It's Whats for Dinner

Cream of Mushroom Italian Sausage Pasta

AmazinglyWonderful — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:37:56 +0000

Needed

Italian sausage (cut out of the casing)

1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes

1 tablespoon olive oil

pasta

an onion

3 cloves garlic, minced

1 (28 oz) can Italian-style plum tomatoes, drained and coarsely chopped

can of cream of mushroom soup

half can of milk

The Doing

In a large skillet heat oil over medium heat.

Add sausage, stirring occasionally to break up large clumps. Cook until completely browned.

Stir in onion, garlic and red pepper, cooking until tender.

Stir in tomatoes, soup and milk. Simmer until mixture thickens, 5 minutes.

Stir cooked pasta into sauce and heat through.

Other ways to try it:

Add some chopped carrots or zucchini with the onions.

Add kale or spinach with the tomatoes.

Substitute Bulgar wheat, barley, potatoes or roasted vegetables in place of the pasta.

Peanut Chicken

AmazinglyWonderful — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:20:26 +0000

Needed

boneless skinless chicken

bottle of peanut sauce (found it in the Publix ethnic aisle)

salt, pepper, garlic (or whatever your go-to seasoning is)

cooking oil

The Doing

Heat pan on stove top, add a few tblsp oil

Cut the chicken into strips

add chicken to hot pan, season chicken ( I guess you could do this before you add to pan)

Cook, stirring as necessary, until done.

At the same time, put some peanut sauce to the bottom of a mixing bowl.

When chicken is done, add to bowl and mix up. Add more peanut sauce if necessary.

Serve over rice.

Italian Sausage Meatballs (the lazy way to make balls of meat)

AmazinglyWonderful — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:56:07 +0000

See title to figure out why this recipe exists

Needed

uncooked Italian Sausage links

olive oil

The Doing

Keeping the shape of the link intact, remove from casing. (I do it by carefully cutting down the length of the link with a sharp knife)

cut links into chuncks so that the length is proportional to the width

pan fry

add to your fave dish!

“Cream of” Soup Pork Chops

AmazinglyWonderful — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:26:04 +0000

Had something similar when I was growing up.

Needed

bone-in pork chops

the “cream of” soup of your choice

salt, pepper, garlic

olive oil

The Doing

Season the chops

Heat the olive oil in a skillet

Brown the chops

Add soup to skillet, cover and simmer for 15 minutes

“Serve With” ideas

a rice or a potato side (anything that would appreciate yummy gravy)

Onion BBQ Chicken

AmazinglyWonderful — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:49:19 +0000

I came up with this recipe on the drive to the store, and “refined” it while I was cooking it.

Needed

- bone-in skin-on chicken thighs

- BBQ sauce of choice (we used Sweet Baby Ray’s Raspberry Chipotle)

- onion, chopped

- Worcestershire sauce

- jam/jelly of choice

- butter/olive oil

- salt & pepper

The Doing

Ina pot, heat the butter and/or olive oil. Season the rinsed chicken and add, skin side down to the heated pan.

Brown both sides of the chicken.

remove chicken to plate, dump most of the grease

Add onions to pot, when almost translucent, put chicken back in pot.

Pour BBQ sause over each thigh.

Add a few dashes of Worcestershire to each thigh

Add around a tp of the jam to each thigh.

Cover pot and cook for 10 minutes, moving the ot around every so often to move the chicken around.

Once chicken is fully cooked, remove to plate (and be sure to use all that yummy sauce!!!)

“Serve With” ideas

a rice or a potato side (anything that would appreciate THAT SAUCE!)

a salad (like the yummy Publix True Blu)