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Our Top 10 Recipes of 2024

By: The Local Palate

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With dishes like turkey feta meatballs to chicken and cornbread dumplings leading the charge, 2024 was a year for comfort meals. From Yvette Jemison sharing her holiday tradition of tamale-building parties to Matthew Raiford transforming his childhood blackberry picking ritual into his family’s Blackberry Doobie, many of our most popular recipes this year have been family favorites of the chefs who recreated them.

We’re glad to have accompanied you in cooking, blending, kneading, and serving throughout 2024.

Turkey Feta Meatballs

These delicious meatballs are a perfect weeknight meal, taking under 30 minutes to make a four-serving batch. Not only are they quick and easy, but they’re also packed with the fragrant flavors of feta cheese, garlic, and dill.

Skillet Chicken

This skillet chicken recipe is perfectly crispy and juicy, an entrée that’s meant to be served again and again. The garlic and herbs truly make this chicken dish a fragrant, any night of the week meal.

Frozen Old Fashioned

The Frozen Old Fashioned is a refreshing cocktail that’s perfect for any summertime gathering– it’s easily batchable and built to withstand the Southern heat.

Cajun Sheet-Pan Shrimp Boil

This mouth-watering sheet-pan boil is an easy option for those craving a bite of the Southern classic dish in merely half an hour. Though low-effort and quick, this dish is juicy and flavorful, perfect for a busy summer weeknight.

Turkey and the Wolf Collard Melt

Straight from the menu at New Orleans sandwich shop Turkey and the Wolf, this Collard Melt is a go-to lunch for restaurant-goers and recipe-fanatics alike. This flavor packed sandwich has it all: crunch, heat, and heartiness.

Pork Tamales

Yvette Jemison’s pork tamales have a perfectly harmonious flavor profile– full of spices and family memories. You can dress these tamales up with toppings like guacamole and salsa, but they’re just as good on their own.

Two-Ingredient Biscuits

This recipe by Natalie Dupree is perfect for when you want deliciously flaky biscuits without the effort. There’s only two ingredients: self-rising flour and heavy cream, yet they come out of the oven golden and fluffy. Serve with butter or jam as a side to breakfast, soup, or fried chicken.

Chicken and Cornbread Dumplings

This recipe is Adrienne Cheatman’s tasty spin on a beloved meal, chicken and dumplings. Rustic and homey, this recipe is packed with savory veggies– a perfect comfort meal for a rainy day inside or cold winter night.

Greek-Inspired Lemon Chicken Soup

This wholesome and nourishing soup recipe is both simple and flavorful– it’s packed with lemon, fresh herbs, and rotisserie chicken. Alex Snodgrass uses pearl cous-cous in the recipe to add a delicious texture to the soup.

Blackberry Doobie

A Blackberry Doobie is a mouth-watering dessert perfect for hot summer nights. The doobie is a scrumptious middle-ground between a cobbler and a sweet dumpling– a fruity dish that melts in your mouth and leaves you scraping the plate. It’s best served warm with vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, or gelato on top.