Alfresco Chicken Sausages Recipe, Stirfry

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I hope everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. Yesterday we went to look for the new front door to the addition. (Not that the addition is built yet, of course, but just planning ahead). Every door I was looking at (with sidelight) was about $1200 minimum. Are you kidding? When did doors get to be so expensive?? And besides that, there will be so many expenses by the time you add new refrigerator and dishwasher and stove (and that's just for the kitchen) that we pared down our expectations a bit and purchased a lovely door that was on sale for $289.00. The glass in the door reminds me of the Prairie style - Craftsman. I'm not an expert on these things, so there probably is a real name for it. No side light, but there will be so much light coming in from patio doors that it really doesn't matter.  And, we got it home without breaking it - which is always a plus.

On with the show, this is it ♫

This is a variation on a theme -  Angela's breakfast. Not exactly like hers, but enough so that it should have her name attached. It's one of my favorite meals, but I never eat it at breakfast. I like it better at dinnertime.

Angela's Breakfast, Alfresco Chicken Sausages & Veggies Recipe:  (Spicy Jalapeno and Sundried Tomato are my 2 favorites)

Flowering Kale (I raised this stuff a couple years ago as an ornamental plant in my flower garden. I had no idea it was edible!)

Black Beans, rinsed and drained

Alfresco brand gluten-free chicken sausages (all are good), pkg. of 4, thinly sliced

Onion, 1, chopped

Garlic, 1 clove, minced

Parsnip, pared and diced

Sweet potato, pared and diced

In a couple T. olive oil in a large skillet, brown the chicken sausages along with the garlic and onion. Lift sausages from oil and set aside for now.

In a steamer, steam parsnip and sweet potato for just a couple minutes.

Place parsnips, sweet potato, and chicken sausage mixture back into the main skillet. Add flowering kale, rinsed black beans. 

Sprinkle with a little salt and cayenne. Stirfry until everything is thoroughly hot and kale is slightly wilted.

Let me know if you love it! :-)

Hope you had a great Labor Day!

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Carmelized Pork Roast - Recipe

No, this is not a cloven hoof.  It's a 3 pound pork loin roast.

I made this for dinner last night. It was SO delicious! (in my humble opinion, of course). I got the recipe online, and oddly enough, I did not attribute it to anyone when I saved it as a file. Usually I do, and it's so much fun to use a recipe and think, 'Oh yeah, I got this from Mary (or Jean or Jenn or Lois, etc.) I'm so annoyed with myself for forgetting to put a name on this one. Whoever it was, thank you! And please be sure to speak up in a comment so I can rename the file.

Wherever I got the original recipe, I modified it  just a tad. It was fork tender and you can see by the photo how delicious and carmelized it was!

Pork Roast with Maple Syrup, Recipe:

3 Lb. Pork Loin 

1 onion, sliced

1 clove garlic, minced
1 T. Bragg's Liquid Aminos (You can use regular soy sauce if you want, but don't come cryin' to me if you get a headache ;-).  I seem to tolerate Bragg's okay if I don't use too much of it.)

3 T. maple syrup

3 T. olive oil

2 T. Dijon mustard

Place thawed Pork Loin into CrockPot. Sprinkle onion slices and minced garlic on top.
In a small bowl, whisk together the Bragg's, maple syrup, olive oil, and mustard.
Slowly pour this mixture over the pork loin, trying to completely cover it.

Put the lid on the CrockPot and turn it on LOW. Leave it alone for about 9 hours.
Remove pork loin from CrockPot and let sit 20 minutes before pulling the pork apart.
You may find it difficult to wait until dinner. I couldn't, and I don't regret it a bit!
This is SO GOOD and incredibly easy!

 Roasted Vegetables makes a good side. Find recipe HERE

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Happy Fourth of July!!

Nothing more aggravating than a smart-aleck parsnip!

Have a Safe and Happy Independence Day, everyone!

And this word from Bridger: 'Please don't take your dog to the fireworks.'

 'I mean it!!'