Recipes the World Forgot
It’s time for a quick Recipes the World Forgot post (some of my favorite posts to put together!).
If you’re new here, this little series highlights some of the recipes that have been on my site a long time (like, a really long time).
While they may have been overlooked by more recently posted recipes, they definitely deserve another chance in the spotlight, because they are HUGE tried-and-true favorites around here. Even after all these years.
Have you made any of these recipes? Which ones are favorites of yours?
*You can see all past Recipes the World Forgot posts here*
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3 of these are fave recipes, one of which, yes, I had totally forgotten about! Killer crunch brownies! I make your Rock Salt Chicken almost monthly, and quinoa patties too! My 6 and 8 year old get so excited for them, I should really make them more often.
I always enjoy these posts. It probably doesn’t make sense, but I tend to not want to try older recipes, maybe because I figure you’ve made new ones so they must be better. It’s nice to see ones that you’re still cooking and enjoying.
I was waiting for my husband to come out of cardiac surgery a few weeks ago. I was idly scrolling facebook when this post appeared, with a picture of the chicken and sweet potato skillet. Meal Planning is such an ordeal for me, and I’m very shy about trying new things. Normally, this would be a meal I would never dare try! But becasue I’ve grown to trust that when you rave about something, it’s worth trying, I tried it. So thank you Mel for being a recipe blogger I can trust, and for including comfort foods that are also healthy and filling!
I absolutely love the Cinnamon Roll cake! I usually make it for my birthday. I struggle with the cinnamon topping though. It always sinks to the bottom and get stuck to the pan. Do you have an idea how to fix that?
Hey Emily – try just barely, barely swirling it in (and don’t drag the knife or whatever tool you’re using to swirl all the way to the bottom of the pan – just kind of swirl the top).
I just now saw this!! Now I have to make it and see if that solves my problem. I do love having this as a problem!
Dear Mel, thank you for your amazing recipes! I have been following you and making your delicious food for 10 years. When I make a new recipe my kids like , they always say ‘this must be a Mel’s ! ‘And yes, most often it is! Thank you for also being such a real, honest person sharing your light and goodness! You are amazing!❤️
Hi! Since you were doing honorable mention, I wanted to spotlight the Mexican Chopped Salad! I make the crescent roll empanadas (filled with taco meat) or the crescent taco ring then serve with this salad. It is just incredible. It was the first recipe of yours I tried and I loved it. I have also included it alonmgside a Tortilla Soup. Thanks for sharing it way back when!
I’m totally going to try the Cinnamon Roll cake in place of our “General Conference Cinnamon Rolls” this Spring! Different, but I hope they’ll fit the bill!
Those Killer Crunch Brownies are incredible! Whenever I make them and bring them to a party, they are the life of the party! And I am very popular for bringing them 🙂
I recently discovered your website and I have now put together a folder of recipes with your name on it! I made the cinnamon roll cake this last weekend and fed it to three families plus 4 elders from my church. One of the elders asked if I had made the cake and I said yes, and he said, everything you make is so good! So thank you.
Hi Mel,
I’m not on instagram but needed to reply to your post there.
You are a beautiful light of love and joy and truth shining through tons of encouraging posts about delicious food. I came for dumpling soup and cookies, but I found a voice of compassion, vulnerability, hilarity, and deep friendship. Thank you for honoring your self and your sense of what is right. I appreciate you and am so grateful for this place you created.
Please know I and so many more are lifting you up as you have lifted us. Please take the steps you need to care for your heart and mind after being attacked with hate. Your support of LGBTQ friends is love in action that will make the future better for all of us and all our children. I’m glad to know you are surrounded with love in real life, I wish you comfort for the pain you are in, and I will show extra care and understanding in my life in solidarity with you this week.
Same here. I have no Instagram account. But I want to speak up and thank you for your influence on my life. When I got married 5 years ago, I didn’t have much experience in the kitchen. But I did want to feed my family a home cooked meal every night. And so I have relied on your site to help me do that. Thanks for your recipes, and also for your humor, vulnerability, and positivity. I appreciate you. Please don’t listen to the trolls.
I just went and read your post on instagram, and what you had to share there is so unbelievable. (Not as in “I don’t believe you”, but as in “I can’t believe this is happening to you”.)
How ANYBODY in their right mind would, of all the people out there, choose YOU to attack is beyond me.
You are always, without a single exception, full of grace, compassion, common sense in the best way, insight, sharing your gift with other, …
I am not on insta or any of the other “social” media sites any more for precisely that reason, they seem to attract a toxic kind of people, and I don’t have time, the heart or the stomach for that. This goes so far that I “forced” my poor husband to join whatsapp for the school, ballet, kindergarten groups so that we don’t miss all the news because I couldn’t stomach the gossip, hate, fake news, … that also come in that package and he is able to tune all that out just fine. (And I envy him a little for that.)
So, do not ever listen to “them”, please!
You are beautiful inside and out, as far as I can tell.
Also, my 7 year old made the brownies today and they really are killer.
That is all.
The Killer Crunch Brownies are on a monthly rotation in our house – they are anything but forgotten & oh so good!!
We love the Rock Salt Chicken. It is amazing!
I love these posts! My daughter made the killer crunch brownies this weekend (with her aunt over FaceTime) and they are amazing!! I will definitely be adding these to our sweet treat rotation.
Love the chicken skillet meal but I haven’t made it in ages so this is a great reminder! I am definitely making that broccoli soup soon – a new one for me. I have tried the quinoa patties but didn’t have much luck with them. I need to give them another try based on the other commenters!! Love this series – I always find an old tried and true that fell of my rotation or discover another gem! TY!
I’m saddened and ashamed to say that as I looked through this list I realized I hadn’t made a single one of these recipes! Haha! I fixed that problem today and made the killer crunchy brownies and oh my!! Everyone loved them. So, so tasty. Your recipes never disappoint. You’re the best, Mel!
I’m not sure I’ve made any of these recipes either, Angie! I might have made the cheesy broccoli soup, but it might not have been this exact recipe either. I think sometimes you make some great recipes and then they stay in the rotation. Those killer crunch brownies are on my short list to make first!
That chicken skillet has inspired many a dinners here, we love it as written as well as adding farro and broccoli. And those peanut butter oatmeal cookies are another we frequently make! Thanks for the round up for some new inspiration!
The Vanilla Bean Cheescake helped me win a cheescake cook-off at work. So good! I love the cinnamon roll cake too, and I just made your roasted rock salt chicken for the very first time yesterday. I had been eying the recipe for years. So yummy (and easy)! It was a hit at the little birthday luncheon I hosted for a neighbor. I need to make the quinoa patties again…maybe my picky toddler will love them like so many others have commented. Thanks for the many years of deliciousness. You are not only a rockstar in the kitchen but an angel too!
We made the blender pancakes for dinner tonight (Breakfast for Dinner for the win!). They are so tasty and so easy. Thank you for the inspiration!
That cookie recipe used to be my go-to! I can’t believe I forgot about it. We’ll have to remedy that situation soon.
And how have I never made the cinnamon roll cake? Sounds delicious!
Your Slow Cooker Jalapeño Popper White Bean Chili recipe has won me so many chili cook-offs at work, not to mention helped me get through this frigid winter!
Cinnamon Roll Cake was among the first recipes I tried! Knocks our socks off every dang time!
Yipee! I love this series and checking to see if any of my favorites are included (and the excited comments from other readers definitely influences me!). This time around it’s the Little Quinoa Patties that brought back memories of trying to get my kids to hop on the ‘quinoa bandwagon’ but not having much luck. Those little patties were such a hit! Thanks so much for all you do here.
Quinoa patties are on regular rotation at our house. And we recently discovered the Loaded Broccoli Cheese soup. So yummy! I think those pretzel rolls are one of the few rolls on your site I haven’t tried. I need to!
I’ve made six of these and am wondering why I haven’t ever made the others… especially the rock salt chicken. I’ve looked at the recipe so many times but just haven’t ever fully committed to it. I think cooking a whole chicken is a bit intimidating- I just need to buy a chicken and take the plunge. The pretzel rolls are seriously one of my favorites and I feel so accomplished whenever I make them. Haha. They look and taste amazing every single time! I took your quinoa patties to a finger food themed recipe group and they were a huge hit. The cookie dough Greek yogurt dip is something I make, without fail, as an after-the-kids-go-to-bed snack any time I have Greek yogurt. The cinnamon roll cake is delicious and makes my mouth water just thinking about it. I’m a sucker for pretty much any soup (minus clam chowder…gag) and your loaded broccoli soup is a family favorite, especially because of the bacon. The blender pancakes have shown up on our table multiple times as well. I love when you do this series; so many great recipes resurface!
The loaded broccoli soup is legendary in my house – everyone cheers when I make it! Such a hearty, delicious meal!
The chicken and sweet potato skillet meal is one of our favorites and probably one of the first recipes I ever made from your site! Just made it last week! Thanks for all you do!
I have made the cinnamon roll cake, so easy and delicious! My kids like making it too. Thanks Mel!
Love the cinnamon roll cake and the blender pancakes. The others I have not made, but printed them off and added them to the menu for the next two weeks. Thanks! Love these posts. They are some of my favorities!!!
I’ve probably made the Vanilla Bean White Chocolate Mouse at least 5 times – the best!
I’ve also made the cinnamon roll cake.
Perfect timing. I was just thinking I needed to make something new for dinner. And dessert. Can’t skip that. I always have the best results with your recipes. Thanks for making my dinners less boring and so tasty.
I just love these posts, because I did forget about these wonderful recipes!
The blender pancakes are so good
That vanilla bean cheesecake is the best cheesecake!
Those peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are a favorite at our house! That cinnamon roll cake looks so good and is next on my list to try.
Love that vanilla bean cheesecake!!! I made it for an auction a couple years ago and it sold for $200!!! It’s out of this world!!! I forgot about the pretzel bites and I’m gonna try out the quinoa patties!!! Yum!!
This series of yours is genius. It always surprises me which recipes have been forgotten and I consistently find one or two I missed or forgot how much I loved. I adore the white chocolate cheesecake and and have used variations of it in multiple layer cakes- think triple chocolate mousse torte. Killer Crunch Brownies is basically one of my signature bakes, my family and friends request them on the regular. Also, those pretzel rolls are so beautiful I might have to make them and the broccoli soup this afternoon for a take-in meal. Thanks for the inspiration.
I’ve made half of these! The jalapeño popper chili is SO good!! It’s become my favorite chili! And the loaded broccoli soup was the first ever broccoli soup I had attempted. I don’t know how I found it on your website before the traditional broccoli soup but I did and it is probably what really opened my eyes to realizing that it was possible to make my favorite dishes from restaurants at home! Really a game changer for our family, it got me exploring so many more recipes and meal options, etc. Really Mel, your site has been such a blessing for me and my family! Thanks so much for all the time and energy it takes in keeping this running! I get excited for every. Single. Post!
Those quinoa patties are my picky eaters favorite! There’s a few I’ve been meaning to try.
Love, love these posts! I haven’t made any of them and excited to dive in! Thank you so much for the light you are.
I made the vanilla bean cheesecake for my birthday more than once! SO SO good. I can’t tell you how excited I was when that recipe was posted, love being reminded of some of your older recipes.
I make your Killer Crunch Brownies all the time! They are definitely a family favorite and have even made an appearance at a birthday or two!
Your soft pretzel rolls are another go-to for me!
I love these posts because there are definitely some that I’ve forgotten or missed somehow! I’m going to give those quinoa patties a try!
The peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies are our (MY) favorite! I haven’t made another chocolate chip cookie recipe since you posted that one. I have the half recipe on my fridge because I make it so often!
The vanilla bean cheesecake is life-changing!!!
Happily I’ve made 8 of these! I love the chicken and sweet potato dinner, that’s right up my alley. The quinoa patties are a big hit here as well. The rock salt chicken was a big fail, but I blame that 100% on user error (and the fact that I’m overly paranoid about it not being cooked all the way). But you got me to roast a turkey like a boss, so I’ll stick with that once a year haha.
I’m glad you brought the yogurt dips back to my attention! I’d completely forgotten about them, but they are delicious and a perfect no-fuss after school snack!
I’ve made five of these recipes and they are great! We especially love the killer crunch brownies and cinnamon roll cake (which we eat as a special breakfast).
I’ve made five of these recipes and they are great! We especially love the killer crunch brownies and cinnamon roll cake (which we eat as a special breakfast).
Cinnamon roll cake honestly I’ve never actually made it but when we were in medical school, a group of us wives had a monthly girls brunch and your cinnamon roll cake was a staple!! Looks like it needs to make an appearance soon!! At least as soon as we can hang out with people so I don’t eat the whole thing…