Easy Recipe: Polish Sausage and Pierogies

Recently, Johnsonville sent me a new polish sausage recipe to try. The recipe was for Polish Sausage and Pierogies. Not one person in my family, including myself, had ever tried pierogies before. Since we all love Johnsonville Polish Sausages, we were happy to give the recipe a try.

I do want to point out that there are different ways to prepare the frozen pierogies. We tried to bake them and they came out a little dry on the outside and had no flavor. So I am going to suggest to saute them in a little butter in the recipe below.

Recipe: Polish Sausage and Pierogies

INGREDIENTS:

2 packages (16oz each) frozen pierogies

1 package (16oz) Johnsonville Polish Sausage, cut into 1-inch pieces

1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced

3 Tbsp butter

chopped fresh parsley

Step 1. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large skillet. Saute pierogies until tender and thoroughly heated. Remove pierogies from pan.

Step 2. Melt an additional 2 tablespoons of butter in skillet. Add sliced onions and saute for approximately 15 minutes until tender, stirring occasionally.

Step 3. Add cut polish sausage to onions. Cook for 5 minutes or until golden brown. Stir occasionally to ensure sausages cook evenly.

Step 4. Add cooked pierogies to sausage and onions. Stir and heat for 1 minute.

Step 5. Serve immediately. Sprinkle with parsley.

This recipe yields approximately 6 adult size servings. To view more easy sausage recipes, visit Johnsonville.com .

Thank you to Johnsonville for sending us a complimentary product sample to try out this recipe.

Easy Recipe: Johnsonville PigTails & Fries

Everybody knows that I only make easy recipes with five ingredients or less. The one I have to share today is from Johnsonville's recipes and only uses two ingredients. It is also super-easy to make. Usually we modify recipes to suit our family's taste, but there was nothing to change about this particular recipe, although I would love to try it with onions someday.

This recipe can be prepared either baked or fried. We opted for baking because it just seemed healthier than deep frying something that is already rich in oil.

Recipe: PigTails & Fries

INGREDIENTS:

1 package (approximately 28oz) frozen curly fries

1 package (13.5oz to 16oz) Johnsonville Polish Sausage (can be substituted with other varieties of smoked sausage)

Step 1. Preheat oven at 450 degrees.

Step 2. Slice each sausage in half lengthwise. Then slice each half lengthwise into three long strips.

Step 3. Spread fries out in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake for 17 to 20 minutes, turning fries about halfway through the cooking time.

Step 4. Spread sausage strips out in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake for 12 to 14 minutes. Strips should curl and begin to brown.

Step 5. Immediately serve sausage strips together with fries while still hot.

Yields approximately 6 servings.

We tried to serve ours with rice because the sausage and the fries were a bit spicy. We were expecting our children to eat all their rice and leave the rest of their food, like always, but instead we were surprised. They actually ate all their PigTails & Fries and were too full to eat their rice.

In addition to being both kid and adult-friendly, this dish only costs about $0.91 per serving. So it would be a cost-effective dish to serve or bring to your next get-together. To find more Johnsonville recipes, visit Johnsonville.com and Tailgateville.Johnsonville.com .

Thank you to Johnsonville for sending us complimentary product samples and product coupons to base this review upon.

Ruby Tuesday: Brats in My House?

These are the kind of brats that are always welcome in our house! My husband and I love to have beer brats grilled and topped with onions and peppers. It's a shame that our two youngest children do not care for onions and peppers. Luckily our oldest likes his brats cooked this way too, so it's 3 against 2!

If you'd like to see more Ruby Tuesday photos, go visit Mary at Work of the Poet!

Johnsonville Brats Fans Enter the "Grillville" Sweepstakes

Johnsonville Beer Brats has been a long-time favorite in my house. They just melt in your mouth. How do you like your brats? We prefer ours grilled and served with well-cooked onions and peppers. Even our 3 children, 2 of which are just about the pickiest eaters in the whole world, love Johnsonville Brats. The peppers, however, are another story entirely.

Through July 20th of 2010, you are invited to play in the Johnsonville ShareYourVille Sweepstakes! There are $30,000 worth of cash and prizes to be given out from generous sponsors, such as Hefty, Coleman, Gander Mountain, and of course Johnsonville. One of the prizes is a $10,000 cash prize!

How to enter . . .

1. Upload a short video into one of the 4 categories (Friendsville, Familyville, Eventville, and Locationville). You will get to choose between 2 divisions . . . Amateur or Pro. You can use the same video for more than one category as long as it fits the theme. The first 50 video entrants will automatically received coupons for Free Johnsonville products.
2. Play the Grillville Game! (Careful . . . it's a bit addictive.)
3. Look around on Facebook and the web for Grillville Code Words. Here's one to get you started . . .

This Week’s Johnsonville GRILLVILLE Secret Code Word is "BRATS"

Check 3 Garnets & 2 Sapphires Facebook page for another secret Grillville Code Word.

To learn more about this and other fun Johnsonville contests, visit ShareYourVille.com, Johnsonville.com, JvilleSausage on Twitter, and Johnsonville on Facebook.

Thank you to Johnsonville for sending us grilling products free of charge to base this review upon and for providing us with sweepstakes information to share with our readers.