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meal on New Years Day

12 years ago

Last year some of you said what you traditionally have on New Year's Day. I was waiting for it this year but noone said anything. SO what is everybody having?

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morz8 - Washington Coast
12 years ago
Prime rib (it's thawing in the refer now), au jus, baked potatoes, green salad with blue cheese dressing. Just the two of us. I don't think I will plan a dessert, had too many of those in the last few weeks :)

I'm not sure yet if I'm going to take my tree down and put away decorations around dinner, or leave those for Monday - will just play it by ear tomorrow. Quiet weekend, end to the year.

Happy New Years' everyone, hope it's a wonderful year for all, and anything troubling in 2011 is left behind.
lynn_d
12 years ago
Pork, kielbassi, mashed taters, sauerkraut, and neflies. I may even break down and make some biscuits!
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Applesauce, toast & Gatorade. How's that for a gourmet feast?
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Jan & I went to the grocery store today and I didn't have a clue what I would get for New Years Day dinner so I just wondered around and looked to see if any ideas came to mind. It is just the two of us and we had a big turkey for Thanksgiving, followed by a big ham for Christmas so I was wanting something different.

I thought about a goose, but that was $41, then I looked at a leg of lamb, $31? Wrong,,, a nice beef roast..$7/lb-hell no.... A couple big steaks? (you have to go to the courtesy desk and take out a small loan to buy those.).

Chicken? No,,I get enough chicken the rest of the year..
What to do? Then all the sudden I found it, a 3ft long 10" diameter pork loin roast going nearly 12lbs and it was marked $21. I bought that and brought it home where I immediately cut it into three pieces, One for tomarrow and two for the freezer.

So New Years dinner will be roasted 4lb pork loin with saukraut, roasted potatoes and onions, a large garden salad and home made tapioca pudding for dessert and I think I will open one of my bottles of German Liebfraumilch white wine. Oh yes,,,I also have some fresh baked yiest rolls that I made yesterday.
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We are having London broil cooked on the grill. Will also have baked potatoes smothered with onions and butter cooked in foil on the grill. I will make a salad to go with it. No dessert here since we really overdid for the holidays.
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Leftovers from last night's cookout! Happy New Year everyone.

Sue who was in bed by ten.
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12 years ago
I am making a turkey. We had a little of it on Christmas Eve, but we really like turkey. This way my husband can take sandwiches to work. I am also boiling potatoes to make myself some potato salad with vinegar and oil. I got a craving for it. Dh wont eat it.
tami_ohio
12 years ago
I have baby back ribs in the crock pots now. Some smoked pulled pork in the fridge that I smoked and froze last summer, mashed taters, kraut, some kind of veggie, Italian & pumpernickle breads. Cookies and tiny chocolate pies, aka filo tarts filled with chocolate pudding topped with cool whip. Serving 11 of us!

Happy New Year!
Tami
bigack
12 years ago
Kraut and kielbassi in the crockpot, beef and noodles, veggies, and I don't know what else.
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
12 years ago
I'm fixing a big pot of split pea soup from the Xmas ham bone.

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