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Name: Petrea
Original Inspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/210332245067789022/
What I Did: I wanted to use decals on a picture frame to create our family monogram. I custom ordered the letters (which were enormous), spent $50 on a huge picture frame, enlisted my husband’s help to get the letters onto the glass, cut my fingers, then broke the glass when trying to get it back into the frame. Plus, we live in a two-bedroom apartment and it’s so big it looks like it belongs in the entryway of the royal palace. My husband calls it my monstrosity, but after two hours of work he hung it, broken glass and all!
My Result:
Next Time I Will: Get smaller letters or move to the royal palace.
Name: Renae
Original Inspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/2533343512991383/
What I Did: This project looked so easy and fun! We ended up with food coloring all over our fingers, clothes, and totally undyed eggs. Note to self: Next time don’t use brown eggs… Or even try it again for that matter!!!
My Result:
Name: @thegr8nicole
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegr8nicole
Original Inspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/169659110934775472/
What I Did: I didn’t have self rising flour so I added a bit of baking soda and salt to my all purpose flour. Apparently I added too much!
My Result:
Next Time I Will: Either use self rising flour or do the math and get the amount of baking soda right! Other than the mess, the cake that was left in the mug was quite good!
Name: Janet
My Blog: http://tastespace.wordpress.com
Original Inspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/237213105343377418/
What I Did: A craving for peanut butter rice krispie treats had me perusing blogs for the perfect way to use some puffed quinoa. I eventually picked Angela’s Almond Butter Rice Crisp Treats. I settled on half a recipe because I didn’t want to make too much, but still made some changes. I used a bit less puffed quinoa because I figured there would be a higher surface area, and also decreased the sweetener (swapping in agave for her brown rice syrup), switched coconut oil for the Earth Balance, ditched flax for chia, and swapped pumpkin seed butter for the almond butter. This seemed like a simple, malleable dessert, so I ran with it.
After a minute on the stovetop on medium heat, my wet ingredients suddenly seized, changing from a melty pourable liquid into a harder taffy-like spread. Oops, I think my heat was too high? I trudged onwards, stirring in the chia even though it looked pretty sturdy and then tried to mix in the puffed quinoa. I had to mix it with my hands: I could see this going nowhere fast with a spoon. Instead of pulling out parchment paper or more oil, I figured I could freeform the bars on my silpat. I still don’t think it was that bad of an idea, although lots of untrapped quinoa puffs rolled over my counter. I even flipped the silpat in half to smooch it together from both sides. In retrospect rolling them into balls might have been better.
In the end, my bars, or crumbles, don’t look anything like picture-perfect Angela’s. But they were still delicious, with hints of vanilla and cinnamon within a peanut taffy studded with puffed quinoa treat. Not crispy, more chewy. In retrospect, that was how I liked rice krispie treats back in the day: less rice, more mallow, please. If only they were a bit more portable-friendly for my upcoming cycling jaunts.
Blog Post Detailing The Experience: http://tastespace.wordpress.com/2013/04/09/nut-free-puffed-quinoa-treats/
My Result:
Name: Eubanks Eutopia
My Blog: http://eubankseutopia.wordpress.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeannine424
Original Inspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/165507355028528983/
What I Did: They look so good on the picture! The only thing I changed was used 2 whole eggs instead of 4 egg whites, but it got so runny!
My Result:
Next Time I Will: I don’t know. Next time I’ll just make it a casserole and top with breadcrumbs. It tasted really good!
Name: Laura
Original Inspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/104356916337642201/
What I Did: The read the directions for a couple of different recipes very carefully and knew I had to prop up the avocados just so. I did and put the first egg in. The whites went everywhere all over the pan. I decided to put the avocado halves in ramekins for support and that seemed to work better. The white still dripped down.
I baked at 425 for 20 min. I checked and decided to leave it it a bit more.
The yolk got crusty on top, which was not appetizing. The avocado skin gets really soft and stuck to the ramekin so when took it out it tore apart. Also, what they don’t tell you, is that these kind of stink when cooking.
My Result:
Next Time I Will: I would definitely scoop out some of the avocado – it makes sense to make more room for the egg. Some recipes do that and some don’t. I didn’t. Also, if using the ramekin, oil it down a bit before putting the avocado in so it doesn’t stick.
Name: Chrisie Platt
Original Inspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/75576099967543692/
What I Did: Attempted to make pizza cones, without a pre-existing “cone.” Made one out of aluminum foil. HAAAA! This is what happened.
My Result:
Next Time I Will: Buy the pizza cone kit!!
Name: Theresa
Original Inspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/138837600984885763/
What I Did: Any skilled baker knows that sugar melts at a high temperature. 350º for ten minutes in a preheated oven melted almost all the sugar with absolutely no glitter effect. Don’t bother wasting your time trying.In order to achieve this effect you must purchase edible glitter (not just non-toxic). Here is a link to a photo of how edible glitter comes when purchased. There are many sites on the internet where you can purchase edible glitter.
My Result:
Next Time I Will: There is no way to achieve the metallic component simply with sugar and food coloring.
Name: Kathleen
Original Inspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/449797081503852091/
What I Did: Aiming for the “bacon pancake”, ended up with a plate full of lungs! No further explanation needed! GROSS!
My Result:
Next Time I Will: It all eats the same, as long as you can stomach the sight long enough to eat it!
Name: Natalie
Original Inspiration: http://pinterest.com/pin/90212798758089669/
What I Did: Wouldn’t this be cute for St. Patrick’s Day AND be easy? I’ve learned that nothing that looks cute on Pinterest is ever easy! I swapped out the Hershey’s Kiss for a Rolo… maybe that was my first mistake. Very sad Shamrocks!
My Result:
