The prime 10 recipes on Downshiftology this yr leaned in the direction of high-protein, with just a few restaurant copycats, and home made dressings (so significantly better than store-bought). Plus, two get together appetizers reigned supreme this yr!
Prime 10 Recipes of 2025
If there’s one factor I can say about 2025, it’s that it flew by! I really feel like solely yesterday it was April (and I used to be settling into my new condominium)… and but, right here we’re on the finish of one other yr. Possibly it’s an age factor. Or a too-busy factor. The place you blink and one other yr simply zooms by! Anybody else really feel it this yr?
However these annual critiques are at all times enjoyable for me as I examine the recipes you really liked most and what influenced my enterprise. Final yr I talked about tech and AI, and the affect from that definitely continued this yr.
Merriam-Webster’s phrase of the yr was “slop” and I noticed that slop infiltrate Pinterest, Fb, and Instagram with AI-generated, low-quality, and fairly frankly, absurd recipes. Real, human-created, and examined recipes received overrun by Frankenstein recipes that had been simply mish-mashed collectively by AI. The affect? Many recipe websites, together with Downshiftology, noticed vital site visitors declines. In years previous I’ve highlighted the wonderful year-over-year progress of Downshiftology, however that is the primary yr (in 11 years!) that site visitors truly went backwards. To say we’re in a brand new, uncharted period of on-line info and content material could be an understatement!
Now, having mentioned that, there was nonetheless over 100 million people who visited Downshiftology this yr. Which is about 99,999,900 extra individuals than I assumed would see my content material once I first began (aka greater than my household and pals). Lol! That is the place perspective and gratitude are key.
On the finish of the day, I nonetheless LOVE what I do. I really like the creativity of growing recipes, I really like our unimaginable group, and I really like the mental challenges that preserve me on my toes. So whereas Google, YouTube, and social media proceed to evolve, I’ll be right here evolving as properly!
Alright, so which new recipes had been hottest this yr? Excessive-protein was a continuing theme and also you guys beloved my baked pork chops and sheet pan hen breast. This yr additionally noticed just a few restaurant copycats take the highest spots with takeout favorites like Mongolian beef and fried rice, in addition to my Olive Backyard copycat for Zuppa Toscana. Attention-grabbing sufficient, two dressings hit the highest 10 this yr (I don’t know if that’s ever occurred earlier than?) for ranch dressing and Italian dressing. These be a part of perennial favorites that I do know you like, like my Caesar dressing, lemon French dressing, and balsamic French dressing. Lastly, just a few very tasty appetizers rounded out the listing. Examine all of them our under!
So what’s coming in 2026? I’ve a little bit of a soup theme coming in January, with three new YouTube movies I hope you’ll love. I’m additionally touring to Mexico (twice) subsequent yr. And I flip 50 subsequent yr!!! So odds are I’ll be taking an enormous journey and break round August, my birthday month. However truthfully, I’d simply love extra chill, non-working weekends (which is SO arduous for me) at residence subsequent yr as properly. Oh, and my writer retains nudging me to put in writing one other cookbook. What do you suppose??
As we shut out the yr, I simply wish to say thanks a lot for persevering with to make and belief my recipes! I at all times love studying your critiques and I’ve genuinely beloved attending to know so a lot of you over these previous 11 wonderful years. I’ll be in Park Metropolis, Utah this yr to ring within the new yr, so cheers to 2026 pals!
Prime 10 Most Seen New Recipes in 202
1. Baked Pork CHops
These baked pork chops turned a direct winner attributable to their simplicity (simply as my baked hen breast and baked salmon had been winners in earlier years). They’re coated in a easy spice rub and baked within the oven for a quick-and-easy weeknight dinner.
2. Ranch Dressing
You guys raved about this ranch dressing! And when you see it drizzled on recipe #10 under, a lot of you really liked including it to all types of salads or utilizing it as a veggie dip.
3. Mongolian Beef
Once I’m craving Chinese language takeout, this Mongolian beef is what I typically whip up (and it seems you do too). There’s simply one thing so extremely tasty about that sauce!
4. Zuppa Toscana Soup
This Olive Backyard copycat recipe turned a soup season favourite this yr, together with different Olive Backyard favorites like my minestrone soup and Tuscan hen. Made out of Italian sausage, bacon, potatoes, and kale it’s a wealthy and creamy soup that eats like a full meal.
5. Italian Dressing
This home made dressing does double-duty on one other successful recipe (see #7). It’s gentle and zesty, loaded with herbs, and ideal for drizzling on absolutely anything for a recent Italian contact.
6. Fried Rice
This home made fried rice has simply the correct quantity of taste with soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, garlic and plenty of veggies. It’s a more healthy spin on the takeout traditional and really easy to make at residence!
7. Italian Sheet Pan Rooster Breast
This sheet pan dinner with diced hen breast, hearty greens, and Italian dressing was an immediate meal prep favourite. It’s protein-packed and filled with fiber.
8. Cowboy Caviar
The last word 15-minute get together appetizer that you simply guys can’t get sufficient of. It’s loaded with beans, chopped veggies, and a brilliant, tangy dressing that ties all of it collectively.
9. Jalapeno Poppers
One other appetizer additionally made the listing this yr—my jalapeno poppers! They’re filled with a tacky filling dotted with crispy bacon bits and recent chives, then baked till bubbly and golden. Excellent for Tremendous Bowl, a Christmas appetizer, and different holidays!
10. Rooster Bacon Ranch Chopped Salad
The title says all of it with this one! And when hen, bacon, and ranch dressing are mixed with lettuce, onion, tomatoes, nuts, and herbs, you get one unbelievably scrumptious, high-protein salad recipe.
Whereas these had been the highest 10 recipes of 2025, right here’s a fast listing of my all-time hottest recipes and posts:
It’ll be fascinating to see how the all-time rankings change as this weblog and great Downshiftology group grows. Finest needs to all of you for a wholesome, comfortable, and protected New 12 months!
xo, Lisa
PS – In the event you’re protecting observe, right here had been the Prime 10 Recipes of 2024, Prime 10 Recipes of 2023, Prime 10 Recipes of 2022, Prime 10 Recipes of 2021, Prime 10 Recipes of 2020, Prime Recipes of 2019, Prime 10 Recipes of 2018, Prime 10 Recipes of 2017, Prime 10 Recipes of 2016, and Prime 10 Recipes of 2015.