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After a big Christmas Eve Party for New Years Eve we are keeping it light and easy with appetizers, small bites, and dessert No Sauce Needed Meatballs!!! Again another Christmas Eve Recipe Making a Show at New Years Eve . . .these are sooo good I've made them 2 more times this past week NYE 2015 Recipe 8:  No Sauce Needed Meatballs No Sauce was NEEDED but they wanted sauce so they got sauce Ingredients: 1 lbs ground beef 1/2 cup bread crumbs 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese 2 garlic cloves (grated) 1 tbsp onion powder 3/4 tbsp rosemary 1 tbsp parsley 1 tbsp basil 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1 egg Directions: 1) Pre Heat Oven to 375 degrees 2) Mix Everything together 3) Roll into Meatballs I used a mini muffin tray 4) Bake for 20 -22 minutes

After a big Christmas Eve Party for New Years Eve we are keeping it light and easy with appetizers, small bites, and dessert I made cheesy bread sticks on Christmas Eve with Gruyere Cheese that Eddie Loved! I still had puff pastry so i mixed it up for New Years with Asiago a Cheese he also loves NYE 2015 Recipe 7:  Asiago Bread sticks Ingredients : 1 sheet Puff Pastry 1 Egg 1 tbsp Water Cayenne Pepper Asiago Cheese (shredded) Thyme Rosemary Directions 1) Pre Heat Oven to 375 2) Cut Puff Pastry into 9 strips 3) Brush strips with egg wash made with Egg, Water, and Cayenne Pepper 4) Top Strips with Cheese then Sprinkle with herbs 5) Bake for 10 minutes 6) Broil for 1-2 minutes

After a big Christmas Eve Party for New Years Eve we are keeping it light and easy with appetizers, small bites, and dessert The Salami Chips I made Christmas Eve were a favorite among the boys -- they were so easy to make I figured why not whip them up again NYE 2015 Recipe 6:  Salami Chips Ingredients Salami Directions 1) Pre Heat Oven to 375 2) Place a single layer of Salami on Baking Sheet   3) Bake for 10 minutes 4) Serve as is or with Cheese and Crackers

After a big Christmas Eve Party for New Years Eve we are keeping it light and easy with appetizers, small bites, and dessert NYE 2015 Recipe 5:  Chicken Poppers  Ingredients Chicken Tenders Frank's Hot Sauce Buttermilk 1/2 tsp Salt 1/2 tsp Pepper 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper 1/2 tsp Paprika 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder Whole Wheat Flour Oil Directions 1) Cut Up Chicken Tenders 2) Cover in a mixture of 1/2 buttermilk 1/2 Hot Sauce 3) Add Seasonings to mixture and Marinate for at least 20 minutes 4) Pre-Heat Fryer or Oil to 375 degrees 5) Drain Marinade and Coat Tenders in Whole Wheat Flour 6) Fry for 4 minutes

After a big Christmas Eve Party for New Years Eve we are keeping it light and easy with appetizers, small bites, and dessert I always have at least a jar of my homemade salsa in the fridge so this appetizer was a no brainer -- we did spice it up a bit for tonight tho by adding a few hits of habanero hot sauce NYE 2015 Recipe 4:  Chips and Homemade Salsa Directions: Blend together 14oz can of tomatoes drained 1 whole jalapeno or serrano 1/8 of an onion 1 teaspoon garlic salt 1/4 teaspoon salt 3/4 teaspoon cumin 1/4 teaspoon sugar 1 teaspoon lime juice

After a big Christmas Eve Party for New Years Eve we are keeping it light and easy with appetizers, small bites, and dessert One of the Popular Appetizers I made for Christmas Eve was the Cannellini Dip. I kept the classic Rosemary and decided to mix it up with another flavor as well (Garlic Chiptole) NYE 2015 Recipe 3:  Cannellini Dips Rosemary Cannellini Dip Ingredients: 1 can of Cannellini or white beans (drained Juice of 1/2 a lemon (1 1/2 tbsp) 2 tsp rosemary 1 clove of garlic 2 tbsp olive oil 1/2 tsp salt Directions: In a food processor mix everything together Smoky Cannellini Dip Ingredients: 1 can of Cannellini or white beans (drained 2-3 cloves of garlic 1 can Chipotle Peppers in Adobo (drain the adobo) 2 tbsp olive oil 1/2 tsp salt Directions: In a food processor mix everything together

After a big Christmas Eve Party for New Years Eve we are keeping it light and easy with appetizers, small bites, and dessert For this recipe I used the left over that I had from the  Walnut Horns  I made for Christmas Eve . . .these were super yummy cookies but a total PITA to make -- these were still a little sticky and again I used too much filling but OMG so much easier and just as tasty NYE 2015 Recipe 2:  Walnut Cups Ingredients: 8 oz cream cheese 1 cup butter 2 1/4 cups flour 1/2 pound ground walnuts 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup milk 2 tbsp melted butter Directions 1) Cream together cream cheese and butter 2) Add Flour 3) Divide into 4 equal portions - wrap and place in fridge for at least 2 hours 4) While waiting for dough to get cold mix together remaining ingredients to make filling 5) Pre Heat Oven to 375 degrees 6) Roll out 1 portion of dough and cut into 1 1/2 in squares 7) Place small squares into mini muffin tin and fill with a tsp of fil

After a big Christmas Eve Party for New Years Eve we are keeping it light and easy with appetizers, small bites, and dessert I recently learned that Eddie was basically a newb at Jello shots when I made them the other night so I thought these would be yummy when I saw a similar recipe for NYE recipes Not going to lie these are INTENSE!!! NYE 2015 Recipe 1:  Energy Vodka Jello Shots Ingredients: 16 oz can of your favorite energy drink 3 packets unflavored jello 2 cups vodka Sugar Directions: 1) In a saucepan pour in energy drink and jello and let sit for 2 minutes The Jello will foam up a bit like this 2) Cook on Low for 5 minutes then turn up to high untill mixture starts to boil 3) Take off heat and pour in vodka 4) Pour mixture into mini cups or ice cube mold or brownie pan (later cut into pieces) and place in fridge untill they firm up (about 4 hours) 5) About half way through sprinkle sugar on top of each shot

New Years Eve Planning already in full effect . . . Doing all appetizers, snacks, and small bites to rung in the new year Using OneNote to keep me nice and organized . . . I love this program!!! Does anyone else use it?

Here's the pictures from last night - all recipes posted on the blog Enjoy!

I love throwing a themed holiday party on Christmas Eve each year for Eddie's Family. Growing up as a family we always celebrated Christmas Eve with my Aunt Rose so when we moved to Utah it didn't feel right not doing anything - Hense Christmas at the Aced every Christmas Eve This years Theme is Italian Christmas Pizza Party For Dinner we are doing 2 kinds of pizzas and a side of meatballs Italian Holiday Dinner - Recipe #1 Meatballs Ingredients: 1 lbs ground beef 1/2 cup bread crumbs 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese 2 garlic cloves (grated) 1/2 onion (grated) 2 tbsp tomato sauce 1 tbsp rosemary 1 tbsp parsley 1 tbsp basil 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp pepper 1 egg Directions: 1) Pre Heat Oven to 375 degrees 2) Mix Everything together 3) Roll into Meatballs I used a mini muffin tray 4) Bake for 20 -22 minutes Recipe Adapted from  theslowroasteditalian.com

I love throwing a themed holiday party on Christmas Eve each year for Eddie's Family. Growing up as a family we always celebrated Christmas Eve with my Aunt Rose so when we moved to Utah it didn't feel right not doing anything - Hense Christmas at the Aced every Christmas Eve This years Theme is Italian Christmas Pizza Party Going simple with the appetizers going to toast up a baguette and serve it with a ton of dips, meat, cheese, and olives Italian Holiday Appetizer #9 Cheesy Bread Sticks Ingredients : 1 sheet Puff Pastry 1 Egg 1 tbsp Water Cayenne Pepper Gruyere Cheese (shredded) Thyme Rosemary Directions 1) Pre Heat Oven to 375 2) Cut Puff Pastry into 9 strips 3) Brush strips with egg wash made with Egg, Water, and Cayenne Pepper 4) Top Strips with Cheese then Sprinkle with herbs 5) Bake for 10 minutes 6) Broil for 1-2 Recipe Adapted from  popsugar.com

I love throwing a themed holiday party on Christmas Eve each year for Eddie's Family. Growing up as a family we always celebrated Christmas Eve with my Aunt Rose so when we moved to Utah it didn't feel right not doing anything - Hense Christmas at the Aced every Christmas Eve This years Theme is Italian Christmas Pizza Party Going simple with the appetizers going to toast up a baguette and serve it with a ton of dips, meat, cheese, and olives Italian Holiday Appetizer #8 Halibut Crudo Ingredients Halibut salt pepper lemon juice olive oil green onion Directions 1) Cut up halibut into small pieces 2) Season with salt, pepper, olive oil, and lemon juice 3) Top with Green onion for garnish Recipe Adapted from  popsugar.com