Favorite Recipes from 2017 {#FarmgirlFaves}

All the Favorite Recipes From 2017…collections compiled by you, by me, and by my family!

Just like I’ve done for the past few years (see 2016, 2015, 2014), I have created three separate collections of Favorite Recipes From 2017. The first, shown above, is a list of the top ten recipes as ranked by Google Analytics, in no particular order – although I will say that you all really, really, reeeeeeeally loved those chocolate chip cookies and the beef and asparagus kebabs! These are the recipes shared over the past year that had the most page views on a farmgirl’s dabbles. These recipes were chosen by you!

• Chocolate Chip Cookies from The Vanilla Bean Baking Book 
• Yeast Donuts with Fresh Raspberry Glaze
• Creamy Garlic Pasta Nests with Pesto Chicken Meatballs
• Lemon Cream Biscuits
• Smoked Turkey Pot Pie Soup
• Cinnamon Streusel Apple French Toast Cups
• No-Bake Oats and Chocolate Protein Bites
• Herby Crustless Quiche with Crab and Bacon
• Cheesy Baked Gnocchi with Tomatoes and Sausage
• Sugar Grilled Beef and Asparagus Kebabs

And this second group is a collection of my own favorites. This is always a tough job; it’s incredibly difficult for me to narrow down the year’s recipe list to just ten choices. I could very easily list another ten more!

• Grilled Brown Sugar and Whole Grain Mustard Turkey Tenderloin (So much flavor with this turkey.)
• Grilled Mini Sweet Peppers with Goat Cheese (Blake made these for me for Mother’s Day…and we’re all hooked. Probably the recipe we make the most!)
• Grilled Zucchini Salad with Lemon-Herb Vinaigrette (Fresh and flavorful.)
• Cheesy Sriracha Tuna Toasts (My favorite quick lunch!)
• Chocolate Chip Cookies from The Vanilla Bean Baking Book (Oh my goodness, make these!!)
• No-Bake Oats and Chocolate Protein Bites (A recipe shared by my friend Annmarie, and now a regular grab-and-go snack for our family.)
• Sugar Grilled Beef and Asparagus Kebabs (A grilling season favorite around here.)
• Smoked Turkey Pot Pie Soup (Awesome, awesome comfort food.)
• Homemade Eggnog Recipe (I had so much fun making eggnog for the first time, such a delicious treat!)
• Watermelon and Citrus Shrimp Ceviche (I could live on this stuff!)

And this final selection of recipes was handpicked by my family. Each year, I ask Blake and the girls to click through the archives and give me their favorite recipes. This is very fun for me, to find out what my special-est peeps liked best from the entire past year!

Blake (left column of photos):

• Smoked Turkey Pot Pie Soup (Blake’s #1 pick!)
• Chipotle Orange Turkey Kebabs
• Grilled Pork and Pineapple Tacos
• 5 Pepper Bloody Mary with Grilled Jalapeño Shrimp

Hatti (middle column of photos – notice the theme with this girl?!):

• Cookie Monster Ice Cream (Hatti’s #1 pick!)
• Roasted Blueberry Crème Fraîche Ice Cream
• Fresh Raspberry and Brownie Chunk Ice Cream
• Crème Fraîche Ice Cream with Roasted Strawberry Swirl

Tessa (right column of photos):

• Grilled Mini Sweet Peppers with Goat Cheese (Tessa’s #1 pick!)
• Pink Panther Mocktail
• Creamy Garlic Pasta Nests with Pesto Chicken Meatballs
• Grilled Chicken and Lemon Orzo Salad

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As we say goodbye to 2017, we want to thank you for being a part of this past year with a farmgirl’s dabbles. We are grateful and extremely honored that you spend time here with our family, and we’re super excited to see what 2018 has in store. Happiest New Year to you!