Love to enjoy year-end "best of" lists? -- Check out theThe Kitchen is My Playground'stop 10 best recipes of 2020, as voted by readers' views! These 10 dishes are the reader favorites from our new content posts of the year -- and my oh my, what a tasty year it's been.
The year 2020 definitely didn't unfold the way any of us expected. It was filled with many many things we never expected to experience in our lifetimes -- from school shut-downs, to social-distancing, mask wearing, and so many other pandemic protocols that have become necessities of the times. It's a year I hope we all never have to repeat -- and one I hope leads us into a much healthier and more stable 2021.
But alas as we get ready to ring in the new year, it's still fun to have a little look back at the deliciousness delivered up during the previous one. So let's take a peek back at the top 10 newly-shared recipes of 2020 fromThe Kitchen is My Playground.
From our family to yours, Happy New Year! We wish you a 2021 filled with good health and happiness.
For me, it's always fun to look back through the year's posts and see which ones have taken the top spots as your favorites ... and especially which recipe takes top-billing as the #1 most-viewed of all.
Thank you so much for being a reader ofThe Kitchen is My Playground. We arehumbled and blessed to have you all here, and look forward to keeping the tried-and-true family-tested recipes coming in the new year.
From our family to yours, Happy New Year! We wish you a 2021 filled with good health and happiness.
And now, here are your top 10 favorites from this past year:
10. No-Bake Banana Pudding Yum Yum
As you'll see throughout this top 10 countdown, 2020 was the year of the Yum Yum here at The Kitchen is My Playground. Sliding in at the number 10 spot is this banana pudding version of this classic creamy dessert.With its banana pudding-inspired filling sandwiched between Yum Yum's two creamy ultra-fluffy layers of deliciousness, straight-up banana pudding's got some serious competition!
9. Southern Vidalia Onion Casserole
We love the sweet mildness of Vidalia onions, and it appears you do too.Sweet Vidalia onions are the star of this tasty Southern casserole that came in in the 9th spot for the year. It bakes upcreamy, cheesy, and loaded with delicious onion flavor.
8. Chocolate Crinkle Cake Mix Cookies
Taking advantage of boxed cake mix as their base,these chocolate crinkle cookiesare super easy to make. Hardly any measuring, just a few basic ingredients, and amazingly quick to mix up -- and looks like you all love these easy kind of recipes just as much as we do!
This recipe being in the top 10 for the year is extra special, because it's the first baked item our 10-year-old has made for the blog all by herself. She's so proud it made the top 10!
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Coming in at #7 is this super tasty macaroni salad. It's made with just a few basic ingredients, is easy to pull together, and loaded with flavor. We sure love it, and are glad you do, too!
6. Easy Baked Mostaccioli
This is one our go-to easy weeknight meals here at our house. It's a tasty family-friendly and budget-friendly dish that seems to be loved by all. -- Landing this weeknight dinner staple in the #6 spot for the year.
5. Copycat Olive Garden Salad
Looks like you all love Olive Garden Salad as much as we do! This copycat version came in at the #5 top spot for the year. It's the perfect salad to go with just about any meal, don't you think?
4. Buttermilk Banana Bread
Honestly, the popularity of this Buttermilk Banana Bread recipe (pleasantly) surprised me. But then, who doesn't love a tender and moist banana bread that's loaded with rich banana flavor? It's our family's go-to banana bread recipe, and we're so glad so many of you have enjoyed it, too!
3. Fresh Strawberry Yum Yum
Coming in at the #3 spot is another creamy and delicious Yum Yum! This fresh strawberry version of the Southern classic dessert sandwiches fresh spring strawberries between Yum Yum's signature creamy layers. And it makes for one very tasty dessert, indeed.
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And at #2? -- Another Yum Yum! We created this mixed berry red, white and blue version for the 4th of July and were blown away by how well it was received. Its tasty combination of strawberry and blueberry and beautiful red, white, and blue layers earned it the almost-top spot of the year.
1. No-Bake Strawberry Yum Yum
And the winning top recipe of 2020 is -- No-Bake Strawberry Yum Yum!
Remember when I said earlier in the post that 2020 was the year of the Yum Yum here at The Kitchen is My Playground? -- I wasn't kidding! With 4 varieties of Yum Yum in the top 10, and Strawberry Yum Yum taking the #1 spot, it's safe to say you all love the Yum. With it's dreamy creamy deliciousness, what's not to love?? And this super easy strawberry version made with strawberry pie filling is creamy Yum Yum deliciousness at its best.
Thank you so much for readingThe Kitchen is My Playgroundin2020. We look forward to having you back throughout 2021, too!
Check out these other years' top recipes:
- Top 12 Best Recipes of 2022
- Top 10 Best Recipes of 2021
- Top 15 Best Recipes of 2019
- Top 12 Best Recipes of 2018
- Top 12 Best Recipes of 2017
- Top 16 Best Recipes of 2016
- Top 15 Best Recipes of 2015
