First, let me show you what the amazing people at Johnsonville® sent us!
Yes! We got these amazing casserole dishes completely free! These things cost $60 on Sur La Table! We also got several coupons for FREE sausage for our recipes. I received four which worked because we had to do three original recipes and then change up a ground beef recipe and use sausage instead.
I sent them a thank you email for being our sponsors and for sending this amazing gift and they responded with a wonderful letter as well as MORE coupons for $1.00 off their sausage. GREAT sponsors! Just amazing!
Now. Onto what I made throughout the month! It was a yummy month! My first recipe was 1-2-3 Jambalaya. Oh man! We've had Jambalaya before but this was AMAZING and so simple to make. You just use ZATARAIN'S® boxed Jambalaya mix, some creole seasoning, diced tomatoes, shrimp and sausage and BAM! You have a "one pan" dinner that's sure to please. I've made this again since but the second go-round, instead of cooking the rice in one pan and the sausage and shrimp in another and then combining, I used my handy George Foreman skillet and cooked up the sausage and shrimp then drained and wiped the pan. I then made up the rice mixture, added in the meat and set it to cook. We used it as a side the second time but it was definitely big enough and hearty enough to be considered a meal!
My second recipe was Johnsonville® One-Pan Italian. This is basically spaghetti with sausage. This is exactly how I cook my spaghetti only we use ground beef. Spaghetti was going to be my substitute recipe but then I found this one and decided to just make this one as my second required recipe. I used the Johnsonville® Italian Mild Sausage along with Prego® Italian Sausage Sauce and oh my gosh! It was delicious. I think it might be the best spaghetti I've ever made, seriously!
My third and final REQUIRED standard sausage recipe was Johnsonville® Italian Sausage Sliders. These were pretty good. I doubt we'd have them solely for a meal in the future because they're small (duh, they're sliders), however, as a breakfast food or a party/tailgating event these would be awesome. They're the perfect snack size. They're not messy and you can pretty much eat them anywhere, even if you're shouting at a TV because your team is losing!
My FINAL recipe for the overall March mission was my integrated recipe. We were to take a ground beef recipe and create it like usual only instead of ground beef, we had to use sausage. I made Taco Salad with mine. It was....interesting. I used Italian Mild Sausage, which combined with taco seasoning and eaten alone, was not the greatest. It tasted....sour maybe? I'm not sure how to describe it. However, after mixing it with the lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream and chips, it was actually pretty good. Oh yea, let me add that is also requires French dressing cooked into the meat which..... I've never seen done before. Maybe that's where the funny flavor came from. As I said though, all mixed together, it was actually pretty good.
I really enjoyed my month working with Johnsonville® sausages. There were plenty more recipes that I want to try and I will but it'll be a slow progression throughout the next few months. My poor family said they had enough sausage in one month!
Disclaimer:
I am an AllRecipes AllStar Brand Ambassador. This is a voluntary position which I am not compensated for.
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