The Yankees are on and I needed a no fuss dinner.

Sooo I was dying for sushi tonight. However, being $ conscious and lazy, I didn't order any. I have been watching the Yankee game and didn't want to go far so I set a few things up and all of a sudden I had a tasty dish in front of me :)

This isn't so much a recipe but more of a idea of things you can throw together. If you are sans (without) a rice cooker...you will have to use your imagination! I steamed some brown rice but did it in my yummy organic low sodium chicken broth with a splash of hot sauce. On the top of the cooker, I used my veggie steamer basket and threw in a few loose things I had in the fridge. I find that carrots don't steam as well in there when cooking brown rice because it does not take as long as white rice.
Anyways...I had a package of some chicken sausage that are by Al Fresco. Now chicken sausage is not the BEST thing to eat but it is by far better then regular sausage and this brand has some delicious flavors. Of course, any kind with cheese will have more fat content and calories. Tonight I used buffalo flavored and they have the great taste without a tremendous amount of heat. I sliced 1 link up and heated it up via the microwave. Tossed it in a bowl with some fresh salsa, veggies, and rice. It was like using a crock pot. I set the rice cooker and about 15-20 minutes later I was eating a tasty slightly spicy meal :) I real point of this is that creativity sometimes creates great meals. If you build you cabinets fridge and freezer up with ingredients and get over some laziness, then a meal can be made easily without spending the money on take-out!

On a side note about them chicken sausage. I learned my lesson in label reading which I am usually obsessed with doing because of Gordon. However, a few weeks ago while at the food store, I was browsing the chicken sausage display and found a yummy flavor that I hadn't tried (don't remember what it was). However, it was also a brand I had never tried. I just assumed that they were all comparable in nutrition info. I was wrong. Three times the fat, double the calories, and more sodium then I wanted to take in. Oh and btw, I realized this AFTER I ate it. Uggg. Oh well, you live and learn!

Next week, I will be trying two new crock pot recipes in my new Designer Crock Pot! One is a Moroccan Short Ribs with tons of unique flavors over toasted Israeli couscous and the other is a Thai Peanut Chicken dish over "noodles".....Stay Tuned!