Defender of the Fatherland Day is a significant and great date for our people. Many celebrate the holiday on a grand scale, preparing a variety of dishes as for the New Year. On this occasion, wives use all their culinary skills to please men. Everyone has long known that the best gift, besides socks and shaving foam, is a delicious treat prepared with soul and warmth.

Many are at a loss, thinking about what to cook for their husband on February 23, how to please their loved one with exquisite delicacies. It would be appropriate to do something nutritious and as satisfying as possible. Almost all men love meat in different variations, the easier it is for you and me, dear women! No need to bother with light snacks and salads.

But don’t forget about decorating the gala table. We should forget about pathos and entourage - we focus on conservative design. Incense will come in handy if you are celebrating a date one-on-one. Also make sure you have a sweet dessert. For example, bake a cake. Wow your loved one on the spot! We present to your attention original recipes for February 23, which will be the best present and will be remembered for a long time.

Juicy manti made from potatoes

Uzbek food has long taken root in Russia. Basically, these are large dumplings, but they are steamed with the addition of spicy spices and have an unusual shape. To make the dish juicy, you need to roll out the dough very thin and use a lot of filling. Some housewives consider Asian dishes difficult and are afraid to cook them.

But this is only at first glance. By following the step-by-step recipe, you will be able to create a culinary creation that will delight you with its taste. No more guessing what to cook for your husband on February 23rd. Your loved one will surely like manti, especially in combination with a spicy sauce. Enough demagoguery - let's move on to the process.

Ingredients for the dough: a glass of boiled water (warm), two eggs, a pinch of salt, flour (by eye). For the filling: (400 g), five potatoes, an onion, black pepper, two cloves of garlic. Ingredients for the sauce: equal proportions of mayonnaise and sour cream (150 ml each), 40 g of spicy adjika or tomato paste, six cloves of garlic, a bunch of dill.

Knead the dough

What should you cook for your husband on February 23? Of course, meat according to this recipe. Beat the eggs with a whisk, season with salt, pour in warm water in a thin stream and carefully add flour in small portions. Knead well. To prevent it from sticking to your hands, grease with vegetable oil. The mass should be without lumps and have a uniform consistency. Wrap in cling film and put in the refrigerator for half an hour.

Now let's start with the minced meat: cut the turkey into small pieces, add grated potatoes, sautéed onions, chopped garlic and spices.

Forming manta rays

Place the chilled piece of dough on a floured wooden board, cut into small pieces, which we roll out into thin squares. We place minced meat on each flour product, fasten the side edges on both sides with an overlap, and connect the pockets. Make sure that the dough does not tear, otherwise all the filling will jump out.

Coat the steamer sheet with butter so that the manti does not stick to the surface. Cook for at least 40 minutes. You can use a slow cooker. Make the sauce: mix all the indicated ingredients. Place the finished manti on green lettuce leaves. When setting the table for February 23, don’t forget to style it unobtrusively and cutely.

Festive recipe for lamb with pumpkin and chestnuts

Unlike pork and beef, sheep meat is considered dietary and contains a minimal amount of cholesterol. In addition, it is tender, juicy and nutritious. Let us describe the original version for real gourmets. To knead the dough you will need:

  • 300 g flour;
  • one egg;
  • butter (20 g).

Other ingredients: a kilogram of young lamb meat, half a kilogram of pumpkin, two glasses of pomegranate juice, 1.5 cups of rice, chestnuts (400 g). You will also need five onions, a pinch of saffron, one hundred grams of butter.

Organization of preparation

There are numerous holiday recipes; our version will appeal to everyone without exception. First, boil the washed rice cereal for no more than 10 minutes. The main thing is not to overcook, otherwise it will turn into mush.

Let's make the dough: beat the eggs into the sifted flour, add oil and water. Roll out the layer, line it on the bottom of a deep cauldron, pour melted butter over it. Place half-cooked rice on top, cover with a lid, and cook for another 20 minutes.

Immerse the chestnuts in water, put them on the stove - do not touch them for 7 minutes. Cut the raw pumpkin into medium pieces. Chop the onion, sauté in butter, then add the chopped meat. Pour pomegranate juice and a glass of boiling water and simmer for half an hour.

Fry the pumpkin with chestnuts, transfer the mixture to the lamb. Season the food with pepper and salt. Simmer covered for ten minutes. Stir the saffron in a tablespoon of water and pour it over the rice. Throw away the dough on which the cereal was prepared. We level the grains of rice over the surface of the plate, and place pieces of stewed meat and pumpkin on it. Chop the greens.

Chicken dishes (holiday) for Defender of the Fatherland Day

Poultry meat will never be superfluous on the table. The optimal ratio of quality and price makes it in demand. If you try and add some zest, you can get a delicious dish such as Provençal chicken, a traditional dish in France.

Essential components:

  • chicken carcass;
  • vegetables: five tomatoes, three onions, seven cloves of garlic;
  • pitted black olives - 150 g;
  • cheese - two hundred grams;
  • olive oil - 50 ml;
  • spices: two large spoons of Provençal herbs, 2.5 grams of fennel seeds, a pinch of red pepper, salt.

Technological process

If your man prefers lean meats, then be sure to prepare a variety of chicken dishes. Festive variations will surprise the hostess with their ease and speed, and guests with their juiciness and piquancy. Now to the recipe. We cut the carcass into portions and add a little salt.

Separate the tomato pulp from the skin and cut into slices. Onions - in half rings, and olives - in four parts. Combine all the ingredients, place one part on the bottom of the roasting pan. Place meat on top. Season with spice sauce: mix squeezed garlic with fennel, pepper, herbs and olive oil.

Cover with a “vegetable coat”. Bake for 1-1.5 hours. A few minutes before turning off the oven, sprinkle generously with grated cheese. Such a seemingly banal recipe, but what taste and aroma! on February 23rd will surprise your man. Decorate the room with candles and incense to create a romantic atmosphere!

Baked chicken rolls

This dish can easily claim to be a gourmet treat. The preparation process will not take much time, and you will be able to prepare for the event. You need to purchase in advance about two kilograms of chilled chicken fillet, three hundred grams of quality bacon, three medium-sized ripe oranges. Also take green salad leaves, black pepper, vegetable oil, salt.

Instructions

Remember that the table for February 23rd should be different from No need for any pink tones or flowers. Cut the fillet into small slices, pour in squeezed orange juice, and season with spices. Leave to marinate in the refrigerator for two hours.

Cut the bacon into thin strips, wrap a piece of meat in it - roll it into a tube, securing it with a toothpick. Line a baking sheet with parchment or foil, grease with oil, and place the formed rolls. Place in the oven for 20 minutes.

Place the baked chicken tubes on lettuce leaves. We frame the cherry tomatoes and enjoy a magnificent evening. As you can see, you don’t have to spend a lot of money. The recipes for February 23rd are very simple. Show your imagination and a little effort, then your table will be replete with culinary delights.

In addition to deli meats, use fish. For example, salmon steaks served with spicy holiday dishes have many faces and will satisfy the taste preferences of any gourmet. Don't forget to please your man with a sweet product. Note to the hostess - sponge cake.

Festive cake with condensed milk

If you still have a question about what to cook for your husband on February 23, then after you try this sweet dessert, all doubts and worries will go away. The process, of course, is long, but the time and effort spent are worth it. Cake ingredients:

  • three hundred grams of flour and the same amount of butter;
  • six eggs;
  • boiled condensed milk - can;
  • 1.5 cups granulated sugar;
  • cocoa powder - 50 g;
  • baking powder - 5 g;
  • 15% cream - 30 ml;
  • fruit jam, walnuts.

Let's get started...

Let's prepare the white cake: beat two eggs into a fluffy, voluminous foam, then carefully add 150 g of sugar and sifted flour (120 g). The dough will be liquid, bake for about half an hour.

Brown cake: add baking powder, remaining sugar, cocoa powder, beaten eggs (4 pcs.) to the seeded flour (180 g). Place in the oven for 20 minutes. Cut the cooled shortcake into two equal parts.

Cut out a star from the white and chocolate cake layers (do not touch the second layer). You can use a stencil. Cover the remaining brown sponge cake generously with fruit jam and sprinkle with chopped nuts.

Make the cream: beat boiled condensed milk with butter (150 g). Grease the chocolate sponge cake soaked in jam with creamy mixture. Place a white cake star on top, pour cream over it, and sprinkle with nuts. Cover with a brown star and also soak in white sweet sauce. Let the product cool for about an hour.

Prepare the glaze: combine cocoa powder with sugar and cream, cook until thick. Put a piece of butter (50 g), wait for the glaze to cool, and cover the cake with it. Decorate with fresh strawberries and sprinkle the sides with walnuts.

Let's finish here. We hope that the holiday recipes for main courses will be useful to you and will win the hearts of men.

Everyone knows that men love to eat delicious food. And of course, everyone knows that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach. Whether this is really so is up to you to judge. But every woman wants to prepare delicious food for the most important men's holiday on February 23. And I think, not so much to pave this way, but simply because all of us women love our men very much. Therefore, we want to feed them delicious food every day, and even more so on holidays.

For the festive table on Defender of the Fatherland Day, you need to prepare what men like to eat. What do they love?

It is generally accepted that men prefer meat to all other dishes. This is true, but no less than this they love poultry, fish, pasta, dumplings, pies, pancakes, hamburgers... Besides, I’ll tell you a secret, they also have a big sweet tooth, although they try to carefully hide it. In general, I think that men just love delicious food, and it can be completely different.

Therefore, when preparing for the holiday, you can cook any food, you just need to do it with love, with desire, sometimes with creativity, and always with a good attitude!

And today’s menu is made up of the simplest and no less tasty recipes, which will not be difficult to prepare. And it won't take too much time. These recipes are perfect for both holidays and weekdays.

It's no secret that almost all men love hamburgers. That's why we prepare this simple and delicious foreign sandwich for breakfast.


We will need:

  • smoked, boiled, baked meat (any) - 500 - 600 g
  • buns with sesame seeds for hamburger – 3 – 4 pcs.
  • cucumber - 1 piece
  • lettuce leaves

For the sauce:

  • egg - 2 pcs
  • olives - 10 -15 pcs.
  • parsley - 3 - 4 sprigs
  • mayonnaise - 3 - 4 tbsp. spoons

Preparation:

1. First we need to boil the eggs for the sauce. They should not be cooked for long until they boil, just two minutes. When ready, they should have a runny yolk inside. After they are cooked, immerse them in cold water so that they cool as quickly as possible, otherwise you won’t get a runny yolk.

2. While the eggs are boiling and cooling, let's make the buns. Cut them in half and fry in a hot frying pan without oil until golden brown.



3. You can use any meat - pork, beef, chicken, turkey will do. When you go to the refrigerator in the meat department, you always look at the appearance of the meat. So, what we liked from that is what we will cook. I liked the turkey. It is not greasy, not dry, slightly smoked and very tasty. This means the hamburger will turn out the same.

If I have time and minced meat, then I fry special flat cutlets. I make them thin, and thanks to this they fry very quickly. Then the burgers turn out like at McDonald's.

But today is a quick recipe using prepared meat. We need to cut it into flat pieces, like for sandwiches. For one bun, count 3 - 4 pieces 0.5 cm thick. Yes, not one at a time, but exactly 4 at a time, we are preparing it - it’s for the holiday!

4. Cut the cucumbers into thin slices. Wash the lettuce leaves and dry them with a paper towel.

5. Prepare the sauce. Mash the eggs with a fork. Chop the greens and olives; by the way, you can replace them with capers. Mix all ingredients.



6. Spread the sauce on the bottom of the bun.


Place a pile of meat on it in random order, cucumbers and herbs on top. Cover with the top of the bun.



7. Serve with tea or coffee. Either cold or hot. But always with good and warm words and wishes. Enjoy eating!

If desired, you can put a slice of tomato or bell pepper in the middle.

Quick hot dog

A home-cooked hot dog is always tastier than a store-bought one. And you can prepare it very quickly, especially if you buy everything you need ahead of time.


We will need:

  • hot dog buns - 3-4 pieces
  • sausages - 3 - 4 pieces
  • or any smoked and boiled - smoked meat, or chicken - 300 g
  • tomato – 1 – 2 pcs
  • cucumber – 1 – 2 pcs
  • cheese - 200 - 300 gr
  • spicy ketchup
  • salad

Preparation:

1. Cut the hot dog bun on one side so that it is convenient to put the filling in it.

2. Wash and dry the cucumbers and tomatoes. Then cut them into slices. Cut the cheese into slices of the same size.

3. Sausages are usually used for hot dogs; you need to choose them of good quality. Unfortunately, these days it can be quite difficult to find them. Therefore, I will not use sausages, but smoked chicken breast. Here you can already see exactly what is in the composition. Cut the breast as desired, either into strips, or, as I did, into a long layer about 1 cm thick.

4. Place lettuce, meat or sausage in the bun, then vegetables, cheese and pour ketchup on top. If a man likes spicy food, then it is best to add spicy ketchup.


Unfortunately, I no longer had lettuce leaves at that time, so for color and aroma, I added a sprig of dill. But I promise that I will prepare better for the holiday.

5. Place in the microwave or oven, heat until the cheese melts.

6. Serve with hot tea or coffee.

Hot sandwich with cheese, meat and vegetables

Hot cheese sandwiches are one of the simplest and most delicious. And for the holiday you can diversify it by adding meat, vegetables and eggs. In addition, you can prepare it from bread crumbs. What is not a replacement for foreign fast food?

We will need:

  • bread crumbs - 3 - 4 pcs.
  • any smoked or smoked meat - boiled - 300 g
  • boiled egg - 1 - 2 pcs.
  • cheese - 100 gr
  • cucumber - 1 - 2 pcs.
  • tomato - 1 - 2 pcs.
  • radishes - 3 - 4 pcs.
  • salad
  • ketchup - optional

Preparation:

1. Wash the vegetables, dry with a paper towel and cut into slices or half-slices. So that it is convenient to lay them out on the edges.

2. You can use any meat for sandwiches, the one you have in the refrigerator, or the one you buy. I use boiled smoked beef for sandwiches. We cut it into a large flat piece about 1 cm thick.

3. Peel the egg and cut into flat slices. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

4. Place all the ingredients in any order on the lower part of the edge.


I laid it out in this order: cucumber, tomato, meat, radish, egg, cheese. You can add hot ketchup to the middle, if desired.


5. Cover the top of the edge and bake in the microwave until the cheese has spread and soaked all the layers.


6. Serve with tea or coffee.

All these Russian and non-Russian sandwiches for breakfast were invariably met with delight! Therefore, you can safely cook, men will certainly appreciate it!

Vegetables and meat can be wrapped in pita bread, and then served for breakfast. This is another one of the favorite men's dishes.

However, breakfast can be prepared in a more complex way! For example, you can cook pancakes. A large number of recipes are given in a special article. But today we will prepare them according to a recipe that is not in this article. My husband loves this dish very much.

Pancake pie with butter and eggs

We will need:

  • flour - 1.5 cups
  • milk - 500 ml
  • eggs - 3 pcs
  • vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons
  • sugar - 0.5 tbsp. spoons
  • salt - 0.5 teaspoon

For filling:

  • butter - 100 g
  • eggs - 3 pcs
  • salt - to taste
  • berries or fruits for decoration

Preparation:

1. Mix the eggs with a fork, add milk, salt and add sugar. Mix thoroughly until smooth.

2. Sift the flour into a deep bowl and gradually pour the liquid component into it, mixing thoroughly. Pour in half of it first and mix until the lumps disappear. Then, continuing to stir, pour in the rest. You can use a whisk to do this.

3. When the mixture becomes homogeneous and completely ready, add oil and mix again.

4. Let the dough stand for 20 minutes, then grease the pan with oil and bake the pancakes.

5. While the pancakes are baking, melt the butter in a water bath and beat the eggs into it. Add salt and mix.

6. When all the pancakes are ready, let's start assembling the pie.

7. Place one pancake on the bottom of the frying pan, grease it with butter and egg. Then place the next pancake and grease it. And so, put it out until the pancakes run out.

8. You can cut the pie into 4 parts, or leave it whole. Cover with foil. Place in a hot oven for 20 minutes.

Or leave it in the pan. Cover with a lid and place on very low heat for 15 minutes.

During this time, the pancakes will be soaked in butter and egg and will be very tasty. If you simmer them in a frying pan, the bottom pancake will bake and become crispy and crispy. This is my husband's favorite.


Decorate the top of the pancake pie with any fruit or berries, canned.

This is a recipe that is called in Russian. But you can cook it with a foreign accent.

French pancakes "Suzette"

We will need:

  • cream 10% – 350 ml
  • wheat flour - 350 gr
  • eggs - 6 pcs
  • sugar - 2 - 3 tbsp. spoons
  • salt - a pinch
  • liqueur - 0.5 cups
  • butter
  • Orange juice

Preparation:

1. Sift flour, mix with eggs, salt and sugar. Gradually pour in the cream, stirring the mixture continuously.

2. When the mass becomes homogeneous, put it in the refrigerator for 2 hours.

3. Bake thin pancakes. Roll each one into a roll or simply fold it into quarters.

4. Heat orange juice in a water bath and pour into a sauce boat.

5. When serving, drizzle with melted butter, liqueur and orange juice.


This is such a simple and delicious recipe. And with such a name, it will be a real surprise for all men.

Another great breakfast idea is this. I already described how to prepare it in one of the articles using the example of 22 recipes. Therefore, in order not to repeat myself, I propose to prepare a frittata, or Italian omelette, today.

Italian frittata with mushrooms and spinach

The frittata is first prepared in a frying pan and then finished in the oven. Various vegetables and ingredients can be used as filling. Same as in, but the cooking technology must be followed.


We will need:

  • eggs - 4 - 5 pcs
  • champignons – 200 gr
  • spinach (can be frozen) - 150 g
  • hard cheese - 50 g
  • sour cream - 4 tbsp. spoons
  • onion - leek, or regular - 0.5 pcs.
  • salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. Thinly slice the mushrooms and cut the onion into small cubes. In Italy, leeks are used, they are more tender and not so bitter. Therefore, see for yourself which one you will use.

2. Fry the onion in a small amount of vegetable oil until it softens slightly and turns brown. Add mushrooms and simmer all together for 5 minutes.


3. Add spinach and simmer everything together for another 3 - 4 minutes. If you can’t find spinach, it’s winter after all, then you can add parsley. It will be delicious too.

4. Beat eggs with sour cream, salt and pepper to taste. Then add grated cheese to the mixture. In Italy they use Parmesan, but we have Russian hard cheese.

5. Add spinach with mushrooms and onions to the egg mixture, mix everything.


Pour into prepared and greased baking dish. Or you can bake it in muffin tins like I do.


6. Bake the frittata in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes.

7. The finished frittata exceeds all your wildest expectations in taste. Tasty, incomparable to anything else, and very satisfying!


As mentioned above, you can use tomatoes, bell peppers, and even boiled potatoes left over from dinner as a filling. Everything your imagination can do.

So, we had a pretty extensive breakfast. When I prepared such breakfasts, all my family refused lunch and we had an early dinner that day. That's why I won't stop for lunch. But still, if you decide to cook it, I highly recommend thick soups of oriental cuisine - or. All the men I know always eat them with pleasure.


Well, or if, for some reason, you don’t cook soups of oriental cuisine, cook Russian or cook. All men also love them and always eat them with pleasure.

In the meantime, I propose moving on to the evening program. Where I will also offer several simple and delicious homemade recipes. I prepared two different salads especially for the holiday, and I suggest starting with them.

“Gift” salad with chicken and mushrooms

This salad first of all amazes with its beauty when served. And only then the taste. It is prepared very simply and quite quickly. Therefore, I highly recommend it. He will not leave anyone indifferent.

We will need:

  • boiled chicken fillet or meat - 250 g
  • canned or fried mushrooms - 250 gr
  • boiled eggs - 3 pcs
  • small apples - 2 - 3 pcs
  • onion - 1 pc.
  • boiled carrots - 1 pc.
  • processed cheese - 100 gr
  • mayonnaise - 200 g (but less is possible)
  • apple cider vinegar - 1 teaspoon
  • liquid honey - 1 teaspoon
  • salt - to taste

For decoration:

  • cucumber - 1 piece
  • parsley - 1 - 2 sprigs (or lettuce leaves)

Preparation:

1. Peel the chicken breast from the skin and cut into small pieces; you can also cook it from boiled beef.

2. Cut the onion into half rings and pour boiling water over it. Leave for 15 minutes until the bitterness comes out. Then drain the boiling water and rinse the onion with cold water.

3. Let the water drain, then add apple cider vinegar, add honey, a little salt and stir. Leave the onion to marinate like this.

4. Place the chopped meat or breast in a large flat plate in the form of a square.


Next add pickled onions.


5. Chop the pickled mushrooms. And lay out the next layer.


If the mushrooms are frozen, they can be fried along with some diced onion.

6. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater and place on the mushrooms. This layer should be greased with mayonnaise.


7. Peel the apples, grate them on a coarse grater and place in the next layer. To prevent them from darkening, lightly grease them with mayonnaise.


8. Peel the boiled eggs and separate them into whites and yolks. Grate the yolk on a fine grater and place on a layer of mayonnaise.

9. Also grate the processed cheese, you can use a coarse grater and place it on the yolks. To make it easier to grate the cheese, you need to keep it in the freezer for some time.


10. This layer also needs to be coated with mayonnaise, and not only the top, but also the side walls.

11. Grate the whites on a medium grater and place on top and sides.

12. In order to decorate the salad with festive ribbons, we will need a knife for peeling and slicing vegetables and a medium-length cucumber. Using a knife, cut thin long cucumber slices in the amount of 5 - 6 pieces.

13. Decorate the salad as if we were tying a gift with ribbons.


14. Tear leaves from parsley or lettuce and decorate on four sides.

15. Let stand in the refrigerator for 1 - 2 hours so that the salad is soaked, then serve to the delight of all those present.

16. Eat with pleasure!

As you can see, the salad turned out very beautiful, and also very tasty!

Salad “Star” for February 23

I thought for a long time about how to come up with a themed salad, and did not find anything better in design than a star. As they say, it turned out simple, but tasteful. This salad can be prepared using any of those you like as a base. I took it as a basis, everyone certainly loves it.

We will need (for a small portion, about 4 people):

  • canned saury - 1 can (or other fish)
  • boiled potatoes - 2 pcs
  • boiled carrots - 2 pcs
  • boiled egg - 2 pcs
  • mayonnaise - to taste
  • pomegranate for decoration
  • lettuce leaves - for decoration


Preparation:

1. Peel vegetables and eggs. Grate the vegetables on a coarse grater. Divide the eggs into whites and yolks. And grate on a fine grater.

2. Place lettuce leaves in a large flat plate as a base and decoration for the salad.

3. Place grated potatoes in the first layer, giving it a star shape. This will take most of the cooked potatoes, leaving a smaller part for the next layer.


4. Open the jar of saury, place 2/3 of the jar without juice in a separate bowl and mash with a fork. Since the salad turns out to be small, the whole jar will be a lot. But sometimes there is more liquid in the jar than fish. In this case, use all the saury.

You can use not only saury, but also any canned fish. You can also take boiled or fried. baked or salted fish, such as red fish. In this case, the salad will actually turn out festive.

5. Place the fish on a layer of potatoes, maintaining the star shape.


6. Place the remaining potatoes in the next layer. And although there is quite a bit of it for a layer, it is quite enough to partially cover the fish and pour it all over with 3 teaspoons of fish juice from a jar. You will need less mayonnaise.


7. Next layer of carrots. This layer should be greased with a small amount of mayonnaise. This is a matter of taste; some people like salads with more of it, others with less. Therefore, coat the layers to your liking.


8. Then egg white. We will also grease this layer with mayonnaise.


9. Well, the last layer will be the yolk. We distribute it according to the star. We try to sprinkle the side walls as much as possible.

10. Decorate as you wish. You can get creative with decorations. Lay out, for example, not only the number 23, but also all the side walls with pomegranate seeds.


If you make a salad with red salted fish, you can garnish it with red caviar. Such a salad can be called “General’s Star,” and in this case the husband can only be addressed as “My General!”

You can think ahead and come up with some of your own original salad design, this will be a special sign of attention on this day!

By the way, it always enjoys great success in our family, it is beautiful and very tasty. True, it will take a little more time to prepare it, and it should infuse for 10 - 12 hours, but you can prepare it in advance. And then there will be more time to prepare the main dish.


If these salad ideas are not enough, because it is quite difficult to offer more of them within one article, then follow the link, where a large variety of them is given. It will be there.

The same goes for snacks, you will find simple and easy to prepare snacks.

And I suggest moving on to the main courses.

Pilaf with dried fruits in Armenian style

Almost all men love pilaf, I know this firsthand. I often cook pilaf and often for various holidays and events. There are several on the pages of my blog. If you wish, follow any of the proposed recipes and you will prepare pilaf the way real Uzbeks prepare it.

But in order not to repeat myself, today I want to offer a version of the Armenian holiday pilaf with dried fruits. I hope that this pilaf will also have its admirers.

We will need:

  • rice - 2 cups
  • raisins - 100 gr
  • dried apricots - 100 gr
  • pitted dates - 100 g
  • almonds - 70 gr
  • ghee - 0.5 cups
  • thin lavash - 1 piece
  • pomegranate seeds - for decoration, optional
  • salt - to taste

Preparation:

1. Rinse dried fruits thoroughly and dry with a paper towel. Then place in a saucepan and place in a water bath for 30 minutes.

2. Add 2 - 3 tbsp. spoons of melted butter, let it melt, stir and remove the fruit from the bath.

3. Pour 6 cups of water into a saucepan and bring it to a boil. Salt the water to taste, adding about 1 tbsp. spoon and pour the washed rice into it.

4. Cook the rice until almost done, leaving it slightly undercooked. Then place the rice in a sieve and rinse with cold water.

5. Now the fun begins. Grease the bottom of the cauldron with 1/3 of the melted butter. Cover it with pita bread and lay out 1/3 of the rice. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of melted butter.

6. Then again lay out 1/3 of the rice and pour oil again. Then add the remaining rice and pour over the remaining oil.

7. Wrap the lid of the cauldron on the inside with a towel and cover the cauldron with it. If there is water left in the cauldron, the towel will absorb excess moisture.

8. Place the cauldron on low heat and simmer the rice for 15 - 20 minutes.

9. Then place the rice on a large dish and garnish with stewed fruits and nuts. You can use any nuts, not just almonds! You can sprinkle pomegranate seeds on top for beauty.


This kind of pilaf is not prepared often. And you will be able to surprise all the men present at the holiday.

However, we remember that for many men, a holiday is not a holiday if there is no meat on the table. Therefore, you can prepare the meat separately for this pilaf. And then I will tell you how to cook delicious meat.

Well, first of all, since pilaf is an oriental dish, then you can prepare meat with an oriental flavor to go with it. I just wrote in the last article, . And you don’t have to wait until summer; you can cook it in the oven or in a frying pan. Follow the link and there you will find a complete description of how to prepare it.


Here are a few more meat recipes.

Beef in cognac marinade

Even just from the name alone, this dish should appeal to men. And in appearance, it is at its best - who would refuse a whole piece of meat or steak. Moreover, it turns out so appetizing and tasty that it will be difficult to stop until you eat everything that is prepared.

We will need:

  • beef, tenderloin – 1 – 1.5 kg
  • cognac – 70 ml
  • dry red wine - 2 glasses
  • olive oil – 50 – 70 ml
  • onion - 2 pcs
  • garlic - 2 - 3 cloves
  • thyme - 2 sprigs
  • black peppercorns - 6 - 8 pcs
  • salt - to taste

Preparation:

1. Wash the beef, dry it and cut into large slices.

2. Chop the onion and garlic. Crush the pepper in a mortar.

3. In a separate container, mix cognac, wine, oil, onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Remove the leaves from the thyme and add them to the mixture. Stir until all ingredients are combined.

4. Place the meat in a bowl, pour the marinade over each layer and so on until the meat is gone. Pour the remaining marinade on top. Place in the refrigerator for 2 - 3 hours.

5. Fry the meat in the oven on a wire rack using grill mode for 4 - 6 minutes on each side, periodically pouring marinade over it. Place a baking sheet under the meat so that the juices flow there and do not dirty the oven. If possible, the meat can also be baked on the grill using a grill.


If there is no grill mode in the oven, then the meat can be baked in foil until cooked. It will be delicious too.

6. Serve hot, with fresh or baked vegetables and fresh herbs.

Japanese tonkatsu pork chops

Many men love pork chops, and it turns out that we are not the only ones. In Japan they cook pork chops in this interesting way.

We will need:

  • pork pulp (without fat) - 400 - 500 gr
  • eggs - 2 pcs
  • dry white bread - 50 g
  • flour - 50 g
  • oil - for frying
  • salt, pepper - to taste

For the sauce:

  • soy sauce - 2 tbsp. spoons
  • balsamic vinegar - 1 teaspoon
  • ketchup - 2 tbsp. spoons
  • sugar or better honey - 1 tbsp. spoon
  • ready mustard - 1 teaspoon
  • ground ginger - 0.5 teaspoons
  • garlic - 1 clove
  • ground spices - cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg - a pinch

Preparation:

1. Cut the pork into thin, flat portions and lightly pound it with a hammer. Pork meat is tender, and therefore it is better to beat it, wrapped in cling film.

2. Then remove the film and sprinkle each piece on all sides with salt and pepper. Let it sit for a while.

3. Meanwhile, grind the dry bread with a blender into coarse crumbs, or you can use ready-made breadcrumbs. Place them on a flat plate.

4. Place flour on another plate.

5. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs with two tablespoons of water; you can use a fork for this.

6. Place the frying pan on the fire and heat the oil in it.

7. Dredge the pork pieces in flour, then dip in the egg mixture and then in the breadcrumbs.

8. Fry the chops in a frying pan for 7 - 9 minutes until golden brown. It is not recommended to turn it back and forth several times; you only need to turn it once.

9. Place on a plate, cut into narrow strips if desired.


10. For the sauce, mix all ingredients. Serve with chops.

Roast pork in sweet glaze with beer

A truly festive and very tasty dish that will not leave anyone present at the festive table indifferent. It's not quick to prepare, but everything can be done in advance.

We will need:

  • pork ham – 1.8 kg
  • potatoes - 800 gr
  • onions - 4 pcs.
  • meat broth - 250 ml.
  • dark beer - 6 tbsp. spoons
  • orange jam
  • vegetable oil
  • cloves - a handful
  • thyme
  • Bay leaf
  • salt pepper

Preparation:

1. Pour cold water over the ham at the rate of 1 tbsp. spoon per liter of water. After 12 hours, drain the water and replace it with fresh, also salted. Leave for another 12 hours.

2. Then place the meat in fresh water, bring to a boil, add salt to taste and cook for 4-5 hours. 2 hours after the start of cooking, put 2 onions in the water. whole. At the end of cooking, add pepper and bay leaf. Remove the meat and cool.

3. Make diamond-shaped cuts on the meat and insert a clove into the middle of each diamond.

4. Peel the potatoes and cut into slices. Cut the onion into half rings.

5. Fry in oil in a thick-walled frying pan until half cooked. Add salt and pepper to taste.

6. Pour in the broth, sprinkle with thyme leaves, and place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30 minutes.

5. Mix beer and jam.

6. Make room in the center for the meat, lay it out and brush with the resulting mixture.

7. Bake for 30 minutes, brushing the meat with a mixture of beer and jam every 5 - 7 minutes. The surface will gradually become covered with a layer of glaze.

8. Take out the finished meat and potatoes and let them sit for 10 minutes, then cut into pieces.


9. Serve hot with potatoes.

Meat according to the Empress's recipe

Using this recipe, you can quickly prepare a delicious main dish of meat.

We will need:

  • minced beef - 600 gr
  • smoked sausage - 70 gr
  • grated cheese - 50 g
  • egg - 2 pcs
  • garlic - 1 clove
  • olive oil - 30 g
  • tomato paste - 40 g
  • chopped greens - 30 g
  • lemon juice - 20 g
  • salt, pepper - to taste

Preparation:

1. Pass the sausage, egg and garlic through a meat grinder. If there is ready-made minced meat, then we will use it, if not, then we will twist it into the total mass.

2. Add grated cheese. Season the minced meat with salt and pepper to taste, mix everything thoroughly.

3. Form a flatbread in the shape of a frying pan, roll both sides in flour and fry it in olive oil on both sides.

4. Mix tomato paste with chopped herbs and lemon juice. 5 minutes before it’s ready, pour this sauce over the meat flatbread and simmer everything together.

5. Serve hot, cut into portions.


This is such an interesting and unusual dish.

In addition to meat, you can cook fish and chicken. It's quick and easy to bake them in the oven.

Whole chicken baked in the oven in a bag

We will need:

  • chicken - 1 piece
  • spices
  • salt, pepper - to taste
  • baking bag

Preparation:

Chicken baked in the oven in any way is just a lifesaver for all holiday events. When you need to quickly set the table, but there is no free time, this dish will always come to your aid.

1. Wash the chicken and dry it with a paper towel.

2. Rub it outside and inside with salt, pepper and any spices for chicken. Let sit for 30 minutes.


3. Then seal it in a bag and place it in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 1 - 1.5 hours, depending on the size of the chicken and the degree of baking. In this case, the bag must be pierced in two places so that hot air can escape freely and the bag does not burst.


4. Serve the chicken hot with any side dish.


Fast, tasty and very appetizing! And always in a festive way!

You can bake any fish just as quickly. It is very good in such cases, it always turns out very tasty and looks beautiful when served. If you want to cook it, I invite you to an article special for this occasion, where you will find 14 different recipes.

But you can bake any fish in sour cream even faster. Let's take carp today. The fish is tasty and healthy. In addition, you can almost always buy it fresh.

Carp in sour cream, baked in the oven

We will need:

  • carp - 1 piece
  • spices
  • salt pepper
  • sour cream
  • lemon
  • pickled cucumber and tomatoes

Preparation:

1. Clean the fish, cut off the head or leave it with the head, especially if the fish is not very large. In this case, it is necessary to remove the gills so that they do not give bitterness to the pulp.

2. Rinse the carcass thoroughly. Then let the water drain and dry it outside and inside with a paper towel. Grate with fish spices, salt and pepper, rub the mixture into the skin and flesh.

Let sit for 20 - 30 minutes so that the fish is lightly marinated.

3. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Grease a baking sheet with oil and place the fish on it.

4. Place sour cream, chopped pickled cucumber and tomato on the back. Bake the fish for 30 minutes.

5. Then take out and remove the cucumber and tomatoes; by that time they had given their juice to the fish, fried themselves and are no longer needed by us.


6. Place chopped lemon on the back of the fish. Place it on a dish, garnish with fresh herbs and vegetables.

7. Serve with any side dish.

In addition to meat, poultry and fish, men are very fond of various dough products. These are belyashi, chebureks, etc. All highlighted dishes are very widely represented in my articles. If you decide to cook them, then follow the links. Using them you will find many delicious and not at all difficult to prepare dishes.

And today I would like to offer two more recipes that are not in these articles.

Belyashi with meat on kefir

If you don’t have time to work with yeast dough, then you can always offer a replacement - kefir dough. It cooks quickly, but turns out no less tasty.

We will need (for 18 pieces):

  • minced meat - 400 gr
  • onion - 2 heads
  • spices for meat
  • salt pepper
  • boiled water or broth - 0.5 cups
  • vegetable oil - for frying

For the test:

  • flour - 4 cups
  • kefir - 1.5 cups
  • egg - 1 pc.
  • soda - 0.5 teaspoon
  • salt - 1 teaspoon

Preparation:

1. Knead the dough. To do this, sift the flour through a sieve into a bowl. Add salt and crack the egg into the middle, whisk with a fork.

2. Dilute soda in half a glass of kefir and let stand for a while until bubbles appear on the surface.

3. Add kefir to flour, mix. Then slowly pour in the remaining kefir.


4. Knead the dough first in a bowl and then on the table. Knead until plastic and homogeneous. Cover with a bowl or napkin and let stand for 30 minutes.

5. Prepare minced meat. Cut the onion into cubes as finely as possible and add it to the minced meat. Salt, pepper, add broth or boiled water. You can add spices if desired. Mix thoroughly and let stand for a while.


6. When 30 minutes have passed and the dough has rested, let’s start making whiteshi. Cut a piece from the dough, roll it into a sausage and divide it into several equal parts.


7. Roll into rounds 1 cm thick and 12 - 15 cm in diameter.

8. Place a full tablespoon of minced meat in the middle and form whites.


9. In a cauldron or frying pan with high sides, heat the oil until smoking. The oil should reach the middle of the whitewash. Place the belyashi with the hole down and fry over medium heat until golden brown.


10. Then use a slotted spoon to turn it over to the other side. There is no need to turn it back, otherwise all the juice will flow out.


11. Place the finished whites on paper towels. so that they absorb excess fat.


12. Serve with sour cream, kefir, hot broth or tea. Eat with pleasure.

If the whites remain uneaten, you can eat them even cold, or you can heat them in the microwave.


Just recently I published an article with a lot of... Are there recipes where... But this recipe wasn’t included there, so I’m including it in today’s selection.

Russian pizza made from yeast dough

We call this pizza that way because we prepare it most often from what we have in the refrigerator. And since you can always find a lot of things in the refrigerator, it always turns out thick and tasty! You can buy the dough in the store, but you can make it yourself. But since there is a lot of filling, it is better to have yeast dough.

We will need:

  • ready-made yeast dough - 1 kg
  • meat, sausage or chicken - 200 -300 g
  • cheese - 300 gr
  • soft boiled egg - 2 pcs
  • any mushrooms - 150 -200 gr
  • pickled cucumber - 2 pcs.
  • tomatoes - 3 pcs.
  • ketchup - optional

Preparation:

I wrote down the products that we use to make pizza today. Your composition may be different and the quantity may also vary.

1. Cut meat, mushrooms, cucumbers and eggs into small strips or cubes.

2. Grate the cheese on a fine grater.

3. Cut the tomatoes into rounds.

4. Roll out the dough. You can roll out all the dough at once, then the pizza will turn out fluffy. But I leave some of the dough for the second small pizza. Therefore, I roll out most of it to the size of the baking sheet.

5. Grease a baking sheet with oil and lay out the rolled out layer. Stretch it slightly with your hands.

6. Coat the top with ketchup if desired. Then lay out the prepared filling in this order - meat, mushrooms, cucumber, egg.

7. Then layer tomatoes and sprinkle cheese on top.


8. Place in an oven preheated to 180 degrees. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes until the crust is golden brown.


9. Take out the pizza and brush the edges of the pizza with butter until they become soft.


This pizza is my husband's favorite. And therefore, if I decide to prepare it for February 23rd in exactly this form.

And for my vegetarian son I got this pizza, there is no meat in it. The rest of the ingredients can be left the same.


The article is not short at all, it’s time to finish it. We haven't made dessert yet. I offer a very simple pie recipe.

Pear Pie with Whipped Cream

We will need:

  • egg - 4 pcs
  • flour - 1 cup
  • sugar - 5 tbsp. spoons
  • powdered sugar - 3/4 cup
  • vegetable oil - for greasing
  • milk - 1/3 cup
  • soda - 0.5 teaspoons
  • pears - 2 - 3 pcs

Preparation:

1. Separate the yolks from the whites. Beat the yolks with powdered sugar into a foam.

2. Add butter, continuing to beat. Then milk and flour mixed with soda.

3. Grease a baking dish, lightly sprinkle with flour and place the dough into it.

4. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees until slightly golden brown. Then take out the mold and place thinly sliced ​​pears on the crust.

5. Beat the whites with sugar until stiff peaks form. Spread the cream over the pears.

6. Place in the oven and bake until golden brown.


7. Serve sprinkled with powdered sugar.

This is a very simple pear pie recipe. And if you want something more complicated, then there are those. For example, a selection of recipes, or, or.

And what would a holiday be without cake? A holiday cake is a must!

Cherry Kiss Cake

This cake will surely please all men. It is good in everything - in appearance, in filling, and most importantly in taste. Made up of three cake layers, soaked in drunken syrup and custard; decorated with sponge cake, chocolate glaze and cherry. It will undoubtedly become the highlight of the festive dinner.

And you can also serve such a purely masculine dessert.

Fruits with cognac

We will need:

  • apple - 1 pc.
  • pear - 1 piece
  • plum - 3 pcs.
  • lemon or grapefruit - 1 pc.
  • cognac - 1 - 2 tbsp. spoons
  • sugar - 1 teaspoon

Preparation:

1. Remove the core from apples and pears, and pit the plums. Cut the lemon into slices, peel the grapefruit and disassemble into slices.

2. Chop the fruit coarsely. Pour cognac and sprinkle with sugar.


3. Let it sit for a while and soak.

That's how many different goodies we got! I want to cook everything for our men right away. But it won't work. But we don’t despair, February 23 will be 24, 25, 26... And every day we will be able to delight them with all the dishes that we did not have time to prepare on this holiday.

After all, men always like to see everything that I offered for you today on the table. Whether it's a holiday or a weekday.

May our men always be well-fed and satisfied. After all, for us they will always be the most important defenders of the Fatherland, the family, and our well-being.

And we will be happy to help them with this - with our delicious food, kind words, smile, kindness and love. Have you already prepared a gift?

By the way, if you find it difficult to choose a gift for your beloved men, then I invite you to an article specially written for this occasion. It gives more than 300 ideas and gifts, thanks to which you can easily choose gifts for your husband, boyfriend, and work colleagues.

Congratulations to all men on the upcoming holiday! I wish everyone a peaceful sky above their heads, prosperity and happiness in every family!

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 wrapped in a crispy batter that smells incredible. Seems difficult? Not at all. Even a schoolchild 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 considered Defender of the Fatherland Day. But over time, the meaning of this day became deeper, because it is not necessary to call a man who served in the army a defender.

Our beloved boyfriends and husbands, relatives and friends, fathers, grandfathers, brothers... They are all next to us, protecting fragile women from worries and adversities with which life is sometimes so generous. They are our protectors. February 23 is a great occasion to please your defender.

A kind word, an original gift and a delicious dinner - everyone will like it. We leave the first and second points at your discretion, dear ladies, but with the third point we will be happy to help!

What should you cook for your husband on February 23? Most men love meat. And if it is prepared with the care and soul of a beloved woman, the dish becomes doubly valuable.

We offer you a simple but original recipe for baked pork ribs with vegetables. The recipe is notable for the fact that you will immediately get both the main dish and a wonderful side dish!

We will need:

  • pork ribs 450 g;
  • 4 medium sized potatoes;
  • onions 2 pieces;
  • champignon or oyster mushrooms 200 g;
  • green beans 300-400 g (1 pack). Frozen beans are fine for cooking;
  • rose or red table wine 100 ml;
  • garlic 2-3 cloves;
  • sunflower oil 40 ml;
  • dried herbs - a small bunch;
  • Add salt, ground pepper and other seasonings to your taste.

Let's move on to cooking pork ribs - a wonderful recipe for February 23 with photos! Preparation will be easy and straightforward.

  1. Peel the onion, wash it and finely chop it. We also wash the mushrooms well and cut them into small pieces.
  2. Heat a little sunflower oil in a frying pan. Over medium heat, saute the onion until transparent, then add chopped mushrooms to it and simmer the ingredients together for about seven minutes, covering with a lid.Don't forget to stir periodically!
  3. Let's move on to other components. Peel the potatoes, wash them and cut them into medium-sized strips. We need to defrost the green beans. We do this by strictly following the instructions on the packaging given by the manufacturer.
  4. Let's prepare the ribs. Trim the fat and meat from them and cut them into small pieces. We will also cut the ribs themselves.
  5. Lightly grease the baking tray with oil. First, put the mushrooms and onions in there. This is followed by green beans, potatoes and meat.
  6. Add dried herbs to the dish, the desired amount of salt, pepper and other spices as desired.

  7. Important: be sure to dilute red wine with water in a 1:1 ratio. Rose wine does not need dilution!

  8. Pour all the ingredients with the resulting mixture.

  9. Bake the ribs for 50-60 minutes at a temperature of 170-190 °C.

    Check the readiness of the dish based on the readiness of the meat!

    If it is no longer raw, but has become juicy, the dish is ready.

Before serving, you can add chopped garlic to the ribs. It will be delicious with pickles. We are sure that every housewife and her beloved protector will like this recipe!

And one of the desserts presented on our website can complement your dinner and add a touch of comfort and warmth to it. For example, ! It has an incredibly delicate taste that will melt the heart of even the most courageous defenders.

Let every woman feel secure and calm with her man. And we sincerely wish all men to find that woman who will give you love and support!

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 here is a little more complicated.

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 23rd, 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 delicious food, 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 circles.

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 soccer ball. 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.