Top 15 Most Popular Recipes of 2017
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For people who are looking to discover some new favorite recipes, this is a very useful list of our most popular recipes! Each recipe is tried and true, tested and reviewed by hundreds of readers.
I almost made this a top 10 list but I expanded it to 15 to give you more ideas to feed your hungry families. These are the recipes we make over and over. With over 800 recipes on our blog, this list is GOLD!
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How We Determined the Most Popular Recipes:
- The recipes with the most visitors (based on google analytics)
- Most viral recipes on Facebook (18 to 64 million views)
- Highest star ratings from readers (see ratings below)
What surprised me was 12 out of the 15 were video recipes which tells me what you all want. Going into 2018, video will continue to be a big focus for us as we grow our YouTube cooking channel (click to subscribe and click on the BELL icon to get updates).
We love how videos are a teaching approach where you can see what the recipe should look like every step of the way and have success the first time and every time!
Top 15 Most Popular Recipes of 2017 Countdown:
#15 Broccoli Salad with Creamy Lemon Dressing
This has been a reader and family favorite for years. Easy, excellent salad.
#14 Avocado Shrimp Salsa
My husband and I are obsessed with this salsa and now you are too. YES!!
#13 Mashed Potato Pancakes
Wait for that cheese pull and you will just know. With over 31 million views on Facebook, this is one of our top 5 mega viral videos!
#12 Baked Salmon with Garlic and Dijon
This has been one of our top recipes for years. So many of you have have shared that this is your favorite way to make salmon (and it’s ours too!)
#11 Chicken Madeira
Who knew a night at the Cheesecake factory would produce one of our most viral recipes (21 million views on Facebook!)
#10 Shrimp Scampi Pasta with Asparagus
This pasta dish has a light sauce with amazing fresh flavor. Did I mention big juicy shrimp? BIG. JUICY. SHRIMP.
#9 Cheesy Chicken Fritters
I’m so happy these went viral – they are crazy delicious! Don’t skip that garlic aioli!
#8 Baklava
So many amazing reviews on our baklava. It has been a reader favorite since this recipe was born.
#7 Salmon Cakes
The best way to use up leftover salmon!! It’s no wonder these took off!
#6 Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Silky, buttery, and swoon-worthy mashed potatoes. My friend Anna made these when she had us over for dinner and I fell madly in love with her potatoes. The best I have ever had!
#5 Avocado Tuna Salad
Tuna never tasted so good! You’ll make this over and over.
#4 Roasted Pork Tenderloin
Our pork tenderloin is the darling of Google. So many of you have shared that this is your very favorite way to make tenderloin!
#3 Cucumber Tomato Avocado Salad
This one’s obvious. The list of ingredients says it all!
#2 Avocado Chicken Salad
With over 64 million views on Facebook (that’s a lot of millions!), this recipe is friendly for nearly every diet (sorry to our Vegetarian friends!). It’s so simple and healthy with fantastic flavor!
#1 Blueberry Lemon Cake
This was the most loved recipe of the year. Watch the facebook video on this recipe and see why it’s been such a hit!
I’m hungry, how about you?!
I hope you find many new favorites here!! If you have any recipe or tutorial requests for 2018, let me know in a comment below! We’re putting more focus on video in 2018 (both recipes and how-to’s), so if you have any burning cooking questions, I want to know! 🙂
Wishing you a healthy, prosperous, blessed and happy New Year my friends.
Loads of Love,
-Natasha ❤️
Natasha Kravchuk
Hi! I'm Natasha Kravchuk. Here you'll find delicious, trusted recipes with easy step-by-step photos and videos. 
Wow, this is an amazing recipe item. thanks for sharing.
You’re so welcome! I’m happy you enjoyed that!
Have made many of your recipes. LOVE the blueberry lemon cake made 5 times. The shrimp scampi with asparagus is delish and easy and fast to make. Keep the videos coming.. you make this poor cook to a Pretty Darn Good Cook…,
I’m so inspired reading this. Thank you!
Hello Natasha, I’m Michelle and I’m 12. I’m Ukranian and I started to watch your videos not to long ago. My mom and sister knew about you already. And I’m hoping that in a little bit I’ll be able to make my first-time draniki! Anyways, I wanted to let you know that I think you’re so cool!
You are so sweet Michelle! I’m so happy you found my videos! I hope you have lots of fun making your first draniki & I would love to know how they turned out!
I have made this Blueberry Lemon Cake. It is simply one of the best recipe i have tried.
Wow! That’s so awesome! Thank you for sharing that with me, Monique!
I have tried so many of your recipes and they are just great.Please come out with a cook book. Your recipes are easy fast and Delicious!
I will be releasing my first cookbook this year, stay tuned!
Hello Natasha. Congratulation for your excellent work! It is really amazing! I am a beginner, but you explain so clear and easy, so I have had huge success with everything I have done from your page. My best regards from Costa Rica.
Hello Valentin! I’m glad to hear how much you’re enjoying the recipes! Thanks so much for following!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all your wonderful recipes. Every single recipe I’ve made from your site has been a huge success & is absolutely delicious (& I’ve made most of them). Keep up the wonderful work & God Bless you in everything that you do.
You’re welcome Olya! I’m happy to hear how much you’re enjoying the recipes. Thanks so much for following and sharing your thoughtful comments! 🙂
I would love to purchase your most popular recipes as a cookbook!
I will be releasing my first cookbook this year, stay tuned!
I will be attending a class for an Instant Pot. Yes, recipes for that would be great. Or a tutorial on how to use the thing would be awesome too
I will definitely keep that suggestion in mind Nancy!
I’d like a beef pot roast recipe that doesn’t require a slow cooker.
I will definitely keep your suggestion in mind Ruth!
Hi Natasha,
I baked the majority of your cakes and they turned out perfect. Everybody in my family loved them. I would love to see more crock pot/instant pot/slow cooker recipes. As a busy mom and full time work, it would save a lot of time during the workweek.
Thank you.
Hi Elena, thank you for the suggestion. I received InstantPot for Christmas and currently experimenting with it so stay tuned 😬
Hi Natasha,
I was wondering if you got an Instant Pot for Christmas? 🙂
I would love to see a tutorial on how to make a beef plov in a pressure cooker. Thanks!!
Hi Tanya, I did received one for Christmas 😬 and currently experimenting with it. Stay tuned 😀.
Natasha,
I love your website. Yammy food plus the steps are so easy to follow. Thank you for all the hard work. God bless you and your family. Waiting for more delicious recipes.
Hello Vicky! I’m happy to hear how much you’re enjoying the recipes. Thanks for following and sharing your encouraging, thoughtful comments!
Hi Natasha!
I would love to see more vegetarian dishes. My husband and I are not fans of meat, and it’s hard to find a good meatless recipe that isn’t a salad 😬.
Thank you for this wonderful website!
Hello Vera! I will definitely keep your suggestion in mind. Thanks for following!
And I personally LOVE UR cake dessert videos, I’m surprise more of that didn’t make the list. But everyone is eating salad it seems 🙂 good job to the healthy ppl♡
Hi Anna, Its crazy that most of the recipes on this list have a video tutorial attached to them. I guess maybe I should make more dessert videos – they are the more difficult ones to turn into videos because of the time and steps involved and our window of opportunity is a small one with our toddler napping (or refusing to nap!) I’m so glad you like our dessert videos though 🙂
What a yummy list! Love chicken fritters, and deffintlty want to try chicken madera . People really like their salads lol. I’m surprised the potatoes made the list !
Yes seriously! I am so excited that the potatoes are on the list. They are just THAT good! Thank you again for sharing them with me!!
Your website has become my go-to, as well as for my whole family. Anytime we need ideas, my mom always says “go look if Natasha posted anything new.” Thanks for the yummy and easy recipes. Good Job! 🙂
Awww!! Katherine, your comment is music to my ears :). Thank you so much for the encouragement! 🙂 I’m so glad you are enjoying our recipes 🙂
Raise your glass to 2018 🍷𝓗𝓪φφ𝔂🎇ℕ𝓮𝔀🍷𝓨𝓮𝓪𝓻🍷…
Have a wonderful New Year Teresa 🎉
Love your recipes…and videos! Thank you for all your tips and making cooking look so easy!
My pleasure Theresa! I’m glad to hear how much you’ve been enjoying my site. Thanks for following!
Hi Natasha, I love everything on your website, so fantastic. Could you make a video about сырники? I am never very successful with them. Also making the website more searchable by English or Russian words is helpful because I’m never quite sure how a recipe might be listed. Спасибо, с новым годом, здоровья и успеха вам!!!
Meghan, thank you for the suggestion, we will keep that in mind. Happy New Year to you as well 😬!
Hi, just wanted to let you know that the link to #5 Avocado Tuna Salad goes to the mashed potatoes recipe! I still found it though through search.
Thanks for the heads up Susan! It is now corrected 🙂
Hi natasha, I was just wondering if you were planning on making a cookbook anytime?
Hello Karina! I’m don’t have a cookbook yet but it’s definitely on my bucket list this year!
A cookbook would be awesome!!👍🏻
Out of all these favorites, my best was the Madeira chicken. Delicious!!!
I’m so happy to hear that you love the Madeira chicken recipe! Yay!! 🙂
I made most of those recipes this year. My number one would of been the pork tenderloin!
Awesome, I’m glad to hear that Inna! Thanks so much for following! 🙂