13 Best Recipes to Make Before the End of 2019! Our favorite treats, soups, tacos, and more that we’re making to close out the year.
Best Recipes to Make Before the End of 2019
Fun fact: at the time this is written, there are almost 1,000 recipes on Pinch of Yum. ONE THOUSAND RECIPES. That’s enough for a different recipe every day for like…almost three years? Woah.
Right now, life is a mix of busy busy busy but also whimsy and magical, and sometimes you just need someone to tell you what to eat around the holidays. We have options (930, to be exact) but there are a few that we just keep coming back to.
They’re the basic, yummy, (mostly) un-fussy recipes that become your weeknight/every night standbys. Some might be tried-and-true, and some brand new.
Either way: these are the recipes that are begging to be made before 2019 comes to a close.
The Best Detox Crockpot Lentil Soup
One of the top-rated soups on all of Pinch of Yum. Clean-eating friendly and simple to make, with onions, garlic, carrots, olive oil, squash, and LENTILS!
Feel-Good Apple Muffins
We have a major thing for these muffins. Simple unrefined ingredients that you just blend up and pour. MAGIC.
Slow Cooker Beef Ragu with Pappardelle
The easiest cold-weather comfort food. Let it slow cook all day in a crockpot and pile on top of fresh pappardelle.
The Best Chicken Tinga Tacos
It really, honestly, does not get any more delicious than this. Spicy, saucy, simple, and so fresh.
Cinnamon Sugar Apple Cake
Apple Cake that is light and fluffy, loaded with fresh apples, and topped with a crunchy cinnamon sugar layer.
Sunday Chili
If it’s a Sunday afternoon and you don’t have a giant pot of chili simmering on the stove, what are you even doing?
Pumpkin Rigatoni with Rosemary Walnut Crispies
Flavor + texture perfection, right here. A creamy pumpkin sauce, some chewy rigatoni, and a heap of rosemary walnut crispies. Say it again for everyone in the back: CRISPIES.
Instant Pot Wild Rice Soup
If there’s one recipe on our winter hits playlist, this is it. Creamy, simple, and hands-off ready in under an hour.
Easy Crockpot Carnitas
Tacos for life. And these crispy crockpot carnitas? The star of any game day, any dinner party, any regular Tuesday dinner.
Best Anytime Baked Chicken Meatballs
These meatballs are a game-changer just on their own or in just about any recipe (see here and here). Easy to mix, hands-off to make, and yummiest to eat.
The Best Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
The most-reviewed recipe on all of POY! Ultra thick, soft, classic chocolate chip cookies.
Miracle No Knead Bread
We aren’t kidding when we say this is a miracle. Just mix, let it rest, and bake (and add some cheese if you wanna).
Yummy Salmon Burgers with Slaw
STUPIDLY EASY salmon burgers on top of a bed of creamy, crunchy slaw. The texture? The flavor? Yes and yes. This is a weekly healthy-eating staple around these parts.
We love food, and we love you all, and we hereby send you forth into the world to make these recipes before the end of the year!
Anything recipes would add to the list? You know we’re all about it.
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December 12, 2019
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Iโm Lindsay and I โก FOOD. I used to be a teacher, and now making food and writing about it online is my full-time job. I love talking with people about food, and I'm so glad you're here.
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Itโs mid summer in the land of Oz but I will try a few of these anyhoo. Salmon burgers are a favourite.
Enjoy, Stephen!
Spicy Fish taco bowls!!!
YES! So good, Rose! ๐
I actually just made the chicken tinga tacos earlier this week! With rotisserie chicken, they are SO simple and SO delicious. Always a huge hit in our household!
YUMMY! Youโre off to a good start with knocking some of these recipes off your list before the end of the year, Rachael! ๐
This is interesting! Thankyou so much for sharing!
All of these recipes look amazing! Looks like you just made our menu plan for us for the next couple weeks ๐
Paige
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Enjoy, Paige!
I make 8 of these recipes on the reg! I need to try the no knead bread next.
One recipe missing from the list is the pork pitas from the feeding a broken heart series. They are my husbands favorite!
Those pork pitas! So good! Let us know how the bread making goes, Jessica! ๐
I made that apple cake like 3 times this fall! So quick and delish!
We think round four of this cake needs to happen soon!
Almost 1000 recipes? Are you going to majorly celebrate when you hit publish on #1000? Congratulations!
Paaartaaay! ๐
Several of these are in our regular rotation. The meatballs have been on repeat this year! Makes me want to try to rest ASAP. Happy Holidays!
The tingas are very good. Thanks for turning me on to cotija. Donโt know how Iโve lived without that! The carnitas were a hit in my house as well.
Oh, man! We donโt know how you lived without cotija either. The best, Jeanette! ๐
YES! Let us know how the rest of these recipes go for you, Sarah! ๐
Those apple muffins!!! We made them yesterday and I enjoyed one for breakfast before teaching a barre class. Perfect!!!
So happy to hear that, Hillary!
The lentil soup looks delicious!
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Best delicious food I had ever seen. thanks for sharing us.
Wonderful recipe