July 1 - Thursday

This, my friends is one of our favorites!

Italian Sausage Soup

1 package (5 to 6 links) of Sweet Italian Sausage

remove the casing and discard.

Break the links up and brown in your pot.

Add 1/2 cup diced sweet onion. Cook until transparent. Remove from heat and drain sausage grease, discard.

Add 1/2 tsp garlic powder

Then 1 Tblsp Worchestershire sauce

And 1/4 tsp sugar.

1 Tblsp Basil

Pour 1 15oz can Italian Seasoned Diced Tomatoes

And 2 cans Chicken Broth

Bring to a boil and add 1 cup small shell pasta (or wathever shape floats your boat).

Top with 1/2 a Red Bell Pepper, julienne cut.

Remove from heat when pasta is done........and serve.

Serve with garlic toast and Ceasar Salad. Yum!

This is a great meal. Takes about 35 minutes start to finish.

The picture you see above, was dinner tonight. If DJ doesn't make any midnight refrigerator runs, then I'll have some for lunch tomorrow. IF!

My family is supposed to be gathering favorite recipes so we can produce a "Yours, Mine and Ours Cookbook" and so far I have collected 2, yes count them, 2 recipes. One is for the BEST Spanish Rice I have ever tasted and one is a recipe I misplaced. So actually, we only collected one, because the second was already my recipe. Confused? Try riding around in my head for a day.

So, anyway...the plan is to try each recipe as we receive them. Take a photo and setup the pages for printing. Hopefully this won't take an extraordinary amount of time. Or cause unnecessary weight gain. Wish us LUCK!

Oh, if you are expecting me to post pictures of beautifully decorated cakes...don't. Apparently I did not inherit the gene necessary for preparing iced caked. I am hoping I can talk my mother into testing those particular recipes. Me? I do pound cakes, pies, cookies, cobblers and crumb cakes. I have attempted the icing, and it tastes great, just doesn't look so pretty. Yes, I know my limitations, put I do keep trying.

My hope is that we (family, family-in-law, family friends) can come together and gather all the recipes and share with one another all the stories, fond memories, love that are associated with each flavor.

If not, at least we'll have something new to argue about. Never a dull moment!

Enjoy the soup and may your leftovers not stay long in the frig!