So many recipes made around the Christmas holidays call for crystallized ginger, and it’s so gosh darn expensive to buy. I decided to make some from scratch – I was able to make 2.5 cups of crystallized ginger for half the cost of a 2 oz bottle bought at the store!
I started with Bruce Moffitt’s recipe, but made some minor changes. They’re listed below:
Last week, I was able to get a really good deal on polish and smoked sausage – $1 for a 3/4 lb package. Couldn’t pass that up! I was looking around to see what I could make with the sausage and with shredded coleslaw mix. I found Rachael Ray’s Sausage, Cabbage and Potato Stew. I made a couple of changes to suit what I had on hand (you’ll find the recipe for what I made below the break).
All I can say is oh my god, it’s good! I could easily have devoured the entire pot myself, it was so yummy. It got Ari’s seal of approval too – she gobbled up everything in her bowl. Definitely being added to the list of family favorites.
A “boring” week this week, as I’m focusing on Christmas cookies and food gifts. I’ll post more about that later.
Saturday Breakfast: self-serve
Saturday Lunch: ate out
Saturday Supper: Chicken Tortilla Bake
Sunday Breakfast: biscuit crusted sausage pie
Sunday Lunch: self-serve
Sunday Supper: cheeseburgers & fries (used my grill pan and baked the fries)
Monday Breakfast: scrambled eggs & cinnamon toast
Monday Lunch: Lisa – roasted veggie lasagna; Ari – hot lunch; Don – hot lunch
Monday Supper: spaghetti
Tuesday Breakfast: pancakes
Tuesday Lunch: Lisa – leftover spaghetti & veggies; Ari – home lunch; Don – home lunch
Tuesday Supper: Jerked Pork Pizza (home made everything)
Wednesday Breakfast: french toast
Wednesday Lunch: Lisa – sandwich & veggies; Ari – school lunch; Don – school lunch
Wednesday Supper: Sausage & Cabbage Soup
Thursday Breakfast: birds in a nest, fruit
Thursday Lunch: Lisa – ham & cheese melt; Ari – home lunch; Don – home lunch
Thursday Supper: Sausage & Pepper Burritos
Friday Breakfast: cereal
Friday Lunch: Lisa – ham & cheese melt; Ari – home lunch; Don – home lunch
Friday Supper: eat out
Update (12/17/09): Changed the menu around a bit to reflect what we actually ate, and added in the link for the Sausage & Cabbage Soup.
Sundays are days that usually start out really slow for us. If I cook breakfast (and I usually do), we end up eating around 10:30 am. I wanted to try and avoid that this weekend, so I made breakfast Saturday night so that we could just reheat it the next morning. Below you’ll find my version of Rachael Ray’s Biscuit-Crusted Sausage-Egg Pie. I actually made 2 pies – one with sausage, the other with chicken. The sausage one turned out pretty good, and I have high hopes for the one with chicken, which is in the freezer right now.
While I hate the cold of winter, I love being able to cook up soups and stews. Luckily, my family feels the same, especially if there’s a side of fresh baked biscuits. 
This soup was inspired by the need for something hearty, with a good amount of protein for me and just enough carbs to make the soup filling for Matt and the kids. I checked out several versions of this soup online, picked out the bits I liked best, then threw it all together to make my own version.
It’s been added to the “yes, we’d love to eat it again” list. I’ve included the nutrition information for the soup, but you need to be aware the fat count is way off. Yes, there’s half a pound of bacon, but all the fat that came out when it was cooked was drained off, so it’s not as bad as it looks.
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