I’m again and this time it’s with MY favourite recipes from 2024! These are the recipes that I completely couldn’t get sufficient of this previous 12 months and ones that I’ve come again to repeatedly as a result of they’re simply THAT good.
So scroll the listing beneath… you may discover recipes that you just personally cherished this 12 months or maybe some new to you recipes that you just’re planning to place in your must-make listing so you possibly can see what the fuss is all about.
1. Sesame Roasted Greens and Chickpeas with Garlic Tahini Yogurt Sauce
That is a kind of recipes that I merely couldn’t cease consuming. The candy and tangy lovely roasted veggies and chickpeas in a sesame ginger sauce paired completely over a tahini yogurt sauce. And let’s not overlook about all the recent herbs that make this style recent. I scooped it up with pita, however placing it on high of a mattress of jasmine rice or pearl couscous can be a dreamy, wholesome dinner.
2. Really Distinctive Salted Banana Chocolate Chunk Cookies
I used to be extremely stunned that I cherished these as a lot as I did. The primary chew drew me in with it’s deep, wealthy, caramelized banana taste. The dough hints of brown butter and cinnamon, and with every chew you get puddles of darkish chocolate with that flaky salt. Severely probably the greatest bites I’ve had in a very long time.
3. Sluggish Cooker Gochujang Rooster Sandwiches
Please don’t skip out on these sandwiches! OMG I cherished how spicy and barely candy and are tremendous straightforward to pop within the gradual cooker for a simple dinner. Belief me after I say that these are one of many best, tastiest dinners you can serve a wide range of methods. Strive serving the hen over rice for a superb high-protein meal prep!
4. Scoop It Up Kale Couscous Salad
Top-of-the-line salads I’ve ever had in my life. Severely. It’s one in every of tangy and zesty flavors because of a good looking lemon French dressing and the crunchy, candy pickled crimson onions, tangy feta, shiny inexperienced olives and tons of recent herbs. This might be unimaginable served with my scorching honey salmon from my cookbook. Please make it asap! You gained’t remorse it.
5. Strawberry ‘Almond Croissant’ Puff Pastry Tarts
Are you totally obsessive about almond croissants like me? Do you’re keen on something and the whole lot almond flavored? Then you might want to strive these lovely, straightforward strawberry almond croissant puff pastry tarts. They’re essentially the most excellent spring brunch (or actually anytime you’re feeling such as you need one thing lovely for brunch!) The puff pastry will get golden and crispy and there’s an scrumptious almond filling plus the crunch of sliced almonds that get fantastically toasted and golden within the oven. Make asap and put together to fall in love!
6. Sheet Pan Herby Lemon Garlic Rooster and Potatoes
A go-to dinner for our household! I completely LOVE how scrumptious and EASY this sheet pan meal is. The tangy lemon dressing and marinade creates tender hen plus golden, tender potatoes. Serve it throughout that zippy, peppery arugula after which high with feta and plenty of recent herbs. So good, so easy. A must-make dinner!
7. Sluggish Cooker Italian Rooster Sandwiches
UTTERLY OBSESSED with this recipe!! I like making it after I’m entertaining as a result of it’s a recipe that everybody loves and it’s straightforward to throw collectively. For this one, I basically took the flavors of Italian beef (a Chicago-staple!) and used hen as a substitute, as a result of frankly, I simply love hen greater than beef. The hen comes out tender, there’s a little bit warmth from the giardiniera and there’s essentially the most unimaginable tang from pepperoncini. Throw it in a sandwich and name it a day!
8. Grilled Turmeric Lime Rooster Bowls
I like this recipe as a result of it jogs my memory of rising cucumbers in my backyard. I used to be so proud they grew so lovely and I used to be impressed to make a crunchy cucumber avocado salad, then determined to whip up a candy and savory marinade for some grilled hen and serve it over spicy, gingery garlic ramen noodles. Really a dinner I couldn’t cease consuming.
9. Peanut Butter Protein Cookie Dough Bites
I like peanut butter and I like cookie dough, so alas, this recipe was born out of my love for candy little treats and my ardour for getting in optimum vitamin. This was a recipe I couldn’t cease making. To me, they felt like the proper little candy chew after I was in the course of writing my cookbook and wanted a fast nutritious snack. Belief me after I say you HAVE to make this recipe. My kiddos love this one and so do I!
10. Vanilla Brown Sugar Oatmeal Latte Cookies with Espresso Icing
One other favourite cookie from AK Cookie Week this 12 months! Oatmeal cookies are at all times going to be on the highest of my listing however once you add brown butter, darkish brown sugar and espresso powder, it’s going to be a assured winner!! I actually can’t believed how a lot you all cherished these!
11. Brilliant & Herby Lemongrass Rooster Inexperienced Curry
Enjoyable reality about me: curry is one in every of my favourite meals. I like how warming it feels and the nourishing elements and loads of veggies make me glad. This one has lemongrass, which isn’t vital however does provides a freshness and brightness to the curry. It is a nice, fast and straightforward recipe for meal prep. Don’t overlook to high this one with TONS of recent herbs and put together to go to flavortown.
12. Spicy Brown Butter Goat Cheese Pasta with Candy Corn & Honey Roasted Butternut Squash
There are in order that many unimaginable flavors on this, it’s laborious to not wish to make it. The candy squash! The spicy BROWN BUTTER & GOAT CHEESE pasta! The little bites of candy corn! Plus the pickled jalapenos? Really a dream. Do that one with orecchiette pasta subsequent and also you’ll be in love, too.
13. The Most Scrumptious Breakfast Cookies
My 4 12 months outdated son used to wake me up at 5:30am begging to make these breakfast cookies. I used to be glad to crawl away from bed and begin baking, as a result of not solely do these cookies convey a smile to his face, however they’re additionally filled with vitamin because of peanut butter, oats, hemp, chia and flax! SO FREAKING GOOD. We maintain these within the freezer always now and on busy mornings I’ll throw one in my son’s lunchbox, or I’ll munch on these for a fast post-workout refuel.
14. Spicy Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Parmesan & Chili Crisp
I imply the image kinda says all of it, proper? They’re simply so lovely, insanely crunchy, spicy and served with essentially the most scrumptious yogurt sauce for dipping and cooling the brussels down. Excellent served with hen or salmon. Really only a incredible facet dish that I’ll be making once more quickly!
15. One Pan Baked Pesto Orzo with Rooster Meatballs
One other household favourite! And that is filled with each protein and tons of veggies! There’s golden brown umami-rich mushrooms within the pesto orzo so as to add a lot of taste, and zucchini within the hen meatballs to assist maintain them moist and tender. I serve with one with a lot of crimson pepper flakes for one of the best one pan dinner.
16. Veggie-Packed Meat Sauce (freezer-friendly, nice for teenagers!)
A giant pot of this meat sauce was probably the most repeated meals in my kitchen this previous 12 months. It began as a approach to embody extra vitamin in my child’s diets, however after I realized how flavorful it was and the way a lot they cherished it, I’ve made it repeatedly. I adore it with spaghetti, pappardelle and linguine. Rigatoni or ziti is nice, too!
17. Lemon Pistachio Cake with Beautiful Lemon Frosting
This was the 2024 Valentine’s Day cake and it was really a favourite. I examined the recipe 5 or 6 instances simply to ensure it was excellent and I couldn’t be extra proud of it. The lemon pistachio mixture is such a pleasant shock and the lemon frosting is gentle and addictive. A should make!!
18. Pasta Pomodoro
That is one other repeat dinner in our home. I made this one numerous instances because of all of the little cherry and sungold tomatoes my beautiful backyard produced. I used to be at all times on the lookout for methods to make use of up the buckets of little tomatoes I picked and this straightforward pasta at all times delivered on taste and ease. This one’s nice with grilled shrimp or hen for a light-weight summer time dinner.
19. Zucchini & Sausage Baked Orzo with Sizzling Honey & Feta
Most likely probably the greatest one pan meals to make when you might want to deplete a ton of veggies! I like the zucchini, corn and bell pepper combo, plus the sausage, creamy orzo, tangy feta and scorching honey. Add some recent basil and also you’ve bought your self a loopy good, loopy nutritious dinner.
20. Curried Chickpea Couscous Salad
Want a fast vegetarian salad you possibly can take pleasure in all week lengthy? Then do this curried chickpea couscous. It nearly has each shade of the rainbow and the simplicity of it is without doubt one of the causes it’s so nice. You can also make this in about 20 minutes and it stays good in your fridge for days!
21. Espresso Yogurt Chocolate Chip Espresso Cake
Espresso and chocolate is one in every of my very favourite dessert combos and this cake is the whole lot I might need for a little bit breakfast deal with. The trace of brown butter and maple builds the flavour of the cake much more. Did I point out it has an espresso glaze? Yeah, you gotta make this one ASAP.
22. Sheet Pan Jalapeño Pistachio Rooster Meatball Bowls
If you need a high-protein dinner that feels a little bit spectacular, then make these! The flavors will shock you and also you’ll love constructing a wholesome bowl with layers of taste. Yum!
23. Salted Tahini Butterscotch Cookie Skillet
All of my favourite dessert flavors in a single GIANT cookie? It’s gonna be a hell sure from me. I like how the candy butterscotch pairs completely with the earthy tahini. Strive serving this with vanilla bean or a salted caramel ice cream. Greatest straightforward dessert ever!!!
24. Candy and Spicy Gochujang Rooster Bowls
I can’t imagine how good these had been. One other straightforward dinner favourite for my husband and I and even my mom in regulation commented on how good this recipe was. The candy and spicy hen is ideal over rice, in tacos or with pasta (rice noodles or pappardelle is incredible!)
25. Salted Butterscotch Zucchini Espresso Cake
Oh my gosh you guys! This one is simply dreamy! The brown sugar crumble. The candy butterscotch. The moist cinnamon-spiced cake. Please make this and luxuriate in with a cup of espresso. You’ll adore it, I promise.
I had the best possible 12 months and can’t thanks sufficient for being right here and persevering with to help Bold Kitchen! I couldn’t do that with out you.