Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy

Cooking for the New Year! Our Top Recipes for Celebrating and a Fresh Start!

23 Dec 2025

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What if the dishes you cooked on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day could invite luck, prosperity, and ease into the year ahead?New Year’s can feel surprisingly complicated for home cooks: too celebratory to ignore, but too close to the holidays to summon big energy. That’s why this week we’re helping you decide what’s worth cooking, what can be made in advance, and all the auspicious food rituals and symbolic dishes to sweeten the year ahead. By the end of this episode, you’ll:Discover playful appetizers that are eaten for luck and deliciousnessNew Year’s classics like noodles for longevity, and a gumbo made with auspicious black-eyed peasNutritious and lighter recipes to ease into the first day of the yearPress play to celebrate to start a new year feeling supported in your kitchen!***Links:AppetizersBacon wrapped dates from Gimme Some Yum, and you can also make it with beef baconCheese ball bites with a pretzel handle from Delish.comPistachio goat cheese dates from Live Eat LearnSour patch grapes and Prosecco grapes Delish.com Mains & SidesMushroom ragu pasta by Heidi SwansonGochujang mushroom udon by Hetti Lui MCkinnonMini Jalapeno Cornbread Muffins from Our Zesty LifeBlack-eyed pea and pork gumbo by Donald Link, Stephen Strymewski and adapted by Bret Stephens for NYT Cooking – served with rice and potato salad on the side, like our fave Herby Potato Salad and or Sonya’s Salad Olivier (Soviet potato salad) Desserts Carolina Gelen’s no-bake chocolate mousse pie or cranberry pudding Old School chocolate trifle with chocolate...

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Food Friends: Home Cooking Made Easy

Cooking for the New Year! Our Top Recipes for Celebrating and a Fresh Start!

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3ª PARTE | 17 DIC 2025 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

13:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

12:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

10:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

13:00H | 20 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

12:00H | 20 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

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