brown sugar kielbasa with apples and onions

this recipe has been sitting in my favorites for awhile and I decided to go for it and make it tonight...was something I thought my family might enjoy and have something different...

http://chindeep.com/2012/08/07/brown-sugar-kielbasa-with-apples-onions/

I changed this just a little...
I used smoked sausage, with the apples and onions but when I tasted it before adding the brown sugar and cinnamon and other spices, it tasted sweet enough so I left it as is...

with it, I served some delicious roasted potatoes (little boy loved these and ate everything on his plate) and some maple glazed carrots...

so, I guess what we really had for dinner tonight was a sort of de-constructed sausage hash...and unfortunately I did not eat, though everyone else said it was fantastic...even hubby freshly home from the hospital loved it...

yummy happy eating...

chicken salad (one version)

I love chicken salad and made many ways...I myself make it 4 or 5 ways and this way makes everyone in my family happy except Tim...

found this recipe online several years ago and once I made it it has been one of my favorites...

http://chindeep.com/2011/07/19/chickadee-cottage-chicken-salad/

now there is a secret ingredient that at first you will say, "what?"  but please do not leave it out...it
really makes the dish...

I made this last night as a surprise for our 2 teachers for their lunches for today...

and I do not quite follow the directions...I add apple, celery, walnuts and cranberries...

happy eating...

cannot wait to go home from school for a sandwich...kicking myself that I did not bring myself some for lunch today...

yummy

homemade chicken pot pie, our family favorite...

been making this dish for many many years, since the kids were little at least...that makes it at least 30 + years...cause everyone in this family absolutely loves it...even my hating caserole hubby loves it...and everyone outside the family that I have ever made it for also loves it and says it is the best chicken pie they have ever had...

and this is always one of the very first dishes I will turn my oven for, once the cooler temps come...it was 71 today, but I see where we will back in the 90's for the weekend...yuck...

so I made this as a surprise for everyone and it made everyone's day...even hubby who is in the hospital right now asked me to bring some to him as he hates hospital food...

as a RAOK at least once a week, I will make a little more of what I am making for dinner and offer it to the first of my friends that pm's me...thsi week I have already given away 4 packages of maple bacon that hubby bought and we do not like...so tonight I put a post out for a free pie and my friend that has to be at the hospital tomorrow all morning with her sick mom, is very glad to have dinner done for her for dinner tomorrow night...that made my heart happy...

this original recipe for this I have rewritten many times for my family interests and here we go:

I take 4 boneless, skinless breats and boil them, if I hve time, I like to roast them (more flavor) ans qhwn cooled enough, i cut into small bite side pieces nd mix with 2 bags od frozen peas and carrots.

for my sauce make  a roux with 8 tbsp butter, till melted, add 12 tablespoons flouur (I used /Wondra flour and cook till flour taste is cooked down, add 3 cans of evaporated milk and three cups of chicken broth, with plenty of seasonings...//Iuse Pillsbury all ready pie crust, line the pan and the start lining the chicken, veggies and sauce...I cover with a crust, crimp the corners , cut lines to steam...bake at 375 for approx 30-45 minutes///

happy eating

easy pork chops

so today it was very overcast and rainy and I could finally turn on my oven...this is my kind of day...

but in my personal life everything is going wrong...hubby is in the hospital, my microwave quit working, my printer is not working, my vacuum gave up the ghost, the kitchen sink was backing up and some pipes in the basement rusted out...I am sure there is more but you get the jist of the story...LOL...
little boy is also spending the night...

so I came home from school late today, we are busy in class and then I had to come home to the plumber and handyman and I HATE dealing with people working in my house...

wanted to do something more with pork chops tonight, like smothered or something but with no time, I put them them in a roasting pan and poured prepared BBQ sauce on top and baked them for about 2 hours at 375...

made white rice and peas to go with them...

Zoie and little boy were ecstatic with dinner...it was pretty good...

happy eating...

weekly menu posts for the week of 10/4 through 10/10

after a horrible summer here, today was rainy and the thermometer at the bank said 67 degrees at about 2 pm...I am in heaven, I am in my element...this is me...can I really hope that Fall is actually here?
that would mean I could come off of self imposed oven time out...in fact, I made an okven meal last night and it was so nice...

here we go for the week:

Sunday 10/4...........sorry we were at the mall and ate at Red Robin

Monday 10/5.........smothered pork chops
                               rice
                               brussel sprouts

Tuesday 10/6........ american chop suey
                               green beans
                               garlic bread

Wednesday 10/7....chicken pie (if the high temps return, chicken stew in crock pot)


Thursday 10/8..... twice baked potatoes with ham
                             green salad

Friday 10/9.........chicken in tomato cream
                            peas
                            artisan bread

Saturday 10/10.....kielbasa and potato bake with apples and onions
                             maple glazed carrots
                             biscuits

happy eating
                           
                           

pumpkin french toast

so I made this last night:

http://www.thestayathomechef.com/2014/09/slow-cooker-overnight-pumpkin-french.html

and since I always follow a new recipe exactly as printed, I did so last night...was looking forward to getting up to breakfast done first thing in the morning...the recipe calls for 8 hours on low in the crock pot...I made it, put it in the slow cooker and went to bed...got up about 5 hours into cooking and it was badly burned and my house smells...I was very disappointed...and I realize that different slow cookers heat differently...but 3 hours???

I am not a big breakfast person, never have been...but the family is and I had wanted to surprise them this morning...

so even though everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) is going wrong today (already at 9 am) I still wanted to treat them so...

I made sausage and then decided to make a version of the overnight french toast...

I whisked 6 eggs, 2 cups of half and half, and 2 cups of pumpkin (from a can) cinnamon, and a little brown sugar together...
I just happened to have a loaf of cinnamon swirl bread and so I used that for the french toast...

everyone said it was delicious...

and now back to my extremely overwhelming life...

yum happy eating

sausage, hashbrown and cheese casserole

I have made this recipe many times since I first found it on another recipe blog...and everyone in my family loves it...
I have said before that when I first try a new recipe, I make it exactly as the recipe says, and then from that experience, I change it, if need be to my own specifications...

so it was with this one too...

here is how I do it...

2 bags of frozen hash browns, the shredded ones and I brown them in a little oil...(it helps take some of the frozen-ness off...
I add to the potatoes:
  2 pkgs of Jimmy Dean sausage, cooked
  16 oz of sour cream
  shredded cheese
  seasonings
  8 lightly scrambled eggs

I add more cheese to the top and bake at 375 for about 25 minutes...

it is great for leftovers and little boy will love this in his thermos Monday for school lunch...

happy eating