TPM Tidbit: My New Love of Pinterest
September 12, 2012 in TPM Tidbits
I owe a big thank you to Stacy Toth of www.paleoparents.com for getting me hooked on Pinterest (actually, I owe several thank yous to Stacy, but let’s just focus on Pinterest for this tidbit).
I get ideas for my recipes from a variety of sources. Sometimes it’s old cookbooks that I own, which I enjoy flipping through from time to time. Sometimes I happen on neat-looking recipes on the internet when I’m actually searching for something else. Sometimes I have an idea with no idea how to make it and I scour the internet for different versions of these recipes before I decide on what I am going to try. Those ideas might come from something I used to make or ate at a restaurant, or they might be inspired by a new vegetable from the Farmer’s Market or a new cut of meat from my local farmer (like today’s recipe for cinnamon-braised beef cheek). However I happened on inspiring recipes online, I used to be in the habit of bookmarking them for my future use. However, in the last week, I have found myself pinning these recipes instead.
Pinning recipes serves my purpose of keeping all of these links in one place so I can easily find what I’m looking for when I’m ready to experiment in my kitchen. But, it also gives you an idea of what is inspiring me, what I might be working on, and gives me a forum to share recipes from other blogs that I find exciting, intriguing, and/or inspiring. I also have a pin-board for great How To websites and I have also set-up a pin board (again Stacy’s idea) just for autoimmune protocol-friendly recipes from other blogs.
If you are on Pinterest (and like the idea of knowing what recipes I’m thinking about) I would be delighted if you followed me: http://pinterest.com/thepaleomom/
I’m a pinterest addict and find most of my paleo recipes there (or at least the inspiration for). I have almost 500 recipes collected there now. I’ve only been able to try a small fraction of them! So many recipes, so little time.
Anyone who thinks that paleo is too restrictive or not there’s not enough choices or it’s too boring, etc Needs to go on pinterest!! it is a gold mine of ideas and recipes. And thanks to Stacy, I started my own Autoimmune board. I’m seeing more and more autoimmune paleo protocol references, information, recipes, support- Now just to summon the willpower to do the dang thing myself! (I currently blame a cookie recipe that tastes as good as the real thing, eggs and nuts, grrrrr).