Category: Pork

Sausage, Peppers, & Onions

When I find bell peppers on sale, this is one of my favorite dishes in which to use them (I also highly recommend Sausage, Pepper, & Onion Pizza, too!)  The ingredients cook in a tomato-based sauce that’s accented with a bottle of your favorite beer!  If you don’t have beer on hand, feel…

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German Pizza

German Pizza is a filling dish that is simple to make.  As with many dishes I make, it is customizable to your tastes.  It’s a dish that my husband’s dad made on a semi-frequent basis, and that he considered to be one of his specialties.  My husband remembers that his dad always thought…

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Pork Egg Rolls

Egg rolls are a versatile food.  They can be a snack, an appetizer, or a meal.  The fillings are infinitely customizable, so you can make the egg rolls to fit your taste and/or dietary needs.  Of course that is, if your dietary needs include anything that gets fried in hot oil!

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Aunt Kim’s Sausage Stars

I grew up sharing the holidays with my extended family.  Every year, we would gather and share some great times and wonderful food.  My Aunt took us all by surprise when she brought these Sausage Stars one year.  We all had to have the recipe!  I’ve made it countless times, varying the ingredients…

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Sausage, Pepper, & Onion Pizza

First of all, Happy Mother’s Day to all of the mothers out there!  I realize this isn’t your normal “Mother’s Day Brunch” post or something like that, but I hope you all like it anyway.  Celebrate mom by making her something special, no matter what it is! I love to make and eat…

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Rigatoni with Spicy Sausage-Tomato Sauce and Arugula

When I first saw this recipe on Epicurious, I knew I had to make it.  It sounded like the perfect, lighter pasta dish for spring and summer.  Spicy sausage, fresh basil, peppery arugula…. I was so right.  The sauce was incredibly bright because of the fresh herbs and arugula.  It was not too…

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Italian Sausage Stuffed Bread

My husband remembers the first time I made Italian Sausage Stuffed Bread; the flavors are definitely memorable!  I was living in a college apartment with my sister at the time.  While she was getting ready to go out to dinner with friends, this bread was in the oven baking.  As soon as she…

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Stuffed Shells

When I put together the ingredients for this dish to be photographed, I thought, “Surely I’m forgetting something!”  But I wasn’t.  Stuffed Shells is a simple pasta dish that looks and tastes like you spent a lot of time in the kitchen.  It’s also a meal that can be prepared in stages, which…

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Italian Sausage Pasta Sauce

Looking for a meat sauce that’s not ground beef-based? I think you’ll like this one… Italian Sausage Pasta Sauce. It’s chunky and full of flavor.   Perfect with penne or spaghetti.  Just like many of my Italian recipes, this is one which I think tastes as good (if not better!) the next day.

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