3 Downright Delicious Recipes

Do you try many of the recipes you pin on Pinterest? I do and I’ve had my fair share of flops. Whether it is to do with user error (probably) or just differences in taste (maybe), there have been more than a few train wrecks. This week I hit the jackpot though. I tried three Pinterest recipes and each one came out just as described; delicious and definitely worth repeating.

RECIPE ONE

Loaded Cauliflower From the Low Carb Maven

I pinned this Loaded Cauliflower recipe a few months ago because it sounded like a great fit for our bi-diet household. My husband is somewhat of a vegetarian; he’ll eat fish and a little chicken occasionally but mostly veg. I eat everything. Sure, there are some foods I like better than others but I can list the foods I won’t eat on one hand:

1.Lima beans, because they make me gag.

2.Green peppers, because they smell gross and ruin pizza

3.Coconut, because the nun in pre-school force-fed it to me and it has a weird texture.

4.The little baby full octopi you get with calamari, because I can’t stop thinking that I’m eating their brains, and

5.Really hot chili peppers, because I’m a major wimp – this ties with black licorice because it makes me throw up.

But seriously, other than those five items I will eat all normal food (bugs aren’t normal food so don’t go there). Anyway, back to this fabulous dish. This loaded cauliflower is perfect for us because I can add the bacon to my portion at the end (I get two shares because bacon is beautiful). I’m sure the recipe is not low fat but it is so very deliciously worth it….and it’s cauliflower so that’s healthy, right?

RECIPE TWO

CREAMY SPINACH & MUSHROOM LASAGNA From Damn Delicious

I make lasagna about once a month but I’ve never made a white sauce lasagna. This recipe doesn’t take any longer than my normal red sauce veggie lasagna and it is as the blog is named, Damn Delicious! Make sure to use plenty of mushrooms as they cook down quite a bit. Also, I used fresh spinach rather than frozen. I quick steamed my spinach in the microwave on a paper towel (to absorb the moisture). The only other change I made was to add 1/4th cup Amaretto liqueur to the sauce during the last two minutes of cooking. Since there are only two of us eating, I divided the recipe into two smaller dishes and froze one for later. This lasagna re-heats fantastically too so that is basically four fabulous dinners for the mess of one…perfect!

RECIPE THREE

Lemon Pound Cake w/Strawberries & Lemon Cream From Simply Kierste Design

This is pure heaven on a plate. The cake turns out moist with great texture and I love the touch of lemon extract in the fresh whipped cream. Sprinkling the shortening/butter coated bundt pan with sugar was a new concept for me but I love the way it gave the cake I tiny bit of sugar crust around it. The only change I made was adding some fresh lemon zest to the batter and replacing 1/2 cup of the regular flour with coconut flour (ironic given my list of 5 foods I won’t eat). Why coconut flour? Well, I was trying to make some muffins for a brunch where several people needed gluten-free. I purchased a bag of the coconut flour not realizing that I can only replace 20% of a recipe’s flour with it. So, now I’m trying to use it up. Truthfully, it adds a really nice texture to cakes and muffins and it doesn’t taste coconutty at all. It adds a slight unique flavor but doesn’t scream coconut. As the strawberries come into full season this summer. I am definitely making this beautiful cake again.

These three Pinterest recipes were a home run. You can find these and many more on the Crafty Composition Pinterest Account. Do you have a favorite recipe your got from Pinterest? Tell us about it in the comments below and don’t forget to credit the chefs.

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