Jolene's Recipe Journal

That's a very long title for this very simple to put together dressing!    It really doesn't get much easier than this, gather your ingredients, a few quick measurements and then shake until combined.   Easy peasy!  I had one unintentional substitution- I picked up lemon Greek Yogurt instead of the plain.   I'm very very happy with the end result, I only wish I had some better quality produce to put it on!    This one will definitely be made often, and I want to thank Brianne at Cupcakes and Kale Chips for sharing it!   Creamy Greek Yogurt Maple Dijon Salad Dressing Print With Image Without Image Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal Ingredients: 1/4 cup lemon Greek yogurt 1/4 cup Dijon mustard 1 Tablespoon apple cider vinegar 2 Tablespoons real NH maple syrup 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil kosher salt & fresh cracked black pepper, to taste Instructions: How to cook Creamy Greek...

I should have known not to attempt anything complicated for dinner tonight.   I have a terrible head cold, and I've been barely functioning for a few days.   But my son is at a sleepover, and I was pretty excited to get into some of the recipes I've been saving for those times.   I had no intention of making this one exactly as is, I knew I was going to be swapping out beef broth for chicken broth, yellow mustard for dijon mustard and that I was going to do a combination of sliced and shredded cheese.   I had no idea how far this was going to go off the rails.  I like to line up all my ingredients on the counter before I start cooking, opening any cans, boxes, etc and lining everything up in the order I need it.     I did that per my usual, and then went fishing in my cabinet to find my stockpot.   I've handed the chore of dishwasher emptying off to my son, and he takes it as a personal challenge to create...

We are big 'breakfast for dinner' fans.   Our go-to is usually Belgian waffles, but we've been getting bored with the classic recipe.   I found this recipe on the Mother Thyme blog a while back.   I've got a stockpile of frozen bananas, perfect for this recipe.     I put them in the bowl I'd be using for the wet ingredients, defrosted them in the microwave and then mashed them. For the topping, I pulled another banana out and sliced it while still frozen.   I added a 1/4 cup King Arthur Flour mini cinnamon chips to the batter and omitted the nuts.    Mini chocolate chips would be great too.    A drizzle of real NH maple syrup, the sliced bananas and a few more cinnamon chips made this perfect. This is my third hit from Jennifer's blog.    I look forward to finding many more   :) Print With Image Without Image Banana Bread Waffles Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal I...

I've been a member of the Taste of Home Community for over 13 years.  One of the fun posts there is a weekly challenge where an ingredient is given and you are supposed to try a new recipe using it.   This week's ingredient is pineapple.   I'd pinned this recipe a little while back and the challenge was the perfect reason to bake it up today. I doubled the batter ingredients from the original recipe, I wanted to make sure I had enough to make some mini donuts too.      Thank you so much Ashley at Baker By Nature for this fun recipe!                         * Exported from MasterCook *                        Pineapple Upside-Down Donuts   Amount  Measure       In...

We're eating lots of poultry lately, and I've started hearing the grumbling from my family.   With the grill covered with snow and ice again (yay New England!), my options were a little limited.    Staring at the package of chicken tenders in my fridge, I wondered what I could do to them that would be exciting and different.   I had a few hot dog rolls and 4 strips of bacon that needed to be used up. Enter Southern Bird Dogs.  I saw this recipe on She Wears Many Hats .   She used store bought chicken tenders, but I used the Southern Fried Chicken Strips recipe from Taste of Home.   While the chicken was cooking, I buttered the New England style rolls and popped them on my preheated Cuisinart Griddler .    When they were done, I laid out the bacon and closed down the lid. My kid loved these.   He ate 2.    The chicken strips alone are so good, and over the top doesn't even describe ...

Realizing his fruit punch is actually Strawberry Jello...   Usually I put together a more elaborate prank and get him with it earlier in the day.   This year I let him think I forgot, and then we sat down to dinner. (Prepare Jello as directed on package, add straw and let it set up.  If you try and add the straw after it doesn't look as convincing)