A festive dinner for Valentine's Day 2017.Decoration of table and dishes

It's better to prepare for Valentine's Day beforehand. What to cook? How to decorate a table? Read more in the article.

Valentine's Daybegan to celebrate in Russia not so long ago, but couples in love adopted the date on February 14 and look forward to it. This is another reason to please your loved ones, say pleasant words and make each other a holiday. Serving the festive table on this day will be very different from any other celebrations, and each dish should bear a special meaning. You should think ahead of the menu and do not forget about the small symbolic elements in the form of hearts.

Desk for Valentine's Day in 2017

The main task of laying the table for the Day of Lovers is to create a special atmosphere of romance and tranquility. Find plates in the form of hearts is problematic, so you can use ordinary dishes, but in the right color. Traditionally choose a combination of white, pink and red. It is necessary to add symbolism in the form of hearts and red ribbons.

The spirit of romance should be in everything - tablecloths, napkins, glasses. You can find ready-made decorations for the table or make them yourself. For example, pretty carved are cut from red and pink napkin hearts. It is worth to decorate the ordinary wine glasses with a red bow, as they become an integral complement for dinner for two.

It is important to approach the design with imagination and love - these are the necessary attributes for creating a holiday. And the lighted candles will create a mysterious and romantic twilight.

Menu for Valentine's Day

Festive mood starts in the morning. February 14 in 2017 falls on Tuesday - this is a working day, so make sure that your loved one gets a special breakfast before leaving for work. Its preparation does not take much time, just look at the usual products with a creative approach. Even from elementary sausages and eggs, you can make an original breakfast in the form of hearts.

Men, do not forget - the morning of a beloved woman on this day should start with a bouquet of flowers.

To choose the menu for dinner you need to approach the most carefully. Traditionally it should consist of salad, main course and dessert. It is better to cook something original, different from what your other half sees every day. And it is necessary - to issue in the form of a heart.

Just do not overdo it - choose in favor of healthy foods, light salads and desserts. There are several rules for making Valentine's Day menu:
• Choose those recipes that can be prepared quickly by
• Dishes should be nutritious to saturate after a working day of
• But at the same time - dishes should be light, you do not need a feelinggravity in the stomach
• Do not forget about the symbolism - it will create a festive mood

Recipes for dishes for the Day of Lovers

After decorating the table and preparing festive dishes, you should not be tired, so we offer several retsComrade, do not require a lot of time.
The main hot dish. Grilled fish fillet.

Seafood is not only nourishing, but also easily absorbed by the body, so fish is an ideal option for dinner.
Products: will need two fillets of pike perch or salmon, olive oil, lemon, salt.

Preparation: two servings of fillet, sprinkle with lemon juice and fry on a grill, oiled.
Serving dishes: serve better with vegetables and herbs, with kiwi and mango.

Baked chicken

Most men will prefer meat to fish, so a quick cook version is a whole chicken baked in the oven to a ruddy crust. In the meantime, the chicken will be in the oven, you can safely shine time yourself, make a haircut and makeup.
Products: chicken, salt, pepper, garlic, sour cream( or mayonnaise), sprig of basil.
Preparation: the chicken should be washed, dried, rubbed with salt, pepper and garlic. Cover with sour cream( or mayonnaise), inside put basil. Bake in the oven until ruddy, but not less than 80 minutes.

Little secret: during the cooking with chicken will drip the juice, so under it put a container of water so that the juice does not burn. Smoky kitchen and the smell of burning are not the best atmosphere for a festive dinner.

Serving dishes: to serve the chicken better whole, together with vegetables and in a large dish. The point of honor of any man is to cut it beautifully and dexterously.
Pork with prunes

An interesting combination that will not be too heavy and can also be cooked quickly.
Products: fillet or pork neck 1 kg, prunes 300 gr, mayonnaise 6 spoons, mustard 3 spoons, salt, pepper, garlic 7 teeth.
Method of preparation : prune soaked and dried for 20 minutes, prepare a mixture of mustard and mayonnaise, separately prepare a mixture of salt, pepper and garlic, cut the meat into slices, but not until the end, grease first with a mixture of garlic, andthen with mustard, put prunes in the slits, grease the pork top with the leftovers of the mixture, wrap in foil and leave for 6 hours. Then cook in foil for an hour at a temperature of 200 degrees, and then open the pork and cook until a ruddy brown.
Serving dishes: served with vegetables.
Salads .
If the form of a hot dish can not be refined, then the salad is best done in the form of a heart.
For this purpose, the following recipes are suitable.
Salad "For Two".

Products: 1 beet, 1 chicken fillet, 3 boiled eggs, 100 grams of cheese, 100 g of prunes, 3 cloves of garlic, mayonnaise, pomegranate.
Method of preparation: lay out layers of heart, each of which is lubricated with mayonnaise: grated beetroot and a little garlic, prunes, chicken, eggs, cheese. Garnish with a pomegranate.
Salad "The Loving Couple"

Products for two servings: 300 gr of shrimp, 2 avocados, 2 boiled eggs, mayonnaise.
Method of preparation: should be laid in layers in the form of two hearts, each layer may be covered with mayonnaise: shrimps, avocado, eggs, cheese.
How to make: salad is decorated with olives, egg white, red caviar.

Dessert and sweet for Valentine's Day

For a dessert, you can prepare a plate of fruit, decorated with whipped cream. Often this is quite enough. You can freeze ice cubes with strawberries.

If there is a desire and time to prepare a symbolic dessert, then it is better to pay attention to the following recipes. Traditionally, all desserts are made in the form of a heart.
"Chocolate heart"

Products: 200 gr of butter, 200 g of brown sugar, 200 g of chocolate in large pieces, 4 eggs, 2 tsp.extract of vanilla, 400 gr of flour, ½ tsp.salt, for powdering cocoa and powdered sugar.
Preparation: mix the oil, sugar, chocolate and put in a microwave for a minute, then mix. Add eggs and vanilla, mix. Add the flour and salt, stir. Put in the oven, heated to 180 degrees and bake for 40 minutes. Turn the cake over, cut out hearts, sprinkle cocoa and powder.
"Fondue of Strawberries in Chocolate"

Products : 400 gr chocolate, 1 tbsp.l.cognac or liqueur, 50 grams of creamy cream.
Method: heat the cream, add and melt the chocolate. Pour in cognac or liquor and mix. Serve fondue with warm, together with strawberries.

Cake for Valentine's Day photo

Many cities have confectioneries that offer a huge assortment of cakes for Valentine's Day. You can not waste time on homemade cooking, and buy a cake, especially since it is easy to supplement with pleasant inscriptions.

Decoration for a cake for the Day of Lovers

If you decide to feast on a cake of your own preparation, it is better to stop choosing on the well-known and tried and tested recipe. Biscuit and the base can be any, but the decoration should have the symbolism of the holiday.
For this purpose, you can initially perform a cake in the form of a heart, and in this case, you can choose any cream, glaze, mastic for decoration. Recently, in the shops there are special decorations for the cake, including in the form of hearts made of marzipan.

Candles for Valentine's Day

Candles are an indispensable element of decorating a festive table for Valentine's Day. They should create a romantic twilight that relaxes and makes the evening special.
You can buy ready-made candles in the form of hearts or make them yourself. The shape of the candles, color, style - the choice depends on the preferences of the couple. This evening there is a rule - many candles do not happen. The bigger, the better. Only observe the rules of fire safety.

A fine dinner will complement a bottle of good wine or champagne, a chic bouquet of your favorite flowers, valentines with confessions of love and small but symbolic gifts. Do not forget to decorate the main place for the holiday - the bedroom!

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