Jolene's Recipe Journal

Wow, April just flew by! It's Muffin Monday again and since I'd been making a lot of sweets lately I set out to find a savory muffin to make.  I found these Cheeseburger Mini Muffins on Taste of Home. I did make a few changes.  First up, I used minced dried onion instead of fresh.  I added some cracked black pepper along with the salt. Whole milk is what we have on hand so that's what went in there. I got zero process pics but other than browning the meat ahead of the mix it's pretty standard muffin method.  Wet in one bowl, dry in the other, wet into dry gently and not thoroughly, add your mix ins (in this case the meat and cheese) and then scoop into tins. You can do these as minis as the recipe is titled or you can do regular size.  It makes a lot of minis.  Like dozens. I did one tin of minis and then I did 6 full size muffins. I also sprinkled a bit of each ingredient of top because I always like people to see what they are getting but you have to be...

  I is for Italian Beef Sandwiches! This year I'm participating in a bi weekly challenge with some blogging friends to post recipes using all of the letters in the alphabet.  It can feature a food that begins with the letter of the week or the recipe name can contain the week's letter. We're having weird weather that keeps hovering between winter and spring. On the nicer days I want fast meals so that I can spend more time outside. I had Taste of Home's Italian Steak Sandwiches on the to-do list and decided this week was the perfect time!   Now, don't come at me saying this is not an "authentic" Italian Beef or Steak Sandwich or Chicaco Beef because it doesn't have this or does have that. It's absolutely delicious and the name comes from the recognizably Italian ingredients like oregano, basil, crushed red pepper flakes, provolone.  How'd I get my garlic so perfectly minced? I cut a bit off both ends of each clove, slipped the peel off and th...

H is for Hashbrowns! This year I'm participating in a bi weekly challenge with some blogging friends to post recipes using all of the letters in the alphabet.  It can feature a food that begins with the letter of the week or the recipe name can contain the week's letter.