Discover the recipes that Food Daydreaming readers loved the most in 2025!
12/12
Sweet, salty and summer-fresh
Cherry Salad with Feta and Almonds
Full of flavours and textures, this Cherry Salad with Feta and Almonds is the perfect summer salad. Refreshing and bright, this salad takes just 10 minutes to make and brings cherries to your meal in an unexpected and tasty way!
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Love cherries? Try this Chocolate and Cherry Crumble!
11/12
Sweet, spiced, dangerously snackable
Spiced Honey Glazed Walnuts
These addictive, crunchy spiced honeyglazed walnuts take just 10 minutes to whip up and are so versatile, if you canstop eating them straight out of the pan!
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10/12
Earthy, comforting and cosy
Creamy Mushroom and Chestnut Soup
Deliciously earthy, this Creamy Mushroom and Chestnut Soup is perfect not just for winter, but for whenever chestnuts are in season. After all, it’s always soup season somewhere!
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Love soups? Try this Creamy Pumpkin Soup with Sage Pesto or this Vegetable Soup with Za’atar and Goat’s Cheese!
9/12
Perfect bites for sharing
Cherry and Brie Crostini
Make the most of cherry season with these Cherry and Brie Crostini! Crispy homemade crostini are layered with creamy brie, fresh cherriesand a tangy balsamic glaze. They’re a perfect canape, appetiser or cheeseboard accompaniment.
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Love a bite-sized snack? Learn how to make Crostini!
8/12
Light, tangy and picnic-ready
Cauliflower Remoulade
Raw, crunchy cauliflower dressed in a creamy, tangy remoulade sauce – this Cauliflower Remoulade recipe is both light and flavourful, perfect for picnics, lunches or an effortless side dish.
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Love cauliflower? Try this spiced Cauliflower Salad with Yogurt Dressing!
7/12
An elegant, late summer cake
Spiced Chocolate Plum Cake
Summer meets autumn with this spiced chocolate cake, with jammy plums nestled right on top. Simply dust with icing sugar and serve it for afternoon tea or dessert. Goes great with a cup of tea!
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Love cakes? Try this Orange and Rosemary Olive Oil Cake!
6/12
Dark, zesty, and indulgent
Chocolate and Blood Orange Cupcakes
These Chocolate and Blood Orange Cupcakes are the perfectbalance of chocolate and tart, blood orange flavours – a small but mighty twistto the well-loved classic. The soft and fluffy cupcakes are topped with asmooth, extra-orange-y buttercream that is quick and easy to make, andversatile to use!
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Love blood oranges? Try this Blood Orange Galette with Cinnamon Whipped Cream!
5/12
The Aussie BBQ staple
Chang’s Crispy Noodle Salad
Chang’s Crispy Noodle Salad is an Asian inspired, salad-meets-slaw, Australian summer staple. Made from cabbage, carrots, spring onions and lots of crispy fried noodles, a tangy sesame-soy dressing brings it all together. It’s a satisfyingly refreshing and crunchy salad perfect for any picnic or BBQ!
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Love textural salads? Try this Mandarin and Chickpea Salad with Halloumi!
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4/12
A fun way to feed sushi to a crowd
Sushi Cake
A sushi cake to feed a crowd! Filledwith hot-smoked salmon, crisp veggies and avocado, and decorated with edamameand shredded egg crepe, it’s perfect for those times when you want sushi butdon’t want to make hand-rolled maki.
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3/12
Your dessert pièce de resistance
Flambéed Crêpes Suzette
France’stwo most famous crêpesin one recipe using seasonal blood oranges and Cointreau and then set alightfor a little dessert theatre!
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Love French food? Try these Gougeres (French Cheese Puffs)!
2/12
Your new favourite breakfast topper
Mandarin Compote
A seasonal Mandarin Compote with a hint of cinnamon you can spoon over most breakfast food for a citrusy start to the morning. Or if you’re craving something sweet, spoon it over some vanilla ice cream for a fast and elegant dessert!
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Love this compote? Add it to French Toast!
1/12
Spicy, zingy, perfect
Thai Style Marinated Prawns
These spicy, garlicky and zesty Thai style prawns (shrimp)are marinated in a flavour-packed aromatic marinade and then sautéed to perfection. They’re ready from start to finish in just 30 minutes!
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Love these prawns? Serve them with this Thai Pomelo Salad!
So which one’s your favourite? Leave me a comment and let me know! Mine is defiantly the Mandarin Compote over French toast!
