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Friday Link Party #2

Oh my gosh everybody!  I'm so thrilled with all the people who participated, linked up their posts, followed, and left such nice comments in last week's link party!  THANK YOU!  I didn't get to post as much as I wanted to this week (my job gets in the way of my… Read more

Improving our Home's Energy Efficiency

Today's post is less of a Pinterest inspired project (sorry guys) and more of a home improvement project.  (I do have some home improvement projects inspired by Pinterest coming soon.  I just need to get them finished.  I can't wait to share them with you, so I hop… Read more

Chocolate Pie

chocolate pie recipe

My husband's birthday was Saturday.  His grandmother usually makes a chocolate pie for him on his birthday or for other special occasions.  Her chocolate pie is delicious and everyone looks forward to enjoying a slice.

She wasn't able to make on… Read more

Happy Hour #3: Spiked Blueberry Lemonade

It's been three weeks back at work and it feels like three months.  I think I'm also wishing for spring and warmer weather.  I'm noticing that I'm really craving meals with fresh ingredients like the Chickpea Salad and the Zesty Bean Salad I made last week.… Read more

Friday Link Party

Not only am I challenging myself to try new things from Pinterest, I'm also challenging myself to learn as much as I can about blogging.  When I started blogging just a few months ago, I knew absolutely nothing about it.  In just a few months, I feel like I've real… Read more

Thirteenth Annual Weblog Awards

I have a big favor to ask of you.

I'm asking for your vote to nominate The Pin Junkie blog in the Thirteenth Annual Weblog Awards.
I think I have the best chance at the "Best New Blog" (scroll all the way down to the bottom of the nomination page to fill out … Read more

Southwest Chicken Soup

chicken soup southwest recipe

This recipe, from Rachel Ray, is a delicious twist on traditional chicken soup.
It's also another recipe with cilantro.  Last week I made Zesty Bean Salad and Chickpea Salad and both salads had cilantro in them.  I absolutely love cilantro… Read more

Chickpea Salad

chickpea salad recipe

This recipe from Kitchen Confidante is similar to the zesty bean salad I made last week, but I think this one is even better.  It has some of the same ingredients like onions, tomatoes, and cilantro (I really love cilantro!) but it has a fantastic must… Read more

Happy Hour #2: Island Girl Cocktail

I hope you had a good week!  Let's kick off the weekend with Pin Junkie Happy Hour #2.  This week's drink is the Island Girl.  It's very similar to a Cape Cod or a Cosmopolitan.  Last week, I tried a Vodka Gimlet which was just too sour for me.  I like sweeter … Read more

Zesty Bean Salad

bean salad recipe

I found this recipe in two different places.  Iowa Girl Eats calls it Beanis Dip and I Love Food calls it Texas Caviar.  Both recipes are exactly the same.  I love this salad because it has cilantro in it.  I know not everybody likes cilantro, so you can… Read more

Beef & Broccoli

beef and broccoli recipe

Beef & broccoli is one of my favorite dishes to get when ordering Chinese food.  Honestly, this recipe is even better than Chinese take out!  Restaurants often over-cook the broccoli  so it ends up mushy and sometimes the food is just drowning i… Read more

Hang Items on Brick Without Drilling

hang items on brick without drilling
My brick fireplace was looking very bare and pathetic after all the decorations from the holidays were taken down and put away.

My mantle is difficult to decorate because the ledge is very narrow and slightly curved.  I don't want to… Read more

Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

stuffed portobello mushrooms recipe

I love mushrooms, but the rest of my family does not.  They don't even like the heavenly aroma  of mushrooms drenched in butter frying in a skillet.  (Crazy!)  So one Saturday afternoon, while they were out of the house, I made stuffe… Read more

Over 1,000 Pinterest Followers!

The Pin Junkie now has over 1,000 followers on Pinterest! Woohoo!  Thanks everyone!
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Happy Hour #1: Vodka Gimlet

I had a really quiet, relaxing two week break from work during the holidays.  This was my first week back at work and a week at work really reminds me how much I enjoy the weekends.
So I thought I'd start something new.  Every Friday I'll kick off the weekend by sh… Read more