Pinterest recipes

I have actually been trying a lot of recipes lately from Pinterest.

I've been kind of bored with the same old things for dinner and I wanted to make some of the yummy dishes I've been pinning so.........

I made this delicious copycat Olive Garden alfredo sauce for my chicken linguine tonight. The hubby said it was delicious and he would be more than happy to eat leftovers tomorrow - yay no cooking for me. Unless I decide to make the copycat Pizza Factory breadsticks I found here. 

I made these once before but I didn't have parmesan to sprinkle on top so I've been wanting to make them again.

Here are some of the other Pinterest recipes I have tried in the last two weeks:

This corn chowder is delicious! I have made it several times. I always add diced ham to it for the hubby though because he has to have meat or it isn't a meal. I also stir in some cheddar cheese before serving. I have also added green onions and diced red pepper to give it a little kick.

This twice baked potato casserole was very good also. I only wish I had added more green onions. Oh, and apparently I can't cook bacon crispy enough because my hubby asked me what the chewy stuff was.

I also tried this taco pasta. Mine did not look this good because my hubby does not like tomatoes. I did not put the garlic in mine either because I am not the biggest fan of it. I did add Rotel tomatoes (original) to my portion and it made it better. My hubby said he liked this though so I might make it again.

I saved the best for last - at least the sweetest one. I made these churro waffles for dinner one night and they were so good. They smelled delicious while they were cooking in the waffle maker - it must have been the vanilla and cinnamon in the batter. It was definitely more like eating dessert than dinner.

All these recipes were hubby approved.

*Only the first two pics are mine. I promise I'll get better at picture taking now that I have my new camera but I have been so busy working six days a week and cleaning my entire house from top to bottom that it is still sitting in the box.

My hubs thinks I'm crazy because I waited a year to buy that camera and I haven't used it yet.

That will be my next project.

Carmelitas

I was craving a sweet treat and knew I wanted to try one of the hundreds of recipes I had pinned on Pinterest. I love cookie bars and I love caramel so this recipe looked like a winner.

I found the recipe here

32 caramel squares, unwrapped
1/2 cup heavy cream
3/4 cup butter, melted
3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1 cup flour
1 cup rolled oats
1 teaspoon baking soda
6 ounces semisweet chocolate chips

Combine caramels and cream in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir until completely smooth; set aside. In a separate bowl, combine melted butter, brown sugar, flour, oats, and baking soda. Pat half of the oatmeal mixture into the bottom of an 8x8" pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Remove pan from oven and sprinkle chocolate chips over crust. Pour caramel mixture over chocolate chips. Crumble remaining oatmeal mixture over caramel. Return to oven and bake an additional 15-20 minutes, until the edges are lightly browned. Remove from oven and cool completely before cutting.
*A stint in the fridge will help them cool off if you're pinched for time. They shouldn't be served cold, but all of that molten caramel takes a long time to cool down. They should be stored and served at room temperature.
**If you want to use homemade or store-bought caramel sauce in place of the caramel/cream mixture, use 1 1/4 cups of sauce.
***To make a 9x13" version, simply double the amounts. 

I used half and half because that's what I had on hand and it worked great with the caramels - also saved me some calories.

I'm really good at choosing really rich recipes to try lately and this is another one.

They are delicious.

The only thing that I would change is the next time I make these, I'm going to reduce the butter to 1/2 cup. The cookie base was too wet to crumble it on top and I had to add a bunch more oats - I would rather just cut out some of the butter so it's not so greasy.

I will definately make these again!

Another successful Pinterest recipe made, only hundreds more to go!