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Kudos to Cooking Light for this recipe - REALLY tasty, and fairly easy to make.  Total time to cook, about 25 minutes.  We just used off the shelf  Stop and Shop Italian Sausage links - very tasty, with lots of fennel.... yumm. Ingredients: 1 tbs olive oil 12 oz Italian Sausage - chopped.  If you get links - squeeze out of the skin. 1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper 2 cups coarsely chopped onion 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped carrot 3 garlic cloves, minced 3 1/2 cups water, divided 1 15oz can  unsalted tomato sauce 2/3 cup polenta 1 oz parm cheese, grated ( about 1/4 cup) 1/4 cup chopped flat leaf parsley, for garnish Directions: Heat, oil in large, high sided skillet.  Crumble, and cook until browned, about 6 minutes or so.  Stir in pepper.  Remove sausage from pan, and remove pan from heat - do NOT wipe out pan.  Add onion, carrot and garlic to pan, Cook 7 - 9 minutes until tender ( add a splash of water if needed to help the carrots along), c...

Cauliflower Fried Rice! Yummy Fried Rice, with no Rice! So I made this the other night, while my wife is away on a biz trip.  Pretty simple recipe - no rice involved.  You can make it vegetarian, but I chose to add some Chicken.  I also took the time to dice and saute fresh carrots, instead of using the tasteless frozen peas/carrots combo.  I used a knife to dice up the cauliflower - I think a food processor would render it too fine.  It's good to be a little chunky. So, here it is: Ingredients: 1 head cauliflower, cleaned, center cut out.  ( I quartered it and diced it by quarter, a little easier, than trying to dice the whole thing) 1 egg, beaten 1 small onion, diced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 cup carrots, diced fine ( about 3 medium sized) 2 stalks celery medium diced 1/2 c frozen peas 2 TBS soy sauce 1/2 TSP Sesame oil Pea sized squirt of Ginger paste ( tubes available in the produce section) 3 Green onions, not the white parts. 2 TBS olive oil 1 pkg p...