"Doug Freyburger" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> I'm not sure how to do this. MIL made this all the time but I don't like
>> Italian sausages and didn't eat them. I know sometimes she put them in
>> the
>> gravy (red sauce) and served over pasta. When she did this, my husband
>> would pick them out because he hates the gravy.
>
> Sounds to me like it's time for you to cook the ingredients separately.
> Then the family can assemble the parts they can/will eat without any of
> the parts they can't/won't eat. Having several issues you may do well
> cooking nearly all of your meals modular like that. Think of it as a
> mini-buffet style - Take not the dishes you'll eat but the ingredients
> you'll eat.
>
>> In my mind somehow I am confusing these with fajitas I think. Do I put
>> onion in there as well?
>
> Without the red sauce they are rather like fajitas.
>
>> If I don't put them in the red sauce, how do I serve them? Can I just
>> serve
>> them along with some rice or potatoes? Is it served on a bun?
>
> Exactly. With the red sauce serve them like red sauce with meatballs.
>
> My can't is the bread - I am wheat intolerant and I am not willing to
> deal with the symptoms from the bread. I've had sauage over rice and
> it's fine. It's even better over root veggies.

Yeah. Daughter can't have wheat either. We use pasta made of rice, corn or
quinoa. She eats Ener-G bread which I don't think would work with this.
>
> My won't is the bell peppers - They have something in them I find
> disgusting. On my own I use hot peppers but my wife's tolerance for hot
> is extremely low. When we'll both be eating our meals we have switched
> to other types of non-hot peppers. Cubanelles, a breed called Italian
> sweets. Neither of us detect the type of hot in paprika peppers so we
> get those when they are available in stores.

My mom can't eat peppers either. For her they bother her GERD. Luckily
they don't have that effect on me.