A Blog I Can Handle (Plus Beef & Broccoli)

  Ok, I'll start off letting you know I love to write.  So a blog has been something I have hoped to create and keep up with, but unfortunately that's not always the case...  (Like the Budget Wedding Blog for the planning that is currently on hiatus.  Or the "Dear Diary" style ones I've half-heartedly tried to maintain long ago.  Uh, no.  No one cares.)

 

But wait!

  To be able to document my excessive use of Pinterest, and then consequently share this unhealthy hobby with others? 

 You have my attention. 

 

 So while I live my life filled with pin-successes and the many pin-fails, I can send the knowledge out through these mighty interwebs; Then you can make educated pin-decisions for yourself. 

I can honestly say that I use a pin almost everyday- from recipes (oh, save me from myself), to skincare, makeup, toddler activities, organization, DIY- I pin and use it all!!  Pinterest is the most motivatonal time waster on the planet.  I mean come on, what website has ever gotten you to do this much crafty/productive in your house?  So here I go, an attempt at an informative blog.  Here goes nothing!!

 

 

 

So today, I went with a recipe.  I have been big on meal planning, it really helps me not go nuts at the grocery store, and then I actually cook what I plan on making rather than just making something up with found ingredients (Which can be a stressful task.) 

 

This pin read: "homemade beef and broccoli: UPDATE - this is the best recipe so far I've found on here. I make it about 2-3 times a month. WE LOVE IT!"  (You can click the image to get to the link on my pinterest board) 

 

Well, they had me at HOMEMADE BEEF AND BROCCOLI, but then to tell me one of the best recipes on here- I had to try!!

 

 

 

And here is my (pitiful) phone picture turned instagram version of Homemade Beef and Broccoli. (I promise I am going to not be lazy and start getting out the real camera.  And will hopefully capture some action shots- like the steamy deliciousness you see above!!)

 

Overall the taste was good, but may have been helped with a bit more brown sugar or even a little maple syrup (Maybe some ginger, rice wine vinegar?  Anything?!).  It was VERY salty.  Not to mention the sauce got kind of... well, gloopy for lack of a better word.  Then that soy-salty gloop got all stuck up in my broccoli.  I'm thinking that must have been due to the cornstarch and flour in the recipe?  Next time I may try whisking a little water in to make it more of a sauce than "clumps'o'flavor".  I wouldn't rate this a failure- it was definitely edible and still a decent dinner (Heaven knows I've made worse)...