Sausage & Garlic Cream Sauce over Pasta

When I originally started thinking about this dish, I thought it was going to take 45 minutes. I was wrong! Start to finish in just 30 minutes! But, it doesn't taste like it. At all.



Sauce:

• 1 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 onion, diced
• 2 tsps basil, chopped
• 2 tsps salt
• 3 Tablespoons black pepper
• 1 whole head of garlic, minced
• 2 tsps butter
• 2 tsps cayenne pepper

1. Heat butter over medium high heat until foamy
2. Saute onion & garlic until tender, about 4 minutes.
3. Add all other ingredients, except cream & cook until you can smell the basil, probably a minute or so.  
4. Add in the heavy cream, bring to a gentle boil & then lower heat and let simmer.

Sausage:

• 1 package precooked sausage, sliced into thin rounds.
• 1 bell pepper, seeded & sliced thinly.
• 1/2 onion, sliced thinly. 
• 1 can diced garlic & onion tomatoes, drained.

1. Throw everything in the skillet with a dab of butter.
2. Cook until bell pepper is slightly tender.
3. Mix sauce into sausage mixture & top with shredded mozzarella. Serve over pasta.

Heart Attack Sliders

Let me start by saying, these won't REALLY give you a heart attack.. but, they definitely aren't good for you.

That being said, they are amazing.

I normally don't do sliders. 

It's a tedious task and, let's be honest.. who wants to spend 30 minutes putting little sandwiches together?

Not me.

Instead, I usually put all of the ingredients on a loaf of french bread. Then, cut it into serving size pieces. 

Making this into sliders was Sir Buttface's idea. 

Delicious-ness. 

• Yeast rolls. You can make your own or buy the packaged ones.. I went with the latter.
• Sliced Pepperoni
• Sliced Hard Salami
• Sliced Roast Beef
• Sliced Pepper Jack cheese
• Butter
• Crushed Red Pepper, to taste

1. Slice the yeast rolls in half.
2. Butter each piece & sprinkle on some red pepper flakes.
3. Layer cheese, meats, cheese.
4. Put tops on.
5. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 8-10 minutes. 

Enjoy!

 

It's pretty simple, really. And tastes AMAZING!

 

That sauce is a creation of Sir Buttface as well.

I thought it would be AWFUL but, it's actually REALLY good. It's just equal parts of Mayo, Bleu Cheese dressing, and Jim Beam Spicy Bourbon BBQ sauce.. and some freshly ground black pepper.

Another good one.. Honey Chicken

This is one of those things that I found online & liked the idea but, the recipe was.. boring.

This was the result.

Super easy. Throw it in the crockpot & you've got dinner. 

By the way, ignore the period between those & this in the first sentence. Not sure why it's there or why it won't let me delete that. 

Oh well.. moving on!

It also requires few ingredients.. for those times that you just haven't made yourself go grocery shopping yet, ya know? 

Okay, sorry.. I'm rambling. Now for the recipe.

• 2-3 chicken breasts. (I used 3 medium sized ones & we had leftovers.)
• 1 cup honey
• 1/8 cup low sodium soy sauce
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• crushed red pepper flakes, to taste
• 1 diced onion
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced 
• Bag of stir fry veggies

Put the breasts in the crockpot. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Mix all of the other ingredients together and pour over chicken breasts. Put your lid on & cook on high for 3ish hours. When the time is up, take out the breasts and shred. Put back into crockpot for another 20 minutes with the veggies. Serve over white rice.


If you want a thicker sauce, you can add in a corn starch slurry. But, I didn't.

Delicious!

The Royal Family..

Let me introduce you to my family. They're kind of a big deal.

Prince McDrool, he's the little one.

The sweet little lady, that's Princess Bug.

The big guy? That's Sir Buttface.. He's kind of cool, I guess.

 This picture was taken on Anniversary.

 LOVE this one. 

 Princess Bug. See where the name comes from?

This was her first time meeting Prince McDrool.

My little loves on Christmas.

Prince McDrool and his Mama.

This was Halloween 2012. I promise, she doesn't dress like this all the time.

All smiles. Every morning. At 5:30.

Best Pulled Pork Ever.

Don't judge the photography skills.
It's obvious.. I have none.


This was one of my weird ideas that just happened to turn out freakin' awesome.
And, if you don't like it.. well, you're crazy.

• 1 Pork Shoulder (Whatever size will feed your crowd.)
• Rub with minced garlic, salt, pepper, mesquite seasoning, and liquid smoke.
• Slice up an onion into quarters, place on top. Do the same with half an onion. (These WILL be burned but, they had a lot of flavor.)
• Lay the pork shoulder, fat side up, in a baking pan. 
• Pour in enough Dr. Pepper for the pan to be 1/4 way full. 

Bake in a 265 degree oven for 10-12 hours. The longer it cooks, the better it will be.

After 11 hours in the oven. 

Smelled AMAZING and tasted even better.

We used this for a few meals:

Hot Mess (If you don't know what this is, Google search "Pecan Lodge Hot Mess"

Pulled Pork Quesadillas

and..

I also mixed this into an omelet for Princess B & I.