You don't need to be professional chefs to decorate your table. You can make a cake from bread, decorate dishes with beautiful cuts, make decorations from sausages and tomatoes. Knowing how to decorate a table at home, you will be able to serve simple dishes in an original way, thereby cheering up not only yourself, but also your family. By showing imagination, you will make wonderful edible decorations from ordinary products.
How to decorate the table beautifully - sausage and sausages
They are on the table for many. But not everyone knows that sausage can not only be cut into slices and put on a plate, but also turned into flowers.
Sausage flowers
To make such an edible pictorial painting, take:
- sharp knife;
- sausage;
- Bell pepper;
- flat plate.
Step-by-step instructions for cutting sausages and sausages:
- One pepper will need to carefully remove the seed capsule. To do this, cut off the top and use a sharp knife to chop the top edge in a zigzag pattern. Take out the seeds, put a circle of sausage inside, folded as shown in the photo.
- Do not cut off the stem from the pepper, then it will look like the stem of a flower. You can roll the rest of the sausage circles and tie them with pepper rings.
Complement your edible masterpiece with other items. Thinly cut the sausage, shape it into a blossoming bud and put it inside the prepared pepper, as in the previous case. Cut a fresh cucumber in half and take out the middle, put pieces of cheese inside the resulting boats. Make a sail from a slice of cucumber by attaching it to the boat with a toothpick.
Also, using a wooden skewer, attach a carrot hat to the snowman, make a nose out of it. And use peppercorns as the eyes and buttons of the snowman. It will be easy for them to pierce the protein part. Such a picturesque picture looks good on a platter.
If you want to make multiple flowers from carrots, then use as many sweet peppers as you need. But take small fruits to make portioned flowers.
You can make a wonderful snack in half an hour by taking for this:
- a piece of foam or a ball of this material;
- wooden skewers;
- flower pot;
- foil sheet;
- sausage;
- cucumbers;
- cheese;
- knife.
If you don't have any styrofoam, then you can put a floral or regular sponge in the pot. As a last resort, use foam rubber. Cover the bottom of the prepared materials with a circle of foil cut to the diameter of the top of the pot.
To cut flowers from sausage and cheese, use a stencil, then they will all turn out to be even and the same size. Cut it out of cardboard. Cut the sausage and cheese into 7mm - 1cm slices. Use a stencil here and cut out edible flowers. Chop the cucumber into circles and cut each in half. Now put on a skewer, first on a slice of cucumber, which has turned into leaves. And at the top, fix the flowers of cheese and sausage.
For two
See how to decorate a table in a romantic style. To do this, you need to cook with your own hands:
- cheese;
- smoked sausage;
- a plate;
- toothpicks;
- knife.
Using a template, or by eye, cut out hearts from pieces of sausage. Chop the cheese slices into 1 mm squares. Stick a toothpick here, pin a sausage heart on each. Place it all on a beautiful dish and you can put it on an openwork napkin.
The second half will be pleased to receive such a breakfast in the morning as a declaration of your love. It is also a great snack that is done very quickly.
You can also make sausages in the shape of hearts. To do this, you need to cut off the ends of each at an angle of 45 degrees and prick them on a skewer.
If you need to decorate the table for the New Year, do not waste a lot of time and food on it. After all, you can make Christmas boots from sausages. Here's what you need for this edible decor:
- sausages;
- sharp knife;
- cream cheese;
- greens;
- skewers.
Cut the sausages diagonally using the tips. Such a slice with an edge is put on the first on a toothpick. It will personify the promontory part of the boot. For the second, take a slice from the center of the sausage, also cut diagonally. Stick it on a skewer too, and garnish the top with cream cheese. You can attach a small sprig of greenery here. Make some of these edible decorations and stick them in a salad or place them in a mug that you place on the holiday table.
If you do not know how to decorate the table for a year of a Dog or other animal in order to spend a minimum of time and food, then use all the same sausages.
Prepare:
- wooden skewers;
- sausages;
- grapes;
- Cherry tomatoes;
- hard cheese;
- dish.
Wash and dry the grapes and tomatoes, and boil the sausages until tender and cool. To make a Christmas tree from grapes, pin the berries onto skewers and toothpicks. Slice the sausages at an angle. Prick them on a skewer, starting with a large segment and ending with a small one. Attach a tomato on top, which will decorate such a tree as a star. Lay out all this splendor on a platter and can be served on the festive table.
By alternating sausage, cheese, tomato and greens, you can also make a Christmas tree that will be edible. Decorate with tomato cheese triangles.
The next sausage tree looks very appetizing. To do it, take:
- foam cone;
- foil;
- small sausages;
- toothpicks;
- sprigs of greenery.
When piercing sausages with toothpicks, secure them to the cone, starting from the bottom. Sometimes add greenery between these elements.
So that the foam plastic does not shine through the sausages and greens and so that the products do not come into contact with it, it is better to first wrap the cone with food foil. Decorate the top of the tree with a cheese star, put a comfortable tree on the dish.
Serve the sausages for your child's breakfast, which you will turn into octopuses, and your beloved child will have a snack with pleasure.
To do this, cut each sausage in half, chop into strips at the bottom. Boil the sausages and serve the octopus with natural sauce.
Using this technique, you can create other fun animals as well. The following photo shows you how to cut open a sausage for a perfect breakfast.
Using this product, you can quickly decorate your table. Use a paring knife to cut the sausage into thin strips. Make a long slit in the center and thread the tip of the sausage through. Thus, weave a pigtail and roll it into a circle to make a rose.
You can decorate the table using ham for this. Cut a rectangular slice, fold it in half. Chop this workpiece into segments on the fold line. Roll into a roll, place uncut portions on a salad, the ham will fluff up, and you get a spectacular flower.
It can also be made from a variety of sausage slices. First you need to chop them or buy slices. Fold each slice in half and place close to each other, then join into a roll and cut the bottom off. Place the leftover sausage on a platter.
Make an edible Christmas wreath with sausage, ham, and related foods. They can decorate the table for any other holiday.
See how wonderful the slices look when you roll thin slices of cheese and ham into a roll and put sausage flowers in the center.
When you learn how to make these edible roses, you can make a bouquet. Combine ham and sausage to create bicolor flowers. Cut the slices of cheese in a zigzag pattern, you get delicate roses. Chop radishes to create blooming tulip buds with it, make lilies from onions, decorate all this splendor with greenery.
Sausage lovers will surely appreciate the following idea. A fluffy skirt is made of this meat product. Put a small doll in the center and you can unload this masterpiece on the table.
The next young lady is made in the form of a royal person. The fluffy skirt made of ham and sausage is decorated with cucumber slices and dark olives. Decorate the edges of the plate with vegetables, and make flowers with carrots and tomatoes.
If you have porcelain figurines, decorate the holiday table with them by decorating the skirts of these characters with sausage and bacon.
If you get a taste, you can make a real paradise for a meat lover. As you can see, there is also a ham and sausage palm tree decorated with vegetables, the lower part is also made of these meat products.
You can also make butterflies from sausage. To do this, you will need a dish of a suitable shape. Make the wings of this insect from sausages of different colors, and the body will be made of cucumber.
You can make such a shape from foil yourself, make an edging for a butterfly from olives, some wings can be decorated with slices of oranges and cut kiwi halves. Also, these fruits will decorate the head of a butterfly, and you will make its wings from meat products.
How to decorate a table beautifully with your own hands from tomatoes
These vegetables can also be used to make table decorations.
If you cover it for the New Year, then cut off the tape from one cucumber fruit, pin it on a skewer, bending it. You will get an openwork Christmas tree. Cut the top of its head out of cheese. Make Santa Claus out of a tomato. To do this, cut off the cap of the fruit, you can not completely. Take out the pulp with a teaspoon and place any light salad or protein with mayonnaise in its place.
The following funny characters will also help you decorate a New Year's table or any other.
Take:
- small fruits of tomatoes;
- boiled eggs;
- sharp knife;
- carrot;
- Bell pepper;
- toothpicks.
Cut off the hat from the tomato, you will turn it into a man's headdress. Cut small pieces from the sweet pepper that will become the eyes, and turn the triangles of the carrots into the nose of each character. Now we collect these heroes. To do this, pierce with a toothpick first a tomato, then a boiled egg, after that? a tomato hat.
Surprise guests with cherry tomatoes. For this you need to take:
- cherry tomatoes;
- pigtail cheese;
- green basil;
- a small, sharp knife with a thin blade.
Cut a small indentation in each tomato on top to insert a piece of pigtail cheese. Thus, you will combine two fruits in pairs. Attach a basil leaf between them. It will seem that these are bright red cherries with green leaves.
To make the child love vegetables, make him a picturesque picture of them.
Chop the tomatoes into wedges and arrange them in a circle like a flower. Place olives in the center. Turn the stalks of green onions into plant parts, supplementing them with spinach or basil leaves. Lay out the lower part of the picture from the cucumber circles.
You can add boiled egg and cheese to this splendor of tomatoes. Then the child will have a full breakfast.
You can decorate the table with even simpler colors. Their petals are made from cucumber slices, and the core is made from tomato halves.
If you serve vegetables to guests, then you can quickly make a flower meadow. Turn cucumber slices into petals, and core cherry tomatoes. The next flowers will be from tomatoes, and their core will be pieces of cucumbers. Cover the space between the plants with greenery. Here is such a picturesque dish.
If you know the art of carving, then try making flowers from onions, cucumbers and tomatoes. This dish will awaken your appetite and help decorate the table.
Tomatoes go great with cheese, use this property when creating your next dish. Cut rectangles out of the cheese that will become the mushroom legs. And turn the quarters of tomatoes into their hats. Then you get boletus. If you want to make fly agarics, then put mayonnaise dots or small pieces of cheese on the tomatoes.
Another great idea for making breakfast for a loved one.
Take oblong tomatoes and cut diagonally from each one. Place the tomato slices on a skewer, joining the slices together. Attach a paper tip to the back of the skewer. You get Cupid's Arrow.
You can use cheese as arrowheads and back of the arrow. Then you will have a complete snack.
How to decorate a table with bread products - photo
These flour products will also help you quickly and beautifully set the table.
To make this type of delicious snack, take:
- toast bread;
- round tin can;
- knife;
- molds;
- cheese;
- ham or sausage;
- greens.
To cut the bread evenly, place a round tin can over the slice and circle it with a knife. Another similar shape can be used.
Do not throw away the pieces of bread, cut them into thin slices, they will form part of the filling. As a filling, you can use chopped boiled meat, mushrooms, boiled eggs. Put the round loafs in oiled tins, place the prepared filling inside, sprinkle with grated cheese and herbs. Put the molds in a preheated oven, hold them there for 10-15 minutes, until the bread is almost browned and the cheese melts.
You can make another snack dish from bread rounds. Such decoration of the festive table is very cheap.
Cut out round slices of bread with an even notch, brush them with mayonnaise and decorate with tomato flowers and green leaves. To make flowers from tomatoes, you need to remove the skin from these vegetables in a spiral with a thin, sharp knife, and then lay it in the form of roses.
Turn bread into calla lilies too. Lubricate the circles with mayonnaise, put a long piece of boiled carrots here and pull opposite edges to each other. Blind them with mayonnaise. Use green onion feathers as stems.
You can cut the crust off the bread, roll each rectangular piece into a small bag and place the filling inside.
For another idea of decorating the festive table, cut the loaf across, as Tosya did in the movie "Girls". But you will need to get not two halves from one loaf, but several long slices. Remove the crust and cut the bread into strips. Brush them with mayonnaise, put thin slices of ham or sausage here and roll into a roll. Secure by tying them up with green onions.
Use bright colors to decorate the table. Cut the crust from rectangular slices of bread, then cut each in half diagonally to form triangles. Brush the first with carrot salad, attach the second thin slice. Place the beet salad on it, cover with the next triangle of bread. The third layer will be green, it consists of lettuce leaves.
You can make such multi-layered sandwiches, wrap them in parchment and tie them with a beautiful string. Then your loved one can have a tasty snack at work and once again feel your care.
Salmon and cucumber sandwiches will also decorate any table and you can take them with you to work.
They consist of:
- white bread;
- mayonnaise;
- salmon;
- cucumbers.
Cut 2 triangular slices of bread. Lubricate 1 and 2 with mayonnaise, attach thin cucumber strips here. They will hide the bread and decorate it in an unusual way. Crush the canned salmon with a fork and add some mayonnaise to make the mixture more sticky. Spread it on the inside of the bread slices and join them together.
The bread cake also turns out gorgeous.
To do it, take:
- White bread;
- mayonnaise;
- cheese;
- boiled chicken;
- ham;
- pickled cucumbers;
- radish;
- tomatoes;
- arugula or lettuce;
- feathers of green onions.
You can make the cake round or rectangular. Put the first layer of bread on a dish, brush it with a little mayonnaise and place the boiled chicken pieces on top. Cover with the following slices, also brush with mayonnaise and add grated cheese. The next layer consists of bread and sausage. Cover everything with slices of bread, brush the cake with mayonnaise, garnish with chopped vegetables, attach strips of green onions to the side.
You can make completely different fillings for your taste. If you have round breadcakes, use them. Grease these products with curd cheese and sandwich with cucumber slices, the next layer consists of thin pieces of salmon. Finish creating the cake and brush over the top and side with curd cheese. Decorate in the same way as described at the beginning of the paragraph.
Decoration and filling can be very different. Use slices of cucumber and tomato if desired, and garnish the top of the cake with shrimp and vegetable roses.
If you want, you can make a heart-shaped cake of bread and please your other half with it on Valentine's Day or any other holiday.
How to decorate a festive table with sausage and other products will be shown in the next story.
