Cass Cooks, Too!

I had excellent results at the store yesterday, spending about $100 and ending up with enough meat for 12 main meals, plus leftovers, and almost five pounds of squash! I also had to buy a few spices. Combined with what we already had, I don’t think I’ll need much beyond bread and milk for at least two weeks. PLUS! We are using AngelFood for the first time this month, and that will stretch it even further. I’ll tell you more about that after we get our food, and I see what it looks like. But enough babbling, let’s get to the eating!

We’re having:
Polish sausage/squash/dirty rice
Soda pop chicken
Fish
Fried chicken
Hot dogs
BBQ ribs

Oh! This week is the Family Favorite Edition, and that means I should give a recipe. I almost forgot. Hmm, most of the stuff on my menu is just “food”, meaning I have cooked it for so long I no longer think of it as a recipe. I think I will tell you how I plan to make the polish sausage/squash/rice, and even that isn’t rocket science.

I’ll start with:
2 boxes of dirty rice, approx cost $2.50
3 packages of Polish sausage that I found for 99 cents each for a total of $3
2 pounds of squash, at an approx cost of $2 (also on sale)
2 onions

I’ll fix the rice according to the package directions. While that is cooking, I will slice and brown the sausage, and while the sausage is browning, I will slice the squash and onions. After the sausage browns, I’ll saute the squash and onions in a little bacon grease with salt and pepper until it is tender. I like my squash to be a little browned in places, so I start the heat high to make that happen, and then turn it down. (I do the same for the sausage.) When it’s done, I will mix it all together and serve it. I’ll have to come back and edit the post to show the finished dish, but here is a tantalizing shot of the ingredients. I’m such a tease, aren’t I?

So what are you cooking? Click the button above and join in the menu planning fun!

EDITED to add the picture of the finished dish.