Pinterest Food

I like pictures. It is very, very rare that I will cook something if I do not have a picture of the food I am supposed to be making. 90% of all things I cook these days are recipes off of Pinterest because of the lovely photos. Juvenile? Maybe. The point is, it causes me to cook food so that is a big plus. This weekend I tried three recipes. That's a lot of cooking for me in a 2 day span!

1. Brussel sprouts and lemon garlic sauce

Pinterest version:

Source: annacostafood.wordpress.com via Ashley on Pinterest

My version:

Verdict: Pretty good! It fit nicely into my diet and was surprisingly tasty. Would I normally choose this over a burger and fries? No way. But because I have to eat veggies, I must say this was way better than I thought it would be and did the job.

2. Light Banana Bread

Pinterest version:

Source: 8weekstoabetteryourecipes.blogspot.com via Ashley on Pinterest

My version:

Verdict: Nasty as hell! You replace sugar with honey, but that wasn't really the problem. Instead of oil you use applesauce, which I always do anyway when baking things, and I didn't right down the amount and was too lazy to get on the iPad to find out so I guessed. That was strike one. Secondly, due to my diet, I bought I ridiculously expensive bag of gluten free all purpose flour that smelled like crap and tasted even worse. Nasty, nasty, nasty. It might be okay with regular flour though.

3. Mini cherry pies

Pinterest version:

Source: savethedate4cupcakes.com via Ashley on Pinterest

My version:

The nuggets helped with this one!







Verdict: Delicious. Can you really go wrong with hot cherry pie, smothered in ice cream and made by the most adorable twins in the world? Too easy! But so fun for the kids!