I found this recipe as I was clipping coupons and I had to try it. It sounded easy and since I had a coupon it made the Johnsonville Chicken Sausage even cheaper so I thought I would give it a try. It actually came out very good and even got Xavier’s approval! I will 100% make this again for the family! I love easy yummy dinners, especially when they are not budget breakers and simple to make! Enjoy!

Here is what you will need…

• 1 pound
  fettuccine noodles
• 1 12oz. package
  Johnsonville Three Cheese Italian Style Chicken Sausage sliced into ¼ inch pieces
• 1 tablespoon
  olive oil
• 1 cup
  frozen mixed vegetables, thawed and drained
• 1 cup
  favorite Alfredo sauce
• 1/2 cup
  chicken stock
• 1/3 cup
  Parmesan cheese blend, grated

Cook the pasta as usual

in a big 10 inch pain (I us...

Made the most delish dinner tonight so I thought I would share this idea.

I took little sweet peppers, cut the tops off stuffed them with mozzarella cheese and baked them on 400 degrees for 20-30 minutes. (I don’t really time things) Super good….but I bet they would be better on the grill….I will be throwing some on next time we cook outside! <3

Enjoy Loves!

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Born in Wireton (Crescent Twp.) on August 16, 1938, a daughter of the late William and Magdalene Sullivan Neal, she was a lifelong resident of Crescent. Mrs. Brookman was a homemaker and a Protestant by faith.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William H. Brookman Sr., on April 9, 1998; two children, Michelle and Michael Brookman in 1959, and a brother, Stephen in 1997.

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