Here are the ten most popular new recipes I have published so far in 2024. Some of these made me proud. Most were predictable! 😂
What about for you? Any surprises on this list? 🙂
10 most popular new recipes of 2024 (so far)
Note! This is a top 10 list for recipes I have published in 2024. Not an all-time most popular list!! So don’t be shocked if your all time favourite there. 🙂
10. Lamb Korma Curry
I’m thrilled to see a recipe that’s not a quick weeknight meal making it into the Top 10! It’s definitely List-Worthy. 😅 The korma curry sauce is truly amazing—it’s a flavour you won’t find in a jar, and even at a restaurant, you’d have to know where to go to find one that rivals this!
9. Smoky Roasted Tomato Soup
I was also really happy to see this make The List! I wasn’t sure if it would appeal, thought perhaps it wasn’t exciting enough for you.😅 But what I really like about this soup is that it’s a really great way to make something tasty out of lacklustre tomatoes, which is sadly all too common in grocery stores here in Australia. So imagine how great it is when tomatoes are season!
8. Crispy Oven Baked Quesadillas
Strong performer to make the top 10 list because I only published it last month! This is a really handy recipe because you can make multiple quesadillas at the same time in the oven rather than flipping them one by one on the stove. Who’s got time for that when you’ve got a hoard of hungry teenagers!
7. Sausage Ragu with Pappardelle Pasta
I feel like the word “ragu” always gets your attention. 😂 Though in all seriousness, this one’s pretty special because it gets a massive flavour leg-up by using sausages for the meat, and economical to make too. The richness and depth of flavour in it is really, really good!
6. One-pot Moussaka Beef Rice Pilaf
Hazarding a guess for why this made The List! Let’s see….convenience of a meal in one pot…. plus the name (everybody loves Moussaka!)…plus maybe the photo looks appealing, with the juicy looking tomato stained rice with the shiny balls of chickpeas?
5. My 14 favourite low-calorie dinners
It was early January when I published this, when New Years’ resolutions “to be healthier” were still fresh in everyone’s mind!
4. Tray bake lamb kofta meatballs and vegetables
I love a tray bake that’s a little different, like meatballs and vegetables! Works perfectly with the bonus that all your meatballs remain perfectly round, unlike when pan frying when one side always seems to flatten!
3. Singapore Chicken Vermicelli Noodles
Australia is mad for Singapore noodles! But they are kind of a pain to make – you need a little bit of Char Sui (Chinese BBQ Pork) and freshly peeled prawns. So I made a tonight version using using chicken instead. Instant hit! (I feel this might be happening for my own dinner tonight.)
2. One pot Chicken Risoni with Crispy Salami
Why I think you love it: Because we all love a one pot recipe! Oozy, creamy risotto vibes with a whole lot less work. Also, the crispy salami. It’s worth making this just to experience the crispy salami! #BetterThanBacon
1. Lemon Garlic Salmon Tray Bake
Why I think you love it: Because, everything you need for a meal cooked on one tray! Fast prep. Less washing up. And tasty! Love the lemon garlic flavour on the salmon.
And that rounds off the top 10 most popular recipes of 2024 (so far!). Even though it’s not a recipe, I’m still going to drop in an FAQ, mainly cause it’s a new website design toy and I’m still having fun playing with it. 😂
10 most popular recipes of 2024 FAQ
Because it would be too organised to have published this at around, say, the end of June at the halfway mark for 2024. I can’t think that far ahead when it comes to content I publish on my website! It’s very much in the now, what I’m thinking of right now, what’s happening in my life, what I’m cooking in the kitchen right now!
It does bring me to a topic that’s quite close to my heart. Some people find it hard to work in the “fly by the seat of your pants” style that I’ve adopted for my website. Magazines, for example, are shooting recipes months and months ahead of when they are published.
I can’t do that. Things go stale for me.
I publish what I’m making at the time. Well, more to the point, recipes I finish working on at that time! At any given moment, I usually have multiple recipes on the go, but it’s difficult to predict when I’ll finally be happy with it. Might be version 3 or 30!
While this creates a somewhat chaotic and hectic working style, it also means that recipes I publish are in real time and I think you sense that with the enthusiasm with which I describe the recipes and the stories that accompany them.
Or maybe, that’s just me trying to justify my disorganisation. 😂
It had to be a new recipe that I published during 2024.
Based on the number of page views for that recipe from the publish date through to today, Tuesday 27 August 2024.
It’s an analytical tool called Parse.ly that provides real time and historical data that I use to understand the performance of recipes I publish.
We got it when the old Google Analytics reporting tool was closed down and migrated to GA4. I find GA4 incredibly difficult to use and there’s some information that I can’t get at all to monitor how my website is performing!
So we had to find another solution and found Parse.ly which, as far as we know, is the only tool available that meets our needs and is easy to use, bearing in mind IT and I are not friends!
It’s a service provided by WordPress VIP which is an enterprise level WordPress hosting provider.
But it is a premium service and it comes with a hefty price tag. It hurts. But I can’t live without it!!
I know. I am as unhappy as you are. 😩 For example, I truly believe to my very core that if I had published Cheesymite Scrolls earlier in the year, it would easily be in the top 10. I have faith in Australia! 😃
I actually do monitor the page views of new recipes very closely for the first 48 hours, and that’s the real method by which I track the popularity of a particular recipe on a day to day basis.
There’s no report I can run to capture that exact data accurately for all the new recipes of 2024 to compare like-for-like. But I do know, for example, Pistachio Cake which I published a couple of weeks ago outperformed average with over 100,000 readers in the first 48 hours. However, it’s nowhere near in the top 10 because I only published it recently!
Tell me in the comments below what you thought of The List! Any surprises? Any disappointments? I personally was a little sad that Crispy Salt & Pepper Squid wasn’t on the list, because we worked so hard on that recipe. Hand on heart, between JB, my brother and I, I think we probably made over 30 versions before we cracked the code. And still, to this day, yet to have one as good, even at a restaurant!
Other notable “sad it didn’t make The Cut” mentions include: Chicken Cacciatore (Italian! Stewy! Easy!), Crispy Pork Belly Banh Mi (just missed out, coming in at number 12) and Cheesymite Scrolls (Australia! It’s a travesty.).
And my publisher is probably going to be gutted my new book announcement didn’t make The List.
But don’t worry about my publishers’ or my opinion! The most important one that matters is in the section below. ⬇️ 😂 – Nagi x
Life of Dozer
Dozer is not having a good day.
First, he found out he didn’t make the 2024 top 10, with 13 recipes ahead of his most popular post…..
Then he found out it’s toy washing day.
This is about as bad as Life of Dozer gets these days! 😂 (And I wouldn’t have it any other way ❤️).
Dozer is always number one in my book! It’s been a busy travel summer but I did get to try the oven baked quesadillas, yum and the lamb korma, double yum from the carnivorous husband. Haley our golden agreed with him and is upset that we don’t have a front window washer or dryer. The Crispy Squid are on my must try list.
You tell Dozer that whoever made that list is NUTS….He is number 1….my day is not complete without my shot of Dozer…and yes I was busted the other day because I do go to see what my Dozer is up to before I look at any recipe.
We don’t get lamb here, and I don’t eat beef. I really want to try your korma curry and kofta meatballs. Lamb is a very strong flavor; any suggestions for adjusting spices to accommodate chicken or pork?
I am smiling so big seeing the picture of Dozer watching his toys get washed. He clearly LOVES them 😍. And on another note, I am thankful for the healthy meals post (and all of the other ones I can find on your site) as my just has bypass surgery and I’m needing to be a little more selective with my cooking! Thank you!
Thank you! Have tried a few of these already. Now, the rest, if I can get the ingredients. Chicken Catch A Tory (as my kids called it) is a favourite family dish now. Too bad it didn’t make the list but I can make a longer list. I have that ability..lol.
I feel seen! In the last week alone I’ve checked out the salmon one, the tomato soup and the sausage ragu!
The crispy squid one looks so good – I just need to find an occasion to make it!
On that note, can I also say that I love those ‘meal’ posts you do (the recent modern Japanese meal, the seafood platter, etc). While they’re not ones we’re going to be doing every day or read and think “I’ll do that tonight”, when you’re throwing a bit of a party, they’re just so useful, with all the advice on prep and timings and what to actually put together for a good and manageable meal!
This comment is about Dozer. Tell him he is off charts and that is why he didn’t make the list. The pictures of toy washing day are priceless!!!! So are your recipes. Sorry, Dozer goes first!
I’m right there with ya! Dozer first, then I’ll think about us humans.
Recently read your first Cookbook and I thought okay just another Cookbook ,then I read through the recipes and fell in love with it. Beautiful tasty food. Absolutely love your beautiful Dozer
Tray bake salmon and the chicken cacciatore were the top of our list🤔plus almost everything I’ve made from your fabulous recipes!
Not forgetting the handsome Dozer ❤️
Dozer is so cute!!! I love ypur recipes!!! Just made the Shwarma it was a big hit!!!
I’m just nit-picking, but I think the Cantonese for BBQ Pork is ‘Char Siu’ (see-you).
Oh, my god! Poor Dozer! His sad, yet resigned face watching his toys being washed… And you tell him, for me he is first place in the top ten’s list ♥
And now, I’ll go to see the list 😅
Your Basque cheesecake, Lemon coconut almond cake and chocolate Xmas wreath …absolutely yum ! Next on my list is pistachio pear tart
So many more to try, thank you so much Nagi 🤩
Luv luv luv Dozer ❤️
I have tried many of your recipes and I have loved all of them! You are extremely talented and gifted.
Thank you so much for sharing your recipes and making meal time a wonderful adventure. When planning on dinner I go to your website and cookbook first!
I am also interested in decreasing the carb content of meals (at 71 and my husband at 75 we have to be mindful of our weight). I routinely use bone broth (more protein) than stock, and use pasta that has a higher protein content. But many of your most delicious entrees have pasta, rice, orzo, potatoes as part of the dish. Any ideas on low or lower carb entrees?
Loved the Quesadillas!! Have made them so many times with every protein I could think of.
Love your recipes Nagi, your usually the first search I go to when looking for any recipe cheers, Sian
You didn’t put your Artisan Snack Crackers on your list. They were AMAZING! Easy to do and inexpensive and absolutely delicious!
Great list. Salmon tray bake and the Risoni are definite favorites in this house amongst so many others. And Dozer.💕
Just yum yum yum .
Thank you so much
Oh gosh, dgod bless dozer, and who cares about anything else? Food is all well and good and indeed of utmost importance but…, D!