Sausage Pie with Cornbread Crust

Hello sisters, guess everyone is really busy lately. Kedra seems to think all of my recipes sound gross, but I wouldn't post them if I thought they were gross, and I've tried them all. So there. Well, I bought some Morningstar Farms breakfast sausage patties at Costco a while ago and they were really good in this recipe. I also had all the other stuff on hand so it was an easy meal (I always have cornmeal around for polenta-another easy meal, see adriasrecipes.blogspot.com). You need:

• 1lb sausage (I used mashed up veggie sausage patties as I said before- I'll bet ground beef would also work
• 1 cup wheatberries cooked
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 bell pepper chopped
• 2 garlic cloves chopped
• 1 can tomato sauce or diced tomatoes
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 3/4 cup chopped mushrooms

Cornbread Topping: (The next time I make this casserole I will double the topping recipe.)

• 2/3 cup cornmeal
• 1/3 cup flour
• 1/2 cup milk or soymilk
• 1 Tbsp sugar
• 2 Tbsp oil
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 egg

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Cook sausage, onion, pepper, mushrooms and garlic in a skillet 8 to 10 min. If using real meat, cook until done all the way through and then drain it.
   
3. Add wheatberries, corn and tomatoes, 5 more minutes.
4. Stir all topping ingredients in a bowl until blended.
5. Spoon sausage mixture into a deep casserole, and spoon the topping over it evenly.
6. Bake 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
   

Stuffed Squash

We don't make monkey macaroni because, since his mission, Garth has developed a slight intolerance to cheese.

Well, this week I made some easy stuff like pizza, and cashew fried rice, and veggie pot pie-but I tried one new recipe that was not bad. Sorry no pic, it is actually probably more beautiful than delicious but only by a little. You need:

• 1 squash (acorn is probably the most delicious, but this time I used delicata, which was not as good)
• 2 Tbsp olive oil
  
• 1 small onion chopped finely
• 2 carrots grated
• 1 cup broccoli chopped finely
• 3/4 cup corn or chopped bell pepper
• some garlic salt
• a tiny bit of cayenne
• some other spices I threw in, whatever is lying around
  
• 2 Tbsp butter
  

Heat the oven to 400 degrees. Boil the whole squash for 15 minutes while you chop the other veggies. Fry the onions in the oil until they are soft. Sautee the rest of the veggies and spices with the onions for 5 minutes while you cut the squash in half and scoop out the seeds. Smear one tablespoon of butter on the inside of each squash half. Transfer the veggie sautee to the buttered squash cups and bake for about an hour. The top veggies should be kind of crispy and the squash flesh should be really soft (you can check with a fork or toothpick).

I really had low expectations for this recipe but it was surprisingly good and it would have been very easy without a baby. Anyway, it seems like people don't eat a lot of squash nowdays anyway so it is good for variety, and it is pretty cheap. Plus you can clean the seeds and roast them later. (Or you can boil a squash, peel and mash it with some butter and brown sugar, kind of like mashed potatoes- that's another of my favorite ways to eat squash.) See you all later!

Monkey Macaroni

This really isn't Adria, this is Garth. I am hijacking her account for a little bit to post the recipe for Monkey Macaroni, which is a versatile little recipe that I developed while on my mission. On with the recipe:


Ingredients

• Macaroni noodles
  
• Water
• Grated cheese (Gouda, cheddar, Swiss, it doesn't really matter what type)
  
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 tablespoon oil (olive, corn, sunflower oil, etc. it doesn't really matter)
• 1-2 spoonfuls butter
• Spices: 2 bouillon cubes (preferably chicken), onion powder, garlic salt, and anything else that you have got that might be good with macaroni

Directions
Dump macaroni in a pot of boiling water. To create the sauce combine the milk, oil and butter with about 1/3 cup of water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir in your spices and remove from the heat. When the macaroni is cooked (about 8 minutes), strain the macaroni. Add the cheese and sauce to the macaroni. Mix well, serve and enjoy!

Corn Chowder

Cook 1 c. carrots, 1 c. potatoes, and 1/2 c. celery in about 1 c. water. Add 2 cans corn and one can of cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup and 2 cups milk. Cook 6 strips of bacon and drain and then cook one chopped onion in the same pan. Cut up bacon and add the onions and bacon to the soup. Add cooked wheat berries. Salt and pepper and simmer. Do not boil.

Ingredients:
carrots
potatoes
celery
2 cans corn
1 can cream of chicken or mushroom soup
milk
bacon
wheat berries

Bean and Vegetable Burritos

1 Tbsp olive oil
1 med onion, chopped
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded, minced
1 Tbsp chili pepper
1 15oz can black beans, rinsed
1 green bell pepper, chopped
3/4 cup shredded cheese
sour cream, optional
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 tsp dried oregano leaves, crushed
1 tsp cumin
1 16oz can yams drained, diced
1 15oz can corn rinsed
2 Tbsp lime juice
6-8 tortillas
salsa, optional
Preheat oven to 350. Heat oil over medium high heat in large saucepan. Add onion and cook 10 min, stir often. Add jalapeno pepper, chili powder, garlic, oregano and cumin; stir 1 min. Add Tbsp water and stir, remove from heat. Stir in yam, beans, corn, pepper, and lime juice. Spoon 2 Tbsp of cheese in center of tortilla, top with filling. Fold tortilla. Place seam side down, cover with foil and bake 30 min or until heated through. Serve with sour cream and salsa.
Serves 6-8

Apples and Onions for pork chops or potatoes

Cut up one or more apples into bite-sized chunks. Cut up half an onion per apple (or less). Saute in pan and sprinkle with cinnamon and cloves.

Cook pork chops or potatoes and sprinkle with rosemary and thyme. Serve cooked apples and onions on top.

I served the apples and onions on top of pork chops and mashed potatoes so I know whichever one you want to use tastes good.

Asparagus Bread Pudding

I used broccoli instead of asparagus because it was cheaper and it was good too. I served this with pork chops the first time I made it, but it is versatile. Here is the link: http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/001571.html

This website is cool for different and delicious ideas. The only problem is that sometimes Heidi uses unique spices and ingredients that I don't have.