Jello frosting

Aimee wanted a strawberry birthday cake. I decided to try this jello frosting recipe that I found on Pinterest. If we had eaten the cake right away I would have frosted the entire thing in this frosting, it was amazing! Not too sweet, very fluffy. Try it out!

Roasted Banana Bread

I had four over ripe bananas and decided to look on Pinterest for a recipe.  The recipe for Roasted Whole Wheat Banana Bread was pinned over and over and over, so I thought it must be exceptionally good.  (Of course, most pinned recipes have not been tried by the pinner yet.)
The recipe called for roasting the bananas in the oven for about 15 minutes before peeling them and adding them to the batter.  I did this and it filled the house with the smell of over ripe bananas.
When the banana bread came out of the oven we tried it.  It was ok.  Certainly it wasn't good enough to merit the extra work and time of roasting the bananas.  I need to stick with my old tried and true recipe.

Orange Julius

I tried an Orange Julius recipe that turned out terrible. It called for an entire cup of sugar. Annie and Jared didn't like it and I wasn't ever going to make an Orange Julius again. But then Annie found this recipe and it is absolute perfection. We have had an Orange Julius every night for the last week!

Best BLT Ever.

I saw this idea on pinterest and couldn't wait to try it.  Cut the bacon in half, weave it together and bake it.  It takes longer to bake because the bacon is thicker, but it is worth the wait.
We had BLTs for dinner tonight and every single bite had the perfect amount of bacon and the bacon did not fall out of the sandwich.  This idea is a keeper.

Lemon Buddies

This month was full of get togethers and I was tired of the same old treats. I remembered my Lemon Buddies pin. I think these were literally my first pin on pinterest. I finally made them. They felt light and not heavy like Muddy Buddies. They are basically the same as them except they substitute white chocolate for chocolate and lemon for the peanut butter.

http://pinterest.com/pin/81275968244739325/

A few people requested this link, so here you go.

Homemade Butterfingers

This is the first thing I ever pinned that I made, Julianna and I made them a year ago. I made them again last night to take visiting teaching today. They are extremely easy and very yummy. They taste just like butterfingers only I think they have an even better texture. Just candy corn, peanut butter, and chocolate chips. One thing I did different from the recipe is that I didn't dip the candy corn and peanut butter in chocolate coat, I melted a bag of chocolate chips and spread it on the top. Chocolate chips taste better and it was easier so win win. 

http://pinterest.com/pin/106116134939464132/

baked potatoes

I learned on Pinterest that it is possible to bake potatoes in the crock pot. Monday morning I followed the instructions (wrap clean, dry potatoes in foil, place in crock pot on low for 10 hours). That afternoon Jared called to tell me he had some sad news, I hadn't plugged the crock pot in. Today we tried it again and after 10 hours the potatoes came out perfectly!