Best of 2011 Reader’s Choice Award Winners
Without further ado, here are the winners of your 2011 Reader’s Choice Awards:
1. Best Appetizer: Mini Spinach Dip Bread Bowls
Emily’s Pick*: Pepperoni Pizza Mini Puffs or the Mini Spinach Bread Bowls – I was the tie-breaker on this one!
Emily’s Pick: Asian Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Emily’s Pick: Sausage, Egg & Cheese Hash Brown Cups OR Pumpkin, Cranberry & Apple Baked Oatmeal – I am so bad at choosing!4. Best Baked Good: Monkey Bread Muffins (by a landslide!)
Emily’s Pick: Rasberry Cream Cheese Muffins
5. Best Comfort Food: Deep Dish Pizza Casserole
Runner Up: Creamy Stovetop Macaroni & Cheese
Emily’s Pick: The 1st and 2nd place winners were only separated by one vote in this category and I think they’re both fab, so…both.
6. Best Dessert: Crustless Mini Pumpkin Pies
Runner Up: Nutella Thumbprints
Emily’s Pick: Lemon Lime Cupcakes
7. Best Italian: Best Lasagna Ever (by a landslide)
Runner Up: Layered Pasta Bake
Emily’s Pick: Best Lasagna Ever (it really is)
8. Best Main Course “Muffin/Cupcake”: this was a 3-way, almost 4-way tie, but I went with Taco Cupcakes!
Runners Up: Lasagna Cupcakes and Meatloaf Muffins each got as many votes as Taco Cupcakes, and Macaroni & Cheese Muffins only received one less. This was a close race.
Emily’s Pick: Taco Cupcakes
9. Best Mexican Dish: Taco Casserole Bake
Runner Up: Bubble Up Enchilada Casserole
Emily’s Pick: Taco Casserole Bake
10. Best Pasta Dish: Cheesy Taco Pasta (landslide)
Runner Up: Pasta with Feta & Roasted Vegetables
Emily’s Pick: I pick Cheesy Taco Pasta is my first choice. There was actually a tie for 2nd place between the Pasta with Feta and the Sausage & Pumpkin Pasta, but since the Pasta with Feta was my strong second choice I broke the tie.
11. Best Pizza: Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Runner Up: Pineapple & Pepperoni Pizza
Emily’s Pick: I could never choose between Cheeseburger Pizza and Buffalo Chicken Pizza
12. Best Soup: Chicken Tortilla Soup (landslide)
Runner Up: Roasted Tomato Basil Soup with Parmesan Crisps
Emily’s Pick: Chicken Tortilla Soup – I haven’t made this in forever, time for a new photo!
13. Best Vegetarian Recipe: Mushroom Risotto
Runner Up: Spicy Black Bean Burgers
Emily’s Pick: I really love both the first and second place winners in this category, so I’m going to just ditto your votes, though it’s hard for me not to throw Italian Farro Bake in there!
This is also a funny way to see how much better my food photography has gotten in a year. I need to remake some of these winning recipes in 2012 and take some replacement photos!
Thanks so much again to all of you for reading my blog, cooking my recipes and encouraging and inspiring me with your comments. Merry Christmas and Happy Blogiversary to emilybites.com and all of you who read it!
I can’t wait to try more of these! I just found your site a few weeks ago and I finally got around to making one of your recipes- the sesame chicken. It was so delicious and easy to make!
I just made the deep dish pizza last night I love it!!! I am going to have to make it anytime I feel like being “bad”
I still maintain the mini bread bowls were the best recipe of the year. Even above the lasagna. *LOL* Can’t wait for year 2!
Aw, thanks ladies! 🙂
I never got around to voting, as I was stuck in retail h-e-double-hockey-sticks, but I wanted to send you some love and tell you that I will be making all of the winners that I didn’t get a chance to tackle in 2012!
Continued happy blogging and thanks for being such a great inspiration!
xoxo
Kelly
Thanks Kelly! Keep up the good work on your blog as well. Glad VS is finally letting you come up for air. 🙂
HI Emily. So glad I found your blog. Thank you for all your wonderful recipes this year. I look forward to your posts in 2012.
I love your blog! So happy you post WW Points Plus as well!! Thank You!!!
Roz & Marne – thanks so much for your nice words! 🙂
Looking forward to making the chicken tortilla soup! I have been searching for a “creamy” version that is WW friendly and this looks wonderfull and easy to make! I made the taco cups and loved them! Thanks for sharing all your recipes!
Glad the Taco Cupcakes were a hit! I love that Chicken Tortilla Soup, so I hope you will too. Let me know! Thanks for your comment! 🙂
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Thank you for sharing your talents with us, this is sweet.
Thanks! Glad you’re enjoying my site 🙂
Hi! I’m new to weight watchers and have been looking all over for TASTY recipes. You have my absolute favorite blog. I’m so excited to get cooking! Keep up the great work. I look forward to seeing what’s next!
Thanks so much, Tracy! Definitely let me know which recipe you try first 🙂
Feeling a little blah about Weight Watchers lately (although I tracked faithfully since July 22, 2012…I was feeling not so hot about food choices and came across your blog (again) & have now subscribed and feeling most upbeat & yah about food again. You saved me big time!!! Thanks for taking the time to make such a beautiful blog and encouraging me to keep on!!! You’re a sweetie 😉 You’ve made my day!!!