Pinterst Reviews

For those of you who have pinned lots and lots of recipes (like me), but wonder if they are good or not, here is a quick review of everything I have tried from Pinterest. So if you happen to have these recipes on your boards, here is my take on it. Of course, everyone has different tastes, but I think my tastes are pretty good :) Anyway, we will start with food, then finish with desserts!

Creamy Tuscan Pasta.

Haha, this was actually the worst dish I have ever made. Ever. But it might be my fault, not the recipe. It called for white wine, and so, I looked up a substitute and I found that you can sub apple cider vinegar for white wine. Well, this recipe calls for quite a bit (over a cup) and the vinegar was just too much. It tasted like vomit. So maybe if you use something else it would be okay, but I can't imagine this dish being awesome.

White Enchiladas

These are chicken enchiladas with monteray jack cheese and a white sauce. They were good, but kind of bland. To be honest, I make a way better white enchilada :)


Chicken Fried Chicken
I love Chicken Fried Chicken, but every time I try to homemake it, it comes out just wrong. Well, this one was the best that I have made, but again, it was a bit bland. I think if I make it again, I will add more seasonings. However, my husband didn't really like it at all.

Cheddar Chicken

If you have ever made Parmesan Chicken, this is a lot like it, only you add Cheddar cheese when you are breading the chicken. This was a big winner at our house! My husband LOVED it and so did the kids. I really liked it too. The only thing is, when you are breading the chicken with the cheese, it does not stick. So I had to just kind of top the chicken with the cheese, and then dip it in breading. But it was yummy!

Curry Chicken Salad

This was okay. The flavor was kind of different. Not bad, but just not right. I liked the first sandwich, but the leftovers were kind of gross. Usually chicken salad is better as leftovers. Won't make this again.

Greek Pizza

Oh. My. Yum! This was probably the best one I have tried so far. It has artichokes and feta cheese, so if you are not a fan of those, you might not like it. My husband and I loved it though, and the kids even gobbled it up! Definitely making this again!

Buffalo Chicken Wraps

These were so so so good! Of course, I LOVE bleu cheese, so if you don't you might not like it. But you could just use Ranch like I did for my husband. We both really liked them, but they would probably be better as an appetizer, not a main dish.

Okay, now on to Desserts!!

Lemon Cream Cheese Bars

I am a huge cream cheese snob!! So I pretty much pin anything with cream cheese in it. I made these and gave them to some neighbors. They told me they LOVED them. They were good, but the cream cheese snob in me knew they could be better. The crust was made using a Lemon cake mix. Didn't love that. I think it would be better with a homemade butter/flour crust. I probably won't make them again.

Mug Cake

I love chocolate cake. (Don't you love it how I say I love every recipe? Of course I do-that's why I pin them.) Anyway, I pinned this because I always make a huge chocolate cake and hardly anyone in my family will eat it, so I end up eating the whole thing in like 2 days. So I thought this would be nice when I have a chocolate cake craving, and I can just have my own serving. This was really yummy (for a mug cake.) I put the caramels in like it said, but they just dropped to the bottom and kind of got hard. Caramel is hard to work with. So then I made one w/out the caramels, and it was great!

Red Velvet Cheesecake

This pin was a little twerp because it had no link for a recipe. So what did I do? Made up my own. I made it for some friends and we all loved it. It is really rich and time consuming to make, but worth it! You can get my recipe here.

Cheesecake Sopapilla

This so SO easy to make, and really yummy! My kids didn't really love it, but they thought it was okay. But I really really liked it. My piano students also loved it. It is just crescent roll dough, butter, cinnamon and sugar, and a cream cheese filling. So I think if you like those things, you will probably like it.

Pumpkin Roll

This site claimed it was the "best pumpkin roll." It was okay. Of course, I am not a huge fan of pumpkin, but I do like it. There was nothing really wrong with it, but it was really small. I made it for my extended family, and there wasn't quite enough for everyone.

Peanut Butter Brownie Trifle
This was really really really rich, but so so so good! I made it for a friend and myself, and we devoured it! What is not to like? Brownies, Peanut Butter/CoolWhip filling, Peanut Butter Cups, Pudding. Love it!

And there you have it! I will have to do another one of these posts after I try my next list of recipes!