Sausage balls

Since I discovered my homemade sausage recipe, I've been having fun with sausage lately! I wanted to make sausage balls for a football party, but I wanted one with no Bisquick. (I don't use Bisquick.)

I found two, and I so far I like Martha Stewart's better. 

Martha Stewart's Sausage Balls

Here is the other one I found too, which also includes another recipe for turkey sausage to try! 

Sausage Balls

So yay for sausage balls! 

Thanksgiving Turkey

I decided to do a turkey breast in the slow cooker this year instead of a whole turkey in the oven. Other than not having as much turkey as I was used to, this was a great idea and a great recipe. The gravy was great too. I'm marking this as a keeper! 

http://www.kitchenparade.com/2008/11/slow-cooker-turkey-breast.php#turkey_gravy

Veggie Tostadas

This just looked like it would be good, it looked easy and it was different.

I am so glad I tried it. It was wonderful. The hubs and I both loved it. 

I made tacos for the kids...

I can't wait to make this again:

Veggie Tostadas

baked potatoes

I needed a good recipe for baked potatoes, as silly as this sounds. This one turned out really well, so I'm keeping it here!

Baked Potatoes 

Breakfast Sausage

I have looked for an easy breakfast sausage that I could make for a long time. I like to have it occasionally as patties served with breakfast and also like to use it in our favorite breakfast casserole. It was my aim to find a recipe that was both tasty and didn't have all the harmful ingredients that prepackaged sausage have.

This is the recipe I used, and I really like it. I used lean ground turkey. I think if there was anything I missed it was the greasiness of regular sausage. Perhaps using lean ground beef would add that wonderful missing ingredient?

This will definitely be a staple in our breakfast routine, and I can't wait to try it in the breakfast casserole recipe.

*** Edited to add. I did miss the greasiness of regular sausage. I have been carefully saving my good bacon grease, and in a moment of ingenuity I added about a teaspoon of grease to this recipe and they were perfect. Yay!

Kale, potato & turkey sausage soup

My friend Hayes is an amazing cook. She made me some of this soup 10 years ago, and I still remember how good it was and how much I loved it.

This recipe came up on my newsfeed the other day, and I decided to try it for myself. It was pretty easy to make but took a bit longer prep-wise than I was expecting. 

I'm pretty sure it's going to be worth it, though...

Kale, potato and turkey sausage soup

Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken

This is my new favorite website. I just happened upon it on Facebook and I'm so glad I did. 

This is the first recipe I tried, and it was really good. I can't wait to try more...

Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken