I can hardly believe it’s that time of year again – RECAP TIME! (Coincidentally my favorite time. FYI – if you need me during the next week or so, I’ll be glued to the television watching countdown shows on E. Great.)
From take-out fake-out dishes, to easy dinner sides, and delectable fruit dips, here are the recipes YOU GUYS deemed the most popular here on Iowa Girl Eats in 2012. Stay tuned next week for my picks!
**Edited to add: Here are my picks for my favorite recipes of 2012!
Copycat Trader Joe’s Chili Lime Chicken Burgers
Copycat Trader Joe's Chili Lime Chicken Burgers are a zesty, fresh twist on basic burgers. Switch up burger night with this craveable recipe!
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Inner Goddess Detox Salad
Inner Goddess Detox Salad is chock full of feel-good greens, fruits, and vegetables!
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Skinny Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo
Skinny Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo is everything you love about chicken alfredo — minus all the extra fat and calories!
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Farmer’s Market Skillet
Farmer's Market Skillet puts fresh farmer's market finds to good use in a creamy, wholesome skillet.
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Cheesy Broccoli Orzo
Cheesy Broccoli Orzo is a crowd-pleasing, quick and easy side dish that compliments any dinner. Serve with chicken, pork, steak, or salad!
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Easy Fruit Dip
The Best Fruit Dip is made from 3 everyday ingredients and is perfect for the holidays, parties, showers, and BBQs. Pair with fresh fruit for a beautiful presentation.
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Easy Chicken Fried Rice
Easy Chicken Fried Rice is a cinch to make at home with a few kitchen staples. This simple, 20 minute dish tastes just like take out!
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Mini Corn Dog Muffins
The original Mini Corn Dog Muffins! These fun and poppable bites are perfect for snack time, dinner, or game day, and are a hit with kids!
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Superfood Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette
Gluten-free Superfood Salad with Lemon Vinaigrette combines ultra-healthy and flavorful ingredients in a light-yet-filling meal.
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Mini Ham and Cheese Quinoa Cups
Mini Ham and Cheese Quinoa Cups are a poppable gluten free breakfast or snack recipe. Super easy and loved by both kids and adults!
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Green Monster Spinach Smoothie
A Green Monster Spinach Smoothie is packed with good-for-you ingredients. Make and enjoy often for breakfast, snack, or anytime you need a pick-me-up!
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Wether you’ve read IGE 1 time, or 100 times, thank you to each and every single one of you for making 2012 so absolutely wonderful. Here’s to an equally amazing 2013!
I stumbled on your website a while back looking how to make fresh springrolls and was completely impressed (I like my visuals!)….then it fell off of my radar. It just popped up again when I searched for a curry chicken salad with greek yogurt! I added your site to my start up so I can see if anything new has been added as soon as possible. Thank you for sharing! I consider comin accross your site fate, as when I tell people I am from Sandpoint Idaho, they ask if that is close to Des Moines :) I let them know I haven’t clocked it yet but certainly will the next time I travel there! To a healthy and happy new year!
Ohh the classic, Idaho/Iowa mixup! You’d love this shirt ;)
The green smoothie is how I found your blog and I look forward to reading it every day! I have made some awesome meals and love the Friday Favorites!
Looking forward to what you have in store for us in 2013!
Those salads look amazing! :)
Fantastic list! I wish I had a plate of chicken bites right now :) Have a wonderful new year!
I made the inner goddess detox salad for dinner last night after eating far too much over the holidays. It was delicious and I feel much better already :)
Those corn dog muffins are phenomenal! A friend of mine told me about a mini corn dog recipe using corn bread mix and I didn’t have that in the house, but wanted to make them for our 5 yr old daughter. So I googled the recipe and happened upon your blog. So thankful we did! She loved the corn dog muffins and we’ve loved a dozen other recipes! Thanks so much and happy New Year!
I have been reading your blog for over a year now and have tried many of your recipes and my family and I have enjoyed them all! My little ones would not touch spinach for anything but they absolutely love the green monster smoothie and ask for it a few times a week. My six year old actually caught me making it once and saw that I was putting spinach in it and she still drank it
:) love love love your Friday favorites! Thanks so much for blogging,
Hi, I was excited to see your blog in Fitness! I’ve been following you for several years. I too love the Green Monster Smoothie and have been drinking it for a long time, despite the grossed-out looks from my co-workers. I don’t put any yogurt though, but add a little dry oatmeal. I’m looking for some blog motivation to get back on a healthy track, so have decided to start a weight-loss competition. There’s free jewelry involved!! See my blog (http://rockytoprebecca.wordpress.com) if anyone is interested.
My family adored the chicken and noodle dish. It was very different than most things we eat and we just loved it.