I couldn’t let New Year’s Eve pass by without recapping this past year!
I started Coconut and Berries this summer so these recipes are not only your favourites of 2013 but your favourites of all my recipes so far. I’ve already said multiple times how happy I am to have created this little space on the web. I get so much out of cooking, photographing and writing for the blog and even more from connecting with all my readers. Thank you so much for all your support and I hope you continue to enjoy reading in 2014. I’ve got a few exciting things planned so please stay tuned!
Now for your favourite recipes:
1. Raw Berry Cream Brownies- I’m so pleased that this was no.1- not only because I loved it too but because it combines coconut and berries so is perfect for my signature blog recipe
2. Apple & Raisin Oaty Breakfast Cookies- This one proved popular too and a lot of you have come back and told me you’ve made and enjoyed it. Do please let me know if you ever make my recipes. Your feedback is always welcome.
3. Healthy, No-bake Cranberry Jam Tarts- Another recent recipe. I really enjoyed putting this one together and discovered a new favourite cranberry sauce in the process. Perfect with anything and everything!
4. Nectarine Salad with Blackberry Dressing, Basil & Hazelnuts- My favourite summer salad! It’s a long way to go before stone-fruit season’s here again but when it is I look forward to revisiting this recipe.
5. Chili-Bean Soup with Avocado Lime Cream- I loved this soup! A really easy one and definitely quick enough for a weeknight.
6. Beetroot & Sweet Potato Salad with Baked Cashew Cheese- A lot of you hadn’t tried baking nut cheese to get a firmer texture, perfect for crumbling over salads. Nice to be able to teach you something new.
7.Baked Beetroot Falafel- I’m ashamed to admit I haven’t made these since posting the recipe! It’s fun to do this roundup to remind myself of old recipes I enjoyed. I was lucky enough to get a Magimix food processor for Christmas so maybe these falafel should be the first thing I make with it!
8. Sweet Potato, Red Lentil & Sesame Patties with Red Cabbage Slaw- The happy result of an experiment, you loved these cute little sweet potato cakes. Slaws are my favourite thing to make with cabbage. Check out my Cabbage, Apple & Pomegranate Salad with Ginger-Almond Dressing too.
9. Raw Mango Coconut Tartlets- Another one from the summer. I actually made these again recently and they were just as tasty as I remembered. I got a chance to retake the pictures too as my photography has improved over the months of practice!
2013 was an exciting year for me, not only blog-wise but on a more personal level too. A few highlights:
- I visited Berlin for my 23rd birthday back in April
- I took my finals and graduated. 4 years of university (3 years at Oxford and 1 year living in Paris and Barcelona) were not without their challenges but I’m proud of how far I’ve come and am grateful for both the ups and downs.
- This summer I visited Wales and Scotland for the first time! I’ve hardly seen any of the UK for someone who’s lived here all my life!
- I moved to Bath to start my Masters.
I’m excited for 2014 and whatever it brings. This year will see me (hopefully!) finish my studies and embark on a career! Wherever I am this time next year I hope Coconut and Berries is still bringing me as much happiness as it is now!
Happy New Year!
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I’m also very happy you created this little space on the web! Beautiful recipes, beautiful photography, beautiful spirit. Happy New Year, Emma!
Thank you lovely! So happy that you started blogging again too 😀 xx
Oh wow! a whole page of things I want to make! thank you ☺️ happy new year xx
Hehe, thanks
Happy New Year to you too!
what a lovely gallery. how proud to look back and see what you’ve created! I was looking at it thinking which was my favourite? fail! I couldn’t pick. Divine. Happy New Vegan Cooking year, Emma!! x
Thanks for your sweet comment India! It is rather lovely to look back at all my creations. Looking forward to more playing in the kitchen this year
Happy New Year and best wishes for 2014!!
I am so happy that you created Coconut and Berries, it’s been so much fun getting to know you these past few months. I am super impressed with your recipes and your photography is fantastic!
(I can’t believe you’re only 23! Totally jealous since I am OLD!)
Age is about how you feel! It’s been lovely getting to know you too Anna and thank you for all your support
All the best for 2014!
Ha ha, thanks, yes age is just a number. I do sometimes wish my number was a bit smaller though!
Fantastic post!!! 😉 Loved to see all these great and beautiful recipes at once! All the best for you in 2014! 2013 sounds really like a super exciting year for you!! hugs, Sylvia
Thanks so much Sylvia! It’s a little scary not knowing what’s ahead but hopefully I can make good things happen 😀
I just love your site Emma. It is one of my favorites on the web. Beautiful and health food! Have a healthy and happy new year!
Thanks so much Sharon. Your comment certainly brought a smile to my face
Wishing you a wonderful New Year too!
What a fabulous and beautiful list! I STILL haven’t baked vegan nut cheese. I must get on that. I’m so glad that you started a blog this year and that I was able to add another beautiful vegan site to my blogroll.
Happy New Year!
Thanks Jackie. I’m so pleased to have found your blog this year too! That reminds me…I need to update my blogroll with all my new favourites!
Delicious list. Can’t wait to check the ones I haven’t seen yet out!
Thanks Laura. Enjoy! Happy New Year
Happy new year Emma! What an amazing year 2013 has been for you - congratulations on finishing your Oxford studies and embarking on your Masters. I love your ‘best of’ round up too, all of these are gorgeous
Thank you Kari! It has been rather a special year. I’m excited for what 2014 has in store for me…
Happy New Year Emma. There are so many wonderful food blogs on the internet but I am really glad that I have found one from a writer in England. I spent 4 years at Cambridge, with one split between Paris and Moscow. Enjoy your Masters. Bath is a beautiful city.
Thank you Amanda, I’m so thrilled you’re enjoying the blog! Can you believe I still haven’t visited Cambridge? You studied French and Russian then? Bath is beautiful. I feel very lucky to be living there now.
Cambridge is a bit of a trek out to the east - and the station is the coldest place on earth when the wind blows! You’re right: I read French and Russian there. The good thing about blogging though is enjoying your own. I write a blog for work and am now enjoying a renaissance of my interest in English too.
Lovely recipes, can’t wait to see what you create in 2014! Have a great new year.
Thanks Lauren. I hope I don’t disappoint!
Happy 2014!
I still forget you are so young and have so much life ahead of you. You are in for great things, Emma. I am thrilled you made the leap to delicious blogger this year.
I suppose I am still young. I have to remind myself of that when I start panicking that I still don’t have a fixed “direction” in life! Hoping for wonderful things for you this year Janet 😀 and thank you so much for supporting the blog!
everything looks delightful! Happy New Year!
Jen
Thanks Jen
A very Happy New Year to you too!
I can’t believe that you’ve only had the blog for less than a year! It feels so much more established than that, which is really a testament to your talent and the staying-power of your recipes. I hope you find 2014 just as successful, happy, and of course, delicious.
Absolutely Brilliant Emma, everything always looks so good and yummy, and i have to thank you for the raw berry cream brownies. Dands down the best brownies that I have ever made!
Thank so much Sophie. So pleased you loved the brownies. I want to make those again
Let me know if you make and enjoy any more of my recipes. Happy 2014!
Noms! Glad that 2013 was such a good year for you, I hope you have an amazing 2014!
Thanks Laura, hope your 2014’s got off to a good start
So much deliciousness in such a short time!! I could have sworn you’d been blogging for longer. Here’s to more tastiness in 2014!!
Thanks Joanne. I can’t imagine not having the blog in my life now! Crazy how much it changes.
Oh my goodness! So much beauty! Congratulations on having such a wonderful vibrant blog x
Aaaw thanks a lot Caeli. It means so much to me that people are enjoying reading
Your blog is just lovely to look at and I love these recaps just for being reminded of recipes that I want to return to - am I right in thinking that there are no favourites from vegan mofo? I really enjoyed lots of your mofo recipes so thought there might be some here but I can see a few that have been bookmarked and still on my to do list
You’re right, no recipes from MoFo. Some of my favourites are from that month though. I guess there was so much to read in the blogosphere during that time that recipes didn’t get so much attention. Do let me know if you make anything!
Yum!!! So glad to have found you on Instagram! Happy new year!
Yay! So pleased that you found me too Michelle
Thanks for introducing yourself!
What an incredible year you’ve just had! I hope 2014 proves to be as good, if not better! Here’s wishing you a year full of happiness, good health and fun adventures ♥ xx
Thanks so much Sharon. I’m a little nervous about what 2014 will bring but excited for the opportunities that hopefully lie ahead! All the best to you too. X
Wow, you only started Coconut and Berries this summer?! I am impressed! I stumbled upon your blog and it looked so neat and professional, it was super well written, interesting, colorful, creative… I mean, I thought you had been working on it for years at least! I look forward to continue reading you in 2014. =)
Aaaw thanks Babette! I have a lot of fun working on the blog. I hope it grows even more this year