Pintrest Cookbook

I love pintrest, even though I can never spell it correctly.

I surf the web a bit too much. Sigh.

Anyway, in my surfing adventures, I always come across some thing I like depending on my obsession at the time. In the past, I would right click and save to my computer and then promptly forget about it.

I discovered Evernote, and I became a bit better. I would clip recipes I come across using their Evernote clipper browser add on. I even used it for shopping lists too.

Right now, Pinterest is my latest cookbook. I have been adding recipes for the past year or so. It's all good except that I haven't been making them.

I am up to 56 pins right now.

So I am going to challenge myself from now until the end of the year to start actually cooking the food I've been pinning.

Last week I made the following:

Spanish Chicken. It was pretty good!
Source: pickyin.blogspot.com via oluyemisi on Pinterest

Thai Basil Chicken: except I forgot the basil.
Source: smokywok.com via oluyemisi on Pinterest

Truffle Mac + Cheese. Except I didn't have truffle oil or white wine.
Source: iamafoodblog.com via oluyemisi on Pinterest

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