August 2009: Recipe 2: Dinner Sausage Sensation

First of all, love the name, "Dinner Sausage Sensation". Anything with the word sensation in it must be good!

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Dinner Sausage Sensation

as submitted by Courtney Blackwell

Turkey sausage or kielbasa (I used Lite Polska Kielbasa)

Favorite vegetables (I used red potatoes, red peppers, and green onion)

Garlic, minced

Olive oil

Pasta (I used whole grain penne)

Parmesan cheese

Thyme

Marjoram (Didn't have any)

Salt

Pepper

Added green onion too

Directions per Courtney:

Slice and heat turkey sausage or kielbasa (you can do this in the microwave or the skillet). Saute your favorite vegetables (I use frozen, and just stick them in the skillet while I'm heating up the sausage) with minced garlic and olive oil and dashes of parmesan cheese, thyme, marjoram, salt and pepper to taste.

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Sounds easy enough, right?! Well it truly would have been a breeze had I used the frozen veggies, but me wanting to use what I had instead, added some extra work. Always taking the long cut that's me:-) (Its in my genes, muchisimas gracias Abuelito:-) ) But with extra work, came extra taste. I loved the combination of the vegetables I chose. Since I'm inexperienced I cooked the potatoes too long but it ended up acting as a type of sauce:-)
 

My long cut turned out to be a good idea

I loved that the sausage was already cooked and all I had to do was slice it and heat it up. I forgot how much I love kielbasa. That was the boys' favorite part too!

Owen is such a great eater, he loves most vegetables. We're still working on Eyan and Tate:-)

My actual favorite was eating the leftovers the next day and adding my favorite BBQ sauce to it, oh it is soooo good. The name says it all, "Bone Suckin' Sauce". We like the thicker style. It was so yummy mixed in with those veggies, definitely a Sausage Sensation!