New Year's Eve menu: 5 options of appetizer, starter and main course

Which prefer?

To prepare an easy and uncomplicated New Year's Eve menu you have two options: either strip the pica pica pure and hard or do something more thoughtful and elaborate (but without tying you to the kitchen) such as the 5 menus that we have prepared for everyone. tastes: vegetarian, with fish, with meat, vegan and with seafood. They all have an appetizer, starter and main course. And they are made with super easy preparations (like baking) or they can be left prepped. Yes. Look, look …

Vegetarian New Years Eve Menu

Appetizer. Goat cheese with jam
Incoming. Spinach cannelloni
Principal. Quail egg stuffed mushrooms

Goat cheese with jam

We started the vegetarian New Years Eve menu with a goat cheese appetizer with jam. It's super easy. Cut slices of roll goat cheese, put a little jam on top and decorate with nuts, aromatic herbs, sprouts … (Here are more ideas for quick and easy appetizers … and irresistible!)

Spinach cannelloni

As a starter on the vegetarian New Year's Eve menu, we put some spinach cannelloni with raisins and pine nuts, which are lighter than traditional meat and are made much faster. Also, so as not to mess around in the kitchen, you can have them already made, and just heat them up and gratin them at the last minute. If you want the recipe step by step, do not miss this and other Christmas recipes that you can have ready in less than 30 minutes.

Quail egg stuffed mushrooms

And to complete the vegetarian New Year's Eve menu, we put some mushrooms stuffed with quail egg. It is one of the recipes with mushrooms that always look good, and it is as simple as what you see: you fill the hats with some large mushrooms, crack an egg on top and bake them for 10 min at 180º. As in the case of cannelloni, you can have them already made and just heat them.

New year's eve menu with fish

Appetizer. Montaditos of cucumber, salmon and cheese
Incoming. Pomegranate and grape salad with cheese and walnuts
Principal. Baked sea bass with potato and vegetables

Montaditos of cucumber, salmon and cheese

If you prefer a New Year's Eve menu with fish, you can start with some montaditos like these. To make this recipe with smoked salmon, you just have to mount cucumber slices covered with cream cheese and a piece of salmon. Don't tell me it's not easy.

Pomegranate and grape salad with cheese and walnuts

Between the appetizer and the main dish of the New Year's Eve menu with fish, you can have a delicious salad like this one. It has endive, arugula, lettuce, red grapes (a very appropriate fruit for the last day of the year), pomegranate, fresh cheese, red onion and walnuts. Discover this and other Christmas salads here.

Baked sea bass with potato and vegetables

For the main course of the menu with fish, place a bed of potatoes and vegetables with aromatic herbs and a glass of white wine in a refractory dish. Bake for 25 minutes in a preheated 180º oven. Place a washed sea bass on top and grill for another 30 minutes, depending on whether you want it more or less done. You can also do it with cheaper fish, such as hake. And you can speed up the process by precooking the vegetables in the microwave.

New year's eve menu with meat

Appetizer. Iberian ham and cheese skewers
Incoming. Red cabbage with roasted apple, raisins and pine nuts
Principal. Pork tenderloin with puree

Iberian ham and cheese skewers

As an aperitif, on the New Year's Eve menu that has meat, we have put some cured cheese and Iberian ham skewers. To make them, insert diced cured cheese and slices of Iberian ham folded on themselves into skewers. To give it a more sophisticated touch, you can sprinkle it with a caramel made with 100 g of sugar and a few drops of water. You put it in a saucepan and heat it until the caramel forms.

Red cabbage with roasted apple, raisins and pine nuts

Red cabbage with roasted apple, raisins and pine nuts is a great starter on the New Year's Eve menu with meat and you can have it made before. It is one of the easiest and most delicious traditional Christmas recipes that exist. You boil red cabbage for 15 min. Red cabbage and mix it with roasted apple slices, caramelized onion and raisins and pine nuts.

Pork tenderloin with puree

The main dish on the New Year's Eve menu with meat is a pork tenderloin with mashed potato. As it is cooked in the oven, it takes very little work. Salt and pepper a sirloin and brown it in a frying pan with oil, thyme and some crushed garlic. Transfer to an ovenproof dish, add sweet wine and bake for 12 minutes at 200 °. Cut the meat into thin slices, distribute them on plates and serve them with mashed potatoes, or pumpkin or apple that are lighter.

Vegan New Years Eve Menu

Appetizer. Zucchini rolls with vegetable pate
Incoming. Zucchini cream with almonds
Principal. Eggplant stuffed with rice and vegetables

Zucchini rolls with vegetable pate

Is a vegan New Year's Eve menu possible? If possible. Here is a possible appetizer. With the help of a kitchen mandolin, make zucchini slices. Spread them with vegetable patés (hummus, guacamole, olivada …). Roll them up and decorate them with herb leaves or sprouts. If you don't like raw zucchini (if it's very fresh, it can be eaten raw without any problem), you can blanch it or grill it for a couple of minutes (discover more recipes with easy and irresistible zucchini).

Zucchini cream with almonds

As a starter on the vegan New Year's Eve menu, we have put a zucchini cream that we already had made (without cream or cheese) and we have decorated it with toasted almond slices and a little oil mixed with chopped parsley. This way you give it a more festive touch and incorporate the benefits of nuts.

Eggplant stuffed with rice and vegetables

In addition to being one of the easy and irresistible dinner ideas, the stuffed aubergines with rice with vegetables are a great fit as a main dish on the vegan menu. You cut them in half and bake them for 20 min at 180 °. You let them cool a bit, you empty them with the help of a spoon, you mix the pulp with a basmati rice with vegetables that you can have already made, and you fill them with the mixture. An easy and appetizing recipe with aubergine.

New Year's Eve menu with seafood

Appetizer. Clams with cava
Incoming. Warm spinach salad with mushrooms, cheese and walnuts
Principal. Prawn, cuttlefish and bacon skewers

Clams with cava

Nor could it miss a New Year's Eve menu with seafood, a food that is synonymous with party. We started it with some clams in cava as an aperitif, a dish as simple as it is delicious. In a frying pan, brown some garlic. Add some clams already washed and drained and water them with a glass of champagne. Stir, cover and cook for a few minutes until they open and the alcohol evaporates. Serve with chopped parsley on top.

Warm spinach salad with mushrooms, cheese and walnuts

Then, we opted for a warm spinach salad with mushrooms, cheese and walnuts as a starter between the two seafood dishes. On a bed of fresh spinach, put cherry tomatoes cut in half, cured cheese slices, chopped walnuts, and complete with some assorted mushrooms sautéed at the moment.

Prawn, cuttlefish and bacon skewers with rice

And we have completed the New Year's Eve menu with seafood with these skewers. Prepare them, alternately threading a couple of peeled prawns, a couple of squid strips, a couple of slices of smoked bacon and a couple of spring onion strips. Brush them with a little olive oil and cook them on a griddle or grill. You can serve them with basmati rice boiled with a tablespoon of curry.

And for dessert?

To complete all these menus (and not weigh you too much), you could end up with a tropical fruit salad like this one, which even fits into the vegetarian and vegan proposal, since it does not have anything of animal origin (not even milk or eggs). But you have many more ideas in our easy, beautiful and delicious Christmas desserts. The ideal is to have the desserts already prepared in the fridge or the pantry and focus on what really matters: enjoying New Year's Eve and welcoming the new year with the people you love.

As you have seen, there are menus for all tastes. You can make them as is, combine them or use as a source of inspiration to make your own menu.

New Year's Eve menu, all options

Vegetarian menu: goat cheese bites with jam and nuts - spinach cannelloni with raisins and pine nuts - mushrooms stuffed with quail eggs.
Fish menu: Montaditos of cucumber, smoked salmon and cheese - pomegranate and grape salad with walnuts - baked sea bass with potato and vegetables.
Meat menu: cheese and Iberian ham skewers - red cabbage with roasted apple, raisins and pine nuts - pork tenderloin with puree.
Vegan menu: Rolls with vegetable patés - zucchini cream with almonds - aubergines stuffed with rice with vegetables.
Seafood menu: Steamed clams - warm mushroom, cheese and walnut salad - shrimp skewers, cuttlefish and bacon with rice.