Jolene's Recipe Journal

This one is a blast from the past!   I submitted these as my entry in 2007 to the Derryfest Cookie contest.   I was narrowly beat by a very common cookie, and when I realized how much 'politics' was involved in the judging, I stopped entering.    I pouted about it for a while, and then I lost the recipe when my MasterCook program crashed.  The cookie came up in conversation today, and I put a call out on Facebook to see if anyone had saved a copy of the recipe, and my friend Lisa still had it!    The pictures aren't great, these were from a trial run and I went real light on the filling.       Thank you so much Lisa, I can't wait to make these again   :)                       * Exported from MasterCook *                         Tiramisu Treasure Cookies   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method --------  ------------  --------------------------------   1              stick  butter -- softened      1/2             c  powdered sugar  

I have been craving chocolate for a week, but we had a sudden surge in temperatures that killed any desire I had to bake.   Finally, the temps today were nice and I assembled my ingredients to make these amazing looking cookies.   FOUR kinds of chocolate?  Oh yeah, I'm in.    I doubled the recipe, cookies disappear fast around here and 17 didn't seem like a lot.     I ended up using Hershey's Special Dark chips for the dark chocolate and I didn't chop them.    I used a cookie scoop to keep them all uniform, and I flattened them with the glass after I pulled them from the oven. So deliciously, chocolatey good.  Both myself and my husband both think they'd be fantastic as an ice cream sandwich with some vanilla bean ice cream.    Thank you so much to Averie for satisfying my chocolate craving!                        * Exported from MasterCook *               Quadruple Chocolate Soft Fudgy Pudding Cookies   Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation

Tim keeps craving pasta, I keep craving pizza and I ran across this recipe from Damn Delicious that was going to cover both of those cravings perfectly.     My husband doesn't eat breakfast and barely eats lunch, so I wanted to make sure that dinner was sufficiently hearty enough for him.    I used the entire package of Johnsonville Sweet Italian Sausage (19oz).   To account for the increased volume in the pan, I also added a second can of tomato sauce.   This led to increasing the spices, and I always toss in a pinch of brown sugar with any red sauce.    Life is too short to measure cheese, I just put a nice handful over the top.    After I took the dish out from underneath the broiler, I gave it a sprinkle of Penzey's Italian Herb Mix and on my own serving I used some crushed red pepper flakes. This is easy, filling and my changes made for plenty of leftovers.   Damn Delicious is absolutely the right name for her blog and most definitely this dish.     Thank you so much Ch

Meals have been a challenge since my son started back to school.   I think we've finally gotten into a groove now, going over the school lunch menu and my home menu and making sure there is some variety.    This week's menu had been planned, but wasn't quite right when my friend Sue shared she'd be making Cheeseburger Quesadillas for dinner.  That was my missing piece! A few tweaks.    I had a little over a pound of ground beef.    The guys will not eat real chopped onion, so I used dried and added to the beef while it cooked.    The recipe doesn't say to drain off the grease, but I did since mine had a pretty high fat content (85/15).     I used real bacon, microwaved til crisp.   When the hamburger mixture was complete, it was a lot.   I ended up doing two large quesadillas, and plan on freezing the leftovers for a quick lunch or snack.     I did not bake mine in the oven, I heated 2 griddle pans and lightly buttered them.    I browned them with a weight on

My uncle's garden is going gangbusters with the tomatoes this year.  I've been looking forward to the start of school and being able to fix myself nice light lunches.     A little while back I made some Citrus Couscous and I froze the leftovers.  Combined with some ideas from a recipe from the Florida Tomato Committee, it made for a perfect meal!  My couscous already had the herbs, lemon juice and salt and pepper.  I don't have mint, so that was omitted.  I drizzled the inside with sriracha and olive oil, and next time I'd put a drizzle over the top as well.    I mixed the citrus couscous with some minced jarred garlic, the tomato pulp and orange bell pepper, diced very small.  After it was well combined, I filled the tomato shell and enjoyed my lovely lunch!   Tomatoes Stuffed with Couscous Print With Image Without Image Author: Jolene's Recipe Journal Ingredients 6 large tomatoes Salt 1 tablespoon olive oil Drizzle of Sriracha Filling Citrus couscous 1T minced