Saucy Venison Sausage Balls

I pinned this recipe over a year ago from The Daily Dish. Made a couple of changes like making my own meatballs rather than using frozen. These were a big hit at my fams early Thanksgiving.

3 lbs spicy venison ground sausage
2 10 oz jars apricot preserves
28 oz bbq sauce

Form sausage into balls, about 32. Place on cooking sheet lined with parchment paper.

Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes. Let cool slightly. Place in crock pot. In medium bowl combine preserves with bbq sauce.

Pour sauce over the meatballs. Heat on low for about 2-3 hours.

Load in car, drive 3 hours to moms. Plug crock pot back in, set on warm and watch how fast it's devoured! Enjoy!!

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Crock-Pot Sweet Kielbasa

I pinned this recipe months ago, finally made it about two months ago and am now getting around to posting it here. This was found at Crock-Pot Ladies. They have a wonderful variety of recipes for your crock pot. I will prob be using more of them when I change jobs. So easy and sooo yummy!!

2 lbs kielbasa sausage, cut into bite sized pieces
1 cup unsweetened applesauce
2 Tbsp dijon mustard
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 cloves garlic, minced

Place sausage in crock pot. Mix remaining ingredients. Pour over sausage. Heat on low for six hours. Serve and enjoy!

Sorry for the lack of pics, will add those next time I make this - I hope. Meanwhile the crock pot ladies to have a pic of the final product that you can view by clicking on the link at the top of this page.

Sausage-Rice Skillet

I had planned on making this recipe a few weeks ago but ended up using the rice in This Recipe and making sausage wraps with the sausage. Well, I finally got around to making what I had originally planned. Turned out yummy, I like this much better than the Texas Rice!

2 Tbsp olive oil
3 sausage links, sliced (links should be about the length of a hot dog bun)
1/2 cup chopped red onion
11 oz box of Texas rice, Texzest flavor
2 1/2 cups water
cilantro

Heat oil in skillet.

Add the sausage and onion and cook over med-high heat until sausage is browned and onion is tender.

Stir in rice and continue to cook until rice begins to brown (similar to how you would cook rice-a-roni) Add the water and seasoning pouch from rice. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cove and cook for about 15 minutes, until rice is done and water absorbed.

Top with cilantro leaves. Serve and enjoy!

Sausage Potato Skillet

I found this wonderful dish for Skillet Sausage and Potatoes when looking for good camp recipes. It can be cooked over a campfire or on a stove top. I cooked mine inside. It makes a great breakfast but could be a simple lunch or dinner as well. This was breakfast for two mornings for us and we loved it!

4 links sausage, about one pound
3 to 5 Tbsp olive oil
2 lbs unpeeled red potatoes
1/2 of a very large yellow onion
1 tsp dried thyme, crushed
2 tsp cumin seed, slightly crushed
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

Cut potatoes into cubes. Heat oil in skillet. Add potatoes.

Cut onion into small wedges and add to skillet with potatoes. Cook over med-high heat for 12 minutes or until potatoes are nearly tender, stirring occasionally. Slice sausage about 1/4 inch thick and add to potato mixture. Add oil one Tbsp at a time as needed to prevent sticking. Cook for about 10 minutes until potatoes and onion are slightly brown and tender. Stir in thyme, cumin seed, salt and pepper and continue cooking for one minute.

Serve and enjoy!

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