Fri Dec 31, 2021, 05:43 PM

NJCher (29,516 posts)

What's for Dinner, Fri., New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 2021

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Seafood plate with crackers. Smoked salmon, cream cheese. Whitefish salad. Herring with onions. Cold shrimp with cocktail sauce. Toppings are pickled red onion, capers, sundried tomatoes. Chopped dill, fresh from my garden.

Tossed green salad with red tip lettuce, arugula, and chopped vegetables--red and yellow peppers, red onion, sliced tomato, cucumber. The dressing for this is avocado-cilantro. I'm putting fresh avocado in, too.

Flatbread pizza: caramelized onion, wild mushrooms.

To drink: My brother drinks Bai, some coconut drink, and I am having kombucha.

My brother, who lives halfway across the country, and I are having a Netflix Teleparty. Due to the numerous comments I've seen at DU, we are going to watch "Don't Look Up."

Happy New Year, everyone!

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What's for Dinner, Fri., New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 2021 (Original post)	NJCher	Dec 2021	OP
Spaghetti, caesar salad and chocolate pudding pie for desert.	Mr.Bill	Dec 2021	#1
SAME to you as well NJCher....	LenaBaby61	Dec 2021	#2
Turkey sausage sandwich on a WW roll	bucolic_frolic	Dec 2021	#3
Chili	spinbaby	Dec 2021	#4
Spaghetti & spinach salad	SheltieLover	Dec 2021	#5
It's just my 16 year old son, husband and me tonight.	MontanaMama	Dec 2021	#6
beef stew and buttered egg noodles	mike_c	Dec 2021	#7
I made some scampi	Marthe48	Dec 2021	#8
Chinese take-out	MissMillie	Dec 2021	#9
A classic!	PJMcK	Dec 2021	#10
A feast!	PJMcK	Dec 2021	#11
Can I spend next New Year's Eve w/ you?	MissMillie	Jan 2022	#12
Occasionally, we over-indulge	PJMcK	Jan 2022	#13

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Fri Dec 31, 2021, 05:54 PM

Mr.Bill (16,651 posts)

1. Spaghetti, caesar salad and chocolate pudding pie for desert.

My wife's sister is having her 70th birthday today and that's been her favorite meal since they were little girls. So whenever possible, we do that for New Year's Eve.

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Fri Dec 31, 2021, 05:56 PM

LenaBaby61 (5,555 posts)

2. SAME to you as well NJCher....

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Fri Dec 31, 2021, 05:57 PM

bucolic_frolic (31,915 posts)

3. Turkey sausage sandwich on a WW roll

Sweet potatoes and the usual mix of cooked greens. Pecan pie for dessert. I stopped to buy some alcohol today. I couldn't decide on liquor, or wine, or beer. So I bought nothing and have about 5 ounces of vodka on the shelf. 1 ounce is enough for me.

Hope there's no fatalities from firing Christmas toys into the air to celebrate New Years. These people could start a foundational investment program for all the money they spend on bullets. You want power? Gimme green over lead any day.

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Fri Dec 31, 2021, 06:24 PM

spinbaby (14,588 posts)

4. Chili

I was going to make chicken wings, but apparently there’s some kind of chicken-wing shortage.

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Fri Dec 31, 2021, 06:39 PM

SheltieLover (40,393 posts)

5. Spaghetti & spinach salad

Happy New ,Year, All!

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Fri Dec 31, 2021, 06:51 PM

MontanaMama (19,322 posts)

6. It's just my 16 year old son, husband and me tonight.

For an appetizer, I’m making a small cheese plate with sliced apples, crackers, oysters and scallops that I smoked on the Traeger. For dinner I’m making baked king crab legs, a big tossed salad and sourdough bread. I’ll open a bottle of bubbly because why not?

I thought Don’t Look Up was very well done. It was like the last 5 years condensed into a movie. We are all Kate.

Happy New Year!

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Fri Dec 31, 2021, 08:18 PM

mike_c (35,002 posts)

7. beef stew and buttered egg noodles

And coffee! I just bought myself a new stainless steel Bialetti moka pot. I do love STRONG coffee!

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Fri Dec 31, 2021, 08:27 PM

Marthe48 (8,885 posts)

8. I made some scampi

and some sauerkraut balls with sweet spicy mustard for dipping.

Just snacking on fun food tonight

Happy New Year!

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Fri Dec 31, 2021, 08:53 PM

MissMillie (35,131 posts)

9. Chinese take-out

It won't be ready for another hour. ugh. I did tell Al two days ago that if we wanted to eat at 7:00 or 7:30, that we would need to order an hour or two in advance.... I think maybe I won't say "I told you so."

Um... egg rolls, crab rangoon, Veg Lo Mien and "Delight of Three"

I baked some oatmeal chocolate-chip cookies.

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Fri Dec 31, 2021, 11:26 PM

PJMcK (17,889 posts)

10. A classic!

I hope the food was worth the wait!

Happy new year, MissMillie!

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Fri Dec 31, 2021, 11:32 PM

PJMcK (17,889 posts)

11. A feast!

We started with an appetizer of raw oysters with lemon, cocktail sauce and crackers. A flute of champagne was the perfect accompaniment

A bit later, our dinner was a surf ‘n’ turf: Beef filets, a shared steamed lobster tail, linguini with a basil and tomato sauce and a Boston Bibb salad.

For dessert we’ll have chocolates and maybe a little more champagne.

Happy new year to all who cook and all who eat!

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Sat Jan 1, 2022, 12:23 PM

MissMillie (35,131 posts)

12. Can I spend next New Year's Eve w/ you?

Seriously... that's a menu

(confession: I've never had a raw oyster and champagne gives me a headache)

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Sat Jan 1, 2022, 04:20 PM

PJMcK (17,889 posts)

13. Occasionally, we over-indulge

2021 was such a disappointing year in so many ways, we decided to celebrate anyway. My mother in law has a beach house on the Outer Banks and we’ve “isolated” here for the week.

You and your husband are invited for next New Year’s Eve. Let’s figure out where we are then.

Peace and best wishes to you both.

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