Review of Recipes from Pinterest Pins

As much as I love creating new recipes I also love trying out someone else's.  And of course, like I'm sure most of you do, I get a ton of recipes from pinterest!  The only down side is, you don't really know if a recipe is going to be any good until you try it.  I have tried several recipes I have pinned and have enjoyed many of them.  In this post I compiled a list of GOOD PINTEREST RECIPES!

1)  Quinoa stuffed-bell peppers

 I actually did not originally find this on pinterest but pinned the recipe after I made it and it was such a hit with my husband, our good friend Bob, and myself- all plant-based eaters :)

2) Steel-cut oatmeal in a crock pot

This recipe is from one of the cutest vegan blogs (she is also an RN!)  and it turned out to be delicious.  

The only thing was I cooked it a little over 7 hours so the edges were stuck to the pot but the rest of it was perfectly edible!

My tweaks:

• Used only skim milk
• Did not skin my apple
• Sprinkled the top with brown sugar

3) Wheat Berry Salad

I ate this salad for lunch at work for an entire week! It was so tasty, fresh, and crisp!  

My tweaks:

• Made my own dressing (Theirs was too complicated lol)
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp honey
• Used feta cheese
• Used regular pecans- not toasted
• Left out mint- didn't have it, wasn't necessary

(PS. I'm ready to make this again!)

4) Jamaican Red Bean Stew

Followed this recipe exactly and served over white rice cooked in coconut milk to cut the spiciness from the curry powder.  So GOOD!

5) Greek Quinoa Burgers - Martha's Recipe :)

Even though these suckers crumbled like crazy they were so delicious that I can't wait to make them again.  I bought flat pita bread this time to use because the pita pockets broke too easily.

6) Pesto Tomato Focaccia Pizza 

Confession: I use Jiffy boxed pizza crust when I make this (*hangs head in shame)... but it tastes really good and comes out crispy when you spread if really flat.  Or you be super ambitious and make your own :p

If this is a popular post I just might do another one...maybe of the desserts I've tried from pinterest pins!  And now I am ready to go make dinner (tomato basil cream pasta with chicken and asparagus! MmMmMm)

* All photos in this post are from and credited to the link provided in the titles.