St. Patrick's Day Breakfast Feasts

Breakfast at Minnich Manor is an interesting time. Monday through Friday, it is dry cereal as Dave will not touch the fat free skim milk with cereal (yeah, I know).  Therefore, on Saturday or Sundays, he expects a bit more.  However, it is not without it's moments of decision.

MMMMmmm yummy for the tummy

Saturday morning was easy.... I said I could do sausage and eggs, but had no toast.  He said, while still in bed, he could go get some... and then he said he could get some tortilla things. My response was, 'You want breakfast burritos?'  "Yes"..... So not only did he go to Food Lion for bread but picked up some fresh sour cream, salsa, and tortillas. 

Breakfast Burritos

1/3 pound hot sausage
2 teaspoons taco seasoning
1/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped green bell pepper- optional
5 eggs slightly beaten
flour tortillas
salsa
sour cream
cheese!

1. Cook and crumble sausage to beginnning to brown- add onions and peppers.  Season with taco seasoning
2. When sausage is done and veggies tender, add the slightly beatend eggs and scramble away.
3.  Prepare tortilla with cheese.  Fill with egg/sausage mixture. Top with salsa and sour cream.

Tada... Breakfast burritos! 

On Sunday morning, we had a wonderful standby- Pancakes.  Only in the spirit of St Paddy's Day- I made them green!

Got Balls?

I hated the idea of sausage balls as a kid--- and cheese balls too. I mean, who would want to eat a big ole ball of cheese or sausage?  Ugghh...

Well, somewhere along the way, I grew to love all cheeses... and eventually sausage (the hotter the better)--  Yeah, I am thrilled with loving all those calories... but it's the holiday season, right?

I had put it off as long as I could... sausage balls were made tonight.  However, I tried out a new recipe (found on Pinterest- of course, as Dave would say) that uses cream cheese (seriously? the devil you say) in addition to my favorite sharp cheddar cheese- damn you Pinterest!  The cream cheese is quite nice in the recipe and this will continue... next holiday season!

And since I live my life in "Seinfeld" and "SNL" references, I give you my recipe for Schweddy Sausage Balls....

1 lb hot sausage, uncooked
8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 1/4 cups Bisquick
4 oz cheddar cheese, shredded
2 tsp red pepper flakes
1 tsp garlic powder
cracked black pepper

1. Preheat oven to 400
2.  Mix ingredients and form into walnut size balls.  There is simply NO easy way to form these balls-- be prepared to get your hands on those balls- I use foil on my baking sheet to keep the grease from ruining my bakeware!
3.  Bake for 18-21 minutes or until brown. 


Yes, Schweddy Sausage Balls are a Dave fave...even this new recipe--  in fact, I sent him north with a baggie filled when we first began dating... the way to a man's heart is through his tummy!  :)