Slow Cooking Thursday ~ Sausage Pasta Stew
It’s been awhile since I shared a delicious slow cooker recipe with you and this one is soooo good! I will admit that it does require a little more work than a recipe I would normally recommend does but it is worth it and I’ll even share my shortcut tips (in red).
Sausage Pasta Stew
1 pound turkey Italian sausage links, casings removed (did this the night before to save time in the am)
4 cups water
1 jar (26 oz) meatless spaghetti sauce
1 can (16 oz) kidney beans, rinsed and drained
1 medium yellow summer squash, halved lengthwise and cut into 1-inch pieces (I asked hubby really really nicely and he did this for me the night before)
2 medium carrots, cut into 1/4 inch slices (I used baby carrots and didn’t bother to cut them up)
1 medium sweet red pepper, diced
1/3 cup chopped onion (I just cut into big chunks and then picked them out later)
1 1/2 cups uncooked spiral pasta
1 cup frozen peas (didn’t have any so just skipped but it sure would have looked even prettier with them)
1 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
In a nonstick skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain and place in a 5 quart slow cooker. Add water, spaghetti sauce, beans, summer squash, carrots, red pepper and onion; mix well. Cover and cook on low for 7-9 hours or until vegetables are tender.
Stir in the pasta, peas, sugar, salt and pepper; mix well. Cover and cook on high for 15-20 minutes or until pasta is tender.
Yield: 8 servings
Source: Taste of Home Slow Cooker Recipes 2007
Doesn’t that look pretty and colorful and so perfect for fall! Served with delicious homemade bread from the breadmachine, so yummy!Don’t forget to visit Sandra’s place for many more slow cooker recipes.
Enjoy!!
Fall 2007 ~ 30 Day Organizational Challenge coming soon!
Okay ladies, I’ve reviewed all your lovely comments, took them all into consideration and then promptly decided that I didn’t want to alleinate anyone from participating. In fact I want this to be an opportunity for everyone to get a space or room organized in your home without having too many limitations or parameters. So look for this challenge to be run very similar to the last one that took place in the spring with two categories, a small space AND a whole room. In other words no excuses! This is it! I’ve been a busy little bee behind the scenes over the last month securing sponsorship once again so that you will also have a little motivation to keep you going, besides the tiny little factor of having your before pictures documented for all the world to see!
The competition will begin on November 1st and run for the entire month of November. On November 1st I’ll put up a Mr. Linky for you to link up your “before” photos and before you go getting all panicky about that, remember this….the worse the before picture, the greater chance for improvement, the better the chance of winning. That’s how it works, so display those before pictures proudly I say!!
Do yourself a favor and treat yourself to an organized space this Christmas. You are worth it!!
Organizing is a PROCESS not a destination.
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Talk About Tuesday ~ Ebay Pile
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So apparently I’m having this thing with piles. Last week I talked about my purge pile, this week I’m talking about my Ebay pile! This is what I’ve been busy doing:
On Sunday I spent many hours putting all this stuff up on Ebay. I’ve been procrastinating doing it forever but I suddenly found myself with plenty of motivation. What’s that you ask? Oh only my first ticket ever….uggg…but not for speeding…I went right through a stop sign in front of a cop. Definitely not one of my finest moments. Now I’ve got to make some money so I can pay up!
I’ll be honest, I don’t particularly enjoy selling through Ebay. It’s so much work but the payoff can be nice with the right products so I occassionally make the effort. The types of things I sell are mostly name brand products (5 pairs of Robeez for instance) or things that can’t be consigned here like books or baby gear. You always know when I’m Ebaying because food items in my cupboard start losing their boxes so I can package items up :)
Menu Plan Monday – Oct 15th
Hi everyone! I am feeling better now, whew, being sick is never fun. Thank goodness I had crockpots meals on the menu for two of the days last week. Since they are so quick and easy to prepare I was still able to have supper ready for hubby when he came home from work, despite being sick. Thank you to everyone who left me well wishes. I really appreciate it!
I’m so so sorry for all those (myself included) that got spammed through their MPM post last week. It disgusts me and if anyone knows what to do about it please let me know!
Yesterday I got my freezer re-organized and I’m hopefully going to share pictures of that later on this week. What’s more exciting than that…lol!
So here is what is on our menu:
Monday: Fresh Asian Chicken Salad with homemade bread (breadmachine!). I like to keep it pretty simple since Monday is my busiest day of the week.
Tuesday: Crockpot Sausage Pasta Stew (I’ll post the recipe on Thursday if it turns out)
Wednesday: Crockpot Tarragon Mushroom Chicken served with rice
Thursday: Leftover buffet
Friday: Crystal’s homemade pizza in less than 30 minutes!
Have a great week everyone!!
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