How to decorate dishes to bring Christmas atmosphere to the family dinner table

(Baonghean.vn) - There is no need to make European cakes with many complicated ingredients, you and your family can completely enjoy a Christmas with dishes according to Vietnamese taste that are no less jubilant and brilliant.

1. Decorate the egg dish

Cute snowman:Ingredients: Quail eggs, sweet cabbage, cherry tomatoes, carrots, purple cabbage, dill, whole dried chili, shredded radish, whole black pepper, mayonnaise, skewers.

Method 1:Cut carrots into 1cm thick circles, use a knife to cut around half of the carrot circle to make a smaller circle on top to create the shape of a hat for the snowman. Choose quail eggs in pairs, one large and one small. Cut off a small part at both ends of each quail egg. Skewer the two eggs lengthwise with a sharp toothpick, attach the carrot hat, and cut off the excess toothpick. Attach black pepper and carrots to make eyes, buttons, and a nose for the snowman.

Method 1. Photo: Internet

Method 2:Choose two quail eggs, one big and one small, to form a pair. Secure the two eggs with toothpicks. Blanch the purple cabbage in boiling water, tie the cabbage into a scarf for the snowman. Cut small pieces of cherry tomatoes and pin them with cabbage leaves on the head to make a hat for the snowman. Use two sprigs of herbs to make the snowman's arms, peppers to make eyes, and the tail of the chili to make the top of the hat as shown in the picture below, we have a beautiful snowman dish.

Method 2. Photo: Internet

Pretty mushroom skewers:With just a few simple steps, you will have beautiful mushroom skewers for your children to enjoy on Christmas. Ingredients include: Quail eggs, cherry tomatoes, herbs, mayonnaise, skewers. First, boiltquail eggs. After washing and draining the tomatoes, cut off the stem and remove the seeds. Use a toothpick to apply small white dots of mayonnaise on the top of the tomatoes and chop the herbs, dip in a little water to stick to the "mushroom legs". So you have a very eye-catching plate of quail egg and tomato mushroom skewers.

Beautiful mushroom skewers. Photo: Internet

2. Decorate the sticky rice dish

Sticky rice wrapped in meatballs arranged in the shape of a Christmas tree:Soak sticky rice for 4-5 hours or overnight. Then, rinse the rice, pour it into a basket to drain. Add a little salt and mix well. Put all the minced pork, chopped carrots, oyster sauce, sesame oil, olive oil, chopped green onions in a bowl and mix well for 5 minutes to make the meat a little chewy.

Roll each meatball into a small ball. Roll each meatball in sticky rice to coat it with rice. Place the sticky rice-wrapped meatball on a carrot ring and steam for 20-25 minutes until the meatball is cooked. Arrange the sticky rice-wrapped meatball on a pine tree-shaped plate, garnish with tomato sauce and scallion oil and a few green onions for decoration.

Sticky rice wrapped with meatballs.Photo: Internet

3 ways to display sticky rice with gac fruit:You need to prepare the ingredients: white sticky rice, gac sticky rice, chicken eggs, cherry tomatoes, seaweed. First, place the egg on a plate, then use plastic gloves to shape the gac sticky rice into a hat, white sticky rice to make a beard, cut circles of seaweed to make eyes, and cherry tomatoes to make Santa's nose.

If you want to decorate a laurel wreath, just spread the white sticky rice into a circle, add eggs and sticky rice with gac fruit for decoration, cut the egg into a pretty bow. If you want to create a pine tree, just form the sticky rice with gac fruit into triangles that get bigger from top to bottom, then add seaweed stars, decorate with dots of white sticky rice and eggs and you're done.

3 ways to display sticky rice with gac fruit. Photo: Internet

3. Decorate the fruit and vegetable plate

Christmas tree from avocado and vegetables:With just avocado, apple, green pepper, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, you will have an attractive dish. The method is very simple: Cut the apple in half, Insert a sharp stick into the round part of the apple, Cut the avocado into small triangles, Skewer the cut triangles onto the stick. Start from the large pieces to the small pieces. Arrange them so that the tops face out. Cut a star shape from the green pepper. Place the star on top of the Christmas tree and arrange it on a plate with lettuce and cherry tomatoes.

Christmas tree made from avocado and vegetables. Photo: Internet

Laurel wreath:The laurel wreath is a symbol of Christmas, often hung on the front door. So if it appears on the family's dining table, it will surely surprise and delight everyone.

Vegetables decorated with laurel wreath. Photo: Internet

The way to make this dish is also very simple. The ingredients to prepare include potatoes, broccoli, tomatoes. After peeling the potatoes, boil them in a pot until soft, then mash them and put them on a plate. After boiling, arrange the broccoli around the edge of the plate on top of the potatoes. Leave the cherry tomatoes whole and interweave them between the broccoli. So you have a delicious and eye-catching laurel salad.

4. Decorate the dessert

Dessert decoration. Photo: Internet

Cake:Instead of using forks, small, cute skewers with Christmas-themed images such as snowflakes, pine trees, bells, gift boxes, reindeer, etc. will create a highlight for your desserts such as cakes, fruits, etc. In addition, we can also use them to mark dishes reserved for members by writing their names on the image.

Fruit:If your family has a child who is lazy to eat fruit, this will be a very effective way to help your child eat well and better:

Decorating fruit with Christmas theme helps children eat better. Photo: Internet

You use star fruit, tangerine, grapes, cherry tomatoes and arrange them into a pine tree in the order as shown below. Use kiwi slices and half grapes, cherry tomatoes, arrange them in a beautiful order. Or arrange tangerine segments, half grapes simply like this but the baby will love it. You can also cut kiwi slices, cherry tomatoes in half and arrange the pine tree. And another way is to use all available fruits, arrange them in a circle to form a laurel wreath, add leaves from tangerine peel and kiwi peel. So you have a beautiful, lively laurel wreath.

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