How to set the New Year's table according to all the rules?

The most long-awaited holiday for adults and children is New Year. However, the pre-New Year's pleasant bustle with festive paraphernalia and gifts is associated with certain troubles. The worries that concern the organization of the festive table disturb any hostess during this period of time.

Everyone can set the table in an inexpensive and original way for the New Year. The main thing is to compose the optimal menu, taking into account the ratio of the cost of ready-made dishes and their taste. With strict adherence to recipes and non-standard serving, even the simplest and most traditional dish can be interestingly played. Of course, the main highlight of the table will be a 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. An excellent option would be 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. From cold cuts, cheese and grapes, you can make bright canapes on skewers.

Traditional salads can be laid out in the form of Christmas trees or cones. At home, you can decorate the table with original dishes.

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

To decorate a children's New Year's table, you need imagination and a few free minutes. The dishes should be familiar to the little ones by their taste, but decorated in an original way. Balls of boiled rice or mashed potatoes, which can be rolled in breadcrumbs or grated cheese, will definitely suit the taste of children. As a snack, sandwiches decorated with funny animal faces, laid out from vegetables or made with sour cream or ketchup, are suitable. Salads in the shape of the sun or fish (such as crab or vegetable) will also undoubtedly 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 eliminate another item of expenses (for the purchase of carbonated drinks).

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

On New Year's Eve, guests can 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 will complement it. Baked potatoes with beans and sauce are a satisfying and successful alternative to expensive dishes. Salmon sandwiches are a luxury option. However, this fish can be completely replaced with herring or sprats.

If desired, even from a seemingly minimal list of products, you can prepare a delicious and festive dinner. Pickles that were harvested for the winter (vegetable lecho, gherkins, tomatoes, sauerkraut and compotes) will come in handy.

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

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

The table at which the New Year's dinner is planned should be convenient for all guests. This should also be taken into account when placing the devices. 50 or 60 centimeters of personal space is considered optimal for one person.

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

The main thing is that the dishes and cutlery are designed in the same style and color scheme. Of course, you should refuse from plastic dishes on the table. This option is only suitable for picnics.

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

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

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

Correct serving is also associated with the arrangement of cutlery and plates. At a short distance from the edge of the table, place a large plate for hot dishes, on top - a smaller plate for snacks. The knife is on the right, with the tip inward, the fork is on the left. An alternative to this layout can be the option of supplying devices wrapped in napkins. Remove all snack plates before serving the main course.

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 guests and your imagination.

After completing the obligatory serving measures, you can proceed to decorating the table. Candles, fir branches, Christmas toys, Santa Claus figurines, snowflakes, etc. are best suited for these purposes. With a little imagination and using New Year's 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 put the tablecloth diagonally or decorate the surface by combining several multi-colored canvases in contrasting colors.

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

The beautifully decorated table gives you the feeling of an impending holiday. According to tradition, it should include twelve dishes. It is now customary to decorate the house, focusing on the eastern calendar. In accordance with it, each year has its own color. Napkins, tablecloths, decor items and other festive attributes will help to withstand serving in a certain color scheme.

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. The whole family can do jewelry making. This will especially appeal to children and older people. Grandmothers will demonstrate to the kids a DIY Christmas craft workshop, which can become an excellent family tradition.

A festive evening for two is a beautiful and romantic option for meeting the New Year. Such a dinner should be remembered for a long time by both, therefore, for an exquisite serving for two, there is no better "helper" than a round table. It can be covered with a white or yellow-gold tablecloth.

Candles will be an indispensable element of table decoration. They can be placed 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 tone of the tablecloth. Cutlery and glasses are placed strictly opposite each other.

For celebrating the New Year with your family, a rectangular table will be ideal. It is easy to decorate it for the holiday - just cover the surface with a tablecloth or a few cuts of fabric. If the cutlery is 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. Snacks are served first.

Various canapes, small tartlets, salads are laid out on dishes or trays. A hot meal is then offered. Dessert rounds off the festive menu.

The most important thing is to try to create a certain atmosphere at the table, show imagination and put a piece of your warmth into 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 morning.

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