Jolene's Recipe Journal

Jalapeno Poppers are one of my favorite foods.    When I saw these hot dogs from the Drink and Dish blog, I couldn't wait for an opportunity to give them a try.    Hot dogs are more of a summertime grill food around here, but I've gotten into a cooking rut and decided to put them into the rotation last night. 

To celebrate my husband's birthday we went to an excellent local lobster pound/fish market and treated him to fresh steamed lobster and some nice haddock.    I don't eat seafood, so I called out to friends to help and got lots of great ideas and in the end, he chose this Best Baked Fish.  

I'd found a recipe on Foodgawker that I was going to make for the guys for St. Pat's day, but then a friend shared this recipe with me.    I just happened to have 2 Betty Crocker Sugar Cookie Mixes that were approaching their use by date in the cabinet.    After Jake went to bed last night I threw these together. My changes- I used 2 bags of cookie mix, 2 sticks of butter, 2 eggs, 12 drops of color.  Still only used 1 heaping cup of Nestle mint swirled chips and 1 heaping cup of the semisweet chocolate chips.   I don't believe the Mint swirled chips are available anymore, I've had these around for quite a while.    This is a quick, fun recipe that can easily be tailored to other chip flavors and colors.   Thank you so much Sue for sharing it with me! Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies Print With Image Without Image Ingredients 2 pouches Betty Crocker® sugar cookie mix 1/2 cup butter, softened 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon mint extract 1...