So, maybe it’s because I’ve spent my Friday night eating chocolate chip cookies and weeding through old recipes, or maybe it’s because I finally got around to revamping the ELR recipe index after years of disorganization (prepping to launch a temporary new blog design as we work on ELR 2.0–yay!), but I just feel compelled to share my Top 5 favorite recipes ever featured on this blog with y’all. Speaking of cookies, the winner of the Thursday Cookies is comment number 534–Ashley! Ashley please email me at jenna [at] eatliverun.com to claim your victory cookies!
Pull up a chair and get your apron ready. It’s go time.
I love this chili for so many reasons, but most of all because it’s my mom’s recipe and brings back memories of my youth. Sigh. We used to eat this chili over elbow macaroni with heaps of grated cheddar cheese on top. Just looking at this photo both makes me hungry and reminds me that fall is right around the corner…which reminds me that I’m going to a college football game in the SOUTH next weekend and can’t wait!
Please try to see beyond my awful photography circa 2008 and just see the beauty of this dish for what it is: shrimp, garlic, butter, pasta and bread. Did I just pasta and bread in the same sentence? Yes. Yes, I did.
I’ve clearly got football season on my mind now. Baked beans? Tailgating? Chicken? Cornbread? Done and done. This recipe is my go-to side dish recipe for any and every event and it’s slightly on the sweet side. If you’ve never tried homemade baked beans you’ve never truly lived. Trust me on this.
Spicy, hearty, healthy….what more could you ask for? I need more channa masala in my life. Stat.
This recipe deserves two photographs because it’s clearly a winner-winner-chicken-dinner!
I don’t know what was better: the taste of this homey, creamy delicacy topped with flaky, buttery, cheddar cheese biscuits…. or the look on Almanzo’s face when he first tasted it.
I mean, really. Chicken & Biscuits for the win.
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I made your channa masala a month or two back and it was AMAZING! Definitely needs to make an appearance again soon!
My dad is well known for his homemade baked beans. And now I’m spoiled and won’t eat them any other way…
And boy would I love to try your winner-winner-chicken-dinner!
I remember both 1 and 2 as items I decided I’d want to cook from your blog. My fam is from kentucky, so chicken and biscuits is right up my alley.
I hope you’re having a great night!
Homemade baked beans tutorial, please!
Excited to see ELR 2.0.
I didn’t have a much more exciting night. I could have used some warm choco chippers around here though ; )
counting down the days til college football! september 4th
those baked beans do look yummy!
The baked beans with the cornbread look SO good right now! I just arrived home from a Sacramento River Cats game and I shouldn’t be hungry after ball park food, but if I had a plate of beans and cornbread in front of me, I would not have a problem eating the entire thing:)
The channa masala looks good….I’ve never made that but like it at restaurants.
I am really drooling over these pictures!
I made those baked beans a while ago and they were very delicious! I have found the way you write recipes so easy to follow and as someone who isn’t very fond of cooking, I’m starting to improve my skills!
I love how your blog has a totally new feel to it. It stands out from the other blogs, and thats awesome! I still love and read the other blogs but this is just a nice fresh change from it all
i can’t wait for fall and an excuse to eat chilli!
Wow, drooling. Everything looks delicious. What awesome comfort foods!!
xo
Kris
Yep, next weekend is definitely game day at UGA and people are ravenous for some football, even if we are playing a high school team.
I won’t be attending said game
Mwahaha!
I remember all of those recipes.
Ahhh I love chicken and biscuits. Tastes like home!
Mmm…chicken and biscuits would top my list too. What a great idea to list your top 5.
My family will totally appreciate that baked beans recipe – thanks for the reminder of some of your faves!!!
Hey Jenna,
When you say tomato sauce in your baked bean recipe, do you mean tomato puree? Thanks! The recipes all look fabulous!
I love knowing bloggers’ favorite recipes. You always wonder which ones steal their hearts more than others.
Chana masala would defo be on my top five list. I make it slightly differently to you but im sure the smiles on our faces are the same. Spicy for the win!
Definitely a Southern girl. And this has football and fall season written all over it!
Oh man, these are all so hearty and delicious looking! I’m really looking forward to the release of your cookbook specifically for recipes like this, not mention all of your wonderful writing.
I can’t wait to try that chicken and biscuits recipe in my new kitchen!!
these look amazing. i can’t wait for fall!
I love turkey chili! I make mine sweet and spicy!
~Alyssa
The chicken and biscuits remind me so much of growing up!
Ohh man, I can’t wait to try the chicken and biscuits recipe (with seitan instead of chicken!). I hope it comes out okay
Great top 5! I hear ya on the Channa Masala.:) BTW, I had a dream last night that I won the cookies and I am sad it was a dream,lol
Maybe next time, eh!
The chili and chicken and biscuits look really yummy. I think i’m going to try both sometime.
Oooh, I think I want to make that channa masala very soon. I remember bookmarking it when you first posted it and now you’ve reminded me of it!
I am excited about college football too! You will have a blast in College Station, they LOVE their football down there.
Your chicken and biscuits reminds me of my hearty and creamy chicken soup. I am looking forward to a cool fall day so I can make it.
And i am going to have to make your homemade baked beans for my husband. He loves baked beans and I have never made them from scratch.
lol, so funny you posted this. I bought all the ingredients for the chili last night and plan to make it tonight! I’m also going to make your granola, haha.
I had to make biscuits the other day in foods class (okay, had to? I wanted to) and they were SO delicious. We used Crisco and they were simply perfection
I might try that chana masala recipe soon… I want to learn how to make Indian food!
I Love this new layout! Wow.
These look awesome! But I hope you know how much I love the PEANUT BUTTER STEAL CUT OATS.
Interesting that all of your recipes are very winter-y or fall-ish… I sense some of these coming back on the blog very soon, huh??
YAY for Thesis!!
YAY for Thesis!!
I’m so excited to eat tons of chili again in the fall! It is the food to cozy up with on a chilly night!
Your recipe index is always great for inspiration! I recently used a version of the channa masala in a stuffed pepper recipe, and it was pretty amazing.
Chicken and biscuits – all Southern-esque recipes are making me homesick. North Carolina in less than a month!
Enjoy your weekend.
Love the new layout Jenna. Looks really good. It looks cleaner and more organized. Good job.
thank you, thank you, thank you for updating your recipe index!!! I am so happy to be able to find them all in one place, and they are fantastic recipes to boot. My family has been really enjoying them:)
I used the chocolate chip cookie recipe on your website to make my boyfriend a cookie cake for his birthday! I accidentally cooked it on broil … oops, but it turned out more than delicious! The chicken and biscuits looks so delicious!
SO(oooo) psyched for college football! Go bears (even though we aren’t ranked this year)! Cal games are super-fun when you sit in the student section, so I can only imagine how incredible a game is in the south.
Also I’m really glad to find a baked bean recipe because I’ve yet to find a canned vegetarian version that I like. Thanks!
thanks for sharing these, i’ve got to try the chicken and biscuits!
Mmmm looks like chicken and dumplings! I used to make that all the time…..maybe I really should eat meat again.
i absolutely love the new design by the way…i feel like before everything looked a little crowded (just in the in between stage) but now it’s beautiful!
That chili looks so good! I’m going to have to make it. Also, the chicken&biscuits. Your chana masala recipe has actually become my go-to recipe when I want something delicious, quick, and.. delicious.
Plus, the bf LOVES it, too! win win. I actually just came back from Austin for work. Beware, it’s HOTTTT.