My Most Popular (Best) Recipes of 2016 & of All Time

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2016 is behind us.  It seems there is a collective agreement that it was just a hideous year.  Too many legends lost, for a majority of voters – a lost election.  For the first time in history, a candidate with 3 million fewer votes than his rival has won the election.  But for me – this year will always be defined by the loss of that gorgeous boy above – my beautiful & perfect Memphis.  He died at 7 unexpectedly & inexplicably.  The scar on my heart is still as raw as it was in June – when he left us.   I am not sure everyone knows this – but your i-phone can make slide shows for you.  Mine made this on Sunday & it left me sobbing.  Memphis was VERY special & losing him has been too brutal for words.

Anyway – I thought I would recap the blog’s top recipes of 2016.   I will post them here from 10 to number 1!  Here they are:

NUMBER 10

Pasta with Romanesco Cauliflower (Broccoli), Lemon & Chili Flakes (Vegetarian or Vegan)

NUMBER 9

Vegan Hearts of Palm Crab Salad

NUMBER 8

Hearty Vegan Beef & Vegetable Stew for the Slow Cooker

NUMBER 7

Vegan Char Siu or Chinese BBQ Pork Ribs

NUMBER 6

Vegan Spicy Chicken Enchilada Soup with Homemade Red Enchilada Sauce – for the Slow Cooker or Stove Top

NUMBER 5

Vegan Creamy Dal Makhani Punjabi-Style (Black Gram/Urad Dal & Rajma) – for the Slow Cooker

NUMBER 4

Vegan Seared Garlic-Balsamic Mushrooms with Fresh Thyme & Creamy Polenta (Grits)

NUMBER 3

Vegan Big Mac Pizza with Copycat McDonald’s Special Sauce

NUMBER 2

Vegan Cabbage Rolls Stuffed with Grilled Eggplant, Mushrooms & Spinach

And – drum roll!

NUMBER 1 (sadly – not my own recipe but brilliant all the same!)

Vegan Rice Paper Bacon

And since #1 was not my recipe – here is the 11th place runner-up:

Vegan Ash Mash (Persian Mung Bean Soup) with Purple Kohlrabi & French Breakfast Radishes – for the Slow Cooker or Stove Top

And – probably my favorite recipes of the year:

10-Ingredient Vegan Eggplant Parmesan Mac & Cheese

10-Minute Spicy Vegan Sriracha Chicken & Broccoli Bowl

and a non-food-related rant:

And Now For Something Completely Different…Sex, Sexy Selfies & Sexism

And here are the top recipes of all time:

NUMBER 10

Spicy Southern Fried Cauliflower and Delta Dipping Sauce with Smashed Baked Potatoes and White Gravy and Buffalo Mac & Cheese

NUMBER 9

Chicken Shawarma with Garlic Paste (Toum) & Tzatziki Sauce (Vegan or Vegetarian)

NUMBER 8

No-Carb No-Pasta Grilled Garden Vegetable Lasagna with Basil Marinara

NUMBER 7

ZERO CALORIE ZERO CARB Vegan – Vegetarian Shirataki Pho

NUMBER 6

Margarita Pizza Quesadilla on Homemade Spinach Tortillas

NUMBER 5

Grown-up Fireball Whiskey Cupcakes

NUMBER 4

Vegan BBQ Ribs (Seitan) with Spicy Korean or Spicy Traditional BBQ Sauce

NUMBER 3

Vegan Gyro (with Homemade Seitan) & Tzatziki Sauce

NUMBER 2

Spicy Vegan Chinese Eggplant

And the mother of all recipes and monstrously popular –

Easy Spicy Southern Chicken Spaghetti