Countdown to 2025: The Favorites
Counting down my favorite recipes of 2024 to ring in the new year!
Happy New Year! I’m wishing all of my readers a year of good health, good times, and, of course, good food! To wrap up the Countdown, the first of the year is always my favorite recipes of the past year. Some years I get my family to jump in, but this year, I simply did not have time. Below are my absolute favorite recipes that were posted in 2024 in no particular order :)
Sticky Basil Chicken - This recipe looked so simple on paper and I was really blown away by how great it was. I think I perhaps was thinking it was going to be Italian but it’s Asian and I’m excited to make it again soon because my local grocery store finally has Thai basil again!
Peppermint Bark Cookies - These are one of our favorite holiday cookies. I think all of us really love peppermint bark so it’s kind of a given that they make one of our favorite cookies.
Baked Bruschetta Chicken - I am a sucker for bruschetta, so this also was a given for a favorite.
Cheesy Jalapeno Bacon Bread - And here’s our jalapeno popper recipe for the favorites list. This is a fantastic appetizer and a definite crowd pleaser.
Best Potato Rolls - There is a reason I can’t rank these favorites and it’s because they’d all be vying for top spot. Honestly this one may be the top top recipe. I make them almost every single holiday. I’ve made them for a work Friendsgiving. Everyone raves about them, they are really just the best roll ever.
Strawberry Dump Cake - This is actually a crockpot recipe but I didn’t share it on the crockpot round up because I knew it was going to be on the favorites list. I still have entirely too many dump cakes to try out. Highly recommend this one!
Homemade Refried Beans - Another that may have almost made top spot - for whatever reason, all of the canned refried beans at the grocery store have not been good and I was on a mission to find a homemade one to replace the canned stuff. This one was the first I tried and it was literal perfection. No notes. This is it.
Sicilian Style Sheet Pan Pizza - This pizza was on the main dish round up but it gets to be on the favorites too. Easily my favorite pizza of the year!
Bang Bang Chicken - This is a family favorite that has been made too many times to count now and it was posted super late this year so I knew it wouldn’t make the most popular list. Panko makes the best breading and I won’t hear any arguments on that.
Carrot Cake Cheesecake - This was my birthday cake a few years ago - carrot cake is my favorite and I thought that this hybrid version would be wonderful. It was one of the best cakes I’ve ever had ever. I’m really tempted to make it my new every year birthday cake, but alas, too many recipes, too little time.
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