I am one of those people who likes to put out a home cooked meal most nights of the week. I think it encourages good eating habits, helps to teach kids good manners (though you'd never know that some nights at our house!), and I love the time we have sharing stories of our days.
But my husband and I both work full time, and while I have a great arrangement with work and leave at 4:30 most days so I can be home for dinner, I don't have the time to make a complicated meal -- some nights, I come home to a house full of starving people and have no more than 20 minutes to put dinner on the table (Rachel Ray, eat your heart out!)
One of my standby main courses is Trader Joe's chicken sausages. Here's a link to their Sweet Italian Style Sausage, http://www.traderjoes.com/fearless-flyer/article.asp?article_id=1609, which is definitely good, but there are other versions I like even better.
My favorite is the Smoked Sausages with Apple and Chardonnay -- they have the taste of a good kielbasa, with a little sweet from the apples. I love them with some honey-mustard on the side.
The Basil Pesto version is also fabulous -- tastes just as you'd expect! They're great as is, but could also be served with some marinara sauce for dipping.
If you like some fire in your sausage, they have a chicken Andouille that really hits the spot -- either alone or in your version of jambalaya, they're fabulous.
There are a few other versions that I haven't tried, but I like them for the ease of cooking (7-10 minutes on the grill or in a skillet and they're done), and the relative health of them (the fat content is low and the sodium content isn't bad for a sausage).
Keep a few packs in your freezer -- you'll love them.!
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