Making rich bone broth as menu changed so many times...market grocery dependent today....

Bone broth 2020

I’m not planning on cooking for New Year’s. I’ll leave it to the other residents of the house and plan to clean up the kitchen after they finish.

I had left over sausage egg noodle casserole..

Lasagna is in the oven. Bigger than I had originally planned for - isn't that always the way? Salad is almost made, just waiting until serving time to tear up some fresh basil into it. (Amazingly my basil is still alive and doing well even though it's in a north-facing window!) I'll be making tomorrow's spiced peaches in the morning but that's all the early prep work I'll need to do. I can watch the Rose Bowl parade without worry. Yay!! So Happy New Year to all!

New Year's Day? Heck I'm still doing "Christmas cooking". Elery's boys will be here with their families on the 2nd to exchange Christmas gifts and have brunch. Only the children exchange gifts, the adults are strictly here for the food.

Elery is making black eyed peas and greens, and I'll probably make some cornbread. Mother won't touch any of those things for any reason, I think she'd go hungry first, so I'll either make a pot of split pea soup with the leftover ham from the last Christmas party, or she'll have chicken strips while we eat the black eyed peas.

I'm wishing a happy and healthy New Year for everyone here, and into the new decade.

Annie

I wish you all the very best this New Year has to offer.

Kate

Happy New Year to all! (Though it's still last year here...)

Happy new year to you all. Wishing you all health, happiness and fulfillment of your hopes and dreams.

1:50 am here, just going to bed after cleaning up most of the NYE mess. We still have more to clean tomorrow but the worst of it is done.

We had about 20 over for a light dinner, lots of snacks, drinks and some board games. It was a nice evening but definitely not the celebratory mood of some other New Years. People seem a little preoccupied and serious.

Well, playing my traditional duo of New Years' music - Auld Lang Syne by Jimi Hendrix (at the Fillmore, Dec 31 1970), and Little Wing solo jam by Hendrix (from Live in Austin, I'm told), always puts me in a good mood.

Happy New Year to everyone on CF. I haven't met most of you, but you make my life better all the same. Thank you.

Happy New Year to all and may the new year be better than the one just past for all the planet.

May 2020 bring us all a round of joyfulness and health ...

I cooked and hosted last night... everyone is waiting on a snowstorm today. I ended 2019 by finally making and trying a flourless chocolate cake. I searched the forum and chose to use a recipe that was posted by 'daisyduckworth' many years ago -- a simple 3-egg and choc&cocoa version. It turned out perfectly and was a hit with everyone, including me. :)

Annie, if you're inspired, I tried a pumpkin-cornbread the other day and I loved it!!!! I'll bet it would go great with greens, beans, soups, etc. I based it on the recipe I found here, but I used all cornmeal (mostly fine) and a lot more pumpkin, just to use it up... I also omitted nutmeg, simply because I don't care for it, and didn't top with honey (why create a sticky mess?). I loved it fresh from the oven just plain, and it was also very good with butter and honey smeared all over it. :) I froze the leftovers to go with soups.

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

I’m cooking our traditional New Year’s day lunch — ham, black-eyed peas, cole slaw, and cornbread. We love to get a big bowl of peas, sprinkle on some diced onion, crumble cornbread on top of that, then douse with hot sauce. Just having my dad over, and I do everything the way my Mema always did. :)

Happy New Year, everyone! Wishing all of you the very best in 2020!

Madonna

Happy New year to all! We're into the roaring twenties now; let's hope for peace and prosperity for all. Let's eat!

LOL dcarch I’ll sub egg wash for the shoe polish! Happy 2020 everyone!

Happy New Year to ALL! Thirty eight years ago today our first child was born here in Pasadena, so we'll have a birthday dinner tonight. LOL, I still associate the Rose Bowl Game with labor pains. :-/

PM, it's too late for me, I didn't get a chance to sit down until now, and the cornbread is already made and eaten. We had black eyed peas and greens, Mother had chicken strips and mashed butternut squash left over from another meal. I do like the idea of adding pumpkin, though, or maybe some of that butternut squash...

Elery's two youngest boys will be here tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. with their families. Mother is here and that's a lot like cooking with a 3 year old, a lot of "what can I do?", but at least she's still here so I'm thankful for that. Anyway, I spent the day roasting tenderloin, making pizza "rolls", cheesecake, caramel nut tart, baking one more batch of cookies. Mother helped me frost. Elery's oldest granddaughter got her wisdom teeth taken out two days ago, so I'll be up early and making macaroni and cheese for her.

Happy New Year, everyone, and may it be a happy and healthy one for all of us.

Annie