Recently my father moved in with us. He is a diabetic, my hubby is gluten and lactose intolerant with a stomach ulcer and I have some food sensitivities of my own. I went to culinary school a few years ago not to become a renowned chef, but to learn how to cook for groups of people and to adapt recipes.
Today I made, for the third time, my own pork sausage. I want a tasty, gluten free alternative to what you get in the stores. I start with lean ground organic pork and have been experimenting with herbs and spices. This last batch got sage, thyme and an Italian herb mixture, plus salt and only a sprinkle of white pepper so that it will be ulcer friendly. This time I made a sausage ragout for spaghetti, and made the rest into 3.5 ounce patties - they are great for putting on an English muffin (or GF bread) with an egg and some cheese (any resemblance to a major fast food outlet is open to interpretation!).
The ragout turned out very nice. I used crushed tomatoes (again organic), onions, the sausage and some organic chicken broth.
Oh, so while I am talking about all this organic and home made foods, my hubby comes in at lunch from walking the dogs through the park and says "it is baseball season at the park and I walked by the concession stand so can we have hot dogs and french fries"? Well, at least I made home made fries, and the hot dogs were all meat, no filler. It made Dad and hubby happy so I guess I can't always cook healthy!
But I am doing the best I can to get back to making home made instead of canned, frozen, packaged, etc. If I can manage one meal a day I should be happy with that.
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When you start making your own home-made hot dogs, let me know. I will have you nominated for cooking sainthood! Heeheehee! If I know you, you're probably halfway through your first batch now! And I'll bet they would be great! :)
ReplyDeleteHmm, never thought of that. Now you mention it, maybe I should get going on a recipe! LOL! But I am not ready for Sainthood.
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