It's that time of year! I hope you and yours have had a nice holiday season. I'm coming out of my cold (sick) cave and am a few days late sharing this…but better late than never!
2014 was a great year, not without challenges for us, but a great year nonetheless. My dear friend, Joanne, Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Brownies Recipe, Charley had back surgery, I visited Easy Grilled Flank Steak with Chimichurri Butter Recipe, went to Beer Battered Vidalia Onion Petals - DualFood, went to Trip to Cancun, Mexico, spoke at BlogHer Food in Miami, visited Easy Summer Vegetable Pasta Recipe, made a lot of Easy Fried Banana Milkshakes Recipe, went to Easy Spicy Udon Noodle Salad Recipe, we went to Washington, DC, helped organized Food Blog Forum Asheville, Charley had hip surgery!, spoke again at the Florida Blogger Conference, did a whole Orlando Restaurant Pork Tour! of Orlando, went to the Top 5 Things at Walt Disney World's Epcot Food & Wine Festival, attended Better Blog Retreat in Utah, visited friends in California, the Easy Chocolate Chip Banana Nut Muffins Recipe in Nashville, spoke to high school students, helped organize the The 2014 Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap Round Up Part 2, threw a fun party for friends and visited Brenda in Minnesota.
Here are YOUR top 10 favorites for 2014!
[Super Creamy] Chocolate Chip Scones - DualFood
Stuffed Eggplant
Win: How to Freeze Vegetables & a Giveaway
Easy My Mom's Vietnamese Egg Rolls (3 Ways!) Recipe
Best Cornbread Recipe
Pumpkin Obsessed Vanilla-Glazed Scones + Skinnytaste Cookbook
Easy Fried Mac & Cheese Bites Recipe
Easy Peanut Butter Cookie Brownies Recipe
Easy Vanilla Cupcakes with Vanilla Buttercream Recipe
Easy Pistachio Pudding Cupcakes Recipe
All time favorites include Easy Crockpot Whole Chicken Recipe and {Quick & Easy} Lemon & Thyme Chicken Recipe. Other favorites include these red velvet crinkle cookies.
My absolute favorites from this year are Easy My Mom's Vietnamese Egg Rolls (3 Ways!) Recipe (of course!) and this Easy Vietnamese Iced Coffee Smoothie with Boba Recipe tutorial and video.
December 2014 means DualFood turned FIVE (I can't believe that!). I had so many ideas, to write an introspective post but time ran away from me. Just sitting down and thinking back to when I started this little space as well as when I got laid off from my full-time job, 2 1/2 years ago, it boggles my mind. I'm truly grateful for all of the opportunities and all of the amazing people I have been able to meet because I'm a food blogger.
I'm really looking forward to 2015, with a lot of new goals and new projects coming up…I can't wait to tell you about…including launching a blog on my portfolio site, juliedeily.com.
Some of my goals include entertaining more, having friends over for dinner more often, make and share my Mom's Vietnamese pho recipe (including a video!), doing more to help others and taking time to just savor the moment and enjoy our weekends more.
Here's to the new year, new beginnings. Lots of love and good health to you…please keep in touch. I'm so thankful for this space and for each and every one of you!
Here's a link to Easy Top 10Of 2013 - Your Favorites! Recipes.
Kelly - Life Made Sweeter says
Love this roundup Julie! So many yummy eats! Congrats on a great year and can’t wait to see what 2015 brings!
Laura @ Laura's Culinary Adventures says
What a delicious year!
Rachell says
OMG the stuffed eggplant, how’d I miss that. I have to try that.
Amanda says
LOVE this roundup!
Kelly Senyei | Just a Taste says
What a roundup! What a tasty 2014 indeed!
Aggie says
Awesome – and busy!! – year Julie! Hope you’re feeling good, happy new year! xo
Paula (dash of home cooking) says
I love your site I am new to blogging and would love some feedback if you have time to check out my site. Thanks!!
Paula
DessertForTwo says
I have all the cravings at once! I want egg rolls with cupcakes, and fried mac ‘n cheese with scones! All of it! 🙂
CakeSpy says
YOU’re my favorite. The recipes aren’t bad, either 🙂
Brenda @ a farmgirl's dabbles says
You make me hungry! What a great year!! xo
Joy @ The Joyful Foodie says
Congrats on turning 5! What a milestone! Now you’ve got me craving Vietnamese eggrolls. 😉
Linda | Brunch with Joy says
Congrats on (almost) launching your new site, Julie. Can’t wait to see this! Meanwhile, I drool over pistachio pudding cupcakes. Soooo good!
Emily @ Life on Food says
I remember those stuffed eggplant. They still have me in awe. Love!!
Amy @Very Culinary says
Another delicious year!