I saw
a picture of this recipe while looking for ideas for some recipes for Thanksgiving leftovers.
Not exact matches
I actually thought
of this
while we were away, when my brother and I were whipping up a batch
of homemade za'atar for a Middle Eastern dinner we were making, but I didn't note down the
recipe or take
pictures, so I made it again when we got home and am very glad to have a jar
of it in the pantry.
I'd seen this
recipe on Pinterest a
while ago, and I loved the idea
of chocolate and cloves, plus I liked that it looked a little weird in the
picture.
So, yes,
while some
of the competing
recipes do fall into the «semi homemade» category (Sandra Lee,
pictured with me above, is going to announce the winner on April 15th), I guarantee that most
of the participants in the contest do a heck
of a lot more in the kitchen than making up only «semi homemade»
recipes.
What I do is this... I try to keep my personal tastes and values at the forefront
of my mind
while browsing (e.g., I'm a dietitian, so even if something looks super awesome in the
picture, if it's deep - fried and uses 2 cups
of butter, I try to give it a pass)... I also keep lots
of different boards, so that I can keep all the stuff I pin well - organized (e.g., I don't have a «Dessert» board — I have a «Cookie» board, a «Biscotti» board, a «Cake» board, etc.)... and finally — when something truly catches my eye on Pinterest, I print the
recipe out right off and try it as soon as possible — within the next few days, if I can!
I literally put it together
while Vivian was taking perfect
pictures of another
recipe we created (which always takes some time, haha!).
I made a
recipe a
while ago for peanut butter + coconut oil frozen chocolate cups (which reminds me
of the giant backlog
of recipe pictures I have hanging around my iPhoto library eek) and this is the perfect fall version
of that!
So
while the fudge
recipe above is sweetened, I've also created a number
of similar
recipes that are completely sugar free, like the pink chocolate
pictured below.
With 82 different
recipes and page after page
of gorgeous food photography, I definitely think Bowl + Spoon is an awesome one to add to your collection, especially if you like looking at pretty
pictures of food
while you're at it!
Similarly, for items in a round
of «Kim's Game» you might use
pictures of presidents, ingredients in a
recipe, equipment for an experiment, or simply cards printed with any words you want children to be processing actively and creatively —
while also committing them to memory in an organised and highly effective way.