Chocolate Dip

I've tried a lot of chocolate dips, but this one . . . oh, boy.

In a saucepan, melt one bag of Hershey's Special Dark chocolate chips with 3/4 cup heavy cream.

Serve with fruit, cookies, pretzels, etc.

Sausage Casserole

I really liked this.

Layer in a greased casserole dish:

one head of chopped cabbage
two cups of cooked rice
one pound of pork sausage that has been cooked with onion and celery
two cans of tomato soup plus one can of water

Bake at 360 for 40 minutes and then top with a little mozzarella and return to oven to melt.

I guess this is kind of like unstuffed cabbage rolls.

Pasta with Sausage

This was a desperation dinner that turned out pretty well:

Cook one pound of pasta. Near the end of the cooking time, throw in 1.5 cups of frozen spinach. Drain, but not all the way. Add cooked diced sausage (I had spinach and feta sausage) and a can of Italian-style diced tomatoes.

Honeyed Lentils

We loved this. If you added spicy sausage and served it over rice, it would be a great complete meal. (Tonight we had it as a side dish.) I adapted the recipe from A Year of Crock Potting.

--1 1/2 cups lentils
--3 cups water
--1/2 red onion, diced
--1 can garbanzo beans
--1/2 cup shredded carrot
--1 tsp salt
--1 tsp mustard
--1/4 tsp ginger
--2 T soy sauce
--1/3 cup honey

Cook on low for a few hours.