Mmmm Food!

I know, this is a craft blog. So what am I doing posting food? This is certainly not instagram! (why does anyone use that?) Well I suppose this is really just my way of documenting everything I've repinned on Pinterest that I have actually taken the time to make and here is where it starts! And this is the "strawberry-brie crostini" that I managed to create myself:

 

 

Now, I'm certainly no chef but when I saw this recipe on Pinterest, my heart nearly stopped. In fact, the picture itself had me drooling. Of course, when I found it, I was still in my dorm room with no oven or toaster to be heard of. But now that I'm home, I decided I would give it a try and see what my family thinks of it. And I must say, it was really a home run here. Plus it was actually rather simple. All it took was a french baguette, brie, honey, strawberries, and basil.

 

This is the amazing pin in all of its glory. Although if you'd like to skip the proverbial middle man, you can jump straight to the blog that explains everything beautifully. Of course, mine look slightly different from those of Dara's. I believe I cut my baguette slices way too thick, and the only brie I had available to me at the grocery store were "brie bites" which came with five individually wrapped circles of cheese. They didn't melt very successfully but no one really seemed to mind. ;)

 

Well I didn't quite no what to expect when I made this. Like I said, I'm no chef by any stretch of the imagination. But these little crostinis basically disappeared at dinner. I was even asked to make a second batch! So after having made one dozen already, I learned that I needed to put more brie on thinner slices of bread. And despite how perfectly the basil went with the whole dish, my mom and I were the only fans. Which is why, on round two (as seen below) only about half have basil on top.

 



 Again, these really were wonderful and I fully intend to make them again in the near future. I hope everyone else can enjoy them too! :)