I love Pinterest. One place to save all the great ideas I find and things I want to do? Count me in! Thousands of pins in, as a matter of fact.

Of course those thousands of pins are sorted into dozens of specific boards, but it can still be overwhelming to sift through them to find what I need at any given moment. Like, for instance, when I want to try a new recipe. Since I don’t always want to scroll through several hundred delicious pins, I created a new board specifically for this purpose: Recipes to Try in 2015.

I was really proud of this idea. But then, I attempted to put my new recipe-testing system to work. And, well, it hasn’t worked out all that great. I’ve been foiled by unproductive grocery trips (i.e. I forget to buy all the requisite ingredients AGAIN.), cancelled dinners, and that pesky decision to sign up for Weight Watchers again. (You might notice that I don’t pin a lot of diet-friendly dishes…)

Still. I’m not giving up. I really do want to try new recipes more often. And despite something going wrong about three out of every four times I attempt a new recipe, it’s not a bad plan. It turns out that it’s just not an easy one!

That’s why I’m still pinning new recipes, hopeful I’ll get the chance to try a few of them soon. And in case you’re curious about which recipes I’m going to try (although you know I’ll probably tell you about the ones that turn out well!), here’s the list (so far!).

{Or you can follow my Pinterest board. I’d love to connect with you there!}

Recipes I Want to Try in 2015

• Edible Cookie Dough (for two)
• Chicken Tortilla Bake or Chicken Enchilada Stuffed Peppers
• Bloomin’ Cinnamon Rolls or maybe this Cinnamon Roll Casserole
• Apple Pie Bites or Apple Pie Taquitos
• Quick & Easy Cinnamon Twists
• Garlic Cheddar Beer Bread or Bacon Jalapeno Popper Cheesy Bread
• Bacon, Grilled Chicken & Sweet Corn Quesadilla, Grilled Chicken & Bacon Pizza or Chicken & Bacon Lasagna Roll-Ups
• Cheesy Crockpot Tortellini or [now that I finally have all the ingredients] Crockpot Lasagna Soup
• Cowboy Cornbread Trifle or Deviled Egg Pasta Salad for the potluck or barbecue
• Chicken Sausage & Pesto Pasta

• Bacon Stuffed Waffles or Snickerdoodle Waffles or Cinnamon Roll Waffles
• Honeycrisp Apple Sangria
• Crockpot Bourbon Glazed Kielbasa
• BLT Chopped Salad
• Gooey S’mores Campfire Cookies or the uncomfortably named Better Than Sex Chex Mix
• Oreo Cream-Filled Brownies or the awesomely named Kansas City Dirt Cake
• Crockpot Quadruple Chocolate Cake or Hot Fudge Pudding Cake
• “The Best Coffee Cake Ever” or Old-Fashioned Crumb Coffee Cake or maybe Portland Coffee Cake
• Biscuits & Gravy Breakfast Casserole or the slightly different Biscuits & Gravy Casserole
• Queso Blanco {Oh! I made this one! SO good – and pretty easy, too!}

• Pepperoni Pizza Roll-Ups or Pizza Pasta Bake
• Crispy Smashed Potatoes {SIGH. Tried this…not a great success. I’ll try again. Or go another direction with Cheesy Bacon Ranch Tater Tots}
• Swiss Cheese Chicken or Mom’s Classic Chicken Casserole
• Easy Fajita Chicken Bake {I’ve tried this a couple times, and it’s AWESOME.}
• Taco Lasagna or Taco Pizza Rolls

That’s the [very long already!] list. Trying new recipes works for me!

What’s the last new recipe you tried?

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