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• Avocados stuffed with hot smoked salmon, cilantro and lemon chipotle mayonnaise

I like to serve these as an appetizer portion in a cleansing New Year’s Day lunch to help ring in the year on a healthy note after weeks of eating decadently. <br /> <br />With cool, green flesh serving as the backdrop for the tropical pink orange hue of the hot smoked fish, these first course lovelies are certainly easy on the eyes. But they can be tricky little buggers to tuck into if you don’t take a few precautionary measures in the kitchen to ensure these appetizers are eater friendly in the dining room. First, taking a small slice off the fruit’s backside will help it sit evenly on the plate. Secondly, using the small end of melonballer to elongate the natural hole left by the pit’s removal allows the salmon salad to nestle neatly into the curve of the avocado. <br /> <br />These appetizers are preceded by sparkling pomegranate and lemon juice mocktails and spiced nuts mixed with dried sour cherries to pass. And they are followed by chickpea and potato soup with cayenne pepper and winter greens as the main course and blueberry-cinnamon compote served with Greek yogurt and honey for dessert. <br /> <br />This menu incorporates cleansing anti-oxidant rich fruits, good-fat rich proteins and fiber-filled vegetables. Most of the courses are united with variant combinations of metabolism-boosting spices -- cumin, coriander, cinnamon and chili – which meld with a variety other ingredients so that your guests won’t think you’re going to all this trouble merely for their health, but are doing so strictly for their pleasure. <br /> <br />All ingredients can be purchased days in advance, some dishes can be made the day before, and no recipe takes longer than 45 minutes to pull together. So don’t fret if you need to lie in a bit to sleep off the previous night’s festivities, you can just chalk it up to your vow to get more shut eye. <br />

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