Homemade Lean Turkey Sausage ~ New Breakfast Recipe and other tidbits

To make the new breakfast casserole, I needed sausage. The recipe called for Italian, but I simply used my homemade sausage recipe, by swapping out the pork with lean ground turkey. I put the extra into the freeze for other meals.

I made a new breakfast casserole, but after putting it together it is basically like a bake I make, only the potatoes are swapped out with cauliflower. It's very good, but I will season it up next time with either jalapenos, garlic or fire powder. I topped it with dandelion greens as well.

Today, I am on the hunt for someone to at least remove the popcorn ceiling. Wish we luck. Nothing is cheap anymore. We can do the painting, but I have never removed the popcorn ceiling. The floor work is slow going right now, which is driving me crazy.

I signed up to make rolls for one Thanksgiving, and yesterday realized, I cannot get to my recipes. They are buried in my office, where the door is in the living room. It's packed with stuff from the living room, and of course the floor is not in yet. I guess I'm off the hook for that this year ha ha!

I may take a mashed cauliflower dish. I mean, I need something my husband can eat. That's the bad thing of a get together - all the options are not healthy, other than maybe deviled eggs. When I think about it, almost all but the meat is bad - cheesy potatoes, corn casserole, sweet potato bakes have brown sugar toppings, stuffing, rolls, mashed potatoes, corn, any side salads with pasta in it....heck even my BBQ crock pot green beans have brown sugar in it. I guess I'm on the hunt for some other healthy sides, besides sweet potatoes with garlic, butter and thyme.

Well, we are to get rain and snow today. And it's another day waiting on a quote to get the gutters cleaned before the weather gets too bad.

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Horsetail Salve ~ A "first" this Year

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Chit Chat

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New Recipe Tried and other Bits

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