Comfort foods have been in high demand at our house and these chipotle stuffed peppers have absolutely been in rotation a few times this past month. I’ve been exhausted balancing the kids school work with trying to maintain running our consulting business. Add in that …
Finally, I’m willing to admit that my garden is done for the season. I’ve harvested all it had to offer and preserved much of it for future meals. One of the vegetables that my garden provided in abundance this year was tomatillos. These plants seem …
This week my littlest little went off to kindergarten embarking on a new adventure for himself and spreading his wings. Of course, that makes me a little teary-eyed because the house feels a little too quiet but I welcome the change. I’ve been home with my kids for nine years so this is also a new adventure in freedom and opportunity for me to do the things that I’ve been putting off or just haven’t had time to do while I’ve had kiddos in the house full time. For example, this morning I went for a peaceful two-mile run. I hadn’t really been able to do that during the weekdays as I couldn’t leave my little guy unattended and he wasn’t yet fast enough on his bike to ride beside me. After my run, I immersed myself in the kitchen canning tomatoes and making other delectable items of my own choosing rather than dictated by the kids. Country breakfast sausage was one of those delightful items I enjoyed as a post-run brunch this morning with a berry smoothie eaten at a leisurely pace with a big cup of joe and a cat on my lap.
Country breakfast sausage is a savory blend of sage, thyme, pepper, coriander and paprika that I’ve fine-tuned to my liking. I often use a smoked salt to add a hint of smokiness to the sausage as well. This spice blend works well with ground pork as well as ground turkey or chicken. Breakfast sausage is one of my guilty pleasures. I love it more than bacon… and creating it homemade is a surefire way to avoid nasty additives and preservatives that can be found in a lot of commercially purchased breakfast sausage. Mixing the sausage up with your hands ensures that the spices are blended evenly throughout making each bite a perfect breakfasty morsel. After mixing, you can form the sausage into patties like I did or you can cook it as a crumble which I love to do over hashbrowns. Because these are savory instead of sweet, this country breakfast sausage also makes a killer sausage gravy!
Now while the kids are back in school and I have more free time, I’m looking forward to posting recipes here more often and focusing on my professional articles that I create for the athletes at Breaking Muscle. Perhaps I’ll even delve into creating another meal plan! Which by the way, if you haven’t checked it out yet, I have a recently published subscription site with a full month’s meal plan of clean tasty eats ready and waiting for you to try.
The first snow of the season (happening now!) always makes me a bit giddy. This can only mean one thing…that the holidays are approaching and spending lots of meaningful time with family is just around the corner. The hubby and I have been hosting his family for Thanksgiving …
I have no motivation. Now I’m over-caffeinated because I was trying to find some motivation at the bottom of my coffee cup. My next problem is that it’s nearly 0 degrees outside (hence the no motivation) and I am NOT about to take my sweet self outside, even …
We had a great Thanksgiving with all of my husband’s family coming over to our house. It was an amazing feast with each of us providing a few signature dishes and a few new ones. In true form, my husband smoked our turkey again this year to absolute perfection. It’s my favorite way to have turkey. Flavorful, moist, delicious. I, of course, overestimated our turkey needs and therefore we have a few pounds of extra smoked bird. This doesn’t bother me as I have plenty of fun ways to use up our leftovers from turkey pot pie, shredded turkey in gravy over biscuits and this fun one, turkey tortilla soup!
Turkey tortilla soup can be made in less than a half hour so it’s perfect for these few days after the feast when you just want to be relaxing rather than cooking. Of course, this recipe works equally well with chicken. I topped it with fresh sliced avocados while my hubs and kiddos crushed many tortilla chips into theirs. However you top it, turkey tortilla soup is the perfect way to use up those leftover tasty turkey morsels of goodness.
