One of the spring, warmest and brightest holidays on the calendar is the day expected on March 8th for all girls, girls and women. On this holiday, beloved men should admire female beauty all day, make nice gifts, not be allowed to do housework, in general, do everything so that this day can be left in the memory of the ladies as a continuous series of pleasant memories. And on this holiday everything should be perfect, because the outfit, events, and the menu for March 8 are planned only in honor of the fair sex. Let's talk about the latter, namely, the menu of the festive table.
Menu for March 8
Even if you had never before taken up cooking, and the gala dinner, to put it mildly, did not work out, anyway the one for which it was conceived would be extremely pleasant. But if you set out to please your loved ones with culinary masterpieces, here are some tips that can help:
1. If you cook for a female company or for one single lady, then let the dishes be light and low-calorie, because it may well turn out that the girls are on a diet. On the festive menu on March 8, salads are perfect. Making them is not so difficult, but they will obviously please the heroes of the occasion.
2. Pay attention to table layout. After all, external beauty and accuracy for women are just as important as taste when it comes to dishes. Beautiful napkins, a vase of flowers on the table or candles (if appropriate) will only add a festive atmosphere.
3. Consider the tastes of the guests. Surely you know that those people for whom you are preparing a holiday are more appreciated. Try to pleasantly surprise them with your attention to detail. Think over the menu for March 8th.
4. Well, if this article is read by a person who absolutely does not have the opportunity, time, desire, or the ability to stand in the kitchen and cook dinner on his own, then there is a way out of the situation in this case too. Order food at home or take your beloved ladies to a restaurant. They will definitely be pleased, and the holiday will be remembered for a long time.
But still more about the first option, that is, about a home dinner.
Menu for March 8 at home.
Since the feast is being prepared for women, a full three-course dinner in this case is completely inappropriate. You can easily confine yourself to a couple of beautifully decorated original salads, light drinks and sweets, because girls are so sweet tooth!
The festive menu on March 8th is not so difficult. Here are some good recipes for this celebration.
Quail egg salad
You will need: ten pieces of quail eggs, as many cherry tomatoes, one large cucumber, half an onion, two hundred grams of boiled chicken breast, half green bell pepper, herbs, mayonnaise or sour cream for dressing, salt to taste.
Boil eggs, chop chicken, pepper, cucumber with "cubes", chop the onion finer (it is needed only to balance the taste, so you can add it very little, because many do not like it). Cut tomatoes and eggs into halves. Finely chop the greens. Mix all ingredients with mayonnaise. Salad ready.
Red fish salad
You will need: three hundred grams of salted red fish (trout, salmon, whatever), three eggs, two large potatoes, one carrot, one cucumber, onion, mayonnaise and herbs.
Boil vegetables and eggs. Cut everything, including cucumber, onions and fish, into cubes - the smaller they are, the more tender the salad will come out. Boiled carrots and onions go very well with the taste of red fish, so this salad will appeal to even the most demanding guest. But if you know that your close women cannot tolerate onions, then its presence in the recipe can be completely neglected. Stir all the resulting consistency with mayonnaise and arrange in smart breeches. The menu for March 8 at home will only benefit from this recipe.
Squid salad
You will need: a cucumber, a can of canned corn, a couple of eggs, half an onion, four hundred grams of peeled squid, one hundred grams of hard cheese and mayonnaise. Salt and pepper can be added to taste.
Squids should be lowered into boiling water for about one minute. More time is not required, since if you squeeze the squids in boiling water, their flesh will become stiff and will lose its taste.
Wait until the boiled squid has cooled, and cut them into thin strips. The remaining ingredients, except cheese, can be cut into small cubes, and grate the cheese on a coarse grater, then add corn to the salad, season it with mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Garnish portions with parsley sprigs. It will turn out very tasty and beautiful.
And these are just a few options, in compiling the menu for March 8, make a start in choosing snacks from the preferences of your beloved women. Just keep in mind that many people fast in March, it may well be that your guests are no exception, and therefore the menu should correspond to this custom.
Lenten menu for March 8
Fasting lasts for forty days and falls on the occasion of International Women's Day. And this is already a more complicated task: to make a lean menu on March 8 without meat, dairy products, without eggs. But also from vegetable food, if it is prepared with love and imagination, it is quite possible to get a lot of pleasure. Here are a few recipes that can be added to the menu on March 8 (with photo), they can be cooked during Lent.
Mexican salad
You will need: avocado, a couple of cucumbers, a couple of tomatoes, one bell pepper, canned beans, canned corn, olive oil and juice of half a lemon for dressing.
It is necessary to peel the avocado from the skin and remove the stone. Then remove the core and seeds from the pepper. Cut all the vegetables into cubes, add beans and corn to them, after draining the excess liquid from the cans. Season the salad with oil and lemon juice, add spices if desired. A very bright spring salad will be a real table decoration.
Avocado Salad with Cucumbers
You will need: leaf lettuce, one ripe avocado, about two hundred grams of mushrooms, a couple of cucumbers, onions, six to eight cherry tomatoes and olive oil.
Coarsely chop the lettuce leaves, add chopped avocado, fried champignons, to them. You need to cut cucumbers in circles and cut the tomatoes in half, all this to add to the original avocado and mushrooms. Finely chop the onion and add it to the salad bowl quite a bit, because, again, its rich taste may not please some of the guests. Dress the salad with oil, salt to taste.
Fruit salad dessert
You will need: a pair of ripe pears, a pair of apples of a sweet variety, one hundred grams of white and dark grapes, a quarter of large ripe pomegranate, honey (a couple of tablespoons), juice of a quarter of lemon and cinnamon (one pinch will be enough).
Wash fruits, apples and pears, peel and core, cut into thin and neat slices. Separate the grapes from the stalks (it is better to choose seedless varieties for this dish), get the grains from the pomegranate. Stir the ingredients in the salad bowl. Pour the salad with honey, pre-mixed with lemon juice and cinnamon.
We hope that this menu on March 8 (with photo) will help you prepare for the women's holiday. These salads will decorate your table. They are truly lean dishes, in addition, all the ingredients in them are very useful, and cooking does not take much time and money.
You can quite concentrate your forces not only on preparing snacks, but also desserts. Or is it even easier to buy ready-made sweets, only here you should also be more careful, read the composition of this product. Indeed, for those who fast, milk and eggs, which are often found in dessert products, are prohibited.
The menu on March 8 in a restaurant of any level, as a rule, is verified and also focuses on the tastes of the fair sex. It is understandable, because this holiday is dedicated specifically to the ladies. And of course, if you take your beloved women to a restaurant, they will be offered more refined dishes, but the holiday will be remembered much more, if you take care and try to cook something for your loved ones yourself, make the menu yourself for March 8. You can take recipes from this article or show your imagination.
Although the table on this day is not the most important thing. Give women attention, it isn’t so important in which way, let it be theater tickets, a bouquet of flowers, a greeting card with compliments or a self-prepared gala dinner. Absolutely any option in this case will do and will be appreciated.