4 Food Trends To Look For in 2024

One of the most exciting things about the world of cooking and baking is that it’s always bringing us new things to try. As we look forward to the start of a whole new year, we’ve identified the four biggest trends that we see on the horizon as well as how you can easily and conveniently get started exploring them now.

Food Trend 2024 #1: Third Culture & Global Cuisine

Third culture cuisine refers to a fusion of dishes influenced by a chef’s multicultural background, which includes the culture of their parents as well as the culture in which they were raised. Picture new innovations on classic traditions and unique dishes that showcase a rich blend of global flavors, ingredients and techniques. It’s culinary creativity at its finest, but you don’t need to be a culinary expert to make it happen!

Heading into 2024, we’ll uncover a whole new set of possibilities for weeknight dinners inspired by a marriage of global tastes and trends in easy-to-follow, totally accessible Betty recipes. Can’t wait to get started? Try exploring new flavor territories with these delicious and simple recipes.

Food Trends 2024 #2: Sustainability & Veggie-Forward Meals

There’s no doubt that the world is increasingly focused on practicing environmental kindness, a trend that will only increase in 2024. But there’s no reason you can’t start now. In fact, your kitchen is one of the easiest and best places to make a conscious difference.

Taking just three steps to reduce food waste—like relying on leftovers, using up ingredients that are lingering in the fridge and pantry, or incorporating more veggies into your repertoire—are great and earth-conscious ways to start. From set-it-and-forget-it slow cooker and one-pot meals to veggie-inspired dinners, here are four recipes that help make using what’s on hand both convenient and easy.

Food Trends 2024 #3: Shareables & Nextovers

As we get further and further away from the events of 2020 that kept us apart, 2024 will bring plenty of opportunities to celebrate community, have fun and connect in ways that still allow us to be earth-conscious. This means we’ll be looking for meals and food options that are designed to share as well as creative ways to meal plan, like nextovers.

Ready to start experimenting now? Start with the four recipes below—they are designed to help you repurpose yesterday’s meals into something delicious and grand enough to share with a crowd tomorrow. Taco night leftovers? Throw them all into a Potluck Taco Salad for lunch! Or turn last night’s ham and veggie dinner into today’s scrumptious egg bake brunch. The joy is finding that creativity, resourcefulness and convenience can all coexist in your kitchen.

Food Trends 2024 #4: Energy-Efficient Cooking

The theme of 2024 definitely seems to be centered around reducing and reusing, like making sustainable food choices that, in turn, help cut household spending. To help our communities achieve these goals, we predict that food trends in 2024 will lean into the convenience and efficiency of small, energy-efficient cooking appliances.

As you head into the new year, keep an eye out for an ever-growing amount of adaptations and hacks for turning traditional recipes into the best air fryer and Instant Pot® options. Gadgets like these have already gained a huge amount of popularity and we don’t see that slowing down now or in the coming year. And if reading this has sparked a craving for something easy, delicious and low fuss tonight, try one of these four trend-forward recipes. Although they may reduce energy consumption, they definitely amp up the delicious factor.