Lately I have had an unreasonable addiction to Pinterest. I felt like I needed to justify this addiction by actually making something from Pinterest. My first choice was the oil drip pan used as a magnetic board for kids. Beck started school this month and has been coming home with "artwork" (read: cotton balls randomly glued to paper) out the wazoo. I certainly do not intend to save all of his art but I at least feel like I need to display it for a little while. Beck also got great magnetic letters from his cousin Grayson and we had no place to put them. When did refrigerators decide not to be magnetic? Damn stainless steel. David and I went to wal-mart today to get the drip pan. This was a huge deal, as we had not been to wal-mart in almost 2 years. The last time we went for a baby pool for our dog ( yeah you read that right) and had major panic attacks and swore we would never go back. Well we went back and I think David has now jumped on the wal-mart bandwagon...me not so much. Good news is the drip pan is a big hit!
*disclaimer: we have had the warmest winter and my child is forever in a t-shirt and diaper.
I put the pan on a wall that is usually hidden by the door since it's not the most attractive of house decor, but for $10 it is well worth it!
Next I made these no-bake energy bites. I was sold on the no-bake part, also chocolate and peanut butter as two of the main ingredients. It calls for ground flax seed but I could only find whole flax seeds. I thought I may be able to grind them myself but it was harder than I thought. However, they were still pretty tasty and once everything is mixed you can barely notice the seeds.
I have not made this smoothie yet but I did buy all of the ingredients so it still counts! I'm planning on making it for breakfast tomorrow. Maybe it will make Monday morning a little easier!
David and I went for a run yesterday and today so we are now on a major health kick, we'll see how long this one lasts...
Lastly I made this chicken pot-pie in the crock pot. Technically it is not from Pinterest but it is from my huge stack of real simple magazines that I insist on keeping "for the recipes." I've gotten this magazine for close to a year and this is the first meal I've made from their recipes. David said earlier "I have a great idea, why don't you copy down all of the recipes into your recipe book so we can get rid of all these magazines." Actually David that sounds like a terrible idea.
The meal was delicious! You can find the recipe
here. It was so easy and something I could definitely prepare during the work week. I did alter the recipe a little, adding more vegetables and using chicken breasts instead of thighs. I also made biscuits instead of using the puff pastry. I definitely need to find more recipes for the crock pot. It may help my New Years resolution of cooking more often.
Whenever I find healthy foods that my picky eaters actually enjoy it feels like a huge accomplishment, so today I feel very accomplished!
