Themed dinner

A themed dinner is a great opportunity to diversify the family mealtime ritual. The three whales on which it rests – the idea, the menu and the table decor.

Start by choosing a concept – this is a very fun process, involve all family members in it. You can have a dinner dedicated to the national cuisine of your favorite country, era, film or book. After you decide on the theme, think over the menu. You don’t have to cook many meals: an appetizer, main course and drink are the best options. And finally, the decoration of the table: it should convey the mood of the evening.

Here are some ideas to help you make your evening delicious, interesting and unforgettable.

Greek style dinner

Menu:

Starter: Greek saladMain course: MusakaDrink: Lemonade

The colors of the Greek evening are white and blue. For table setting, a tablecloth made of natural material, for example, linen, is ideal. Make paper boats with the children, paint them and place them on the table. You can decorate the dishes with small flags on skewers. Both the playful melody of sirtaki and the calm sounds of sea waves are suitable as musical background.

Idea: Learn interesting facts about the culture of Greece and introduce them to children.

Back to Childhood Dinner

Remember how you gathered as a child with the whole family at one table. What kind of dishes did your mother cook, how she set the table, what kind of music was playing. Try to recreate this atmosphere!

Menu:

Starter: VinaigretteMain dish: Zrazy with fried mushroomsDrink: Apple juice

To prepare these traditional dishes, you need the simplest products that can still be found on the shelves in any supermarket today. Unless the juice is now sold not in bulk from glass flasks, as was the case in Soviet grocery stores, but in convenient packages. For example, 100% apple juice from the improved “Fruktovy Sad” line, which will delight you with a balanced rich taste of natural fruits, because it contains only fresh apples and nothing superfluous.

Idea: After dinner, everyone can see family photos together.

Dinner based on the Harry Potter universe – the hero of J.K. Rowling’s legendary novels

The world of wizardry and magic can be easily embodied at home – after all, every Muggle can cook the dishes that were served at Hogwarts.

Menu:

Snack: Yorkshire puddingMain course: Shepherd’s pieDrink: Pumpkin cinnamon drink

The palette of a magical evening should be kept in the traditional colors of the faculties of the school of witchcraft and wizardry: green and silver, red and gold, yellow and black or blue and bronze. Encourage the children to prepare a themed dinner. Choose together table decorations in the style of the evening – these can be scrolls with spells, coats of arms of Hogwarts faculties, wands and candles.

Idea: the soundtrack from the Harry Potter films will add magic to this evening.