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A Special New Year Celebration Dinner

A Special New Year Celebration Dinner

December 29, 2017 by Liz Gardner

New Year is definitely a time to celebrate the passing of the old year and welcoming in the New!  A special dinner is always a good way to celebrate a once-a-year occasion. Fresh seafood from our Pacific North West ocean is a marvellous way of using our own freshly caught (and quick frozen) Dungeness Crab.  Possibilities for appetizers, mains, and dessert are:

Tray of ready to eat Devilled Eggs
Tray of ready to eat Devilled Eggs
Make your own fresh salsa
Make your own fresh salsa
Hummus - ready to serve
Hummus – ready to serve
Veggie platter & yogurt dip
Veggie platter & yogurt dip

New Year’s Appetizers

The devilled eggs are the most complicated part of the entire meal! A home-made salsa is simple to make using your own preserved tomatoes and adding fresh diced tomatoes, garlic, peppers, parsley. These three items can all be prepared beforehand so you can spend time relaxing with guests.

Dungeness crab delicacy
Dungeness crab delicacy
East Coast lobster & veggies
East Coast lobster & veggies
Roast onions, tomatoes are delicious
Roast onions, tomatoes are delicious
Roast peppers, garlic etc
Roast peppers, garlic etc
Kale & 2 Bean salad & corn, peppers
Kale & 2 Bean salad & corn, peppers
Fruit & beetroot salad
Fruit & beetroot with salad

Main Course Options for Your New Year Dinner

What could be more delicious than our own caught “local” Dungeness Crab (or East Coast lobster). We freeze our crab as soon as possible after catching them. Seafood is so easy to prepare – if frozen, and pre-cooked, bring to boil and simmer about 5 minutes and serve with hot garlic butter for dipping.  Serve the crab or lobster with hot vegetables or salads.

Hmmm sweet fresh fruit platter
Hmmm sweet fresh fruit platter
Cheese platter
Cheese platter
Delicious fruit salad - full of antioxidants, vitamins and
Delicious fruit salad – full of antioxidants, vitamins and

Refreshing Fruit Desserts

Fruit is a perennial favourite in our family either on a platter with cheeses and water crackers or served with tasty refreshing Greek yoghurt. Simple, refreshing, fresh, local and a great way to start the New Year.  Keep it simple or as complex as you wish but above all ~ enjoy!

Very best wishes again for an amazingly happy and healthy 2018

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The traditional New Years Song:

“Should Auld Acquaintance be forget”  ~ Robert Burns

Should old acquaintance be forgot
And never brought to mind
Should old acquaintance be forgot
And days of auld lang syne
For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We’ll take a cup o’kindness yet
And days of auld lang syne

Links:

  • History of Auld Lang Syne

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About Liz Gardner

Live in Canada's Pacific Northwest. Dual nationality & personality. Happy gardener all my life. Love my grandkids & our West Coast beaches. Passionate about all things "healthy". Life long learner & asker of "how". Encourager - we all need a little help sometimes. And a sense of humour. Every day is a gift. Read More…

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