Ingredients

3 12 oz Papa George Reduced Fat Pork Sausage (Italian and any flavor combination - Regular or Hot)

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 4 tablespoons red chili powder
• 2 tablespoons garlic powder or garlic salt
• 4 cups cold water
• 1 cup fresh diced tomatoes
• ½ cup diced green chilies
• ¼ cup minced onion
• ¼ cup onion, chopped
• 1 ½ cups green chili hot sauce
• Salt to taste
• 8 white flour tortillas
• 1 lbs reduced fat cheddar, shredded
• ½ head lettuce, chopped

Cooking Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Melt butter in a skillet. Add flour and brown lightly to make a roux. Add red chili powder, garlic powder, and cold water. Simmer slowly until gravy thickens. Set aside.

In a separate bowl, crush tomatoes. Add chilies and minced onion and blend well.

Brown sausage and chopped onion in skillet. The Papa George Reduced Fat Pork Sausage does not lead to excess grease for draining. Add green chili sauce. Turn heat to low and simmer until warm. Prepare a 9x13 inch baking dish and place a couple of tablespoons of gravy on the bottom to prevent the food from sticking. Dip each tortilla in gravy and lay flat in the baking dish. Spread meat filling across the center of the tortillas, top with shredded cheese and lettuce. Roll up the tortilla and when finished, pour left over gravy over the tortillas. Sprinkle with more cheese. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve hot.

Makes 8 servings.

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Ingredients

2 12 oz Papa George Reduced Fat Pork Sausage (Italian and any flavor combination - Regular or Hot)

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

• 1 large Spanish onion, cut in half and then cut into 0.25 inch slices
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 2 large red peppers, trimmed, seeded, ribs removed, cut into 0.5 inch wide strips
• 2 large yellow peppers, trimmed, seeded, ribs removed, cut into 0.5 inch wide strips
• 4 large cloves garlic, minced
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
• ½ tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 6 crusty sandwich rolls, toasted

Cooking Instructions

Cut Papa George Reduced Fat Pork Sausage Roll into a patties and cook in a large skillet until well browned on all sides, about 10 minutes. Remove the sausages from the pan and set aside. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until golden, about 5 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and cook for one more minute. Add the peppers, garlic, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook until the peppers are wilted, about 5 minutes. Return the sausages to the pan, cover and cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until the sausages are cooked through, about 12 minutes more. Stir in the vinegar. Divide the sausage and peppers evenly amongst the crusty rolls and serve.

Makes 6 servings.

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Ingredients

1 lb of Papa George's Reduced Fat Pork Sausage Roll (Regular, Sage,Hot or Italian)

Use an assortment of the following or your own "surprise" choices,
o Children like thin slices of a hot dog, diced ham, pickles, olives, cheese, spoonfuls of catsup, mustard, or spaghetti sauce.
o Adults also like mushrooms, peppers, onion, celery, chopped sausages bratwurst or polish sausage or similar.

Cooking instructions

1. Flatten Papa George reduced fat Pork Sausage into 4 round thin patties.
2. Place an amount of the "surprises" in the center of the patty that will allow the patty to close around the "surprises".
3. Brown in small amount of oil, on all sides in a skillet. Add lid for last 10 minutes to cook meatball surprise throughout. Can also cook on gas grill. Can cover with chili or tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese.

Makes 4 servings.

Ingredients

2 12-oz Package of Papa George's Reduced Fat Pork Sausage Roll (Regular, Hot, or combination)

• 1 cup coarsely chopped onion
• 4 cups peeled/cubed (1/2-inch cubes)
• 1 tsp salt or to taste
• 1 tsp dried marjoram, crushed
• 1/8 tsp freshly ground pepper
• 2 cups water
• 1 17 oz. can cream-style corn
• 1 17 oz. can whole kernel corn, drained
• 1 12 oz. can evaporated milk
  

Cooking instructions

1. In Dutch oven cook Papa George reduced fat sausage and onion until sausage is brown and onion tender; drain fat off
2. Return sausage and onion to Dutch oven with potato, salt, marjoram, pepper and water. Bring to boil, reduce heat and simmer just till potato is tender. About 15 minutes. Do not let the potatoes get mushy.
3. Add creamed corn, corn and milk. Heat thoroughly.

Enjoy!

Makes 8 to 10 servings.

Ingredients

1 12-oz Package of Papa George's Reduced Fat Pork Sausage Roll (Hot, Sage, or combination)

• 2 mushroom boxes
  
• l g (16oz) soft cream cheese (Soften in microwave, and be sure to watch if you do this)
• 1 stick of butter
• 1 med size onion (finely chopped)
• 3-4 teaspoons of minced garlic (or to taste)
• olive oil

Cooking instructions

Clean the mushrooms (remove the stems). Keep about half a dozen stems to the side. You may discard the rest away. Finely chop the onion (by hand or using a salsa maker) and then sauté in olive oil. Brown Papa George's sausage, then cool off so you can use some paper towel to remove the grease by patting dry. Finely chop 6 to 8 mushroom stems. Soften the cream cheese in a microwave, and mix in a bowl the softened cream cheese, the browned sausage, the sautéed onion & garlic and minced mushroom stems. Dip the cleaned mushrooms in melted butter and place in a baking dish; fill each mushroom with the filling and bake at 350 for approx 20 mins. These can be made ahead of time and microwaved to warm them before serving. Enjoy!

Makes 6 servings.