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It was a good year for recipes, 2005.
I'm extra-proud of this collection of best recipes from that year. In fact, it's not only that I still make every single one of these recipes almost two decades later, it's that I made every single one of these recipes in the last year!
A Dozen of Favorites from All Kitchen Parade's 2005 Recipes including Quick Suppers, Soups, Salads, Sides and Sweets. All Whole Food, Made From Scratch & Family-Tested. Mostly Made with Simple Ingredients Relying on Pantry Favorites. Many Budget-Friendly & Weight Watchers-Friendly Recipes, One-Pot Meals, Year-Round Favorites, Seasonal Specialties.
2005 Was a Good Year, a Very Good Year.
Maybe the source was the curiosity and creativity sparked by launching A Veggie Venture?
In hindsight, the prospects for a new food blog were not good.
- I launched it on a whim and on April Fools' Days of all days, so it could be a "joke" to laugh off if didn't work out.
- It was the very, very earliest days of blogs, especially food blogs. A couple hundred of us were learning on the fly. There were no good role models.
- I launched it with no plan except to try a new vegetable recipe every single day for a month.
That didn't work out well ... instead I posted new vegetable recipes for an entire year. A YEAR. :-) And then I just kept on going ... collecting hundreds of vegetable recipes, all super-organized so you can find exactly what you're looking for, stat. Many followers even bookmark the famous A–Z Alphabet of Vegetables, just to keep it handy.
A Veggie Venture was an experiment so I've retired plenty of recipes. But there were definite favorites, see Best Vegetable Recipes of 2005. And on A Veggie Venture's 15th anniversary, it was easy to select 15 Favorite Vegetable Recipes, Still Useful After 15 Years.
But back to Kitchen Parade, already in its third year in 2005. That year, I really embraced my pledge to share "fresh seasonal recipes" for "everyday healthful living" and "occasional indulgences". That's been my tagline since 2002. As I update this page almost two decades later, the tagline remains my northstar.
- I've simplified and streamlined my favorite cornbread, that's Skillet Cornbread, so good.
- We rarely make mashed potatoes anymore but Mashed Potatoes & Carrots? I could make a pot right now.
- During Covid, I made double and triple batches of Light 'n' Easy Chocolate Pudding: "Pandemic Pudding" became a Friday night tradition, an excuse to see the twin grandsons before we could hug them again in person.
Best Recipes of 2005
~ Light 'n' Easy Chocolate Pudding ~~ Beef & Mushroom Stew ~
~ Skillet Cornbread ~
~ Moroccan Chicken ~
~ Roasted Salmon & Asparagus ~
~ Quinoa & Black Bean Salad ~
~ Baked Baby Back Ribs with Spicy Berry Sauce ~
~ Summer's Tomato Soup ~
~ Panzanella ~
~ Creamy Wild Rice Soup ~
~ Mashed Potatoes & Carrots ~
~ Cranberry Macadamia-Butter Cookies ~
MOST USEFUL of 2005
~ Light 'n' Easy Chocolate Pudding ~
ALL KITCHEN PARADE
~ 2005 Recipes ~
- JANUARY's FAVORITE RECIPE Light 'n' Easy Chocolate Pudding Sweet and satisfying but won't ruin your diet.
- ANOTHER TAKE Easy-Easy Chocolate Coconut Pudding Just five ingredients and ten minutes to pudding.
- FEBRUARY'S FAVORITE RECIPE Beef & Mushroom Stew On the table and flavorful within an hour.
- ANOTHER TAKE Beef Barley Soup with Mushrooms Root vegetables, earthy mushrooms and nutty barley.
- MARCH's FAVORITE RECIPE Skillet Cornbread My first and still-favorite cornbread, stays moist for days.
- ANOTHER TAKE Sweet Cornbread Sweet and tender, absolutely delicous!
- APRIL's FAVORITE RECIPE Moroccan Chicken A one-pot stew simmered with eggplant and tomato perfumed with Moroccan spices.
- ANOTHER TAKE Spiced Chicken Tagine with Roasted Cauliflower A one-pot supper with warm spices.
- MAY's FAVORITE RECIPE Roasted Salmon & Asparagus The original sheetpan supper.
- ANOTHER TAKE Maple Glazed Salmon A Quick Supper, sweet & peppery marinated salmon.
- JUNE's FAVORITE RECIPE Quinoa & Black Bean Salad Transport straight back to Deep Mexico!
- ANOTHER TAKE Ina Garten's Tabbouleh Salad It has a secret ingredient!
- JULY's FAVORITE RECIPE Baked Baby Back Ribs with Spicy Berry Sauce Good and tender, done in an hour.
- ANOTHER TAKE Tropical Pork Tenderloin A Quick Supper, a bit of sweet, a bit of heat.
- AUGUST's FAVORITE RECIPE Summer's Tomato Soup Ripe summer tomatoes only, please.
- ANOTHER TAKE Winter Tomato Soup Roasting, slow-cooking draw out summer flavor.
- SEPTEMBER'S FAVORITE RECIPE Panzanella The classic Italian tomato and bread salad, worthy of an occasion.
- ANOTHER TAKE Greek Bread Salad with Toasted Pita Chips
- OCTOBER's FAVORITE RECIPE Creamy Wild Rice Soup The Minnesota classic, creamed with vegetables not cream.
- ANOTHER TAKE Chicken or Turkey & Wild Rice Soup A hearty mix of leftover chicken or turkey, wild rice and butternut squash.
- NOVEMBER's FAVORITE RECIPE Mashed Potatoes & Carrots Why haven't we done this forever?
- ANOTHER TAKE Mashed Cauliflower (Low-Carb Mashed "Potatoes") So close to mashed potatoes, your mouth will do a double-take.
- DECEMBER'S FAVORITE RECIPE Cranberry Macadamia-Butter Cookies Sweet and chewy, an annual obsession.
- ANOTHER TAKE Fresh Cranberry Drop Cookies Cookie bites bright with fresh cranberry, sweet orange and toasty pecans.
"Most Useful" Recipe of All 2005
- MOST USEFUL RECIPE of 2005 Light 'n' Easy Chocolate Pudding Sweet and satisfying but won't ruin your diet.
- THE COLLECTION Best-Ever "Most Useful" Recipes 2002 – Present Just one recipe per year, updated every December.
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Thank you for taking a moment to write! I read each and every comment, for each and every recipe. If you have a specific question, it's nearly always answered quick-quick. But I also love hearing your reactions, your curiosity, even your concerns! When you've made a recipe, I especially love to know how it turned out, what variations you made, what you'll do differently the next time. ~ Alanna