Ahhhh.. my first post! If you're like me, you sit your ass on Pinterest for a better part of the evening, drinking cheap wine and pinning ALL the things.. Usually those things are food and usually the pictures look so amazing, you may or may not want to lick your screen. But who actually tries to make the things they pin?? I'm pretty sure I've pinned 300+ recipes (If you count my cake board.. because everyone should have a separate board for cake. It's in a different league - it cannot be combined with ordinary food!) and I know for a fact, I've made less than 10 of them.. and at least half of those have ended badly.. I mean, seriously... Have you seen the pin about the "Most Amazing Salsa Recipe EVER!"... Yeah, probably the most awful thing I have ever tasted in my entire life, as far as salsas go. Who in their right mind puts honey and basil in a regular salsa recipe?!? "Tastes like the salsa you get at a Mexican restaurant!" LIES!! Only if the person making it the restaurant is blind and has no sense of smell.. Anyway.. Pinterest is awesome, but I sometimes wonder how many people just make shit up, post it, then sit back and wait to laugh their asses off as the pins go viral, thanks to their enticing, glorious food photo (more than likely taken from the Food Network website or Martha Stewart or some shit..).. Someone needs to help weed out the nasties... Sometimes you can do it just by reading the recipe - Chicken with Chocolate sauce? Yeah, that's not happening around here.. Unless it's a nicely simmered mole sauce..

And then there are the friends that tell you about a recipe that you need to try, "Listen - I heard this pie is like crack - it's an old Amish recipe and it's, like, seriously the most amazing thing ever. I mean, the AMISH made it! Doesn't that mean that, like, it was the first apple pie - the apple pie that started it all?!" Don't listen to this friend. He/She is full of shit. I grew up in Michigan. I'm a fat-kid, pie-loving, redneck and there were Amish buggies rollin' through my hometown on a daily basis.. I've had Amish apple pie. It's disgusting as F. No cinammon, barely any sugar... It's not worth it, as are several of the other recipes friends have asked me to try. Not saying that all of them are duds - there have been quite a keepers! But that's the whole reason I'm here.. to test out your "friends'" INCREDIBLE recipes and prove them right or wrong.. I live for the challenge!!!

Lastly, there are my own creations.. I like to think I am somewhat adventurous in the kitchen, but am sometimes held back, thanks to picky kids and even pickier husband.. I'm easing them in, though, with my "picky-eater friendly" recipes - homemade versions of boxed classics and such.. But I do make a mean pan of chicken enchiladas (which I promise to share soon!), and baked goods are always a win..

So, if you've made it this far, you deserve a gold star - I wasn't sure how to start a blog - Do I start off right away with a recipe? Do I introduce myself? I settled for incoherent food ramblings and hope at least a bit of it made sense.. I actually made my own version of a Hot Pocket for lunch today and they didn't turn out too shabby - they were actually the reason for starting this blog, so I think I might post that as well - thanks for reading! Until next time!

-Heather