“Guests on the Doorstep”: 9 recipes that can be prepared quickly

When guests are on the doorstep and you literally need to set the table in 15–30 minutes, all the quick recipes are forgotten out of excitement. And, by the way, there are quite a lot of them. We invite you to take advantage of our selection of 9 dishes.

Guests on the doorstep - what to do?

Before proceeding directly to cooking, you need to evaluate:

• amount of time left;
• number of guests;
• availability of food in the refrigerator;
• the nature of the event.

If you have 1–2 hours left, you can have time to visit the store and buy the missing products. For a tea party, just put cookies with sweets or cakes on the table. And for a thorough feast you will have to try to prepare everything quickly and smoothly. As a last resort, you can order ready-made dishes or part of them in the nearest cafe: pizza, pies or rolls.

Dish ideas

The choice of recipe directly depends on the set of products in the refrigerator. As a rule, these are simple and familiar eggs, cheese, vegetables, and canned food. Few people keep red fish fillets, rice vinegar and chilled king prawns in case of unexpected guests.

If you're planning a big get-together, prepare the main course first. Then quickly make snacks. While the guests eat them over a leisurely conversation, the meat, fish or casserole will have time to prepare.

Dishes with cheese

It's a rare person who doesn't like cheese. They say that you can eat anything with cheese. The fastest and easiest thing you can do with it is to prepare a cheese snack. Grate the cheese, add garlic, finely chopped herbs, and mayonnaise. You can stuff the mixture into tomatoes, cucumbers, place it in egg halves, wrap it in ham, or simply spread it on bread or crackers.

You can make quick breaded cheese. Cut the hard cheese into 2 cm thick slices and soak for 10 minutes in cold water. Roll them alternately in flour, egg, and breadcrumbs and fry for 3-4 minutes on both sides. Delicious crispy cheese sticks are perfect with beer, wine and just tea.

Conservation

A thrifty housewife can't help but have it! Open the salted tomatoes and cucumbers, place the fish with boiled new potatoes on the table. And from corn and beans, prepare a simple and tasty salad by adding croutons, a clove of garlic and mayonnaise.

Saving lavash

Thin pita bread can be a real salvation if guests are standing on the threshold and insistently ringing the doorbell. Wrap the food you have in the refrigerator in it, pour it with mayonnaise and mustard - and the appetizer is ready. You can use any salad for the filling or prepare something like shawarma with chicken, cabbage and Korean carrots. You can also put cheese with garlic and herbs in pita bread and fry it in a frying pan. There are a lot of options!

Chicken dishes

Meat is the most satisfying product. The advantage of chicken is that it cooks quickly. Literally 20-30 minutes - and the main dish is ready. You can fry it with vegetables or bake it in a marinade in the oven. And chicken fillet makes excellent chops.

Quick pies

You can please your guests with a delicious pie. For example, charlotte:

1. Beat 6 eggs, gradually adding a glass of sugar.
2. Gently stir a glass of flour into the mixture.
3. For the filling, use apples, bananas, pumpkin, melon or other fruits. Cut them into slices and mix with the dough.
4. Bake for 40 minutes, placing the workpiece in an oven preheated to 180 degrees.

If you don’t have that many eggs, you can make a pie with kefir or brine:

1. Mix 250 ml of kefir, 2 eggs, 140 g of flour, salt and sugar to taste.
2. Pour half the batter into the mold.
3. Place the filling: boiled eggs with cheese, mashed potatoes with fried onions, sausage with cheese, sliced ​​fruit or just jam.
4. Pour in the rest of the batter and bake for 40 minutes.

Pancakes and cheesecakes

Guests have been greeted with pancakes and cheesecakes since ancient times. Fortunately, the recipe contains simple ingredients, and the preparation itself does not take much time. To add some zest, add apples, herbs, banana, lemon zest, raisins or candied fruits to the cheesecakes. Pancakes are such a universal dish. You can put pancakes on the table with honey, jam, caviar, and wrap the filling in them.

Vegetables in the oven

If your guests are fans of a healthy diet or even vegetarians, they will certainly enjoy oven-roasted vegetables. Cut bell peppers, onions, tomatoes, zucchini, and zucchini into small slices. Place the vegetables in a gastronorm container, lightly add vegetable oil, salt, add a clove of garlic, stir and bake covered for 30 minutes. 10 minutes before cooking, remove the lid to allow the vegetables to brown.

Spaghetti

Or you can greet guests in Italian. Boil the spaghetti. Add boiled shrimp, mixed vegetables, mushrooms, or simply grate cheese while the spaghetti is still hot. Ready.The dish goes perfectly with red wine and intimate conversations.

Casseroles

Potatoes are the most popular side dish in Russia. This vegetable can be found in every home. And to make it look more festive, you can make all kinds of casseroles using it. Boil the potatoes until half cooked, place on a baking sheet, top with onions, tomatoes, some kind of meat (bacon, fried chicken) or mushrooms. Next, pour sauce or mayonnaise over the mixture and grate cheese on top.

The unexpected arrival of guests can take anyone by surprise. Any housewife worries: what can she cook and feed? As you can see, there are a lot of options, even if the refrigerator is half empty. The main thing is to use ingenuity. Women can make a scandal, a hat and a salad out of nothing!