How to set up a New Year's table in accordance with all the rules?

The most long-awaited holiday for adults and children is the New Year. However, the pre-New Year's pleasant fuss with festive paraphernalia and gifts is associated with certain chores. Concerns that relate to the organization of the festive table, concern any housewife during this period of time.

It is affordable for everyone to set an inexpensive and original table for the New Year. The main thing is to create an optimal menu, taking into account the ratio of the cost of ready meals and their taste. With strict adherence to recipes and non-standard serving, it is interesting to beat even the simplest and most traditional dish. Of course, the main highlight of the table will be the dish corresponding to the coming year, which can even be simply decorated in a special style.

You can beautifully set the New Year's table without using exotic products. A great option is baked chicken with prunes in orange juice. A healthy and vibrant salad can be prepared with fresh cucumbers and tomatoes with green peas. It is better to use lemon juice as a dressing. You can make bright canapes on skewers from cold cuts, cheese and grapes.

Traditional salads can be laid out in the form of fir trees or cones. At home, you can arrange a table and original dishes.

As a light meal, you can fry Adyghe cheese breaded. A roll of zucchini and potatoes with pumpkin filling is guaranteed to surprise guests. And the positive gingerbread snowmen in the glaze will serve as an excellent dessert.

To design a children's New Year's table, you will need imagination and a few free minutes. Dishes should be familiar to the kids to their taste, but originally decorated. Balls of boiled rice or mashed potatoes, which can be crushed in breadcrumbs or grated cheese, will definitely please the kids. As an appetizer, sandwiches decorated with funny muzzles of animals laid out from vegetables or made using sour cream or ketchup are suitable. Salads in the form of sun or fish (for example, crab or vegetable) will also certainly interest children.

As a dessert, you can offer a sponge cake with butter cream and fresh berries, and fruit tea or compote will help energize children. This will exclude another item of expenditure (for the purchase of carbonated drinks).

Bright ingredients add color, and fresh vegetables fill the room with mouth-watering flavors. Fruit dessert will be a great substitute for cake. From bananas and strawberries strung on skewers, you can make funny snowmen, which, by the way, will really please the kids.

On New Year's Eve, guests can also enjoy a very inexpensive menu. A competent selection of products that do not require serious costs will help you with this. A salad with apples and fried chicken slices will be tasty and economical. Fresh lettuce leaves complement it. Baked potatoes with beans and sauce will be a satisfying and successful alternative to expensive dishes. Sandwiches with salmon - a luxury option. However, this fish can be completely replaced by herring or sprats.

If you wish, even from a minimum, at first glance, the list of products you can cook a delicious and festive dinner. Pickles that were harvested for the winter (vegetables, gherkins, tomatoes, sauerkraut and stewed fruit) will be very useful.

The cake should not be too hearty, as there will be enough high-calorie dishes on the table. A light and airy dessert of jelly and whipped cream with berries will decorate the festive dinner and save time on the preparation of sweet treats.

A beautifully and properly served New Year's table is the pride of every woman. Therefore, you should develop a detailed list of rules and the necessary elements for a perfect design.

The table at which the New Year's dinner is planned should be convenient for all guests. This is also worth considering when arranging devices. The optimal per person is considered 50 or 60 centimeters of personal space.

Of great importance in decorating the festive table is the choice of color and utensils. Not so long ago, for any celebration, it was recommended to choose white dishes and crystal. But today, the idea of ​​serving has undergone many changes. There is no longer such a categorical idea of ​​what should be the tonality of the tablecloth, and which glasses should be served with wine.

The main thing is that the dishes and appliances are designed in the same style and color scheme. Of course, it is worth giving up plastic dishes on the table. This option is suitable only for picnics.

When the issue with the dishes is resolved, it is worth starting the selection of a tablecloth. You can use the recommendations for the color of the symbol of the coming year, or purchase a tablecloth with a New Year print (fir branches, balls). According to the requirements for serving, the edges of the tablecloth should hang from the table by 20-30 centimeters. It is worth refraining from using oilcloth, in this case it will be inappropriate.

If you plan to use fabric napkins at dinner, their color should be in harmony with the tablecloth.

Napkins are beautifully folded and laid on plates.Paper products (also having a similar color) are placed in special supports placed on the table in several places.

Proper serving is also associated with the arrangement of appliances and plates. At a small distance from the edge of the table a large plate is placed for hot, on top - a smaller plate for snacks. The knife is on the right, the tip is inward, the fork is on the left. An alternative to this layout may be the option of supplying devices wrapped in napkins. Before serving the main dish, all snack plates must be removed.

Wine glasses and glasses are placed on the top right. There are no strict rules for arranging glasses and glasses, so you can focus on the taste preferences of the guests and their imagination.

After completing the required serving arrangements, you can proceed to decorate the table. Candles, fir branches, New Year's toys, statuettes of Santa Claus, snowflakes, etc. are best suited for these purposes. Having shown a little imagination and using Christmas attributes, you can make an excellent thematic composition with your own hands.

To surprise guests with a stylish New Year's table setting, it is enough to lay the tablecloth diagonally or to decorate the surface, combining among themselves several multi-colored canvases of contrasting colors.

You can also lay a rectangular bright piece of fabric along the table, which will add solemnity to the atmosphere and place accents. The original idea will be labels with the names of guests, located near the appliances. Symbols of the coming year can also be depicted on such coasters.

A beautifully decorated table inspires the feeling of an approaching holiday. According to tradition, it should include twelve dishes. The house is now customary to decorate, focusing on the eastern calendar. In accordance with it, each year has its own color. To sustain a serving in a certain color scheme will help napkins, tablecloths, decor items and other holiday attributes.

If you want to decorate the table in an unusual way, besides cones, candles and figurines, Christmas balls, flowerpots with ikebans, and interesting lamps will come in handy. You can create jewelry for the whole family. This will especially appeal to children and representatives of the older generation. Grandmothers will demonstrate to the kids a master class on making Christmas crafts with their own hands, which can become an excellent family tradition.

Festive evening together - a beautiful and romantic version of the New Year. Such a dinner should be remembered by both for a long time, therefore, for a refined serving for two, there is no better "helper" than a round table. It can be covered with a white or yellow-gold tablecloth.

A mandatory element of table decoration will be candles. They can be put in candlesticks made in the winter theme.

In the center it is worth placing a festive ikebana made of cones, pine branches, balls and artificial snow. Napkins should match the tonality of the tablecloth. Devices and glasses are placed strictly opposite each other.

For a New Year's Eve in a family circle, a rectangular table is ideal. Decorating it for the holiday is simple - just cover the surface with a tablecloth or several pieces of fabric. If the appliances are made in dark colors, use a light tablecloth, and vice versa. Vases with fresh flowers or other beautiful compositions are placed at the same distance from each other. First of all, snacks are served.

Various canapes, small tartlets, salads are laid out on dishes or trays. Then a hot dish is offered. Dessert completes the festive menu.

The most important thing is to try to create a certain atmosphere at the table, show imagination and invest a bit of your spiritual warmth in the design. Then the holiday is guaranteed to be fun, and the feeling of a fairy tale will not leave you and your guests until the morning.

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