I was looking back into the archives at what we’ve been ingesting on New Year’s Day. Surprisingly, I’m not a traditionalist. No pork and sauerkraut and only one Hoppin’ John – and that was because we had a family gathering and it was required. Otherwise, we seem to be all over the map as far as our New Year meal goes…
I think it’s rather fitting, that way.
This year – with the cold from hell – I had no plans at all. I’ve been living on homemade chicken soup and really could not care less about what I eat. I also haven’t been grocery shopping in a few days and, while there is always food in the house, it’s not necessarily what I want.
I got a freebie turkey from the local grocery store, so yesterday I decided we would roast a turkey. I wasn’t planning on the whole magilla dinner – just the bird, gravy, and cranberry sauce. Open-faced sandwiches was pretty much my idea.
As the turkey was roasting, Victor decided to make a sausage dressing. And he made a fantastic apricot-cranberry sauce. And he made biscuits. I did the turkey and gravy. I got off easy!
It was definitely far superior to what I had initially imagined. The old adage is to feed a cold. I did. In fact, I fed a couple of them.
And I made a crustless pumpkin pie for dessert. More on that, later.
Now that I’m over-stuffed, it’s time to look back on meals of new Year’s past…
2011: Steaks and Langostino
Langostino in a harissa cream sauce. Surprisingly good. Nice and spicy.
2010: Stuffed Dates
We brought these to the bro-and-sis-in-laws. They were good. Need to pre-cook the bacon an bit.
2009: Pork in Puff Pastry
Our one pork dish. Because it was already here.
2008: Chicken with Almond Rice
This was from a Celtic cook book I received that year for Christmas. It’s kinda associated with New Year and Yule.
2007: Nothing…
No idea what was going on in 2007. Whatever it was, it didn’t include writing a blog post.
2006: Hoppin’ John
Big-time family gathering. We need to do this, again.