That Was Vegan?

Recipes so delicious you'll never think twice!

Happy First Birthday, Little Blog!

Just a year ago I decided to take the proverbial plunge and start TWV?- you can read my first post here. As you can see, I wasn’t overly confidant that anyone would care what I had to say, ha ha. But as I look back over all the posts I’ve shared, the 220,000+ hits I’ve gotten, and most importantly- all the readers and other bloggers that I’ve “met”, I’m so happy that I took the chance. As every blogger knows, a lot of time and effort goes into this endeavor- especially if you post with regularity. Honestly, it’s also a lot of fun! And sometimes I get comments and emails that really move me, and make it all worth while.

To commemorate my first year, I thought I’d do some superlatives (yes, just like in your high school yearbook) to highlight a few favorite recipes (and maybe some you missed!) (Just click on the picture to view that post & recipe)

Most Popular:

cauliflower n cheese

Cauliflower n’ Cheese

Most Secretly Spicy:

Vegan Chipotle Sweet Potato Chowder

Chipotle Sweet Potato Chowder

Best Drinking Buddy:

Vegan Beer-Battered Sweet Potatoes

Beer-Battered Sweet Potatoes

Most Likely to Send You Into a Carbo-Coma:

Vegan Mac n' Cheese Bread Bowl

Mac n’ Cheese Bread Bowl

Class Clown:

Vegan Korean Pizza

Korean BBQ & Sriracha Pineapple Pizza

Most Likely to Fool an Omnivore:

Butternut Squash Mac n' Cheese2

Butternut Squash Mac n’ Cheese

Most Multicultural:

Vegan Korean BBQ (Bulgogi) Quesadilla

Korean BBQ Quesadillas

Most Transformed:

Vegan Buffalo Wing Tacos with Seitan

Buffalo Wing Tacos

Most Finger-Lickin’ Good:

Vegan Butternut-Sausage Stuffed Phyllo Cups

Butternut-Sausage Stuffed Phyllo Cups

I also wanted to share a few other tidbits with you:

Most common search phrase: Some variation of “chickpea burger”

Strangest search phrase: “Does your onion bread look like my status update?”

Most surprising-that-it-led-to-TWV-of-all-blogs search phrase: “Spaghetti”

And a huge THANK YOU to all my wonderful readers, I love you all! :)

 

 

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  • JL says:

    Happy blogging anniversary! This was a very delicious post!

    November 26, 2012 at 7:42 am
    • Barb says:

      Thanks JL!

      November 26, 2012 at 7:45 am
  • Annie says:

    Yay, Barb! Happy birthday!! Oh man, what a whole bunch of delicious “most” recipes! You done good this past year, girl :-) !

    November 26, 2012 at 9:01 am
    • Barb says:

      Why thank you! :)

      November 26, 2012 at 12:58 pm
  • Sarah says:

    I always read and laugh over the weird search phrases people use – it makes you wonder! Happy Birthday :-)

    November 26, 2012 at 9:27 am
  • Connie Fletcher says:

    Happy B-day, Barb….keep up the delicious work. Lots of your recipes are STILL my faves….butternut mac n cheese..for one….my God that stuff is addictive!!!! So….I can’t wait to see what the next year brings!!! If you could see me now, I’m doing my HAPPY HAPPY JOY dance…

    November 26, 2012 at 11:25 am
    • Barb says:

      Ha ha! Thanks Connie- I’m glad I can help make you dance!

      November 26, 2012 at 12:58 pm
  • Reia@TheCrueltyFreeReview says:

    Happy Blog Birthday! I can’t believe a year has gone by. Congratulations on all your success.

    November 26, 2012 at 12:36 pm
    • Barb says:

      Time flies when you’re having fun, amirite?

      November 26, 2012 at 12:59 pm
  • Jodie Newton-Drouin says:

    I cannot wait to make the Mac n cheese in the bread bowl! Happy anniversary!

    November 26, 2012 at 6:28 pm
  • Laura says:

    Congratulations on a drool-worthy year!

    November 26, 2012 at 9:25 pm
  • Angie says:

    Happy Blogiversary! I am so glad I found your blog and am drooling at some of these pictures!

    November 27, 2012 at 9:35 am
  • Gabby @ the veggie nook says:

    Happy birthday blog :) Congrats, it’s such an achievement! And look at all the tasty food you’ve made!

    November 28, 2012 at 6:20 am
  • Epicurean Vegan says:

    Happy blog birthday and congrats! I’ve enjoyed your blog and recipes so much! I’m glad you posted some of the year’s favorites—they all look fabulous!

    November 28, 2012 at 11:40 am
  • Hannah says:

    Happy blogaversary! The first one is always the hardest to get through; now the years will just fly by. ;) And may they all be delicious as this first!

    November 28, 2012 at 9:09 pm
  • Melissa says:

    Happy Blog Birthday!! Love the recap, everything looks so good. :)

    December 3, 2012 at 3:30 pm
  • Nikki says:

    Those beer-battered sweet potatoes and the buffalo wings tacos look amazing! Just wanted to stop by and tell you I nominated for the Liebster Award because I love your blog! http://aveganinprogress.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/liebster-award/

    December 14, 2012 at 9:30 am
    • Barb says:

      Thank you so much!!

      December 20, 2012 at 8:59 am
  • Veronica says:

    This is the first time I’m coming across your blog, but it’s fantastic! The name is very suiting, looking at these recipes you’d never guess half of them were vegan.

    December 23, 2012 at 9:21 pm
    • Barb says:

      That’s a great compliment, thank you! And welcome!

      December 27, 2012 at 2:31 pm

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