After having dinners here and there for the last several days, it seems like there is not much of anything different to have!! I think I am going to make a spicy sausage soup. I don't really know what to call it, but here is how I make it!

Brown about 1/2 pound of sausage, add some onions and green peppers, then add a jar of spaghetti sauce and one of whole tomatoes. A little water if it is too thick. Some Italian spices like oregano, basil and lots of garlic. Cook this for a while, and about 20-30 minutes before serving I add about 1 to 1 1/2 cups of some kind of pasts, like shells or rotini. Cook until the pasta is done. Spoon into bowls and sprinkle with a small handfull of mozzarella cheese. I will serve with a loaf of home-made wheat bread. This is good, warm and spicy!

What is for supper at your house???

-- Melissa (me@home.net), December 27, 2001

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Tonight is John Michael's birthday bash. He has never had a "real" birthday party , only myself ,grandma &pa, and my sister. This year he wanted a party so I said yes. Between family and the few friends and their parents he invited I am expecting over 40 people. Mostly family!! I had to have it in the church gym to fit everyone. I am serving homemade chili pies, sweet cornbread and for those who do not like chili, cheesy potatoe soup. I have also made him a horse cake and homemade icecream(with the left over candycanes!)God BLess

-- Micheale from SE Kansas (mbfrye@totelcsi.net), December 27, 2001.

Farmer style spareribs oven baked with homemade barbque sauce, mashed potatoes, broccoli,applesauce and bisquits. I bet we will have leftover turkey for lunch again. I love it!!!!!

-- Jenny (auntjenny6@aol.com), December 27, 2001.

Two kinds of lasagna. Vegetable and my husband's favorite.

-- Cindy (SE. IN) (atilrthehony@hotmail.com), December 27, 2001.

Melissa- that soup sounds great! Kind of like liquid pizza! What type of sausage do you use? Sounds like maybe Italian?????

-- Kelly (ksaderholm@yahoo.com), December 28, 2001.

Your all doing a lot better than me I made two boxes of tuna helper that will last til the babes go to grandma's.

-- melinda (speciallady104@hotmail.com), December 28, 2001.

Yes. Kelly that is what Cale calls it! Pizza soup. the sausage I buy from the local Rotary group. They sell it two times a year as a fundraiser. It is so good, barely any fat at all. I get the Italian flavor, but it is not too spicy, so I spice it up some more. Nothing is too spicy for me! I use home-canned tomatoes and home-made sauce so it is a cheap meal. It fed all 6 of us, plus 4 hungry hunter friends!

Tonight I am having a left-over meatloaf, it is frozen but I am putting it in the crock-pot. I made it with ground deer meat, and wild hog sausage, then I added a half a jar of salsa, and some oats and a few other spices. In with it I will cook carrots and potatoes and I will fix a loaf of potato bread. For dessert I am having a lemon pie (left-over from Christmas) The carrots I canned myself, and the potatoes are from the garden.

Melinda, I got a blender too. I want to dry some nutritious drinks also. We will have to post some good recipes!

-- Melissa (me@home.net), December 28, 2001.