Are you already preparing for the upcoming New Year holidays? Then it's time to think about what you can cook and how to serve it, and we have compiled for you a list of seven must-haves and ready-made meals. Thanks to this article, you will find out exactly what should be on the New Year's table 2021 in the Year of the Ox!
1. Vegetables, berries and fruits
The symbol of 2021 is a peaceful, clearly not a predatory animal, so prepare herbal products for the celebration. You can simply cut vegetables or, if you have time, decorate each dish with cucumber slices, tomato rings, carrot strips, etc.
Under fish and meat dishes (except for beef, it is taboo on the New Year's table), put a couple of lettuce or Chinese cabbage leaves. So you can appease the Bull and impress the guests with a beautiful presentation. Berries are also a great option for a festive table. And with the help of them, you can very quickly decorate other delicacies.
2. Greens
In addition to vegetables, scented parsley, aromatic dill, vitamin celery, healthy arugula or fresh green onions are also suitable. They will not only serve as a kind of decoration for a feast, but also improve the digestibility of other, heavier foods.
A great idea would be spinach soup or a sauce made with this ingredient. However, if you do not usually use these types of greens, give preference to more familiar options. The Conservative Ox does not particularly like experiments and delights.
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3. Cereals
Buckwheat, rice, bulgur, millet, pearl barley, corn, peas - there are a lot of options. You can choose an easier way and cook any porridge as the main side dish for the New Year. If you have time to get confused, then try adding these products to each dish. For example, cutlets with buckwheat, cookies with oatmeal, pilaf with pork, mashed pea sauce for meat, etc.
4. Dishes white
This shade will be emblematic in 2021. It is important that it is reflected in festive delicacies as well. Suitable salads with mayonnaise, béchamel, tartar or garlic sauce, casseroles with light cheese, cakes with snow-white cream, dishes with cauliflower, dishes decorated with egg white, etc.
5. Traditional delicacies
The bull will not appreciate exotic dishes and the first culinary tests. Therefore, to celebrate the New Year, it is better to give preference to familiar homemade dishes. If you are preparing something specific for each holiday, then be sure to add this option to the holiday menu again.
Try to choose from foods that can be easily found in any store. It is even better if these are 100% domestic products, and not curiosities that have come from abroad.
6. Sweet desserts
Oddly enough, astrologers agree that the white metal Ox is still sweet. This means that for the New Year 2021 it is imperative to prepare a dessert, and preferably several at once.
The only prohibitions are jelly and marmalade, since they contain gelatin, and it is extremely undesirable for the New Year's table. Nevertheless, if you find or prepare such sweets with agar-agar or starch, then the Bull will take it favorably. Ideal dessert options in 2021 are self-baked cakes or cookies.
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7. Homemade drinks
Since the symbol of 2021 appreciates everything that is family, familiar and dear, make sure that there will be personally brewed drinks on your New Year's table. Kissel (again, no gelatin), uzvar, homemade lemonade (no soda), compote, fruit drink, canned birch sap are best.
If suddenly you do not like such drinks or they do not fit into the general theme of the feast, then offer guests leaf tea or boiled cocoa for dessert. Give up fancy cocktails and high-grade alcohol.But mulled wine will be an amazing idea!
