Have you seen the social media trend where everyone is looking back to 2016? Last week, I saw so many people share pictures and information on social media of themselves in 2016.
This year, I am trying to quiet the noise and focus on the important stuff. The everyday work and home things. I am on social media, but I have drastically reduced my time on it.
However, I do love a good look back, especially when it comes to my site and the food and recipes I have shared over the last eighteen years.
I cannot believe it has been eighteen years!
Instead of sharing photos and information of what I was doing in 2016 on social media, I thought it would be fun to go back to my kitchen in 2016.
Back in 2016, I had three kids that I was homeschooling. I worked online part-time and helped out a bit with my husband’s business. I was also cooking, cleaning and do all the regular everyday home stuff. On top of that, we raised hogs and had a huge garden.
How did I manage to do it all back then? It makes me tired just thinking about it.
Looking through the archives, though, was so much fun.
While scrolling through 2016 on my site, I saw all the recipes I made and found some I had totally forgotten about.
But I found others that, ten years later, are still favorites.
I also realized that I have so many delicious recipe posts in the archives that need to be updated with new images.
I almost decided not to write this post because some of the images are so bad, but I think back in 2016, recipes and photos looked more real. Like real food, you would serve your family, not stage professionally styled photos.
So today I am keeping it real. I bring you a look into my 2016 kitchen, including out-of-date 2016 food photography.
Looking Back January 2016
I cannot believe that I have never updated the pictures on this recipe! They are terrible…
However, the recipe for ground beef stir-fry is so good! I still make this recipe. My husband and I love it for a quick and easy dinner. It is not authentic stir-fry, but it is so good.
Adding this to our menu soon, so I can take better photos.
This gluten free chocolate chip coffee cake is still, ten years later, a favorite recipe.
My daughter made this just last month for Christmas, and everyone loved it.
If you need a special gluten-free breakfast or brunch, this is a must-make!
I am pretty sure I have not updated the pictures on this recipe because every time we make it, it is the holidays, and it gets eaten before any pictures can be taken.
January 2016 was when I posted my all time favorite gluten free dairy free chocolate cake. It is a really old recipe, like fifty-plus years old, that we adapted to gluten-free, dairy-free.
My daughter and I still love this cake. We make it all the time for birthdays, potlucks, and any time we need a special occasion chocolate cake.
We use the batter to make a layer cake, a 9×13 cake, and cupcakes. I definitely need to update the pictures in this post, but we still make the recipe the exact same way.
These fluffy cornmeal pancakes from my Cooking Through My Collection series are a recipe I totally forgot about! I have not made these in years, but I will be making them again soon.
If you need a quick, easy recipe this week, give this 5-ingredient chicken burrito casserole a try. I have made this recipe so many times for a quick and easy dinner or for a meal to take to a friend.
Another recipe I am going to make again soon.
Oven pancakes are all over the online recipe world. Back when I shared my original oven pancake back in 2012, hardly anyone had heard of them.
In January of 2016, I shared my gluten free oven pancake recipe. This works with just about any pancake batter, but the recipe I shared in 2016 calls for indivudal gluten free flours.
I have all kinds of other posts, like menu plans, Everyday Aventures, Ask the Readers, and more.
I hope you enjoyed a look into my 2016 kitchen!
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