Cheesy Breakfast Grits

So so easy and delicious - ok, we complicate slightly but deliciously by adding sausage and a fried egg.

Serves 2

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups water
• big pinch Kosher salt
• 1/2 cup quick cooking grits
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup shredded cheese (I like Monterey Jack, but use whatever you like or have)
• 6 ounces pork sausage
• 2 eggs 
• 2 greens onions, finely chopped

DIRECTIONS

1. Boil water and add salt & grits - stir well and turn down to low
2. Cook about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally until thickened
3. Add butter, milk and cheese, stir until creamy & well combined - cover and keep warm
4. Cook sausage in a non-stick pan until just no longer pink and keep warm
5. Cook eggs however you like - over easy, sunny, poached it’s up to you
6. Put 1/2 the grits into each of 2 bowls and add some sausage, green onions and top with the egg
7. Boom

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Baby British Sausage Rolls (aka Pigs in Blankets)

Too simple? Perhaps. Not fancy enough? Perhaps. Delicious? You betcha. These little snacks have been pleasing the British for centuries - so who are we to argue?

Ingredients

• 1 package turkey or pork breakfast sausages (not the fully cooked kind)
• 1 package puff pastry sheets
• 1/2 cup steak sauce
• 2 tablespoons apricot jam
• flour

Directions

1. Let pastry defrost on counter about 20 minutes before using
2. Make a lengthwise slice in each sausage and remove casing
3. Cut pastry sheets into 3 sections, and lay one section on a floured work surface
4. Use rolling pin or bottle to make sheet section a little thinner and longer
5. Place 3 sausages (without their casings) end to end on pastry sheet
6. Roll sheet over sausages into a long snug tube, and cut off excess pastry
7. Cut each tube into 8 pieces and place on lightly greased baking sheet (you can use parchment or wax paper instead if you like)
8. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes until lightly brown
9. Mix steak sauce and jam and use as dipping sauce

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Baked Sausage & Cheese balls

Makes 24 puffs

A simple trio of ingredients that result in awesomeness! This is a recipe donated by David a longtime viewer of the show, we gave it a go and we loved it.

INGREDIENTS

• 8oz Cheddar cheese
• 3/4 cup Bisquick mix
• 1 cup uncooked sausage meat (room temperature)

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Put all ingredients in mixer and mix until well blended
3. Roll into roughly 24 one inch balls and place on un-greased baking sheet cook for 30 minutes

Sausage & Mixed Pepper Flatbread

Makes 4 flatbreads

INGREDIENTS

• 1 pound hot Italian sausage
• One each red & yellow or orange bell pepper, cut into thin, 1 inch pieces
• 1 large clove garlic
• 5 ounces baby spinach
• 4 Naan bread, flat bread or whatever (instead of pizza) aaprox 4x 8 inches each
• ½ cup basil pesto
• Shredded mozzarella
• 1/3 cup Parmesan Cheese, shredded

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 425
2. Cook sausage until almost done and add peppers – allow to soften
3. Add garlic, and when fragrant after about a minute add spinach
4. When spinach has wilted, add salt & pepper to taste and remove from heat
5. Spread ¼ of the pesto on each naan, add some mozzarella, the sausage mixture, more mozzarella and finely the Parmesan
6. Bake until crispy,  melty and gorgeous – about 15 minutes

 

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Italian Sausage Burger

Makes 2

Jeez, we all really love this. Just make it – no questions...

Ingredients

• 1 large red pepper, diced
• 1/2 large yellow onion, diced
• Olive oil
• Kosher salt & fresh ground pepper
• 3/4 pound hot Italian sausage
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 3 large basil leaves, chopped fine
• 1 big clove garlic
• 2 slices provolone cheese
• 2 Ciabatta rolls

Directions

1. Heat non-stick pan, add red pepper, onion, 1 tablespoon olive oil & salt and pepper – cook until well softened, 6-7 minutes – keep warm
2. Mix sausage well with 1/2 tablespoon olive oil and season with salt & pepper – form into 2 patties
3. Cook until done on both sides (145 degrees is fine), and add cheese when you flip
4. While it cooks, combine mayo, basil & garlic – stir well and set aside
5. Grill or toast bun and build: bottom bun, basil/mayo, burger, pepper/onion mix, top bun
6. Oh damn...

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Mixed Jambalaya

Makes 8 - 10 servings

Simple as pie, or in this case Jambalaya - which normally tends to not be so simple.

Ingredients

• 1 pound spicy smoked sausage, the fully cooked kind - cut lengthwise and then into 1/4 inch half circles
• 1 pound raw shrimp, peeled and de-veined (31/40's are perfect)
• 2 cups cooked chicken, shredded into bite sized pieces
• 1 1/2 cups uncooked rice (not instant rice)
• 4 cups chicken broth
• One -7 oz can diced green chilies
• 1-2 tablespoons Creole seasoning

Directions

1. Put everything into the rice cooker, stir well, close the lid and turn it on
2. When the rice cooker goes off - it's ready...and really great

One Pot Brats

Makes 6

Dog simple and super delicious - and everything is cooked in the same pot. Beautiful.

Ingredients

• 1 white onion, thinly sliced
• 1 green pepper de-seeded and sliced thin
• 3 tbs butter
• 2 bottles of dark beer
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 tablespoon fresh ground pepper
• 6 pack of bratwurst
• 6 sliced sandwich rolls
• Mustard, for serving

Directions

1. In large throw away foil pan (if ur doing this on a grill) add onion, green pepper and butter
2. Cook over medium heat until veggies soften and get lightly brown
3. Next add beer, sugar, vinegar and pepper to pan and mix well
4. Let mixture cook until it comes to a simmer
5. Then add brats to pan and let cook for about 5-10 minutes
6. When brats are ready, toast buns , top bun with mustard, brat and some of the onions and peppers