Summer entertaining should be relaxed and easy going. It’s okay to have elaborate menus for some festivities, but sometimes you just want to keep it simple. Recently, Al Fresco (the all-natural chicken sausage people) asked me if they could send me some FREE coupons to try out their sausage for a dinner party. I thought • Read More »
Tags: Al Fresco, Al Fresco sausage, chicken sausage, grilled sausage, grilling, italian sausage, sausage, summer entertaining
On Christmas Eve, I’ll be singing at an evening service at our church so I’ll need something already made to serve for dinner when we get home. This recipe for Turkey Rice Soup with Sausage will make a perfect Christmas Eve meal! I’ll make it a day ahead (minus the rice), bring it to a simmer when we • Read More »
Tags: Cajun, gumbo, sausage, soup, Turkey Rice Soup with Sausage
This is a wonderful soup — a rich and savory combination of butternut squash, nutty wild rice and smokey sausage. I made the soup the day before serving it, which worked perfectly. Instead of the roasting method that the recipe calls for (peeling the squash, cubing it then roasting it), I split the squash, scooped out the seeds, drizzled it with • Read More »
Tags: butternut squash, corn, sausage, Soup/Stew
The Pacific Northwest was visited this week by a pre-Christmas snow and ice storm. Basically, daily life as we know it has ceased and people just stay home where it’s safe and warm. Schools shut down and some businesses close until the weather warms up and the ice melts off. Husband grew up in a rural • Read More »
Tags: sausage, Soup/Stew, split peas