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25 New Year’s Eve Appetizers That TikTok Is Obsessing Over
You don’t have to travel to Louisiana to enjoy an authentic crab boil for your New Year’s Eve snacks. You might not have to travel any further than your kitchen. Embrace the Cajun flavors and step outside your comfort zone this season. Also, props to this sound for being #onbrand. Bacon Jalapeño Cheese Balls TikTok content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Do you ever read an appetizer’s name and love every single word? Bacon? Check. Jalapeños? Double-check. Cheese balls? An infinite number of checks. We’re starting to think cheese makes everything better. Walking
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Recipes for New Year’s Eve
Good morning. Greetings from isolation on this final day of what was for many an unsettling, un-fun year. There’ll be no Champagne and caviar for me tonight, no elegant roast, no countdown to 2022. I might tie some flies, listen to an old Ry Cooder show. Quarantine and testing, here’s to auld lang syne. I hope that’s not the case for you. I hope you’re safe and happy in the embrace of family or friends, that you’ve got a good and safe plan for celebrating, that maybe you’ll look around in the fridge and be able to put
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Vegetarian New Year’s Eve Menu Ideas
I’m at home in Los Angeles, vaccinated, boosted, happy to be alive and absolutely exhausted — frazzled and shattered in ways I didn’t even know I could be. What a year. I’m not going to a party tomorrow, but I’ll celebrate with my husband, a couple of friends, two good dogs in silly hats and a big dinner at home. I live for this stage of the menu planning, when every single future, in every possible combination, is still possible. I was thinking we’d start with a round of cocktails (see below!) and a few snacks on the
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15 New Year’s Eve Appetizers You Can Make With 5 or Fewer Ingredients
You don’t need to spend hours in the kitchen to make New Year’s Eve appetizers that are delicious, festive, and perfect for ringing in 2022. In fact, we rounded up 15 New Year’s Eve appetizer recipes that require only five ingredients or less. So you can spend less time prepping food and more time prepping for the ball to drop. Let’s face it: This year’s NYE festivities may be significantly more subdued than usual due to the ongoing pandemic. So we totally get it if your plan is to buy a premade cheese and meat tray, grab a bottle of
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Get the party started with 6 must-try New Year’s Eve appetizers
You don’t need to stress out about New Year’s Eve food. Rather than setting out a big dinner that may leave folks lethargic or hungry — again — before the ball has dropped, invite them to graze. Serve a few finger foods that people can eat as the evening progresses. You’ll only have to replenish serving platters here and there, and you won’t be saddled with the burden of planning, cooking and timing a full-on meal. Here are six of our favorite appetizers that will carry you through the evening. Deviled eggs are always a treat. Dress them up with
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My Grandmother Made This Coffee Cake Every Christmas Morning for 60 Years
In my memories of Christmas in Alabama, of smacking my brothers in the head with cardboard wrapping-paper tubes while playing our new Xbox games, there’s always a half-eaten plate of my grandmother’s orange butter coffee cake, stray pecans clinging to the glaze. Coffee cake is a staple of Southern Christmas—something to munch on while opening gifts around the tree—and Caroline Darden’s recipe was local legend. She would spend all Christmas morning baking a dozen pans for friends and neighbors, plus a few more for her grandkids to graze on. It wasn’t Christmas tradition so much as Christmas backdrop, like three-flavor
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31 New Year’s Eve Appetizers
Everyone loves a good New Year’s Eve party, but no one likes feeling peckish while partying. Whether you’re hosting a bigger bash or keeping things cozy until midnight, keeping fun, festive nibbles around is paramount to a good celebration. To ensure friends, family and loved ones have something to munch on before (and perhaps even after) dinner, here are some of our favorite festive appetizers — from delicate bites to heartier finger foods. Zach Schiffman / TODAY A can of chipotles in adobo is your secret weapon for making these three-ingredient chipotle-shrimp skewers. They’re perfect for a party appetizer when
