So this week I've decided that I'm cooking dinner every single night. From scratch.
It's a daunting task for someone whose regular meals have been mac and cheese for the past two weeks. Don't worry, I've cooked before, and I'm not bad at it (she said so humbly), but normally it's closer to one or two meals a week instead of the whole enchilada.
But where do you go when you need seven new recipes?! I'm a college student! I don't have cook books!
Pinterest.
Ah Pinterest: the single biggest procrastination tool I have. I could write a whole post one how much I love this silly little website, but we will save that one for later.
So I'm making a week full of Pinterest food and I'm feeling a little bit like Julie Powell in Julie & Julia, except I'm going to try to not piss off Julia Childs in the process.
Here's what I have planned for today:
Pickle Bites
Not the most complicated thing in the world, but hey, it's Super Bowl Sunday, and I needed something to contribute to the group meal that dudes (mostly Jake) would be into.
It's basically pickles, cream cheese, and corned beef. Now, I'm cheap, and I'm just getting my corned beef from the pre-sliced deli section. I'm guessing if you wanted to go all out on this you would actually prepare corned beef, but I don't have that kind of time. Apply cream cheese to beef, roll up a pickle inside it, and slice into small wedges. Ta-Da! Easy peasy.
Or so I thought. Actually, this is kind of messy. I quickly learned that spreading cream cheese on a piece of meat is nothing like spreading cream cheese on a bagel. You definitely want to have softened the cream cheese before putting it on the meat. Also, if you're using the deli slices, 2 slices work better than 1. Make sure that both slices are cream cheese side up, that way the slices and the pickle sticks together.
It's a daunting task for someone whose regular meals have been mac and cheese for the past two weeks. Don't worry, I've cooked before, and I'm not bad at it (she said so humbly), but normally it's closer to one or two meals a week instead of the whole enchilada.
But where do you go when you need seven new recipes?! I'm a college student! I don't have cook books!
Pinterest.
Ah Pinterest: the single biggest procrastination tool I have. I could write a whole post one how much I love this silly little website, but we will save that one for later.
So I'm making a week full of Pinterest food and I'm feeling a little bit like Julie Powell in Julie & Julia, except I'm going to try to not piss off Julia Childs in the process.
Here's what I have planned for today:
Pickle Bites
It's basically pickles, cream cheese, and corned beef. Now, I'm cheap, and I'm just getting my corned beef from the pre-sliced deli section. I'm guessing if you wanted to go all out on this you would actually prepare corned beef, but I don't have that kind of time. Apply cream cheese to beef, roll up a pickle inside it, and slice into small wedges. Ta-Da! Easy peasy.
Or so I thought. Actually, this is kind of messy. I quickly learned that spreading cream cheese on a piece of meat is nothing like spreading cream cheese on a bagel. You definitely want to have softened the cream cheese before putting it on the meat. Also, if you're using the deli slices, 2 slices work better than 1. Make sure that both slices are cream cheese side up, that way the slices and the pickle sticks together.
Mine definitely did not turn out as pretty as Iowa girl's, but they sure taste good!
See you tomorrow, Pinners!
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