1. Think about everything in advance
Have you ever had an hour before the fight chimes run to the store for green peas, cheese or a loaf of bread? Chaotic New Year shopping always leads to a waste of time and money: either forget something or buy extra.
To avoid this, make a detailed list of three:
- How much will the guests (including children).
- What is on the menu (specific recipes).
- What you need to buy (from caviar to shpazhek for canapes).
Based on the number of people, you will realize how much food is required. A cooking recipes will help to buy only as much food as you want.
Lists conveniently compose and edit in applications. For example, in google Keep or Trello.
2. Stay simple snacks
Festive salads, as a rule, very time consuming. For one, you need to boil eggs for another fry the onion and carrot. A more sandwiches and slicing. But is it so bother? With proper feeding (in a nice salad bowl or in batches using the condiment of the Rings), even the most simple salad will be festive.
The fastest way to prepare a salad, wherein the ingredients do not require (or almost not require) cutting or other processing. Here are a few examples.
Salad with grapes and chicken
Take 200 g of chicken back tones, cut into cubes, add 50 g of grape, 100 g of feta cheese, diced, pistachios and handful beam arugula (tear it into large pieces). Fill all the sauce 1 tablespoon honey, 1 tablespoon grainy mustard, 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 teaspoon of balsamic vinegar.
Salad with mushrooms and beans
Take 200 g of small pickled mushrooms and mix them with three chopped boiled eggs and 100 grams of white canned beans (do not forget to drain). Add to taste chopped herbs, salt and mayonnaise.
Salad with fish and an apple
Jar of canned mackerel mash with a fork, add the jar of green peas, diced sour apple and two boiled eggs (also cut into cubes). Season with salt and season with sour cream.
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3. Start training on the eve of
If you do not think in the New Year's table without the traditional Olivier herring under a fur coat and filler, then start to prepare 30 December.
1. Boil the carrots, potatoes, beets, eggs, and chicken breast. For a night in the fridge they do not spoil and do not lose their flavor.
2. SPLIT herring and other fish for cuts in the fillet. This can be done quickly if you use one of the layfhakerskih ways. But it is better to settle accounts with the fish in advance, so as not to reek it before the holiday. To fish is not zavetrilas in the refrigerator, cover it with cling film.
3. Marinate meat. If a part of marinade no vinegar, you can safely send to it the meat the night before. If so, you better start preparing the main dishes in the morning.
4. Use kitchen life hacking
They really make life easier and speed up the process.
1. Rub all the cheese and spread it on the container (at salad, chops and so on). It does not have to wash a hundred times grater, has started a new dish.
2. Chop and peel onions at the same time.
3. Notch potatoes after cooking range and dip in cold water, to be easily cleaned.
4. Fold the cooked eggs in the container and shake well. After that, you can easily get rid of the shell.
5. Squeeze the orange palm to the table and roll it so that it is easier to clean.
6. Clean the kiwi spoon instead of a knife.
5. Find a helper
More precisely, the allocation of responsibilities among all family members. Even the little ones. Let each one will have its own area of ββresponsibility. For example, my husband bakes chicken and makes cocktailsWife makes salads, and children served and decorate the table.
If you are hosting, assigning each dish that you must bring with you. So you evenly distribute New Year chores and spend themselves in the kitchen a minimum of time.
How do you prepare for New Year's feast? Send us your tips in the comments.
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