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My Favorite Healthy Recipes for 2022.
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With the New Year almost here, we are sharing the 25 Most Popular Recipes of 2021. This has been a year of A LOT of new recipes, a lot of cooking, so much baking, and plenty of cocktail mixing…more than ever before! Below are the top 25 most popular recipes. Can you guess the most popular HBH recipe of the year? What’s your favorite?
This post is one of my favorite posts of the year!! I share this “Popular Recipes” post every year at about this time. Surprisingly, it’s always one of my more popular posts. I never think you’ll really enjoy any type of round-up style post because there’s no new recipe. But you guys have shown me otherwise. I guess it’s nice to have everyone’s favorite recipes all in one place for easy reference!
Personally, I love this post because it’s so fun to see all the major recipes hits. Many of which I would never have guessed would be so popular. Sometimes I share out recipes and think they’ll fall totally flat, but then you end up loving them! So this most popular recipes of the year post is always fun for me to see what makes the cut!
Before I dive into the recipes, I really just want to say a huge thank you to you all. It’s been so much fun seeing what everyone has been cooking and baking, especially this holiday season. I said this at Thanksgiving, but we’ve never seen so many HBH recipes being made…even more so this year than last! There’s been a whole lot of cocktail mixing, cinnamon roll baking, pasta tossing, and so much cookie baking. It’s incredible, and I’m extra thankful for you guys and your constant support and kindness. We love our little HBH family.
I hope you guys are having an amazing holiday break!!
Question: What recipes did you make and/or have been your favorites from 2021?
The 25 most popular recipes of 2021
26. bonus: Cider Braised Short Ribs with Caramelized Onions
25. 5 Minute Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread Mug Cake
24. 4 Cheese Roasted Garlic Alfredo Stuffed Spaghetti Squash
23. Creamy Balsamic Mushroom Chicken Marsala
22. Chewy Brown Sugar Maple Cookies
21. Salted Tahini Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
20. Autumn Harvest Honeycrisp Apple and Feta Salad
19. Sheet Pan Sticky Ginger Sesame Chicken and Crispy Brussels Sprouts
18. Folded Crispy Buffalo Chicken Wraps
17. Coconut Milk Braised Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Rice
16. Spicy Miso Chicken Katsu Ramen
15. Southern Style Creamy Parmesan Chicken Pasta
14. Slow Cooker Mustard Herb Chicken and Creamy Orzo
12. Salted Honey Butter Parker House Rolls
11. Crispy Chipotle Chicken Tacos with Cilantro Lime Ranch
10. One Skillet Greek Meatballs and Lemon Butter Orzo
9. One Skillet Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato Chicken and Orzo
8. Creamy Turmeric Chicken and Noodles
7. Healthier Homemade Crunchwrap Supreme
4. Healthier Homemade One Pot Hamburger Helper
3. 30 Minute Spicy Indian Butter Chicken
2. Spicy Pesto Pasta Alla Vodka
1. Healthier Slow Cooker Creamy Tortellini Vegetable Soup
Lastly, if you make any of the 25 Most Popular Recipes of 2021, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!
#9 is #1 in our house! I make all the one skillet orzo recipes all the time. So easy and delicious, even my toddler devours it!!
Awe thanks so much Megan, love to hear this! xTieghan
I made so many of these, but the absolute fave was the chipotle chicken tacos with lime ranch. I’m telling you, they barely hit the table before they were completely devoured! They are so flavorful and the crunch is perfection, not to mention the zippiness of the ranch. We are counting down the days until your new cookbook! Happy New Year to you and yours!
Hi Jen,
Thank you so much for making these recipes! I hope you love the new book and everything you make! xTieghan
Made the creamy white chicken chili for Christmas Eve and everyone loved it! It’s my husbands favorite ….. he says he could eat it everyday! Looking forward to trying more recipes soon;)
Thanks so much for trying the recipe Sharon, I love to hear that it was enjoyed! xTieghan
This post makes me realize how many of your recipes I’ve cooked and how many I still need to try! My personal fave is the French onion soup meatballs and lasagna soup. Oh and any of your ramen recipes. Well, everything I’ve tried I’ve loved!
Thank you so much Christina! Thanks for trying so many recipes! xTieghan
This rave review is long overdue…we love Half-Baked Harvest. My son asked if everything I made at Christmas was from your recipes. He got excited when I answered “nearly everything”. I made Brown Butter Iced Mocha Cinnamon Rolls (amazing), Fig and Cider Pork Chops, Crispy Parmesan Thyme Sweet Potato Stacks, and Crunchy Roasted Broccoli with Toasted Bread Crumbs. Some of our favorites this year have been Gyros with Roasted Garlic Tzatziki and Feta Fries and Instant Pot Pesto Zappa Toscana. I love the layers of flavor you add to each recipe. Thank you for offering so many great recipes and for free.
Hi Andrea,
Wow! Thank you so much for your kind message and trying so many recipes! I truly appreciate you being here and all of your support. Happy New Year! xTieghan
I’ve made a few, but not as many as I would have expected since I cook HBH recipes at least 2-3 times a week. Spaghetti squash and Buffalo chicken wraps were a hit!
Hi Savannah,
Thanks so much for making so many recipes, I appreciate you being here! xTieghan
Laughing at the amount of these I have made this year – so many! I think the families favorite was the salted honey butter parker house rolls and the monster cookies. (They went soooo fast during the holidays.) My all time favorite is the sun dried tomato chicken and orzo and all of your amazing wonton dishes. Can’t wait to see what you have in 2022! Happy New Year and thank you for feeding us all year long!
Hi Holly,
Thank you for giving so many of these recipes a try, love that you enjoyed the Parker rolls and the monster cookies, we love those over here too! Happy New Year! xTieghan
Wow. I’ve made so many of these. Gotta say my favourite was the chicken chili. Looking foreword to 2022 recipes with you!!
Thank you so very much Jenny! Love to hear that you enjoyed some of these recipes! xTieghan
Your recipes are all so delicious! Not sure how you narrowed it down to 25. But I’ve made several of these and they are all delicious!
Thanks so much Ali! We use the website hits to determine the top 25. Please let me know if you have any other questions! xTieghan
I JUST made the pesto and sun dried tomato tortellini soup yesterday (with chicken like we discussed in the comment section bc I don’t like sausage) and it was DELICIOUS. So creamy, comforting (it was cold and rainy outside) and flavorful. Looking back on the 25 top recipes I can see a lot of dinners that filled my family’s bellies, so thank you for all of your hard work in coming up with such creative and delicious meals for us all. Happy 2022!
Hey there,
Thank you so very much for giving the recipe a try, love to hear that it was enjoyed! Thanks for reading along and making so many recipes. Happy New Year! xTieghan
Whaaaaaat??? I can’t believe the Buffalo Chicken Pizza didn’t make the list! It was the best thing I made all year and sometimes I might even dream about it! Lol! Love all your recipes!
Same! My family begs for that one!
Love to hear this!
Lol thank you so much!! That one is a family fave over here as well:) Happy Holidays! xTieghan
Thanks for sharing this list! We’ve made 9 of these and will add the rest to our list! The ramen is our go to in the fall/winter and the kids loved the monster cookies! We also loved the wraps so much we make them with whatever we have on hand! Thanks for all the delicious ideas!
Thank you for the wonderful content you put out! I’ve enjoyed many of your lovely recipes. I adore the Slow Cooker Red Wine Sunday Ragu Pasta, One Skillet French Onion Tater Tot Casserole, and I just made the Families Favorite Pasta Bolognese…of which I froze most of it right before Christmas for a delicious company-worthy dinner during the busy holidays. I’m going to get your fabulous Christmas Stovetop potpourri bubbling away later today to scent out home festively for my girls movie night. 🙂 Enjoy a cozy week with family!
and DENETTE…if you happen to read this…would you mind please sharing which ramen recipe is your go-to. Plan on making one of those soon. Thank you!
Hi Jeannine,
Thank you so much for your kind message and reading along! I am so glad you have a few favorite recipes on the list. Here is my fave ramen recipe:
https://www.halfbakedharvest.com/miso-chicken-katsu-ramen/
I hope you have a great New Year! xTieghan
Thank you! To you and your family as well!
Hi Denette,
Thanks so much for reading along and making so many recipes! The monster cookies are a fave over here too:) Happy Holidays! xTieghan
I think you are an amazing cook! Your recipes are so original, aesthetically pleasing & delicious! I look forward to seeing your posts each day! Thank you for making Covid crazy times so much better.
Thank you so much for your kind message Elizabeth! I appreciate you being here. Happy Holidays! xTieghan
Lots of delicious recipes here. I think we’ve tried all but maybe five of them and so may of the recipes listed here are in our rotation as favorites. I think our all time favorite is the Spicy Pesto Pasta Alla Vodka. It’s even on our menu for this week. The Chewy Brown Sugar Maple Cookies were such a delicious fall cookie. Thank you for creating and sharing all of your amazing recipes with your readers.
Hi Mikaela,
Thank you so much for giving the recipes a try! I am so glad to hear they were enjoyed. I appreciate you being here. xTieghan
Thank you for the awesome menu inspiration! I can’t wait to make these!
Happy to share Molly!!