I can’t even think about that! My feet and legs are still aching from being on them in the kitchen all day yesterday!!

Pizza? Chinese? Corn dogs sound good, too.

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That hadn't even crossed my mind. lol I froze a ton of prime rib.....PRIME RIB! Yum!

We are going to sit around the Raclette as usual. Actually there are two. Most are vegetarians, so in addition to the potatoes there will be mushrooms, zucchini and onions. Some meat on the other one. Bread, some other cheeses and raw veggies in addition to that.

Oops, I misread the title. This will be New Years Eve.

Maybe these "lucky" foods will give you some ideas...

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/holidays/g1960/good-luck-foods/?src=arb_fb_d&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=cpm&utm_campaign=arb_fb_d&fbclid=IwAR1Ooxz2IcBF1OePdpJ3G7yJK194vz2qgc3xuWWCrDjh6KpU03EQgl1_ERc

I often make a turkey dinner on New Year's. I do prime rib for Christmas because it's much less work on a day when there's a lot going on. I don't want to be in the kitchen all day. But New Year's is a quiet day and by then I'm in the mood for turkey with all the trimmings again. I only do a turkey breast though. Maybe a roast pork because I can serve all the same sides, which is my favorite part of a turkey dinner.

I already brought my fresh frozen black eyes and crowder peas and very meaty ham hocks. I will cook Cabbage and sausage and onions. Probably a pork roast or corned beef.

How about pork tenderloin? Quick and easy.

It will just be the two of us and I won't do anything special. maybe barbecued chicken and gnocci.

Man, I haven't even gotten through Christmas......second Christmas dinner is tomorrow night. If I survive the next few days, I'll think about it then. Just call me Scarlett. :-)))

I would keep things simple.

My go to for easy is a Chicken Kiev that i bake not fry. it is made a few hours ahead of time so all you need to do it pop it in the oven. Serve with rice or couscous, a green veggie and a salad.

I do an easy shrimp scampi that seems festive. It also can be served with the same sides as the chicken.

Pork,krout,whipped potatoes and a veggie. Maybe rolled out dumplings if I feel up to it.

I'm eating at MamaPinkyO's. Actually, that was my menu for years and years (minus the dumplings, that's why I'm going to her house this year!!). My German father insisted upon it and my Irish mother cooked it and I continued the tradition until the last few years, now its just 2 of us and we don't keep too many traditions when its just us.

We do something easy, the last couple of years we have served pork sliders with the traditional black eyed peas. The rest of the meal changes each year. It is a very casual day with family, a few friends, football and good food. Perfect start to the year.

Kelbasa, periogies, sour kraut and mash potatoes. Haven't figured out what salad or veggy yet.

Black eyed peas cooked with a ham hock, cornbread with lots of butter and honey.

Nothing special at my house. I'll pop a big supply of popcorn and find a game to watch. We are due for a snow storm. Have been lucky so far - no snow and average temperature at night had been ca 27 F. That's mild for this location. I'm enjoying it but not getting enough exercise due to lack of snow.

I am a Pennsylvanian, so it is a given, pork and sauerkraut will be on the table New Years Day! Mashed potatoes and applesauce on the side.

No big meal here. New Years Eve is just me, DH, and DD. We will have easy to prepare from the freezer finger foods. DD and I are going shopping in a little while to pick up some items like pizza bagels, jalapeno poppers, and onions rings (all oven baked, no frying and messy clean up)

We had a huge Christmas meal with tons of leftovers, so we are done with big meals for a week or two :^)

I'm cooking a gifted turkey on Saturday and will take turkey sandwiches and meatballs to a Chiefs watch party on Sunday afternoon.

No plans for New Year's eve or day really. I haven't seen midnite on New Year's eve for several years unless I had to get up to use the bathroom. lol

If New Year's day was going to be warmish I was going to smoke some ribs and chicken but with a forecast high of 23F that plan is off the table. I might just make a couple turkey pot pies with the leftover turkey dark meat and some frozen garden veggies.

Being on a Tuesday this year, probably take out. I work the day before and the day after so entertaining anyone and spending the day cooking is not my idea of a day off.

Question about black eyed peas ---- do you cook them with the pork hock? What spices do you use and how are they served?

Other than breakfast strata - which I didn't make for Christmas and have to have at least once during the holidays - I have no plans to cook! I am fixing a small ham, scalloped potatoes and spinach souffle for NY's Eve dinner, so plenty of leftovers should be available. And I have a bunch of little snacky, appetizer things to munch as well - scrabble, sausage rolls, mushroom tarts, baked martinis, various cheeses.

No chance of going hungry :-)) And no football!! After 25 years of married life being force to watch every sporting event televised, now single, I watch none!!

My grandma always told us you have to have pork and sauerkraut on New Year's Day - will bring you money in the new year! So, in her memory and honor, I always make a pork roast with kraut... I'm not rich but hey you never know! lol

The local collards are especially delicious this year, due to plentiful rainfall and the several mild frosts that makes them turn so much sweeter. We've enjoyed them several times already and will make a pot full on New Year's day.

Of all the field peas, I like black eyes the least of all so never fix them. I am a huge field pea fan, however and we use them a lot in healthy meals. My favorite variety of late is a little one called the Sea Island Red Pea, a 'rediscovered' heirloom. I ordered a few bags earlier this year to have plenty on hand.

Depending on the weather, we will either smoke a turkey breast or cook some smoked sausage in with the field peas. Savory (unsweetened) corn bread, one batch with buttermilk and one with chopped jalapenos and cheese.

I'll fix a fruit salad with apples, Clementine slices, kiwi, pears, pomegranate, and grapes tossed with a yogurt, honey, and lime zest dressing.

We'll have bloody Mary fixings, locally brewed beers, hot spiked cider, and wine. It's just a handful of close friends coming over to spend the day.

Dolly, have you ever had black eyed peas?

For New year's Day we will have a brunch with omelettes. Throughout the day we will have cheeses crackers and pickles. That we have a lot left over from Christmas as DS loves having every kind of cheese for Christmas. I can only eat two kinds blue cheese and regular orange cheddar.

Also shrimp and salmon or lox and some kind of fish cakes. Somewhere in there will be sweet potato wedges or fries. A big salad is important for us too. Our starch will likely be left over cabbage rolls as we did manage to make them for Christmas dinner and they are in the freezer now. In other words mostly a leftover feast except for the fresh salad and seafood. I'm looking forward to it.

On New year's Eve I will have whole seed crackers, Rye crackers, chips fried in avocado oil and dip and the men will have Chinese food. I particularly love the garlic black bean dip. We will have fruit whipping cream and nuts as our dessert.

PS the autocorrect corrected Cheeses to Jesus. That's just wrong!

I like the idea of a variety of finger foods -- we often do that for decorating the tree night, but this year I didn't put up a tree.

My family always had a big pot of (Cincinnati style) chili with cornbread, but in my town a sauerkraut dish was the main tradition.

Rhizo, I have used canned black eye peas, no wait, that would be beans in a 7 bean salad. Never had or have seen the peas.

Have reservations at Delmonicos in Vegas! Not sure what I am having yet!

I've never used canned cowpeas. Dried cowpeas are treated like any dried legume, how they are seasoned depends upon the preferences of the diners. Many people season to give them a smoky flavor and ham or ham hock , smoked sausage, or bacon seem to be a perfect addition to the pot when cooking.

If you've never seen black eyed peas, then you must not be from the south. ;-) VERY few people that I have ever met who haven't grown up around this legume, like them....at least not at first.

It took me years for my Yankee tastebuds to develop a love for the delicate flavors of an earthy cowpea.

Rhizo, I like all sorts of legumes and must try some dried cowpeas. Thanks for the info.

Haven’t really thought about it yet. Like others, I am still recovering from the Christmas meals. Whatever I have it will include black eyed peas I froze last summer from my garden though. I’ll either serve as a side dish or make Hoppin John. Fresh are so much better than dried, it’s incredible.

I'll be working a 12 hour shift that day so whatever leftovers I have frozen, probably. I made up a bunch of leftover seafood crepes and green bean almondine.

For New Year's Day, we always have corned beef and cabbage, with carrots and potatoes; black-eyed peas; turnip greens; cornbread.

As of today, pizza and salad. But, that could change as we are also kicking around the idea of making a lentil/ham hock/kielbasa soup.

I grew up knowing that we must have black eyes and Cabbage for health and wealth, and pork for well being through out the year. I don't think I have ever not had those things.

In answer to the question. Yes you cook the ham hock or ham in with the black eyes. I use Tony's Cajun seasonings and garlic salt along with a Chopped onion. You can add Chopped green bell pepper and celery if you want. I add lots of garlic because we like the flavor it adds. If I don't have ham hocks or ham I use smoked sausage sliced up. I always cook rice and corn bread so we can eat it with either one or both.

I found a really interesting article about the history of the field pea in this country. I lived in the heart of the Lowcountry for a long time and became acquainted with some very ancient varieties, each different from the other.

In this article, the author states that just because black eyed peas are the most well known, they are not the best. Unfortunately, that's what most people are going to find in their local grocery stores, in slime filled cans, in plastic bags, and in the freezer section.

HERE'S the article....from a Charleston food magazine.

It's funny the difference in the foods depending on where you live or raised. I don't think I have ever ate, black eye peas, ham hocks, or turnip greens in my life.

It's just me but I have to make a small pot of black-eyed peas and another of greens. I'll also cook shrimp and lobster ravioli with vodka sauce, and I'll go over to the local French bakery for a couple of mini pastries for dessert.

used to make shrimp parm with pasta... now no one is ever home or sporadically so, so DH and I go out in mid-afternoon to a local brewery and have apps and sushi, its such a nice relaxing day now and i am not changing it any time soon!!

kids want to go back to dinner, but u know, i am just too tired and i really don't want to cook. and i enjoy being waited on after it being so hectic from Thanksgiving to Christmas. so i am enjoying the break with NO guilt!!!

While growing up, we usually had ham and scalloped potatoes for NYD dinner, as I recall. Since dh doesn't like ham I used to try to find a restaurant we could visit on that day but the vast majority of them were/are closed on that day. So disappointing for me.

Ham, black eyed peas, but not dried, turnip greens, deviled eggs, and cornbread. My black eyed peas are just cooked with bacon. I do not really like "Hoppin John". although I do like other Cajun foods tremendously.