Farmhand Sausage and Potatoes

I love that my husband likes my cooking, and I really love that he helps me name my dishes! This is a simple recipe that I throw together when I have an hours notice for his lunch break from the farm, and he has named them Farmhand Potatoes. They are quite simply just that! Potatoes and Sausage is the basis for this recipe. Enjoy! 

Preheat oven to 425 Degrees. You will need about 8-10 potatoes depending on how many you are cooking for. I did a mix of small and medium since it is only two of us eating. Wash, peel and slice them, then place them in a 9X13 baking dish with olive oil. 

Next is the cast of Seasonings, From Left to Right in case it is too small to read.....Cayenne Pepper, Olive Oil, Black Pepper, Salt and Garlic Powder. Add the directed amount to the potatoes and toss them so all are coated evenly 

Next Add 3 TBS of Real Salted Butter like pictured above and place in the oven for 25 minutes. 

Slice your Beef Sausage, while the potatoes are cooking and place them in the baking dish with the potatoes after the first 25 minutes is done. The Sausage and the potatoes will together cook for another 25 minutes, You should use a spatula and stir them up every 10 minutes or so. This is so that the potatoes do not stick to the dish and burn. 

This is the end result: Mouth watering potatoes and beef sausage your farmhand will approve of after a long morning of feeding!

Recipe by Ashley Asbury

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 60 min

Ingredients

• 10 Yellow Poatoes
• 1 Beef Sausage
• 3 tbs Real Salted Butter
• 1 tbs Salt
• 1/2 tbs Pepper
• 1 tsp Garlic Powder
• 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
• 2 tbs olive oil

Cooking Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 Degrees.
2. Peel, wash and slice your potatoes and place them in an olive oil greased 9X13 baking dish. 
3. Add the Salt, Pepper, Garlic Powder and Cayenne Pepper and toss the potatoes and seasoning until all are well coated. 
4. Add the sliced butter and place in the oven to bake for 25 minutes at 425 degrees.
5. Slice the sausage, and place in the baking dish in the oven with the potatoes for 25 more minutes. 
6. You should check them every 15 min and use a spatula to stir up the potatoes and sausage while cooking so they don't crisp up on the sides of the baking dish.

Valentines DAY!

Well today is Valentines Day, and its been a unseasonably warm day here in Carroll County, minus the few rain showers this morning! Just went to lunch with a friend and the sun shining bright, and I couldnt be more thrilled for it. Old man winter may have went into hibernation finally.... a girl can dream right??

I have lots of pictures to put up from moving cattle with John last week, and feeding this week with him. Unfortunately they are still on my camera, so today I am going to talk about love, and my faith. Faith is not something that iseperate from my life as a Farmer's Wife. They go hand and hand, so its something I will speak of often here.

Of course on social media there is ALWAYS going to be those people that are hating on the holidays, and they will do it to any holiday. I understand where they are coming from, a place of loneliness, discomfort, or sadness... but there is always someone to be our valentine. I read a morning blog post from Sharon Jaynes yesterday discussing this very thing. God is always wanting to shower you with his love and blessings, not just on this day but every day. He is just as captivated by you as you are him. She used the verse John 15:9 "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you." How true is that, that the Lord God Almighty loves you that much. John 3:16 says it best.

"For God so LOVED the world, that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16 KJV

As a child I memorized that verse, and as a mother now I can fully understand the depth of that verse. God sent his ONLY Son, here on this earth to take the place of our guilt and shameful sins. He loved and loves you enough that he did this pardon our sins so that we, also, can spend an eternity with him. That is the greatest love story I have ever heard, and I am blessed to know that is my love story!  

Happy Valentines Day to You and Yours, and I pray that everyone reading this, has experienced this love story.

-Ashley

Snow Day #3 for January

It is indeed snowing AGAIN here at Circle J Farms. While it is a beautiful sight to see, it makes for a long day for my Farmer. 

We will be venturing out this afternoon to the Grocery store. (25 min without snow, 45 to an hour with snow!) Cabin Fever has sank in, and I definitely want to do some baking and crafting the rest of the week. Hopefully I will have some recipes up by the end of the week as well for you all! Yesterday Addy and I went with Daddy to feed horses, just to get out for a bit. She loves helping with anything but especially if shes helping daddy do something. 

Time with God

The best thing about Snow days is all this free time we have, and spending it diving deeper into my relationship with God. Lately I have been longing to feel closer and have been presented with a few obstacles in life. I use to struggle to find the time to read my Bible, and struggle with going to church every sunday, now realizing the only struggle was me not making time. With God, there is literally nothing I can not do, and there is no greater love than that from the heavenly Father. Life is so much more fulfilling when I just stop, and let God guide me. One verse that has been on my mind the last few weeks is Psalm 46:5, it reminds me daily of the promise God made for me, if I let him into my heart, I will not fail. 

^ That would be my backyard ya'll! ^

-Real Farm Wife of CC, Ashley