Sausage, Peppers and Onions Sandwich #Gameday #Sandwich #Douglicious

I miss being in New York but one of the things I miss are the Astoria, Queens street fairs with the great smell of Sausage, Onions and Peppers cooking Italian style. Although I'm not there I can bring the great smell home and on this great weekend for football why not enjoy myself. This is a great sandwich for the hungry man or the starving children that are so hungry they are searching the cabinets for a snack. Quick and easy to make and the flavors are completely up to you. I'll give you my version of this great Sandwich and let me know how Doug-Licious it is!

 Ingredients: 
4 Bread Rolls
2 Red Bell Peppers
2 Green Bell Peppers
1 Sweet Yellow Onions
2 garlic cloves
28 oz Pork Sausage (Can also work with Turkey or Chicken Sausage)
1 tablespoon of Red Wine Vinegar
1 Tablespoon of Dill
2 Tablespoons on Olive Oil (I love this stuff)
Salt and pepper to taste

First Take your Peppers and Onions and give them a nice cut into batons set it aside. Next your going to slice your sausage up keep the cuts fairly thin but not to thin. Set this aside as well. 

Next Get your Skillet Hot medium high heat. add half tablespoon of Olive oil followed by your Peppers and Onions. I like to Saute the Veggies first then my meat and mix them together after wards. Saute the Peppers and Onions for about 4-5 minutes Add your Red wine and Dill to your veggies, and cook about 3 minutes, remove from heat. 

Next Get your skillet hot add remainder of Olive oil, Add in your Sausage and garlic be sure to move around so they do not burn. Cook for 15 minutes stirring around. Add in your precooked Peppers and Onions and cook for 5 more minutes. Once all mixed together Remove From heat.

Cut Your rolls across leaving a good amount of space in the back. Add your Sausage Peppers Onions inside and Slap in on a plate.
Next Devour Your Sandwich! Hope you enjoy and remember it's Doug-licious!!!

Zesty Vegetable Popcorn #MovieNight #LifegotHealthy Snacks

Browsing around the internet I came across a great way to add a little more Pop to your Corn... I know that's a little corny ha did it again. Seriously though This is a great recipe for you to add more flavor to your movie night snack without adding tons of Bacon, Butter and pounds to your waistline. I hope you enjoy this twist of Popcorn!!!


Ingredients:

1 Bag of Pop's Secret Popcorn
1 Tablespoon tomatoes diced
1 Tablespoon Red onion diced
1 Teaspoon Lemon juice
2 tablespoons shredded cheese
1 teaspoon of chili powder
1 teaspoon Ginger powder
1 teaspoon of salt

This is a simple recipe, First dice up all your veggies, and add them to your mixing bowl, add in your seasonings (Chili, Ginger and Salt). Next add your lemon juice while your dicing up you can get your popcorn in the microwave. When your Popcorn is ready take half the bag and add it to your mixing bowl with other ingredients. Take a Spoon and mix around. Plate it up and sprinkle your shredded cheese on the top.

Red Hot Pepper Sauce #Habanero

If you like Spicy and savory you are going to love this sauce forever! I actually got the inspiration from a sauce my wife told me about. Its a Liberian style sauce that is perfect for fish or chicken. For this particular time, I actually use this pepper sauce for a Pulled pork sandwich with Pickles on a brioche bun.

Ingredients: 

1 Habanero Pepper
1 Red bell pepper
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1.5 Cups beef stock
1 teaspoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon Olive oil
1 tablespoon Red wine vinegar
Splash of Lime Juice
Salt to taste

First. You want to give your peppers a nice small dice, be sure to discard the seeds from your Bell pepper, but keep everything from the habanero pepper the seeds have lots of heat needed for this sauce.

Get your Saute pan hot about med-high heat. Add your Oil after about 30 seconds your oil should be hot enough to add your peppers. Be careful when adding your peppers the heat and spice will transform the air from calm to nostril burning. LOL. You only need to Saute the peppers for about 2 minutes be sure to stir your peppers around and not to burn them. Next add your Beef stock bring to a boil. Next add you tomato paste be sure to stir it into the stock and have no lumps.

Reduce your sauce down a bit to your desired thickness, I like to get it  Add your Vinegar and lime juice and remove from heat. If you have a Stick blender or a Food processor puree the sauce till it is silky smooth add your salt and taste. Then your ready to add this great flavored fill sauce to a Fish dish or on a juicy piece of Chicken.

(SIDE NOTE) Habanero Mayo: Here is a great mix for a cold cut sandwich, Cool off your Red Pepper Sauce and mix in 1 tablespoon with 2 tablespoons of Mayo and this makes a great sandwich spread.