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{Katie’s Kitchen} Baked Italian Sausage and Peppers

Brought to you by Catoctin Mountain Orchard 

EASY PEASY! That’s my theme this week for this dinner recipe! You only need a few ingredients and you’ve got yourself a delicious meal.

You will need sweet Italian sausage. You can normally find them 5-6 in a package from your local grocery store.

I started out chopping three peppers (2 green, 1 red) and slicing an onion. Lay the vegetables in the bottom of a 9×13 glass dish.

You can either use a can of crushed tomatoes, then season with pepper, salt, basil, and garlic powder OR you can you a jar of your favorite red sauce and pour it over top of the peppers and onion.

Then slice your sausage into about 4 pieces and place on top of everything in the dish.

Bake at 400˚F for 30-40 minutes, or until sausage is cooked through.

So yummy! You can serve over egg noodles or with cauliflower mashed potatoes on the side!

INGREDIENTS

  • 5-6 sweet Italian sausage links
  • 1 red bell pepper sliced
  • 1 green bell pepper sliced
  • 1 sweet yellow onion thinly sliced
  • 28 oz crushed tomatoes with basil (1 can)
  • OR Jar of your favorite red sauce
  • 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (optional)

 

 

 

Essential Superstars with Tranquillity at Fredericktowne Week 5

We went out this week with Tranquillity at Fredericktowne to recognize the amazing staff at Keeney & Basford Funeral Home.  The compassionate staff at Keeney and Basford Funeral Home have continued their excellent 24 hours per day, 7 days per week care of their clients despite the limitations imposed on them due to the Corona19 epidemic. They are truly essential workers here in Frederick County and deserve to be recognized for all of their hard work.

Way to go Keeney & Basford!  You are Essential Superstars!

Gabby’s Good News: Tenacious Marylander, Trash Collector Becomes Ivy League Scholar

 

From collecting trash to ivy league scholar.

Rehan Staton, a 24 year old sanitation worker from Bowie, Maryland refused to give up on his dreams and it paid off! He spoke with so much appreciation towards his family and co-workers who empowered him to strive for success.

After years of being rejected, tough family struggles and waking up before dawn for sanitation work…Rehan is living his “most surreal moment” finally getting accepted into Harvard.

His father worked multiple jobs to support their family including an older brother named Reggie after their Mom left the country when Rehan was 8 years old. Rehans family made MANY sacrifices to help pave the way for Rehan’s success. After 24 years, it finally paid off.

He was denied by every college he applied to in high school. But now was accepted by  Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, the University of Southern California and more this spring.

Rehan’s inspiring closing statement: “If you put in the effort and the work and you stay committed, things will fall into place.”

See more on the story HERE.

 

 

Essential Superstars with Tranquillity at Fredericktowne Week 4

We went out today with Tranquillity at Fredericktowne to honor the Essential Superstars at Dr. Mark Coyne’s office.  As a team they only had 2 people working in the office everyday and 2 working from home to answer phones and schedule appointments.  Way to go Superstars!

90’s Country Cover Challenge: Russell Dickerson, Carly Pearce and Dustin Lynch

Watch Russell Dickerson, Carly Pearce and Dustin Lynch sing in the 90s Country Cover Challenge. Russel covered Tim McGraw (ALMOST MADE ME CRY), Carly covered Patty Loveless and Dustin covered the king, George Strait.

90s country sure has made an impression on these guys and it shows. I love hearing new takes on classics. Country music artists are always paying respect to those who came before them and they do it with such pride!

{Katie’s Kitchen} Grilled Sausage, Chicken, Potato Kabobs

Brought to you by Catoctin Mountain Orchard!

It’s National Kabob Day! So I made you these tasty kabobs for grilling on a beautiful summer day 🙂

Super easy, just give yourself some time to let the chicken marinate.

Start out by cutting your chicken into bite sized pieces, and slicing the sausage into coins. Boil a pound of small potatoes for 10 minutes, drain and set aside. Then, cut up one large onion into about 1 1/2 inch pieces and set aside.

Chop your vegetables- I used whatever was in my fridge (Green pepper, white onion, mushrooms)

For the marinade:

In a mixing bowl add Italian Dressing, Mustard, pepper and Mrs. Dash together and pour over chicken and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate 1 hour to marinate.

Then…make your skewers by alternating ingredients!

Grill the kabobs, turning about every 4-5 minutes until chicken is cooked through. About 15 minutes.

Gabby’s Good News: Roux the Dog – Fourth of July Superhero

In Franklin, Tennessee, a dog became a Fourth of July hero, when she alerted her owner about a house fire next door.

The dog, named Roux, alerted her owner, Jeff LeCates, to the neighbor’s house being on fire — a blaze that was started by fireworks.

When Jeff woke up, he was able to wake the family of three next door — and get everyone out safely before firefighters arrived and put the fire out. Everyone escaped without injuries, all thanks to the warning offered by Roux. Way to go DOGGO!

Turns out, Jeff’s neighbor actually helped him adopt Roux and find her forever home with him. She’s a dog groomer, who knew Jeff had lost his German Shepherd 15 months ago. Knowing Roux needed a home, she helped to facilitate the adoption.

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