It’s time to look back at the Fab Food 4 All highlights of 2015, find out your top 10 recipes and also showcase 30 fellow food bloggers’ most popular recipes!
Top 10 Most Viewed Recipes of 2015
1. Easy Blackberry & Apple Jam
4. Damson Jam
6. Monday Pie
8. Quick One Punnet Strawberry Jam (1st Prize Winning)
9. Slow Cooked Beef & Vegetable Casserole
As you can see 5 out of the 10 top viewed recipes were for jam which makes me very happy. When I started making jam it just took me over and I actually thought that my infatuation would turn regular readers away. How wrong was I, it just goes to show that if you are passionate about something then there will be others out there who share your passion. I’m not one for following fashion or trying to do things that I think will be popular, this blog is just a reflection of the dishes that we like to eat, that fit into a busy lifestyle and that won’t break the bank.
A few Highlights of 2015
Back in February my Nutella Brioche Pudding was picked by The Guardian to be featured in their readers recipe swap where the topic was “Stale”.
In June I nearly fell over when I discovered that I’d been nominated in the MAD Blog Awards in the Best Food Blog category. I can’t tell you what a shock this was as I thought I needed to put my name forward to even be considered, so to find that the public had nominated Fab Food 4 All in great numbers was truly humbling and if you were one of the people who nominated me then I thank you, this alone made me feel like a winner!
Back in June, I was very excited to be featured in The Sun in the Mrs Crunch column with some of my money-saving tips!
In September I was very pleased to meet the lovely and extremely funny John Whaite who dazzled the crowds with his culinary skills at the Woking Food Festival. I love that as a food blogger, I can walk up to well-known foodies and there’s just an instant common bond which there wouldn’t be if I were to walk up to say a movie star.
This month I found out I was in the Tots 100 “Top 10 Family Food Blogs of 2015” which was a real thrill and a nice way to round off the year.
This was the year that I got 6 photographs of my dishes accepted by Food Gawker, I think my new camera really did pay off. My aim for 2016 is to get many more pictures accepted!
Finally, I had my Spicy Banana & Mango Chutney featured on FeedFeed which probably won’t mean much to most of you but like Food Gawker they only feature the best of the best so again I was over the moon!
Brands I worked with in 2015
I’d like to thank all the brands that I worked with during 2015 who enabled me to do the best job in the world, creating and developing recipes! So take a bow:
Go Compare, Lindemans, SPAM Chopped Pork & Ham,a2 Milk, Traidcraft, Schwartz, Oreo, Expedia, Bacofoil, Thermapen, McCain, Typhoo, SimplyCook, Caprera, Wayfair, Danone Activia, JD Sports, Oxo Good Grips, Brabantia, Tefal, Edge of Belgravia, Sage by Heston Blumenthal, Fudge Kitchen, VonShef and Joseph Joseph.
30 Food Bloggers’ Most Popular Recipes of 2015
I asked some fellow food bloggers what their most popular recipe was this year and here are the results:
- Spiced Golden Turmeric Milk – Food to Glow
- Maple Cinnamon Chia Overnight Oats – Chicago Jogger
- Healthy Banana Cookie – Tasting Page
- Crunchie Macarons – Emily’s Recipes
- Chocolate Caramel Malteser Cake – Farmersgirl Kitchen
- Angel Cake Slices – Penne for your Thoughts
- Nutella Cupcakes, 3 Ingredients – Family Food Friends
- Copy Cat Starbucks Mini Lemon Loaves – Moore or Less Cooking Food Blog
- Raspberry and White Chocolate Flapjacks – Tin & Thyme
- Slow Cooker Chocolate and Mint Aero Bubble Cake – BakingQueen74
- Easy Ginger Cake – Fuss Free Flavours
- Slow Cooker Golden Syrup Suet Pudding – Munchies & Munchkins
- Classic Pancakes – Little Sunny Kitchen
- This is the Best Pumpkin Pie – Life Currents
- Frozen Fruity Yogurt Bites – Eats Amazing
- Asian Style Salmon & Noodle Broth – Gingey Bites
- Chilli Peanut Vietnamese Spring Rolls – The Veg Space
- Slow Cooker Rolled Brisket with Red Wine and Thyme – Elizabeth’s Kitchen Diary
- Slow Cooker Irn Bru Pulled Pork – Foodie Quine
- Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken – Hungry Healthy Happy
- Kavey’s Chicken Tarragon Pasta Bake – Kavey Eats
- Chicken Tikka Massala – Culinary Ginger
- The Irish Burger – The Food Hunter’s Guide to Cuisine
Out of the 30 most popular dishes, only ten are savoury so that’s very interesting plus the slow cooker recipes seem very popular which is great to know as I’ve just had a new bigger, round slow cooker for Christmas and look forward to making new dishes in it!
So it just leaves me to wish you and yours a very Happy New Year and thank you for all your comments, e-mails and general support whether you are a reader, a fellow blogger or a brand as without all of you there would be no Fab Food 4 All. I look forward to an exciting new year and wonder what highlights I will be writing about this time next year. If your favourite recipe isn’t in my Top 10 then do let me know in the comments which is yours or are there any dishes you’d like to see featured in 2016?
Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs
What a fantastic year you have had Camilla I can certainly see why you were nominated for a MAD award ๐ I hope you have even more success in 2016! And I must remind myself to head back to your jam recipes when the jam season arrives! Happy New Year!
Camilla
Aaw thank you Emma, very kind:-) Happy New Year to you too:-)
Sarah
Happy New Year, Camilla! I don’t know if you’ll remember but I made your strawberry jam in the Summer and was the best. ๐
Camilla
Yes I do remember:-) So glad you liked it and Happy New Year to you too:-)
Kavey
Happy new year, Camilla! Here’s to a great 2016 for all of us!
Camilla
Thanks Kavey – ditto:-)
Isabella
What a fab roundup of your year – and thank you for including me and my vanilla cupcakes ๐ Have a Happy 2016!
Camilla
Thank you Isabella – Happy New Year:-)
Ana De- Jesus
The nutella brioche sounds amazing and I like the sound of the spicy cauliflower bites
Camilla
Thank you Ana:-)
Nettie
Thank you for including my Lemon Cakes! Happy New Year! Nettie
Camilla
A pleasure Nettie, Happy New Year:-)
Heather Haigh
So many great recipes and what a great year on your blog. Here’s wishing you a Happy New Year and looking forward to lots more great food in 2016.
Camilla
Thank you Heather and for all your support:-) Happy New Year! xx
Lucy @ BakingQueen74
What a great year full of excitement, hoping 2016 will bring you many more good things! Thanks for including me in the bloggers most popular recipes as well.
Camilla
Thanks Lucy and wishing you a fab new year too:-)
Joanne/WineLadyCooks
Your recipes are wonderful, love the jams along with the savory recipes. Congratulations and Best Wishes for continued success in 2016.
Thank you so much for including my spicy cauliflower bites in your fantastic collection.
Camilla
Aaw thank you Joanne. Happy New Year to you:-)
Kate | The Veg Space
What a lovely roundup Camilla, and a fabulous year 2015 has been for you! Onwards and upwards, and hope 2016 is an even better one! Happy New Year, and thanks for featuring my Vietnamese Rolls!
Camilla
Thank you Kate and wishing you a fantastic 2016 too:-)