I tried three recipes from Pinterest in the past week before I got sick and today I will share what my thoughts on them and of course pictures. First I tried Vegetarian Lettuce Wraps, based on this recipe on the pioneer woman. I changed around some things like adding red kidney beans and replacing chili powder for sweet paprika. They are actually vegan and the combination gives it a bit of a bacon taste. Because the recipe is in English, I don't need to translate so just hop over to try them yourself :)
The 2nd recipe I tried is a Vegan Friendly Vegetable Stew from the site Meatless Mediterranean. I never made a stew before but this one was great! It is a good recipe to clear out the fridge and I am keeping my eyes out for bulk recipes like these lately! I added corn and kidney beans here that I had leftover from the lettuce wraps and also a zucchini, because I had lots of zucchini in the bag :) Just check the site for the recipe, I highly recommend it! :)
Lastly I finally made carrot cake! This was something I wanted to try for a long time but I was a bit anxious about. This one is not vegan btw. It is from the Dutch site Goddelijke Huisvrouw, but I won't translate and share the recipe yet, because it does need some tweaking. I loved the topping and the sweetness of the cake but this recipe was way too spicy for me. So I will try again when I have carrots in my vegetable bag next time :)
Do you use Pinterest as recipe inspiration?
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Nice foods! I love carrot cake - must make one soon again!
ReplyDeleteThe pictures are wonderful. I haven't used Pinterest yet - it's on my list. But I've heard it's a time sucker so I wait until I can sit down for a while and play with it. :-)
Everything looks so good! I like Pinterest, it's an inspiring kind of place.
ReplyDeleteThose vegetarian lettuce wraps look good and I am a huge fan of carrot cake. Cooking light has a great recipe for carrot cake that did not use lots of oil that I made for Easter and it was delicious.
ReplyDeleteMmmm, the carrot cake looks yummy, and I'm going to try the Vegetable Stew. Thanks for sharing -- hope you feel all better soon!
ReplyDeleteAll those Pinterest recipes look great. Good for you for cooking from your pinned recipes. I love spicy carrot cake so I'll have to take a look and see if I figure it out.
ReplyDeleteYou can always use google translate and if you have problems I am happy to help :)
DeleteI need to get on Pinterest more... it looks like there are some wonderful recipes on there.
ReplyDeleteThat carrot cake looks awesomely awesome!
ReplyDeleteI have not made anything from Pinterest. But this challenge sounds intriguing!
Great job on making recipes from Pinterest! I really enjoy pinning recipes -- somehow having it visual seems to make it more likely that I'll actually try it.
ReplyDeletethis looks really yummy!!
ReplyDeleteI am so bad. I have pinned a ton of recipes on Pinterest but I haven't tried any of them yet. I need to get on that. The school year ends in a few weeks so I'm sure I'll be spending more time on cooking related things once I have three months off.
ReplyDeleteThat carrot cake looks delish. I can't wait to see the recipe once you've tweaked all the bugs out of it. :)
I haven't been to Pinterest at all. I am afraid that it will just suck up my time as I hear there is so much good stuff there.
ReplyDeleteI will check out the stew recipe. Zucchini is one of those veggies that I always add as well, it never fails.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes use Pinterest for cooking inspiration and have a foodie board there but I mostly stare at the yummy pics.
HOpe you feel well real soon. Nice recipes
ReplyDeleteAll these food looks tasty and delicious. I want to try it. Really I was looking forward to read about it. Love this article. Thanks for this allocation. :)
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I’ve been reluctant to try pintetest in case I never get off it! It looks as though you found some winners though.
ReplyDeleteEverything looks very good and I hope you are back to A1 real soon.
ReplyDeleteI love carrot cake! I haven't made it in awhile though. I also like spicy so I should check out that recipe.
ReplyDeleteThat stew looks really yummy. I like carrot cake, but have never actually made it.
ReplyDeleteSo awesome Cynni! and yes--stew is a GREAT way to clear out your fridge. We eat a ton of it in the winter and I always try to put half (at least) in the freezer for future nights. Can't wait to see the carrot cake recipe. I love it too but have never tried to make it.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to make both the stew and lettuce wraps! :) I even put the stew on this week's menu :)
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