May Favorites

 Rachel Cooks - Homemade Cheez-Its - After my homemade Wheat Thin Pinfailure, maybe I should try these?

 How Sweet It Is - Tilapia Burgers with Watermelon Salsa + Avocado - I don't think anything else needs to be said.

 The Healthy Green Kitchen - Salted Chocolate Tart - I think by now everyone knows how much I ♥ salted caramel and salted chocolate, so here you go!

 Live, Love, DIY - DIY Stencil Sharpie Pillow - I actually think even I could do this one.  It looks so much like what she was going for too!

 Iowa Girl Eats - Chipotle Mango BBQ Chicken Salad aka The End of Boring Chicken Dinners - I am so tired of chicken and this post caught my eye.

 Smitten Kitchen - Bacon, Egg & Leek Risotto - Meet my new best friend.

 Delighted Momma - How To Make Your Own Nail Polish In Any Color - That's just coolio.  Not that I ever find time to actually paint my nails.  Toes, yes.  Nails, not so much.

 Georgia Pellegrini - How to Build a Planter Box - It should be, how to build a really nice, super cool planter box.  Um....Cyclist?  I need help.  :)

 My New Roots - Happy Crackers - I am still on a mission to make my own crackers after the cracker disaster and these look good.


Flash mob in Copenhagen via Iowa Girl Eats - This is totally worth watching.  Just sayin'.

 Tommy & Ellie - Farmhouse Table DIY - I found this via somewhere else that I can't remember.  My apologies.  This is an incredibly detailed farmhouse table DIY that I think even I could follow....assuming I also learn how to do things like measure or work a saw.  Who am I kidding?!  That's The Cyclist's job.  Cyclist....?  Hellooooooo????

 Joy the Baker - These Things I've Learned In Thirty Years - This is a great post for all ladies to read.  I especially agree with her sentiments that ice cream can solve most anything and ladies (in general) should be nicer to each other.

 Poppytalk - DIY Bendable Cake Flags - These could make a plain old birthday cake really special.

 Apartment Therapy - Before and After Mid Century Inspired Dresser Knobs from Mason Jar Lids - Mason Jars are awesome, but people are even more clever.  This is seriously clever.

Pinspiration?? Not so much: Most Certainly Not Wheat Thins

Well, I had my first Pinfailure.  Kind of a bummer actually.

I was pinning around one day and came across a pin for homemade Wheat Thins.  Wheat Thins are definitely the cracker of choice in our house (they are like crack!...ers).  Considering between the two and a half of us we can just about consume a whole box in a day, I figured at four bucks a box making them from scratch could come in handy.

I was excited about this recipe...like I am about most recipes and food in general.  Plus it looked easy - can't beat that.  But it did seem a little too easy.....and could there really only be those 6 ingredients in Wheat Thins?....and that picture....they look exactly like real Wheat Thins.....hmmmm.

But I made them anyway.  And as the process moved forward the more skeptical I became.  And when they were done they looked like this.....

......and tasted pretty much how they looked.  Like crunchy whole wheat pie crust with salt.  Not...bad?  Not great for sure, but most certainly not like a Wheat Thin.

I reviewed the steps and I'm positive I followed the recipe exactly as stated, the only difference being I used fine whole wheat flour as opposed to regular whole wheat flour.  I don't think this would have made such a huge difference.

Still doubting my abilities, I posted a friendly comment to the originating blog:

Hi There,


I made these and they turned out nothing like regular wheat thins.  They didn't look like wheat thins either.  Is the picture included here the actual result?  The only difference was I used fine whole wheat flour as opposed to regular whole wheat flour, but I don't think this would really change anything too much.  Any suggestions?


I went back to see if there was a reply and noted my comment was never posted.  Actually, there are zero comments posted.  So, I tried to post it again and over a week later my comment is still not posted.

Anyway, I becoming suspicious this is a bogus recipe with a picture of real Wheat Thins out of a box, but you should decide for yourself.

So in conclusion, I summarize as normally done in my Pinspiration! series:

The Scoop - A homemade Wheat Thins recipe, sweet!
The Verdict - Waah-Waaaaah (insert game show sound effect here).
The Fix - Buy a box of real Wheat Thins.  They are least expensive in bulk at your friendly neighborhood Costco.
Mentionables - See above.