A little over a week ago, I put a call out for food bloggers the world over to share the recipes they’re most proud of from 2014.
Here they are. Get your tastebuds ready…
Breakfast
- Maple and Peanut Butter Oatmeal Waffles GF (as pictured)
- Eggs & Bacon Oatmeal Breakfast Pizza
- Apple Chunk Breakfast Cake
- Carrot Jam
- Holiday Baked Oatmeal
Starters, sides and canapés
- Walnut and Lentil Pate (as pictured)
- Copycat Cheddar Bay Biscuits
- Smoky Paprika Coleslaw
- Kale and tofu side dish
- Stuffed Dates with Walnuts
- Sweet Potato Souffle
- Mushroom pate with orange and thyme
- Roasted Beetroot and Butterbean Soup
Satisfying mains
- Mixed Vegetable Masala (as pictured)
- Corned Beef Hash Lasagne
- Creamy mushroom stroganoff
- Spaghetti all’agliata
- Spaghetti alle vongole (clams)
- Schnitzel
- Roast Sea Bass with potatoes
- Malai kofta curry
- Langarwali Aloo Gobhi ki Subji
- Garlic Chicken
- Cheesy Rosemary Meatball Bake
- Avocado Pesto Chicken Mexica Pizza
- Aubergine Parmigiana
- Japanese-style Yakitori Chicken Hearts
- Lucknowi-Style Lamb Biryani
- Sous Vide Steak
- Ginger & Mustard Marinated Pork Chops w/ Swiss Chard
- Tuna Steak au Poivre
Lunches and lighter mains
- Grilled tofu, bok choy, red chilli and soba noodle (as pictured)
- Savoury Summer Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Tart GF
- Warm Chicken Salad
- Chorizo & Pepper Potatoes
- Lemon & Dill Barbecue Salmon Kabobs
- Halloumi and Pepper Stack
- Easy Veggie Pizza to Make with kids
- Pumpkin and Feta Pie (no pastry)
- Paleo Thanksgiving Meatballs
Drinks
- Luxurious Mulled Wine (as pictured)
- Pimms Mojito!
- Spiced orange white hot chocolate
- Spiced Ginger Eggnog
- Copycat Starbucks Gingerbread Latte (Paleo, GF, V)
Breads
- Poppy seed, fruit and nut bread (as pictured)
- Everyday Bread Rolls
- Sweet and Spicy Christmas Tree Bread
- Chestnut Chocolate Bread Wreath
Cakes, traybakes and swiss rolls
- Easy and delicious strawberry and rosewater cream swiss roll (as pictured)
- Savoury Summer Upside Down Cake – gluten free
- Edd Kimber’s Mixed Berry Traybake
- Bake Escape Iced Gems Pinata Cake
- Eastern European Layer Cake with Strawberry Cream
- Chocolate Mousse Cake on Hazelnut Crust
- Chocolate Orange Cake
- Blackberry Eton Mess Cake
- Rainbow Pinata Cupcakes
- Rainbow Cupcakes
- Christmas Pudding Cupcakes
- Chocolate Piñata Cake
- Malibu rum cake
- Honey & Date-Syrup Swiss-Roll
- Mulled Wine Chocolate Cupcakes
- Salted Caramel Chocolate Fudge Cake
- Quadruple Chocolate Cupcakes
- Simple gooey brownies
- Peach & Clementine Bundt Cake with Drizzle Syrup
- Ginger & White Chocolate Hi Hat Cupcakes
- Snow Globe Christmas Cake
- Toblerone Chocolate Cake
- Chocolate Cake with Eggnog & Peppermint Drizzle
- Christmas Florentines
- Lily Vanilli’s Mini Plum Cakes
- Ginger Café Gourmand
Cookies and biscuits
- Cake Mix Biscotti w/ Craisins & White Chocolate (as pictured)
- Eggless Chocolate Chips Cookie
- French Macarons with Mint Chocolate
- Mince Pie Cookies
- Snickerdoodle Cookies
- Delicious jam Linzer cookies
- Eggless Baked Kalkal
- Christmas Shortbread
- Catâ’s Tongue Cookies
- White Lotus Sandwich Cookies
- Christmas Gingerbread House
- Fresh Ginger Cookies
Pastries, Puddings and Pies
- Delia’s Apple Pie with Cheddar Crust (as pictured)
- Choux Cygnets
- Lemon Tart
- Campfire Style Nutella S’mores Pie
- Mince Pies
- Black Forest Chocolate Pudding
- Tarte Normande
- Longan Red Dates with Tang Yuan (Rice balls)
- Burnt Apple & Bourbon Ice Cream
- Teurgoule – Normandy Rice Pudding
- Spiced Poached Pear and Frangipane Brioche Tarts
- Pavlova
- Elderflower cordial & prosecco jelly with raspberries
Cheesecakes
- S’mores Cheesecake (as pictured)
- Mini Malteser Cheesecake
- Raspberry chocolate chip cheesecake
- Blackberry-Coconut Chocolate Nobble Cheesecake (gluten free)
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Mini Cheesecake Cupcakes
Lollies, bars and bites
- Cauliflower and Chocolate Ice Lollies with Pistachios (as pictured)
- Healthy Date, Walnut and Seed Truffles
- Peanut Butter & Jelly Pretzels Bars
- Chocolate & peanut Butter Banana Bites
- Gingerbread Candy Trail Mix
So that’s it! 2014 was an incredible year for food blogging. Huge thanks to everyone who contributed – I hope to see you all in 2015 for more fun with food :)
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry says
What a fab selection Emily. I will be testing a few of these.
Mike Adams says
Emily, those waffles look to die for!!!
Happy New Year! :)
Mel says
Happy New Year! What a fab round-up of recipes, Emily! I love the fact you’ve categorised them. The mixed veg masala looks delicious! Thanks for featuring my mulled wine recipe.
Michelle Utterlyscrummy says
What a great round up Emily, must have taken ages to put together. A brilliant way to get fresh inspiration for another year of cooking and baking :)
Arman @ thebigmansworld says
Thank you so much for putting all the hard work in this, Emily! 2014 was awesome and here’s to an epic 2015-
Off topic but my sister is watching TOWIE…..
Winnie says
It’s a great round-up of recipes, and thank you so much for including some of mine, and featuring my S’mores Cheesecake :)
I wish you a wonderful New-Year!!
Ren says
Wow what a round up. And I’ve even spotted some Paleo meatballs so I’ll be giving those a try on my new regime. All the best for 2015
Matt @ Plating Pixels says
Such a tasty list! Thanks for including some of my recipes and my photo. Looking forward to browsing through all these recipes.
Jess Paterson says
What a fantastic collection – will be referring back to it many a time! The veggie masala looks delicious for starters. Happy new year!
Jen @ Blue Kitchen Bakes says
Such a great round up of recipes Emily, definitely bookmarking this post to try some of them out during the year.
Kavey says
Such a great collection of recipes, thank you so much for including mine.
Elizabeth says
What a massive round up! I’ve made those chocolate cauliflower lollies (the last photo) and they were yum! Wishing you all the best for the New Year :)
becky says
Oh what a totally brilliant collection of recipes thanks Em! Happy new year
Catherine says
Dear Emily, I don’t know how to thank you enough for featuring my recipes in your annual roundup! What an honor to be on this list. Wishing you and your dear ones the very best for 2015. May it filled with love and joy. xo, Catherine
Natalie Ray says
These look amazing, I’m earmarking this for reference during the year. I’m particularly loving the sheer number of puddings and good veggie recipes. If I’d seen your request I’d have submitted my mulled elderflower wine recipe. Maybe next year.x
Working mum Blog says
Thank you for putting this together and for including my canapé recipe on here. There are some lovely recipes included that I would love to try this year.
Kaila @healthyhelperblog! says
Thank you so much for featuring my recipes!!! <3
TheBoyandMe says
Thank you so much for including me!
Jaime Oliver says
Wow Emily there are some amazing recipes here and lots I would love to try in the coming year. Thanks for including 2 of mine :-)
Wishing you all the best for 2015 x