That's right, people!
I spent the first day of 2018 cleaning the bathroom.
Have you ever noticed how toilet bowl cleaner can look like abstract art? A Rorschach test? Or, just toilet bowl cleaner in a toilet. I digress. (What else is new?)
In all seriousness, John and I had a nice New Year's Eve.
We made a bunch of tapas/finger foods:
L to R: Sticky Baked Asian Chicken Wings from Valerie's Kitchen. This has been a go-to recipe for us for a few years. It's easy and the wings are delicious! Onion dip & chips. There's a story there, but I'll get to that. Slow Cooker Cranberry BBQ Meatballs from Tastes Better from Scratch. This was a new recipe for us and it was very tasty. Mixed fruit and a homemade garlic loaf.
Our drinks of choice were sangria (for John) and chardonnay (for me) in my new purple crackle stemless wine glasses.
So, about the dip. I've been having nostalgia lately for clam dip. Yes, clam dip. My grandma always used to have that at her house on a holiday and I loved it! After she passed (more than 30 years ago) I stopped eating it (for no particular reason.) So, while I've found recipes on Pinterest for it, I thought, why not go old school and buy the packaged stuff (as my grandma did- she was not fond of cooking...lol.) I went to two grocery stores and couldn't find it, so we just went with onion dip.
While writing this blog, I started Googling clam dip brands. Guess what, peeps? The main supplier (Helluva Good) stopped.making.it. OUTRAGEOUS! (And yes, someone devoted an entire blog post to this) And it's from seven years ago. I'm so out of the clam dip loop!
I guess I HAVE to make it from scratch. I found this recipe from Foodie Crush. I may try that once I've come out of mourning for the loss of pre-made clam dip.
Moving right along!
We watched an Amazon movie- The Big Sick.
It was GREAT! Two thumbs up- highly recommend! It was funny and real. It had its element of sadness, but ended perfectly. Watch it!
We also started watching Ozark, a Netflix series-
We only watched one episode, but so far so good. (Does Jason Bateman age? No, I didn't think so.)
We then watched the ball drop & toasted (using the flutes from our wedding). It was a nice evening. (And we realized it was our 21st New Year's Even together- time flies.)
How did you spend New Year's Eve & the first day of 2018?
