Most Popular Recipes of 2024

Thank you!

Thanks to everyone for being here with me. I love coming up with new recipes and with reworking and updating old recipes.

This year I mostly made new recipes for you, with a couple of remakes of older recipes.  At least this year I had a kitchen for most of the months (unlike last year with the home remodel).

Favorites you may have missed

Not every recipe can make the top 10 even though I think they all deserve to! So, here are some of my favorite recipes that you may have missed.

I’ve broken them down into groups: coffee, tailgating snacks, side dishes, main dishes, and desserts.

Make sure to keep scrolling to see all the top 10 recipes towards the bottom of the post.

coffee

I’m going to call 2024 the year of the coffee for me! I took on the task of trying all the coffee places in Old Towne Orange, CA and post about them on Instagram. Not only did I succeed, but it turned into an iced coffee outing anytime I went out. Especially for new places I went. So, I gathered a lot of them up, in my Old Towne Orange Coffee Guide. I’ll update this guide whenever I have new places to add, so don’t forget to bookmark or pin this post for later so you can check back for more.

Of course, that translated into coffee recipes for the blog. I’ve also included in this category the simple syrup recipes that I posted. Philz Iced Mint Mojito, Iced Lavender Latte, Cardamom Simple Syrup, and Ginger Syrup.

tailgating snacks

Tailgating snacks month moved from October to September this year so that I could dedicate more time to Halloween recipes. There were some amazing appetizers and snacks that come out for all your football watching parties! If I do say so myself!  Check out the entire team of recipes for 2024.

If there’s one recipe you try from this year’s tailgating snacks, it should be the Pizza Biscuits!!! They were an amazing stand out to me! Some of the other great recipes are Mini sandwich bites, French Onion Soup Dip (which actually just missed the top 10 coming in at #11), and the cookies and cream football.

side dishes

I make these toaster oven cheesy hashbrowns all the time around here, so I had to add them to my favorites! Cheddar Scalloped Potatoes is the best potato side dish I’ve had in a long time, and Slow Cooker Mushroom Farro can double as a main dish for vegetarians.

main dishes

That brings us to the many main dishes that were stand outs through the year. I think I focused on several mains because I had access to a full working kitchen again, and it felt so good to provide nourishing meals again.

I absolutely love this meatless meat sauce recipe. It’s so good and makes a big pot full of sauce. It’s also stellar in my Meatless Meat Lasagna. And don’t worry, there’s no fake meat products in these recipes.

We make these Spicy Grilled Shrimp all the time. They’re perfect in a bowl, in tacos, as appetizers dipped in a fun sauce, or just by themselves. These really are a mush make!

And, during the Christmas season I shared a recipe for authentic Ukrainian Meatless Cabbage Rolls or Hulubtsi. It’s a recipe that’s near and dear to my heart, and reminds me of my mom and my grandma.

desserts

Dessert continues to be one of the most popular categories here! And there were several stand outs that made the top 10. Here are a couple that I just had to share as well. Egg Tarts are a traditional Chinese dessert that you can make at home with amazing results! And my Peanut Butter Stuffed Chocolate Cookies have been on the blog for many years and got a makeover. They’re so good and really easy to make!

Most Popular Recipes

The 10 Most Popular Recipes of 2024: the year in review, as determined by your visits to the recipe. Starting with number 10 and working our way to the top!

10. How to Make Cold Foam Like I said, it’s the year of the coffee! And I love an iced latte with cold foam. It’s easy to make at home too, and you’ll save lots of money.

9. Homemade Chai Concentrate is another coffee house special that you can make at home and save money. I make this concentrate all the time, and it’s so good. Part of what I like about it is that you can adjust it to your taste. Like it spicier? Not as spicy? More cardamom? You get it!

8. Jubilee Jumbles Cookies are an old recipe from Betty Crocker’s Cooky Carnival recipe booklet from 1955. A simple soft cookie filled with nuts and topped with an amazing browned butter frosting.

7. Mozzarella Cheese Skulls are a great addition to Halloween, and they take just 30 seconds in the microwave or about 7 minutes in the oven. Pop them in salads, on appetizers, on charcuterie boards, really anywhere you like. The same basic recipe can be used for any holiday too. Check out my pictures for footballs. And, I’ll be updating the post with different holidays as we go along.

6. I love the toaster oven, even when I have a full kitchen. And I created this Toaster Oven Grilled Cheese when my kitchen was under construction. The sandwich is perfect comfort food that anyone can make – even in dorm rooms or apartments with tiny kitchens.

5. Cottage Cheese Bread My love affair with all things cottage cheese continued with this viral cottage cheese bread. Easy to make, and great as a sandwich bread replacer. I’ll be continuing the love of high protein cottage cheese snacks into 2025 so stay tuned!

4. How to make cheese crisps has been on my blog for several years, but with this update I brought you directions for making them in the microwave, the oven, the air fryer, and on the stove top, as well as a name change. You can eat these on a cheese plate, as a low carb chip replacer, on salads, instead of croutons on soup, on burgers, oh the list is endless.

3. Garlic Parmesan Cream Sauce recipe has been on my blog for many years, and it’s always been popular.  It’s perfect comfort food that’s easy to make and it goes with everything – pasta, chicken, beef, vegetables. It’s not surprising to me that this is high on the list!

2. You guys love the cottage cheese recipes as much as I do! Lemon Cottage Cheese Pudding is an easy to make lightly sweet dessert treat that gets rave reviews. It’s high in protein and low in sugar.

1. And by far, I mean like double the number of views, coming in at number 1 is my Pepper Jelly Cheese Dip that people can’t seem to get enough of. Rave reviews, lots of love, and such a fun recipe. It’s another one that I made while I had no kitchen, so it holds a special place in my heart that I can make something with no kitchen and it’s still loved by so many people. A great big thank you!