Sometimes it is very difficult to choose an interesting and useful gift, especially if a person already has everything and it is difficult to surprise him with an original thing. The food in this case is a win-win, because delicacies will in any case become part of the festive table. It remains to competently pick a grocery set and arrange it in an original way.
What products can I use?
Delicious gifts can be collected from completely different products:
- cheese;
- fish;
- smoked meat;
- vegetables;
- sweets;
- home baking;
- fruits;
- nuts.
In the gift box can be presented vegetable set - with an eye on healthy eating or weight loss, if it is known that the hero of the occasion has a special predilection for a proper lifestyle.
Cheese Set usually consists of several types of cheese - the benefit is that the assortment is large. Meat delicacies, such as jerky, olives, and so on, are often added to it.
Looks smart set of macaroon. These multi-colored cakes are often presented complete with flowers.
Sets for men
Gastronomic set for a man suggests use of nutritious foods. This is exactly what men require from food.
This may be a sausage hotel, "diluted" with cheese. The set can be supplemented with sauce, and at the same time attach to the gift a beautiful cutting board, which can be used to cut the components of the gift presented.
If a man is a connoisseur of cheeses with a savory taste, it is a good idea to present him a bouquet of wine and cheese. Given that one perfectly complements the other, the gift will be very exquisite.
A lover of beer is better to give a box with hunting sausages or pigtail cheese.
The refined gift will be gift wrapped caviar. Typically, the set includes several types of caviar. This is a real man's present. It can be safely supplemented with fish, and noodles, made by hand, as well as elite alcohol. The better you know the person for whom the food package is intended, the more accurate is the content of the gift.
An unusual option would be set of sauces Such kits are made to order. Those who decide to make an interesting gift can order specific sauces and festive decorations of a certain type. As a rule, the choice is made in favor of sauces for meat dishes. But there are those that are designed for fruits and vegetables.
On sale you can find sauces from oranges with various additives, currant with port wine, cranberry with greens and so on. All this will be very interesting for the gift recipient, especially if he did not try anything that is part of the gift set.
A representative of the stronger sex as a gift can be collected and a set that includes nuts and dried fruits, very useful for male strength and health. Such a kit may include, for example, a combination of pistachios with almonds, dried apples, prunes and dried apricots.
What to give to women?
When it comes to delicious gifts for women, it comes to mind first "Sweet ideas."
On sale there are ready-made honey sets, which will be appreciated by any lady who subtly feels the shades of tastes. The kits include jars with honey of different types. It is possible to form such a gift on your own, including, for example, honey of dark and light varieties. In the set may be a field, meadow, taiga product of "bee production".A gift can be supplemented with tea and coffee in beautiful packages.
Impressively look gift sets of cupcakes. Such pastries can be with caramel, chocolate, berries or jam. Beautiful box with goodies inside, tied with a ribbon, will delight any girl.
A gift set can be made from marshmallow and candy or marmalade. Complemented by a postcard, it will serve as a remarkable memorable surprise.
Traditional is set of chocolates. There are quite a few such ones on sale. To complete the set, it can also be supplemented with tea or coffee.
Lover of eastern sweets will please a gift in the form of a box with appropriate contents, complemented by nuts and a jar of jam.
It should be borne in mind that among women there are those who do not like sweets or cannot afford the luxury of using such food for the sake of health or a beautiful figure. In this case food set with sausage in a special box It will be a very original decision for the holiday.
Options for edible souvenirs
Some products may serve souvenirs depending on their place of origin. It is no coincidence that, returning from Thailand, many give their friends and family coconut oil. On the one hand, this is a reminder of impressions brought "from across the sea", and on the other hand, it is a very practical product that can be used including for frying.
The same cheese or wine can be presented with a hint of France or Italy, and sweets with lotus seeds can be offered at Vietnam.
Even butter or spices can be presented as an edible souvenir.
Such "reminders of events" can be made with your own hands. As a sign of a holiday, it is enough to bake a cookie and give it a particular form with the help of a special mold.
The design of the cookies depends on the occasion. If you plan to present it as a New Year souvenir, in appearance it can be a Christmas tree or a snowflake. Valentine's Day is logical to arrange sweets in the form of hearts. Gingerbread men will serve as interesting souvenirs for almost any holiday.
It only remains to beautifully pack such a gift in paper, a nice box or chest, and a wonderful, warm souvenir is ready.
Small candies, packed in a jar, presented as a "vessel of happiness", will also be a wonderful reminder of the holiday. It is important to choose the capacity of the original form and guess the taste of candy.
A transparent plastic container with nuts or dried fruits, tied with an elegant ribbon, is also a kind of souvenir, if presented accordingly.
Candy packed in a can of beer can surprise the hero of the occasion. This may be, for example, Belgian chocolate. Such gifts can now be ordered on the occasion of the holiday.
As an addition to edible gifts, small practical trifles will serve. It can be a pendant in the form of a chocolate bar, and a key chain in the shape of a piece of cheese or a jar with a sauce. The idea depends on the character, aptitudes, humor of the recipient of the gift.
Features of design
The originality of the edible gift is often dictated by precisely how beautifully it is decorated. A common form for a grocery set is a bouquet. You can order it to specialists or do it yourself.
Even a novice without problems will create a simple composition. Meat bouquet can be issued in the form of a bundle of skewers with strung pieces of such a product. As a wrapper, bacon can be used to such beauty.
From the bacon can make a bouquet, really look like a flower. From thin slices of lard create small rolls, resembling pink buds, fix them with toothpicks, and then bake. As stalks are used chopsticks for Chinese food. Any suitable greens on them depict the leaves, and the "buds" prick from above.
Any man (and not only) will be delighted with such a gift.
Fruits and berries can also be put in a bouquet in a box. On paper, acting as a conditional wrapper, form the composition of the products. You can, for example, place an incised pomegranate with its bright seeds in the center, and make “petals” from Victoria and other berries around. Decorate the package with ribbon and donate.
A very interesting bouquet is obtained from dried fish. To do this, the set is packed in a regular newspaper or special paper with a newspaper print and tied up with tape in the area of fish tails gathered together. There is no doubt that the gift will be met with the approval of an amateur of this kind of snacks.
Conveniently packaged sausages in a bouquet. This composition can be supplemented with bunches of lettuce with small tomatoes embedded in them. Baked goods that have an elongated shape will also be in place.
A bouquet of sweets looks beautiful. This can also be done without the help of a specialist. Buds are twisted out of paper, like tulips, candies are inserted inside, they make stalks of scrap materials and wrap it all in a gift wrapper. For a woman celebrating March 8 or her birthday, little will become more attractive than such a bouquet.
Original compositions from products can be made in the basket.. Such a nice container is suitable even for a meat set, even for a fruit one. How beautiful its content looks, depends on the abilities of the designer. A tasty gift will be attached with a greeting card.
After the contents have been eaten, the basket can continue to be used.
If jars with edible contents are used as a presentation, they are placed in beautiful boxes, like those used for creams. In this form, gifts look very dignified.
Even a regular box with wrapped paper is an excellent setting for a meat or cheese set.
The packaging itself, by the way, can also be edible.. From rope-shaped cheese, you can make a bowl or basket in which baked cakes will be placed, for example, with liver or cabbage. Both the contents and the container will be eaten, but the gift itself will not be forgotten.
If as an edible gift there is only a bar of chocolate, and it will be possible to adequately "present" to the person presented. For this, cardboard is used to make a hard cover, from the inside of which a pocket is provided. The sweet tile is inserted into it. On the other half of the cover there is a pocket for a postcard.
The showiness of the gift depends not only on the quality of the chocolate, but also on the originality of the appearance of the cover. You can use the decoupage technique for this, decorate the front side with voluminous flowers from or foamiran, make an application, and so on.
Sweet gift from cakes or cookies for a girl is logical to arrange in a deep box in the shape of a heart. In one half it can be laid sweets, and in the other - flowers. This combination will delight the hero of the occasion.
For the formation of any product set, it is important to choose high-quality, expensive products and pay serious attention to the appearance of the presentation.
If a tasty gift is made with a soul, it will certainly be appreciated.
How to properly pack a gift, see below.