11.12.2011

pinterest

If you prefer to make dishes with your own pulled chicken, then here is a great time saver that worked like a charm for me: http://pinterest.com/pin/28006828902279936/. I make a lot of dishes that require pulled chicken (pot pie, jambalaya, chicken and dumplings). Now, I know that I could save myself some time using canned chicken, but I prefer the taste of my own pulled chicken, and I also think the canned chicken could be more costly, and the good news is that now, I can make my own pulled chicken in half the time and everything will be home-made...right down to the dumplings!


Want another incredible time saver, meet the sock bun curls tutorial, here. Thank you, Pinterest! I love this way of doing my hair! It saves me time and it also means that I will not be putting damaging heat to my hair. After I hope out of my shower, my hair is curled in less than two minutes. And the curls last-it's a little bit of big-Texas-pageant hair when you first take it down, but it will fall to soft wavy curls. Love it!

11.04.2011

pinterested?

I have a confession, I am super-addicted to pinterest. I am in serious need of a pinervention. Serious, very serious. But I was thinking, is this just another place for me to file away ideas and never actually use them, like my collection of torn out magazine pages with ideas. Am I going to be idea rich with no creations? Where is the fun of that, just sitting on the couch searching for ideas and never implementing? So, I am going to do something from my pinterest boards every week up until the holiday season gets too overwhelming and I can't do anymore.
 
Here is my first pinterest. Yes, I started with food, seems simple enough. I made fried pickles. See the recipe here. I made it for a football gathering and everyone liked them. The pickles (I bought thicker sliced hamburger chips) are in a beer batter. I bet the batter on some chicken tenderloin would be close to the Chili's chicken tenders. The funny part was me looking for a single can of beer at the grocery. The beer man asked if I needed help-ha! This recipe has officially graduated to my Confirmed: Yum Recipes board. Here is how they looked: