Sausage and Sourdough Dressing!

This year I decided to make a new dressing recipe. Despite my very successful dressing from last year this one calculated out to less weight watcher points.

The first thing I did was cut up the loaf of sourdough and baked off the pieces!

Nice and Crispy!

Then I gathered the millions of ingredients needed: Chicken Broth, Celery, Onion, Butter, Pepper, Italian Sausage, Cooking Spray, Water, Bread, Egg, Thyme, and Parsley!

Melt your butter in the pan and then toss the celery and onions in and cook until soft.

While that's cooking combine your chicken broth, water and egg in a bowl.

Once the onion and celery are soft set them aside in a bowl.

Brown your italian sausage.

Once your sausage is all cooked toss into the bowl with your celery and onion.

Then toss in your bread crumbs (or cubes) and the seasonings.

Mix well.

Then pour the egg/water/broth mixture on top of the bread mixture.

Again mix really well. You will want to coat every bit that you can!

Dump into a 13 x 9 pan that has been sprayed with cooking spray.

Cover and put in your oven at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.

Uncover and bake for an additional 20 - 30 minutes.

Nice and browned and ready to go!

Just like last year I made this first thing in the morning and set aside for the rest of the day. When dinner time was ready I simply popped this back in the over for about 15-20 minutes.

Unfortunately this recipe lacked the amazingness of my other dressing. It was good but it was not anywhere near as good as my other one, which is very similar but so different in taste.

So it's decided. From here on out the Sausage Brioche dressing will be the regular in our household!

And on a side note the recipe is available here...but I must point out they have incorrectly called it stuffing. It is indeed a dressing my friends at Cooking Light!

Brussel Sprouts = My New Go To Veggie!

Another great veggie recipe for you all!! This is actually from my friend Laura so I call it Laura's Brussel Sprouts! Kind of funny is that a recipe (pretty much identical to this, minus 2 ingredients) was in Cooking Light!

Super simple - bacon, olive oil, chicken broth, salt and pepper, brussel sprouts, 1 shallot, and balsamic vinagrette (which I did not have and kicked myself for).

First things first - cut up your bacon and then cook it off to the crispyness you like. And then set aside, but leave the grease in the pan.

Throw in your shallots and cook for about 4-5 minutes.

Toss in the brussel sprouts and about 3/4 can of chicken broth. Be careful this will sizzle and pop!

Cook those brussel sprouts until they are to your liking (i like mine soft soft soft) and then toss them into a bowl, add the bacon and if you have it the vinagrette.

Even without the vinagrette these were delish! I was stoked because I have recently discovered I like brussel sprouts so to have a go to, super easy peasy recipe for them! Another veggie that will continue to make an appearance, even if Chuckles doesn't like them!

Anyone else discover veggies they never had as a kid but discovered as an adult?

Roasted Cauliflower!

Apologies for posting up our Black Friday dinner and not following with the new recipes! Life got crazy and all that jazz but I finally have a moment to share the news!

Starting with the Roasted Cauliflower!!!!!! This recipe is so easy and so delish! It's a great way to add veggies to your meal with some flava!

You need - Olice oil, Parmesan cheese, cauliflower, salt and pepper, garlic powder, lemon juice, tarragon, thyme, and parsley!

Put your cauliflower (cut up first) on the baking sheet and then cover with olive oil. If you are me then you forget this until you've had them baking for 5 minutes. But the olive oil should prevent any burning!

Heat the oven up to 450 then put in your pan of cauliflower. Every 5 minutes (total of 20 minutes) stir the cauliflower around so that it does not burn. I did my best but they got a little brown.

Sprinkle with parsley, thyme, tarragon, and garlic and bake for an additional 5 minutes.

While thats baking for 5 minutes put together your cheese mixture. In a bowl combine the cheese and remaining ingredients.

Take the cauliflower from the oven dump into the bowl with the cheese mixture and get to stirring. You want to make sure to coat all the cauliflower with the cheese mixture. Then put in a pretty bowl and enjoy!

I LOVED this recipe! It's easy and since I'm now a lover of Cauliflower this will be a regular in our house!

For the full recipe go here.

Up next - Miss Laura's Brussel Sprouts! Stay tuned........

Black Friday Dinner 2011

Here it is folks our Black Friday Dinner for 2011!!

This is how I keep myself organized on that day! I just set the table and then lay out all the dishes needed with little post it notes for what goes with what! It makes like SO EASY!! That and PREP PREP PREP!!

Oh YUM!!! Doesn't that look so delish! It was!!

As you can see we had - Jello Salad, Dressing, Turkey, Brussel Sprouts, Roasted Cauliflower.....

Crescent Rolls, Miracle Mashies, Gravy and of course Sparkling Cider!

Oh yes this dinner was DELISH!!

Get ready for all my new black friday recipes, which include the brussel sprouts, roasted cauliflower, and a new dressing recipe!