Pork
This dish became an instant favorite of Jim’s. He loved it from the first bite and I loved it because it was so simple and fast to make with ingredients I always have on hand! There were no leftovers with this dish and a very quiet dinner time as everyone was devouring dinner. Add a simple salad or some garlic bread and you are done!
INGREDIENTS
8 ounces bow tie pasta
1 pound Jimmy Dean hot sausage
1 (14 ounce) can of petite diced tomatoes, drained
1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
DIRECTIONS
Cook the pasta in salt water until al dente. Drain well and set aside. Meanwhile, in a large pan, brown and crumble sausage in a large skillet over medium high heat until sausage is cooked through. Drain your sausage. Add your drained tomatoes to your cooked sausage. Then add your Italian seasoning and stir to combine. Add the cream and bring to a slight boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer uncovered for about ten minutes or until sauce is reduced and thickened. Add your pasta and grated cheese. Stir to combine and warm through if needed.
Serve warm.
Enjoy!
I found this dish on Pinterest!
With all of the kids heading back to school this week I thought I would post this super simple, one pan, easiest dinner ever! Perfect for getting back into the busy school week schedule! I really enjoyed this dish and you can use sweet or spicy sausage and any vegetables your family likes.
INGREDIENTS
6 links Italian sausages, spicy
1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved
1 pound honey gold potatoes
2 bell peppers, sliced
1 red onion
1 Tablespoon olive oil
3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
1 Tablespoon Italian seasoning
Salt
Pepper
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large baking dish toss tomatoes, potatoes, bell peppers,and red onion with olive oil and chopped garlic. Mix until well incorporated, add salt, pepper and Italian seasoning and mix well again.
Place the sausage links on top of the vegetables, cover with foil and bake for one hour. Uncover, stir vegetables and turn the sausages over. Continue to bake for 30 more minutes. Remove from oven and serve warm.
Enjoy!
This recipe was adapted from a recipe found on Pinterest .
I don’t cook a lot of pork chops but after grilling these honey rosemary chops, I know I will be making them a lot more! These are so simple to make and have terrific flavor from the marinade! Simple, fast…a great workday dinner!
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup of honey
4 Tablespoon of olive oil, divided
2 Tablespoons chopped fresh rosemary
4 (6 ounce) boneless pork chops about 3/4 inch thick
Salt
Pepper
DIRECTIONS
Preheat you cleaned grill to medium high heat. In a small bowl whisk together the honey, 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and the chopped rosemary. Reserve half of your honey rosemary mixture to glaze after cooking the chops.
Lightly brush the pork chops with the remaining olive oil and season front and back with salt and pepper. Place the pork chops on your grill and brush the top side of the chops with the honey rosemary mix and continue to cook 5-6 minutes. Turn chops over and glaze the second side and continue to cook until pork chops are cooked through (6-8 minutes). Remove from grill, glaze the pork with your reserved honey mixture and serve warm.
Enjoy!
This recipe comes from Jennifer Chandlers book Simply Grilling.
Some friends and I went for a girl’s lake weekend at our friend Cathy’s house. The “camp” was just over two hours away and we had some great food plans! One of our plans was grilled pizza for dinner. Well, that did not work as we had gone out for breakfast at a fantastic place that you will hear about next week, then we had a late lunch…then …well, after a few hours in the lake and in the sun we had all slowed down and none of us were very hungry. I think we were more water logged!
Speaking of water logged, Cathy’s dog, Putter, who is the sweetest dog ever, kept us busy! He loves the lake and loves to fetch ROCKS in the lake…yes, this dog fetches rocks at the bottom of the lake and brings them up on land and has such a good time with it! The first day we were there he brought out 12 rocks…no joke! 12! Do you see the size of that rock?
Such a silly, sweet pup! He wore us out that day!! Actually, we found out later that poor Putter got swimmers tail! Yes, it is a real thing. As Cathy said, “Putter broke his Rudder”! Poor guy was on medicine and rest for a week!! Not an easy thing for this guy! You will all be happy to know he is well and fine and back in the water!
So as we sat back and pondered about the lack of dinner we wanted, we decided on instead of grilled pizza for dinner… to have grilled pizza breakfast! What a great idea that was, especially since Leanne brought fresh eggs from the chickens that she raises! We all loved it, and when I got home and told Jim about it he was feeling a little jealous and left out. I think he will be having grilled breakfast pizza very soon! This is definitely something you can make for breakfast, lunch or dinner with any combination of meat and veggies!
Note: We cooked and crumbled the sausage in advance. If you don’t like raw onions or veggies go ahead and sauté those as well. That can also be done in advance.
We cooked the farm fresh eggs sunny side up just before finishing the top of the pizza.
INGREDIENTS
Pizza dough
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1/2 cup of “hot” Jimmy Dean sausage, cooked and crumbled
1/2 cup of diced Canadian bacon
1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
1/4 cup red onion, diced
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
4 eggs fried, yolks still runny (or you can do an over easy)
Salt
Pepper
DIRECTIONS
Preheat your clean grill to medium heat. Roll out your pizza dough. I made it more of an oblong shape to go on the grill a little easier. Brush both sides of the dough with the olive oil and place the dough directly on the grill. As the bottom of the dough starts to cook the top will bubble up just a little bit. That is the sign the bottom is cooking and almost ready to turn. When the bottom side of the dough is cooked through turn the dough to cook the other side, I let this cook just a couple minutes before adding the toppings. When it is time to add the toppings go ahead and add the cheese first, covering the entire crust. Close the grill lid and let the cheese begin to melt, about a minute or two. Then add your meats, tomatoes and onion. Add your already cooked sunny side up or over easy eggs, to the top of the pizza. Close the grill and continue until the bottom of the crust is finished cooking through. You can also add a little more cheese on the top at this time if you want to, along with some salt and pepper to taste. Remove from grill. Slice so each person has an egg on their pizza and serve warm.
Enjoy!
This burger is a take on a hamburger I saw chef Michael Simon make and it is totally different from any burger that I have made before! This also came with mixed reviews from Robby and Jim! Jim felt it should have had less spicy sausage in them, but Robby on the other hand really enjoyed this burger and had his eaten in two minutes flat. I have to say I am siding with Robby on this one. I enjoyed it as it was but if you really wants to take this over the top you could certainly add some thick cut cooked bacon to the top…..just sayin! I also used about two cloves of Sean’s smoked garlic, but you can use any garlic you have or leave it out…but it really is tasty with the garlic!
INGREDIENTS
1 pound Jimmy Dean hot sausage
1 pound ground beef
2 cloves smoked or roasted garlic
Salt
Pepper
4 slices Monterey Jack cheese
Jarred mild banana peppers
4 hamburger buns (toasted or not)
Preheat your grill to medium heat. In a large bowl mix the hot sausage, hamburger, garlic, salt and pepper. Once the mixture is well combined, form the meat mixture into four patties. Add the patties to your heated grill and grill. When the burgers are almost done add one slice of cheese to each burger and continue cooking until cheese is melted and the burger is cooked through. Remove from grill. Place patty on top of the bottom side of a hamburger bun and top with mild banana peppers and mayonnaise if desired. Serve warm.
Enjoy!
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