NYE party menu ideas?

[binny]

Planning our NYE party. Havent hosted one in a very long time and need some ideas. The main dish will be ham but I need some other finger food ideas.

Help?

 

[Stacerita]

We just have everyone bring appetizers over. Last year we had bacon wrapped dates, pizza rolls, meatballs, veggie pizza, various chip and dips, and a few other things. We never do a full meal. Most everyone just grabs a burger or something late in the afternoon before we meet up that night.

 

[akhenaten]

we do appys too....
cocktail franks, mini pierogis, pizza bagels, pizza rolls, mozzarella sticks,
and french onion soup.....

LOL I forgot the veggies and dip/ chips and dip

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Apps here too.

Shrimp Tray
Veggie Tray
Shrimp Canapes (hot)
cheese/sausage trays

Black eyed peas for good luck....

 

[DVC~OKW~96]

A cheese tray is a nice thing to have with many types of food. It's easy, it's nearly self serving and a few grapes, figs, and apple slices make a complete garnish!

Do you want hot things for appetizers, or do you want cold/room temp things?

There is a wonderful cheesy onion "dip" that is served hot. Crackers (a sturdy stone ground wheat) or bread (again a sturdy, hearty type) make good vehicles for getting the dip from the casserole dish to the mouth.

Grilled (you can broil them, or roast them in the oven) asparagus makes a nice appetizer. You can serve it plain, or wrap each spear in a small bit of prosciutto, or serrano ham.

If you like Pillsbury prepackaged products you can take the crescent roll tubes, press the dough into squares and cut it. Wrap it around asparagus spear pieces, or steamed (not overcooked) broccoli or cauliflower, a bit of cheese (Swiss is nice) with a dollop of mustard (wrap the whole thing in a square of dough) and bake until golden. I personally don't care for them, but I've seen folks rave about them at parties.

Mini calzones are nice. They take a bit of work (in that you spend some time making bite size ones) but usually are quite a hit.

Shrimp (or rock shrimp which we prefer) cooked in a well seasoned water, drained and served cold are nice. It's a bit different than the usual shrimp cocktail.

Oysters Rockefeller make an outstanding appetizer, but you need to serve them piping hot so it's not really convenient.

Little tiny potato pancakes, or little tiny crabcakes are usually a really popular finger food.

Don't underestimate the power of an excellent (albeit traditional) cheese fondue! Uses up a ton of bread, and fills folks up nicely.

Lettuce wraps are quite popular. The trick is getting a lettuce that is easy to work with. Romaine can work, and so can some butter lettuces. Iceberg isn't so great.

Spicy garlic shrimp are wonderful, but can be messy (oily).

An assortment of olives is usually quite popular.

Strong dried meat like sopressatta, salami, pepperoni along with cheese (muenster, swiss, cheddar...) olives, lemon wedges, satsuma (or clementines, or tangerines) make a nice "plate." If you think your guests would like them, anchovies mix nicely with this combination. Have a good bread alongside.

 

[SwedishMeatball]

I saw a commercial for those new Pillsbury Savorings and thought they'd be good appetizers for NYE. Has anyone tried any of them?? I'd like to try the spinach with cheese and buffalo style chicken.

http://www.pillsbury.com/products/appetizers/frozen/savorings-flaky-pastry-bites.htm

 

[Stacerita]

I saw a commercial for those new Pillbury Savorings and thought they'd be good appetizers for NYE. Has anyone tried any of them?? I'd like to try the spinach with cheese and buffalo style chicken.

http://www.pillsbury.com/products/appetizers/frozen/savorings-flaky-pastry-bites.htm

Those look yummy.

 

[binny]

Thanks!

The only reason I am thinking ham is that we were just informed that DHs boss is sending a HUGE one so I was going to do something with that.

I will take any kind of food, I have 3 crock pots,a buffet server and lots of space



Swede, I had the buffalo chicken ones last week at Bunco and they were "meh" I love buffalo chicken and these just really didnt have much flavour to them IMHO.

 

[OrlandoMike]

Easy great meatball recipe....sounds gross, but it's great!

Get a large package of frozen meatballs, stirr together one large jar of grape jelly, and two 12 oz jars of heinz chili sauce. Pour over the meatballs in a crock pot, and simmer for a few hours before the party!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

So is this your last big hurrah before moving? You are brave.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

Easy great meatball recipe....sounds gross, but it's great!

Get a large package of frozen meatballs, stirr together one large jar of grape jelly, and two 12 oz jars of heinz chili sauce. Pour over the meatballs in a crock pot, and simmer for a few hours before the party!

We do this with smokies.

 

[Stacerita]

Easy great meatball recipe....sounds gross, but it's great!

Get a large package of frozen meatballs, stirr together one large jar of grape jelly, and two 12 oz jars of heinz chili sauce. Pour over the meatballs in a crock pot, and simmer for a few hours before the party!

This is the meatballs we do. They are yummy.

 

[binny]

So is this your last big hurrah before moving? You are brave.

AND the day before we list the house. brave? Not so much? Crazy.... that has potential.

 

[The Mystery Machine]

AND the day before we list the house. brave? Not so much? Crazy.... that has potential.

Oh I do not envy you. I am so glad we are DONE, well sort of done.

 

[binny]

LOL yeah not looking forward to the whole process again but oh well. It will be worth it in the end.

 

[MoniqueU]

Not sure if you can get these where you live but the delimex taquitos cut in half served with guacomole is big here.
So are potatoe skins.

 

[Laura]

You could perhaps find some frozen spanakopita and bake it beforehand. It does taste good at room temp, too.

 

[binny]

great ideas thanks!

 

[mjkacmom]

I saw a commercial for those new Pillsbury Savorings and thought they'd be good appetizers for NYE. Has anyone tried any of them?? I'd like to try the spinach with cheese and buffalo style chicken.

http://www.pillsbury.com/products/appetizers/frozen/savorings-flaky-pastry-bites.htm

I bought the pepperoni ones, and the amount in the box was enough for ds10 to have a snack!

 

[Keggy]

we bought the savorings last week to try them and the buffalo chicken ones were not good. the pizza one's were ehh. We both felt sick afterwards, so I think we won't try them again.