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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!
This post was originally published on December 28, 2021
I’m so happy to get all of these recipes in one place to remind me of the ones I have tried and loved, and the ones that are still on my to-do list. The Parker House rolls recipe looks awesome. All that said, my favorite recipe of 2021 was the One Skillet Creamy Artichoke Chicken Marsala and Orzo. I made it several times for different crowds and everyone loved it!
Hi Debbie,
Thanks so much for reading along and making so many recipes. I love that you enjoy them! xTieghan
Love this post. It was like an extra Christmas present. Thanks!!
Thank you so very much Barbara! xTieghan
Lools like the author has a vested interest in the chicken business…..no recipes with turkey or pork and one with beef.
What is the point of this comment? Chicken is a very common and popular source of protein. However if that is not something you like then replace it with a source of protein you prefer. She has plenty of recipes with a variety of protein sources.
You do realize she wrote about the most popular recipes right? This does not mean she only posts chicken recipes but instead that many of her popular recipes included chicken. And there were several desserts included above too. Lastly I saw 3 recipes that included beef in them. I guess if her recipes are not what you are looking for, scroll on by. But I love her recipes and content.
I think this post is a result of the audience as it’s the most popular recipes of 2021. So it’s more that the readers have a preference of chicken. Tieghan has a great selection of other meat dishes within her catalog of recipes!
Dear Brian,
You may be having a difficult time this holiday season and if that is the case, I am sending you a virtual hug! It’s a hard time of year for so many people! Don’t take it out on Tieghan. This is a round up of what her READERS enjoyed.
Hi Brian,
If you are familiar with my recipes, you will no know I cook with plenty of other meats besides chicken. I did not pick this list, it is based on the number of hits, just so happens a lot of them contain chicken. Have the best week! xTieghan
I have enjoyed every recipe I’ve made from HBH. Thank you for all the work you put into this site. May ‘22 be a very blessed year.
Thanks so much for your kind message Susan!! I appreciate you making so many recipes! xTieghan
Yes! Imma go through this list for meal planning! Love everything you do from recipes too photography skills! Thank you for your talented skills!
Could you do a top 25 gluten free list too?!
Thank you so very much!! Sorry, I don’t have a list for that at this time:) xTieghan
I absolutely love your recipes!! I’m curious how do you choose your top. Is it a survey? Is it based on website hits? Is it based on ratings? One of my favs this year is not on the list– Pesto Tortellini Zuppa Toscana, deeeelish!
Hi there,
Thanks so much!! Top recipes are based on website hits:) Happy Holidays! xT
My 2022 goal is to make every one of these recipes! Your photos are beautiful, and I love your writing!
Awe thanks so much Carly! Let me know if you give any of the recipes a try! xTieghan
Love to see this post, as it’s fun to see what other HBH followers make!
I loved the chicken with mushroom and Marsala, the fall salad whooee Mama! ?, but there are others here I love too, have the pesto frosting for your pesto vodka pasta sauce right now. Xx
Hi Kelly-Jane,
Thank you so much for reading along as always and making the recipes! xTieghan
I made 50% of your recipe. I am not kidding. The other 50% is because we did have enough time and we kept doing the first 50% most of the time anyway. It was a good 2021 Tieghan. Looking forward to your heartwarming recipes in 2022.
Thank you so very much Farrah! I love to hear that your family has been enjoying the recipes! xTieghan
I made the Creamy White Chicken Chili last night. Delicious! My picky daughter said it was the best she’d ever had! And I received your cookbook for Christmas. Can’t wait to try more recipes!
Hi Becky,
Awesome!! I am thrilled to hear this recipe was enjoyed, thanks so much for making it! Happy Holidays!? xT
The Healthier Creamy tortellini vegetable soup is amazing. I’ve probably made it 5-6 times this since I found the recipe. I add chicken to mine. The white chicken chili was amazing. So so good! Last but certainly not least we tried the chicken Marsala. It was fantastic. It is just me and my husband and I’ve found that cutting the recipe in half works well for us! I want to thank you for being so engaging. I honestly don’t know any other food blogger that answers questions as quickly as you do. Thank you for sharing all of your wonderful recipes!
Hi Mary,
Thank you so very much for giving these recipes a try, I truly appreciate it! xTieghan
Lots of chicken!
Lol yes, people love chicken:)
Salted Honey Butter Parker Rolls were amazing for Thanksgiving.
Sheet Pan Ginger Chicken was so good and something different for us!
Thanks for giving the recipes a try Marsha! xTieghan
These are my favorites! I’ve made a couple of them and tagged a few more to make soon! ? Yummy!
Thank you so very much Laura!!
The tortellini soup. One of our faves. Goes too fast to photo ?
Love to hear that you enjoy the recipe Gill!!