I know I’ve told you before about how I’ve used Pinterest in a practical way rather than just a time suck. That was my practice this past week, to get out of time suck mode and either avoid Pinterest as a time filler or use it more. Above you can see one of the recipes I made from my “Breads” board, cinnamon sugar banana bread. Was it good? Why yes, it was. Would I make any changes? Why yes, I would. Less sugar. (Yes, inkwench & glimmer00, you read that right.)
Below is a recipe from my “Meal Inspiration” board for Baked Ziti with Spinach, Artichokes, and Pesto:
This was also very tasty and everyone, including my somewhat-picky daughter, liked it. The only change I made was to add about 3 cups of spinach instead of 6. Six cups wouldn’t have fit into the pan mentioned in the recipe!
Have you used any of your pins on Pinterest lately? Share a favorite in the comments!
After the initial pin explosion when Pinterest was still new to me, I’ve been doing something similar…and mainly using it only for a recipe index. I’ve found it to be very useful especially since I’m such a visual person. When I sit down to work out a weekly menu and shopping list, I peruse my Pinterest boards. At least one meal if not 3 or 4 come from my Pinterest links each week. The latest? Corn and Pepper Soup with Avocado. Excellent! The problem is that I wasn’t organized when I first started so many great recipes are buried in a generic ‘food’ board. Takes time to go through all of those now and reorganize.
I have the same problem. Every once in a while I go about reorganizing pins. But the recipes have definitely been one of my very favorite things about Pinterest.