What to cook for your birthday: simple and delicious recipes

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

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  holiday dishes

Ingredients

• cucumbers
• tomatoes
• eggplant
• garlic
• hard cheese
• olives
• mayonnaise
• salt

Birthday is a great occasion to set a festive table and surprise guests with interesting recipes. The main thing is that all the photo recipes below are very tasty and easy to prepare.

Peacock Tail appetizer

In order to prepare this dish, you need simple and affordable ingredients. Namely:

• 2 fresh cucumbers;
• 2 large tomatoes;
• 2 ripe eggplants;
• 2-3 cloves of garlic;
• cheese (hard) is added to taste;
• olives are added to taste;
• mayonnaise for dressing;
• salt.

Preparation:

• All vegetables are thoroughly washed under running water and gently wiped off with a towel.
• Cut the eggplants into slices and put them in a deep bowl. Sprinkle with plenty of table salt and mix with clean hands. After about an hour, all the bitterness will come out of the vegetables, after which they need to be rinsed with plenty of water.

Eggplant rings are fried in a preheated pan on each side for 4 minutes. To remove all excess oil after frying, transfer them to a paper towel or baking paper

During this time, tomatoes and cucumbers are cut into thin slices. The appetizer will look even more interesting if you choose tomatoes of different colors

The cheese is grated on a coarse grater, combined with chopped garlic and mayonnaise. Everything is thoroughly mixed and set aside for a while

Finished eggplants are transferred to a large dish so that the shape of a peacock's tail is obtained. A circle of tomato is laid out on top, then a cheese mixture, and at the very end - a cucumber

It remains only to decorate the appetizer with pitted olives and put the dish in the refrigerator for 30-40 minutes

Festive snack "Mushroom hemp"

Even a beginner can cope with such an unusual dish, which will be sold first.

Ingredients:

• 250 g champignons;
• 100 g of hard cheese;
• 4 tbsp. l. refined oil;
• 1 baguette (fresh);
• 1 sweet pepper;
• 1 onion;
• salt and fresh herbs are added to taste.

Preparation:

• To implement a simple and delicious birthday recipe, you should prepare the filling at the very beginning. For this, the mushrooms, onion and pepper are cut into small slices.

  

• At the next stage, the prepared products are fried in a well-heated pan with sunflower oil. It is very important to stir the filling periodically with a wooden spatula. A few minutes before cooking, mushrooms with vegetables need to be salted.

  

• The baguette is cut across into small pieces. Use a sharp knife to keep the edges straight. The crumb is gently crushed into the middle.

The cooled filling is neatly laid out in a baguette and sprinkled with grated cheese on top

The future snack is laid out on a clean baking sheet and sent to an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 10 minutes

You can decorate the finished dish with fresh herbs. It will be equally tasty both warm and cold.

Mushroom cake for a snack

Birthday recipes should be interesting serving, memorable taste and simplicity. The following dish meets all these criteria, which can be prepared according to the indicated instructions with a photo.

Ingredients:

• 0.5 kg of fresh mushrooms;
• 100 g + 4 tbsp. l. thick sour cream;
• 100-150 g of hard cheese;
• 80 ml of sunflower oil;
• 2-3 onions;
• for the recipe, salt and pepper are added to taste.

Preparation:

The onion is cut into small wedges. Mushrooms are chopped onto thin plates

In a preheated pan, first send chopped onions for a few minutes, and then fresh mushrooms. Everything is thoroughly mixed, the field of which is fried over high heat until tender. At the very end, the mushrooms are brought to taste with spices

The resulting filling is passed through a meat grinder. If you want to get a paste-like mass, you can repeat this action one more time

The baking foil is folded into 6 layers. Cut the lavash into 4 equal parts, that is, the result should be 8 sheets

The first layer is laid out on foil, coated with a thin layer of filling and covered with pita bread. The actions are repeated until the filling ends

The mushroom mass is not laid out on the topmost layer - it is smeared with sour cream, just like the sides of the future filling

Grate the cheese and use as a decoration.

It remains only to send the cake to an oven preheated to 180 degrees until the cheese melts. Before serving, the appetizer is cut into small portions and garnished with fresh herbs if desired.

Quick salad "Men's Tears"

For the next birthday photo recipe, only the tastiest and most affordable foods are used.

Ingredients:

• 350 g champignons (pickled);
• 250 g boiled chicken breast;
• 200-250 g of Korean carrots;
• 150 g grated cheese;
• 50 ml vinegar;
• 4 chicken eggs (pre-boiled);
• 1 onion;
• mayonnaise.

Preparation:

Chop into half rings and pickle in vinegar (9%)

During this time, the boiled brisket is cut into small pieces and laid out in the first layer on a beautiful round dish. Everything is coated with a thin layer of mayonnaise. Pickled onions are laid out on top

Pickled mushrooms are also crushed and laid out in the next layer. Everything is again coated with mayonnaise, which can be mixed with a little mustard

The penultimate layer of salad is Korean carrots. It remains to add mayonnaise again and sprinkle with grated cheese

The "Men's Tears" salad can be served immediately after preparation, but the longer the dish is infused, the richer its taste will be.

"Anthill" - salad with chicken and potato strips

The unusual presentation of the next dish attracts the attention of guests and arouses their curiosity. It is difficult to believe at the very beginning that elementary ingredients are used for its preparation.

250 g chicken fillet;

• 100 g of light mayonnaise;
• 100 ml of refined oil;
• 50 g of hard cheese;
• 3 green onion feathers;
• 2 potato tubers;
• 1 fresh cucumber;
• 1 tomato;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• salt and pepper are added to taste.

Preparation:

Boil the chicken fillet in a large amount of salted water. After cooking, the meat should be cooled directly in water to maintain its juiciness

In the next step of a simple birthday photo recipe, the meat is cut into small squares and transferred to a deep bowl

Chopped tomato and chopped cucumber are added to it. To make the salad look unusual and tasty, according to the recipe, you need to grate it for a Korean carrot

Grated cheese and a pressed clove of garlic are also sent to the bowl. The amount of these ingredients can vary based on personal preference

The salad is brought to taste with spices and seasoned with light mayonnaise, which can be replaced with low-fat sour cream.

It remains to cook the potato strips. For this, a Korean carrot grater is used. After the potatoes are thoroughly washed and dried on a kitchen towel

The cooking oil is heated in a deep saucepan. Potato strips are fried in batches until golden brown

Put the salad in portions on plates, and sprinkle with cooled potato strips on top

French meat with Adyghe cheese

The following recipe for a hot birthday dish will appeal to any meat eater. It is not only delicious, but also incredibly easy to prepare. Here is a list of the products you will need:

• 1 kg of pork (preferably without fat);
• 1 kg of fresh mushrooms (champignons are best);
• 100 g of hard cheese;
• 100 g of Adyghe cheese;
• 2 tomatoes;
• 2 onions;
• salt, ground pepper and mustard are added to taste.

Preparation:

Mushrooms are cut into thin slices and fried in hot sunflower oil. Stir gently during cooking

After a few minutes, finely chopped onions are added to the mushrooms. All are mixed with a wooden spatula

The finished ingredients are transferred to a deep plate. You need to wait until they cool down a little

During this time, two types of cheese are grated on a coarse grater

The meat is cut into small slices and beaten well with a special hammer on both sides

The oven is heated to 200 degrees. Chops are coated with mustard and laid out on a baking sheet, which was previously greased with vegetable or butter. You can also use baking paper

First, mushrooms are spread on the meat, then a chopped tomato, and at the very end - Adyghe and hard cheeses. The baking sheet is sent to the oven for 35-40 minutes

The finished dish is served hot along with your favorite side dish or vegetable salad

"Duchess" - a side dish of potatoes that cannot be forgotten

Simple and delicious birthday recipes should and should look the same. After all, even the most ordinary side dish can be turned into a small culinary masterpiece.

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of raw potatoes;
• 50-100 g of hard cheese (you can combine different varieties);
• 2 chicken yolks;
• 0.5 tsp nutmeg;
• salt and ground pepper are added to taste.

Preparation:

Peeled potatoes are poured with a small amount of water, salted and boiled until tender. All that remains is to make mashed potatoes with the addition of fresh milk

Cheese is rubbed on a fine grater. Otherwise, the dish may fall apart during cooking

The cheese is mixed with slightly cooled puree. Yolk and spices are also added there. Everything is well mixed until maximum homogeneity

The potato mass is laid out with a spoon in a pastry bag with a curly nozzle. It is important that the potatoes are still warm

The baking sheet is covered with parchment for baking. If you grease it with oil, then the dish can "creep" over the entire surface.

Small roses are carefully squeezed onto the parchment. The distance between them should be 1-2 cm. Care should be taken so that they do not stick together.

With a culinary brush, potato flowers are smeared with raw yolk. You can do without this, but then the dish will be pale and less appetizing.

The side dish is baked in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for about 20 minutes. During this time, an appetizing golden crust should appear.

Lemon liqueur: for elite alcohol lovers

The recipe for the Italian Limoncello liqueur is simple and unpretentious. This drink is most often prepared for a birthday and is considered very tasty in Italy.

Ingredients:

• 500 ml of quality vodka;
• 350 g of drinking water;
• 350 g granulated sugar;
• 5 ripe lemons.

Preparation:

Lemons are thoroughly washed under running water, after which the peel is peeled off with a sharp knife

The resulting zest is laid out on the bottom of a glass jar and poured with vodka. The container is tightly covered with a lid and infused in a dark place for a week. It is important to gently shake the lemon drink every few days

After the specified time, the syrup is prepared. To do this, in a deep saucepan, granulated sugar is combined with drinking water. Everything is mixed several times and put on low heat. After boiling, the syrup is cooked for no more than 5 minutes and cooled to room temperature

According to the recipe, in order to get a delicious and simple drink for your birthday, all that remains is to strain the vodka through a fine sieve or cheesecloth and mix it with sugar syrup

As you can see, cooking with photo recipes is much easier.

Based on the experience of past generations and famous chefs, even ordinary products can be used to prepare incredible dishes that will decorate any table.