New Year’s Eve party food and drinks, plus January reset and budget recipes.
The best New Year’s Eve menu ideas for a crowd on a budget lean on crockpot dishes and canned-goods-based sides, since they hold up for hours without babysitting and cost pennies per serving compared to a sit-down spread. By the time New Year’s Eve rolls around, I’ve usually already spent more than I meant to
The best january recipes for resetting after the holidays are simple, vegetable-forward meals that still feel like actual food, not liquid diets or extreme calorie cuts that leave you starving by day three. By the middle of January, I am usually done with two things: cookies for breakfast and the idea that I need to
My make ahead New Year’s Eve appetizers spread is five recipes I prep the night before, so I’m not stuck cooking when midnight hits. Full timeline included.
The best new years mocktails use real fizz instead of flat juice, get poured into an actual glass, and get topped with a garnish, which is what turns a soft drink into something that feels like a toast. I used to be the person who threw a two liter of ginger ale and a bag
The best New Year’s Eve drink ideas that aren’t champagne are a big-batch punch, coquito, mulled wine, spiked apple cider, and a sparkling cranberry mocktail, since each one covers a different kind of guest instead of one small pour everyone has to like. I used to buy champagne every single New Year’s Eve because that’s
A sparkling pomegranate fizz is 100% pomegranate juice and fresh lime mixed with club soda over ice, roughly 2 parts juice to 1 part sparkling water, finished with pomegranate arils for garnish.
A healthy salmon bowl made with garlic butter salmon, rice, and quick veggies, ready in 15 minutes. My go-to reset dinner when the week gets away from me.
Black-eyed peas are eaten on New Year’s Day because they’re believed to bring luck and money for the year ahead, a tradition that traces back to West African cooking and enslaved communities in the American South, usually served with collard greens for cash and cornbread for gold. I grew up thinking this was just something