Mmm sausage

Coming back strong after the cheese fiasco, the beer bread turned out very good. The couple of tweaks I did to it really made it wonderful. Hopefully, it's a winner. After the Fair, I'll post the recipe for you.

This morning I was going to do a trial run of the pumpkin bars but I overslept a bit, and was faced with a mountain of dishes in the sink which made me not want to add to the chaos. So, I cleaned that up, cleaned myself up & headed to work.

Last night we enjoyed Johnsonville smoked turkey sausages. I seared them in a big skillet, then threw in some beer & simmered them away. I also roasted some fingerling potatoes and steamed some broccoli. The sausages were excellent- check them out, especially 'cause one sausage has 110 calories and six grams of fat. Usually the full fat version has around 280 calories and 22-26 grams of fat- yowza.

Always good to have a quick easy option for dinner in a hurry. And even better, they were on sale.

And speaking of sausage, have I written about how great Morningstar Farms Italian crumbles are? Monday after yoga, I sliced up some leftover ciabatta bread, slathered on a little marinara sauce, topped with sausage crumbles and cheese- baked until bubbly. A great lower-cal version of french bread pizza- remember the Stouffers french bread pizza? As a child of the 70's, I have fond memories of that and of my own personal pizza, on an English muffin.

I did finish an excellent book last night, The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner. Great thriller, great characters, nice twists- I really can't wait to dive into the rest of her books since now they are available in the States. Check her out- here's her website: http://www.meggardiner.com/

Now I just got to figure out what to read next...