At the end of each year, I love to look back and see which recipes were the most popular. I usually have a good idea based on your feedback, but it’s nice to delve into Google Analytics and see which recipes were clicked on the most. Plus, I have a horrible memory. These days I can hardly remember what I made last week, let alone 12 months ago. From looking at this list, it looks like a nice balance of everyday eats with healthy but indulgent treats – just the way I like to eat in my day-to-day life. I think we’d get along just fine…..juuuuust fine.
Top Recipes from 2012 (#30-16)
#30. Falafel with a Twist
#29. Spiced Red Lentil, Kale, and Tomato Soup
#28. No Bake Peppermint Patty Bars
#27. Vegan Cookie Dough Freezer Fudge
#26. Crispy Breaded Tofu Strips
#25. Homemade Crispy Twix bars
#24. Homemade Bailey’s Irish Cream made Vegan
#23 On The Glow Basic Oatmeal Squares
#22 Lightened Up Sundried Tomato Basil Pesto Pasta
#20. Oh Mega Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies
#19. Sundried Tomato Cheezy Kale Chips
#18. Back On track Green Monster (Banana free)
#16. Endurance Crackers
The top 15 recipes will be coming up sometime next week, so keep your eyes peeled.
Have you made anything from this list? How did it go?
I forgot to say that I always add carrots to the lentil kale soup. Delicious!
Spiced kale and lentil soup….soooooo good.
I also really like Krispy twix bars. Huge hit for thanksgiving!
Love your site and recipes! Btw, you can order Chia seeds from Amazon.
Ohh, everything looks good, but the oatmeal bars are calling me! On my must make list!
Hi Angela,
I’m reading your blog often and it’s very inspiring reading not only your recipies but also some stuff about your life :)
I was very curious if your kids are gonna be vegan as well ? Very curious…
Thanks Michelle, I’m glad you are enjoying the blog!
If we do have kids someday, that will be for them to decide. Of course, our house is mostly plant-based now (except for dairy milk that Eric uses), but if they go to friends and have meat or ice cream or what have you, that will be their call. Kids need to be kids and try new things, I understand this. Hopefully being raised in a house with a vegan focus, they will grow up loving those foods anyway.
^ I’m nowhere near having kids but if I were to have them, my approach would be the same as this. I’d just let them make up their own mind, in general.
Thanks Angela for your reply. You mentioned before that Eric eats meat once in a while. Do you think he will want the kids to try it? I’m very curious what he thinks about kids being vegan. And how he ended up not eating meat anymore…. My fiance is not a vegan and he is not very happy about me wanting to rise them in a vegan home. He even says that he will learn how to cook meat in order to feed his kids…Of course its their choice what they are gonna eat later on, but I wanted to introduce them to a vegan lifestyle first. If they decide to eat meat after, then I totally understand.
(Our home is currently vegan. My fiance eats non vegan stuff at work and whenever he has a chance to eat out. But besides that he could care less if there is meat at home. He’s happy with my cooking…)
Given how often I stop by the blog, I can’t believe I’ve never tried any of these recipes! Lentil soup is on my list for this coming Monday, and I totally need to try those onion rings!
Has anyone ever eaten the oatmeal bars during long runs?? I’m a marathoner and I only eat “real food” on long runs. Right now I’m been eating Nutri-grain bars… more real than gu, but still not that real.
Thank you for all of the delicious recipes. Your site is definitely my “go to” site and I’ve made many of your recipes! From this list, I’ve made the falafels, rolos, twix bars, peppermint patties, green monsters, baked tofu, and the lentil soup (I used green but it still turned out SOOOOO good and is one of my families favorites). Endurance crackers are next on my list and I’m currently munching on a small jar of baked oatmeal with homemade butter – both your recipes! Thank you for all you do! Can you recommend any other yummy vegan websites that you enjoy?
*pumpkin* butter :)
Many of these are going on my to make list, can’t wait for the next 15!
It’s always nice to get a reminder of your recipes. You have posted so many that this is a great refresher. I’ve made the Bailey’s and the Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Pasta. I WANT to make the baked onion rings. I used to hate onion rings, probably because I hated onions as a kid, but now I love them! I just hate the fried oily part. I totally forgot you had these in your recipes. Thanks again!
Make some version of the Green Monster daily… Now it’s time to try out some cheesy kale chips! Thanks for all the great ideas:)
The Endurance crackers sound great; making crackers would be a first.
Ah, you are such an inspiration! Thank you for this list…I just made an Asian Superfood Soup…the Crispy Tofu Strips will be PERFECT to go on the side ;)
LOVED the freezer fudge. It turned out I didn’t process the almonds enough (fear of generating butter) so the end result was very crumbly instead of cohesive and fudgy (be warned) but it still tasted delicious!
Making the Tomato Lentil Kale Soup this weekend! Can’t wait! Thanks so much for your recipes :-)
That red lentil soup is the BOMB. It’s one of my go-tos (with a few small tweaks, of course… I am a tweaker). There are a few more yummies on there I need to try, too!
I’m so glad that you did this round-up. Now when I’m planning my menu for this week, I can just be lazy and look in one place! :)
I have all the ingredients for the endurance crackers and I can’t wait to try them!
I am completely in love with your Spiced Red Lentil and Kale soup. It is so awesome that I’ve made it several times in the last couple of months and shared the recipe with my mom, who loves it too! I make it in big batches and freeze it in meal-size containers to take to work for lunch.
Since I almost never have all of the ingredients any recipe calls for on hand, I’m a queen of substitution. I’ve made this soup once with celeriac instead of celery, and once with carrots instead of celery. Both were superb.
I can’t thank you enough for this soup! It’s made me a loyal follower of your blog!
Thank you so much Caroline! I’m so happy you enjoy it and thanks for the tips on the substitutions.
I made the “Rolos” yesterday and they were soooooo yummy and easy to make! My husband thought they were better than the real deal. Tonight I’m making the Red Lentil Soup for dinner since it is a cool, drizzly day here in FL! I know it will be great ~ I love all your recipes!
Thanks!
Beth
Hi Beth, so glad to hear you enjoyed them!! :) Thanks for your kind words. Enjoy the soup!
I tried out the tomato lentil kale soup the other day. It was so delicious and extra nutritious!
Can’t wait to try out the falafel next.