As I have stated before, and nothing has changed, I am addicted to Pinterest! And guess who else is...well besides you...Mr. B! Well, addicted may be a tad strong of a word for him but, he enjoys scanning through it in the evening. Having him be a part of the wonder that is Pinterest is really helpful to me! He finds all kinds of new recipes for me, and even him, to try out. I thought I'd share with you some of the meals we have experimented with from our Pinterests boards.
Breakfast:
We aren't big breakfast people. During the week we don't eat breakfast at all. On the weekends we might have frozen waffles or frozen pancakes. As long as it isn't too labor intensive we eat something in the morning on the weekends.Then we found this!
Can you guess what kind of quick waffles these are?? Canned biscuits!! Seriously! Seriously fast and easy!
We also tried using the thick flaky canned biscuits and canned cinnamon rolls but found that the smaller, cheapest canned biscuits you can find are really the best! Keep it simple, keep it cheap, keep it tasty!
Appetizer:
Mr. B & I are big guacamole lovers! Problem is, I am one of the lucky ones that finds the taste of cilantro icky. I can handle it in small doses but people that like cilantro LOVE cilantro and put way too much, for my liking anyway, into their guac. All I can taste is the cliantro, not the avocado which I LOVE!
Then Mr. B came across this fresh and simple recipe
Guacamole
OMG! This is craveable my friends! In just a few short weeks, this has become Mr. B's signature dish. He mixes everything but the avocado, salt and lime juice, using half the recommended cilantro (thank you), earlier in the day to give all of the flavors time to marry up. Then, when we are ready for a snack. he mashes in the avocado and fresh squeezed lime juice. He has also made it his own by adding garlic salt instead of just regular salt. He really needs to be selling this in back alleys because it is green, delicious, crack disguised as guacamle!
Dinner:
This is the meal we have really been testing recipes out. We have started calling Sunday "Pinterest Dinner Sunday". I chose Sunday to be the best day to try out new recipes for a couple of reasons. One, I have had two full days of sleeping in, perhaps even gotten in a nap or three, so I am rested. Two, if the recipe winds up a failure, we can go out for dinner. So far, no dinner out needed. Pinterest FTW!
Chicken was always on the Sunday menu growing up for both Mr. B and I. Roasted, fried, boiled, it didn't matter how it was cooked, Sunday just meant chicken. This taste sensation took our grandmother's and mother's Sunday chicken to a whole new level
I would change nothing about this recipe. It was divine just as promised. I will be making it again that is for sure.
Another tasty chicken dish is this
Mr. B is a huge fan of Panda Express and their orange chicken. This comes pretty darn close. I did add some red pepper flakes for heat and some sesame seeds for the nutty flavor. You definitely need to watch this one as the sauce tends to burn. Next time I will try making this one on the stove in a skillet instead of in the crockpot.
Now we can't live on just chicken every Sunday so along came this recipe
Excuse me. I am drooling just thinking about how good this was! As mentioned, we like flavor and, oh baby, are these pork carnitas loaded with flavor! It does need more heat though (YMMV) so next time I will add some green chilies.Oh and the guacamole from above is a perfect addition to this too!
Again with the pork
This recipe Blew. My. Mind! 3 ingredients coming together to create layer upon layer of flavor. This is true comfort food! Served over mashed taters with a green veggie on the side and you can have a Sunday meal on Tuesday! I can see using chicken breasts too. This is one of the very few pork chop recipes Mr. B LOVED!
The most recent recipe we tried from Pinterest was this
This is such a quick and easy weeknight dinner that has fancy restaurant quality flavor! I did use beef ravioli, again, flavor, instead of cheese. If needed, you could sub the white wine with chicken broth since there is so little used. Next time I will try sausage ravioli. Add a salad and some garlic bread, cloth napkins, dim the lights, light up some candles and this is a date night dinner without leaving home.
Now on to
Dessert:
This is one Mr B just had to try on his own
One of Mr. B's favorite snacks is a peanut butter and banana sandwich. Not my cup of tea but these little chocolate covered frozen delights are as awesome as they look! They will be made again...and again...and again!
One of the foods Mr. B is not so fond of is cake. He's more of a pie person. But, come his birthday, he always asks for Angel Food cake. To be honest, I take the easy route and just pick one up from the grocery store bakery and he is good with that. Then I found this
Take a box of Angel Food cake mix, add water and beat the beejeezus out of it. Pour into cupcake cups and bake! No need to make a special trip to the store and much more personal! Mr. B loved it when I made them! And to make them extra special, I made up this to go on top
Caramel sauce made in the crockpot! Another easy peasy recipe. One can of sweetened condensed milk placed in the crockpot, covered with water and cooked on low for eight hours becomes a delectable delight to pour over ice cream or, cake!
I just made this last treat last week. I saw it on Pinterest and knew I had everything on hand. I jumped right up...well after pinning for just a few more hours minutes and made them
Not only are these a good dessert muffin but they are an awesome breakfast muffin too. Here's a tip I found from reading the comments, I didn't have self rising flour but you just need to add, for each cup of flour, 11/2 tsp baking powder and 1/4 tsp salt. I also added a smidge of fresh nutmeg to the cinnamon sugar topping. I also put the topping on before baking instead of after.
So, that's what we have been eating lately. You can see my Food Pin board by
clicking here to see what other recipes we might be trying out soon. If you choose to follow me let me know in the comments below that you did and I will follow you back. In upcoming posts I will share other pins from my boards that are wins or even fails. Have you had any Pin recipe wins? Let me know so that we try them too!
