Skip the millennium. Here here are 10 fun things for the new year!
[Edited to add: Totally editing this post in the AM for typos and general alcohol-induced confusion!]
#1 Corn chips. So so good. And I ate way too many. They went so well with #2
#2 BEER!!!
Drank too much of the good stuff. Had some OMB Mule Bock
Bottle #26!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#3 Moose Drool Clone
#4 The Simpsons!!! Evening entertainment game and the best show ever [Besides Gossip Girl!]
Tiebreaker in the game? “Who has the hairiest legs”.
#5: Matt legs won.
I realized that tonight was the first time I drank a whole bottle of one of Matt’s homebrews myself (I usually just have tastes when he pours them). Not sure that was such a good idea!
I was sooooo ancy tonight that I just wanted to drink beer and eat chips for entertainment
Some pumpkin ale.
#6: We moved to the kitchen around 8-something to prepare dinner
#7: The entree was grass-fed beef from U.S. Wellness Meats. I’ve been saving them for a special occasion, and tonight was perfect. We actually split 2 filet mignon’s in half so each couple got one – ’twas the perfect portion. Thawing the frozen filets in their package and cooking them was very easy.
#8: Butternut squash risotto. Amanda used a MyRecipes.com recipe.
We partied in the kitchen
And dinner was served…
The meat was perfectly rarely cooked by Matt and just how I love it. It was so nice to know it came from a good source.
Kale, steamed in white wine, maple syrup and olive oil with salt and pepper until it turned bright green.
Amazing butternut squash risotto – amazing. Classic with wine, garlic, nutmeg, parmesan, and chicken broth.
I had a lot more wine with dinner!!!!!
#9: Dessert was just delicious dark chocolates
I had at least one of each flavor 😳
Wii was played
And at 11:45 the new year ball drop was put on
#10: Champagne was popped
Ha-ppy New Year!!!
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is says
Happy New Year Kath!!! 🙂
Barbara(Blood, Sweat and Heels) says
I wonder what 2010 has in store for you both!!!!! Happy New Year!!
Chelsea says
How fun!
Lindsay says
All of the eats you had today looked amazing, but I do not think that I could eat that raw of meat!! I am a person that wants my meat “well- dead” I dont like to see the blood at all!! Also, does the Inn you are staying at allow you to use their kitchen or is there a kitchen in your room??
Kath says
We are allowed to use the big kitchen at the inn.
Allie (Live Laugh Eat) says
I had lotsa chocolate tonight too 🙂 My pops just got corn chips from TJ’s that I’ll probably have one too many of in our long car ride to Florida!! Too bad there won’t be beer to pair it up with since I’ll be doing a leg of driving 🙁
amber says
What a Fun new years!!! Happy New Year!!
Tasha - The Clean Eating Mama says
Happy New Year, Kath!! I wish you the very best for the new year!
Foodie (Fab and Delicious Food) says
Happy New Year!
And yes, The Simpsons is one of the best shows ever! Love it! I need to get that “Scene It” game!
Jenn (www. j3nn.net ) says
Happy New Year, Kath and Matt!! 😀
Jenn
Anais says
Happy New Year!! Love your blog and can’t wait to see all the fun stuff you’ll do in 2010 🙂
Kristin says
That dinner looked great. Happy New Year.
sarah (ghost world) says
i am completely amazed at your ability to put together a coherent post after all that 🙂 looks like a super fun night!!
Jenna says
Great new year!!
candice says
You had a wonderful celebration 🙂 Happy New Year! Haha, and it’s okay to have one of each flavor as a farewell to 2009… 😉
Adi (oatonomy.com) says
And same to you! Sounds like you had a great time seeing off 2009. Hope you aren’t feeling it too much this morning!
Sarah (Running to Slow Things Down) says
HAPPY 2010!! (I’m trying to get used of saying this…so strange! 😀 ) Looks like a great celebration! 😀
Can’t wait to see what the new year (and the new decade!) holds!
Jocelyn says
sounds like a fun new year!!! 🙂
Marla says
Happpy 2010 everyone!
(yikes..Fox network?! To each their own 😉
Thanks for posting your NYE post already-impressive!!
Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg says
Looks like y’all had a low-key evening, just like me and my hub! Happy New Year!!!
Cait (Cait's Plate) says
Oh my gosh – I totally feel you on those corn chips! I love, love, love them but they’re SO addicting!!
Glad you had a good new years eve!! HAPPY 2010!! 😀
Frogs and Men@ Paris Food Blog says
Bonne année! The beef looks delicious. I have recently been trying to limit my meat & seafood consumption and, on the few occasions when I do eat them, I splurge on more ethically produced stuff. It’s shocking how great a difference it makes! And a little scary…
I used to eat smoked salmon all the time (cheap, grocery store brand stuff). I quit buying it, and recently had a very good quality smoked salmon on Christmas Eve this year. To compare the latter to the former, would be like matching salty pink playdough against…well, real fish.
Kailey says
HAPPY NEW YEARS 😀
sounds like you brought in the new year with a bang!
K says
Haha to editing for alcohol-induced confusion! Happy New Year Kath and Matt!!
caronae says
Happy New Year Kath and friends! I hope it’s a good one!
Mara @ What's for Dinner? says
Happy new year!!!
emmy - eatventures says
Hehe, I read the pre-edited post and did laugh a bit at the booze to boo-boos ratio 🙂 You missed one though, ancy = antsy. Happy New Year!
Crystle says
Your dinner looked amazing! Happy New Year!! Nothing beats drunken posts 😛
P.S. You can never go wrong with beer and chocolate 😉
Unplanned Cooking says
Happy New Year! Looks as if you had a wonderful time celebrating.
Erin says
What a fun and low-key New Year’s. Happy 2010!
Danielle (Coffee Run) says
It looks like you had fun (& got your drank on 😉 ) Happy New Years!
Sarah R says
Happy new year!! Looks like you had lots of fun 🙂
Heather @ Health, Happiness, and Hope says
That risotto looks delicious!!! Happy 2010 Kath! 🙂
Amie says
Looks like you had a great time! Happy New Year!
Maria says
fox news, does this mean ur a republican?
Heather @ The Joyful Kitchen says
What a fun night! I’d love to try some of Matt’s home brews sometime; they look fantastic! Hope you guys have a wonderful morning and a great first day of 2010!
Christy says
Hairest legs tie-breaker… how funny!! 😀
Kath says
Marla + Maria,
No reason other than we couldn’t find Time’s Square on any other channel!
Cynthia (It All Changes) says
Looks like yummy food although I like my cow a little more dead.
Glad you edited the post. My mind goes nuts with typos.
Jenny says
Awesome New Year’s Eve celebration! Dinner and drinks all sound fabulous! Glad y’all had a nice time 🙂
Happy New Year Kath!
Jil says
What fun and yummy looking stuff! Your meal looks amazing!! Happy New Year, Kath!
Penny says
Wow, what a great looking meal. Your evening looks super fun.
Jordan @ Salt Sweat Sugar says
You should try the Pecan Pie flavor of those Ghirardelli squares. They’re sooooo good, like to die for!
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) says
Oh, Happy New Year! That is too funny, you had to edit this from last night. I hope you have a great day and a safe trip home!
lynn (The Actors Diet) says
looks like a great time! i need to get that simpsons game – my husband actually worked on the movie and the video game so he should be a pro at it!
Heather (The Single Dish) says
Happy New Year Kath! Looks like you had a fun night and great food!
Can Koozies says
What a fun night! they look fantastic! Hope you guys have a wonderful morning and a great first day of 2010!
Happy new year !
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Angela says
I absolutely LOVE BHI, but have spent very little time there, since I’m always out on the beach or in a golf cart…ha! (no cars allowed on the island)
Nice to see someone else enjoying that beautiful place! I’m sure I’d use the kitchen much more if I vacayed there at New Yr’s instead of in the summer!
🙂
It all looks delish, by the way!