{pinterest, my current online obsession}
I’m kind of a social media whore. My latest affair is with Pinterest, an online pinboard where you can “pin” images from around the internet onto themed boards you create. You can see my latest pins over on the right 
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It’s a visual representation of aspirational lifestyles at its worst best. Design wardrobes you can’t afford, homes only the 1% live in, vacations that happen only on tv, and weddings that are a mere glimmer in the eye of a hopeless romantic (I have seen weddings boards titled “Some Day” and “The Board My Future Boyfriend Should Not See”).
It’s also insanely addicting.
Enter my new muse for new kitchen experiments. There’s no shortage of alllll kinds of recipes on this site, but because you spend all your time repinning pretty dresses, furry animals and funny babies, it seems like there’s no time left to actually make the food/dessert/drink eye candy. Until now! 2012 is the year I start picking away at the iceberg that is my FOODSTUFFS pinboard.
Pinspiring post #1: Lemon Chex Buddies
Recipe adapted from Chocolate Therapy
9 cups Rice Chex cereal
1 1/4 cup white vanilla baking chips
1/4 cup butter
4 tsp grated lemon peel {about 1 whole small lemon}
2 Tbsp lemon juice {slightly less than 1 small lemon}
2 cups powdered sugar
{ingredients}
Measure cereal into a large mixing bowl and set aside.
In a small saucepan on medium-low heat, melt chips, butter, lemon peel and juice; continuously stir so white chocolate does not burn. Heat until mixture can be stirred smooth.
{buttery, white chocolatey, lemony}
Pour mixture over cereal, stirring until evenly coated.
{ready to mix}
Pour into a 2-gallon re-sealable food storage plastic bag. Add powdered sugar, seal bag and shake until all the cereal is well-coated.
{bags of chex}
{done!}
Share with friends, because eating 9 cups of these lemon chex buddies might make you a little sick.
{lemon chex buddies}
In total, including the arduous process of slowly melting the white chocolate and butter, took less than 15 minutes. The recipe is SO EASY and SO TASTY that it’ll be hard to let go and share, but your butt/thighs/food baby/toes/wherever else you might store extra lbs will thank you.
(but be sure to save a decent amount for yourself because you’ll regret it when you give it ALL away).
) and they have gorgeous lemon trees…and they’re more than willing to share the lemon love with me! I knew I wanted to make a Greek couscous salad with some sort of lemon dressing, but that’s all I had to start with.
