My Favouriterest Top Ten Recipes From 2010

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Happy New Year!

I wasn’t planning to do a 2010 retrospective post.

But when I opened my Google Reader this morning, there were a great many lovely and considered responses to this past year simply begging to be read and appreciated.

So here we are. It’s retrospective Wayfaring Chocolate time.

(Apparently, if everyone in the blog world jumped off a cliff, I would too.)

At first, I was planning to do a post covering my favourite chocolates from the year, my favourite travel moments, my favourite (well, that’s not quite the right word) instances of being a nincompoop, and my favourite recipes.

Then I decided I’d just show you a picture of me pretending to be a Christmas Tree.

You see, I got a bit overwhelmed with trying to cover all those categories in one post. I noticed that I’ve reviewed over one hundred chocolates on this blog (and so the idea of choosing favourites boggled my mind); I realised that delving into my travel posts was likely to lead to hours of me reliving glorious memories; and I discovered that my nincompoop stories haven’t been categorised as such for easy finding.

My librarian-trained mother would be ashamed of that last one.

So I’m giving you my favourite recipes of 2010. I might get around to posting about the other categories, but I probably shouldn’t promise anything.

After all, it’s now 2011, and who knows what such a year will bring?

Fingers crossed for wonderfulness.

Chocolate Nutella fudge in the making

Mmm, chocolate fudge in the making…

My Favouriterest Top Ten Recipes From 2010

1. In July, I talked about the strangely similar pros and cons of being single, then placated myself with a sesame cake flavoured with scrumptious spices.

2. In August, I veganised a caraway cake that my mum used to make when I was a child, the eating of which always made me feel awfully Grown-Up. 

3. In September, I went to a masquerade ball but enjoyed it less than the vegan peanut butter slice I ate upon returning home from said ball, sadly sans Prince.

4. In October, I told you a bit about my favourite father and showcased the cherry ripe cookies I made for him.

5. Also in October, I made my most beloved batch of granola so far, the tall dark and handsome spiced fig and molasses breakfast of dreams.

6. In November, I house-sat for my parents and used their stand mixer to whip up chai spiced meringues, while also [certainly not] letting the dog sleep up on the forbidden-t0-her couch.

7. I made my first foray into homemade nut butter with this seriously rich and subtly sweet macadamia maple nut butter. (P.S. I have an even more seductive nut butter recipe coming up soon. You’ve been warned.)

8. I celebrated my One Year Blogiversary by making a single-serving maple cornbread cake that fulfilled all my celebratory wishes, and talked about how much you all mean to me.

9. In December, I became both a movie star and movie caterer at the same time, and no one even cared that I slightly burnt the peanut butter kaya cookies.

10. And just before 2010 wrapped up, I posted about my first dinner foray into the raw food world: raw zucchini pasta with marinara sauce. It was all kinds of colourful and tasty.

Butterfly

Butterfly! (Non-edible.)

Do you know what writing this recipe recap has made me think about?

It’s made me think about three recipes which, although made recently, I haven’t yet blogged. I feel silly about this, because each of them would have made the Top Ten list.

Ah well. I s’pose you’ll just have to hang around to find out what they are, won’t you?

After all, I can’t wait to show you.

56 thoughts on “My Favouriterest Top Ten Recipes From 2010”

  2. I have the best New Year’s present of all for you: Remember Mr. Bottom? He was arrested for assault and battery this week. In a Wal-Mart. How’s that for a year-end retrospective?

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    • Oh heavens, I laughed out loud when I read this, then felt a bit guilty. But Wal-Mart?! It makes perfect, hilarious sense. I think you might need to email me the full details!

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    • Thanks K! :) (That’s actually my great aunt, who gave me the Christmas lights necklace which led to me pretending to be a tree.)

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  7. Ah top ten lists make me remember all the recipes I must try and get hungry all over again! I am waiting eagerly for your top chocolate recommendations but I know what you mean about digging back into the archives and how distracting it is. Am looking forward to your recipes to come and more nincompoop moments – maybe you could call them your Augustus Gloop moments – would be fitting seeing as there is so much chocolate involved in your life! Happy new year and look forward to many more entertaining posts this year

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    • I know, me too! Your retrospectives made me very hungry :P I really need to set aside a few hours to try and figure out some chocolate recommendation lists… but I’m fairly certain that will make me feel starving :D Hmm, Augustus Gloop… that’s an idea, or maybe Bruce Bogtrotter?

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      • I don’t know bruce bogtrotter but my older sister delighted in singing Augustus Gloop Augustus Gloop the Great Big Greedy Nincompoop! I assume you have seen the older willy wonka movie – this is a classic song from it that is part of my childhood – perhaps also meangingful as we had a favourite poem about the gloops but must save that for another time

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        • Actually, I’ve never seen the original movie – heard bad things about it, and always just read the two books instead :) Oh, now I want to know the other poem!

          Also, Bruce Bogtrotter is from Matilda – he’s the kid who has to eat the entire chocolate cake at assembly under the evil eye of the Trunchbull :D

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          • Very occasionally you can shock us, your tender readers. Never seen the original movie! What sort of childhood did you have really? It’s classic stuff, and there’s some great songs, and the little orang oompa loompas- their song is my favourite. OTOH I’ve never read Matilda! But am planning to this month, I’ll watch out for Bruce.

          • Ah, see, this is one of those “it’s my parents’ fault” things! They were quite strict with what movies and TV we were allowed to watch, so you’ll have to take this up with my mum :P

            But I am equally mindboggled that you haven’t read Matilda!! Have you seen the movie? Primary school teachers used to show that several times a year…

          • I knew you’d try and blame your parents! I don’t know that Willy Wonka would have been on the banned side of parental censorship. And no, I haven’t seen the Matilda movie either (but I bought the DVD the other day to watch after I’ve read the book, so I will have soon). It was a bit after my time. The movie I was shown repeatedly at high school was the original version of Day of the Triffids. I so want to find that on DVD one day, and see if it’s how I remember it.

          • I am glad that Louise also can recommend the willy wonka movie – it is one of those movies that are so magical when you watch them as a child so I can only watch it with the rose coloured glasses of nostalgia but I think you should watch it just to see the rivers of chocolate – I have also seen the johnny depp one which was more disturbing and knowing and less magical

            I am also with Louise in not having seen the matilda movie – actually I think I saw some of it while channel surfing but I think I was lured into other tv by E (I blame him because I was enjoying it so why else would I have changed channel again)

            Actually it is goops not gloops – may share it with you some time!

          • I’ll look forward to it, Johanna! So funny though – I thought *everyone* knew Matilda :P

  14. I love that you showed us a photo of you pretending to be a christmas tree! hehe.
    My standouts:
    #1. I hadn’t found your blog by July, however i love the look of your spiced sesame cake!
    #5. naturally, I LOVE this recipe.
    #7. very excited to try your macadamia maple nut butter, and also for your new nut butter recipe – can’t wait!
    Hurrah for a new year and new recipes!
    Heidi xo
    p.s. seriously, #5 is amazing. had to say it again.

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    • Teehee, yes, I appear to have no desire to maintain any modicum of dignity on this blog. Thank you so much for the lovely comments, Heidi! The sesame cake really is lovely – I need to make it again myself. And I’m so, so delighted that you love the molasses granola. *high five* I shall try to get the new nut butter recipe up soon, just for you :)

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  15. Ooh, I’m glad you’ve posted that photo because I meant to say, on your christmas post, that I *love* that dress. But I forgot, so thanks for the opportunity to say it again.

    Happy 2011!

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    • Oh, thank you, Theresa! It’s actually a little bit kookier than you’ve been able to see in the photos, as there are some ribbony things and slightly bunched up bits in the skirt too :) I’m glad I didn’t chicken out of buying it when I found it in Florence! Happy 2011 yourself, lady! :)

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    • Thank you love! The only thing I would add to that list is more BFF-time, though perhaps that comes under the Melbourne category ;) Thanks for being rather wonderful :) xoxo

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  18. Great year in review post Hannah. Initially I thought that there might be some great relevance to the fact that all the recipes were in the second half of the year, and then I realised that you weren’t cooking while you were away… And I think you make an excellent christmas tree too.

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    • You’re a clever one! :) Yep, not much cooking went on whilst staying in hostels bereft of kitchens! You know, if you want to hire me as your Christmas tree next year, it could be arranged…

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  20. Excellent Christmas tree, I concur :) Good list, its nice to look back and find favourites…, shall be just waiting quietly over here till you post those recipes…, no, no really…. no hurry :)

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    • Ah, we all know it’s the brother who has the real grudge in this regard. All I know is that I made sure Heartbreak High and Dawson’s Creek fit into my one-hour-a-day, so I was happy!

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