Spicy Sausage and Penne Casserole with Broccoli Breadcrumbs

Spicy Sausage and Penne Casserole with Broccoli BreadcrumbsTheKitchn, one of my favorite recipe sites featured these broccoli breadcrumbs. In looking for a good casserole to put these on, I found this Spicy Sausage and Penne Casserole. The two were made for each other. A good way to add some veggies to a casserole!

Spicy Sausage and Penne Casserole with Broccoli Breadcrumbs

MealsWeLike.com
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Main
Servings 4 -6

Ingredients
  

  • 12 oz Box of whole wheat Penne pasta
  • 1 Package of andouille sausage thinly sliced (about 12 oz)
  • 1/2 onion chopped
  • 1 Red bell pepper chopped
  • 2 Tbs butter
  • 2 Tbs flour
  • 1 1/2 Cups Milk
  • 2 Cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese
  • 1 tsp Creole seasoning
  • A good grinding of pepper
  • 2 medium broccoli heads finely chopped
  • 2 Tbs olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Spray a 2-quart casserole.
  • Cook pasta according to package directions; drain, rinse, and set aside.
  • In a large skillet, cook the sausage with onion and red peppers until things start to brown.
  • Put the mixture on a plate.
  • Melt butter in the same skillet over medium heat
  • Stir in flour.
  • Gradually add the milk
  • Add creole seasoning.
  • Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened.
  • Add the cheese and stir until melted.
  • Add salt and pepper to taste.
  • Stir in the drained pasta and sausage mixture.
  • Pour into the prepared casserole dish.
  • Bake for 20 minutes.
  • While that's cooking, chop the broccoli and toss with olive oil.
  • Top the casserole with the broccoli and bake for another 10 minutes.

 

Sweet Potato, Caramelized Onion and BBQ Cheddar Pizza

Sweet Potato, Caramelized Onion PizzaI found this recipe on Once Upon a Cutting Board a while ago and have made it twice already. The first time I made it, I was looking for a potluck dish and had the ingredients on hand. But since I didn’t want to deal with transporting a pizza to a potluck, I rolled out the dough, cut circles out and lined muffin tins with the dough. I added topping and baked. They were a real hit at the party! It was so good that we decided to make for dinner as regular pizzas.

Sweet Potato, Caramelized Onion and BBQ Cheddar Pizza

MealsWeLike.com, adapted from Once Upon A Cutting Board
Delicious pizzas
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Main dish
Cuisine Pizza
Servings 4 -6

Ingredients
  

  • 2 Medium sweet potatoes peeled and diced into about ½-inch pieces
  • 2 Large sweet onions peeled, halved and sliced
  • 1/2 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 Tbs Olive oil
  • Ground pepper
  • 1 ball of pizza dough or 4 pieces of whole wheat naan bread
  • 4-6 Tbs BBQ sauce
  • 1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 375--if you are using a pizza stone, put that in now.
  • Dice the sweet potatoes and toss with about 1 Tbs of olive oil.
  • Spread on a baking sheet and roast for 20-30 minutes or until nicely browned.
  • While that is cooking, heat the other Tbs of olive oil in a pan and sauté the onions on medium heat stirring occasionally for 15 minutes.
  • Add a grinding of pepper and the sugar.
  • Continue sautéing for another 15-20 minutes. The onions should be deeply browned.
  • Once the potatoes are cooked, remove from the oven and bump the temp up to 450 or so to cook the pizza.
  • Combine the sweet potatoes, onions and BBS sauce in a bowl and mix. If you are mixing muffins, add about half of the cheddar cheese here too.
  • For pizzas, roll out the dough, top with the onions and potatoes. Top with cheese and bake.
  • For muffins, roll out the dough, cut rounds big enough to line the muffin cups, and put the dough in the cups. Add the onions and potatoes, top with remaining cheddar and bake.

 

Meals for the Week, Jan 11-17

We have a new pressure cooker, so we’ll be exploring some ways to use that.

  1. Pressure Cooker Easy Chicken and Rice
  2. Carnitas Under Pressure (scroll WAY down to get to recipe!) with black beans
  3. Pressure Cooker Braised Kale and Carrots with Burgers
  4. A salad with black beans, bacon, corn, tomatoes, hard boiled eggs and cheddar cheese along the line of this one
  5. The Sweet Potato and Caramelized Onion Pizzas that we made as a pot-luck dish a couple of weeks ago, but this time as pizza.
  6. Spicy Sausage and Pene Casserole using Broccoli Breadcrumbs
  7. Green Bean withMushrooms and Crispy Onions and Citrus Grilled Chicken

Meals for the Week, Jan 4 -10

Happy New Year!…This is the 3rd anniversary for this blog! This is still mostly a site we use for our own benefit in keeping meal plans organized and posting some of our favorite recipes. There’s a long backlog of recipes I’d like to post, but finding time is not always easy–though there are over 100 recipes posted here.

Hope others out there enjoy the meal plans–there’s 580 people subscribed to the site, though I’m sure most of those are spam addresses. If you’re a real person, and read the blog, go ahead and post a comment–it’s always nice to know others are reading!

Here’s this week’s meals:

  1. Roasted Red Pepper Pasta Bake
  2. Pumpkin Ravioli
  3. Beef with Snow Peas [and broccoli]
  4. Slow Cooker Asian Pork Tacos with Red Cabbage Slaw
  5. Grilled chicken and Broccoli Salad
  6. Garbanzo Beans and Kale