Ring in the New Year With Menus From Breakfast to Dinner

Whether you decide to party the New Years Eve night away with your friends or just chill with your boo in front of the TV, breakfast is the best way to start the New Year off right. Check out this other other video featuring Chef Rocco. He has some great tips for those of us who want to have a party with minimal fuss.

New Years Day Breakfast Buffet

Cantaloupe slices

Yeasted Waffles

Billionaires Bacon

Mimosas

New Years Day Dinner Menu Ideas

A crown roast of pork or a nice piece of beef makes a dramatic entrance for a new years day dinner and it tastes as attractiveas it looks. It will be an nice change of pace from all the turkey for the past two months. This is also a good day to switch up the desserts too. Instead of serving something heavy like pound cake or pumpkin pie, serve something relatively light and easy. The menus will guide you along the way to celebratory New Years Party. You have a few options when it comes to having a new Years Party. You can choose to celebrate New Years Eve by have a full course plated dinner, or a cocktail party with appetizers and drinks. You can choose to be different and have friends over for a New years day brunch or plan a later buffet style dinner after everyone has fully recuperated from the previous days festivities.

New Years Dinner Menu

This menu would be appropriate for a small dinner party where you will hire a waiter or personal chef to serve the food.

Iceberg Wedge Salad with Blue Cheese

Crown Roast of Pork with Sage Apple Stuffing

Green Beans Amandine

Pomegranate Poached Pears with Vanilla Sauce

Southern New Years Day Menu

A southern tradition is to eat collard greens an black eyed peas on New Years Day to ensure the remainder of your year will be great. The collard greens represent money and the Black eyes peas represent luck. Both of these items are easy to prepare, and I don't think it a coincidence that they are traditional served on New Years because they are both excellent when flavored with the leftover ham bone from Christmas.

You can serve the black eyed peas in a variety of different ways. They can be served cold in a salad or hot over steamed rice. One very traditional dish though is Hoppin' John.

Ever wonder how Hoppin John got its name? A sea captain in south carolina had a fellow captain over for dinner whose name was John. When a dish of hog jowl, peas and rice were set in front of John, the host remarked, "I don't know what it is, but hop in, John." And it has been Hoppin' John ever since.

A perfect way to serve the Southern menu would be buffet style. As I mention on the Buffet Dinner page, throwing a buffet dinner is one the easiest choice if you are doing things on yourown or with little help. This video gives you some quick tips on planning a New Years buffet.

Southern New Years Day Menu

Fried or baked Chicken

Hoppin' John

Collard Greens

Corn Bread