Before I go grocery shopping every week, I check out my recent delicious Pinterest finds and make sure I add their ingredients to my grocery list. Sometimes the end result is shrug-worthy, or drool-worthy but horribly unhealthy, while other times I am heralded as the best wife ever for producing the perfect meal or treat that I can, in good conscience (most of the time), make again and again. Here are my recent favorite recipes I’ve tried, after finding them on Pinterest. Interested in trying out recipes I’ve pinned? Check out my sweet board here, and my savory board here.

• Weight Watcher’s Chocolate Banana Crepes via Gimme Some Ven! (pinned here)
• Half-way to Heaven Peanut Butter Cookies via Broma Bakery (pinned here)
•  Pesto Oricchiette with Chicken Sausage via Real Simple (pinned here)
• Low-Carb Enchilada Bake via Dashing Dish (pinned here)

Click here for more of my Pinterest food faves!

I was just having a conversation with friends today about Pinterest pounds. It’s this new thing going around, much like the freshman fifteen, only the number is up to the discretino of each Pinterest user. For me? It all depends upon my refrigerator’s stock of Fontina cheese. That gnocchi and cheese is killer. Seriously killer. Check out these other side dish ideas (found via Pinterest) that I can no longer live without.

• Moroccan Roasted Cauliflower from Snail’s View
• Baked Parmesan Tomatoes from Eating Well
• Absurdly Addictive Asparagus from Food 52
• Savory Gnocchi and Cheese from The Cutting Edge of Ordinary

Well, yes, it is Friday. But! It’s also the first day of Fall! Finally! I know, we’ve been talking about it for weeks. But now it’s time to just settle in and enjoy it all. I say we all cut out early for the weekend and start off with one of these to set the Autumnal mood.

Click below for the recipes! (Looks like a trip to the grocery store is in order…)

• Holiday Ginger Cocktail via Nora Maynard at Apartment Therapy
• Ginger & Apple Bourbon via Cat Grishaver at The Tampopo Post
• Spiced Mulled Wine via Ainsley harriot at BBC Food
• Sparkling Apple Cider Cocktail via Kazia at Big World, Small Kitchen