Jolene's Recipe Journal

  I've been looking for some different ways to have my waffles in the morning, and ran across this one in Cooking Light.     Very easy, and will be even more delicious when local berries are ready.   I made up the entire cream cheese mixture (minus the fruit) and stored the extra servings in the fridge in a small container and plan on changing up the fruit to whatever I have on hand, blueberries, bananas, apples, etc.                         Strawberry Cream Cheese Waffle Sandwiches Print With Image Without Image Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal Ingredients 4 ounces cream cheese (about 1/2 cup) 4 teaspoons brown sugar 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3/4 cup sliced strawberries 8 frozen multigrain waffles -- toasted Instructions Place first 3 ingredients in a medium bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Gently fold in s...

I belong to a group on Facebook that shares what we are cooking for dinner.   Yesterday I posted that I took out thin sliced chicken breasts, but had no idea what I wanted to do with them, and Chicken Cordon Bleu was suggested.    Perfect!  I had ham and cheese left over from my sister's baby shower, so I did a quick Pinterest search for a rolled up version.    My changes-  I accidentally omitted the seasoned crumbs due to a phone call while assembling the ingredients.    I used thinly sliced ham, and next time I'd definitely double it up or use the thick.   I used seedless Dijon mustard- my kid won't eat it if he spots the seeds.   Because I messed up the flour to crumb ratio- I sprayed the tops with a little cooking spray to make sure they browned up. Everyone loved this one, and it will definitely be made again.  Thank you to Reeni for this great take on a classic recipe! Chicken Co...

We're all very excited that my sister is having a baby girl in June.   Her shower was this weekend, and there was soo much delicious food there.   Caprese Pasta Salad , Toll House Pie , Lemon Coconut Pixies & these Iced Oatmeal Cookies were my contribution. Lots of Oatmeal cookie fans in my family, and when I saw these on Pinterest I snagged them right away.     I made only one change, and that was to use quick oats instead of old fashioned, because I had a lot of them on hand.    I doubled the recipe, and used my 1" cookie scoop. I got so many complements on these, actually having to pull out my phone and give people the link to the blog because they all wanted the recipe.   Thank you so much to Jennifer at Mother Thyme for this instant family favorite! Iced Oatmeal Cookies Print With Image Without Image Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal Ingredients: 2 cups old-fashioned rolled oats (...

I wanted to do a fun dessert for Cinco de Mayo, and went back and forth between making sopapillas and these Cinnamon Chocolate nachos.  I got a late start, so I used jarred hot fudge topping with a little vanilla stirred in instead of the from-scratch recipe. Due to nut allergies, I used coconut instead of the pecans.   Absolutely fantastic, and the plain chips would be a knock out with a fruit salsa.   Here are some other Cinco de Mayo inspired recipes you may like: Churro French Toast Taco Joe Dip Graham Cracker Fried Ice Cream Print With Image Without Image Author: Jolene Martinelli- Jolene's Recipe Journal Ingredients 6 (8 inch) flour tortillas 7 tablespoons butter -- melted, divided 6 tablespoons sugar -- divided 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 jar hot fudge ice cream topping 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 3T shredded sweetened coconut Instructions Brush both sides of tortillas with 4 tablespoons butter. Combine 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon; sprinkl...

I have the best sister in the world, who always gifts me with things she knows that I'd love but would never buy for myself.    This year it was an ice cream maker attachment for my KA mixer.    Yesterday was the last day of vacation and my son & I thought it would be fun to make a couple batches  His request was Mint chocolate chip.   Since he has had problems with eggs in the past, I was looking for an egg free recipe and I found it from the Neely's on the Food Network site. I used mint extract instead of peppermint. This is my favorite of the 2, nice texture for a no egg ice cream! VERY minty, which could be from overenthusiastic measuring from the kid. The second type I wanted to make was strawberry.   Picking time is coming and we've still got a good ration put away from last year.  I'll make jam soon, but in the meantime some ice cream sounded great to me.    This one came from allrecipes.com, Easy Eggless Strawb...