Pinterest Recipes

As a fan of Pinterest, I enjoy trying the recipes I find. I have fallen in love with Quinoa and have a board dedicated to recipes.

One of my favorites is the Quinoa Patty. I  have adjusted the recipe slightly:


1/2 cup rinsed quinoa
1 medium carrot, cut in large chunks
6 scallions, thinly sliced
15 ounces cooked chicken (This is where I tweaked the recipe)
1/4 cup plain dried breadcrumbs
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon ground cumin
Coarse salt
Ground pepper

Directions

1.In a small saucepan, bring 3/4 cup water to a boil; add quiona, cover, and reduce heat to low. Cook until liquid is absorbed, 12 to 14 minutes; set aside.

2.In a food processor, pulse carrot until finely chopped. Add cooked quinoa, half the scallions, beans, breadcrumbs, egg, cumin, 1 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper; pulse until combined but still slightly chunky.

3.Form mixture into four 3/4-inch-thick patties (dip hands in water to prevent sticking). If too soft, refrigerate 10 minutes to firm. In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium; cook burgers until browned and cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes per side.

Aioli Sauce:I use this Aioli recipe! So delicious!!!

½ cup light mayonnaise

1 head of garlic, roasted
1 lemon, zested and juiced
¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper
salt and pepper to taste

For the aioli: Place all ingredients into a food processor, season with salt and pepper and blend until smooth. Pour into a small bowl and serve alongside the warm quinoa cakes.

Healthy Recipes from Pinterest

As a Pinterest addict I have multiple boards of various topics. One of the boards is Healthy Eating. This past week I decided to try two of the recipes. I mean, why not? I had all the ingredients in the house waiting to be used, thanks to Bountiful Baskets, which I just L-O-V-E, love!!!

The first recipe I tried was Pan-Roasted Chicken With Lemon-Garlic Green Beans.

It was a fabulous recipe and the food was, mmmm-mmmmm-Good! I used canola oil instead of Extra Olive Oil, because that's what I had. I'll use a little less next time, but the lemons and garlic added such an amazing zing to the taste buds!

For dessert we had Apple Pie Baked in the Apples.

I used whatever apples I had from the week's basket. I didn't have brown sugar so that wasn't used. And I hardly ever bake or cook with sugar any more; I used splenda. The apples tasted so natural and delicious.

I took extra as left overs to work and they warmed up perfectly. Definately worth the try if you're looking for some new healthy recipes to add to dinner.

Addicted to Pinterest

So I've become an addict to Pinterest. I love that I can create a virtual board of the things that interest me, or ideas to use in my life.

There are some who spend hours and hours on Pinterest, and although, I'm sure I could join them, I can't bring myself to spend my time solely pinning. I want to use the ideas I find, so that's what I've done.

I've even created a board for items I've tried because of Pinterest. As I try new items, I'll add them to my board and blog about them.

One recipe I tried, because of the ease, was a Pumpkin Muffin recipe:

Ingredients:
1 Can pumpkin Pure (not pie mix)
1 box spice cake mix

Instructions:
Mix the can and cake mix well. Do not add water, eggs or oil. It will be thick and sticky.
I added 6 oz mini chocolate chips.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. These are delicious and SO easy!


When we were planning my mom's retirement party, my sisters and I shared a board and placed ideas for decorations and food onto the board. When the time came to start making the decorations, the plan was so easy because we could visualize the decorations to make the theme we wanted. Here are the decorations from the party that were a result (in some way) of that board on Pinterest.
The candles in a jar with salt lit the stairs and pathway:
We created the poofs using plastic table cloths in the color we wanted. We tried tissue paper but it wasn't as good:
We used old maps to make the map garland:
Our theme was based on traveling so we covered boxes in brown paper. We used brown ribbon and rivets to make it look like luggage. We downloaded images of actual vintage luggage stickers and glued them on:
Now you see how I've been using my Pinterest addiction. I will be using it for the holiday treats and other ideas as they get closer. Yay!