Probably, the love for the holidays in the souls of our fellow citizens is genetically embedded, therefore the New Year's Eve is extended in time and is furnished with all sorts of traditions. And the desire to tie this holiday to the Eastern calendar is becoming more and more fashionable. Therefore, soon we will meet not just 2015, but the year of the Blue Wood Goat. The refined, aristocratic Goat takes the baton from the Horse and makes its own adjustments to the procedure for holding the holiday.
When laying the New Year's table, we will have to adhere to what the hostess of this year prefers.
The family always has dishes that are traditionally served at the New Year's table. You should not change your habits, but even traditional dishes can be accented that will remind everyone of the one under whose patronage you will live next year. For example, ANY salad can be laid out in the form of an image of a Sheep.
A goat or a Sheep are herbivores, so the presence on the table of everything they like to feast on: cereals, vegetables, fruits, all kinds of greens will only attract their greater disposition to you.
It is best to serve dishes on white dishes or use wooden products. We recommend decorating each dish with herbs, leaf lettuce looks especially impressive.
And in general, if you cook dishes using carrots, beets, cabbage and other vegetables, the patroness of the year will only be grateful to you. The queen of the New Year's table - herring under a fur coat - will also be favorably received. A great option is the Goat in the Garden salad.
Any dairy products, different types of cheeses can be used in preparing the New Year's table. There is an opinion that this year it is best to use vegetables with green and purple or blue color for the New Year's table. Mistresses are often lost from such requirements and only eggplants are remembered from the whole variety of vegetables , losing sight of red cabbage, olives, basil, dark grapes, blueberries, blackberries. And green vegetables diversify the proposed menu even more: avocados, cucumbers, cabbage, apples, kiwi, grapes . From such a wonderful set of products, you can cook an unimaginable number of original New Year's dishes. And all this will be dedicated to one thing - to please the patroness of 2015, the amazing and charming Goat.
Finally, a very light red cabbage salad.
Finely chop the cabbage and dip in boiling water for a couple of minutes. Don't be alarmed that the color of the cabbage has turned unpleasantly black and blue, this is just the first step. Drain the cabbage in a colander and let the water drain.
Sprinkle the cabbage with a spoonful of table vinegar and mix it. Before our eyes, the cabbage changes its color and becomes a surprisingly beautiful lilac color. We shift the cabbage into a salad bowl, add an apple cut into thin strips, preferably green. Add a teaspoon of sugar and a tablespoon of sunflower oil. We mix. Salad ready.
Or this option: red cabbage + carrots + raisins.
For dessert - cookies decorated with mastic, or gingerbread in the form of a Goat. Or a real cake.
Bon appetit!
If, when setting the table, you manage to decorate it with small figurines of the hostess of the year, then this will only be a plus to your efforts to please her. Traditionally, a head of cauliflower and various pieces of food for the head, legs, etc. are used for this: potatoes, eggplants, olives, even nori leaves can become the basis for creating legs.
How to make a sheep from cauliflower and olives, see this video:
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