How Pinterest-ing: Parmesan Baked Potato Halves

I am back with another Pinterest inspired recipe.  I decided to give a potato recipe a try and the one I chose looked good and didn't require any ingredients I didn't already have.

Source: favfamilyrecipes.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

I first cut all the potatoes in half.  Then melted the butter.  I forgot to take pictures of the process up until I put the potatoes in the pan.  Bad Blogger!

 

45 minutes later I had parmesan potatoes!

 

They were really good but if I make them again (which my husband said I must do) I will add more parmesan in the pan.  Some of them were not completely covered but they all tasted great!

 

Has anyone else tried a recipe from Pinterest?

Did you love it or hate it?

How Pinterest-ing Candle Cleanout

Has anyone else seen the pin on Pinterest where you can clean out every ounce of wax from a candle jar to be reused for other things?  Well I saw it and decided I had to give it a try because frankly those Bath and Body Works candle jars are gorgeous and I can think of a ton of things to do with them when it is cleaned out! 

 

Source: snapguide.com via Jennifer on Pinterest

 

I started out with a candle that was burned down to the bottom.  Why do they have to burn down through the middle leaving wax all down the sides?  Question for another day I guess!  I boiled water on the stove and poured it over the candle.  I had to put it in the sink because I was afraid what might happen to the glass.  Nothing did happen and I really should have considered the fact it is like a mini fire bowl when the candle is lit but better safe then sorry!

 

 

I stirred it around a bit to loosen all of the wax from the sides.

 

 

 

Then I let it sit until water was cooled down to room temperature. 

 

Once it was cooled down there was a chunk of wax waiting to be removed from the top of the container. 

 

I removed the wax and then dumped out the water.

 

I gave the glass a little scrub with soap and water to remove and residue from the jar and also took the labels off.  Which might I add came off rather nicely!

 



 

And here I have a clean lidded jar to do whatever I want with!

 

SUCCESS!

 

This was so easy I will never throw away another candle jar again.  I think I will use this to fill with Christmas candies and give as a gift.  Picture a beautiful bow on this baby and I will be all set!  I can also see etching a saying on it with my etching liquid.  Loose change jar anyone!

 

Again Pinterest has not steered me wrong. 

 

Has anyone else tried a project from Pinterest?

How did it turn out?

 

 

 

 

 

How Pinterest-ing - Pizzadilla

As I stated in my prior post, I am going to attempt 1 thing a week from Pinterest and post about it here.  My first attempt at a Pinterest inspired meal came in the form of The Pizzadilla.

 

 

I figured I already had most things on hand already so this would be an easy first attempt at a Pinterest recipe.  So without further ado, this is how is all shook out!

 

First I laid out everything I wanted in my pizzadilla.  Since I do not eat meat it was a no brainer to fill mine with veggies.  I put in onion, green and red peppers, tomato, and mozzarella cheese.  I laid it all out on 1 of the flour tortillas.  Put the other one on top and popped it into the sprayed pan. 

 

Rocket science I know!

 

 

 

Once it began golden on one side  flipped it over.  

If I am blowing your mind too much please sit down!

 

Once I had cooked it to my liking I cut it into pieces as pictured in the photo.  I filled a small dish with pizza sauce for dipping.  This is my best attempt at presenting my finished product. 

 

I am sure my picture looks just a scrumptious as the one from Pinterest.  This helped me realize that food photography is not my calling but I can live with that.  The golden brown color of the tortilla in the Pinterest picture did not translate into my creation.  They had to have used a whole grain tortilla.  Consider that my contribution.  My girl Bethenny Frankel always says "use what you have" so I did!  I knew something from her Skinnygirl Rules book would come in handy other then her margaritas !

 

Well in the end it tasted like a quesadilla made with mozzarella cheese.  It really didn't much flavor so the odds I will make it again are slim but that didn't stop me from eating the entire thing!

 

 

What can I say I was hungry and I didn't want to make anything else!

 

Has anyone else tried a recipe from Pinterest? 

What did you make and how did it turn out?

 



How Pinterest-ing Series

Hello Everyone!  I don't know about you but I am a little more then hooked on this little website called Pinterest.  Yeah aren't we all!  I pin things on a daily basis now (thank goodness they finally came out with an app) but rarely go back and look at what I have pinned!  I have friends who are in the same boat.  You pin and pin and pin but for what reason?  Isn't it supposed to help you organize your likes and store links to things you want to check back on? 

Well I have decided to try one pin from Pinterest a week.  There will be no pin too small.  The type of pin does not matter but if I pinned it, I am going to try it!  If anyone out there in blogland would like to have there Pinterest inspired project featured in my How Pinterest-ing Series just email me all the deets and you will be featured on the blog!  Remember that it doesn't have to turn out well to be featured! 

I think it is important to see what types of projects from Pinterest people are able to accomplish and if they turned out well or not!

Has anyone tried anything from Pinterest? 

How did it turn out? 

 

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