I made this for a dinner party last weekend and I need to share it with you all – it’s great and works for parties or family dinner.  Plus it’s easy, but it really depends on the quality of ingredients you use, so use good ones. To serve 4 to 6: in a big pan, simmer 6 Italian sausages in a little water. When the water has simmered away, continue to cook them till they’re a nice brown color and almost cooked thru. Take ‘em out and set aside, then saute 1 whole chopped onion in the same pan with some olive oil. When it’s looking soft, add two whole sweet peppers (1 red and 1 yellow is cool) cut into bite size chunks, salt, pepper, and a dash of red chili flakes. Let the peppers and onion cook slowly for about 10 minutes, then add 2 cups of the best thickest tomato sauce you can find. We had an abundance of amazing tomatoes this year and made a ton of sauce, so that’s what I used. Stir, then add the previously cooked sausages cut into chunks. Let this all cook slowly together for at least another 10 minutes; at this point you can put it on low and serve it whenever. When you’re ready, cook some good fettucine, drain it, and top with the sausages, peppers and sauce, top that with fresh Parmesan, and enjoy the hell out of it with a nice Sangiovese or Merlot. People will love you, and you deserve it!

WOE IS ME JOURNAL, WOE IS ME…… THE ANXIETY IS KILLING ME, AND I CANT TAKE IT ANY MORE! MONDAY IS WHEN WE FIND OUT THE RESULTS FOR EVENING MAGAZINES BEST OF WESTERN WASHINGTON, AND I CANT TAKE IT JOURNAL. THIS IS BRINGIN MORE STRESS THAN MY BROTHER BRADY ASKING FOR 3 MILLION DOLLARS TO INVEST ON BILLY MAYS MIGHTY MEND IT. BUT THAT MIGHT NOT BE A BAD IDEA ACTUALLY. ANYWAYS EVERYBODY I CANNOT LET BOB RIVERS, SPIKE, AND HIS HOWARD STERN LOOK A LIKE INTERN WIN JOURNAL. I GOTTA MAKE TEXAS PROUD! WHY YOU ASK, WELL THATS WHAT WE DO. WE SEND THE TALLEST, MOST BEAUTIFUL, AND MOST MANTASTIC MEN TO DOMINATE THE PLANET! BUT I GOTTA GO JOURNAL, I NEED TO GET ANOTHER PLAN TO SCARE MY KIDDOS. I CAUGHT THEM WATCHIN A SCARY MOVIE LAST NIGHT AND BUSTED THEM WEARING MY MICHAEL MYERS MASK BUT WANTED TO OUT DO MYSELF SO I INCLUDED THE FREDDY KRUEGER GLOVES. THE ARE MORE PEE STAINS IN THE CARPET AND THEY WERENT FROM SUSIE LOU.

heres my little susie lou in her little bee costume Tony’s Little Lucy as a HOT DOGGIEAND Mary’s Hugo J Treadwell as Tony

This is a great dish to whip up when you don’t have a lot of time but need something warm and wonderful. Start with a large onion sliced into rings and sauteed in a little butter. When it gets soft, add 1 large Kielbasa, preferably a good pre-cooked one, sliced into nice bite size chunks. Dump in a jar (NOT the canned stuff cuz that’s just nasty) of good sauerkraut along with the liquid, about a teaspoon of caraway seeds, and about 3 or 4 medium sized scrubbed Idaho potatoes also cut into bite sized chunks. You can drain the juice off the sauerkraut if you want it less salty, but you’ll want to add more liquid later. At this point you’ll need to add about a cup of dry white wine, let it simmer a while, then cover it tightly and turn it down low. If you’re in a hurry, eat it as soon as the potatoes are soft, about 20 minutes, or you can let it sit on super low for a while. Serve this with some good German mustard and dark bread and you will be full, warm, and happy.

WaSSup Journal,
just to let you know. im gettin neck and neck in a close race to domintation. and no its not with the show, not with company, and for sure its not evening magazines best of western washingtons contest against bob rivers cause thats over and im the winner baby. Im talkin bout the quest to conquer texas! Jerry Jones may have the cowboys but Im gonna be the creator, owner, manager, janitor, oh and yes CEO of FITZYLAND!!! THATS RIGHT FITZYLAND ITS GONNA BE ALL ABOUT ME AND MY LIFE! we will have rides like Bethany’s Bayou River Ride, Green Beret Bobs Coor Can Ride, Mclovin Mountain, My Brother Brady’s Moneygram stand to give loans to everybody, Tony will have a Church made out Glass and Crystals, and Diamond so he can feel eternally young, and mary will have a organic farm to help feed every patron of the park but nobody will eat it cause i just signed a deal with Carl’s JR to be the main food contributor. Last but not least, my momma will get her own ampitheater to have all of her Bowie highscool performances and they will have the most epic production! and it will all be done opening up for ME BABY!! I WILL BE PERFORMING EVERY NIGHT!! AND ROLLING IN THE MOO LAA FASTER THAN THE WOLF AT WORK PAY ROLL!! Which i think ill bring that idea with me to this amazing theme park. might be able to get a tax break. hahaha. later journal, papa’s gotta steal some Artists and Engineers from Disney Land!

Ok, ’adult applesauce’ might sound weird, like maybe you might need it at the nursing home. But I came up with a great, no, freakin’ awesome, applesauce recipe the other day and I think you all are gonna love it. It’s one of those things that you can use as a dinner party dessert, or it’s great with roast chicken or pork – it’s good stuff. To serve 6, use 7 or 8 good apples. Not hard green Granny Smiths, but more like Galas, Fujis, or Honey Crisp; something nice and red and sweet. I wash ‘em, then halve ‘em, take out the middle, then cut them up into good sized chunks.  Throw them into a big pot, then have fun: add 1 cup good red wine ( I like Lemberger or Merlot), 1/2 cup pure maple syrup, (don’t even think about using that fake crap – you deserve only the best)  2 cinnamon sticks, a dash of cloves, a dash of salt, and some of what I call JEddie spice. Our pal JEddie grows then smokes his own jalapenos, and that wonderful hot smokey-ness is a great thing. Just a little bit, maybe 1/2 teaspoon, can transform a dish. Since you might not know JEddie, try a shake of hot pepper flakes or some smoked chipotle powder – just something to add a kick to it. Now let those apples simmer/cook/mush down for a long time. Stir the pot once in a while so they don’t stick, and squash the apples down some. I like it really chunky, but cook ‘em till you’re happy with the texture; it can be one hour or 3, just watch the heat. I let it cool down, stir it some more, take out the cinnamon sticks, and serve it in glasses layered with mascarpone and crushed Amaretti cookies. Or maple whipped cream and chopped toasted hazelnuts. Or hell – in a bowl with some maple nut ice cream on it. You get the picture; it’s applesauce for grown ups!

Sup EVERYBODY! Im am ticked off! why because my good friend Bob Rivers is coming out finally after 11 months of denial to tell FOX NEWS of all people that his plane was stolen by Colton Harris Moore. Just to let you know he isnt the only person affected. that kid stole Corbins bike! thats right i was just to embarrassed to say anything for the last few months and im really ready to tell everyone that Colton Harris Moore stole my boys mountain bike and tried riding off with it to mount adams. and then left it in some field. with the water bottle missing a third of its apple juice!!!! we need to get this renegade punk kid. heres my proof.

I don’t know if you all have become acquainted with the SunGold tomato yet, but I sure hope so. My boyfriend Tony is a maniac tomato grower, and our driveway this year was filled with EarthBoxes (check ‘em out on EarthBox.com) with all kinds of tomatoes. Normally this kind of out of order messiness makes me nuts, but when the result is amazing tomatoes, I let it go. One of the best that we grow is the SunGold, and they are like little fruity golden globes of sweet tomato goodness. And the coolest thing is they make a sauce that is SO easy and SO quick that you too will have to grow some and fill your freezer. This is how we do it: When the little guys are bright yellow and obviously ripe, pick a big ol’ bowl full; probably about 3-4 pounds worth. Rinse ‘em off and let them dry a bit in the colander while you saute’ one big finely chopped sweet onion in 2 Tb. butter and 2 Tb. olive oil. When the onion bits are all nice and translucent, dump in all the tomatoes. I hope you used a big ass pot.  Now – turn that burner on medium and just let the tomatoes break down. It’ll take a while, but all by themselves they’ll just kind of pop and melt. Stir them when you think of it, and eventually they’ll be all mushy. Salt and pepper is all you need here, as what you want is the amazing tomato flavor to shine through. When they look like sauce, take ‘em off the burner and let them cool a little. Then run a stick blender thru them to break up any skins and you have sauce! Of course the longer you cook ‘em the thicker it’ll be; you can actually go from almost soup (which you could just serve with some creme fraiche and chives on top) to a thick sauce  – all depends on what you like. Main thing is, find some teeny tiny SunGold tomatoes and cook ‘em; you’ll be happy and have summer in your freezer all year long.

Hello Monday and Thank GOD!!! I cant believe that two crazy little boys can just try to commit murder on each other. Me and Bethany have recently enrolled the family at the YMCA. and now im not dressing up like the construction worker. Thats only on date night. OH ! just kidding. lol. Corbin was tryin to drown Cooper. Dont worry he tried to get his revenge by launching pumpkins like rambo in a deer farm. sibiling rivalry. i wish mine was like this.