the dangers of Pinterest

I wrote last week about having joined Pinterest not as a deliberate decision, but because I was trying to track something down. I had to join to get there. Once I got there, however, there was no there there. But the damage was done and I was hooked.

There’s recipes there. Lots and lots of recipes. Really good recipes. I fixed two in a row that I marked 5 star in our recipe database. Pretty impressive. I can’t say that I’ve ever done that with Cooking Light.

I don’t generally share recipes here, but I’m passing these on to you as an example of the sort of thing that you can find on Pinterest.

• Spicy New Orleans Shrimp from Jo Cooks
• Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken from the Recipe Critic

I have to make sure that I don’t grab large quantities of recipes from Pinterest and save them. I need to be selective. That’s a good problem to have, I suppose.