Simple and delicious recipes with photos of the New Year's menu for 2025 for home

The symbol of the coming year is the Green Wooden Snake. To make it more favorable to you, make a New Year's menu for 2025 for your home, taking into account the preferences of the mythical creature. We offer a selection of simple and delicious recipes with photos that are ideal for the festive table.

What should and shouldn't be on the New Year's menu

The symbol of 2025 is not picky about food, so housewives can include a variety of dishes in the New Year's menu: hot dishes from fish, meat, poultry, salads, appetizers with seafood. The Dragon prefers to enjoy delicious desserts, it is desirable that such treats are also on the table. The festive menu should have at least 12 dishes, taking into account the figured cutting of fruits, cheeses, meat and fish delicacies.

Since the Dragon is omnivorous, there are practically no prohibited products. The only thing is that all dishes must be freshly prepared and appetizing.

How to make and calculate a New Year's menu

The New Year's menu should be thought out long before the holiday. When compiling, follow simple recommendations:

1. Take into account the wishes and preferences of your guests, as well as any allergies that any of them may have.
2. Use seasonal products.
3. Don't overload the menu with too many appetizers, salads or hot dishes.
4. Try to make the New Year's table "beautiful" by choosing dishes that harmoniously match each other in color or shape.
5. Include dishes from different products in the menu. For example, prepare not only meat but also fish for the main course.

Approximate serving size for 1 adult:

• 250 g of meat, fish, cold appetizers;
• 200 g salad;
• 150 g garnish;
• ½ l of soft drinks, including water;
• 200 g fruit;
• 150 g of dessert.

Pay due attention to the decoration of the festive table.

Delicious menu for home for New Year

The New Year's menu for home can be quite simple: cold meats, canapés or mini-sandwiches, baked poultry, a salad of affordable products and a simple dessert. Among non-alcoholic drinks, give preference to compotes, fruit drinks or homemade juices.

Roasted goose with prunes and apples

The dish is tasty, juicy and very easy to prepare.

Prepare:

• goose carcass (weight up to 2 kg);
• 30 ml soy sauce;
• 2 lemon wedges;
• 4 apples;
• 1 tbsp. honey;
• 2 tbsp. salt;
• 10 pitted prunes;
• 2 tsp pepper mixture;
• juice of half a lemon;
• potatoes (optional).

Stages:

Rub the goose inside and out with spices and salt. Put it in a bag and leave for 1 hour. Then stuff the carcass with prunes, lemon and large apple slices, peeled from seeds. Fasten the edges with toothpicks and tie the bird with thick threads.

Place the goose in a thermal bag and place it on the bottom of a baking dish. Add potatoes cut into large wedges if desired. Bake for about 1.5 hours at 200°. During this time, thoroughly mix the soy sauce with honey and lemon juice. When finished cooking, open the bag, pour the prepared sauce over the bird and return to the oven until an appetizing crust forms.

Salad with crab sticks

“Crab” salad is one of the easiest to prepare.

Prepare:

• 80 g cheese;
• 1 clove of garlic;
• 100 g crab sticks;
• 2 boiled eggs;
• 100 g mayonnaise;
• salt (to taste);
• 2 tomatoes.

Stages:

Cut the crab sticks into small cubes and place them on the bottom of a flat dish. Make a mayonnaise net on top and arrange finely chopped tomatoes without the juicy core. Coat the ingredient with mayonnaise again and evenly distribute the cheese, grated on a grater with small holes. Finish the salad with a layer of chopped eggs: first lay out the yolks, and then the whites on top.

The salad can be formed on a large flat plate or the ingredients can be layered in bowls.

Mini sandwiches with red fish

An easy to prepare, but very tasty snack.

Prepare:

• 4 tbsp. cottage cheese;
• 20 g fresh lettuce leaves;
• 4 slices of toast bread;
• 70 g boneless trout;
• 20 g pickled cucumbers.

Stages:

Cut each piece of bread in half (into triangles), place on a baking sheet and put in the oven for 5-8 minutes at 180° or dry it in a toaster. Let the base cool for about 5 minutes. In the meantime, cut the fish fillet into thin slices.

Spread the cooled toasts generously with cream cheese, put lettuce leaves and a few pieces of trout on half of them. Cover the blanks with the remaining bread and cut into 2 portions. As a decoration, attach a pickled cucumber to each mini-sandwich using skewers.

"New Year's cones" made from walnuts

The walnut dessert is not only delicious, but also beautiful. It will perfectly complement the New Year's table.

Prepare:

• 120 g walnuts;
• 1 can boiled condensed milk;
• 40 g granulated sugar;
• 400 g flour;
• egg;
• 95 g butter;
• 40 ml milk;
• powdered sugar (for decoration).

Stages:

Beat the egg with granulated sugar. Melt the butter in a water bath, cool and add to the egg mixture. Pour in the milk and mix the ingredients. Start kneading the loose dough, adding flour in small portions. Place the finished base in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer for 20 minutes.

Grate the frozen dough on a grater with large holes and spread it on a baking sheet with baking paper. Bake for 10 minutes at 200°. After the crumbs become golden brown, cool them and mix with condensed milk, adding chopped walnuts.

Place the sweet mass in a pine cone-shaped container or a shot glass, press lightly and place on a flat serving plate. Form the other cakes in a similar manner and sprinkle them with sifted powdered sugar.

Menu idea for New Year's Eve for two

To celebrate the New Year together, you don’t have to prepare a lot of dishes; a hot dish, cheese or meat platter, and a hearty snack will suffice.

Salmon in creamy sauce

The dish can be served with or without a side dish.

Prepare:

• 800 g salmon fillet;
• ½ lemon;
• 10 g each of fresh parsley, basil, dill and tarragon;
• 3 egg yolks;
• 300 ml low-fat cream;
• 1 tsp sea salt;
• 2 tsp grainy mustard.

Stages:

Cut the fish into several pieces about 5-6 cm thick, sprinkle each with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Mix the egg yolks with cream, mustard, zest of half a lemon and chopped herbs. Place the salmon portions in a heat-resistant form and pour the prepared mixture over them. Bake the dish for about 20 minutes at 200°.

Shrimp tartlets

An easy-to-prepare and very tasty appetizer for a festive table.

Prepare:

• 250 g cheese;
• 400 g boiled shrimp;
• 3 tbsp mayonnaise;
• 2 garlic cloves;
• 5 g fresh basil.

Stages:

Finely chop the boiled shrimp, peeled garlic cloves and basil. Grate the cheese on a grater with small holes. Mix all the ingredients with mayonnaise, add salt to taste. Fill the tartlets with the resulting filling.

Menu for the table, as they cooked in the USSR

It is hard to imagine a New Year's table in the USSR without Olivier. If you decide to recreate the menu of those times, add stuffed eggs, baked chicken on salt and Napoleon cake.

Deviled eggs

Boil the eggs hard, cool, remove the shell and divide into 2 equal parts, cutting each of them lengthwise. Carefully remove the yolks, mash them with a fork and mix with additional ingredients. Then fill the whites with the chosen filling and distribute them on a serving dish, garnishing with fresh herbs.

Filling options:

1. Boiled yolk + fried finely chopped onion + a little mayonnaise/sour cream + salt/pepper to taste.
2. Finely grated cheese + yolk + mayonnaise + crushed garlic clove.
3. Boiled yolk + mayonnaise + canned fish.
4. Finely chopped pickled cucumber + mustard + mayonnaise + yolk.
5. Yolk + mayonnaise + sausage and pickled cucumber, cut into small cubes.

Olivier salad

To prepare the salad, it is better to use boiled “Doctor’s” sausage.

Prepare:

• 250 g cooked sausage;
• 1 – 2 pickled cucumbers;
• carrot;
• 3 – 4 eggs;
• 2 – 3 tbsp sour cream;
• 3 potatoes;
• 100 g canned peas;
• 1 bunch of green onions;
• salt, freshly ground black pepper (to taste);
• 150 g mayonnaise.

Stages:

Boil carrots, potatoes, eggs until fully cooked, cool and peel. Chop the cooked products, pickles and sausage into small cubes. Mix the ingredients in a large bowl, adding peas and finely chopped green onions. Season the salad with sour cream, mayonnaise, pepper and salt to taste, mix.

Chicken on salt

To make the dish more aromatic and piquant, marinate the bird in advance.

Prepare:

• chicken carcass;
• rosemary;
• 1 kg of salt;
• thyme.

Stages:

Pat the chicken dry with a paper towel. Rub the inside and outside of the carcass with spices. Wrap the edges of the wings in foil so that they do not burn, and tie the legs with a thick thread. Pour salt into the baking dish and place the chicken fillet side down. Cook for 120 - 150 minutes (depending on the size of the product) at 180 °.

Napoleon cake

The butter used in this recipe to make the dough can be replaced with baking margarine.

Prepare:

• 300 g softened and 300 g frozen butter;
• ½ tsp fine salt;
• egg;
• 1 b. condensed milk;
• 3.5 cups flour;
• ¾ cup sour cream.

Stages:

Combine flour with salt and pass through a sieve. Grate butter and mix with salted flour by hand. Add egg beaten with sour cream and knead the dough. Wrap it in cling film and put in a cold place for 20 minutes.

Divide the risen dough into 7 equal parts, roll each of them into a layer on a work surface dusted with flour. Bake each cake separately for 12-15 minutes at 200° until golden brown. Make the edges even by cutting off excess dough with a sharp knife so that all the cakes are the same size.

Whip soft butter with condensed milk. Form the cake by laying the layers on a flat plate, spreading each of them well with sweet cream and pressing them down. Make crumbs from the scraps of the finished dough and sprinkle it on the surface of the cake. Put the product in the refrigerator for 4 hours.

Budget menu option - only 1000 rubles

The New Year's table does not necessarily have to be expensive. It can be filled with budget dishes that will be no less delicious.

Vinaigrette

The vinaigrette turns out to be quite budget-friendly, since many housewives stock up on vegetables in the fall, ferment cabbage, and pickle cucumbers.

Prepare:

• 4 potatoes;
• 1 can canned peas;
• 2 beets;
• 5 small pickles;
• onion;
• 6 tbsp sunflower oil;
• 300 g sauerkraut;
• 2 carrots;
• 0.5 tsp fine salt.

Stages:

Boil or bake the washed vegetables until fully cooked, cool and peel. Chop them, pickles and onion into small cubes and put in a large bowl. Add peas, cabbage, vegetable oil, salt and mix well.

Baked chicken legs

A favorite inexpensive and tasty dish for many.

Prepare:

• 0.8 kg drumsticks;
• onion;
• 1 kg potatoes;
• salt, spices (to taste);
• carrot.

Stages:

Peel the vegetables. Coarsely grate the carrots, finely chop the onion, and chop the potatoes into wedges. Rub the chicken drumsticks with spices and salt and place in a heat-resistant dish. Spread the vegetable mixture on top and cover the container with foil. Cook for about half an hour at 180°. Then remove the foil and put the dish back in the oven so that an appetizing crust forms on the potatoes.

Charlotte

The simplest and most inexpensive dessert, but no less delicious.

Prepare:

• 2/3 cup granulated sugar;
• a pinch of baking powder;
• 4 eggs;
• ½ kg apples;
• 2/3 cup flour;
• a pinch of salt;
• a little ground cinnamon to enhance the flavor (optional).

Stages:

Combine baking powder with flour and pass through a sieve. Beat eggs with granulated sugar and gradually add flour, cinnamon (optional), without turning off the mixer. Knead the dough, the consistency of which is similar to heavy cream. Wash the apples well, remove the core with seeds, divide into 2 or 4 parts and chop into thin slices.

Pour ½ of the dough into the baking dish. Carefully lay out half of the prepared apple slices, spread the remaining flour mixture evenly on top and lay out the fruit slices again. Bake for 40 – 50 minutes at 180°.

Sprinkle the cooled pie with powdered sugar.

Delicious menu, like in Moscow restaurants, at home

Dishes prepared in Moscow restaurants often have an original presentation and unusual composition of products. Try to surprise your guests with delicious delicacies prepared at home.

Cod with squid and king prawns in the oven

Cod can be replaced with halibut or other white fish.

Prepare:

• 400 g each of king prawns, squid and cod fillets;
• 250 g peas;
• 200 g cheese;
• 1 cup fish broth or boiled water;
• 2 onions and carrots;
• 200 ml low-fat cream;
• salt, spices, tomato sauce (to your taste);
• fresh herbs.

Stages:

Finely chop the peeled onions and sauté them. Add coarsely grated carrots, stir and fry for 2-3 minutes. Chop the squid into small cubes and add to the vegetable mixture, pour in the broth (or boiling water), combine the ingredients. After boiling, simmer for about 10 minutes, reducing the heat to minimum.

Add the fish cut into small pieces, peas, shrimp, salt, mix the ingredients and cover the dish with a lid. After 7 minutes, pour in the cream and cook for another 5 minutes. Transfer the preparation to a heat-resistant form, sprinkle with finely grated cheese, pour tomato sauce if desired. Bake for 7 minutes at 180 ° until a cheese crust appears. Before serving, sprinkle the dish with chopped fresh herbs.

Salad with red fish

Try to buy the type of rice that is indicated in the recipe.

Prepare:

• 80 g Arborio rice;
• 3 – 4 shrimps;
• onion;
• 120 ml of clean water;
• 250 g boiled pink salmon;
• ½ tsp ground turmeric;
• juice of ½ lemon;
• 3 hard-boiled eggs;
• 15 g fresh dill;
• 50 g each of caviar paste, romaine lettuce and onion;
• salt, spices, lemon, mayonnaise (to taste).

Stages:

Chop the onion into thin half rings, mix with chopped dill, salt, ground pepper, lemon juice and put in a cool place for 30 minutes to marinate, covering the dish with cling film.

Pour the prepared water into the saucepan, add thoroughly washed rice, a little salt and turmeric. After 12 minutes of gentle boiling, turn off the heat and leave the cereal for another 10 minutes in a closed container.

Form the salad using a culinary ring: put cooled rice and pieces of pre-cooked fish on the bottom of a flat dish, spread marinated onions on top and pour the marinade over the ingredients. The next layer is lettuce, cut into thin strips, and lightly coat with mayonnaise.

Cut off ¼ of the sharp part of the boiled eggs. Separate the whites from the yolks and grate them separately. Place the whites on a layer of lettuce leaves, grease with mayonnaise, and spread the yolks on top. Fill the cut egg parts with caviar paste and decorate the salad with them, adding sprigs of fresh dill. Leave the dish for 30-40 minutes to infuse. Remove the serving ring before serving.

Chocolate pudding

This light dessert can be garnished with sprigs of fresh mint or berries.

Prepare:

• 140 g granulated sugar;
• 4 egg yolks;
• 1 l of high-fat milk;
• 4 tsp cornstarch;
• 2 tbsp flour;
• 4 tbsp cocoa powder;
• a pinch of vanillin;
• coconut, nut or chocolate chips (for decoration).

Stages:

Combine cocoa powder with flour and starch, sift the mixture. Dissolve sugar in milk, not allowing it to boil in a saucepan. Beat the yolks with ¼ of the milk, add the flour mixture without turning off the appliance.

After the mixture becomes homogeneous, pour it into a saucepan with heated milk. Cook over low heat, stirring. Put the thickened mixture into bowls, cool and put in the refrigerator until it hardens.

New Year's menu from Chef Ivlev

Chef Ivlev prepares even simple dishes very tasty, replacing ingredients and taking into account all the nuances in preparation.

Baked Dorado

The dish can be served with or without a side dish.

Prepare:

• 600 – 800 g fish (2 pcs.);
• 4 garlic cloves;
• 80 ml olive oil;
• 320 g tomatoes;
• 2 g thyme;
• 80 g red onion;
• salt, spices (to taste);
• 60 g olives;
• 15 g mixed greens.

Stages:

Cut each dorado into 2 parts (lengthwise), remove the bones and spine, make cuts on the skin with a knife. Place them in a heat-resistant dish, greased with olive oil, fillet side down, sprinkle with salt, spices. Bake for 7 minutes at 200 °.

Pour boiling water over the tomatoes, peel and chop into small cubes. Chop the olives, herbs and onions. Remove the fish, place the prepared ingredients on top and cook for another 7 minutes.

Warm salad with arugula

An easy-to-make and very tasty salad with a piquant bitterness from arugula.

Prepare:

• 140 g beef tenderloin;
• garlic clove;
• 10 g arugula;
• 20 g grated parmesan;
• 10 ml balsamic sauce;
• a sprig of thyme;
• 4 cherry tomatoes;
• 15 ml olive oil;
• freshly ground sea salt, pepper (to taste).

Stages:

Cut the meat into strips, mix with crushed garlic clove, thyme, salt, pepper, olive oil and leave for 10 minutes to marinate. Then fry until done, stirring.

Transfer the meat to a serving dish, add the cherry tomatoes, divided into two parts, sprinkle with cheese, arugula and mix. Before serving, garnish the salad with balsamic sauce.

Lazy Millefeuille "Ivlevsky Style"

To prepare some desserts, Chef Ivlev uses ready-made semi-finished products. Lazy millefeuille is one of them.

Prepare:

• 100 g yeast-free puff pastry;
• 2 g fresh mint leaves;
• 50 ml maple syrup;
• 5 eggs;
• 10 powdered sugar;
• 300 ml cherry juice;
• 220 g sugar;
• 60 g corn starch;
• 500 g each of frozen berries and Mascarpone cheese.

Stages:

Place the dough on a baking sheet and put it in the oven for 20 minutes at 200°. 5 minutes before the end of the baking process, brush the layers with maple syrup and bake until done. Cool the baked layers and knead them with your hands.

Separate the whites from the yolks, beat the latter with 150 g of sugar and add the cheese without turning off the mixer. In another bowl, beat the whites and add them to the sweet cheese mass.

Bring the berries to a boil with the juice and remaining sugar in a saucepan. Add the starch diluted in water and cook the sauce until thickened, stirring. Leave the finished berry mixture in the kitchen until it cools completely.

Form the cake: put some of the dough on a plate, pour cheese sauce over it, and spread the berry sauce on top. Make a few more layers in a similar way from the remaining ingredients.

Simple menu from Olga Matvey

Olga Matvey is a successful video blogger who specializes in cooking. Using her recipes for hot dishes, salads, and desserts, you can set a chic New Year's table.

Pork ribs with champignons in the oven

The dish is distinguished by its original presentation in the form of a stump of pork ribs with mushrooms.

Prepare:

• 2.5 kg pork ribs;
• 5 garlic cloves;
• 1 kg minced meat;
• 2 – 3 onions;
• 1 kg mushrooms;
• salt, spices (to taste).

Stages:

Rub the ribs with chopped garlic, salt, spices and leave them for 1 hour. At this time, chop ½ kg of champignons into slices and fry them in a dry frying pan until the liquid evaporates. In a separate bowl, sauté finely chopped onions until golden brown. Mix half of the fried onion mass with salted mince, the rest with mushrooms.

Place the ribs vertically around the perimeter of a heat-resistant dish covered with foil in the shape of a ring, in the center of which place ½ kg of minced meat, spread the mushroom mixture on top, compact slightly and spread the remaining meat filling. Secure the edges of the rib strip with toothpicks, tie the workpiece with culinary twine and cover with foil.

Bake for about 1.5–2 hours at 195°. 15 minutes before the end of cooking, attach the remaining champignons to the ribs using toothpicks. Brush the surface of the mushrooms with vegetable oil and return the dish to the oven.

Layered salad with cod liver

The unusual combination of some products (cod liver and apple) makes the salad unusual, but very tasty.

Prepare:

• 30 g walnuts;
• 1 tsp sugar;
• onion;
• 250 g fish liver;
• boiled carrots;
• 150 ml of clean water;
• 3 hard-boiled eggs;
• 30 g fresh dill;
• 2 boiled potatoes;
• 30 ml table vinegar 9%;
• apple;
• 160 g processed cheese;
• salt, mayonnaise, spices (to taste).

Stages:

Grate the processed cheese, potatoes on a grater with large holes, and peeled apples, eggs and carrots on a grater with small holes. Combine vinegar with water, granulated sugar and 1 teaspoon of salt.

Chop the onion into thin half rings, pour the resulting marinade over it and leave for 15 minutes. Lightly fry the walnuts in a frying pan without oil and turn them into crumbs. Finely dice the cod liver and mix with the oil that remains in the jar.

Form the salad, spreading each layer with mayonnaise: put grated potatoes and onions, squeezed from the marinade, and on top - cubes of fish liver. The next layer is grated processed cheese, sprinkle with egg mixture and evenly distribute grated apples and carrots. To decorate the dish, use nut crumbs and finely chopped dill.

Eskimo Cake

The dessert resembles the Prague cake.

Prepare:

• 280 g granulated sugar;
• 1 tsp baking powder;
• 6 eggs;
• 100 ml boiled water;
• 300 g butter;
• 5 – 6 tbsp cocoa powder;
• 190 g flour;
• ½ cup condensed milk;
• 2 tbsp powdered sugar;
• 4 tbsp. heavy cream (25%);
• 450 ml milk;
• a pinch of vanillin.

Stages:

Separate the whites of 4 eggs from the yolks, add 90 g of granulated sugar to each of the ingredients. Mix the beaten yolks with cooled water. In a separate bowl, beat the whites until stiff peaks form. Carefully pour in the yolk mixture, continuing to beat the mixture with a mixer at low power. Combine 130 g of flour with 2 tbsp. cocoa powder, baking powder, sift the mixture and mix with the egg mass. Transfer the dough to the pan and spread evenly with a spatula. Bake the sponge cake for about 35 minutes.

Meanwhile, prepare the cream: break 2 eggs into a saucepan, add condensed milk, vanilla, 60 g of granulated sugar and 250 ml of milk. Heat the mixture at minimum heat, stirring continuously, until thickened. Turn off the heat, add 250 g of softened butter and beat.

Divide the finished cake into 2 parts, cutting it lengthwise, pour each of them with impregnation, mixing 200 ml of milk with 2 tbsp. of powdered sugar. Form the cake, generously smearing the cakes with cream and put it in the refrigerator for several hours.

Make the glaze: pour 2 tbsp. sugar, 3 tbsp. cocoa powder, 50 g soft butter and sour cream into a saucepan. Place the pan on the stove, turning on low heat. Wait until the mixture boils slightly, stirring constantly, and remove from the stove. Before serving, pour the cooled glaze over the cake.

Delicious and easy-to-cook recipes will help you save not only time, but also energy. Since the New Year's table should be varied, and there is not much time left before the celebration. When composing a festive menu, try to include dishes from different products so that guests have a choice. The Symbol of 2024 itself favors you in this.