Here's what our editors and readers loved this year.
by Melissa JamesonBuzzFeed Staff
We recently asked BuzzFeed Life's editors, writers, and readers to share the favorite thing they made this past year. Here's what they said.
1.Banana Cake with Nutella & Cream Cheese Frosting
2.Stovetop Carnitas
3.Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
4.Pesto, Tomato & Broccoli Pasta
5.Chocolate Avocado Pudding
6.Easy Weeknight Chicken
7.Original Plum Torte
8.Creamy Brussels Sprouts Shallot Dip
9.Homemade Pumpkin Butter & Sautéed Dates
"My favorite kinds of recipes are ones where you take a fruit or vegetable (here, squash and dates, respectively), add pantry staples to them (sugar and olive oil & salt, respectively), and go to town." —Rachel Christensen
"This was the year I discovered the wonders of self-rising flour, which makes these biscuits possible. They're great. I've made them jumbo-sized with chopped chives and used them for sandwiches. I've also put strawberries in them, then topped with sugar." —Sarah DiGregorio
12.Spaghetti Squash with Bacon, Spinach & Goat Cheese
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Lauren Zaser / buzzfeed.com
"I love this recipe because it's full of vegetables but really only healthyish, on account of the goat cheese and the bacon. It's also great because it teaches you how to cook spaghetti squash in a way that makes it sweet and al dente, instead of water-logged and flavorless. —Christine Byrne
"This was my favorite thing I tried this year, and is quickly turning into the only bread I need. It's sturdy enough to toast and not too sweet, but still super dense and moist. Highly recommended the warm bread + ice cream combo, too." —Lauren Paul
"I love these because they taste like a Heath bar and are made completely out of things that I can pick up at CVS. I tried to make them for a friend recently and they ate so much of it that I had to make a second batch. (So keep that in mind when you're picking up ingredients!)" —Mackenzie Kruvant
"This has become a staple in my house. To make it even more delicious, I make my own enchilada sauce, use homemade stock, and add lime juice when it's done." —MrsH810
"This year I took a Thai cooking class and learned how to make my absolute favorite soup in the world: Tom Kha Gai. I always go to this recipe whenever I need to get my fix." —Sabrina Jayde, Facebook
"Super easy thanks to the Crock Pot, and it can feed nine people. I serve it with coleslaw, Mexican street corn, and black beans with rice." —Miss Mandi
"I've had this recipe for almost every lunch for a couple of months now, but instead of using a tortilla, I make it part of a burrito bowl. Add rice, lettuce, cheese, hot sauce, guacamole — whatever you'd like." —unituna
"We won a grilled cheese contest with this recipe, and some folks in Wisconsin thought it was one of the best things they ate this year as well." —Chasing Snacks, Facebook
"This is my new favorite comfort food. The only changes I made were to halve the original recipe (because it makes tons!) and to use the bacon grease in place of some of the butter. —Emily Handler, Facebook
“Read the recipe a few times before you make it,” she says, “and make sure it is something you are comfortable doing.” Then, lay out every ingredient you'll need before you begin to cook.
Ingredient List - The ingredient list is one of the most critical parts of a recipe. The ingredients should be listed in chronological order, with the ingredient used first at the very top of the list (Palmer, 2020).
They tell you these things ahead of time: what foods and equipment you need, how to make the dish, and how many people it serves. The name of a recipe can tell you what foods are in the dish and how to cook them. Read the name of this recipe.
Learning the basics of cooking vocabulary will help you to interpret recipes, better understand the food you serve, and help customers with questions they have about unfamiliar terms.
List steps in order, keeping instructions short and to the point. The instructions should match the same order as the ingredients list. And they should be as short and simple as possible. Try to describe the easiest way possible to accomplish the steps in the recipe.
Start by learning the basics: different cooking methods, flavour pairings, seasonality. Make a list of your all-time favourite recipes and take them as inspiration. How did that particular chef create the dish you love? Think about the flavour pairing and then make something of your own based on it.
A recipe really only needs either ingredients or directions ( the preparation method) to be considered complete. At a minimum most recipes have a title, ingredients list, and preparation method. If you need a more robust look at recipe writing we highly recommend The Recipe Writer's Handbook.
It is based on the 5 Element Theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine, which organizes the body into 5 functioning organ systems that correspond with an element in nature - Earth (Digestion/Spleen), Metal (Respiratory), Water (Kidneys), Wood (Liver)and Fire (Cardiovascular).
A recipe really only needs either ingredients or directions ( the preparation method) to be considered complete. At a minimum most recipes have a title, ingredients list, and preparation method. If you need a more robust look at recipe writing we highly recommend The Recipe Writer's Handbook.
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