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Baking recipes for February 23rd. Tongue with beer sauce "Ensign"

In our country, it is customary to celebrate Defender of the Fatherland Day; once upon a time, on this day it was customary to honor the soldiers of the Red Army and Navy; during the Soviet era, it was Soviet Army Day.

Today this holiday is not directly associated with military affairs; rather, now it is simply an opportunity to thank our men for their strength and care, for being true defenders of their families and beloved women.

It is not for nothing that for centuries the belief has developed that a woman is the keeper of home comfort and hearth, then a man will be able and want to express himself like a man. On this day, you want to please your loved ones, not only with pleasant gifts and souvenirs, but also with delicious holiday food.

But what original can you prepare for February 23? All the banalities are already boring, standard sushi either doesn’t bring much joy, you want something truly special so that your beloved man can fully appreciate your efforts.

Since men always spend more calories, need nourishing and, naturally, tasty food, then the most important “guest” of your table, naturally, should be meat. Remember that you are preparing dinner not for yourself or your girlfriends, but for a real man, and, therefore, your favorite low-calorie salads and light snacks will definitely be inappropriate here, unless as a small aperitif.

Don’t forget about spices, their presence will definitely be appreciated by your man, because they really like bright, and sometimes even spicy, tastes. Our stronger halves spend a lot of energy and nerves when solving complex life problems, which means it is important to support and “feed” them with something.

Add cinnamon to the dish - it relaxes and lifts your spirits, turmeric can give strength and fill the body with energy, but cumin takes away all negative emotions and reduces the feeling of fatigue. Also, do not forget about plant proteins, they should be present in every man’s diet no less than animals, so use nuts, dairy products and eggs in your dishes.

If you are preparing a festive dinner for friends, you can please them with something sweet, because everyone knows that men have a sweet tooth, although sometimes they do not admit it.

Remember that it is important to prepare for this day in advance, because not all the products for the festive table will end up in your refrigerator at the behest of a magic wand, so think through everything first, and only then go shopping and start cooking.

Recipe for meat salad with cheese

Not all salads are particularly light; there are some that will be appreciated by the stronger half of our society: hearty, meaty, and even seasoned with mayonnaise!

The third layer is grated white and half of grated yolk. Again, grease everything with mayonnaise and sprinkle grated cheese on top. After this, it must be put in the refrigerator for an hour for additional soaking, after which the salad is ready!

Men's snack

And yet I still want to put something on the table, something simple but interesting, quick to prepare, but incredibly tasty. Let's prepare a special men's snack! We will need:

ham – 100 g;
drying – 12 pcs.;
hard cheese – 100 g;
– 40 g;
bell pepper – 0.5 pcs.;
dill, parsley;
milk;
lettuce leaves.

Fill the dryers with milk and let them stand for 20 minutes. At this time, cut the mushrooms into small cubes, cut half the pepper into small squares, finely chop the greens with a knife. Cut the ham into small cubes and grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

Place all chopped ingredients in one bowl and mix well. Place the soaked dryers on a baking sheet previously covered with parchment. Place the filling in the middle of the cakes and sprinkle grated cheese on top. Bake the dish in the oven for 10 minutes at 180°. The appetizer is served on plates covered with lettuce leaves.

Spicy chicken legs recipe

And finally, let's get to the meat. Believe me, no man will refuse a tender and spicy chicken dish!

chicken drumstick – 6 pcs.;
onions – 1 pc.;
white wine vinegar - 1 tbsp. spoon;
garlic – 1 clove;
olive oil – 1 tbsp. spoon;
sesame – 1 tbsp. spoon;
Dijon mustard – 0.5 tbsp. spoons;
sugar – 1 tbsp. spoon;
ketchup – 1 tbsp. spoon;
ground chili - 1/8 teaspoon.

Peel the onion and garlic, cut the onion into 4 parts. Place them in a blender and add wine vinegar, olive oil, mustard, ketchup, chili, sugar, ground pepper and salt to taste. Mix all ingredients and grind until a homogeneous mass is formed.

Place the chicken legs in a separate saucepan, add the prepared mush there, mix everything and leave the drumsticks to marinate for half an hour.

At this time, preheat the oven to 190°, place the legs on a baking sheet and sprinkle them with sesame seeds on top, bake for 35 minutes. After the time has passed, take out the baking sheet, turn the legs over and sprinkle with the remaining sesame seeds, bake for another 10 minutes. The dish is ready!

On International Defender of the Fatherland Day, it is customary to give gifts to the stronger sex, the most courageous and courageous. This day has long become a real men's holiday. On this day, every woman also tries to feed her protector well, surprise and conquer with her culinary masterpiece. It’s not for nothing that there is a saying that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. So, what delicious things should you prepare for your men on February 23?

Meat dishes

Most men are quite predictable when it comes to food: they simply love meat dishes. Beefsteak, pork chops, spicy homemade boiled pork with mustard crust, and dumplings will delight and delight any man. On the holiday of February 23, you need to take into account the preferences of your defender and prepare something extraordinary.

Beefsteak for a real man

two pieces of beef tenderloin, approximately two hundred grams each;
half a glass of dry red wine;
two tablespoons of olive oil;
80 grams of butter;
rosemary and salt to taste;
5 cloves of garlic (no need to peel);
ground black pepper.

Cooking process:

Rinse the pieces of meat thoroughly and dry. Rub them with pepper, salt and herbs.
Heat a frying pan, add olive oil or butter. Fry the meat on both sides over high heat for just a minute. Then reduce the gas and fry each side over low heat for another seven to eight minutes.
Place the finished meat on a hot plate.
Add unpeeled garlic cloves to the pan where the meat was fried and bring the sauce to a boil. Then pour it over the finished meat.
The steak for a real man is ready. Can be served.

To prepare we will need:

kilogram of pork tenderloin;
approximately a kilogram of potatoes;
two onions;
two tablespoons of mayonnaise;
seasonings to taste;
salt, ground pepper to taste.

Cooking process:

Rinse the pork tenderloin thoroughly with water and dry. Then salt, pepper and add seasonings. Spread with mayonnaise.
Heat the oven to 180 degrees, bake the meat for about an hour.
Peel the potatoes and onions. Cut the potatoes into large cubes, the onion a little smaller. Fry the potatoes and onions in a frying pan until golden brown.
Then place the potatoes and onions in the oven for half an hour.
Cut the finished meat and serve with potatoes, after garnishing with herbs.

To prepare we will need:

beef tenderloin;
flour;
sour cream and tomato sauce (a glass of sour cream, a tablespoon of flour, 1-2 tablespoons of tomato ketchup or juice).

Cooking process:

Rinse the meat, dry and chop. Cut into rectangles 5 cm long and 1 cm thick. From these rectangles cut thin strips with a thickness of 0.5 mm to a centimeter. The meat is cut across the grain.
Bread the pieces in flour and fry in a hot frying pan until shiny. Do not fry any further, otherwise the meat will harden. Also fry the onion in a frying pan until golden brown.
Then put the meat in a frying pan and pour in sour cream and tomato sauce. Simmer the meat for up to half an hour over medium heat.
Beef Stroganoff served with fried potatoes and tomatoes. It is recommended to eat the dish hot so that it does not lose its taste.

Fish dishes

Fish meat has high nutritional value. It is perfectly absorbed by the body, and it is very tasty. Fish can be fried, steamed, with vegetables, grilled, stuffed. Prepare an original fish dish on February 23rd, and your man will definitely appreciate it.

To prepare the dish we will need:

1200 grams of pollock;
a teaspoon of sugar;
300 grams of carrots;
500 ml tomato juice;
2-3 cloves of garlic;
two onions;
salt, pepper, herbs, olive oil to taste;
dill.

The process of preparing a fish dish:

Wash the fish, dry it, cut off the fins.
Wash and peel the carrots, cut them into rings.
Heat a frying pan and fry the onions and carrots.
Salt the fish, roll in flour and fry on both sides until golden brown.
Take some of the carrots and onions from the frying pan, put the fish there and cover with the second part of the vegetables.
Prepare tomato sauce. Mix tomato juice with crushed garlic, pepper, seasonings, and salt. Pour over the fish and vegetables and simmer under a closed lid for forty minutes over low heat.
Our original fish dish is ready.

To prepare this delicious dish we will need:

salmon steaks approximately 170 grams;
1.5 tbsp. spoons olive oil;
two cloves of chopped garlic;
½ teaspoon grated ginger;
a tablespoon of mustard;
a third of a glass of lemon juice;
1/2 teaspoon red pepper.

Cooking process:

Mix oil, mustard, lemon juice, ginger, garlic, sugar and red pepper in a small glass bowl.
Place the salmon pieces in a bowl and refrigerate for an hour. Remove the fish from the refrigerator, turn it over on the other side and leave for another hour.
Preheat grill to medium heat.
Remove the fish from the marinade and allow excess liquid to drain.
Grill steaks over medium heat for approximately seven minutes on each side. The finished fish should be easily pierced with a fork.
Our delicious dish is ready. Can be served with vegetables.

Holiday salads

When setting the table for February 23, you need to pay attention not only to hot dishes and snacks, but also to the original and tasty salads that men adore. As a rule, these are hearty dishes with meat, seafood, fish, ham, which can serve as a side dish or as a snack for various drinks.

Festive salad “Tank”

To prepare this dish we will need:

300 grams of chicken fillet;
200 grams of pitted olives;
100 grams of curd cheese;
100 grams of mayonnaise;
50 grams of vegetable oil;
two fresh cucumbers;
two celeries;
pepper, salt to taste;
half an apple and a lemon.

Manufacturing process:

Wash the chicken fillet and dry it. finely chop and fry in vegetable oil until cooked. Then place it on a paper towel to remove excess fat. Pour over lemon juice and place on a round plate as the first layer.
Wash the cucumbers, peel and cut into strips. Place a second layer of cucumbers on the chicken. Lubricate thoroughly with mayonnaise.
Finely chop the celery and place it on the cucumbers, brushing with mayonnaise.
Then cut the apple into strips and pour in lemon juice.
Spread cream cheese on top.
Place the olives cut into rings into a tank.
Let the salad soak thoroughly. Our festive dish on Defender of the Fatherland Day is ready.

To prepare we will need:

chicken fillet;
ham;
potato;
green onions;
cucumbers;
rye crackers;
mayonnaise to taste;
salt, pepper, mustard to taste.

Cooking process:

Boil the chicken fillet. Cut into strips.
Cut a piece of ham into strips.
Boil a couple of potatoes and finely chop into cubes.
Take green onions and chop finely.
Wash the cucumbers, peel and cut into strips.
Place two tablespoons of chicken fillet in a glass salad bowl and coat with mayonnaise mixed with mustard.
Place two tablespoons of chopped cucumbers and coat with mayonnaise again.
Next, add two tablespoons of chopped potatoes. Coat with mayonnaise.
After this, add two tablespoons of onion. Mayonnaise.
Next, add two tablespoons of chopped ham. Lubricate with mayonnaise.
Sprinkle rye crackers on top (two tablespoons).
Our salad cocktail should soak a little and can be served.

To prepare this original masterpiece we will need:

chicken fillet;
Red caviar;
hard cheese;
sweet and sour apple;
mayonnaise.

Manufacturing process:

Boil the chicken fillet, chop finely, mix with mayonnaise and place on a star-shaped dish.
Peel the apple, chop finely and place in the next layer.
Grate hard cheese and place on apples. Grease with mayonnaise.
Place red caviar on top. It can also be replaced with boiled beets or carrots.
You can beautifully place greens on the sides of the plate.
Our original salad is ready.

Holiday dessert

And, of course, I want to pamper my defenders on February 23 with something sweet during tea time. Here every housewife can show all her culinary abilities and imagination, delight and surprise with her masterpieces.

To prepare a sweet dessert we will need:

half a glass of flour;
a glass of sugar;
two eggs;
dark chocolate bar;
150 grams of butter;
a teaspoon of vanilla sugar;
a little salt;
cream: beat 100 grams of butter and condensed milk.

Cooking process:

Break the chocolate into small pieces and melt it in a water bath.
Add vanilla sugar to the melted chocolate mass and slowly add one egg at a time, stirring constantly.
Pour flour, salt, sugar into the chocolate mass, mix thoroughly.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Grease a baking tray with oil and cover with baking paper. Pour out the dough. Bake for thirty minutes. The cake should cool down.
In the meantime, start preparing the cream. To do this, thoroughly beat the butter with condensed milk and put it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
Cut the cake into rectangles the size of army shoulder straps. Round the corners at one end.
Fill a pastry bag with cream and place a thin tip. Apply the necessary military insignia with cream. Coat the rest of the cookies with cream and fold them in two rows.
Our themed cookies are ready.

For the men's holiday on February 23 - salad recipes, detailed descriptions with photos, ideas for a beautiful table!

boiled chicken breast - 1 piece;
potatoes - 3 pcs;
boiled eggs - 2 pcs;
pickled honey mushrooms - 350 g;
carrots - for decoration;
soy straw - for decoration;
mayonnaise - to taste;
cucumbers - for decoration

For this salad I needed 2 shapes: one rectangular, and the second a small bowl for the top. Both forms need to be covered with cling film. The salad will be in layers, each layer is smeared with a mesh of mayonnaise.

Grate the pickled cucumbers on a fine grater, squeeze and place in a thin layer in a mold.

The next layer is jacket potatoes grated on a coarse grater.

The penultimate layer will be pickled mushrooms (but you can also take pickled champignons, for example, or fry fresh champignons). If the mushrooms are large, then they need to be cut, but not very finely.

The last layer will be boiled chicken breast, cut it and put it in a mold. Don't forget that we coat each layer with mayonnaise!

For the top of our tank, we take a small bowl, but since it’s not very convenient to put layers in it, we put a layer of cucumbers, and mix the rest of the ingredients together with mayonnaise, and simply put it in the bowl on top of the cucumbers.
Next we need to carefully turn over the base of our tank. Since there was no suitable large plate, I inverted it onto a tray. Cover the mold with a tray on top, turn it over and carefully remove the mold.

Place the top of the tank on top of the bowl, hold it with your hands when you turn it over, the process is a little more complicated here.

Cut the fresh cucumber into thin slices and place on the sides of the tank.

We make stars out of carrots and decorate the tank. We write the inscription with mayonnaise, we make the barrel out of two sticks of straw.

Recipe 2: chicken salad with cheese and apple for February 23

“Tank” is a salad that you can pamper your beloved man with on February 23 or on any other holiday.

Chicken fillet – 300 g
Cucumber – 2 pcs.
Celery
Apple - ½ piece
Lemon - ½ piece
Pitted olives - 200 g
Creamy curd cheese - 100 g
Mayonnaise - 100 g
Olive or vegetable oil (for frying) - 50 g

Cut the chicken fillet into small slices.

Fry the meat in hot oil until cooked.

Place the finished fillet on paper towels to remove excess fat.

Place the cooled meat on a plate. Sprinkle it with lemon juice.

Cut the cucumbers into strips.

Place the chopped cucumbers on the meat.

Spread with mayonnaise.

Chop the celery.

Place celery on top of mayonnaise.

Spread with mayonnaise.

Peel and core the apple and cut into thin strips.

Place the apple in the next layer.

Sprinkle the apple generously with lemon juice.

Cover the salad with a thin layer of cheese.

We make a tank out of olives. We make grass from celery leaves. They also decorate the corners of the salad dish.

Recipe 3: meat salad for men Drifts

This delicious, very satisfying and, most importantly, spectacular salad “Drifts” with beef can be quite simply prepared for the winter holiday on February 23. The fact is that preparing the dish is simple and the ingredients for it are quite affordable. You just need to understand that the longest process is the preparatory process, since it is necessary to boil all the ingredients. And only then grind them and form a dish.

In order to give the salad a special twist, halves of stuffed eggs are placed on top of the layers of potatoes, carrots and meat. And sprinkle the dish with chopped cheese on top - this creates the effect of Feval snowdrifts, which makes the dish especially beautiful and winter. Be sure to save his step-by-step recipe with photos so that you can prepare a delicious and easy-to-prepare salad more than once.

All the ingredients of the salad are perfectly combined with each other, so the taste of the dish is very balanced and self-sufficient. As for the meat layer, you can use sausage, ham or boiled meat (chicken or beef) for the salad.

beef meat (tenderloin) – 200 gr.,
potatoes – 2 pcs.,
carrots – 1 pc.,
garlic – 2 cloves,
quail egg – 5 pcs.,
hard cheese – 100 gr.,
sauce (mayonnaise) – 200 gr.,
salt and pepper - to taste.

We wash the vegetables to remove dirt and boil them until soft. Then cool, peel and grind with a grater.

Boil the prepared piece of meat with the addition of salt and spices. Cut the cooled meat into small pieces.

Boil the eggs for about 5 minutes, cool, peel and cut into halves. Take out the yolks, knead them and mix with chopped garlic and sauce.

Fill the egg white halves with this mixture.

Now we form the salad, place a layer of potatoes on the bottom of the dish and lightly coat it with sauce.

Now add the meat and coat it as well.

Place the stuffed eggs over the meat layer.

Sprinkle the eggs and the entire salad generously with grated cheese.

Recipe 4: salad for the Red Star holiday with salmon

The men's holiday Defender of the Fatherland Day on February 23 is just around the corner. Many women are faced with a choice of how or how to surprise their man. Today we will prepare a very tasty salad for February 23rd. Rest assured, your man will be satisfied.

rice - 150 gr
salmon – 600 gr
shrimp – 400 gr
cucumber - 2 pcs
eggs - 3 pcs
cream cheese - 200 gr
mayonnaise - to taste
olives - to taste
lettuce leaves - 6 pcs

Recipe 5: puff salad for my husband on February 23

For Defender of the Fatherland Day, a salad that resembles a man's broad shoulders. The salad turned out to be very interesting, although I think that everyone can add something of their own to it and even change the filling.

I specially made this salad in layers in order to give it an even more beautiful look.

In order to prepare such a themed salad with pomegranate for February 23, I needed the following ingredients:

potatoes (1 pc.)
pomegranate
green onions
chicken eggs (2 pcs.)
carrots (1 pc.)
sweet cheese (100 gr.)
peas (150 gr.)
mayonnaise
cucumber (1 pc.), for a richer taste, you can use pickled cucumbers.

So, at the first stage of preparation, I prepared all the necessary ingredients that were on my list.

Boiled the potatoes. I think that potatoes can be replaced with anything, since their role in this recipe is insignificant.

I cut the boiled potatoes into medium sized cubes. In the photo you can see that it was very boiled, but I did this on purpose so that the salad would be more tender.

I grated the cheese on a fine grater.

I prepared the peas.

Boiled the carrots and cut them into cubes. You can boil the carrots, but not all of them, as some of them will be used to decorate the salad.

I also boiled chicken eggs, then peeled them and put them through an egg slicer.

Finely chopped green onions. We don't need very much of it in this recipe.

At the next stage, I started the most interesting part.

As I wrote earlier, I laid the salad in layers, but it is best to arrange the layers as follows:

1 layer - eggs
2nd layer - carrots
3rd layer - potatoes
4th layer - polka dots
5th layer - potatoes
6th layer – cheese

Each layer, consisting of potatoes and eggs, needs to be slightly salted to taste.

You can choose absolutely any mold; even an ordinary container for sour cream will do, the main thing is that its walls are flat, without convexities or concavities.

The layers should be lubricated sparingly so that the salad does not fall apart when placing it on a plate.

Recipe 6: Knight's Shield salad with beans (with photo)

With a very important men's holiday coming up - February 23, it's worth arming yourself and being ready now. After all, our men, be they obnoxious boys, beloved boyfriends, strong husbands or dear fathers and grandfathers, or maybe just friends, like children, they love not only to eat deliciously, but also require more attention.

We’ll prepare an excellent dish, but I’ll say right away that it’s not for everyone, as it contains red beans. If your stronger sex does not like legumes, then choose any other salad and arrange it in the shape of a shield.

Boiled beef liver - 300 gr.;
Canned red beans - 1 can;
Eggs - 3 pcs.;
Mayonnaise - to taste;
Carrots - 1 pc.;
Onion - 1 pc.;
Pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
Bell pepper - 1 pc.;
Rye crackers - 100 gr...

Cut the liver into cubes and mix with beans.

Finely chop the onion and grate the carrots. Then fry in vegetable oil. Cut the cucumbers into cubes.

Combine all the prepared products, pour in mayonnaise and mix well. Take an oval flat dish and lay out a shield shape around the perimeter, leaving space in the middle.

And put crackers in the center.

Hard-boil and peel the eggs in advance. Separate the whites from the yolks and grate them on a fine grater. Decorate our blank on top as shown below.

Wash the pepper and remove the core. Cut into strips and decorate the dish.

Recipe 7, step by step: potato shoulder straps salad

Potatoes 3 pieces
Meat 200 grams
Mushrooms 200 grams
Cheese 100 grams
Cucumbers 3 pieces

Boil the potatoes in their skins, cool and peel. Boil the meat until done.

Grate the boiled potatoes on a coarse grater and place on a plate in the form of a shoulder strap. Grease with a thin layer of mayonnaise.

Cut the boiled meat into small cubes and place on the potatoes. Grease with a thin layer of mayonnaise.

Cut the mushrooms into small cubes and fry in vegetable oil. Cool. Place on meat. Grease with a thin layer of mayonnaise.

Grate the cheese on a fine grater and place on the mushrooms. Grease with a thin layer of mayonnaise.

Grate the pickled cucumbers on a coarse grater and place on top and sides of the salad.

Decorate the salad with carrot stripes and cheese stars.

Recipe 8: military salad for February 23 (step by step)

Defender of the Fatherland Day is always celebrated with congratulations to all men. They are congratulated by former colleagues, and colleagues and friends do not ignore them. A festive dinner for February 23 awaits them at home. If the wife prepares such a dinner, then on this day her most important question is what to cook for her husband on February 23rd.

Naturally, any holiday menu begins with salads and appetizers. Original salads for February 23 will help set the table on this day. One of these salads is called “Epaulettes”.

The "Epaulettes" salad is quite simple; it does not require much effort, expensive ingredients or special skills. It takes about 40 - 50 minutes to prepare the products. It will take another half hour to cut and prepare the dish.

boiled potatoes - 5 pcs. (weighing 0.4 kg);
pickled cucumbers - 2 pcs. (weighing 150 g);
cervelat - 0.3 kg;
a small jar of peas or half a large jar;
eggs - 2-3 pcs.;
mayonnaise - 150 g.

To decorate the top:

pickles;
cheese in slices;
a piece of carrot.

Boil the potatoes. Since February 23rd falls at the end of winter, it is better to cook potatoes peeled rather than in their skins.

Place the eggs in a saucepan, add water and hard boil them.

Cut the cervelat into narrow strips.

Cool the potatoes and also cut them into pieces.

Peel the eggs, cut into slices.

Chop the cucumbers finely. It is advisable to use pickled cucumbers rather than pickled ones in this salad.

Open the can of peas and drain the liquid.

Place all products in a spacious bowl.

Add Mayo.

Mix the contents.

Place the salad on a plate. To decorate the top, cut one cucumber into slices and the rest into slices.

Cover the top of the salad with chopped cucumbers.

Shape the cheese slices into shoulder straps.

Place them on top of the salad. Showing your imagination, draw gaps in the sauce. Cut out a star from available materials, such as carrots.

Thus, the top of the salad will resemble a uniform shirt with shoulder straps.

Any delicious recipe for February 23 can be decorated in a military or festive style. Using a small amount of Korean carrots and fresh herbs on the surface of the salad, you can simply lay out a bright holiday bouquet.

Recipe 9: Football salad for February 23

tomatoes - six pieces,
cucumbers - three pieces,
bell pepper - two pieces,
cheese "Brynza" - three hundred grams,
dill - bunch,
green onions - a bunch,
olives - one small jar,
vegetable oil - to season the salad,
salt - to taste.

First, finely chop the cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and bell peppers and put them in one bowl. Mix everything well with vegetable oil and salt and place it on a plate in the form of a slide.

Usually Brynza cheese is cut into cubes, but since the salad’s design should correspond to the event, we grate this cheese. And then we’ll prepare the salad.

Place the cheese on the salad, covering it completely. We remove the juice from the olives and finely chop them to form black tabs on the salad, like on a football. This can be done quickly if you use a pentagonal stencil. Next, to complete the whole picture, we spread “grass” around the resulting ball, that is, dill. Well, the dish is ready.

Let's start with simple, but very tasty snacks. For example, let's prepare tartlets. If you are preparing appetizers for a small buffet at work, buy ready-made tartlets and prepare the filling at home. You can fill the tartlets with your favorite salad or pate. As an alternative, let's make crispy crostini with tomatoes and feta. For them, fry the loaf slices in a toaster or in a dry frying pan.

Your men will definitely like it. You can also add chicken pieces to the skewers. This appetizer can be served both hot and cold. And ready-made puff pastry will significantly speed up the process of preparing such a snack.

The most common search for salad recipes. Please note that in the menu on the right you can sort the types of salad recipes - with meat, with chicken, without mayonnaise, etc. Perhaps for men I recommend preparing a puff salad with mushrooms; usually it is the first to disappear from the table.

Meatloaf with eggs is very easy to make. You will need ready-made puff pastry, minced meat and boiled eggs. The result is a tender, juicy meatloaf encased in a crispy batter that smells incredible. Seems difficult? Not at all. Even a schoolboy can prepare such a roll, and without reading the baking time, you will spend no more than 20-30 minutes preparing it.

But chicken stuffed with pancakes is an unusually impressive holiday dish, but it requires certain culinary skills. This chicken will decorate any table. Surprisingly tasty and impressive in cut, it will surprise even the most picky eaters.

Men cannot do without a hearty side dish. I recommend making gratin, the fragrant cheese crust will clearly pave the way to your men’s heart. To reduce the cooking time, you can lightly boil the potatoes first. This trick will save you an extra 40 minutes of cooking in the oven.

If your men have a sweet tooth, when planning what to cook on February 23, don’t forget about dessert. You will find many cake recipes on my website. I recommend making a simple, but very impressive cherry-chocolate cake. Cherries and chocolate are perhaps the most delicious dessert you can imagine.

February 23 is Defender of the Fatherland Day. This is a professional holiday for those who served or are serving in the army, for those who guard order and our peace. This holiday cannot be called only a men's day, because in the orderly ranks of defenders there are many representatives of the fairer sex. However, more and more often February 23 is called the holiday of real men. Why not congratulate and say thank you to those who always support us, who are always there, on whose strong shoulder we lean when it’s hard, to those men who love and protect us in everyday life! After all, despite the fact that they are all people of peaceful professions, they are our real defenders.

We would like to congratulate our beloved men on a grand scale, give original gifts, surprise them and prepare a treat for real men. I would like to create a unique festive atmosphere, surround them with a little more attention and care than usual. And if there are usually no problems with preparing original holiday dishes, then you will have to work hard to create a special mood and atmosphere. To make a holiday stand out from a series of ordinary days, you need to decorate your apartment and turn the dining table into a work of art with the help of festive table settings. At the same time, it will be useful to decide how exactly you want to decorate the table. Will it be a classic military style for the army or will the colors of the Russian flag be displayed everywhere, or maybe you will decide to recreate the atmosphere of a generals’ dinner from the 17th century!

The most easily accessible, simple and effective option is table setting in military style. On the eve of the holiday, in stores you can find anything with suitable colors, from napkins to dishes. But you should start your search with the tablecloth. It is not at all necessary that you find a tablecloth with a camouflage color; khaki, safari or oak colors, as in the photo, are also suitable for setting the table. Once the tablecloth has been chosen, you can start looking for dishes. Here you have a wide field for imagination, if you want to organize a gala dinner, then you can put some kind of dull simple service on the table, if you want to create the atmosphere of a military campaign, then there should be camp metal mugs, spoons and bowls on the table. If you like camouflage colors, then you can look for disposable cardboard tableware in matching colors in stores and choose napkins to go with them.

In addition to dishes with camouflage colors, the table can also be decorated with a variety of figures corresponding to the theme of the holiday, such as tanks, airplanes and small plastic soldiers. Corrugated paper in dark green, marsh and brown colors would also be useful for table decoration; it can be used to decorate glasses or create a suitable ambiance for figurines, as well as wrap salad bowls so that their appearance does not stand out from the overall decor. You can make an army menu out of camouflage-colored paper, come up with new funny names for long-familiar dishes and place it in front of each guest. If you are lucky enough to have such paper, then it is also worth making place cards from it, on which you can write words of congratulations, simultaneously solving the problem with postcards.

If the men you are going to congratulate are far from the military-army theme, then you can set the table as ascetically as possible and close to the atmosphere prevailing in army canteens. However, if you congratulate the military, then it is better to abandon this idea, since such a picture will turn out to be everyday and boring for them. For representatives of peaceful professions, military table setting will be a novelty and will certainly be remembered. Cover the table with a plain dark green tablecloth, place flasks and small thermoses instead of cups, and bicycle water flasks are also suitable for this purpose. Place the hot dish in metal bowls, and pack the dessert in a paper bag and hand it to each guest, telling them about the importance of having a dry ration. You can use plastic figurines of soldiers as decoration, but remember, the less decoration, the better, and the more it looks like a real army setting.

It is not at all necessary to decorate the apartment and set the table in military style, because this is Defender of the Fatherland Day, which means that the colors of the Russian flag are quite suitable for decoration. It is not necessary to spread a flag instead of a tablecloth, although if you wish, you can do so. Unlike disposable cardboard tableware from previous serving options, in this case it is better to give preference to classic sets, white linen tablecloths, polished cutlery and sophisticated glasses. But what about the colors of the Russian flag? It is not necessary for all three colors to be present on one thing at the same time; let your table be decorated with, for example, red napkins, blue candles and white dishes.

In addition to the tricolor, the table can be decorated with various attributes, for example, those found on military uniforms. Stands for place cards in the shape of stars will look original, which, by the way, can also be chosen in white, blue and red. The cards themselves can also be designed in the form of stars or shoulder straps. Confetti in the form of silver, red and blue stars of different sizes scattered on the table will look interesting. If you decide to put candles, their flames will reflect from such stars and play with small reflections on glasses and dishes. At the same time, in order for the reflection from the confetti to really sparkle, it is better to place candles of different lengths.

If you still don’t want to divide the flag by color, then you can use all three colors at the same time, for example, by tying the napkins with a white-blue-red ribbon and decorating them with stars. The same ribbon can be used to tie desserts packaged in transparent film. You can generally experiment with decorating dishes, for example, using colored paper and toothpicks to make mini-flags and stick them into each salad. Or, remembering that the holiday is called Defender of the Fatherland Day, make flags of countries with which our country has ever fought, and destroy the enemy by eating the salad or cake on which these flags were hoisted to the end. Since not only men, but also women will be congratulated on February 23, there should be flowers on the tables. Here again, you can incorporate the flag theme by placing three small bouquets of flowers in white, blue and red on the table.

If you consider all kinds of decorations unnecessary, try setting the table ascetically, but at the same time in such a way that the guests can immediately see for what reason they have gathered. Cover the table with a simple white tablecloth, use a minimum of utensils, place signs near each plate with the name of the guest written indicating his rank, naturally, not lower than general. Place a cap on each plate to make your guests truly feel like generals. On such a table there should not be a pile of salads or appetizers; it is better to place them on a separate table, and decorate the center of the main table with a book open on the history of a battle, and also place a simple low vase with one rose.

On Defender of the Fatherland Day, we must not forget about the navy, which means that when setting the table, you can stick to the nautical theme. So, it is better to use a blue tablecloth, sea green or blue and white striped. In the center of the table, you can create an imitation of sea foam using a light white chiffon scarf. To decorate such a table, you will need dishes with images of fish and ships, candlesticks in the form of lifebuoys, napkins with images of anchors, figurines of sailors, shells, pebbles and any other things that you consider appropriate to the theme of the sea. Don’t forget about vests, which can be used as place cards!

Once upon a time, the officers of the tsarist army proudly sat on horses, sported uniforms with gold buttons and were generally considered the cream of society. Why not recreate that wonderful atmosphere for our men? The decoration of your table should correspond to the officer chic of past centuries. The table should be wooden, varnished, the plates should be luxurious, with gold edges, the glasses should be thin and elegant, and the cutlery should be arranged according to all the rules and well polished. Place a small sculpture of a horse in the center of the table, and next to it, for greater realism, place a historical map of the world. And let your men feel like real commanders!

February 23 is one of the few days of the year when men are surrounded by attention and given gifts, so you should not consider Defender of the Fatherland Day a formal holiday. Congratulate your grandfathers, husbands, brothers, and don’t forget about the representatives of the fair half of humanity who devoted their lives to working in law enforcement agencies. Create a festive atmosphere for them, prepare a delicious dinner and let each of them remember this holiday for a long time, and we will help you figure out what to cook for February 23.

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