Jolene's Recipe Journal

I’ve really worked to get my cake mix stash down to a reasonable level… but then I found this recipe for Can’t Leave Alone Bars . It comes together so quickly and is super easy to customize with different cake mix flavors or types of chips. Dangerously good — and way too easy to keep making again and again.  

I'd intended on making this recipe during football season but kept forgetting to buy the mini rolls.   Burnt out on all our other ground beef favorites, I made a trip specifically to the store for them. 

I'm still working to get my family back to the table, and Mother Nature decided to help me out in the form of a snow day.   Who says a family meal has to be dinner, why not breakfast or brunch instead?  We were all starving after getting ourselves dug out of the storm, so I put together these Waffle Monte Cristos.

How often does your family eat meals together?  My husband worked second shift for over a decade, and it was a rare occasion for us all to sit down at the same time and eat.    Once he went to a better schedule, mealtime moved back to the table. 

  We are stuck in a snowy, cold weather pattern this month.   Lots of shoveling and snowblowing to be done, and nothing helps to warm you back up like soup.  I can't recall ever eating tomato soup before, even as a kid (I liked Chicken & Stars).    I ran across this one on the Taste of Home site, and it seemed like a great recipe to start with.

Turkey Gnocchi Soup combines tender turkey, pillowy gnocchi, and colorful vegetables in a rich broth. It comes together quickly and makes a complete dinner any night of the week.