Do you ever log in to Pinterest and feel overwhelmed by the amount of recipes, crafts, or outfits you’ve pinned? I know I do. In fact, for a while I was avoiding Pinterest partly because it was too much, too fast! Well, that and because I had a baby that was taking up 99.9% of my time.
I use Pinterest predominately for finding awesome recipes. There are so many people out there that blog about food, not to mention all the professional recipe websites, that I can easily find handfuls of recipes to pin each day. The problem with that is I pin way more than I can make in a given week, month, or even year! In fact, when I do my menu planning, my Pinterest has so many recipes on it, I more often than not find myself bypassing Pinterest and looking at Allrecipes instead. My cookbooks are angry at me for this reason as well.
I made a resolution with myself to cook at least one new recipe a week for the month of February. I failed miserably. It’s time to try again. I am going to try to cook one new thing each week from now on instead of limiting myself. My mom did it when I was growing up and I believe it is a good practice to get into. This way, I may find a go to recipe like my Brown Sugar Meatloaf (which came around the last time I resolved to add new recipes into my repertoire).
I spent a good amount of time on Pinterest this morning and have found the following five recipes I am going to try to work into my cooking between now and March 31.
In the spirit of sharing, I challenge all of you to make the same recipes so we can compare at the end of March. I’m always interested in how people changed the recipe and what side dishes they chose to serve alongside. If you would like to take pictures of your dishes and email them to me, I will feature you in my conclusions post.
1. Chicken Adobo by Crepes of Wrath
2. Parmesan Chicken Bake by Food Wishes
3. Frito Pie by Steamy Kitchen *I will probably make this with ground turkey*
4. Balsamic & Parmesan Roasted Green Beans with Mushrooms by Kalyn’s Kitchen
5. Slow Cooker Chicken & Dumplings by Polish the Stars
BONUS RECIPE CHALLENGE: Nutter Butter Bars by Keep It Sweet
For those of you who don’t share my same recipe tastes, I would be interested in hearing which dishes you’ve tried in the last month or so that you just loved! I’m always looking for those recipes that will stick with me for years to come and I find suggestions from others are a great place to start.
