E. A. T.: Home Made Sausage

Friday, December 7, 2012

Relaxing...Productive...Weekend? What is that???

The Holidays are here and there is something happening every weekend, almost every weekday, plus work, plus the everyday stuff, and it was beginning to be to much. I needed a relaxing weekend to GET STUFF DONE and that is what I did.

I had the house to myself. So it was pretty quiet, the TV was off most of the time, except for when I was watching Pretty Woman.

I achieved so much and now I can say I feel ready to take on all of our festivities.

Here are all of the items I checked off my To-Do List:

1. Went through my childhood boxes, consolidated 3 big tubs into one small shoe box of the best pictures.

2. Dropped clothes, books, and toys off at the Good Will.

3. Cleaned out my closet and rearranged my clothes in my drawer like they did here.

4. Made Home-Made Sausage and breakfast casserole for the week.

5. Ate Trade Joe's Joe-Joes and watched Pretty Woman.

6. Made Spaghetti Squash and Tomato sauce for the week.

7. Cleaned my stove. I placed the burners in ammonia. I tried the all natural salt, vinegar, and baking soda for the stove top, but that didn't seem to work great, so I used 409 after. It still isn't as clean as I would like on my main burner, but I will try again soon. I need more vinegar and baking soda.

Ta da...

8. Cleaned my bath tub with Borax. (The marks on the bottom are from a previous tenant and won't budge, any ideas?)

9. Made grain-free Pumpkin Pancakes and Apple Butter from Apple Hill.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

2nd Time is a Charm: Home Made Sausage

This guy is awesome and he knows how to cook, and cook well. I am trying out this paleo/REAL FOOD thing, I mean not exclusive, but most of the time and I have found some great recipes. Two of them from Mark's Daily Apple through Today's Letters, one of my favorite blogs.

I initially thought making home made sausage was easy, I would just grind any meat, add spices here, add spices there and it would turn out right... oh man was I wrong and I made the nastiest chicken sausage. I made almost 3lbs and threw it all out, it was that bad! So Attempt #2 was about to happen and I was going to look at a recipe.

AMAZING NEWS, it worked and it was sooooo goood!!!! I think a few keys to my success were chicken thighs not breasts, don't forget the red wine vinegar, and don't use too much garlic. Here is how I made my Home Made Fresh Herb Sausage and Sausage & Egg Casserole.