Thursday, March 12, 2009

Deer Sausage Vegetable Stir Fry


Add some pa-zang to your supper meal tonight! We like to use deer sausage for this recipe, but you can use any kind of sausage you’d like to make this vegetable stir fry.

Start with 3-4 cups diced deer sausage (or sausage of your choice). These need not be tiny pieces.
1 green pepper sliced and diced.
1 yellow pepper sliced and diced.
1 medium purple onion sliced and diced.
1 ½ cups diced celery
5 large garlic cloves crushed.
½ tsp. Real salt or sea salt
1 tsp. Garlic Pepper blend
1 ½ tb. Italian seasoning (or more depending on your taste)
1 tb. Olive oil

In a large sauté pan, add 1 tb. Olive oil. On medium/high heat add your diced sausage and sauté 3-4 minutes while stirring.

Add 3 cloves of crushed garlic and all the onions. Sauté 2 min. more

Lower heat to medium/low

Add the diced green and yellow peppers, 1 ½ cups diced celery, 2 more cloves garlic crushed, ½ tsp salt (to taste), 1 tsp. Garlic Pepper blend, 1 ½ tb. Italian seasoning. Continue to sauté slowly, uncovered, until vegetables are softer but just on the crunchy side. Continue
stirring and mixing the flavors together.

Serve alongside another steamed vegetable of your choice and a salad and you have a yummy supper!

Enjoy!

Monday, March 2, 2009

Italian Pasta


If you are looking for excellent flavor paired with healthy ingredients, then this is the meal for you!

First begin with the salad. If you would like a detailed listing of the ingredients, please go here and you will see how to make a great salad. For now, include Romaine, lots of spinach and spring mix and a bit of fresh parsley. Shred just a tad of fresh parmesan** on top and you have a healthy side salad!

This dinner is so easy to prepare and serve that it will astound you.

Italian Pasta

Put about 3-4 quarts of water on to boil. Pour about 3 tablespoons olive oil into the water. Add 3 cloves of crushed garlic to the boiling water.
When water is boiling, add 8-10 oz. of Angel Hair pasta. I enjoy using DeBoles organic, Garlic & Parsley Angel Hair pasta. It is made with Jerusalem Artichoke Flour but feel free to use any angel hair pasta of your choice.

Stir pasta gently for about 5 to 7 minutes. Do not overcook. Drain immediately. Turn heat down to lowest setting (simmer), and add ½ -2/3 cup olive oil to the pasta. Crush 4 more garlic cloves and add to the angel hair. Add Sea Salt and fresh ground pepper to your taste, then add 1 tablespoon of Italian herb seasoning. Add 1 tsp. dried oregano and 2-3 cups of fresh spinach. Turn off heat. Stir in spinach gently and cover with lid for a few minutes till the spinach wilts. Finish it off with 1/3 cup parmesan cheese mixed in and serve.

Optional additions:
Add two cups seasoned and sautéed chicken chunks.
Add one small can, drained black olives
For extra “kick” in your pasta, add 1 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes

Steamed Broccoli

On a steamer, place one bag frozen broccoli. Steam for 5-7 minutes with lid on.
Remove to a bowl and drizzle olive oil over the top and sprinkle to your taste with sea salt.


This “green” meal is not only lovely to look at but it is healthy and very yummy! But….don’t take my word for it. Try it for yourself and you can do it in less than 30 minutes!