SOUTHERN SAUSAGE AND BEAN DIP

 SOUTHERN SAUSAGE AND BEAN DIP

INGREDIENTS: 1 POUND GROUND SAUSAGE (I USED HOT BUT SWEET WOULD ALSO WORK), 1/4 CUP OLIVE OIL, 1 CHOPPED ONION, 6 CLOVES CHOPPED GARLIC, 1 TSP OREGANO, THYME, PEPPER, 1/2 TSP SALT, 1/3 CUP WHITE WHITE, 1 CAN RINSED CANNELLINI BEANS, 1 CAN DICED TOMATOES, 8 OUNCES CREAM CHEESE, 3 CUPS BABY SPINACH, 1 CUP SHREDDED COLBY JACK CHEESE, 1/2 CUP GRATED PARMESAN

TOPPING: 1 CUP COLBY CHEESE AND 1 TBS PAPRIKA

SAUTE THE ONION AND GARLIC IN THE OIL 5 MINUTES, ADD THE GROUND SAUSAGE AND DRIED SPICES AND COOK UNTIL ALMOST DONE. ADD THE REST OF THE INGREDIENTS AND COOK ON A MEDIUM LOW HEAT UNTIL EVERYTHING IS MIXED. 

PUT IN A SPRAYED GLASS BAKING DISH, TOP WITH THE CHEESE AND THEN THE PAPRIKA AND COOK AT 375 FOR 25 MINUTES UNCOVERED.

CLAM CHOWDER

 CLAM CHOWDER

INGREDIENTS: 4 TBS BUTTER, 1/4 CUP OLIVE OIL, 1 CHOPPED ONION, 2 CHOPPED CELERY, 2 CHOPPED CARROTS, 3 CUPS CHOPPED POTATOES, 6 CLOVES CHOPPED GARLIC, 2 CUPS CLAM BROTH, 2 CUPS CHICKEN STOCK, 5 CANS CHOPPED CLAMS, 1/2 CUP FRESH PARSLEY, 1/2 CUP FRESH DILL, 3/4 CUP BLOODY MARY MIX, 1 TSP SALT, 1 TBS PEPPER

I SAUTÉED THE VEGETABLES IN THE OIL AND BUTTER UNTIL THE POTATOES WERE DONE, I ADDED EVERYTHING ELSE AND HEATED THROUGH.