Bangers and Mash with Guinness Gravy

Ingredients 1 package beer brauts (1 lb or more) 4 tbsp butter 1 med yellow onion, thinly sliced 4 tsp flour 1 bottle guinness (11 0z) 1 can beef broth (or any broth) 1 tbsp dijon mustard 1 tbsp worcestershire sauce 2 tbsp brown sugar 1 tsp salt Ground pepper to taste Mashed potatoes from 1-2 pounds of taters Dealers choice on your recipe here. Use butter! Instructions Cook sausage as you want. Recommended to do on grill or frying pan covered. Gravy: in large skillet, over medium high heat, cook and stir onions in butter for about 20 minutes until carmelized. Add flour, cook and stir for a few minutes until golden brown. Add guinness, broth, dijon, worcester, sugar, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat and simmer for 15-20 minutes until thickened. Assemble: bangers + mash + gravy Optional, cook chicken thighs or legs same way as brauts and it becomes bangers, flappers and mash

July 15, 2026

Breakfast Pizza

Ingredients 1 lb pork breakfast sausage 1 tsp black pepper 2 tbsp flour 2.25 cups milk 1 tsp apple cider vinegar 12 oz shredded mozzarella 2 tbsp dried sage Salt to taste 2 pounds pizza dough for one big pizza (see recipe) 1/4 cup sliced onion 4 eggs Any other optional toppings: jalapeno slices, diced bell pepper, etc. You can remove some of the meat and sub with veggies. Instructions Cook the sausage in a skillet until browned and fully cooked on med-high heat. Scoop out half of it for pizza toppings later and leave the remaining half in the pan. Stir in flour and black pepper and cook for 2 minutes stirring. Stir the milk into the pan. This should bubble up and thicken quick, ~2 minutes. Remove from heat once gravy is thickened. Add the vinegar and salt. Preheat oven to 500 F Prep a pizza tray with oil and/or corn starch so pizza doesn’t stick. Spread out dough making a nice pizza and place on tray. Add the gravy to pizza evenly. Layer mozzarella, sausage, sage, onion and rest of optional toppings. Crack eggs and plop them evenly spaced on top of the pizza. Bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes until crust is browned and cheese is melted. Eggs may look uncooked by appearance but they will be firm.

July 15, 2026

Creamy Sausage and Potato Soup

Ingredients Olive oil 1 lb ground spicy sausage 1 diced onion 3 diced stalks celery 3 large carrots sliced 4 cloves garlic minced 1 tsp thyme 1 tbsp garlic salt, 1 tbsp plain salt, 1 tbsp black pepper 3 heaping tbsp flour plain 4 cups good chicken stock 2 bay leaves 3 large potatoes diced large 1.5 cups light cream or half and half (use less if using heavy cream) 1 cup rice cooked according to package directions on the side Instructions Cook sausage in large pot with oil over med high heat. When close to cooked through add all veggies and thyme/salt/garlic salt/black pepper and cook until mostly soft (nothing has to be cooked all the way at this point). Add flour and cook for a couple minutes stirring. Add chicken stock, bay leaves, and potatoes. Bring to simmer and cook 30 minutes. Remove from heat and add cream. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve with rice on side to add per preference. Or mix it in prior to serving.

July 15, 2026

Pasta e Fagioli

Ingredients 2 lb spicy italian sausage 3 cups diced yellow onion 2.5 cups diced carrot 2 cups diced celery 6 cloves minced garlic 2, 32 oz chicken stock cartons 1, 15-oz can diced tomatoes drained 4 tsp basic sugar 3 tsp dried basil 3 tsp dried oregano 1.5 tsp dried thyme Salt and pepper to taste 2 cup dry ditalini pasta 1, 15-oz can red kidney beans drained and rinsed 1, 15-oz can great northern white beans drained and rinsed Optional 6 tbsp minced fresh parsley Parmesan to serve Instructions Brown meat in huge pot with a couple tbsp olive oil. When ~? cooked or so add all the veggies. Cook until tender or at least mostly there. Add everything through the salt and pepper. Bring to a simmer and simmer 10 minutes. Add the pasta and simmer another 15 min. Add beans and parsley and simmer one more minute. Serve in bowls with parmesan to add to taste. Notes It is easy to vary the proportions. More pasta, less. More beans or less. More veggies is what I usually do.

July 15, 2026

Spicy Italian Sausage Korean Stir Fry

Ingredients Olive oil for cooking (just a few tbsp at most) 1 lb spicy italian sausages (NOT ground, the sausages) 0.33 cup soy sauce 2 tbsp fish sauce 3 tbsp white sugar 1 small yellow onion diced 1 green bell pepper diced 1 large head of broccoli, just the crowns chopped into small crown sizes 1/2 cup chili garlic sauce 1 cup rice cooked to package directions Instructions Grill the sausages whole until cooked through. Then chop into 0.5 in bits. Have ready to go Combine soy sauce, fish and sugar in small bowl In large nonstick pan over medium high heat, add some oil and cook the veggies until just tender Add sausage and chili garlic sauce and cook for another minute or two stirring well Add soy sauce mixture and continue cooking over med heat until things are fully cooked and mixed. Cook another few minutes. Add some water if it starts to dry out Serve over rice

July 15, 2026