I'm having the same issue. Ever since QBO changed the look of the dashboard, many things I use daily are now no longer one click away. It's beyond annoying. I have a lot of bills & checks set up as recurring transactions. Some I have set up to go directly to "bills to pay" a certain number of days before they're due, but some are set up as just reminders. The dashboard used to show me my reminder transactions right at the top. I mean, what's the point of a reminder transaction when QBO never gives you a REMINDER?? There's not even a reminder list anywhere, or a reminder report to create. Your only option is going to the gear, then Recurring Transactions, then scrolling the list looking for your reminder transactions and the date they're due so you can manually enter it. 

And even better, on the Recurring Transactions page, in the top right there's a "Reminders List" you can click. Except when you click it, there isn't one transaction on the list. Even though I have 17 recurring transactions set up as "reminder" transactions. You can't make this stuff up.