My Favorite New Year's Eve Delights

I tried a different menu for the NY's Eve. Nothing really grand but I did away with        the usual food we prepare year in and year out. And the best part was just having enough serving. Yes, the food still lasted for three or four days but at least not a week like the past years. Haha.

Anyway, my top three favorites for the night were 1.) the chocolate cake from Mary Grace, 2.) Seafood Pasta, 3.) Shrimp and Ham Jambalaya.

I would have preferred the cake to have the caramel drizzle all over but the staff said we should have pre-ordered the cake with the drizzle. Now I know. My husband had to go back for the cake after an hour because they ran out of it and the delivery was scheduled at lunch time. Well, I can't allow not to have this cake for NY's Eve.


By the way, I'm the only cake lover in our house so we still have more than 1/4 of the cake. How do you measure that, more than 1/4 but less than 1/3.

Next was the jambalaya. I sourced the net for this. Yummy! We all love this. I love the smoked sausage and the shrimp which I added so generously. That's one thing we have in common with my family - shrimps. I was tempted to hide shelled shrimps underneath for my own consumption. Lol.


I saw the recipe for this seafood pasta from one of my networks over at Facebook. It was a link from Nestle actually. Squid rings, fish fillet, shrimp, shiitake mushroom, light cream, bacon bits. Instead of penne I used the wheat pasta which my mom sent me. I saved a few pesos and had a healthier serving. :)


Oh yes, I didn't bother to take off the plastic wraps before I took pictures. :D

New Year celebration is one my favorite times of the year. It's now back to the daily grind for me as well as the no-rice meal diet. Glad to note I did not gain much weight during the holidays...well, 2 lbs. And from 117 lbs, my target is to hit 112 lbs until the second week of February. May the force be with me.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

***More food sharing at Picture Clusters and Food Trip Friday.