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New Year's Recipes

Bring in the New Year with these awesome recipes!

Make a traditional meal of Hoppin’ John, or celebrate with easy and delicious appetizers like ham and cheese sliders, firecracker shrimp, or bacon wrapped dates. We have lots of cocktail ideas, too!

A bowl filled with a snack mix containing square cereal, pretzels, and crackers.

Hot Honey Chex Mix

A golden-brown slider bun filled with melted, stretchy cheese and chicken is being lifted from a pan, garnished with chopped herbs.

Ranch Chicken Sliders

A close-up of a cheesy Buffalo chicken slider being lifted from a pan with melted cheese stretching from the bun.

Buffalo Chicken Sliders

Four baked taquitos filled with a creamy mixture, topped with salsa, sour cream, and chopped herbs, served on a white plate with a sliced avocado in the background.

Baked Chicken Taquitos

A piece of toasted bread is being dipped into a bowl of creamy whipped ricotta garnished with herbs and lemon zest.

Whipped Ricotta

A hand dips a tortilla chip into a cheesy corn and jalapeño dip topped with sliced green onions.

Corn and Jalapeño Dip

Close-up of golden brown crab cakes topped with a dollop of white aioli and garnished with chopped fresh herbs on a speckled plate.

Mini Crab Cakes with Lemon Aioli

A glass of blood orange mocktail with ice, garnished with a blood orange wedge and candied ginger, sits on a white coaster surrounded by sliced blood oranges and ginger pieces.

Blood Orange Mocktail

Close-up of a spoonful of black-eyed pea salad with chopped tomatoes, red onions, celery, and parsley.

Black-Eyed Pea Salad

A bowl of vegetable and black-eyed pea soup with black-eyed peas, kale, carrots, celery, and diced tomatoes.

Black-Eyed Pea Soup

Mexican pizza topped with melted cheese, diced tomatoes, black olives, green onions, and a dollop of sour cream.

Mexican Pizza (Taco Bell Copycat)

Three stacked quesadilla slices filled with ground beef, black beans, and diced red peppers, placed on top of more quesadillas.

Sheet Pan Quesadillas

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