How to host a New Year's Day Brunch - Menu

It's a tradition in our family to host a New Year's Day Brunch for family and friends. Because some have overly indulged the night before, this meal is heavy on fats and sugars to help pull out of a hangover.

Things You'll Need

• Recipe for Eggs Oscar Dijon
• Recipe for Fruit Salad
• Recipe for Potatoe

Instructions

1. Invite family and friends well in advance. Most people will be available for New Year's Day, even if they were booked solid during the previous holiday season.

2. Shop for supplies. Using the recipes linked below, shop for your supplies between Christmas and New Year's Eve. The night before you can put frozen food in the fridge to thaw. If your guests stayed out the night before until midnight and then made their way slowly home, you can figure they will be awake by 10 am. I usually invite everyone over at 11 am so they have a chance to wake up.

3. Menu:
   Lots of coffee with cream and sugar, Eggs Oscar Dijon (recipe link below), Fruit cups (recipe link below), potato casserole (recipe link below), Mimosas (champagne and Orange Juice), left over Christmas, Kwanzaa or Hannakah goodies like cookies, fudge, candy, etc.

4. Keep the music mellow and nix the holiday tunes. When your guests arrive have a table handy where they can write down a New Year's resolution to share. The slips can then be dropped into a box. Later you can entertain them, or create conversations by pulling slips out at random and reading them aloud.

Tips & Warnings

• Save time by assembling the salad and casserole the day before.

• Set up a table with Mimosa ingredients, coffee pot, cups, etc so guests can help themselves.

• If anyone drinks too much champagne or appears to still be inebriated from the night before, don't let them drive.

Resources

• The Best One-Bowl Hash Brown Potato Casserole
• Mango, Banana and Blueberry Salad
• How to make Eggs Oscar Dijon
• How to poach a lot of eggs at one time