{"id":17058,"date":"2014-12-30T22:33:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T21:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/?p=17058"},"modified":"2015-01-05T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T18:00:11","slug":"last-minute-new-years-eve-treats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/?p=17058","title":{"rendered":"Last-Minute New Year’s Eve Treats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christmas is over, but I still have several days of lazy home holidays. I keep on reading\u00a0for hours\u00a0in bed, sipping\u00a0wine\u00a0and\u00a0eating the remains of my – as always excessive – food stock. I\u00a0don’t feel particularly keen\u00a0on cooking anything new or complicated, especially since I don’t organise any party\u00a0this year. Nonetheless,\u00a0for the last night of 2014\u00a0I’ll certainly find the\u00a0courage to prepare\u00a0several festive treats, as long as they are\u00a0quick, easy\u00a0and\u00a0don’t require much shopping (or, ideally,\u00a0can be prepared with pantry and\/or fridge contents).\u00a0I\u00a0suppose some of you feel the same, so\u00a0I thought I’d share with you a choice of\u00a0last-minute New Year’s Eve savoury and sweet dishes, which\u00a0are effortless and quick,\u00a0but still have\u00a0a\u00a0festive touch. Happy New Year, my dear visitors! May all your dreams come true in 2015!<\/p>\n

You can start with these buttery cute tidbits:<\/p>\n

\"Last<\/a>
Last Minute Crackers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and carry on with these aromatic olives:<\/p>\n

\"Seasoned<\/a>
Seasoned Olives<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Add\u00a0vibrant\u00a0colours to your table with this sunny-looking salad:<\/p>\n

\"Mango,<\/a>
Mango, Chicken and Cucumber Salad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you have already made maki sushi, you know how easy and quick they are.<\/p>\n

\"Maki<\/a>
Maki with Shrimp, Avocado and Cucumber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Maki<\/a>
Maki sushi with Canned Tuna and Cucumber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These “baskets” are perfect containers for Guacamole or Shrimp Salad:<\/p>\n

\"Wonton<\/a>
Wonton Cups (Edible Snack Containers)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Home-made taramosalata doesn’t even compare to\u00a0the supermarket-bought one…<\/p>\n

\"Taramosalata<\/a>
Taramosalata (Fish Roe Dip)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you have never had smoked mackerel, this spread is a good occasion to try it:<\/p>\n

\"Smoked<\/a>
Smoked Mackerel and Egg Spread<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Savoury cakes are easy, foolproof and, served cold, they feed crowds for hours:<\/p>\n

\"Savoury<\/a>
Savoury Cake with Goat Cheese and Dried Tomatoes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Surprise your guests with these fabulous tofu snacks:<\/p>\n

\"Tofu<\/a>
Tofu and Bacon Snacks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The quickest and easiest chocolate mousse ever (delicious even without raspberries):<\/p>\n

\"Quick<\/a>
Quick Eggless Chocolate Mousse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I will never thank enough\u00a0Katerina (from Culinary\u00a0Flavours<\/a>)\u00a0for this fantastic, incredibly\u00a0easy chocolate treat I never tire of:<\/p>\n

\"Unbaked<\/a>
Unbaked Chocolate Cake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Easiest and most addictive chocolate treat I know (accidentally, it’s quite healthy too…):<\/p>\n

\"Prunes<\/a>
Prunes in Chocolate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

and, last but not least, something cute for coconut lovers:<\/p>\n

\"Bounty<\/a>
Bounty (Coconut, Chocolate and Rum) Truffles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Christmas is over, but I still have several days of lazy home holidays. I keep on reading\u00a0for hours\u00a0in bed, sipping\u00a0wine\u00a0and\u00a0eating the remains of my –…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17058"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17117,"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17058\/revisions\/17117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.withaglass.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}