The Beginning of a Pinterest Adventure

Pinterest is one of my favorite websites. One of the things I pin the most is food. Lots and lots of recipes are on my boards.  Unlike some people on Pinterest, I actually try out many of the recipes. Getting to them all will take a while. I have 552 recipes and have tried only 45+. A few of the recipes, I cook regularly in my home. I even use Pinterest, and my boards to help me menu plan with a board I have titled "This Weeks Menu."

With all this time spent on Pinterest, mainly with the food boards, I decided that I should start blogging about the foods I try on there, and perhaps even the crafts (although I am less likely to try a craft than food).  I will blog about my successes as well as my failures with recipes. Sometimes a recipe isn't a complete failure but needs some tweaking.

One board I have on Pinterest is called "Eat Your Veggies." I am not a fan of many veggies. I never have been. I try and try again, but no success. There are some veggies that I'm convinced I will never love, namely asparagus (gag) and green beans. However, I am willing to find and try creative vegetable recipes so that I eat more. Besides, I need to be a good role model in this department for my daughters.

Tonight, I decided to try a new recipe with a vegetable. The recipe is called Cheesy Zucchini Rice, and comes from the blog, "Buns In My Oven." It looked simple, a key requirement for me on most recipes, and potentially delicious.

The first thing I had to do was toast 1 cup of rice a little bit then cook it with 2 cups of chicken broth.

The rice is busy cooking with the chicken broth, and the
Shake 'n Bake pork chops ready to go into the oven.

Once the rice was done cooking, all I needed to do was add grated zucchini,

Grating the zucchini

1 cup of shredded sharp cheddar, and a couple of tablespoons of butter plus salt and pepper.

Our dinner: Pork Chops & Cheesy Zucchini Rice

It turned out really yummy and delicious. I had no issues with the zucchini, non-veggie lover that I am, and I do plan on making this again. In fact, I imagine it will become a regular side dish in our home. The only thing I would do differently would be to add a lot more salt. It wasn't salty enough. We use low sodium chicken broth so that could have been the issue. Now I know to adjust for it.

Anyhow, I highly recommend this recipe. It was totally worth the pin!