Holiday recipes, New Years Eve food, New Years recipes
As I have said before, all the delicious holiday recipes start spinning around in my head in the fall season of the year. I do love making those spring recipes for St Patrick’s Day and the Easter recipes but the holiday cooking for me starts with the Thanksgiving recipes. Most of my Thanksgiving foods are the same every year, but I will vary some side dishes and dessert recipes. Once a year I cook my special seafood chowder recipe and this is for Thanksgiving. I have it ready about ten in the morning so it can be sampled before the main meal. When cooking all these rich holiday recipes, I like to serve the main meal around noon. I feel it is better for the digestive system!
PECAN PIE RECIPE
Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Add sugar, syrup, salt and vanilla to beaten eggs. Mix well. Add chopped pecans and butter. Mix well. Pour into an unbaked pie shell. Bake 1 hour.
I usually cook a ham or I will cook a turkey. When I had a large gathering for the holiday, I would cook both. Many have asked me how to cook Cornish hens and how to cook duck, so you can see the menu for this holiday is unlimited. With so much cooking going on I prefer a “make ahead” mashed potato recipe such as with cream cheese in it. Many of the delicious sweet potato recipes can be made in advance also. A toss salad recipe can be prepared the day before and stored in a plastic container in the refrigerator. Just leave out any tomatoes and it will be nice and crispy. My mom made the best of all stuffing recipes so I always duplicate that. Breads vary from one year to the next and I always have lots of desserts; a pumpkin pie recipe, my favorite pecan pie recipe and sometimes a homemade mincemeat pie recipe. Among my holiday recipes, I like to serve my cranberry cake recipe, my favorite fruitcake recipe and an assortment of sweet breads, but this varies from year to year. I like to give homemade food gifts as presents to family and friends. Most of these will keep for use throughout the year and are items that people really enjoy./p>
HOLIDAYS IN NOVEMBER
As soon as Thanksgiving is over, I like to start preparing Christmas recipes. My chocolate covered cherry recipe is my favorite candy of my holiday recipes. These luscious sweets need to be made early and stored in a cool place. The fondant turns to syrup and how delicious! All the candy can be made ahead of time leaving more time for the cake recipes, sweet breads and cookie recipes. When I was younger and my children were young, we were around a lot of family so I would make hundreds of dozens of Christmas cookies. I would package them and give them for Christmas presents. I would always prepare one large assortment tray, wrap it tightly and freeze it for New Years Eve. A few days before Christmas, I start preparing the menu of Christmas Eve recipes and the Christmas dishes.
I have always preferred a buffet for New Years Eve. After so much time has been spent on major cooking of holiday recipes, the buffet seems to be the easiest. Most of these dishes can be prepared ahead and frozen or refrigerated. Much of the leftovers from holiday cooking can be incorporated into delicious finger food recipes or dishes for the buffet. I add my tray of assorted Christmas cookie recipes which I had in the freezer and I am ready to serve my family and friends without much hassle.
HOLIDAYS IN DECEMBER
Irish Appetizer Recipes for New Years Many of our holiday recipes came from our German heritage and still are served for New Years Eve and New Years Day. Dad use to make pickled pigs feet or souse meat. Sauerkraut and pork was always on the menu for good luck. Later cabbage rolls were added by Sister Gloria. Of course we always had fresh breads, noodles and desserts. HOLIDAYS IN JANUARY
German Recipes for New Years Celebration
February begins our hope for spring’s arrival. The big news of February was whether the groundhog saw his shadow and if we were going to have six more weeks of bad weather. It seems this month was always red in color from Valentines Day to George Washington’s cherries.
HOLIDAYS IN FEBRUARY
Unless Easter happens to fall in March, the highlight of the holiday recipes for me has been centered on St. Patrick’s Day. I have no Irish in me, but I do love the Irish foods such as good corn beef and cabbage recipes and colcannon recipes. The making of the green shamrock cookies has always been a part of my life.
MARCH HOLIDAYS
Good Friday and Easter are usually celebrated in April. These holidays of celebrating the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ have always been very important in my life. I enjoy preparing our traditional holiday recipes for these celebrations.
APRIL HOLIDAYS
May signifies that truly summer is around the corner. Of course Mother’s Day has always been important both for my dear mother and as a mother myself. Memorial Day has been and still is important to me. It is a day set aside to remember our loved ones who have gone on to see the Lord. After decorating their graves, we usually had a picnic with our family and friends to celebrate the beginning of summer.
MAY HOLIDAYS
The month of June intensifies the time for picnics, whether a celebration for Father’s Day or just one on the weekend. Everyone wants to enjoy the good weather and what better way than an outdoor picnic with family and friends.
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