herbs as a sauce.

Put all the vegetables in a saucepan with a little oil, add water and simmer for 7 minutes. If you cannot live without onions, add a little, but it’s good without it.

Put the vegetables in the form, on them - the ribs and pour the rest of the marinade.

We will bake at a temperature of 200 degrees for 40 minutes under a lid, and then another 10 minutes without a lid. The ribs are very different, be sure to check the readiness.

Such a dish is well suited if you do not know exactly how many guests will be and how hungry they will be.

And here are a couple of similar dishes from the series "Honey, I'll be in half an hour, and there are twenty people with me." Joke. In general, when "there is no time, but the meat is needed."

If there is no time at all, then “pork with eggplant”, but “chicken with eggplant” is not at all the same. Although, everything is individual.

• So, meat - 1 kg;
• eggplant - 3-4 pieces;
• onion - a pair of heads;
• garlic - 1 medium head;
• vegetable oil for stewing - quite a lot;
• salt - to taste.

Wash the meat well, dry it, cut across the fibers into small pieces. You can cover with cling film and beat off a little.

Then salt it and rub it with garlic, passed through a garlic press, cover with cling film and let stand.

In a good saucepan, hold the chopped onion on fire until it becomes transparent.

You need something neutral for a side dish - boiled potatoes or even rice.

Wash the eggplant and, without peeling, cut into cubes (or half rings if you want).

Put meat, eggplants in a stewpan to the onion, pour in oil and water and simmer over the smallest fire until the meat is ready.

The dish will turn out to be very spicy and spicy, children will not eat (and nutritionists would not recommend it to them), but for adults - that's it.

The second festive meat dish from the same opera is pork with mushrooms.

• Pork (shoulder, ham) - 1 kg;
• mushrooms (champignons, oyster mushrooms, forest mushrooms - just not a mixture; different mushrooms have different cooking times) - let's say the same amount, but less can be.
• onions - 2-3 heads;
• sour cream is quite fatty (not less than 20%) - 400 grams or more;
• butter - 50 gr;
• vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons;
• salt - to taste;
• if desired - grated cheese, 150 grams.

Wash the mushrooms, if the forest mushrooms - boil, cut into large pieces. We chop the onion.

Put the butter in a frying pan, melt and hold the onion in it until it becomes transparent. It is advisable not to fry!

Wash the pork, dry it, cut into small pieces.

This dish goes well with mashed potatoes or vegetables, but you can use the same rice. Then rice stewed with vegetables is desirable: with peas, corn and sweet pepper.

Put the meat, mushrooms and onions in the form mixed. Mix sour cream with salt and water (the sauce should cover the meat with mushrooms) and pour into a mold. We put in the oven at 180-190 degrees.

If possible, cook covered for the first 40 minutes, but the sauce tends to run off, so see what works for you.

Then the lid must be removed, and the cheese, if you want, fall asleep and cook for another 20 minutes until the meat is ready. Offer to cook this dish.

Shank with cabbage and other goodies

• Boiled-smoked shank (can be boneless) - a couple; however, look at the size of the shank and the number and “quality” of the guests: some guest will scam a whole shank;
• half-smoked sausages - 400 grams;
• sauerkraut - with a pound;
• fresh cabbage - half a small head;
• bay leaf, peppercorns, tomato paste;
• vegetable oil - 5 tablespoons;

We wash the shank well, scrape it if necessary, and put it to boil in a small (just to cover it) amount of salted water. There are also peppercorns and bay leaves.

While it (at least an hour) is being cooked, chop fresh cabbage. If sauerkraut is coarsely chopped, it is necessary to chop it. For this purpose, kitchen scissors are suitable.

Sometimes the cabbage burns. Make sure that this does not happen, stir it from time to time.

We cut the sausages into small circles, quickly fry in a saucepan in vegetable oil, put both cabbages there, mix - and let it all stew for about 40 minutes.

Now it's time to take the form, put the cabbage with sausages, and on top of it - the knuckle. And all this - in the oven at a temperature of about 170 degrees.

The only thing missing from this dish is beer. What sandwiches to complement the festive beer table read in.

Pork roll

• Pork tenderloin - 1 kg;
• smoked or raw bacon strips;
• champignons - 800-900 gr;
• onion or garlic - to taste;
• parsley or other greens - 1 bunch;
• butter - 50 gr;
• cheese - 300 gr.

We clean the mushrooms, cut into slices and fry in oil with the addition of chopped onion or garlic. Remove from fire and let cool slightly.

Wash the parsley, chop and add to the mushrooms. We rub the cheese on a fine grater.

Wash the pork, dry it, cut across the fibers. Now cover with cling film and beat off.

It is better to serve this dish with a potato salad or any.

We spread the beaten pork on a film in one layer to make a layer of meat.

Put the filling and grated cheese on it.

With the help of a film, wrap the roll, wrap it with bacon, put it in a mold.

Cover with foil and put in the oven at 180 degrees.

We bake for about an hour, check the readiness by piercing the roll with a narrow knife.

If the juice is clear, you can remove the foil and bake the roll at 220 degrees until crusty.

And now the dishes that children will appreciate. They are perfect for a children's party.

• Pork - 800 gr;
• potatoes - by volume of pork;
• mayonnaise - a pack;
• garlic - half a head;
• cheese - 300 gr.

Prepare the pork: cut across the fibers, cover with a film and lightly beat off.

Put the pork in a saucepan, pour a little water, squeeze a couple of cloves of garlic, salt and cook over low heat for about 30 minutes.

The garnish is already included, and it’s good to add fresh vegetables.

Peel the potatoes and cut them into thin slices (you can even use a potato peeler), lay them on top of the meat, squeeze another clove of garlic, lightly salt and pour mayonnaise mixed with water so that the potatoes are covered.

Cook for another 20 minutes covered.

Now squeeze the rest of the garlic and cover everything with cheese. If the saucepan is suitable for this, put it in the oven for 10 minutes at 220 degrees. If not, keep covered for 10 minutes over low heat.

Pate

• Minced meat - 1 kg;
• chicken liver 300 gr;
• a bun soaked in milk;
• eggs - 3 pcs;
• sweet pepper - 2 pcs, red is better;
• greens - 1 bunch;
• cauliflower - half a large head;
• butter - 50 gr;
• salt, pepper, onion, garlic - to taste.

Rinse the liver, clean it, pass it through a meat grinder.

Mix minced meat with eggs, liver, bun and eggs with a blender. Cut the pepper into cubes and simmer for 7 minutes. Add onion-garlic there.

Now add chopped greens, pepper and cauliflower divided into inflorescences, salt and pepper to the minced meat.

Grease the form with oil, lay out the minced meat, cover with foil and bake in the oven at 180 degrees for 30 minutes. Check the readiness.

Now, if the juice is already transparent, remove the foil, grease the surface with butter and return to the oven for 10 minutes.

A light pate can be prepared.

A meat dish, but more than one - will become a favorite of any holiday!

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Festive table in a hurry

Recently, I had to assemble a festive table in haste. There was little time for cooking - only 2.5 hours + another 1 hour - for a quick run to the store for everything you need. I did. It turned out very tasty, the guests were satisfied.

I will tell you how you can allocate time, have time to collect the table and not get very tired. And what to cook for guests in a hurry.

What should be on hand

• Good knives (a sharp small one and 1 large one are enough for me);
• Cutting board (can be 2);
• Grater (large and small);
• Several bowls for cooking and mixing dishes;
• Spices (which you usually use);
• Apron;
• Dishes for table setting (plates-forks-spoons-glasses-glasses-glasses and utensils for tea-coffee: cups-saucers-plates for cake-teaspoons), napkins, a jug for drinks (for compote, juice), tablecloth.
• Dishes for serving dishes to the table and tablespoons (for laying out salads and other dishes);
• Utensils for cooking (pots, pans, kettle).

In addition, the house needs clean hand towels, toilet paper, soap. Maybe slippers if you and your guests usually wear them.

I cooked in a foreign country. Therefore, I took with me: an apron, spices (dried basil) and a grater (suddenly not in the house). If you go to cook in someone else's house and are not sure if there are convenient knives there, I advise you to definitely grab your own, proven ones.

What can you buy in the store

We proceed from the fact that time is running out. Therefore, complex salads, for which you need to boil and cut a lot of different ingredients or lay them out in some special way, are not suitable for us. They can be taken, but only ready-made. Yes, I know that ready-made salads are evil, but we have an urgent men's birthday. Here - either everything from the supermarket's cooking, or we still have time to cook some of the dishes ourselves, giving the table a homely look.

With our own hands, we will only do what is prepared quickly. The principle of distribution of forces is as follows:

1. A few homemade quick and easy meals.
2. Some prepared food (1-2 salads, 1 meat). This is to guarantee something to feed if we do not have time to cook.
3. Snacks - something that will be a delicious addition to dishes or diversify the table, but does not require cooking (sausage, cheese, olives, cherry tomatoes, fruits, sweets and other snacks).

I write only what I chose for a particular birthdayfor 7-8 people. And you are guided by the situation.

Shopping list

Of the spices, I had only dried basil (in cutlets and cucumbers, but you can do without it). Check if there is salt at home. Otherwise, it must be added to the list.

Ready-to-cook meals

• Salads with mayonnaise to choose from: – 700-800 g- Olivier (almost a win-win, most of the guests love him, we bought him). Herring under a fur coat is also an option, women love it. You can take any other delicious salad that you have already bought here and are sure of its quality.
• Meat baked / fried: – piece by piece, according to the number of guests. We took meat in French. Can be replaced or supplemented with chicken thighs or legs (baked in the oven or on the grill). Choose something traditional, beautiful and fresh.
• Vegetable salads - 400 g(not all of them will). Instead of vegetable salads, we bought 300-400 g of pickled champignons with onions. Options: cabbage salad or sauerkraut if you like spicy: Korean salads (algae, mushrooms, pork ears), Georgian cabbage (large pieces in beetroot juice). Spicy and fresh diversifies the taste sensations of guests.

Semi-finished products

• Minced meat (we have delicious pork and beef, pork and chicken and chicken) - 700-800 g.

canned food

• pickled cucumbers(gherkins) - 1 bank(not necessarily, we have not opened, and there are so many). You can - pickled tomatoes;
• Mushrooms (salted are tastier than pickled) - 1 bank. We did not buy, we managed with those from cooking;
• Olives and olives – 1 bank;
• Pineapples - 1 bank(480 g). This is for a salad with cheese and garlic.

Vegetables fruits

• Cherry tomatoes (fresh) 500 g (packing). Put a whole branch on the table. They are very well eaten between times, like grapes (you can take and / or grapes - both on a salty and sweet table). Choose those cherry tomatoes that sit firmly on a branch, they are fresh (those that have fallen off have been standing for a long time).
• fresh cucumbers - 5-8 pieces(medium size). This is for quick salted cucumbers;
• Potato - 2-2.5 kg(a whole cellophane bag);
• Lemon - 1 piece;
• Garlic - 1 head;
• Bulb onions - 2 heads(in salad and cutlets);
• Dill - beam.
• Tangerines, grapes, any seasonal fruits and berries. We had 1 kg of tangerines.

Sausage, cheese, minced meat, fish, eggs

• Boiled sausage (doctor's) - 0,5 a small loaf;
• Sausage Boyarskaya(type of ham) - 0,5 a small loaf;
• Cheese Black Prince(Belarusian) - 250 g. The taste is good, traditional;
• Cheese (some ordinary, like Russian, in a salad) - 100 g;
• Processed cheese (Friendship or Orbit) - 1 piece;
• Eggs - 1 ten(large);
• Herring in oil - 1 package;

• Mayonnaise (The dream of the hostess turned out to be quite normal) - 1 small package (200 ml);
• Vegetable oil for frying(you need a little, maybe you have a quarter of a bottle at home).

Beverages

Remember that you always want to drink at a plentiful table and 1 glass of compote or juice will not be enough for a guest (consider that everyone will drink 2-3 glasses).

• Alcohol: wine, martini, vodka - whatever you like. We have 1 bottle each: white and red wine (dry and semi-sweet), martini bianco. We drank a little, but everyone had a choice. Focus on your company.
• Juice - 2-4 liters(orange, grapefruit, apple, multifruit, tomato) - whatever you like. You can - a three-liter jar of homemade compote.
• Mineral water - 2 bottles 1.5 liters each.

• Tea - package. Perhaps coffee (we got by with regular Ahmad tea);
• Sugar - package lumpy (refined) or 0.5 kg of ordinary bulk.

Hercules or semolina- it lies right next to it (you will need a couple of handfuls in cutlets). I took a package of hercules, then the owners will cook porridge from the leftovers.

Sweet

• Cake - 1 piece(we had 800 g of honey and sour cream, the most common, similar to homemade).
• Candies - 500 g. I bought by weight, 3 types - Gulliver (cool, large), Mishka (good) and some ordinary ones. You can just a box or do without sweets.

Bread

Take everything in slices, remember that we have no time.

• Black or custard - 1 loaf / loaf;
• White bread or loaf - 1 piece.

What dishes were on the table (menu)

• Cutlets (cooked) - 12-14 pieces came out (depending on size);
• Meat in French - 7 pieces;
• Salad Olivier - a large salad bowl;
• Pineapple salad with cheese and garlic (cooked) - 1 medium salad bowl;
• Stuffed eggs - 2 plates, Jewish cream cheese salad with garlic (cooked);
• Sliced ​​(sausage 2 types and cheese) - 2 plates;
• Olives and olives;
• Herring with onions;
• Pickled champignons;
• Mashed potatoes). I did it with olive oil, there was no cream or sour cream at home. It came out delicious.
• Cherry tomatoes;
• Korean-style tomatoes (cooked in advance).

Procedure

Stewed cutlets

Hard boil eggs- Cook 9 pieces, the tenth raw - in minced meat. Put in cold water, bring to a boil, cook for 10-12 minutes. Cool in cold water.

• Prepare minced meat for meatballs: Break 1 egg into minced meat, add oatmeal (1/2 or 2/3 cup), grate a couple of garlic cloves (fine grater) and 1 onion (large grater) into it. Add a pinch of basil. Salt. Knead. Let it stand while we peel the potatoes - just the flakes will swell, absorb excess moisture.
• Salted cucumbers cook and then peel potatoes(put in water, set to boil 40-50 minutes before the guests arrive). Quick preparation of salted cucumbers in slices: wash, cut off the tips. Cut each cucumber in half and rugs into 4 slices. Slices (as they are cut) are thrown into a container or jar and salted on top. A few sprigs of dill and 2-3 cloves of garlic - chop, add to the cucumbers. Close the lid and shake vigorously for 2-3 minutes. Then leave at room temperature until serving (under a tightly closed lid). You can shake it periodically (when you remember them - shake them, they will be better salted).

  

  Pickled cucumbers

• fry cutlets- heat the oil in a frying pan, form cutlets and fry them on both sides until a small crust appears. Fried - put in a pan, at the bottom of which a layer of oil is poured. When all the cutlets are in the pan, add 2/3 cups of cool water, cover with a lid (or slightly open it if there is no steam outlet in the lid so that the water gradually evaporates) and simmer over low heat until cutlet smells appear (about 30 minutes) . Be careful not to burn.



Eggs stuffed with salad

Stuff eggs- Peel hard-boiled eggs, cut in half. Take out the yolks, mash them with a fork. Add finely grated: processed cheese and 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped onion (1/2 head). Mix. Season with a little mayonnaise. Stuff the eggs with the resulting salad (in 1 egg - 1 teaspoon with top). It is not necessary to tamp, let them be with a slide. I decorated with dill and a piece of sweet pepper (yes, we didn’t buy it, I found it in the owner’s refrigerator, but this is not necessary). 4 eggs fit on a dessert plate (7 halves in a circle + 1 in the center), I had 9 (18 halves), the extra was squeezed in somehow. Before serving, each plate can be placed in a plastic bag (so that the bag does not come into contact with the eggs from above, let air in). And refrigerate until serving.

• Cut sausage and cheese. I cut the sausage loaf lengthwise into 2 parts and then into thin semicircles across the loaf. You probably cut the same way. Put the cuts on plates, insert them into bags and also put them in the refrigerator so that the cuts do not deteriorate and do not get windy.
• Making Pineapple Salad. Put pineapples in a bowl (pieces or cut rings into slices), grate cheese (hard, like Russian) there - a coarse grater, garlic (2 cloves) - a fine grater. Closer to serving, mix, season with mayonnaise.

Along the way, you need to set the table - entrust this to someone from home or run around yourself in between cooking. Set a table, cover with a tablecloth, arrange plates, lay out napkins (put additional ones in a napkin holder), forks. Put glasses and glasses. Bring drinks to the table. Put the bread on a plate (cover with a napkin or also put it in a bag for now).

• Assemble the table: gradually lay out all the prepared dishes in salad bowls and plates and transfer to the table. You can immediately put bowls with olives and olives (they will not deteriorate); pickled cucumber-tomatoes; put the herring in the herring box, add the onion cut into semicircles to it (half of the stuffed eggs remained). Cutlets will just reach, potatoes will be cooked (drain water, salt, add oil, ceiling). I also cut a lemon for tea (I sprinkled the circles with sugar to make it tastier, but - whoever likes it). Remove salads and cuts from the refrigerator right before guests arrive so that they do not spoil.

All! Bon appetit!

Quick holiday table in haste.

What is the main difference between an ordinary table and a festive one? Everyone will say: a lot of salads and bright design. Let's also add: and some non-ordinary, interesting, "key" hot dish, a kind of "highlight of the program." Festive hot dishes are a whole art that every housewife should master. Preparing for the holiday, any hostess first thinks about what she will have a hot dish on the festive table, and only then - salads, drinks and all that. With salads, it is desirable to be creative. After all, even the most ordinary salads can sparkle with new colors, if you approach them with imagination. The use of new ingredients can change your holiday dish beyond recognition. Recipes for festive dishes allow you to experiment with products, their combinations and colors. Not only a festive salad, but also any second dish on the festive table must be bright. Do not skimp on unexpected moves, try to combine more ingredients of different colors. Just look at the illustrations of real holiday dishes! The photos of these masterpieces are fascinating! Be sure to consider the experience of chefs who have already prepared dishes for the festive table. Recipes with photos of their creations can make your task much easier.

Delicious holiday meals are not necessarily festive meat dishes. After all, many people do not eat meat at all, or they prefer vegetables and fruits. You can’t deprive these guests of the holiday, make lenten festive dishes for them, the list of which is also quite large. After all, the main thing here is how to arrange and submit. Carved vegetables and fruits, original boiled egg and carrot roses, beautiful flowers and real mushroom fields - your imagination can be limitless.

Of course, no one cancels meat dishes for the festive table. They need to be given special attention in order to try to surprise guests, to create a real festive atmosphere. It is the festive meat dishes, along with some special birthday cake, that can become the very “highlight of the program”. Special decorations require festive dishes for a birthday. Beautiful inscriptions, drawings, figurines, etc. are appropriate here. But the main thing is that these are delicious dishes. You should not put ordinary snacks on the festive table. Also, very simple dishes on the festive table are not suitable. After all, this is a holiday, you need to surprise and delight guests. Recipes for dishes on the festive table just differ in their special taste and special design. Therefore, when preparing for the holiday, we advise you to study and prepare those festive dishes, the recipes with photos of which you will find on the site and which you will especially like in appearance.

And here are some more "holiday" tips: - take the time to decorate the table. It's even very exciting. Guests will appreciate your efforts, and you yourself will get a great mood. To help you, the list of colors of products for decorating dishes:

Red color is given by tomatoes, cranberries, sweet peppers;

Pink, raspberry - beetroot, cranberry juice;

Orange - carrots, bell peppers, tomato;

White - rice, egg whites, cottage cheese, sour cream;

Lilac, blue - grated egg white, rice, colored with red cabbage juice;

Burgundy - beets;

Yellow - egg yolks, corn, lemon;

Violet - egg whites tinted with red cabbage or red cabbage itself;

You need to decorate salads just before serving, so that the products do not flow and look fresh and appetizing;

Try to give different salads different colors;

Dishes on the festive table are served in various options and ways. Original - salads on slices of bread, wrapped in pita bread, in portioned baskets.

Every day, women prepare breakfast, lunch and dinner for their family. But on one of the spring days, men come to the kitchen, put on aprons, pick up sharp - sharpened knives and begin to cook delicious food for their beloved women. And everyone is well aware of this day - it is, of course, March 8th.

Some of the men know how to cook well, and it is not difficult for them to set the table. And someone does not know how to do this, but still wants to bring joy to their loved ones and arrange a real holiday for them.

Therefore, today's article is for them. I tried to collect very simple recipes here, according to which you can quickly and tasty prepare a festive breakfast, lunch or dinner, and most importantly create a great mood. After all, when we cook something for our loved ones, it is always pleasant, especially if it is food. A lot is transmitted with food - this is mood, and care, and love ...

Therefore, before you start cooking, this is what you stock up in the first place! It is most important! And sometimes it doesn’t even matter how this or that dish turned out, because the person who prepared it tried, wasted time.

But I am sure that we will succeed. I will describe all the processes in great detail. The only thing that will be needed is not to be afraid to turn on the fantasy. Prepare all dishes with festive overtones. Decorate salads with flowers, hearts, or the number eight. Come up with any holiday names related to flowers, women and this spring day. And then everything will be at the highest level.

If you want to arrange a real holiday for your loved ones, you can cook breakfast for them in bed. Imagine how happy and surprised a woman will be, especially if this does not happen often.

Cooking something supernatural is not necessary. You can simply serve coffee with a croissant or a small cake. Well, if you find a suitable tray, where to put it all. Or maybe you have a small table for these purposes, do not forget to put a small vase with flowers on it.

And you can cook something more serious, for example, scrambled eggs. It can be an ordinary scrambled egg in the form of a heart. If you have special silicone molds for making such scrambled eggs at home, then it will be just fine.

And you can cook it in the form of a figure eight. To do this, you need to fry the eggs in the usual way, and then with a glass with sharp edges, cut out two circles, you can have the same, or you can have different sizes. To do this, you will need to stock up on glasses of different diameters.

Often scrambled eggs are fried in sausage hearts. It is very easy to do this. You just need to cut the sausage across, but not completely, then give it the desired shape and fasten it with a toothpick. Put in a frying pan, drive in an egg and fry in the usual way.

And below I will share a few ideas for breakfast for the holiday, which will not be difficult for anyone to cook. Even if you have never cooked before, feel free to choose any option. He will certainly learn from you.

Yes, and do not forget that in order to create a festive mood, along with congratulations, tell your loved ones the warmest and most tender words, also tell them how much you love them. This is the most important attribute of breakfast, one might say - the most important ingredient.

Do not ignore this point, it is very important.

Fried eggs in bread with vegetables "Holiday"

We will need:

• egg - 2 pcs
• toast bread - 2 slices
• butter - 10 - 15 gr
• salt, pepper - to taste
• balsamic vinegar - 1 teaspoon
• cucumbers, fresh tomatoes - for serving

Cooking:

1. Cut out the core of the toast bread, leaving only the crusts. Hearts can be cut out of the crumb with a knife.

2. Put the butter in pieces into the pan. Then put a bread mold in which you also put a few pieces of butter.

3. Break the egg into two halves and carefully pour the protein into the mold. Leave the yolk in the shell. Do the same with the second egg.

4. Fry the scrambled eggs with a little salt and pepper. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 240 degrees.

5. When the protein sticks, remove the pan from the heat, and carefully place the yolk in the middle, trying not to damage its integrity.

6. Put the pan in the oven for 1.5 minutes so that the yolk sticks on top, but remains slightly watery inside.

7. Put the scrambled eggs in bread on a plate. Lay out the hearts cut out of the crumb next to it. On them, in turn, put sliced ​​\u200b\u200btomatoes and cucumbers.

8. Top with balsamic vinegar.

Gorgeous breakfast, beautiful, romantic, hearty and incredibly tasty.

And here is another delicious breakfast option using eggs.

Fried eggs with sausage in buns "Excellent mood"

We will need:

• buns - 4 pcs
• egg - 4 pcs
• sausage or ham - 250 - 300 gr
• butter - 10 - 15 gr
• salt and pepper - to taste

Cooking:

1. We will prepare breakfast from ordinary small lean buns. Cut off the top of them and remove the pulp with a teaspoon. The walls can be left 1 cm in size.

2. In each bun, put a little butter, cut into small pieces.

3. Sausage or ham, or any other meat, cut into small cubes and put inside, leaving room for the egg.

4. Gently place the eggs on top of the meat. Salt, pepper.

5. Bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 10-12 minutes until cooked.

6. Serve with fresh vegetables or lettuce.

Hot sandwiches Croque Madame and Croque Monsieur

Recipes for simple and delicious salads on March 8

For the festive table, you can cook any salads, the main thing is to turn on your imagination in the right way and decorate the dish according to the day of March 8. Or make a salad in the usual way, but come up with a name appropriate for this day.

It's okay if there is no salad with that name in nature. Rather, it would be more correct to say that until this day it was not in nature, but now it has appeared, and you are its author!

After all, it's great - not only to surprise and please your beloved, but also to come up with a new salad! By the way, I also plan to come up with names for them myself in this collection, so don't be surprised if you look for their names on the Internet, but you won't find them.

And the first we will go is the most suitable salad for International Women's Day.

Salad March 8, or "Postcard for Mom"

This is the most complex salad from today's entire selection. But its complexity is connected only with time and patience.

We will need:

• can tuna - 1 pc.
• boiled egg - 4 pcs
• hard cheese - 150 gr
• fresh cucumber - 1 pc.
• boiled carrots - 1 pc.
• mayonnaise - to taste
• salt - to taste
• greenery for decoration.

Cooking:

We will prepare such a salad in the form of the number 8, and to make it easier to do, we need two glasses with different diameter sizes. We will also need a large flat dish or plate in which we will collect our salad.

1. And so, we put two glasses on a plate, at the top with a smaller diameter, at the bottom with a large one. And start laying out layers.

2. The first layer will be grated protein from a boiled egg. We spread it in the form of two circles in the shape of a figure eight around the glasses, about three centimeters thick.

3. Drain the oil and juice from the tuna and shred it with a fork. Or you can use special tuna for salads. It is already crushed, and you only need to drain the liquid. Lay it on top of the egg whites. Lubricate with a thin layer of mayonnaise.

4. Put the grated cheese in the next layer.

5. Then a cucumber, grated on a coarse grater, followed by grated carrots. At the same time, you can lubricate each layer with mayonnaise, or, so as not to be too high in calories, do it through the layer.

6. With the last layer, lay out the yolk grated on a fine grater. And carefully remove the glasses.

7. We carefully remove the crumbs that have scattered around the edges with a napkin or a teaspoon.

8. And the final touch, decorate the salad with greens, canned corn and carved flowers from protein. But you can just leave the number 8 without flowers. The salad will look beautiful as it is.

By the way, here is another version of the same design, but without any glasses. The salad may consist of any combination of layers. We spread them simply layer by layer, smearing with mayonnaise.

Then we cut out the number 8 from paper, put it on the salad and sprinkle with finely chopped green onions or other herbs. We remove the paper. And from the edge we make a willow branch. Carefully laid out egg yolks act as kidneys.

What, you're talking too long to mess with such a salad? I agree, although this salad is not at all complicated, you still have to tinker with it a little. But with the next no fuss at all. Prepare it in 10 minutes, just buy the products in advance so that you have something to cook it from.

Salad "Caprese"

This Italian salad is as delicious as it is beautiful. Moreover, not only its design is beautiful, but also the name. Therefore, as soon as you pronounce its name, it will immediately cause a smile in any woman, as this word caresses the ear.

We will need:

• large red tomatoes - 2 pcs
• mozzarella cheese - 2 balls (200 - 250 gr)
• olive oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
• dried basil - 0.5 tsp
• dried oregano - pinch
• fresh basil or parsley - sprig

Cooking:

1. Cut the tomatoes into slices 3-5 mm thick. In order to do this accurately, you need to have a well-sharpened knife.

2. Cut the mozzarella cheese in the same way as the tomatoes. And put on a plate, alternating layers. If the mozzarella balls are not very large, and the tomato, on the contrary, is quite large, then you can lay it out just mixed up, as in the video that we will have a little later.

3. Pour dry spices into olive oil, mix, and let stand for a while so that they have time to swell slightly and give their aroma. Then drizzle with cheese and tomatoes.

Everything, our salad is ready and you can serve it to the table. As you can see, it's quick and easy to prepare. And he looks quite decent! In addition, it is very tasty and healthy. And will not harm the female figure.

And here is another design of the same salad.

Salad "Women's Day"

The next salad is also very simple, and is prepared based on other well-known salads, when the ingredients are not mixed, but simply laid out in separate piles. Moreover, their composition can be completely different. The most important thing is that they all fit together.

Well, let's look at our today's version, and find out what will be in the salad this time.

We will need:

• ham or smoked sausage - 150 gr
• canned green peas - 150 gr
• canned corn - 150 gr
• red bell pepper - 1 pc.
• hard cheese - 150 gr
• fresh cucumber - 1 pc.
• crackers - 1 sachet
• olives - 0.5 cans
• mayonnaise - to taste

Cooking:

1. For a salad, you can use any meat, it can be boiled meat, and chicken, and, like we have smoked sausage today. You can even use crab sticks instead of meat, which will also go well with all other products.

2. Cut the sausage, cucumber, cheese and bell pepper into strips of approximately the same size and thickness. Cut olives into slices. They can also be substituted for olives.

3. To decorate the salad, we need a large flat dish. We have 8 ingredients in total, we divide the plane of the dish into 7 sectors and put each of the ingredients in one of them. Place olives in the center.

4. We use crackers purchased from a bag.

5. Squeeze out beautiful lace tracks from the mayonnaise bag, framing each of the sectors with them. It turns out a very beautiful design. It is in this form that it should be served on the table.

6. Before you start eating salad, mix it with mayonnaise.

As you probably noticed, all the ingredients here are used fresh. You don't need to cook anything for the salad. I bought it in a store, washed it, cut it - and a delicious salad is ready. It only takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Salad "Princess"

And the next salad is made from chicken breast. It can be pre-boiled, or you can buy ready-made, for example, smoked.

We will need:

• chicken fillet - 200 gr
• pitted prunes - 0.5 cups
• boiled egg - 4 pcs
• processed cheese - 100 gr
• fresh or pickled cucumber - 1 pc.
• walnuts - 0.5 cups
• mayonnaise - - 5 tbsp. spoons
• salt, pepper - to taste

Cooking:

1. Pour prunes with warm boiled water and let stand for a while so that it swells slightly. Then dry and finely chop.

2. Disassemble the chicken fillet into fibers, or you can simply cut it into small cubes.

3. Grind half of the nuts in a blender to a state of large crumbs, roll the second part with a rolling pin so that the particles are the size of a small pea.

4. Cut the eggs and cucumber in the same way as cut the chicken. If cubes, then cubes, and if disassembled into fibers, then you need to cut into small strips.

5. Put the cheese in the freezer for a while, then grate it so it does not stick together and the salad looks beautiful. Leave it and some of the large nuts for decoration. Also leave a little prunes for decoration.

6. Mix all other ingredients, salt and pepper to taste. Also mix with mayonnaise.

Sometimes salt is not required, because if the chicken is smoked, it is already quite salty, besides, mayonnaise is also salty. Therefore, do not be zealous with salt. But a little freshly ground pepper does not hurt.

7. Put the mixed ingredients in a flat plate, giving them the shape of a hill. Arrange the remaining chopped prunes, sprinkle with cheese and garnish with large nuts.

The salad is very tender and incredibly tasty. And anyone can make one! The only thing you need is to boil the eggs and cut all the ingredients. Fast, simple and easy!

Salad "Sudarushka"

Do you like smoked sausage with fresh cucumber? Then you will definitely like this salad. In addition, it does not contain boiled ingredients, which means it cooks very quickly!

We will need:

• smoked ham - 150 - 200 gr
• fresh cucumber - 1 pc.
• cheese - 150 - 200 gr
• green salad - 1 fork
• green peas - 3 - 4 tbsp. spoons
• wine vinegar - 1 teaspoon
• mayonnaise - 3 tbsp. spoons
• olive oil - 1 tbsp. spoon
• salt, pepper - to taste

Cooking:

1. As a meat component, we will take a smoked ham, but in general any other meat can be used. We need to cut the meat into long thin strips.

2. Cucumber and cheese cut into the same thin strips, but not so long.

3. Rinse and dry lettuce leaves. Then tear into fairly large fragments.

Lettuce leaves cannot be cut with a knife. In this case, they will start up the juice, and become soft, dark and ugly.

4. Mix in a separate bowl olive oil, wine vinegar (it can be replaced with balsamic, or in extreme cases, apple) and mayonnaise. Add a pinch of salt and freshly ground pepper. Let stand a little. This will be our salad dressing.

5. Put lettuce leaves in a large flat plate. Put a little chopped ham on them, form a small hill. Drizzle with a small amount of filling.

6. Put cheese, cucumbers on top and pour over the filling again.

7. The last layer will again be ham, followed by green peas. On which we pour the rest of the dressing.

8. Put the salad in the refrigerator for 20 minutes so that all layers have time to soak in the dressing. Serve chilled.

If you managed to notice, this salad has some similarities with, of course, not in the composition of the main components, but in principle. I specifically do not offer Caesar recipes here, as many people know how to cook it. And if someone does not know how, then the link to it is higher.

Consider this salad, it is easy to prepare and always turns out delicious.

Salad "Pink mood"

Another incredibly simple recipe that is very tasty and looks quite festive.

We will need:

• frozen shrimp - 200 - 300 gr
• fresh tomatoes - 2 pcs
• cucumbers - 1 - 2 pcs
• bell pepper - 1 pc.
• parsley, dill, green onion
• olive oil - 1 - 2 tbsp. spoons
• soy sauce - 1 tbsp. spoon
• salt, pepper - to taste

Cooking:

1. In a saucepan, bring water to a boil and salt it, lower the shrimp and after they boil, boil for 30-40 seconds, depending on their size. Drain in a colander, let cool slightly and peel.

2. Tomatoes, cucumber and pepper cut into small pieces. Chop greens and onion, add to vegetables. Also add half of the shrimp. Salt and pepper to taste, stir.

Peppers are best used freshly ground.

3. Mix soy sauce with olive oil. Pour half into salad and mix.

4. Put in a salad bowl. Garnish with the remaining herbs, shrimp and top with the remaining oil and soy sauce.

Soy sauce can be substituted for balsamic vinegar.

And you can fill the salad with mayonnaise, or mayonnaise mixed with a small amount of ketchup.

And then the mood will actually be “pink”.

Lavash appetizer roll "Vkusnyatina"

Lavash rolls are considered an excellent snack. You can wrap anything in them - meat, fish, chicken, vegetables and all the most possible combinations of these products. And today we will consider this option.

We will need:

• thin pita bread - 1 - 2 pcs
• smoked sausage - 300 - 400 gr
• hard cheese - 150 - 200 gr
• Korean carrots - 250 - 300 gr
• garlic - 1 - 2 cloves
• mayonnaise - to taste

Cooking:

1. Cut the sausage into thin strips. Grate cheese and mix with chopped garlic.

2. Lavash divided into 3 parts. We need a thin pita bread that does not break, but will be well rolled up.

3. Put the first part on the table and coat with a thin layer of mayonnaise. Put chopped sausage on it.

4. Cover with the second part of the pita bread, which is also smeared with mayonnaise and put Korean carrots on it.

5. Then the next layer of pita bread. We also grease it with mayonnaise and spread the last layer of cheese with garlic.

6. Then roll into a roll and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Then cut into rolls and put on a plate.

It turns out a delicious snack roll. Light, tasty and beautiful.

Salad in oranges "For lovely ladies"

This is a truly festive salad that will delight all women without exception.

We will need:

• oranges - 2 pcs
• ham - 300 gr
• hard cheese - 100 gr
• cucumber - 1 piece small
• canned champignons - 100 gr
• fresh herbs or lettuce
• sour cream - 2 tbsp. spoons
• mayonnaise - to taste

Cooking:

1. Ham, cucumber and mushrooms cut into small cubes. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater, or you can also cut into cubes.

2. Wash oranges and cut into two halves. Carefully scoop out the pulp with a fork. Remove the partitions from the pulp and cut it.

3. Mix all the ingredients, adding sour cream and mayonnaise.

4. Fill an empty orange mold with salad.

5. Put the orange halves on a plate decorated with lettuce or greens. Sprinkle with a little chopped herbs, if desired.

In general, there are still quite a few recipes for simple and tasty salads in my piggy bank. But, unfortunately, within the framework of one article, they cannot be described all. But I hope that from the options offered today, you will also be able to choose.

Hot dishes for the festive table on the day of March 8

The menu of hot dishes can be the most diverse and includes almost everything that a man can cook. Prepare what you can. There is no need to rediscover America and come up with complex dishes that are unusual for yourself. For example, my husband cooks for March 8 from year to year.

He does it very well, the result is always predictable, that is, pilaf invariably turns out to be delicious. And it’s not difficult to cook it, besides, cooking pilaf is a purely male task in the East. Therefore, men are happy to take on this.

Our mothers, daughter and husband always gather for the holiday, sometimes my brother and his family drop by. And everyone always eats wonderful Uzbek pilaf with pleasure. And no one in all these years has ever asked: “What, pilaf again?”

Another dish that men are happy to cook is this. They uncover their charcoal grills put away for the winter and enjoy grilling meat in the fresh air, even in the yards of apartment buildings. All neighbors treat this with great understanding, and even envy a little. And they will certainly tick off somewhere in their minds so that next year they will do exactly the same and thereby please their beloved women.

Shish kebab, by the way, can be cooked in the oven, or in an electric barbecue (if any), for example, from chicken. It is prepared without much hassle, most importantly, see how to do it in a separate article by clicking on the link.

You can also easily bake in the oven - carp, mountain trout, or some other, by the way, you can bake it with vegetables, or stuff it and bake it too.

Or you can marinate and bake a whole chicken in the oven. It's easy to do, and everyone probably knows how to do it. You can bake it simply in the oven, or on the grill in the same oven (if there is such a mode), or in a sleeve, or in a bag, which will make the task even easier, since after that you don’t have to wash the oven.

I was surprised to find that I don’t have a whole baked chicken recipe on my blog. There is, but no chicken. Therefore, I hasten to correct this oversight.

Whole oven baked chicken

We will need:

• whole chicken - 1 pc
• spices for chicken - any
• salt, pepper - to taste

Cooking:

1. Wash the chicken and let the water drain. Dry with paper towels.

2. To make the chicken tasty, it must be marinated. For the marinade, we need spices. You can use a ready-made set of spices for chicken, they are sold in all stores.

I usually prepare my own sets of spices, and for chicken it includes ground coriander, cumin, thyme, oregano, thyme, garlic, turmeric, paprika. Such a set gives not only great taste, but also an appetizing ruddy and beautiful crust.

3. Pour spices into a separate bowl, add salt and freshly ground pepper there. You can add regular pepper, but freshly ground pepper gives just an incredible flavor.

4. Now, with the resulting mixture, coat the whole chicken outside and inside and leave it to marinate for 30 - 40 minutes.

By the way, it can also be cut along the chest line, then the chicken will turn out not to be voluminous, but flat and bake faster.

5. 15 minutes before the end of this time, light the oven and put it on preheat. We will need a temperature of 180 degrees.

6. Now you need to decide how you will bake the chicken, in a bag, or on a baking sheet. By and large, it will be delicious anyway! Therefore, choose any way.

7. After placing the chicken in a hot oven, leave it to bake for 50 minutes there. Of course, the time depends on the size of the chicken, it may take a little more time.

The criterion for readiness will be that our chicken will become ruddy, smelling delicious, and it also looks very appetizing. When piercing the meat in its thickest part, pink juice should not appear on the surface.

8. When the chicken is completely ready, it must be taken out and cut into portions. You can serve it with any side dish and fresh vegetables. Well, or with any of the above salads that you prepare for this holiday.

Baking chicken in the oven is easy. And if you take into account all the points of the recipe, and follow them, the result will be simply amazing.

By the way, if you have dinner for two, and there will be a lot of whole chicken, then you can bake only legs or thighs in the oven. And here is the recipe.

Chicken legs "Hawaiian mood" with sour cream sauce

Ask why Hawaiian, but everything is very simple - because our chicken will be cooked with pineapples. Well, why not a festive dish?

We will need:

• chicken legs - 4 pcs
• canned pineapple slices - half a can
• olive oil - 1 tbsp. spoon
• spices - 1 - 2 teaspoons
• salt, freshly ground pepper - to taste

For sour cream sauce:

• sour cream - 2 tbsp. heaped spoons
• pineapple juice - 2 tbsp. spoons
• garlic - 1 clove
• greens - optional

Cooking:

1. Mix 2 tbsp. tablespoons of pineapple juice from a jar, olive or any other vegetable oil, but odorless, spices, salt and pepper. Let stand for a while so that the spices disperse and the taste of the marinade becomes homogeneous.

2. Wash and dry the chicken legs with paper towels, then rub with the resulting marinade and leave to marinate for 1-2 hours, periodically turning the legs over. In this case, you can still rub the mass into the skin well.

3. Preheat the oven to 210 degrees. Put the legs in a baking dish, put a circle of pineapple on each of them. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes.

4. In the meantime, prepare the sour cream sauce. To do this, mix sour cream, pineapple juice from a jar and chopped garlic. For piquancy, you can add a sprig of chopped parsley or basil.

5. Ready legs can be served with any side dish, pouring them with sour cream sauce. Everything turned out quickly, tasty and festive.

Instead of chicken, you can also quickly cook meat, such as pork.

Pork Chops "Festive Fireworks"

We will need:

• pork chops - by number of servings
• tomatoes - 1 pc.
• hard cheese - 100 - 150 gr
• egg - 1 pc.
• mkuka - 2 - 3 tbsp. spoons
• vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
• spices, salt, pepper - to taste

Cooking:

1. In the store you can buy ready-made meat for chops, or you can buy a tenderloin and cut off pieces of 1.2 - 1.4 cm thick. Then place the meat in cling film or a bag and beat it off.

2. Grate with spices mixed with salt and pepper. Let lie down for 5 minutes.

3. Crack an egg into a bowl and mix with a fork. Pour the flour into a separate bowl.

4. Roll the chops in flour, then dip in the egg. You can limit yourself to this, or you can repeat the whole procedure one or two more times. In this case, you get a thicker "fur coat".

5. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the chops on both sides for 2 - 2.5 minutes on each side.

6. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Lay the fried chops on a baking sheet. Put a circle or two chopped tomatoes on each of the pieces. Then sprinkle with grated cheese.

7. Bake for 7 - 10 minutes. The dish is ready. By the way, it is very reminiscent. You can cook it, it will also be incredibly tasty!

You can cook chicken chops in the same way. Women just love this dish!

Festive dinner for your beloved in Italian style video recipe

Preparing such a dinner will not take much time, but the serving will be at the highest level! And of course, from such attention and effort, any woman will simply melt with pleasure!

This is such a wonderful idea in every sense of the word. You can use it and cook the same wonderful dinner for your beloved.

Well, if we have more or less decided on the main course, it would be logical to move on to cooking sweet dishes.

Desserts and cakes for March 8 are simple and delicious

As a sweet dish, you can, of course, buy a cake in the store, but you must admit that if you cook even something very simple with your own hands, it will be very much appreciated and eaten with much more pleasure.

Therefore, I tried to find very simple and accessible recipes for everyone. I think that you can choose something from this offer.

So that dinner does not turn out to be too satisfying, try to prepare desserts from berries or fruits. You can also use cottage cheese, nuts, dried fruits. Desserts with such components are very fond of women, they consider them more dietary. In addition, desserts using flour must be baked, it is unlikely that men will want to do this after preparing a salad and a main course.

So we are considering desserts without baking.

Banana "Flambe" with liqueur

We will need:

• banana - 1 pc.
• egg - 1 pc.
• bitter dark chocolate - 20 gr
• butter - 100 gr
• liqueur or cognac - 1 tbsp. spoon
• flour - 2 tbsp. spoons
• ice cream for serving

Cooking:

1. Cut the peeled banana lengthwise into two equal halves. Dip each of them in a beaten egg, then roll in flour and fry in butter until golden brown.

2. Put on a flat plate, sprinkle with chocolate, pour over with warm liquor and set fire in front of your beloved. After the alcohol evaporates and the fire goes out, put on a scoop of ice cream and offer to your lady.

And if you don’t want to experiment with fire, then just sprinkle bananas with chocolate and serve with ice cream. In this case, you can do without liquor.

Sherbet "Pineapple coolness"

We will need:

• pineapples - 2 pcs (small)
• sugar - 2 tbsp. spoons
• coconut flakes - 2 tbsp. spoons
• fresh or canned strawberries - 100 gr

Cooking:

1. Cut the pineapples into two halves with a sharp knife. Carefully remove all the pulp from them.

2. Transfer the pulp to the bowl of a blender and grind with sugar until a homogeneous puree-like mass.

3. Arrange in molds and put in the freezer for 1 hour.

4. After an hour, take out the frozen sherbet and carefully place the mass either in bowls or in “boats” of pineapples with a special spoon for ice cream or a regular table mass.

5. Garnish with strawberries and sprinkle with coconut flakes on top.

If you did not find coconut chips and berries, then you can simply sprinkle with chocolate chips.

A delicious and healthy dessert is ready. Serve and eat with pleasure.

Curd dessert with pears and almonds "Paradise Delight"

Another no-bake dessert recipe.

We will need:

• pears - 3 - 4 pcs
• cottage cheese - 100 - 150 gr
• almonds - 50 gr
• grapes - branch
• honey - 3 tbsp. spoons

Cooking:

1. Wash the pears, cut lengthwise and carefully remove the core with a knife. Smear the cut with honey so that the pear does not darken.

2. Grind cottage cheese through a sieve, mix with honey.

3. Fry the almonds in a pan and chop.

4. Fill the halves of the pears with the curd mixture, sprinkle with almonds on top.

5. Put on a dessert plate and decorate with fresh grapes.

Three no-bake cake recipes for your beloved mother

If you really want, then for mom you can cook a wonderful and delicious cake. And not just one, but three. Let's see how to do it.

These are such original and delicious cakes. This will be a real surprise for mom, and it will definitely not leave her indifferent!

This is all we got recipes without baking. But still, if you want to bake something, then bake muffins, they are prepared very simply, and you can cook them for every taste, and.

This is such a beautiful menu. It has everything - a sense of celebration, and a sunny spring mood, and tenderness, and exquisite sophistication. And if you decide to cook something from this, then add that very missing fifth element, that is, your love. And then it will be like a festive fireworks!

The most important thing that should not be forgotten on the holiday of March 8 is just about your love! Give the women dearest to you more warm and tender words, your love, your smile and gentle radiant look, kisses and hugs. And then all the women themselves will blossom like the first spring flowers and a hundredfold, in turn, will bestow upon you their attention and their feminine warmth!

I hope that today's recipes will help create a festive mood where they will be cooked! And also I congratulate all women on the upcoming spring holiday!

And I want to wish men the courage to endure this holiday, with all its troubles, worries and congratulations.

And if you like the recipes, put Classes, share them with your friends. Let every man prepare the most delicious dish for his beloved!

All the best!