Showing posts with label recipes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recipes. Show all posts

Top 10 Recipes of 2013

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

I haven't done much recipe posting lately, but I still had fun checking out what the top 10 viewed recipes of 2013 were.  Hope you have a happy new year!   Happy cooking!


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Top 12 Recipes of 2012

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

I've gone through our blog stats and found the twelve most popular recipes of 2012, based on highest number of pageviews!   Most of them weren't too much of a surprise, since most of the list were also family favorites or on last year's  Top Recipes of 2011.  It's fun to see which recipes made you the most excited!

12.  Brown Sugar Buttercream Frosting--a great recipe for frosting when you're all out of powdered sugar!

11.  Reese's Rice Krispy Treats--Chocolate, peanut butter, and rice krispies.....what's not to love about these fun treats?

10.  Easy Chocolate Pretzel Bites--easy peasy and easy to store, we make these every Christmas

9.  White Chocolate Strawberry Cookies--Fresh strawberries in a cookie?  Yeah, they're good!

8.  French Peasant Bread--No kneading needed for this amazing bread.  I've got my kids trained to make this for us. 

7.  Five things to do with Chicken Nuggets--If you're looking for ways to dress up the ever-convenient chicken nuggets and make them into a nice meal....this is the post for you!


6.  Angry Bird Pizza--perfect for the angry bird loving kid in your life

5.  Chicken Pasta Salad--fresh and tasty, this pasta salad is one of my family's all-time favorite meals!

4.  Bratwurst in a Slow Cooker--Who needs a grill when you've got a crockpot to cook your bratwurst?

3.  Garlic Chicken Pasta with Spinach--this classic is a reader favorite and a family favorite!

2.  Blueberry and Spinach Smoothie--This general recipe makes for a great tasting super food smoothie!  We have these 3-4 times a week!
and my #1 recipe for 2012 and all-time is....

1.  Chicken Parmesan in the Crockpot--an old family favorite made nice and easy in the crockpot! 




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Most Popular Recipes of 2011

Sunday, January 1, 2012

It was interesting to look back at our stats through the year to see which recipes were the most popular.  Some of them I knew about and expected, but others were a surprise to me.  All of them, however, are recipes we love at our house too, so I'm happy that they're getting out there in the blog world too! 

10.  Thai Chicken Pasta--this dish is also on my favorite meal list, so it didn't surprise me to find it on our top 10 most viewed recipes as well. 

9.  Blueberry and Spinach Smoothie--this recipe is one we have at least once or twice per week at our house


8.  Fresh Strawberry Frosting--this frosting isn't the prettiest if you're looking to make a cake look fancy, but if you're looking for fresh strawberry taste, this is the recipe for you!

7.  Easy Chocolate Pretzel Bites--super easy and tasty too, we love to keep the ingredients for these on hand during the holidays

6.  Potato Kielbasa Skillet--my husband loves this meat and potatoes meal

5.  French Peasant Bread--another favorite of ours, we make this one at least once a week at our house!

4. Chicken Pasta Salad--full of veggies and yet it's one of our family's very favorite meals of all time.  I find it humorous when my son puts "pasta salad" down as his favorite food on his star-of-the-week forms at school, while everyone else's say cookies or cake or something of the sort. 

3.  Chicken Parmesan in the Slow Cooker--easy, cheesy, and oh so good!  

2.  Garlic Chicken Pasta with Spinach--full of flavor and healthy, my daughter is always asking when I'm going to make this next


And the #1 most viewed recipe in 2011 was:

1.  Makeover Chicken Crescents--a 'healthified' version of an old favorite, this meal is one of my family's most requested meals of all time and this year has found a few more fans out there too! 

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Top 10 Referrers from 2011--

To fellow bloggers and facebookers--thank you for linking up to Recipe Shoebox. 
Here's a glimpse of our top referrers from the year. 

1.  Organizing Junkie
2.  Facebook--Someday I'll figure out how to better intertwine Facebooking with blogging, but in the meantime a big thanks to all of you who link up their favorite recipes from Recipe Shoebox onto their Facebook feed!
3.  Cookie Crazie
4.  Pinterest--check out all the recipes I've been eyeing!
5.  Finding Joy in My Kitchen
6.  Coleen's Recipes
7.  See Jane in the Kitchen
8.  Tried and True Cooking with Heidi
9.  Stumble Upon
10.  A Blog About Food


Thanks for visiting Recipe Shoebox this year! 

Happy new year! 


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Head on over to Finding Joy in my Kitchen for lots more Most Popular recipes of 2011.
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Best Dessert Recipes (of 2011)

Saturday, December 31, 2011

The final day of Finding Joy in My Kitchen's countdown to 2012 is perhaps the sweetest of all...BEST DESSERTS of 2011!  This was exceptionally hard to whittle down to only our favorites, but with the help of my family (and google analytics) I've come up with the following list.  Happy New Year! 

Easy No-Bake Cheesecake--with just four ingredients to whip together, this is the easiest cheesecake you'll ever make! 


White Chocolate Strawberry Cookies
--after searching for a way to use up some fresh strawberries, I serendipitously came up with this unique cookie


How to Make the Perfect Pie Crus
t--a full picture tutorial on how to make the perfectly flaky pie crust


Brownie Bottom Cheesecake
--with brownies as the crust, this cheesecake is as beautiful as it is unforgettably delicious!

Homemade Hot Chocolate Mix--you'll never go back to the cheap powdered stuff again after trying this delectable version



Strawberry Cheesecake Bars
--yep, they're as good as they sound!

Brown Sugar Buttercream Frosting--my daughter's discovery, this recipe is great for when you're out of powdered sugar and need to make frosting

Hot Chocolate Cookies--with 4 packs of  hot chocolate mix inside and marshmallows on top, these cookies are oh so perfect for a winter day (or any day of the year for that matter)

Magic Shell Ice Cream Topping--you won't believe how cool it is until you make your own magic shell!

Easy Pretzel Turtle Bites--so simple, yet so good, these are great for a last-minute party food


Crockpot Chocolate Fudge Cake--better keep some vanilla ice cream on hand for this fudgy, chocolatey treat, straight out of the crockpot

Cinnamon Roll Cake--we just discovered this treasure, but already it's a big hit at our house!

Melting Snowman Cookies
--a hit with kids and adults, these adorable cookies are a perfect way to liven up a snowy winter's day!



Head on over to Finding Joy in my Kitchen for lots more Best Dessert recipes today.
 Countdown to 2011 with Finding Joy in My Kitchen

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Best Crockpot Recipes (of 2011)

Friday, December 30, 2011

I actually only got my first real crockpot  last Christmas, so it was fun for me to discover the joys of slow cooker cooking this year!   We definitely found some keepers along the way and Day 5 of Finding Joy in My Kitchen's countdown to 2012 spotlights our favorites.  If you're interested in seeing a full index of all of our crockpot recipes, click here. 

French Dip Sandwiches in the slow cooker
Chocolate Fudge Cake

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 Countdown to 2011 with Finding Joy in My Kitchen

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About This Blog

My name is Lara and while I'm definitely not a gourmet cook, I do love preparing tasty, healthy meals for my family. Finding new recipes to try and sharing the ones we've already fallen in love with is a passion I've had since college and the reason why I've started this blog! With five kids, I'm usually in a hurry, so you'll find most of these recipes kid friendly and simple to make.

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