Jolene's Recipe Journal

  S is for Summer Squash Salad! 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. Such an awesome time of year, the farms are overflowing with amazing produce and one of my favorites to grab is summer squash.  I searched the Taste of Home website and this recipe fit the challenge perfectly. Technically, zucchini is also a summer squash (so are crookneck and pattypan) but most people think of the yellow variety. This recipe starts with julienning both yellow summer squash and zucchini.   Sure, you can do it by hand or maybe you have a disk for your food processor.  I have my trusty Titan peeler that my husband bought me over 20 years ago. I started from the halfway point for smaller strands, but you do what you like. Next up are some sliced radishes. I sure wish I could say these

I'm a huge biscotti fan and I thought it would be fun to try a fall flavored variety. I searched Taste of Home and found these Pumpkin Seed Cranberry Biscotti.

  I think pears are one of the more underrated fall flavors. I'm personally a big fan and I was very excited to find this salad on the Taste of Home website that showcased them.   Since I am the only person that would be eating the salad because both of my guys abhor vegetables, I made it a bit easier on myself by starting with a store bought salad mix.   It contained sunflower seeds and bacon, but I still fried up several more strips. It had 2 kinds of cabbage, lettuce, kale, and carrots.   You can definitely shred the cheese by hand but I love my rotary grater because you can directly deposit it where you want as you're grating it.   Nicely distributed Vermont-based Cabot Creamery Pepper Jack cheese.  I didn't measure, just spun the handle until my heart was happy.       I chose red pears and yellow Bartlet pears. Sliced thinly and fanned out they were so pretty. I topped the salad with half the bacon and about a tablespoon of sunflower seeds.  Do people really measure

Sometimes I make things and wonder if it's even really worth doing a post.  But then some of these things turn out to be so delicious that I feel like it would be a shame if I didn't share them with you.   This is one of those recipes. All you need is softened butter, honey and cinnamon.  Beat them together in a small bowl until well combined. Move it to the serving vessel of your choice. The recipe states to keep this stored in the fridge but I am #TeamButterisFineontheCounter. Take this as you will, I am not stating this is a safe or recommended practice but it is how we roll ... Or biscuit. Slather it on everything! Biscuits, waffles, pancakes, toast, steamed green beans or carrots. It's amazing.  If you do not have honey it also is fantastic with REAL maple syrup.    Honey Cinnamon Butter Print With Image Without Image Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal Ingredients 1 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup honey 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon Instructions Beat all ingredients unti

Who else is ready for fall? I'm so excited for hoodies and cider and nights around the fire pit. This week I'm getting together with some amazing bloggers to share recipes featuring the season's best flavors! I'm kicking things off with Apple Cider Biscuits. They've got a few more ingredients than your standard biscuit recipe, but I promise, they're not super hard to make.  You can totally do the "cut in the butter with knives" thing but I am terrible at that so I use a food processor.  Add your flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and cubed cold butter. Just be sure to pulse, not go full tilt with it. Once it resembles coarse crumbs, add in your cider. No, apple juice is not the same. Even if you don't have an orchard nearby your local grocery store most likely will carry cider in the fall months.  Dump the dough out onto a pastry mat or lightly floured surface. It's going to look ragged, it's okay.  Knead it 7 times or so to bring it togethe