Pinterest Re-creations

Pinterest... whoever thought of it should be shot with bullets (fake of course).  I have a love hate relationship. Why?!?!?! Why does it make me feel like I can be a super mom, cook, and decorator and like a failure at the same time.  All I do is pin all the great things other people have made.  All I am is a pinner and not a doer.  Well a group of friends decided that we were going to take action and start making our pins.

My first two attempts were a huge success.  Food usually is in my book but these two recipes were so good and so easy to make I was half tempted to make them again right away.

Cheesecake Strawberries

Ingredients:

-1 lb large strawberries
-8 oz. cream cheese, softened
-4 tbsp powdered sugar

-1 tsp vanilla extract
-graham cracker crumbs

Directions:
1. Rinse strawberries and cut around the top of the strawberry. Remove the top and clean out with a paring knife, if necessary (some may already be hollow inside). Prep all strawberries and set aside.
2. In a mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla until creamy. Add cream cheese mix to a piping bag or ziploc with the corner snipped off. Fill strawberries with cheesecake mixture. Once strawberries are filled, dip the top in graham cracker crumbs.



Pickle Roll-up Dip

This dip was such a great example of taking something that is good and making it even better.  When Andrew and I went to Pierre I wanted to bring an appetizer that I knew his family would like.  We have pickle roll-up's at family gatherings so I knew the flavors would work for my guinea pigs. The reason this recipe made me squeel is that it is literally less than half the work of making the roll-ups.  Plus adding a cracker into the mix just elevated the recipe for me.  YUM!!!

Ingredients:

-8 oz. cream cheese, softened

-8 oz chive and onion cream cheese, softened
-16 oz sour cream

-16 oz deli ham, chopped

-1 small jar pickles, chopped

Directions:
1. Mix cream cheeses and sour cream together.

2. Add chopped ham and pickles to cream cheese/sour cream mixture.

3. Serve with crackers. 

We have our next Pinterest party in a week... anyone have ideas for me on what I should make next?  I'm thinking something non-food related.  (But they all look soooooo good!!!)