Best of 2011 - Wishing You a Happy New Year!

As a way to celebrate the past year, I thought I would put together a post that included some of the "best of"s of 2011.  It's been a crazy year with a lot of ups and downs, but I would not change any of it for the world.  I'm looking forward to what 2012 has to bring!

The top 3 recipes searched in 2011:

Soft & Chewy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Creamy Lemon Pasta with Chicken, Spinach, and Tomatoes

Jo Jo Potatoes

Jenn's Food Journey's top 3 recipes of 2011:

Spicy Grilled Pork Chops with Mango Pineapple Salsa

Greek Style Fish

Sopapilla Cheesecake Bars

More top picks of 2011:

Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake

Terrific Man Tacos - Chorizo Style

BLT Pizza

Cream Cheese Chocolate Chip Cookies

Here's wishing for a wonderful new year full of love and good food!
Ciao!
Jenn

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One Year Ago:  Simple Marinated Chicken
 

HAPPY 2011!!!

Happy New Year to all of you!!  I can't believe it's 2011.  Do you realize that next year will mark my 20th year since high school?  WOW...where has the time gone?  But, I'll face that next year...for now, it's just good old 2011!

This past year has been wonderful.  I have received so much and feel truly blessed.  I could highlight the year and tell you of all the things that have happened to me, but instead, I'm going to leave you with this....some of my favorite recipes from early 2010.  I figured that most of you are more familiar with my posts in the last few months, so why not dig all the way back to the beginning!

Thank you to everyone who has followed me since the beginning.  Thank you to all of you that have followed me since.  I love your comments, feedback, emails, etc.  You are the reason I continue documenting my culinary journey.

A big thanks goes out to Chris, of course, for being the guinnea pig for all my recipes.  Thank you for your love and support, it gets me through each day.

A big thanks goes out to my family too.  My mom and dad have been a huge support throughout my year of blogging and it means the world to me.

And one more thank you to all of the bloggers that I consider my friends.  You are the best support system out there.  The encouragement and ideas you give me are priceless!

I'm sure I could go on and on, but instead, we'll just end with the best of (early) 2010 list:

 Hamburger Buddy

Bacon & Tomato Pasta

Pasta Carbonara

Grilled Sriracha Glazed Chicken

Caramelized Chicken Breasts with Garlic Rice

Strawberry Chicken

Parmesan Orzo with Salmon

Honey & Hoisin Grilled Trout with Orzo Pasta, Zucchini, and Peppers

Murphy's Hot Hamburger

Triple Chocolate Mayan Brownies

As I browsed through my past year recipes, I found a ton of them that I would have loved to have highlighted, but alas, I do not want to keep you here forever.  So, if you are interested, take a little time, browse, there are some pretty good recipes from way back when!

Happy New Year to you all!  May 2011 be filled with love, laughter, and lots of tasty treats!
Ciao!
Jenn