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Happy New Year 2014


It is January 1st so that means it's time for New Year's resolutions.  I could be writing about my goals I want to accomplish in 2014, the pounds I want to lose, the personality traits I want to improve upon, the financial improvements I want to make, the increase in my exercise routine, and on and on…Instead, I'd rather look back at 2013 and think of all the good things that actually did happen and what I actually did accomplish.  My New Year's resolutions are always basically the same, anyway.  All of the above mentioned!  So, now that that's done, let's move on to the fun stuff like the most popular Sylvia's Scenario blog posts of 2013…

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 The recipe that comes in at #3 is asian pasta salad, one of my favorite salad recipes.  It's not really a cole slaw, not a green salad, but it counts as a salad with an interesting twist to it. There's something about Asian recipes that everyone always loves. (yakitori came in at #4 and asian meatballs came in at #5 so you see how popular those Asian recipes are)  I know there is a Top Romen noodle recipe circulating around out there that is similar to this recipe but this one is a lot better! 
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Harvest macaroni and cheese is a recipe I just posted in November and it already has the #2 most hits.  I suppose any version of macaroni and cheese will be popular because it is the ultimate American favorite comfort food.  This recipe incorporates a healthy ingredient that many people (mostly men) don't like but you can't really taste it - squash.  It is a perfect fall recipe and I think people had squash on their minds when I posted it.  I know a couple of my friends immediately tried it and there was quite a discussion on Facebook about it about husbands who don't like squash but this recipe worked.  It reminds me of last year's #3 spot of snappy joes that uses cabbage in my sloppy joe recipe that my kids grew up eating.  
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I am so happy that hoppelpoppel has won the #1 spot for 2013!  I love this recipe.  It is my favorite breakfast recipe that I've been making since the 1980's when I first ate it at a tailgate party in Iowa made by Bruce's college roommate's parents that ran a German restaurant in Amana, Iowa.  Besides the fact that this is a German recipe which makes it unique, it's also a unique breakfast recipe because there's no cheese in it which is unusual for breakfast egg recipes.  I like that fact because it doesn't make you feel really full after eating it from the greasy cheese in most American egg dishes.  I posted this recipe after making it for a good friend who came to visit us from Reno this year which was a much anticipated visit.  Now, her visit will always be remembered as my #1 blog post recipe for 2013.   



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