What you need to Pin today.

Last night I was in a baking mood.  This does nothing for one's diet, but it happens from time to time.  It's not stressed induced or anything - just in the mood. The plan was maybe cookies from scratch but the only recipe that I'd have access to was a recipe my husband wouldn't eat.  (He'll eat oatmeal raisin, he'll eat chocolate chip, but oatmeal chocolate chip is...unreasonable?!)

So I asked myself what do I have already?  I have 3 graham cracker crusts my Mom gave me knowing she wouldn't come up with something to do with them before they hit their "date."

And then I remembered a favorite recipe I found on a link party from Tatertots and Jello one evening last year.  It was called the No Bake Cheesecake and I've made it countless times since then.  Why?  Because it is one of the fastest, easiest and tastiest recipes.  And there's nothing I don't love about those three adjectives when it comes to food.

Since I've made it so many times I knew the ingredients by heart.  I picked them up and went home to get started.  Before Pinterest I'd always just tried to remember where I'd seen something - seriously Pinterest is wonderful.  This time I searched Pinterest first because there's no way this recipe wouldn't be on there.  And after clicking through a couple of them it was there!  The wonderful recipe I'd found on Tatertots and Jello so many times before.  This time with much less internet searching.  Of course, I pinned it for safe keeping.  I made it last night and left it to cool overnight in the refrigerator.  It really only need 2-3 hours but I didn't have 2-3 hours last night and I'm saving it for today.

This recipe is from Random Thoughts of a Supermom who posted it originally in August of last year.  Then she linked it and I'm so glad she did!  The post is HERE if you don't have a Pinterest account.  And let me tell you - it's delicious!

Really you can put any topping on this cheesecake but I used the cherries too and I think the flavors really compliment each other.  Trust me this is so simple and delicious - if you like cheesecake at all it'll quickly become your go-to dessert to make or bring somewhere.

Another recipe I have actually made and thought was AMAZING:

Mexican Cilantro Grilled Shrimp!

This was a recipe I saw on a linky party and after clicking through it I pinned it.  The recipe is from the blog "Fresh Plate" and she posted it in May of this year.  I had never cooked shrimp before but this recipe wasn't difficult at all.  It was DELICIOUS!  It has the perfect amount of heat - the taste is amazing and we even used some leftovers to put in soft tacos - which were equally good!  Seriously - you need to pin this as well because it is SO tasty!

This is her original post with the instructions of how to make it.  Trust me on this - you'll want to make it! 

There you have it - tried and true recipes found on the blogosphere.  Having made them myself I can vouch for their tastiness.  Go ahead and pin them - but make sure you pin them off of the original blog posts - that way you can be taken directly to the recipe without having to go through 3 different sites!