Italian Pepper and Sausage Dinner

This Italian Pepper and Sausage Dinner is the type of dish I love; it’s easy to make but it tastes as if it was difficult to make. I make it so often I don’t even need the recipe.

The family loves it as well as guests.

If you’re lucky enough to have leftovers, it’s even better the second time around.

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Italian Pepper and Sausage Dinner
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Italian Pepper and Sausage Dinner
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 

This Italian Pepper and Sausage Dinner is a restaurant quality meal that's easy to make at home.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: Italian Pepper and Sausage Dinner
Servings: 6
Calories: 345 kcal
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 lb Italian sausage sweet and taken out of the casing
  • 1 red bell pepper sliced thinly
  • 1 yellow bell pepper sliced thinly
  • 1 large yellow onion sliced
  • 3 garlic cloves finely minced
  • 2 1/2 cups stewed tomatoes
  • 2 tablespoons fresh basil chopped
  • salt
  • fresh ground pepper
  • 2 tablespoons Romano cheese
  • grated Parmigiana-Reggiano cheese
  • top with a few fresh basil leaf
  • 1 lb rotini noodles cooked al dente
Instructions
  1. In a large skillet brown the sausage until it is cooked through. Drain the fat and drain the sausage on paper towels.
  2. In the same pan heat the olive oil and add and sauté the peppers, and onions, until the onion is translucent and then add the garlic and sauté gently but do not brown. The vegetables should be tender.
  3. Stir in the tomatoes, spices, Romano cheese and sausage. Cover the pan and simmer all over medium-low heat for 8-10 minutes. If your mixture seems too thick you can add a little water or red wine.
  4. While the meat mixture is cooking, the pasta can be prepared as per directions. You do not want to overcook the pasta. You want a little firmness to the noodles.
  5. When you are ready to serve use a large platter. The noodles first, then spoon the meat mixture over.
  6. Mix slightly. Sprinkle with the Parmigiano-Reggiano and place fresh basil leaves atop.
  7. This goes well with a green salad with Italian oil and vinegar dressing, and most of all a good hard-crusted peasant bread.

Enjoy!

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Cabbage Sausage Skillet With A Twist

This Cabbage Sausage Skillet With A Twist is a must-try recipe! I make cabbage and sausage often! It’s a cheap, nutritious and filling dinner that also just happens to be super yummy.

This dish is incredibly easy to make and so tasty! The sum of its parts shouldn’t equal such good taste but it does!

Smoked sausage, onion, cabbage and some hot and spicy Rotel Tomatoes cooked up in a skillet. It just doesn’t get any easier than that!

The Rotel tomatoes are everything here because any smoked sausage is always better when kicked up a notch with a little heat, right?

It’s also a great meat stretcher dish. The sausage and tomatoes are flavoring for the cabbage.

Do you want to stretch it even further? Add some cooked wide egg noodles. When I add noodles I usually cook half of a one-pound package. That’s about right for me!

I love Rotel tomatoes and I don’t know why I’ve never thought to add them to this dish before.

This with a slice of cornbread and you’ve got a top-notch meal! Awesome!!

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Cabbage Sausage Skillet With A Twist
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Cabbage Sausage Skillet With A Twist
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
 

Cabbage Sausage Skillet With A Twist is easy to make and a great weeknight family meal.

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cabbage Sausage Skillet With A Twist
Servings: 8
Calories: 295 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 stick butter or margarine
  • 1 small head of cabbage chopped
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 1 pound smoked sausage sliced into round pieces
  • 1 15 ounce can diced tomatoes or rotel tomatoes
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
  1. Melt the butter in large skillet. Add the cabbage and onion and cook on medium high for about 5 minutes stirring to keep from sticking to pan.
  2. Add the remaining ingredients, cover and simmer for 20 – 25 minutes.
  3. Makes about 8 servings.

Enjoy This Cabbage Sausage Skillet With A Twist!

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American Indian Fry Bread – It’s Authentic

Incredible! This American Indian Fry Bread is the real thing and is very easy to make. It’s about as authentic as you can get from your own kitchen!

 

I have a friend that used to work at an American Indian restaurant and she says this recipe makes fry bread just like theirs!

If you would like to make a Taco Bell Chalupa this is the bread to use! No more overpriced Baja Beef Chalupas with very little meat!!

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American Indian Fry Bread
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American Indian Fry Bread
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
 

This American Indian Fry Bread is about as authentic as you can get.

Course: Bread
Cuisine: American
Keyword: American Indian Fry Bread
Servings: 6
Calories: 295 kcal
Ingredients
  • 2 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 teaspoon oil
  • 1 cup warm milk
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, combine all of the ingredients except the oil to make the dough. Shape into round disks.
  2. Heat the oil in the skillet until hot over med-high heat, but not smoking. Fry shaped dough in hot oil till brown and crispy.
  3. Serve hot.

 

Traditionally you would eat this with stew. Or top with some honey. I personally like to spread a little butter on it.

Pile Chili on top and add a little cheese, lettuce, and tomato for a”Navajo Taco” Or use the round as your base for a Tostada, add taco meat, beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and Guacamole.

Enjoy!

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The Best Homemade Cajun/Creole Seasoning Mix

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I love Cajun food but all the commercial Cajun seasoning blends have waaaay to much salt for me.

You know the kind. They say when it’s salty enough it’s seasoned just right? That doesn’t work for me!

So I have been searching for the longest time to find the best Homemade Cajun seasoning blend, this is it! My new Tony’s replacement.

Move over Emeril!… you will never purchase Creole or Cajun seasoning again once you taste this one.

The Best Homemade Cajun/Creole Seasoning Mix

Ingredients

2 tablespoons onion powder
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 tablespoons dried oregano
2 tablespoons dried basil
1 tablespoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
1 tablespoon white pepper (or 2 use tablespoons black pepper)
3 teaspoons cayenne pepper
5 tablespoons paprika
4 -5 tablespoons Lawry’s seasoning salt

Directions

Mix all ingredients in a glass jar.Store in the refrigerator to keep the spices fresh.

Shake the jar before using.

Tips and Tidbits

Four tablespoons of seasoned salt will not be overly-salty if you prefer a more salty taste then add in some white salt — this makes a fair amount of seasoning.

Store in a tightly-sealed glass jar in the refrigerator to use in ground beef recipes, soups, or stews, homemade pasta sauce recipes, or use it to season roasts, chickens, pork, beef, I use it on just about everything!

If you like extreme spice then increase the cayenne up to 4-5 teaspoons.

This makes a great gift for a spice-lover!

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Southern Style Fried Cornbread

This Southern Style Fried Cornbread is southern for sure! Just like my grandmother used to make except she added in diced hot peppers!

 

She called ’em “pepper patties”. Delicious.

I still remember as a child eating the crunchy bits and trying to avoid the hot pepper bits!!!

Fried cornbread goes well with any boiled leafy greens, cabbage, lima beans, black-eyed peas, fried fish, or pork chops. You just can’t beat fried cornbread!

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Southern Style Fried Cornbread
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Southern Style Fried Cornbread
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 

This Southern Style Fried Cornbread reminds me of my childhood!

Course: Bread
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Southern Style Fried Cornbread
Servings: 6
Calories: 295 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 cup White Lily self-rising cornmeal mix
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 1 cup vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
  1. Mix the first two ingredients to make a batter --- add more or less water depending on how thick or thin you want your cornbread patties. The best way would be to mix in small amounts of water at a time to get the consistency you want.
  2. In a skillet or frying pan bring the oil up to medium heat and test 1/2 teaspoon drop of batter, You do not want it to fry too fast. I normally cook mine on #6 and then turn down to #5 on my stove.
  3. Drop the batter by tablespoons full and pat out with the back of a spoon to make a pattie. Turn over when the bottom is light brown.

 

Serve and enjoy this tasty bread!

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Easy Shrimp Newburg Recipe

This Easy Shrimp Newburg recipe is not only easy but just so ridiculously simple for such a fantastic outcome! Delicious and sooo easy!

 

The creamy sauce with a tinge of sherry hits it out of the ballpark.

Quick and easy recipe for shrimp, goes great over rice, noodles, etc… You’ll love the rich and creamy sauce!

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Easy Shrimp Newburg Recipe
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Easy Shrimp Newburg
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Total Time
22 mins
 

This Easy Shrimp Newburg is elegant enough for company but easy enough for a weeknight family meal!

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Easy Shrimp Newburg
Servings: 4
Calories: 365 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 lb large shrimp peeled and deveined
  • cooking spray
  • 1 teaspoon seafood seasoning I use Old Bay
  • 1 10 3/4 ounce can condensed cream of shrimp soup
  • 1 3 ounce package cream cheese
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 2 tablespoons dry sherry
  • 2 cups cooked rice
Instructions
  1. Spray a large saucepan with cooking spray and heat over medium heat. Place the shrimp in the pan and sprinkle with seasoning salt. Cook for 2 minutes, while stirring.
  2. Add the soup, sherry, cream cheese, and water and stir until smooth. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Recipe Notes

Serve over rice.

 

Enjoy!

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Skillet Lemon Chicken with Capers

I’ve eaten Skillet Lemon Chicken with Capers at a local Italian restaurant and loved it so I decided to try it at home. This recipe works!!!

 

I think it’s better than the restaurant.

It also got raves when I shared it with friends.

This could become one of your family’s all-time hits. Believe it or not, kiddies love the lemon-caper sauce.

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Skillet Lemon Chicken with Capers
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Skillet Lemon Chicken with Capers
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 

There's not a better chicken breast recipe in my opinion!

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Skillet Lemon Chicken With Capers
Servings: 6
Calories: 425 kcal
Ingredients
  • 6 medium boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • 2 tablespoons garlic butter
  • 2 tablespoons garlic minced or 1 tablespoon garlic paste
  • 3 cups chicken stock
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon vinegar
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice to taste
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons flour
  • 2 tablespoons capers drained and chopped
  • 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
Instructions

  1. In a nonstick skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high. Stir in the butter until melted and then add the chicken. Cook 5 min to brown and then reduce heat to medium

  2. Turn the chicken and cook about 4-5min more until juice runs clear when pierced. Transfer chicken to a warm dish.
  3. Lower the heat if needed to maintain medium-low to medium heat so as not to scorch the garlic and then add the garlic to the drippings in the skillet.
  4. In a cup, mix the stock, wine, lemon juice, and 1 1/2 teaspoons of flour until smooth. Stir into the mixture in the skillet. Scrape the skillet to incorporate any browned bits from the chicken.
  5. Heat to a boil, boil 1 minute. Stir in the capers and the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter, simmer until thickened.
  6. Pour the sauce over the chicken, sprinkle with parsley and garnish with additional lemon slices.

 

Enjoy!

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Southern Yellow Squash with Onions

This Southern Yellow Squash with Onions is one of my favorite ways to eat squash. It’s a fantastic southern side-dish. Onion and yellow crookneck squash absolutely have to go together.

Southern Yellow Squash with Onions

Bacon is a bonus add in!!!

Soooo good! It’s also very easy to make. I always make a double batch of it and put half in the freezer.

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Southern Yellow Squash with Onions
Ingredients
  • 5 slices bacon
  • 5 -6 small yellow squash sliced
  • 1 medium onion chopped
  • salt
  • pepper
Instructions
  1. Fry the bacon until crisp and remove from the skillet.
  2. Add the chopped onion and cook until translucent. Add the sliced squash fry stirring frequently until the squash is tender.
  3. Season with salt and pepper.
  4. Crush the bacon and add back to pan. Serve it up!

Enjoy!

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Perfect Southern Sweet Tea – Here’s The Secrets

I finally found out how my Granny made perfect southern sweet tea. Why did my southern Granny neglect to pass along these secrets?

 

Well, I don’t know the answer to that. Maybe she figured everybody already knew.  But I’ll bet this technique is why her tea was always so much better than mine.

I’m passing these Southern Sweet Tea secrets on to you so you can make it regardless of where you live! This is the true “House Wine of The South!”.

Use The Right Tea: Use Lipton or Luzianne family-sized tea bags. These are black tea which is classic southern. They’re labeled as “iced tea bags” because they don’t turn cloudy when refrigerated. These are not cold brew bags, but iced tea bags that require hot water.

Add Baking Soda: A pinch of baking soda makes a world of difference in a pitcher of freshly brewed sweet tea. It neutralizes the tannins in black tea, giving it a smoother taste.

Use your own judgment for the amount of sugar!

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Perfect Southern Sweet Tea
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Perfect Southern Sweet Tea – House Wine of The South
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
0 mins
Steeping Time
15 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 

This is how to make Perfect Southern Sweet Tea.

Course: Drinks
Cuisine: Southern
Keyword: Perfect Southern Sweet Tea
Servings: 6
Calories: 135 kcal
Ingredients
  • 5 - 8 Family size Tea Bags. or 12 regular Tea Bags #1 Luzianne or #2 Liptons Brand Teas.
  • 1 Quart 4 Cups - Boiling Water
  • 3 Quarts 12 cups - Cool Water
  • 1 1/2 - 2 Cups Sugar.
  • 1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
Instructions

  1. Sprinkle the baking soda into a pitcher

  2. Add the tea bags to the pitcher/baking soda, Pour boiling water over the tea bags, cover and allow to steep for 15 minutes.

  3. Remove and toss out the tea Bags. Add the sugar and stir until completely dissolved. Add cool water.

  4. Refrigerate until cold and ready to drink.

  5. Serve over ice with a squeeze of lemon if you like. Take a nice long sip. Swoon. Repeat.

 

Ya’ll Enjoy this Perfect Southern Sweet Tea!!

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Easy Italian BBQ Chicken Pizza

This Easy Italian BBQ Chicken Pizza really is easy! But, oh my goodness, is it good. Use a combination of your favorite spaghetti sauce and BBQ sauce.

 

Amounts and ingredients are completely flexible.

Absolutely the best pizza I’ve ever eaten, let alone made myself! Caramelizing the red onion first made it great. This is a keeper.

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Italian BBQ Chicken Pizza
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Italian BBQ Chicken Pizza
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
35 mins
 

A quick and easy BBQ pizza that the kiddos will love!

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Keyword: Italian BBQ Chicken Pizza
Servings: 2
Calories: 325 kcal
Ingredients
  • 1 Pillsbury pizza crust in the cardboard tube
  • 2 ounces spaghetti sauce
  • 2 ounces barbecue sauce
  • 8 ounces cooked chicken shredded
  • 4 ounces cheese shredded (I used an Italian 5 cheese blend)
  • 8 garlic cloves roasted
  • 1 red onion caramelized
Instructions
  1. Follow the directions on the pizza crust package for pre-baking.
  2. Combine the spaghetti sauce and the barbecue sauce and spoon it onto the pre-baked crust. Top the crust with half of the cheese, all of the chicken, garlic, and onion. Top with the remaining cheese.
  3. Bake the pizza according to directions on the pizza crust package.

 

Enjoy!

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