Healthy ideas for a New Year's Eve buffet

New Year's Eve is a celebration of enjoyment. But if you want to feel fit and healthy in the new year, you should be careful when choosing food. Because healthy eating is important for health and well-being.

In this article we will introduce you to some healthy ideas for a New Year's Eve buffet. The recipes are delicious and easy to make. They contain lots of vegetables and fruits, whole grain products and low-fat and high-protein foods.

So you can feast on New Year's Eve and at the same time take care of your figure.

• Eat lots of vegetables and fruit. Vegetables and fruits are important sources of vitamins and minerals. They also provide fiber, which stimulates digestion.
• Choose whole grains. Whole grain products provide more fiber than white flour products. Fiber fills you up well and supports digestion.
• Choose low-fat and high-protein foods. Low-fat and high-protein foods fill you up well and support muscle building.

Here are our recipe ideas for a healthy New Year's Eve buffet:

Appetizers

• Vegetable salad with quinoa
• Hummus with roasted vegetables
• Vegetable sticks with herb dip
• Grilled eggplant with feta

Main courses

• Grilled vegetables with tofu or tempeh
• Baked fish with salad
• Quinoa salad with chickpeas
• Lentil curry with rice
• Steamed vegetables with whole wheat noodles

dessert

• Grilled bananas with chocolate
• Panna cotta with berries
• Cakes made from whole wheat flour
• Yogurt with chia seeds and fruits

Tips for a healthy New Year's Eve buffet

• Use lots of vegetables and fruits. Vegetables and fruits are important sources of vitamins and minerals.
• Pay attention to whole grain products. Whole grain products provide more fiber than white flour products.
• Choose low-fat and high-protein foods. Low-fat foods help you maintain your weight. Protein-rich foods fill you up well and support muscle building.

Our recipes

Vegetable salad with quinoa

Ingredients:

• 200g quinoa
• 200 g vegetables (e.g. peppers, cucumbers, carrots)
• 1 onion
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

1. Cook quinoa according to package instructions.
2. Wash vegetables and cut into cubes. Dice onion.
3. Heat olive oil in a pan and sauté onion until translucent.
4. Add vegetables and quinoa and fry briefly.
5. Season with lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Hummus with roasted vegetables

Ingredients:

• 200 g chickpeas (canned)
• 1 tbsp tahini
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1/2 lemon
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Water
• Salt and pepper to taste
• Vegetables of your choice (e.g. peppers, zucchini, eggplant)

Preparation:

1. Drain the chickpeas.
2. Peel the garlic clove and chop finely.
3. Squeeze lemon.
4. Puree all ingredients, except the vegetables, in a blender until fine. Add water little by little while blending until desired consistency is reached.
5. Wash vegetables and cut into pieces.
6. Bake the vegetables in the oven with a little oil, salt and pepper at 200 degrees Celsius for about 20 minutes.
7. Serve hummus with vegetables.

Vegetable sticks with herb quark

Ingredients:

• 1 bunch of carrots
• 1 bunch of cucumbers
• 1/2 pepper
• 1/2 celery
• 1 kohlrabi
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1/2 lemon
• 200 g quark
• 1/2 bunch of parsley
• 1/2 bunch of chives
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

• Mix the quark, parsley, chives, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a bowl.
• Cut the vegetable sticks into bite-sized pieces.

Fried eggplant with feta

Ingredients:

• 1 eggplant
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 100g feta

Preparation:

1. Wash the eggplant and cut into slices.
2. Heat olive oil in a pan and fry the eggplant slices on both sides.
3. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Sprinkle with feta.

Main courses

Fried vegetables with tofu or tempeh

Ingredients:

• 200 g vegetables (e.g. peppers, zucchini, eggplant)
• 100g tofu or tempeh
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

1. Wash vegetables and cut into pieces. Cut tofu or tempeh into cubes.
2. Heat olive oil in a pan and fry vegetables in it.
3. Add tofu or tempeh and fry briefly.
4. Season with salt and pepper.

Baked fish with steamed kohlrabi

Ingredients:

• 200 g fish fillet
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 large kohlrabi
• 20g butter
• 3 tablespoons water
• Salt and pepper to taste

Preparation:

1. Wash the fish fillet and pat dry. Season with salt and pepper.
2. Heat olive oil in a pan and fry the fish fillet on both sides.
3. Bake the fish in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Celsius for about 10 minutes.
4. Peel the kohlrabi, halve it, then cut it into thick slices and then crosswise into even sticks.
5. Heat butter in a pot and briefly sauté the sticks in it.
6. Add salt and water, put the lid on and simmer the vegetables for about 10 minutes until the sticks are soft but still have a bit of a bite.

Lentil curry with rice

Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 30 minutes Servings: 4

Ingredients:

• 200 g red lentils
• 1 tbsp oil
• 1 onion
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 cm ginger
• 1 pepper
• 1 zucchini
• 1 can of tomatoes (400 g)
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 200 g basmati rice

Preparation:

1. Cover the lentils with water in a pot and simmer for about 20 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, prepare the vegetables: Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic. Peel and grate ginger. Wash the peppers and zucchini and cut them into cubes.
3. Heat oil in a pan and sauté onion, garlic and ginger until translucent.
4. Add the peppers and zucchini and fry for about 5 minutes.
5. Add tomatoes, curry powder, salt and pepper and simmer for about 10 minutes.
6. Cook rice according to package instructions.
7. Serve the lentils and curry sauce with the rice.

Pork fillet grill skewer

Ingredients for 4 persons:

• 4 pork fillets (approx. 200 g each)
• 1 pepper
• 1 zucchini
• 1 onion
• 1 bunch of parsley
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• salt and pepper

Preparation:

1. Pat the pork fillet dry and cut into cubes.
2. Wash the peppers and cut them into cubes.
3. Wash the zucchini and cut into cubes.
4. Peel the onion and cut it into quarters.
5. Wash and chop the parsley.
6. Mix the pork tenderloin, peppers, zucchini, onion and parsley in a large bowl.
7. Season the cubes with olive oil, salt and pepper.
8. Place the cubes on wooden skewers.
9. Grill the skewers on the grill or in the pan until the meat is cooked through.

Tips:

• The pork tenderloin can also be sliced ​​and fried.
• The vegetables can be varied as desired.
• For example:
  • Mushrooms
  • tomatoes
  • Corn
  • Garlic
• Soak the wooden skewers in water for half an hour beforehand.

Dessert

Grilled bananas with chocolate

Ingredients:

• 2 ripe bananas
• 1 tbsp butter
• 100 g dark chocolate, chopped

Preparation:

1. Preheat the grill/pan to medium heat.
2. Halve the bananas lengthways.
3. Place the banana halves on the grill and grill until lightly browned, about 2 minutes per side.
4. Sprinkle the grilled banana halves with the chopped chocolate and serve.

• You can also use other types of chocolate for the grilled bananas, e.g. E.g. milk chocolate or white chocolate.

Panna cotta with berries

Ingredients:

• 500 ml cream
• 100g sugar
• 1 packet of vanilla sugar
• 6 sheets of gelatin
• 500 g fresh berries (e.g. strawberries, raspberries, blueberries)

Preparation:

1. Heat the cream, sugar and vanilla sugar in a saucepan and bring to the boil.
2. Soak the gelatin in cold water.
3. Pour the hot cream mixture into a bowl and dissolve the soaked gelatine in it.
4. Pour the panna cotta into molds and let it solidify in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours.
5. Remove the panna cotta from the refrigerator and garnish with fresh berries. You can also use other types of berries, e.g. E.g. currants, gooseberries or blueberries.

Cakes made from whole wheat flour

Ingredients:

• 125g wholemeal flour
• 100g sugar
• 1 packet of baking powder
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 egg
• 150 ml milk
• 50 ml rapeseed oil

Preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (top/bottom heat).
2. Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
3. Whisk egg, milk and oil together in a separate bowl.
4. Add the liquid ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix into a smooth dough.
5. Pour the dough into a greased muffin tin and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes. The cakes are ready when they are no longer doughy. You can check this by piercing the center with a toothpick. If the toothpick comes out clean, the dough is no longer doughy.

Yogurt with chia seeds and fruits

Ingredients:

• 200 g natural yogurt
• 2 tbsp chia seeds
• 100 g fresh fruit (e.g. strawberries, raspberries, blueberries)

Preparation:

1. Place chia seeds in a bowl and mix with 100 ml water.
2. Let the chia seed mixture soak for about 15 minutes and drain.
3. Place yogurt in a bowl and mix with chia seed mixture and fresh fruit.
4. Serve yogurt with chia seeds and fruit immediately or store in the refrigerator.