From Pin to Palm

Depending on the addictive nature of your personality you might enjoy Pinterest (or you might become addicted). I tried to avoid it but eventually fell prey when I was looking at ideas for the X man's room. I didn't want to just keep bookmarking all these different sites. The idea of having it all nicely pinned in one spot was too tempting so I bit the bullet and asked for an invite. Now I'm hooked. If you've never heard of Pinterest I'm not going to explain it that's already been done other places (like here and here) so you can check those if you're curious.

It's all well and good to have pretty pins to look at but really what's the point if you're not going to do something with them. So, I'm going to attempt to bring at least one pin to life each month. I don't think that's too lofty of a goal. I mean, It's not like they have to be major project pins. I've got every thing from homeschool room ideas to dishwasher soap.

With out any further adieu I present to you my first Pin to Palm, (sorry, I couldn't come up with anything else catchier) roasted broccoli. The caption is, "the best broccoli of your life", how could I pass that up?

Source: amateurgourmet.com via Sara on Pinterest

I'd read about this somewhere else awhile ago but lost the link or forgot or something.  I really wanted to try it though so was happy to see it pop up the other day on Pinterest. See, it's practically a necessity. Sort of. Maybe not. But it is handy.

Here's what we ate last night. Or maybe it was the night before. They all run together. It was quite yummy.

 I may have eaten better broccoli in my life but I'm not recalling it at the moment.  The smaller pieces were definitely better so if you try this at home (or the office, or wherever) make the florettes somewhat the size of that one there in the upper left hand corner. Or the right hand corner, that one's good too.

There you have it folks. Virtual becomes reality and a tasty reality at that.