Food for NYE if you are having family with kids over?

[Anonymous]

Fondu. It’s become an annual tradition. Meat, cheese and chocolate

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Anonymous wrote:Baked ziti, garlic bread, meatballs, fettucine, stuffed shells, etc.

You're missing salad and vegetables. Most adults I know eat healthy and go for low carb and would not touch most of this.

NP. Yeah when I go to a NYE party I’m mainly looking forward to all the salads and vegetables

Is the menu supposed to be pleasing to just you or all the guests? Offer a wide variety to please everyone. Not a menu of simply meat and carbs.

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Anonymous wrote:When we had people over we did a dumpling fest. All kinds and cuisines, veggie and meat based. Chinese, Japanese, russian, etc. Some veg salads as well.

That sounds amazing. I might steal that idea.

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Anonymous wrote:Just no to that casserole. That sounds disgusting. Nobody would touch that if I tried to serve it.

Ha! That's what I thought too, until I made it. I absolutely hate dill pickles (won't touch them unless gloved up) but a decent quality pasta and (deli, not processed) cheese make it way better than it "sounds." I'm also not much of a casserole kinda person and don't even like cheeseburgers (!) so it was definitely a stretch for me.

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I don't think you should ever serve a casserole to guests unless you know it's something they like, especially when dealing with kids. Many kids and adults alike don't like their food all mixed together, served in a heaping scoop, plopped on a plate

Sure I'll try a bit of your casserole to be polite, but I won't enjoy it. None of my kids would touch it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Baked ziti, garlic bread, meatballs, fettucine, stuffed shells, etc.

You're missing salad and vegetables. Most adults I know eat healthy and go for low carb and would not touch most of this.

You're missing the etc. Most adults *I* know loosen up on holidays and special occasions and think when an Italian person is cooking Italian food, it's worth eating. But you go on thinking you're a better person because you can brag about being low carb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Baked ziti, garlic bread, meatballs, fettucine, stuffed shells, etc.

You're missing salad and vegetables. Most adults I know eat healthy and go for low carb and would not touch most of this.

You're missing the etc. Most adults *I* know loosen up on holidays and special occasions and think when an Italian person is cooking Italian food, it's worth eating. But you go on thinking you're a better person because you can brag about being low carb.

I don't care who you know or what you eat. A menu for a party should be balanced. The menu listed wasn't and needed to be rounded out. Even Italians know that.

[Anonymous]

One of the best winter parties I ever attended was a n open house with a grilled cheese bar with lots of combo options. It was warm, homey, and delicious.

I don't know if I'm hoping the grilled cheese snob and the insistent salad/veggie poster is one person, or two. Do I feel better thinking there are two very miserable people in the world, or one extremely miserable person?

[Anonymous]

A combo of Costco frozen foods and deli, Indian frozen foods, home made, semi homemade, fast food items, and snacks from two or three favorite restaurants.

We keep on serving a variety of options and food keeps getting served and replenished. It is basically a 6 to 8 hour feeding fest. Sorry if your resolution was to not be a pig. Oink, oink...no rules!!

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Anonymous wrote:One of the best winter parties I ever attended was a n open house with a grilled cheese bar with lots of combo options. It was warm, homey, and delicious.

I don't know if I'm hoping the grilled cheese snob and the insistent salad/veggie poster is one person, or two. Do I feel better thinking there are two very miserable people in the world, or one extremely miserable person?[/quote

LOL. I always have a fresh option when I host. Usually a vegetable tray. Guess who ends up eating an entire ziploc bag of cut veggies throughout the week after the party because nobody touched my healthy option? Me. Maybe my New Years resolution will be to stop trying to make a vegetable tray happen. OTH at least I eat significantly more vegetables after my parties 🤣

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Anonymous wrote:One of the best winter parties I ever attended was a n open house with a grilled cheese bar with lots of combo options. It was warm, homey, and delicious.

I don't know if I'm hoping the grilled cheese snob and the insistent salad/veggie poster is one person, or two. Do I feel better thinking there are two very miserable people in the world, or one extremely miserable person?

LOL. I always have a fresh option when I host. Usually a vegetable tray. Guess who ends up eating an entire ziploc bag of cut veggies throughout the week after the party because nobody touched my healthy option? Me. Maybe my New Years resolution will be to stop trying to make a vegetable tray happen. OTH at least I eat significantly more vegetables after my parties 🤣

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the best winter parties I ever attended was a n open house with a grilled cheese bar with lots of combo options. It was warm, homey, and delicious.

I don't know if I'm hoping the grilled cheese snob and the insistent salad/veggie poster is one person, or two. Do I feel better thinking there are two very miserable people in the world, or one extremely miserable person?

LOL. I always have a fresh option when I host. Usually a vegetable tray. Guess who ends up eating an entire ziploc bag of cut veggies throughout the week after the party because nobody touched my healthy option? Me. Maybe my New Years resolution will be to stop trying to make a vegetable tray happen. OTH at least I eat significantly more vegetables after my parties 🤣

Maybe try harder than a fresh vegetable tray? Healthy doesn’t just mean raw vegetables with ranch dip.

[Anonymous]

Fried chicken and champagne is pretty great so could consider going that direction…..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the best winter parties I ever attended was a n open house with a grilled cheese bar with lots of combo options. It was warm, homey, and delicious.

I don't know if I'm hoping the grilled cheese snob and the insistent salad/veggie poster is one person, or two. Do I feel better thinking there are two very miserable people in the world, or one extremely miserable person?

LOL. I always have a fresh option when I host. Usually a vegetable tray. Guess who ends up eating an entire ziploc bag of cut veggies throughout the week after the party because nobody touched my healthy option? Me. Maybe my New Years resolution will be to stop trying to make a vegetable tray happen. OTH at least I eat significantly more vegetables after my parties 🤣

Maybe try harder than a fresh vegetable tray? Healthy doesn’t just mean raw vegetables with ranch dip.

Please share what you make that people eat- I would love ideas! I do the vegetable tray as an easy finger food and I think the fresh crunch is a nice contrast to the heavier apps. I usually do all colors of peppers, carrots, cucumber, radish, and blanched green beans. Tell us what you make that’s so awesome!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of the best winter parties I ever attended was a n open house with a grilled cheese bar with lots of combo options. It was warm, homey, and delicious.

I don't know if I'm hoping the grilled cheese snob and the insistent salad/veggie poster is one person, or two. Do I feel better thinking there are two very miserable people in the world, or one extremely miserable person?

LOL. I always have a fresh option when I host. Usually a vegetable tray. Guess who ends up eating an entire ziploc bag of cut veggies throughout the week after the party because nobody touched my healthy option? Me. Maybe my New Years resolution will be to stop trying to make a vegetable tray happen. OTH at least I eat significantly more vegetables after my parties 🤣

Maybe try harder than a fresh vegetable tray? Healthy doesn’t just mean raw vegetables with ranch dip.

Please share what you make that people eat- I would love ideas! I do the vegetable tray as an easy finger food and I think the fresh crunch is a nice contrast to the heavier apps. I usually do all colors of peppers, carrots, cucumber, radish, and blanched green beans. Tell us what you make that’s so awesome!

My husband is vegan who might loosen the reins and go vegetarian for the holidays and eat cheese and dairy, so I have to get creative to keep everyone happy. We do a roasted cauliflower with crispy chickpeas and a tahini sauce, vegetarian sushi rolls, flat breads, hummus, buffalo cauliflower (with blue cheese dip for non vegans), bruschetta, cowboy caviar, tabbouleh, corn black bean salad, spanakopita, and a cheese board with fresh and dried fruits, nuts, pickled vegetables, etc. There are so many things that can taste good and not be as indulgent as other things. They don't even have to be billed as "healthy" they just taste good and can hold their own in any appetizer or dinner spread.