I’ve done quite a few projects lately so I’m feeling the need to resurrect my Pinned It, Did It Mondays. Yeah yeah I know it’s Friday. I’m working through a huge list of blogs to catch up on and this was an easy one to write today. Pinned It, Did It is where I actually take some of the things I’ve found on Pinterest, put them into action, and then review them for you.
Source: Baby Boxes from Destination of DomesticationMy pictures:
My review: I bought 7 of these tubs from Wal-Mart. 3 for kids and 4 for some of my school/home files. I bought several large packs of file folders (yes this took my entire “home” budget for several months.) For my kid’s boxes, I made folders with the labels:- Baby Information
- Health Records
- Documents & Certificates
- Age 0-3
- Age 4-5
- Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade
- Lots of extra blank ones for things I didn’t think of
While I’ve made it known that cooking is not my forte, it has been nice to finally feel well enough to make something for my family. Here’s a few recipes that we’ve enjoyed the last month:
Source: Coffee Crusted Beef Tenderloin from Better Homes and GardensMy review: Sad, no picture, but this was fabulous! I made this for our Christmas dinner and it got rave reviews from myself and William (kids wouldn’t touch it). Now, I did try it later with a not-so-good cut of meat and I learned my lesson not to do that again.
Source: Better Than Chipotle Bowl from Eat Yourself Skinny
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My Review: I love Chipotle so I can’t say this was better than Chipotle. It doesn’t have quite the kick that they get into their salads. But this was really good! I love cilantro so this was right up my alley. William ate it with chips like a salsa and I just ate mine right out of the bowl like a salad. Definitely worth keeping this pin.
Source: Mongolian Beef Broccoli from Blessed Eichelbergers
My picture:
My review: yummy! It’s definitely a little sweet and I only used about half the brown sugar. Next time, I’d use only about 1/3. But served over rice, William definitely approved. And as you can tell by my pictures, I threw in a few extra veggies into mine.Happy cooking!
Enter: my mom. This is how she organizes all her recipes. I saw it last year and wanted it. So she was super kind and bought me everything I need. Tons of large index cards, 2 plastic tubs, and some labels.
My goal is to get every recipe onto one of these 4x6 cards. Either cut from a magazine, printed from the internet, or handwritten:
Then I just file them under their correct labels like appetizers, chicken, cookies, fish, etc. It makes the recipes very easy to find. And I can pull all the recipes I'm using that week for dinners and make my grocery list!
My mom has 2 or 3 of these tubs all done. She writes right on the card any changes she did and how they liked it, etc. Or just tosses the card if it gets a thumbs down. Someday, all my recipes will be easy to find. I’m trying to get a few done each week. Slow going, but I already love the new system. How do you organize all your yummy recipes?
**ETA – Used a acid-free glue stick to put my recipes onto the index cards. And Lindsey asked which categories I used so here’s my list. I started with all the “basics” and then added as I came to a recipe that I didn’t know how to file. So these may be different for you:
It’s Monday. And amidst the craziness of having people in my house all week, I got a few things done that I’ve pinned from Pinterest. 2 cleaning ones and a simple “dessert.”
Is your tupperware drawer as messy as mine was? Oops, forgot to take a picture of how bad it was. But trust me, it was bad.
Review: Um, duh, why did I think of this? I just bought a cheap dish rack at Wal-Mart, but they even have some at the dollar store. My lids were all over the place and now they are easy to find! I wonder how long they’ll stay like this.
Nothing better than caramels in the fall!
Are your rings filthy?
My review: This short video gives you 3 ways to clean your ring. I must say I’m still madly in love with my engagement and wedding ring. William did a pretty amazing job with them. :) I used the ammonia method, but did also use a toothbrush. The pictures don’t do justice how much cleaner they are! I love how sparkly they were after only a few minutes of cleaning. So pretty!
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