Hope everyone’s Holidays were filled with warmth, good food and great company. I spent my Holidays surrounded by family and friends and feel very blessed.

Santa was also really good to me and got me a Fitbit One which I’m now totally obsessed with, as well as some new workout clothes from Lululemon (I think you see where I’m going with this). I was cooking up a storm in 2013 testing recipes for both my upcoming cookbook while continuing to post new recipes on my blog each week. There were days I didn’t think I would meet my deadline, but I did! The Skinnytaste Cookbook will be out in the Fall of 2014, in the weeks ahead I’ll be involved with some of the more creative aspects of the cookbook – the photography, book design and cover designs which I’m so excited about.

As a Christmas gift to myself I also signed up for 10 weeks of personal training which I started last month to keep me in check during the Holidays. I love every minute of them and will probably continue doing it once my 10 sessions are up.

I want to express my gratitude to all of you for being such faithful followers and allowing me to do what I love on a daily basis. Your feedback, emails, comments, the food photos you share with me on Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook all make my day and I couldn’t imagine doing anything else so thank you!

And now, for the Top 25 Most Popular Skinnytaste Recipes from 2013:

1. Baked Spaghetti Squash and Cheese
2. Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
3. Cheeseburger Casserole
4. Spicy Cauliflower Buffalo Bites
5. Crock Pot Picadillo
6. Easiest Crock Pot Salsa Verde Chicken
7. Butternut Squash and Spinach Lasagna Rolls
8. Cauliflower Tots
9. Skinny Mini Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
10. Cheesy Baked Spaghetti Squash Boats with Grilled Chicken
11. Healthy Cookies
12. Crock Pot Turkey Breast with Gravy
13. Crock Pot Kid Friendly Chili
14. Crock Pot Creamy Tomato Soup
15. Taco Stuffed Zucchini Boats
16. Quinoa and Spinach Patties
17. Guacamole Deviled Eggs
18. Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies
19. Superfood Triple Berry Chia Pudding
20. Crock Pot Picante Chicken and Black Bean Soup
21. Slow Cooker Jerk Pork with Caribbean Salsa
22. Fiesta Bean Salad
23. Crock Pot Italian Sloppy Joes
24. Crock Pot Sesame Honey Chicken
25. Butternut Squash Black Bean Enchiladas

And if you would like to see what recipes were most popular from the previous 3 years, here are the links:

Top 25 Skinnytaste Recipes 2012
Top 20 Skinnytaste Recipes 2011
Top 20 Skinnytaste Recipes 2010

As 2013 comes to an end I leave you with this: Yesterday is history,
tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift; thats why they call it the
present. – Eleanor Roosevelt

Have a happy, safe, healthy new year!