There are some dishes that stick in the memory from the first meeting, that make one want to taste it again and again. This will sure happen with you when you try these bags from savoy cabbage. They are elegant, delicate and can be perfectly combined with juicy red fish, sweet leek, stewed in white wine and cubes of bacon. Serve them with gentle creamy Beurre Blanc sauce, and they will become an unforgettable element of a romantic dinner.

Soup with beans and sausages is good for cold season, it perfectly satisfies and warms. As bean contains a lot of protein and is rather nourishing product, we will cook soup on chicken broth. For this recipe I used dried bean, which I steeped in cold water beforehand and boiled to readiness. It is also possible to use preserved product, then preparation time of soup will be cut by half. For soup it is possible to use milk or smoked sausages, hunting sausages will also approach. At will it is possible to fry them previously on vegetable oil, but this variant will have more calories.

Tartlets with salmon and a fresh cucumber will become ideal snack for a holiday table or a buffet reception. The gentle hard cheese stuffing is well combined with a light-salted salmon, making ideal flavors. Thin circles of a fresh cucumber add to snack juiciness and freshness. Tartlets for this recipe can be bought in supermarket or baked at home from unleavened dough, puff or shortcrust pastry. The form of small baskets can be different, the main thing that tartlets are of small size.

Today we will prepare delicious and juicy dietary fritters from chicken fillet with zucchini and hard cheese. I fried them in a frying pan in a small amount of vegetable oil. More simple and low-calorie option – bake cutlets in the oven or steam them. Thanks to fresh vegetables and greens, cutlets are obtained especially delicate, soft and fragrant. It is convenient to take them as a snack for work or a picnic. Such cutlets are suitable for almost any garnish: potatoes, cereals, pasta, salad from fresh vegetables.

Each housewife wants to make the holiday table not only delicious, but also beautiful. Therefore today I suggest you to prepare delicious tartlets with light salad decorated with Christmas trees made of hard cheese. The result is a delicious festive snack, which will be excellent for the New Year's table.

I will share a very simple and inelaborate recipe for noodles. Let's call this dish – the Asian designer. It is because here in general you are able not to bother with the number and composition of ingredients. Perhaps, only the sauce does not change, although it can be adjusted to suit itself. I will say at once, the whole trick of the sauce, and the final taste of the dish is sesame oil. I foresee a flood of questions about alternatives. Try to find it. It usually costs in all grocery stores in the "Japanese" departments; perhaps you have separate shops of Japanese goods. If it is bad, write to me, I will add it to my store. Why do we use noodles, neither spaghetti nor other pasta? Here it seems to me it is more appropriate, it has its own, different from pasta, taste, which is better combined with sauce and vegetables.

Well done, Italians, for creating pasta. And then the whole world created many sauces and fillings for it. Everyone who likes cooking tasty know that there is nothing better than to get into the basics and bases, and already on the basis of them complicate and expand the recipe. One of the most popular and base sauces is béchamel that is easy to cook as it is done with a “homemade” ingredients. Any pasta is delicious with this sauce and its cream texture complicates a dish, that is exactly what makes this dish almost as a restaurant one. When you learnt about béchamel, it is time to cook it. I like combination of white sauce with mushrooms and cheese. If you take a piece of common cheese and the same piece of a blue one – that is exactly what you need. You may fry mushrooms, add pinch of nutmeg, cinnamon, and probably acute cayenne. Experiment as many times as you want, base recipes are made just for it.

Let’s prepare a piquant strawberries and arugula salad, the recipe is simple, but very tasty and unusual. This dish will become a real decoration of the holiday table. In addition to feta, soft cream cheese or fine Parmesan chips can be used for the recipe. The amazing combination of sweet strawberries, mustard and salted cheese will not leave anyone indifferent. A simple and quick-to-cook salad with a bright taste is great as a light snack on a hot summer day. If desired, lemon juice or balsamic vinegar can be added to the salad dressing. For the recipe, it is best to use seasonal berries, they are the sweetest and most fragrant.